Chat Guide: Basics

The following are guidelines that should be followed while chatting in Paradox! The Musical. Violating these guidelines will result in a warning and/or ban and/or disablement from the moderators, depending upon the severity of the infraction. So behave yourselves!

Be Patient

If you have to repeat yourself, what you had to say in the first place probably wasn't worth much to begin with. Do not demand or expect other players to immediatly help you with your question or problem.

Spamming

Intentional spamming is defined as posting line after line of random characters or obnoxious/obsence words and phrases. Get caught doing this and you will be banned.

Unintentional spamming is, more often than not, committed by players new to the chat channels and is a bit harder to spot... if you are the one doing it. Others, however, will not be so slow to identify unintended spamming. Oftentimes, unintended spamming is created by a player's excitement over something they wish to share with the channel.

A good rule of thumb is to look at the chat and see if your posts are considerably more numerous than everyone elses. If so, do your posts talk about things that others in the channel are most likely interested in? If not... it's probably going to be viewed as spam.

You may or may not realize you are unintentionally spamming the channel. Know that if you DO post line after line of rambling conversation, there will be most likely as many players in the channel as those who will yell at you for being an asshat. If someone warns you that you are spamming, STOP. Failure to do so may cause those in channel to look on you unfavorably.

Scamming

The devleopers of this game will take every precaustion to eliminate mechanics which support scamming. Scammers, however are ingenious and will find a way to do their dirty deeds. It is ultimately up to you to excercise caution in your dealings with other players.

Any player caught scamming, aiding or abetting a scammer or participating in any event or action that is considered scamming will be banned from the public chat channels.

If anyone attempts to scam you, report it to a mod. Understand, however, that punishing a scammer means the mod MUST know, without a shadow of a doubt, that the player was indeed intending to scam. Be prepared to supply proof. Even then no action may be taken as proof can be faked. In matters that come down to one person's word against another, the chat moderators will not take action.

Spoilers

Do NOT post spoilers in a public chat channel!

It is acceptible to ask game-related questions in open chat but ANSWERS to game-related questions asked in open chat should be sent in private message.

Also, do NOT rely on the knowledge of other chatters to walk you through the game. If you need significant or extensive help, either private message with a player who has agreed to help you in this fashion or, better yet, consult the official Wiki for the game.

No Begging

Don't beg for items or moolah. Period. (There are many ways to beg for stuff and we known them all. Begging will get you a warning. Continued begging is a bannable offense.)Do not post links to your personal, for-profit web sites. Begging in real life is no more fun to watch than begging for in-game stuffs. There are many places to advertise your wares on the web. Our chat channels are none of those places.

Links

Don't post obscene or offensive links. And remember, what YOU consider obscene or offensive is NOT the guideline here. You will not escape a ban or disablement by arguing that your link was perfectly acceptable.

Disagreements

If you have a problem with someone in chat, take your disagreement to public messages or contact a moderator (wearing a red shirt), who will probably tell you to resolve it in private message.

Behaviour

If you vaguely suspect that your behaviour is inappropriate, annoying, or just plain stupid, then it probably is and you shouldn't do it.

Shouting

Don't type in all caps. This is considered shouting to be heard and is unacceptable. You will recieve a warning or ban from the mod for abusing this rule. Using capital letters for emphasis is okay if used sparingly.