Headmin Rulings
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This is a compilation of headmin rulings on various policy questions asked by players. This page does not replace the rules and whenever possible the rules should be referred to instead of this page. The rulings listed here can be referenced in ban appeals and admin complaints.
Please note: Some of these questions are for very niche/specific situations. Some of them cannot be applied the same way to every situation.
General Rulings
IC/OOC Rulings
Policy | Ruling | Date | Headmin |
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Referencing the gamemode ICly | It's OOC in IC if you say something similar to "It's revs" but it's okay if you say "There is a revolution." Basically make it sound like you're not referencing the fact that you're in a round. | Jul 12, 2017 | PKPenguin321 |
Pile on ick ock | Pile on ick ock is defined as a bunch of people teasing someone for IC in OOCing. It's okay until it crosses the line into being spam. Admins can mute OOC/individual players if it gets to that point. | Sep 24, 2017 | Ausops |
IC reactions to OOC in IC | It's okay as long as you're not crossing the line into OOC in IC. | Sep 30, 2017 | Ausops |
Streaming | Streaming is allowed on a registration-based system. Read the rules here for more information. | Feb 15, 2022 | RaveRadbury |
Typebaiting | Blatant type-baiting (i.e. explicitly using short questions to get someone to open a chat window such that they cannot respond when you promptly attack them) is metagaming, and is actionable | Mar 3, 2023 | Spookuni |
Antagonist Rulings
Admin-Related Rulings
Policy | Ruling | Date | Headmin |
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Adminshopping | Admin shopping is defined as going to different admins until you get a favorable ruling. It's highly frowned upon, don't do it. | Sep 27, 2017 | Feemjmeem / Agreed with by other headmins |
Admin intervention without anyone ahelping | It's allowed. | Sep 26, 2017 | Ausops |
Killing nonhostile admin spawned entities | Against the rules, don't do it. | Sep 25, 2017 | PKPenguin321 |
Using OOC to promote yourself for headmin elections | One or two lines of text is fine, spamming is not. | Sep 04, 2017 | PKPenguin321 |
Escalation Rulings
Security Rulings
Silicon and Drone Related Rulings
AI/Cyborg Rulings
Drone Rulings
Mostly defunct, as drones have since been removed, reworked, and re-introduced into the codebase.
Policy | Ruling | Date | Headmin |
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Drone Policy Guidelines | Guide to drone policy. | May 20, 2015 | Stickymayhem |
Are drones valid? | Only if they do something to annoy you. Mass killing drones for no reason is not okay. | Sep 14, 2017 | KorPhaeron |
Drones and permabrig | You can go in to fix damage. You might still get dronebanned if you let people out, it will likely be handled case-by-case. | Oct 17, 2016 | |
Drones and Powersinks | Drones cannot destroy powersinks under the same logic of them not being able to defuse bombs or stop plasma floods. | Aug 31, 2017 | Ausops |
Law Interpretation Rulings
MRP Rulings
Archived Rulings
For Headmin Rulings that are no longer relevant, either due to being overruled or not applicable via code changes.