This is White Wolf's #1 rule, and it is ours. This is not a democracy, it is more like a "benevolent dictatorship," dedicated to providing mutual entertainment, and all goals are towards that end. This is just like a Tabletop game, or LARP's.

You are welcome to question something politely, providing official White Wolf sources if documentation or proof is needed. You are not welcome to pester, whine, talk back, threaten, or any other kind of grade school crap, if you don't get your own way.

If you feel an Op has been unfair, log it and discuss it with them. We try to be fair and listen to you. You can take a problem as far as the Head STs (Ice and Jon). Once a decision is made, though, the topic is closed.

Ops have game authority over all players, OOC.

Anyone who is an Op in this game, not just your genre ST, has the right to supervise any player in here regarding OOC matters. There will be none of this "You're not my ST, he is!" crap going on.

All Ops have authority over "Guest Storytellers".

Players have permission to design stories and play them, occasionally as a Guest Storyteller. However, if your storyline is causing a problem, Ops have permission to moderate it or overrule you. If you cannot accept that, don't ST in our channel. ST'ing is permission to tell stories in our space. It is not authority over our players and most especially not over any Ops. 

You are in our IRC "Home," and are expected to act accordingly. 

This channel is the internet equivalent of a tabletop game. Think, before getting in your ST's face about something: [1] Would you speak that way in person to your ST IRL? If yes, [2] do you think he might kick you out of his house (or the gaming store, convention, etc.) for saying it? If the answer to #2 is Yes, then keep it to yourself, as it's highly likely we won't tolerate it either.

Remember that no ST/Op is obligated to or paid to be here. We choose to spend our personal time, that could have gone to other pursuits, running this game. We have a right to time off, and we have a right to insist on the time-honored tradition of "Our House, Our Rules." No competent ST would do otherwise.

Players do not have the right to play here - it is a privilege, extended to you by volunteers, and if it gets abused can be revoked for whatever reason we see fit. Running this game is a gift from us, that we give out of love for playing and creating.

We know that we have a lot more rules than some places, but most of them are just common sense, and no  different from most games, whether IRC, Tabletop or LARP. We just actually spelled out more details, in the hopes of cutting down arguing about common sense things.

You are always free to leave, if you don't like how we run our game. However, we do hope you stay and enjoy yourself, as others already do and have for many years. 

Welcome to the 11th Hour Lounge!