Entering 2026: Community Guidelines & Game Rules

[GreekIdiot]

Initial proposal revised after feedback presented in the previous reply.
Proposed 2B, 2C and 2D have been merged into a compact 2A and 2B, instead.
Section 6 (here) will be deleted entirely, it was meant as a hasty placeholder anyway.

2A. Management
Mods and admins are here to ensure the community remains a fun, safe and creative place for everyone without prejudice or bias. They also understand that abusing their position will likely lead to their permanent ban from the community and the game.

Thus, they must:

1. Must ensure the community remains a fun, safe and creative place for everyone
   
2. Must understand that abusing their position will likely lead to their permanent ban from the community and the game
   
3. Ban players who are breaking the aforementioned guidelines highlighted in red
   
4. Enforce the rest of the aforementioned guidelines and the game rules in a thoughtful and reconciliatory manner with the goal of reaching a working solution for all participants
   
5. Must keep in mind that arguments, disagreements and friction between players is generally a healthy part of any community and must be aware that intervening when the aforementioned community guidelines are not in question, is a counter-productive tactic
   
6. Must understand they are held to the highest standards of the aforementioned guidelines
   
7. Stay out of deliberations when they have a conflict of interest as players
   
8. Raise complex and multi-sided issues to game masters for mediation, provided that they have first attempted to resolve them with the community
   
9. Handle requests and enforce community guidelines and game rules - but note that admins are not expected to be as active or available as mods

2B. General

1. Players are generally advised to raise issues first to mods, then to admins and only as a last resort to game masters
   
2. All players can apply to become a mod, propose changes to community guidelines and game rules and suggest features to the game, at any time
   
3. Admins appoint and remove mods
   
4. Admins supervise the enforcement levels (stricter/looser) of community guidelines and game rules and set the direction for mods with the goal of preserving balance
   
5. Admins can override mod decisions

Please feel free to pinpoint any additional changes for a 2nd iteration.

On a sidenote, @Mbites, it would be very helpful if the team made a list of issues you currently have pending and want to tackle, and send them to Louis and me so that we're aware what's on your agenda while we focus on the release and community engagement/promotion. 

We understand this particular part needs to be private to avoid misunderstandings across the community, so please send them via DM on Discord.