Rules (This is Madness!)

This page lists the rules for the This is Madness! map game franchise.

General Rules

 * Each turn is 3 days long, unless otherwise notified by an admin.
 * Each turn is 1/2 of an in-game year.
 * Turns are to be made in paragraph form or with different events separated into their own bullet points. The traditional TFOE turn structure is not very compatible with the personal nature of TIM!, and will be scrapped for ease of turn making.
 * Your ENTIRE turn can be retconned if you are godmodding or if your turn is outright stupid. If parts of your turn include godmodding or are outright stupid, those parts are also liable to be retconned.  Or maybe we'll kill you off instead.
 * If a moderator be inactive in his duties for at least 5 turns in game, he will be considered as “honorary moderator” and will not have power unless requesting a return to the game with serious commitment.
 * You only have two turns in-game to protest an implausible action. After this, the events taken place are deemed canon. However, if plausibility has suffered a big enough injury, an indefinite amount of turns is allowed.
 * A player can be removed from the game if they are inactive for 5 turns. Their character will be reserved for said player for a maximum of 5 turns after removal. After this 5-turn grace period, the character will be opened up for other players.
 * Players are restricted to playing single persons. They can be either ISOTed people or historical figures during the time period.
 * Players are limited to playing in areas shown on the map (i.e Europe + North Africa for This is Madness I). The map will be expanded if necessary, at the discretion of the moderators. 
 * One "free switch" to a different character is allowed every 8 turns (2 in-game years). However, we, the Mods, advise you to stick to a character until their death in-game.
 * If your turn has been commented in the comments, but has not been added to the page, it will be much more likely missed by the admin and you might lose a turns worth of gains and losses. Failure to have your turn added to the page is on YOU, not the admin or moderators. If you wish to add your turn but are incapable of doing so, notify the staff and they will try to add it for you. The admin may make mistakes even if your turn is on the page, if so, please notify the admin and the admin will try to fix the error.
 * Do NOT ask to have your turn added to the page by the staff if you're just lazy and don't feel like adding it yourself. Well, this won't get you punished or anything, but we, the Mods, will yell at you for around half an hour straight. Be warned.
 * To join, comment "(character name) has fallen into a river in Lego City", followed with a description of your character. This description should include your character's age, race and ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, a brief physical description, time period, the "future" object they brought with them (if applicable), and a paragraph or two of backstory.

Character Rules

 * ISOTs can be of people of any race, gender, sexual orientation, or any defining factor, really, from between at least 300 years in the future from the start date (AD 776) and 2020. No past, "contemporary", or future ISOTs. Why? Because I said so.
 * You can base your ISOTs off of pop culture references, but make sure they have backstories that could have plausibly occurred in OTL Earth. No magic or augmented cyborgs or anything like that.
 * Each of your ISOTs can take one thing from their origin time period with them. Or you could take nothing, if you really wanted to. Please do not arrive with items anachronistic with your ISOT's time period. No cars and assault rifles for you if your character is from the 1700s.
 * No nukes. Period. Just don't. I will literally ban you. Also no ISOTed buildings.
 * Also try to keep your ISOTed objects a little on the smaller side, too. I will allow tanks and warplanes and such, but don't overdo it.
 * This is AD 476. Unless you send snail mail to people (which, depending on the distance, may or may not arrive and/or will take months to arrive), the only people you can communicate with are those in your immediate vicinity. If someone based in England tries to talk to someone based in Anatolia, that's just not gonna happen, sorry bub. Unless, of course, you somehow invent the Internet but that's not gonna happen anywhere near soon.
 * Please attempt to roleplay. Not a rule that can/will be enforced but if you do so that would be mucho appreciado.

RP Rules

 * All RP events will be announced 5-7 days before taking place on both Discord and the comments. Sign up either in the comments section or on the Google Forms sheet that will be disseminated for each RP event.
 * RP events take place in the Discord. 
 * If 4 people or less sign up before the specified date of the RP, it will be cancelled.
 * You DO NOT have to play as your in-game character in an RP.

Staff Rules

 * Burden of plausibility is on the player, NOT ON THE MODERATOR.
 * Moderators cannot use any moderator powers in the region that they are playing in.
 * If a moderator or player wants a rule changed, he must ask the Administrator.
 * If an annual event or moderator response is a question, the moderator must ask the Admin.
 * Moderator decision is final unless the Admin objects.