SG etiquette
Alpha: The quality of your report outweighs the quality of your play. We’re here to have fun, and, of course, winning is fun, but losing in style is preferable to a boring win. Remember, your report should be a new reply to alert other players.
Bravo: Reports should be detailed, with plenty of screen shots and player commentary, explanations, musings, etc; an auto-log dump will not suffice. Overview shots of the empire are nice; have at least one overview shot in the political mapmode in your report. Also, take shots of events (not needed for random events). The style of your report is not important, you could write narrative/history book/gamplay, but remember to keep us informed of gameplay details.
Charlie: Punctuality rocks! “24/48” means post a "got it" within 24 hours of when the last save was posted, and play within 48 hours of that ‘got it.’ Waiting 47 hours to ask for a skip is lame. Skips and swaps are fine, but try to let us know sooner, rather than later.
Delta: Major game decisions (war declarations, religion swaps etc) should be arrived at via group consensus.
1. If the team disagrees with you, either argue your case better, or do it their way. Do NOT just blow them off and do it your way because it's your turn.
2. However, if there’s no consensus and you’re up, do it your way and explain why. Conversely, if someone else is up, don't whine when they do it their way.
3. Similarly, overruling techs or city builds is rude and should be done via consensus, barring an emergency.
4. In extraordinary situations, sometimes an opportunity presents itself that the group didn't foresee. If the consequences of it are great, players should stop, and refer the question to the group.
Echo: Being a better player does not give you the right to belittle anyone else or their play. Other people are going to disagree with you on major decisions; get used to the idea, and play nice. If not, take your ball and go home.
Foxtrot: Thread spam is good. Trash talking, poking fun, gentle ribbing, virtual noogies, and generally horsing around are all encouraged, but don’t be rude.
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Lots of rules there, but don't pay too much attention to them. I feel Alpha and Bravo are the most important ones. However, the etiquette lacks one important aspect IMO: SG's are about cooperative team play. You must be willing to discuss plans before and / or after your turn.
We also need some guidelines for gameplay:
Gamplay rules/guidelines:
1. Our reputation is golden. Do NOT forceannex*. Also, try to avoid accumulate too much BB. Try to stay below 10BB in the 15th century. *Forceannexing is only allowed when there's group consensus.
2. Don't cheat. Don't turn off Fog of War.
3. Don't reload or play your turn again if you're doing mistakes, are unlucky etc. You can reload if the game crashes, of course.
4. Don't lend money to the AI to get a CB.
5. Try to keep inflation below 15%.
6. Don't do other inhonorable stuff.
Damned exams.
