=== A Chat moderator This is a person who can mute non-exhaustive list of reasons you for the following reasonsmay be muted: ===
*Talk about drugsillicit drug use, possession, or sale.
*Swear excessivelyUse of vulgar language.
*Discuss R rated themes, please keep chat PG*13, many players are very young.
*Use racial slursAny discriminatory remarks about someone's race, creed, sexuality, or lifestyle.
*If you say something that is offensive to a large group of people and are asked to shut up, please do.
*disscussion of macros
*spamming chat
*Flaming
*if you are excessively combative or argumentative when warned or asked to change the subject.
*attempting to pose as someone working for the game. (e.g. CM, GM, DEV)
==== <ins>Procedure for mutes:</ins> ====
*Moderator tells you that is unacceptable. ([[Devs and GMs|GMs]] can skip this step if they feel the need)
*You continue; *an official mute warning is given, this will appear in that scary orange color in your event window.
*You keep continuing *Mute, length . Length of mute determined by moderator. (not to exceed 24 hours)
*post a log of the incident where it can be reviewed by the GMs, both to determine proper action was taken, and that further action is not needed.
*Mute you permanently, [[Devs and GMs|GMs]] alone reserve the right to mute for more than 24 hours, I'd ask them to refer any cases where they feel an extended mute is needed to a GM.
*Mute you in a manner inconsistant with the proceedure posted above.
*Mute without warning
*Abuse their position, or pose as a GM.
''Note: mutes are now timed, so it's ok to log out if you've been muted.''