THE RULES

Gamethrowing

• Outing yourself or your fellow faction members as a town opposing role (as in a role that needs the entirety of the town to die to win) in a non-factional majority. Regardless of whether or not the outing is of one’s actual role or if they are faking being said role (the only exception here is a Jester.) Bussing (or ‘throwing under the bus’) a fellow teammate to solidify your claim as town or to avoid raising suspicion is allowed, but revealing yourself or your teammates out of spite or otherwise is prohibited.
• Killing, hanging (voting guilty, pushing them onto the stand is allowed within reason), or executing a confirmed town member, like a revealed Mayor (this counts for both ToS1 and ToS2) and Prosecutor, Deputy, Marshal, or your town lover as Admirer (or vice versa) (ToS2 specific), unless there is a reasonable suspicion for it being a Vampire or the Traitor in Town Traitor mode.
• While on the stand or in jail, you must not make it clear that you do not intend to defend yourself. While you don’t need to claim a role, you must provide a defense. Not speaking is not a defense.
• Killing, executing, or hanging (voting guilty, pushing them onto the stand is allowed within reason) your Lover (ToS1 Lovers Mode specific) or the VIP.
• Working against your current win condition in favor of your future win condition when you can still win. Examples: a Townie working against other Townies to become a Vampire, a Guardian Angel working on getting their target killed to become a Survivor, or an Executioner asking for their target to be killed in favor of becoming a Jester.
• Choosing a loss or draw over a win or a draw. The priority you’re expected to follow is
  • Win with your current role > Win with a different role (Executioner to Jester, Guardian Angel to Survivor or Townie to Vampire) > Draw > Loss.
• Asking to be killed, hanged, or executed. A 1 for 1, where town has two suspects and you offer to sacrifice yourself in order for the rest of town to get confirmed information is allowed.
• As a Jester, asking to be killed or executed.
• Intentionally stalling/prolonging the game.

Spamming

• Saying the same or similar thing multiple times (does not have to be in a row). This includes messages sent via whispers.
• Purposefully evading the spam filter.
• Multiple messages of gibberish.
• Multiple messages containing song lyrics/movie quotes.
• Repeatedly clicking your ability button in a faction night chat.
• Continuous off-topic chat.

The only exception is when a player is on the stand during the defense phase because they are the only ones able to speak. However, gross abuse of this will still be considered disruptive.

Hate Speech / Harassment / Abusive Chat

Please note that rhetoric you consider appropriate between you and your friends or family may not be suitable for a public game.

• Threats or wishes of harm on players, their families, friends, pets, etc.
• Terrorist or other criminal threats (school shootings, car bombing, DDoSing.)
• Doxxing (or the threat of). Sharing any real name, address, phone number, e-mail address, non-Town of Salem username, IP address, etc., whether real or fake.
• Money shaming/skin shaming/name shaming: Targeting or bullying people based on their in-game skin, cosmetics, in-game name, or username.
• Reg hunting & grudge holding (targeting someone based on who they are as a person or over a grudge from a previous game.)
• Inciting false reports: Claiming to or asking to report someone over an offence that did not happen. This does not include a user thinking a rule was broken, but, for instance, where the offending person falsely claims a rule break, like claiming the player in question said something racist in whispers.
• Bullying, body shaming, harassment, sexual chat, racism, bigotry, politics, extreme toxicity, personal attacks, religious intolerance, country/language shaming, sexism.
• Evading hard filtered words or repeatedly evading soft filtered words. This includes people working together to spell out filtered words.
• Inciting suicide or threatening/claiming to want to/be planning to commit suicide.
• Mocking tragic events.
• Anything related to crimes against children, be it abuse or pedophilia. For the game’s purposes, children are considered all those under 18.
• Impersonating someone who has previously caused problems in the game/has repeatedly been banned from the game.
• Impersonating a real-world criminal.
• Purposefully leaving the game to deny your executioner their win, regardless of whether there is an executioner, the intent is there.
• Purposefully killing a Witch as Mafia purely to deny the Witch their win (only applicable in the late game when it is certain it’s only Mafia + Witch vs. the last Townie, or if extremely blatant). ToS1 only.

Inappropriate In-Game Name / Offensive Username

Anything considered offensive or hate speech/harassment is also not allowed in one’s in-game name or username. This includes names targeting other people and filter evasions in names.

Cheating

• Using or providing game information using media outside of normal game communication (including, but not limited to, links, screenshots, voice chat, looking at someone else’s screen, etc).
• Using outside sources as a means to influence the current game. Examples: “If you hang me, I will spoil movie X.” or “If you help me hang this person, I will pay you X dollars.”
• Claiming to use hacks or exploits. Game mods that do not give an unfair advantage are allowed.
• Botting. This includes actively claiming to be a bot.
• Abusing exploits. Making use of a known exploit even if it seems “harmless.”
• Speaking a language, real or otherwise, or using a code (e.g., Morse Code, Binary) chosen to exclude other players. The only exceptions are short, well-known words or phrases like “Bonjour” or “C’est la vie.”
• Stream-sniping.
• Advertising a stream during an active game.
• Knowing multiple roles and/or names from other factions on Day 1 or Day 2 without being a part of that faction.
• Knowing information from a chat that you do not have access to.
• Admitting to or claiming to be cheating with someone. This applies to the admitter or claimant only.
• Using multiple accounts in the same game. Admission is always taken for truth.

Leaving / AFK-ing

• Purposefully leaving a live match while still alive.
• Purposefully going AFK (away from keyboard).