90.4.1 Admin rules

Unlike in other IRE games, here at Starmourn, the volunteer team is allowed to have mortal characters while working on the game as we think it's very important to first and foremost love being immersed in this rich world we're all a part of. This is how and why we all became volunteers, and to have to sacrifice that enjoyment and valuable point of view in order to volunteer seems counter-productive.

Producers, on the other hand, are not allowed to have characters presently, though they may occasionally inhabit impermanent player character personae in conjunction with an admin-level story event.

There are rules that our team must follow, as well as some benefits to ensure that they feel valued. So here we're going to detail what volunteers and producers can, may, may not and cannot do, as well as some related expectations of our players.

Worldbuilders:
- Do not have an admin account and thus do not have access to anything other than BUILDERBOARD (see HELP WORLDBUILDERS).

Storytellers and Volunteer Coders:
- Cannot participate in any admin judged contests.
- Are entitled to have their privacy and boundaries respected.
- Must request content, customizations and events for their player characters as players and are not allowed to work on their own requests, at all. They can't even approve their own design submissions.
- Do not get to work on vanity projects or any content that does not benefit the wider playerbase.
- Put other players/requests first.
- Have no access to issuing credits or credit-value stuff, nor can they issue/revoke artifacts or collectibles etc
- Have no access to any of the back-end auction information.
- Have no access to players' personal info.
- Can and do work on the things that interest them, and to their strengths and skills. They are volunteers, so if they don't find something fun, they're not obligated to do it. And we want them to want to stay!
- Have exactly the same entitlement to bid in auctions as any other player, and have no access to the auction system beyond what every other player does. They have no insider information and therefore are subject to the exact same bidding rules. They can bid on however many auctions their currency balances allow for, with no special advantages.
- Receive bound credit rewards for building tasks (like Worldbuilders).
- Can use their credits the exact same way as any other player, with no additional restrictions or benefits.
- Are not paid and are not obligated to do anything they don't want to do.
- Have quarterly reviews and if we find they're not doing anything and/or not communicating with us about the reasons for this, would be replaced. (So if you don't see storytellers doing something, that doesn’t mean they're not doing countless things that you can't see!)

Producers:
- Cannot play characters presently other than impermanent ones in conjunction with admin-level story plots.

Players:
- Will have their privacy and boundaries respected. 
- Are expected to understand that the identity of volunteer morts is private information and should not be speculated on or shared around.
- Should report any suspected volunteer misconduct to a Producer or, if it is a Producer, an IRE staffer (see HELP ADMINS).

If you have any issues or doubts about any of this, you can ISSUE about it, message Neritus directly, or email support@starmourn.com.

We're also happy to discuss any concerns you have on the official Discord, if that helps, too. 

Thank you for choosing to play Starmourn with us. We are so grateful for this community and will continue doing everything in our power to continue to build on this amazing world with you.