Safety and Play Tools

Safe Words & Gestures

Tools

• Off-Game: Signals the phrase is not an in-character statement. 

• Tap Out: Move back one level of escalation. The scene can continue, just back off one step. This can be done verbally by saying "Tap out", or physically by tapping your own  or the other player's body. Doing both in conjunction is recommended to avoid missing/misinterpreting the tool.

• Low Battery: This is a diegetic way of saying 'I've had a bit too much, let's not do this/handle this scene with low energy.'

• Temperature: A code word to indicate if a character wants to do a nude scene.

• Look Down: Cover eyes and look down. This immediately drops you out of character to remove yourself from a scene. Players may not pursue/interact with a character using Look Down

• EMT: I have a real life medical emergency.

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Examples

• "Off-game, stop." This ends a scene.

• "Off-game, I need to get off my knees" - Scene continues, adjust for player comfort.

• Tap Out: *player kisses on partner's neck for a bit, then moves to kiss on the lips. Receiving player taps out. Kisses return to the neck*

• Low Battery:

  • Maintenance: "Alright, there's a lot of damage on this Host, it's going to take a lot of work."

  • Host player, who has gone through several big Maintenance scenes already, "Low battery, unit can partially self repair."​

  • Maintenance player taking the cue that a big scene is not wanted, "Oh, great, this will be a lot easier than I thought."

• Temperature: "This unit is overheating" is a diegetic way of indicating they are interested in a nude scene.​

• Look Down: *covers eyes, looks down, walks away from scene*

• "EMT, my leg!" This is a real world medical emergency. Stop the scene, get staff.

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Hard Limits

No real sex, no touching of genitals, no touching of people who are naked.

Racism or comments about the body of the players are prohibited.

No photography of naked people.

Sex

When recreating a sex scene that you want other players to witness, it needs to look like sex; this will be covered in the workshop. Underwear below the waist must stay on during these scenes.

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Players may not have real sex at game.

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Players genitals may not touch during game.

Violence

The baseline for acting out violence without requiring pre-negotiating is grabbing arms and light wrestling. However, players will be taught how to escalate slowly and actively use safe words as needed. Players are allowed to consent to violence that does not require a medic to intervene.

Remember, it is also ok to say “Off-game: please don’t touch me.”

Weapons

If you want a pistol, rifle, or street sweeper (shotgun), you'll need to rent them from us. Don't buy/bring your own prop, as it is part of our safety plan to have everyone using the same weapon props. You can reserve your weapon here.

Fake knives, razors, or other hand-to-hand weapons are fine, so long as they are contact safe and look realistic. A realistic looking knife made of foam is good, but a generic boffer would not be. Likewise, a metal prop knife (even a dull one ) is not acceptable. You need to be able to poke someone/hold it to a throat without any threat of harm to your co-player.

Nudity

Nudity is allowed in any area so long as the player is wearing underwear below the waist.

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Full nudity is only allowed in Red Rooms, and cannot involve sex scenes.

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Players may not touch a fully nude player unless they are using objects/implements (such as a maintenance scene) and they have consent.

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"Temperature" can be used as a code word to determine if someone wants to do a nude scene. Ie, "How is your temperature?" - "This unit is overheating." - "Very well, strip down to your level of comfort."

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Nude players may not be photographed.

Sexual Violence

There will be a workshop where we will explain how to depict sex and violence. Players interested in potentially calibrating about sex violence scenes will wear a red ribbon that we will provide.

Off-game pre-negotiation of an SA scene is required. Negotiation can be conducted in person or digitally. Discuss what kind of scene you want to experience, and your boundaries. There are many different players from different cultures that might may have different expectations, so explicit discussion is important. 

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If you would like to experience play as a victim of violence/sexual violence, be proactive and collaborative. If you have an idea of a scene, approach the “perpetrator” player and share your ideas. This is much more comfortable to our oppressors, and supports calibration by helping develop scenes. A negotiation could be, "Play the scene until the kidnap starts, bring me to a dark alley and that is where we end."

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If scenes are calibrated well in advance, a check-in/refresher should be had the day of the scene. Also, consent may be revoked at any time with clear communication.

Scenes about sexual violence and nudity will be played in special zones called Red Rooms.

Serenity

This is an out of game space that works as a safety net for the players. If your play is having any negative impact on you, you can come here and eat, rebalance, relax, or get a hug.

Medical Team

The Mooney Bin has a First Aid Team to deal with health problems that can happen during the event. Please inform us about any health problem or allergies we should take into consideration and the way to deal with it. We also want to know any player that can volunteer help to our First Aid Team.

We have a first aid kit but this does not include medication, everyone has to bring their own.

Safety Team

The Safety Team to deal with any issue that can be considered a violation of the Code of Conduct or threaten attendee safety. Raise any complaint to our Safety Team. Each complaint received will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.