Rules can be very nuanced and hard to understand... most people don't 'get them' and have their own ideas.
Often times rules conflict. There's past precedences. On top of that, at the end of the day it will come down to a judgement call by a GM.
Play nice policy is something people personally define. To me it means a few things-
1-making an effort with the other party that is challenging the camp. This means discussing the rules with them and using evidence. Keeping a dialogue going until it's clear that there's varying viewpoints that isn't going to be resolved. When a GM gets involved, I don't think it's a good look to be the party that is shutting down reasonable conversation.
2- Giving people time to get their spawns. I am very lenient with this. If someone lets something pop I usually give them at least 3 mins or so before I ask them 'whats up'.
Any time I've had to deal with a GM I've respected the decision and I don't really disagree with the judgement they've used in my cases.
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