References: 

https://mafiareturns.com/comm/thread/1797036#30452934

https://mafiareturns.com/comm/thread/2204231#33685193 

https://mafiareturns.com/comm/thread/1537747 - Cheating: Section 3

As per the threads above and some requests for clarity I am making this thread to further remind and clear up the expectation when it comes to RATs and ALL other lounge rewards. 

RATS/Hustles/Lounge Credits are rewards for active participation in the social side of the game. Active participation means engaging in meaningful convo with your fellow players.  You can talk about the rewards themselves if you are also actively engaging with your fellow players on other chatter.

Some examples of non meaningful convo and spam related to lounge rewards:

"How Far will this go"

"Nice save"

"Let's keep them alive"

Things that will get you immediately tossed out:

"Pool Me"

"I'm here for this" 

"Nice Shot"

"Nice"

"Let me In" 

"Rat"

"Count me in"



 

Some examples of cases where you will likely be considered spamming: (BOLD for where the spam starts and continues to)

xx:01 Player1: How is everyone this morning

xx:03 Player1: Oh that was a nice save

xx:07 Player1: Nice save

xx:10 Player1: so Many drugs

xx:15 Player1: Another SAVE?

xx:18 Player1: I had this for lunch today

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xx:01 Player2: I played this game today

xx:03 Player2: [insert pun here]

xx:03 Player2: POOL ME BOT

xx:04 Player2: Its really cold at my place how about yours?

xx:05 Player2: Lol you guys are known for coffee shop with joints, red light district and wooden clocks'

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xx:01 Player3: I love that kind of walk- and bike-friendly infrastructure

xx:02 Player3: I wish there were more of that in the US for sure

xx:03 Player3: oh goodness American bike lanes are a death trap

xx:04 Player3: I love riding my bike but I'm relegated to a small part of my city because going on any major street I take my life in my hands

xx:10 Player3: Whoa big load of drugs

I want to add that the point was brought up regarding people replying to MRDot in main to get rewards. The purpose of MRDot is to create conversation after five minutes of silence in the channel. It is not the fault of the person speaking to the bot that no one else is around to engage. 

This would be the same as people sitting in Trivia during Rats rather than speaking in the other chats with eligibility for rats attached to it.