Rules

BASIC RULES
1) Housemates posts are recorded at all times - they are never deleted and will only be edited in extreme circumstances. Housemates cannot edit their posts after posting.
2) Housemates must post during their stay in the forum game. There is no rule as to how many posts a housemate must make over the course of their stay but unless there is a genuine reason, housemates are expected to commit a small amount of time each week to the game.
3) The Diary Room is the only place in the forum where Forum Sim Brother will acknowledge housemates individually.
4) Visits to the Diary Room are compulsory and can be done through posting in the forum thread or Private Messaging Forum Sim Brother.
5) Nominations are compulsory and take place every week between Friday and Sunday.
6) Housemates must give full, frank and honest reasons for nominations.
7) It is now permitted for housemates to discuss nominations in full
8) Eviction is decided by public vote.
9) All tasks and challenges are compulsory.
10) Housemates must not "act" violently towards any other housemate.
11) Housemates are free to leave the forum game at any time.
12) Housemates are banned from viewing the Big Mouth forum.
13) If any housemate breaks the rules they will be warned and may be asked to leave the forum.
14) THE MOST IMPORTANT RULE OF ALL: Forum Sim Brother reserves the right to change the rules at any time.

WEEKLY TASKS
Housemates in the forum will be given a weekly task every week, beginning on a Sunday and finishing on a Wednesday. If housemates pass their weekly task the prize fund will increase. If housemates fail the prize fund will decrease.

The housemates will be set weekly tasks and will have a few days to resolve them. As soon as the nature of the task is announced by Forum Sim Brother, the housemates will have to work together as a team to complete it and they will find out if they have successfully completed the task later that week.

LEAVING THE FORUM
Housemates can leave the forum in three ways:

- They can leave of their own free will (and may do so at any time).
- They may be evicted.
- In exceptional circumstances they may be asked to leave by Forum Sim Brother.

VOLUNTARY/INVOLUNTARY DEPARTURE
If a housemate wants to leave they must first report to the Diary Room and give their reasons for leaving.

Forum Sim Brother may ask a housemate to leave the forum game if they behave inappropriately, for example, if they engage in violent or abusive behaviour.

Housemates leaving voluntarily or being asked to leave may be replaced at Forum Sim Brother's discretion.

NOMINATIONS & THE EVICTION PROCESS
Every week each housemate will be called to the Diary Room to nominate two fellow housemates for eviction. Any housemate refusing to make a nomination or failing to provide Forum Sim Brother with a satisfactory reason for their nomination will be reprimanded at Forum Sim Brother's discretion.

This year nominations can be discussed in full. On Saturday housemates must complete a one day challenge. If housemates pass the challenge they can nominate in private the following week. If housemates fail the challenge, then housemates must nominate live, in public, in the Diary Room.

REMEMBER: Big Brother reserves the right to change the frequency, times and details of nominations at any time.

WARNINGS & STRIKES
Housemates will be given a warning when they break the Forum Sim Brother rules. If a housemate breaks a major Forum Sim Brother rule or continually breaks minor ones they will be given 1 strike. Housemates are allowed to receive a maximum of 3 strikes. If a housemate receives
a fourth strike they will be automatically evicted.

If a housemate is banned temporarily or permanently from the Sim Media Forums then they will be evicted from the game without question and replaced at Forum Sim Brother’s discretion.

Housemates who refuse to leave the forum when evicted may be given an unofficial formal warning. If they continue to break this rule they may be dealt with an official forum warning. The same applies to non-housemates and ex-housemates who post in the main forum when they are not allowed to.

GENERAL CHAT FORUM RULES
Threads in the General Chat forum about housemates are allowed to contain opinions, good or bad. Opinions which break the fundamental Sim Media Forum rules of being racist, sexist etc will not be tolerated however.

Forum Sim Brother reserves the right to change the rules at any time.