Total Drama Rulebook

The Total Drama Rulebook is a contract that is to be signed by all contestants before competing in the game of TD. Though these rules are not explicitly revealed on television, they are to be followed by every TD contestant, or face expulsion with possible forfeiture of any prize money. The said set of rules are applied to every season and are to be followed as such.
Rulebook is implemented every season for every contestant and guidelines must be followed each season
While most conversations about these rules are low key both in and out of the TD series, this has influenced castaways to how they should act based on their signed contract. Despite these limitations, there are few instances where players have tried to use them to their advantage, or, in other instances, evade them.
==The Rulebook==
The TD Rulebook is a guideline that all contestants must follow in order to compete ons easons within Summer Edition. The rulebook is given to all contestants prior to them signing up and all rules must be followed within the strict piramiters made by production. Pre-Game
*Contestants must be a member of Summer Edition and remain within group and discord during the casting process.
*Contestants are not allowed to use alt accounts if they have competed in a previous season and any form of evidence to disclose that person as an alt will result in them being blacklisted and expelled from the season and any future events within SE.
*Contestants must disclose some of their LT experience if any.
*Player with existing history with each other may be casted based on this fact but only if production sees it as a interesting plotline for the season.
*The contestant should be responsible for his/her actions, as the Producers may not protect the contestant once he or she faces public scrutiny.
===Competition Proper===
*Contestants are allowed to talk to production but production is prohibited from giving them any information that could be seen as helping.
*During team selection process production may already have the teams settled, have a competition to determine the teams, or captains to select their team based on productions discretion of the selection process.
*There are parts of the series location that are "off-limits" to the teams.
*Production will not step in if there is a fight going on within private dms or in another discord channel (that is the contestants problem to handle unless it's brought to SE).
*Contestants MUST not be absent for 3 consecutive back to back competitions or face expulsion from the season UNLESS they notify us with a plausible excuse of their absence.
====Challenges====
*Contestants MUST compete in challenges unless unforeseen circumstances arise. During the team phase of the season a player is NOT allowed to sit out back to back challenges otherwise they will receive a strike and may face deductions on the prize money they may have obtained throughout the season including the winnings if they receive 1st.
*All players must follow the rules and regulations give to them each challenge and must adhere to the rules production give them on how to complete the challenge and what is necessary to garner a victory.
*Production has the sole discretion to continue or cancel a challenge, should the need arise.
*During Merge phase challenges other players are allowed to help another contestant try to win but ONLY if they themself are still competing in the challenge
*A team MAY forfeit a challenge but it must be a entire teams decision to give up before a winner is declared
====Elimination Ceremony====
*Every contestant must cast a vote at the elimination ceremony altho who voted who is not disclosed to the audience or the cast until the season concludes
*Contestants ARE allowed to vote for themself in the event they wish to go home or conceal their vote and blame it on another.
*Production have the right to alter the number of Merge/Jury members that are on the season to fit how the course of the season may go.
*If a player refuses to vote, he/she will either face expulsion or become ineligible for immunity at the next challenge
*Only a plurality of votes is needed to eliminate a castaway, not a majority.
*If a tie occurs during a vote, a revote will take place. If a tie happens a 2nd time then a tiebreaker challenge well be set upon by the 2 or more players who tied in the vote.
===TD Finale===
* The finale of the season has 2 ways of ending based on how production see's fit.
** Battle Royale: The season may end in which the final 2 compete in one final challenge to determine the winner and the competitions are not set for one individuals skill set. The final 2 will not be able to forfeit this challenge until a winner has been decided by it or else neither component will receive compensation. The challenge will not be revealed to any player until the finale in which the players will compete.
** Jury Vote: The season may end with a set number of jury members deciding who they wanna vote to win and the outcome will be settled by the majority votes given to a player. Finalists are given 60 seconds to plea their case to all the jury to decide who they wanna vote to win the season. Bribing jury members is STRICTLY PROHIBITED and will result in blacklisting and prize forfeiting.
===Additional Rules===
*While we don't like to intrude on any drama happening in the game there will come a limit. Arguing over game is allowed but if any personal attacks happen Production will step in and handle accordingly. Homophobia, racism, sexism, etc will also not be tolerated.
*Listen to Production in all situations. Any disobedience, disrespect, abuse, claiming rig, etc... could result in expulsion. Production are trying to give you the best experience possible so please don't try to stress us out as we work very hard!
*We encourage you to add Production to any alliance/duo chats you have created. This gives a better insight into your game and allows us to make easier opinions post-season!
*We encourage you to update your DR regularly so that we can see who you are as an individual and as a game player! You're free to make voice DRs, videos of yourself for your DR, typing, anything! The more effort and depth you put into your DR the more likely we are to invite you back!
*Quitting from the game forfeits any right to the money u gained through the season and may blacklist you from competing in another season of Summer Edition
*Under no circumstances are audience members allowed to dm you anything about the game or the other players. The audience knows NOTHING about the game as we don't spread any information with them. If anyone dms you anything about the game, regardless of how little it is report them in your diary room immediately. If we find out via other sources that an audience member has been dming you we will assume that you accepted whatever they were dming you and you will be punished accordingly.
*Once eliminated, you may not dm the contestants AT ALL. Everyone is given a chance to say final messages once they're eliminated and that is it. If you try to influence the game once you're eliminated, you will be blacklisted from future seasons and this will not be lifted. We take things like this VERY seriously.
*If you cannot attend a session, it is up to you to send a voting list. If you miss a session and I haven't received a vote from you then it will count as a self vote so I suggest you send a voting list before sessions incase something pops up last second.
*Production will NOT disclose to the cast if the end of the season will be dictated by a Jury vote or a Finale challenge to adhere that all players give 100% to the season.
==Black-Listing==
*Things that will get you expelled from the series and blacklisted from future seasons
**Quitting the show for any reason other than personal problems or family related injuries/deaths
**Hacking the show or it's competitions in anyway to see challenges early, get advantage on challenges, or rig for another player.
**Inappropriate posting of any 18+ content on the discord channel after being warned.
===Post-Game===
====After Filming====
*Contestants Confessionals and alliance chats will be brought to light after the season concludes so the audience has a better feel and understanding o what went down in the game.
====Prize Money====
*All Contestants, including the winner, will receive their prize money or reward type cash/incentives within a 2 week period at most of completing the season at productions discretion (late payment is subjected if production has issues_
*Contestants are allowed to ask for a different currency if the prize is Real cash but Production WILL NOT cover conversion fees.
*Conspiring to share winnings between players is strictly prohibited.
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