Anyone that's played online has probably thought there should be some general rules for how all players should handle themselves when interacting with others. In more frustrating times, everybody's probably thought of rules that were completely innappropriate but seemed to fit your more stressed mindset.
This is the place for those rules. Please share your most ridiculous thoughts of how online play should go, number them however you like.
Rule #1: Do not shoot people on your own team unless they annoy you.
I would say this kind of Rules depends on the different configuration of the Servers. That means if it is possible to kill your Team mates in any way, it should be a Rule not to do that, same for Blocking small Paths or Teleporters. On Servers where things like that are impossible in contrast, there is no need for this kind of Rules. But instead of there are general Rules which are essential for all Servers and every Player has to follow them. For example: No swearing, no injurious / right-wing extremist / Pornographic Nicks, no Nick Stealing, no Projectile Blocking or shooting on Redeemers someone has fired, no abusing of Bugs in Maps and so on... One thing I really hate, is, that a lot of Players always take all AMPs instead just one of them. Maybe they think the Weapon would be 3 or 4 times stronger if they take 3 or 4 of them, I don't know. And everytime I please them just to take one, cause it doesn't matter how much you take, it's just one AMP that is active (that counts at least for all Standard AMPs). But did they listen to me? No! So the other Players have to wait till the AMPs respawn, just to take all of them as well *sigh* That is really annoying and should be a Rule as well in my eyes...
Rule #3: Always obey the Admins unless you are not in the mood or if you are the type that doesn't follow the chain of command. In this case you are free to annoy everybody.
Rule #4: Do not overload the server spamming out that nice super weapons unless you want to test the server's capabilities or you just think it's funny. In this case you are free to do it in every map.
Rule #5: Please, do not ask to be an Admin unless you really want to be one. In this case, keep asking as often as possible to demonstrate your interest. If you are under 10 years old, you are free to ask, you will do it anyway...
Rule #6: Do not carry other players around using the Graviton unless you think he is the kind of x-games person. In this case you can toss them over the cliff's edge or in the lava.