Tremendously Intense Erotic Situations
Where the Elite Meet to Beat
TIES PlayParty Rules
Last modified: 5-13-1996
I've tried to keep the rules for this party fairly simple and easy to remember. The house is divided into 4 areas - one for socializing (smoking allowed), one for non-smoking socializing (where the buffet is), one for mild play and/or scenes that require lots of space (check with a DM before doing anything that may be squicksome here, please), and the separate rooms, upstairs, for individual scenes. (Smoking upstairs is restricted to the NE corner room, please.)
The socialization areas are for chat, negotiation, relaxation after scenes, etc. Please limit play in these areas to non-contact personal service, such as kneeling, fetching snacks or drinks, etc. These should be a good place to go if someone needs to depressurize or center after experiencing/witnessing an especially intense scene.
The mild play area has evolved into a chat-allowed area, too. However, it's still rude and intrusive to jump into or interfere with another's scene. If someone already involved in a scene wants your participation, they'll invite you, specifically.
The playrooms upstairs are for more intense scenes, and are highly inappropriate places for casual conversation. Feel free to watch any scene that's happening - if people want privacy, they will stay home. However, please keep comments, applause, etc. for after the scene, and keep the after-scene hubbub as short as you can - there are likely people in the next room who are trying to concentrate. Please leave the play area as soon as you safely can after a scene - downstairs is the best place to recuperate after a scene, and to discuss what just happened with the other participants and onlookers.
The universal safewords at this party are- Green: I play harder than that - faster/harder, please!
- Yellow: I don't play quite that hard - lighten up, please.
- Red: I don't do that - stop doing that at once.
- Safeword: I quit - the scene is over, right now!
All will be required to honor these safewords, and any other safewords that have been negotiated. Negotiating a "no safeword" scene will not be allowed - your hosts are wimps. If using a gag, be sure to negotiate a non-verbal safeword, and let the DMs know what safeword system you'll be using - we get nervous.
To keep our butts out of legal trouble, it's BYOB, legal substances only. Anyone overindulging (in the DM's opinion) will be considered unsafe to play, and will not be allowed to play further. Anyone overindulging and causing problems thereby will be evicted, and will not return.
To keep us solvent, we ask for a contribution to be paid in advance - $15/member, $20/associate. This money is used to pay for the buffet, beverages, and other expenses associated with hosting these.
"Outing" other attendees is uncool - identifying another attendee elsewhere without their permission will get you barred from further PlayParties, and probably get you shunned by the rest of the community.
All play will be negotiated beforehand - anyone beginning a scene of any sort with an unwilling partner is risking immediate and permanent expulsion.
Psychodrama is occasionally entertaining, but this isn't a "watch us spat" party. Please keep disruptive emotional scenes in their proper place - elsewhere.
To keep the hosts from having nightmares, let's all play safe - I don't want anyone to develop health problems at this party. Safer sex is encouraged - condoms, latex gloves, and plastic wrap (for dental dams) is available, if you forgot to bring your own. A bleach solution for sterilizing toys is available in the kitchen.
Please keep the noise down to reasonable levels - we're not so much worried about frightening the neighbors, but overloud screams can disrupt other scenes. Use a gag if it seems necessary, but don't worry overmuch about this point - if you're too loud, the DM will let you know - no loss of brownie points.
We will not allow the use of breathplay - choking, strangling, etc. If you wish to do this elsewhere, that's your choice - but we want no preventable medical emergencies at the party - they're not much fun, even if someone does get strapped into a stretcher.
Photography and video may happen in some scenes. Those with cameras are responsible for making certain that everyone within lens range is okay with being recorded. Any non-consensual image capturing will result in the immediate confiscation/destruction of the film or tape.
