What unwritten rules do you follow?

I’m a killer main. I don’t have a problem with using moris, if the devs didn’t want people using them they wouldn’t still be in the game. I do typically bring a Bloodpoint offering instead, though, since moris mean you get a lower score usually. But if I’m doing a quest that requires people to die I’ll being a mori.

If the exits are open and nobody is on hook I don’t bother chasing people at the exits, I’ll just look for the hatch to close it or pallets to break or use my power for extra points. No sense giving the survivors extra points if I can’t hook them.

I don’t think camping or tunneling are unsportsmanlike but I do think they are usually bad strategy. If you are sitting around a hook doing nothing mid-game the gens will fly. You have to go to the survivors if they aren’t coming to you. Tunneling is a nonsense phrase, it usually boils down to “chasing someone you already downed or injured” which is a silly complaint. If I have the choice between chasing an injured player and a healthy one obviously I’ll try to down the injured one barring certain exceptions like if I think they have Borrowed Time, etc. And if I can down someone I’ve already hooked that’s better than downing someone I haven’t because it makes it more likely to get an earlier kill. Now chasing someone that will take you too long to catch is another story, that’s bad tactics because while they run you around a strong loop the gens are going. You have to know when to give up a target and switch to somewhere else to get a different person off a gen or maybe catch someone out of position. Again, though, that’s mainly strategic decisions, there’s nothing unethical about chasing the same person twice in a row or whatever.

Other than that I never quit a game and I always say gg and maybe something nice (unless the survivors are being jerks in chat). I also never give people a free escape because I know I wouldn’t want a killer to “take it easy” on me as a survivor, nor do I like it when survivors sandbag each other or give me free downs. I’d rather lose to an opponent that tried to win then get pity points.

Only one I can really think of is that unless I have to (daily/challenges and such) I won't use moris or keys. Because I personally find them pretty dumb. I don't expect other players to do the same, but I personally don't want to use either.

Then again I guess I play pretty "nicely" in general, but that's more because I personally find it more fun that way. So it's far more of a coincidentally "nice" thing I do for myself rather than for others lol.

EDIT: I don't really have any restrictions on what I use other than the mori/keys thing, but for similar reasons there's plenty of addons and perks that are strong that I don't find fun to use. So I don't. While they can be potent I don't really use Adrenaline or NOED as I'd rather have a non-endgame perk for example.

Always chase unhooker unless I can't find them or the unhooked person is just throwing themself at me.

Face camp object of obsession, always. They deserve a bad time.

I never use moris or keys, noed (maybe if I ever play scratched mirror Myers I will), and don't play Spirit as I perceive all of these as scummy. I don't like playing against any of these so why would I use them?

Always run decisive strike. Not because I want it but because I don't have any other decent obsession perks and I want there to be an obsession so the killer has to play around it for my entire team.

Otherwise it's pretty much just trying to avoid things I wouldn't want done to me if I were on the other side.

I play how i want .

As a killer I don't use moris, I try to give the last survivor the hatch, I avoid tunneling when possible, and I try not to slug more than two survivors at a time. I don't camp, but if a survivor is looping me within sight of the hook, I'm not gonna leave the area.

As a survivor I don't teabag, I try not to wait around at the exit gates for an hour when the match is clearly over, and I absolutely will offer myself as a distraction if the killer seems to be tunneling. I don't run flashlights unless there's a tome challenge, and even then I save those for last because ugh. I don't bring keys into the match because I don't want to get mori'd, but if I find one in a chest it's fair game.

Yes, and the OP is asking how you play?

No Ivory or Ebony Moris, no keys, no NOED.

ok then as survivor I'm stealth I use Urban Evasion,Self Care,Spine Chill the 4th random sometime I don't use SC in corner i use SC if needed like back up when survivor don't want to heal me just do gens.I don't Urban Evasion around doing nothing all match I do gen totem and when it safe unhook people if the killer still comes after the unhook I'll take a hit for who I just unhooked.

Killer well I use 3 to 4 main I just got Ghostface normally it michael myers,spirit,legion perk I use right now are Hex: Ruin,Surveillance,Barbecue & Chilli 4th random like survivor not sure what I play there I try not to tunnel and camp but it happen most in the EGC I get 4K 3K sometime but I'm ok with 2k and I given people hatch alot

I also like to farm sometime as killer or survivor there done.

As Survivor I refuse to use Meta Perks, more out of principle really. I feel DS is easily abused for free escapes, especially EGC. If I screw up, I don't want to start relying on a second chance. I'll use BT but even then I will try avoid unhooking in a killers face, unless they're literally right there and I need to fast.

As Killer, I refuse 100% to camp or tunnel a survivor since, for me, having them done to me is frustrating and just leaves a sour mood behind. I like to be fair, and if I do down a unhooked survivor, I make it a point to leave them there, not out of fear of DS, but because they deserve to at least try get back into the game before I attempt to go back for them. I also refuse to use NOED, again, second chances. If I didn't manage to get everyone before the gates are opened, then that's on me and a GG to the survivors.

Here's a List of Unbiased rules I feel DbD players should follow.

1 - Play how you want to play and enjoy the game.

2 - Respect is akin to Newtons 3rd law: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Ergo, if you show no respect, don't expect any.

3 - The Killers role is to kill, the Survivors is to survive... Both by any means necessary. Hate the game, not the player.

4 - When the gates are powered... Anything goes.

5 - You paid money for a multiplayer experience, and thus aren't entitled to win every match. Anyone who takes umbrage to this should stick to single-player games where-in you are entitled to win for the money you paid. Being salty because of a lost match is unbecoming, embarrassingly juvenile, and toxic to the communities reputation. We're all people pitting our skills, strategies, and knowledge against each-other. If you lose a match and have nothing good to say: Leave a "gg," calm down/lick your wounds, and move onto the next match.

6 - (For PC players) Post game chat can be closed using the ">>" in the lower right of the chat box, and will remain closed until you decide to open it again. No one deserves abuse, so if you find yourself frustrated over excessive endgame chat toxicity, Just close it, and continue enjoying the game in peace.

7 - This is a 4v1 Lobby and Match style Multiplayer game. When you queue up to play a match you are committing to seeing it through so that everyone can enjoy the game, and everyone else who queued up is depending on your commitment to the match in order to experience said enjoyment. The acceptable reasons for Intentionally Disconnecting from a match are as follows:

1. A Game breaking bug rendering you incapable of playing a normal match.
2. A Player(s) taking the game hostage/hacking/exploiting bugs or unintentional game mechanics/bullying or griefing you. (Record if possible, and Report them after leaving the match)
3. Influences and situations outside of the game that make your disconnection unavoidable in order to deal with said circumstances.

Disconnecting from a match intentionally for any other reason is a practice in bad sportsmanship that Ruins the experience for all other players, Disconnecting over petty reasons doesn't do anything other than piss off everyone else, and makes you a worse player for it since you don't learn how to play any better by quitting. Disconnecting is currently being punished for a good reason: Too many DC's from too many players results in leaving the community as a whole with a sour experience, and could eventually kill the game we love. If you are frustrated with how a match is going; Take it in stride as a learning experience, see it through to the end, take a break, and decide if you want to queue up for another match. We all bought this game in order to play it with others despite how each match goes, and the majority of the fun this game offers is in the variation of each individual match.

Don't be a petty DC'er.

8 - For survivors, Rage quitting via suicide on the hook is your choice, but as with rule 7, all it does is ruin the experience for the rest of your team, and piss everyone off. While it's not currently being punished, it's still regarded by the community as a show of bad sportsmanship. If you don't at least try to play through until the end, regardless of the results, you are only hurting the experience for all other players both new and old, but it's with the new players where this hurts the game the most.

Bad matches happen, we understand, but that's no reason throw a game, especially over petty reasoning. Matches can turn around at the drop of a hat as long as everyone's still playing, and often do, but you won't experience that if you RQ on the hook, and by doing so you drastically affect the teams ability to pull off said "turn around". On top of this, it does nothing for your personal skill growth as a player, or your Blood Point/Experience gains, so there's not really any reason to do it other than petty ones.

9 - If it's a legal mechanic in the game, don't be afraid to use it. A lot of the fun this game offers is in discovering new strategies, counters, and synergies using the tools the game provides, so no matter how effective or overpowered you feel they are, there's nothing wrong with using them to your advantage.

10 - Take the good with the bad in stride, rise to meet the challenge every new match presents, and overall... have fun.

Honestly, this is just a list of Common Sense spelled out for everyone to see. The inherent problem of "unwritten" or "Made up rules" is that they're more of "guidelines" that nobody is obligated to follow. I know it won't change everyone, but I felt if I expressed the rules I follow when playing this game for all to see, maybe others might have them in mind when playing, whether they use them or not.

To never run Franklin's unless I'm trying to get adept bubba.

sometimes. but from what i've seen its not a guarantee.

Generally speaking I reserve my right to play the game however I feel like.

I rarely play killer but when I do its usually very low ranks and against lesser skilled players, if this is the case I usually try and get 2 hooks on them all and let them out if possible.

If ive killed all your friends and you played a good game without being a dick ill usually let you go. I could care less about the 4ks and would rather show respect to a decent player.

If I tunnel a player I usually slug them and give their team a chance to get them back up. I dont often tunnel, usually its by accident following the rescuer and the rescuee and accidentally hitting the wrong one.

As a survivor I will try and do what I can to get a 4 man out and if I can't i usually die trying. This will usually depend on the killer im up against too however.

If im halfway through a generator when you get hooked, im finishing the damn thing first. As much as i love trying to help people there is zero point in me rushing just to farm you and get you put back on the hook while the gen isn't being done and nobody gets out.

Well dying is obviously going to be frustrating, but it's just part of the game. A survivor pointing the finger at the killer and saying they shouldn't be doing it though because they're frustrated is just sore losing.

I don't run anything that I think should not be in the game or that I think suck the fun out of the game for most others. There's not really much that is in that category for me, but the things that are there are Decisive Strike, NOED, Spirit, Freddy, Iridescent Head, and Rusty Shackles. I don't find them fun to play against, so I'm not gonna make someone else play against them.

I follow no rules I camp tunnel and do everything in my power to win the game. Mori big twitch streamers and key users.

I hate the stupid "unwritten rules" this community has come up with.

If a survivor has been particularly annoying I'll even bleed him out on the ground.

Cypress mori to scare streamers, ivory mori for keys, ebony moris for quadruple blendettes.

The Claudette always dies.