V9: Declaring Death

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Declaring Death

Players may declare themselves dead at any time, not just when they are actively killed. Upon death, a dead player must loudly declare ‘DEAD!”.

Death declarations are divided into two categories: Calling Dead and Taking a Death.

Calling Dead

Calling Dead is the act of declaring oneself dead due to natural gameplay causes, such as when it is caused by another player or effect, like a wound to the Torso. This is the typical form of death declaration.

• Players may call dead may occur before the actual killing blow as a good faith gesture to avoid being physically struck.


• Players may call themselves dead when a strange interaction occurs and it is determined that the player should have died somewhere in the confusion. In other cases, untangling the results of an engagement might be too difficult so a player will simply call themselves dead to acknowledge the ‘worst case scenario’.


• Players who are at risk of a real-life safety issue may call themselves dead to quickly leave combat without interrupting play.

In each of the instances above, the attacker who is most likely to have caused the death of the player will be considered to have dealt the killing blow, and may activate any relevant abilities as though they had done so.

Taking a Death

Taking a Death is the act of declaring oneself dead for any reason that does not fall under ‘Calling Dead’. This typically refers to deaths taken for tactical advantage in games where dying would be more beneficial than staying alive in certain circumstances.

1. Players who ‘Take a Death’ cannot be revived and may only return to life by respawning. They may not activate any ‘on-death’ effects such as Fight After Death; and do not benefit from any effects that prevent Death.


2. Any player who deliberately kills themselves in a self-inflicted manner will count as ‘Taking a Death’. This includes but is not limited to striking oneself or knowingly running into an non-player hazard (such as a lava zone) with the intent to die. Allowing a team-mate or other player to kill you does not count as 'Taking a Death'.


3. For roleplay scenarios, a player is only considered to have ‘Taken a Death’ if the death would break immersion or is otherwise only happen to exploit gameplay mechanics. A player who willingly sacrifices themselves to a volcano god would not count as 'Taking a Death' because it is in line with the roleplay.