We can't direct mod quote in a game because it's a way for people to game the system. Players can dump their role or night message on the board, and especially for more flavor-oriented mods who write longer pieces this is a chance for a player to establish innocence. It's pretty hard to clone someone else's writing style, especially in long message, that's why paraphrasing is allowed, they don't gain the extra credit.

In this case, I'd say precedent has already been established. Some games back during the middle of a game I posted my night allies and my own NB's back and forth, IIRC this was Cor and I in game 7, during the middle of the game and Hobo? and White Flame? responded in kind. So player NB's mid game are not banned and wouldn't be afterwards, I should think. Post-game, people have quoted those messages themselves by posting their roles, and mods regularly post up the entire night message texts after the game. So basically, based on previous examples, players can quote each other mid-game, but can not directly quote the mod mid-game, and otherwise everythings on the table, I'm not even sure that players can't modquote to their allies via NB, although that probably should be banned even if it isn't really enforceable since otherwise allies can demand it from each other, whcih certainly any mason would want to do these days and even DFs have reason to fear a traitor in their midsts.

Any rules in the game should exist only if it meets one or both of the following standards:

A) Is required for effective and fair gameplay

B) Clearly encourages active and friendly game play
e.g., Inactivity mod-kills, bans on highly personal attacks and vicious language, ec.

Well, that's my initial take on it, it seems we really have four questions up for ruling, so let's see how this applies to them:

1) Can you modquote after a game? (I think this would obviously not include that game's mod)

2) Can you NB-quote players during the same game

3) Can you modquote via NB during a game?

4) Can you NB-quote players after a game?

I would go with yes, no, no, and yes respectively. And my reasoning is as follows:

1) Can you modquote after a game? (I think this would obviously not include that game's mod)

Yes. The ability of a direct quote to establish high levels of credibility would disdvantage the non-town players, and start an unnecessary and distracting sidebars about forgery and potential hurtful remarks, i.e. "Well, Isaac regularly mispells 'think' as 'tihnk' and that's in this message so it's true" Though that's obviously a benign example, I don't think mod's, who are required to be fairly quiet even when people are lying about their comments, should have to be subjected to grammar analysis mid-game. As this is essentially the reason for the rule to begin with, and does not apply after a game has concluded, nor should the rule.

2) Can you NB-quote players during the same game?

No. Although this has already been done, we would instantly begin requiring any mason claim back it up with an immediate and full release of posts, it is not unusual for a mason-pairing to have a role as a member or to discuss strategy rather openly, or list potentially code phrases meant to allow mid-game coordination. Insofar as the point of being a mason is the ability to secretly communicate, you basically render the role weaker by allowing, and thus requiring post RC, quotation of exchanged messages.

3) Can you modquote via NB during a game?

No. Not only have masons often had DFs in them, but roles may appear as well and understandably not trust their colleague. Similiarly, we will eventually have a game featuring a traitor DF. Both situations would be severely compromised if rules permitted this, since they would have to comply, where as a ban allows them to legitimately say "No, that's against the rules" if asked for it. THeir allies could not press the point if they did suspect a traitor, since they'd have to fear being reported to the mod by a player who if such suspicions were warranted would have every motive to report them and have them modkilled.

4) Can you NB-quote players after a game?

Yes. This has already been done and it can not interrupt the game in which it occured by defintion. In terms of effecting gameplay, there really is none. However players should not expect anyone to feel obliged to comply with requests for such NBs nor assume they are under any compulsion to give them or give all of them. If X said "Y always used the words 'From my perspective' when lying" they may want to keep this a secret for strategic reasons, and obviously should mention as much to their allies henceforth. Common courtesy should prevent any harsh or demeaning commetns about toher players or mods in message, and similiarly should remind other players to remove those statements made by allies prior to posting it for all to see, however, it can not go back in time and effect the game in play, thus is not legitimately something we can ban.

All right, that's my opinions on the matter, I will submit my 'true opinion' to Gher via NB, but you may safely assume it will be this same message. Does anyone see a flaw in this logic or additional downsides I haven't covered?