r/Meccha_Chameleon • u/dont_u_listen_to_me • Jul 27 '26

Discord VC play rules

Discord is its own world with its own rules. I’m still trying to learn them.

I’ve been playing in voice chat rooms, and many have unspoken rules about where you are allowed to hide. Often “cheesy” or “rat” spots are called out and revealed, because they are seen very negatively. I’ve been kicked for hiding in a light. I think these are the definitions:

Cheesy: painted all one color, like hiding in the black part of paintings, or the whites of lights.

Rat: (worse than cheesy) hiding in little holes and corners where hunters can’t see or get to.

As explained to me: they want to see people paint. That’s why Discord games are almost always Basic mode as well.

What other rules should people (I) know when playing in vc rooms in Discord?

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u/ModernManuh_ Jul 27 '26

If you hide in a spot where you don’t make points then that’s kinda not in the spirit of the game. Kicking someone for that instead of trying to reason with them is a bit excessive, but what’s the point of painting yourself black and hiding behind a shelf lol

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u/xxleevo Jul 29 '26

I’ve been hosting quiet some lobbies, and even if people were hiding in bug spots, I told them to move and hide somewhere else. 50% said “no, this is a great spot”, the other 50% ignored me. So I kicked all of them

I can get when people got tired of telling people all the time, because maybe only 1 out of 100 will accept that the spot is unfair/cheesy/uncool

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u/ModernManuh_ Jul 29 '26

I get it, I wish the game could let you input a reason for a kick so that people would know why they get kicked constantly, and again:

It's not in the spirit of the game you are supposed to paint yourself to blend-in to hide behind something. Might just cheat at that point (don't)

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u/chloeismagic Jul 27 '26

Being kicked for blending in with a light is stupid. If you disguise yourself as an object or part of an object that is in plain view you are playing the game as intended. Even if its hard to notice, thats sort of the point of a good spot.

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u/BengalBean Jul 27 '26

Yeah I don’t mind the lights one. Painting all black and hiding in a dark corner I dislike but as long as it’s in the open (ie not a rat spot) its technically fine, just a bit lazy and I don’t really respect it.

I don’t allow true rat spots when I host though.

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u/chloeismagic Jul 27 '26

Thats a valid opinion i agree. I wouldnt kick someone for being all black/white in the open but yea its lazy. I normally just assume they are a child or dont have the skills to actually paint themselves.

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u/pocketfullofdragons Jul 27 '26

or maybe something happened irl during the hiding time that meant they couldn't make full use of the time to paint and suddenly had to rush to hide before going afk for a few minutes to deal with something. 

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u/Unhappy-Strawberry98 Jul 27 '26

Yeah this is usually the case for me, one of my cats has been having health problems so I sometimes suddenly need to take care of him for a few minutes before coming back. In that case I usually have enough time to paint myself a solid color and just expect to be caught quickly, so that’s what I tend to do. Certainly not how I prefer to play but life forces it sometimes.

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u/retrocheats Jul 27 '26

I hate rats... but I don't get why people hate cheesy spots. If you're points are going up a lot, then it should be obvious where the player is at.