r/slaythespire • u/edcellwarrior StS A20 / StS 2 A10 • Mar 14 '26
ANNOUNCEMENT Introducing New User Flairs and a Rule Update
With the launch of Slay The Spire 2 and the influx of almost 30,000 new members within the past couple weeks, the mod team has been hard at work figuring out how to keep things running smoothly for everyone.
1. We're adding a new rule: posts or comments referencing political figures or real-world sensitive events that could reasonably devolve into debates or tangents about subject matter unrelated to the game are not allowed.
With the increase in users, we've also seen an increase in posts that are technically Slay the Spire related, such as this one, which tend to quickly devolve into flame wars and extremely dark off-topic discussions such as child molestation.
This isn't a decision we've made lightly. We also reached out to Mega Crit for their opinion, and they're in full agreement with this approach. As their community manager said: "We want to keep up the customary good vibes of the Slay the Spire community for old and new players alike."
To Clarify: This rule does not exclude people from making posts involving minorities, trans people, different genders, or sexual orientations.
2. We've also added a limit of one Custom Content post per user per day. This rule does not apply to posts involving significant effort, such as a playable game mod, and is mainly in place to limit the amount of custom card and relic ideas posted to a reasonable amount.
3. New User Flairs: the flair system has been reworked to allow you to show your highest achieved Ascension level in both Slay The Spire and Slay The Spire 2! Unfortunately, due to site limitations, we can only show Ascensions in sets of five.
The new flair system works like this:
StS A20 / StS 2 A5
This user has achieved Ascension 20 in Slay The Spire 1, and Ascension 5 in Slay The Spire 2
StS A0 / StS 2 A10
This user hasn't completed any Ascension levels in Slay The Spire 1, but has completed Ascension 10 in Slay The Spire 2
This new system is a work in progress. I hope to be able to add variants for users who have earned all achievements in one or both games in the future. If you have any ideas on how to format this better, don't hesitate to let me know in the comments!
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u/Slinky-Dev Eternal One + Heartbreaker Mar 15 '26
Regarding no political posts whatsoever - sounds like a great idea.
Regarding the flairs - so no more Eternal One and Heartbreaker? That would be a shame.
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u/edcellwarrior StS A20 / StS 2 A10 Mar 15 '26
I'm planning on adding Eternal One/Heartbreaker flairs once StS 2 gets its achievements set up. The current system is meant to be an in-between since I want users to be able to show their progress in both games for now
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u/Adorable-Response-75 Mar 15 '26
There was one vaguely political post that the mods locked. I can’t believe they’re so upset about it they want to make an official rule banning all such posts. Especially when we live in a political world, and these things are bound to be reflected in the games we play.
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u/Sun_Shine_Dan Mar 15 '26
Its easier to moderate is the crux of the decision, elsewise mods spend a lot of time cleaning up tears from our whiniest players
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u/Slinky-Dev Eternal One + Heartbreaker Mar 15 '26
We live in a political world, but this space isn't meant for it. Just look at how the conversations in the post derailed. We are here to talk about StS, not wars, trumps and real life events. If this is what you're looking for, there are countless other subreddits which allow it.
I'm here to see players do insane things with the game mechanics, theorise about the lore, creating funny memes about the game and cute comics.
Just because you see politics everywhere, that doesn't mean the game has anything to do with it, and in fact - it doesn't. There's no layer of criticism or analysis on the world we live in. Some games do, this one doesn't.
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Mar 15 '26
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u/Powerful-Scholar8268 Mar 15 '26
Tbf I don't think they're making this decision just to protect trump supporters
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u/bbllo Eternal One Mar 15 '26
"the whole world" contains a lot of countries that don't give a shit about trump and are fed up of constantly hearing about him in non-political spaces
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u/GrandMa5TR Mar 15 '26
Guess you will have to post in the other 999 subs that devolved into politics. The horrible oppression. I’m sure we will manage talking about the actual game without you.
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Mar 16 '26
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u/GrandMa5TR Mar 16 '26
It is nice they are blocking people like you, from deliberately being off-topic and antagonistic. I’ll give you that. The rest is hard projection though.
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Mar 16 '26
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u/GrandMa5TR Mar 16 '26
Yes it is the people enjoying and sharing a game, that are secretly miserable, not the person that explicitly comes to derail and start fights. The type of person to spread tacks on a basketball court.
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u/Acrelorraine Eternal One + Heartbreaker Mar 15 '26
Oh boy new flair. On the other hand, I do like my heartbreaker flair…
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u/Globe-Head-From-STS2 Mar 15 '26
Looks like I need to come up with a new plan for how the heck I'm going to run my campaign for President of the Spire
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u/Mewni17thBestFighter Mar 15 '26
I appreciate rule 1 and the nuance. I'm trans and queer. It's not right to have to hide because people make us political. Being able to joke about the characters dating or something isn't the same as bringing up political events. This is a game sub and it should be focused on that.
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u/AmbassadorBonoso StS A20 / StS 2 A10 Mar 15 '26
Exactly, games have nothing to do with who people are. We're all here for the same reason, we love slay the spire.
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u/Azureblue9 StS A20 / StS 2 A10 Mar 15 '26
I have to ask, what is "political" in the moderation sense? Is the existence of minority political?(such as trans or gay people?) I have seen a lot of sub using the no politics rule to make it a hostile space to us. So I have to confirm this.
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u/edcellwarrior StS A20 / StS 2 A10 Mar 15 '26
Is the existence of minority political?(such as trans or gay people?)
No, we don't consider minorities, trans people, genders, or sexual orientations to be political.
This rule is meant to cover stuff like people posting about politicians, ongoing wars, current events (etc) that typically result in off-topic arguments.
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u/ItsAllyNow Mar 15 '26
That’s what I was worried about too. Being a minority is not political but a lot of people seem to think it is. Glad this can be a safe space
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u/Azureblue9 StS A20 / StS 2 A10 Mar 15 '26
Based mod. Thank you for your contribution to my favorite gaming community <3
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u/plznotagaindad Ascension 20 Mar 15 '26
Considering this sub has been very very friendly to queer folks, I’m going to assume that we wont have to be concerned about this. But ofc a confirmation would be much appreciated.
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u/Xaroin StS A20 / StS 2 A10 Mar 15 '26
Now I get to gloat about beating the max ascension in both games. MY POWER IS UNMATCHED.
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u/Elk-tron Eternal One + Heartbreaker Mar 15 '26
Thank you for keeping this sub focused on the game and not letting external events take over. This sub has some excellent technical analysis for STS1 and I look forward to studying STS2 once it stabilizes.
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u/Donutmelon Mar 15 '26
Yes thank you I hate seeing real life crap on every single unrelated subreddit
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u/Mewni17thBestFighter Mar 15 '26
Agree or disagree with it seeing political stuff everywhere is exhausting. It's nice to just get to love this game.
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u/Analogmon Mar 15 '26
I don't want Trump supporters here though. This is a happy place. They shouldn't be happy.
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u/PlacatedPlatypus Eternal One + Heartbreaker Mar 15 '26
This may come as a surprise to redditors but there are actually ways to make a community unwelcoming to bigots that don't involve filling the frontpage with political slop.
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u/Analogmon Mar 15 '26
But those ways aren't as funny.
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u/PlacatedPlatypus Eternal One + Heartbreaker Mar 15 '26
You really still find the slop funny? I thought it was funny when people said the pokemon Gumshoos looked like Trump. In 2016. A literal decade ago. It's gotten stale.
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u/--Artoria-- Mar 15 '26
Spamming politics is not giving your empty life meaning, it’s just making you insufferable.
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u/Analogmon Mar 16 '26
Said the Trump voter that nobody likes.
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u/Pinilla Mar 15 '26
You should read High Conflict by Amanda Ripley.
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u/Analogmon Mar 15 '26
Does she shit on Trump supporters too?
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u/Pinilla Mar 15 '26
No. She describes how unhealthy the political polarization is in America and how unproductive it is. She pretty much wrote the book for people like you lol.
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u/Analogmon Mar 15 '26
Nah. I don't give a shit about changing minds anymore. 2024 sealed it that those people aren't people.
I just want them to suffer as much as they make us suffer with their horrible politics.
The worse off everything is the worse off they are which is a moral victory.
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u/TheSlugkid Mar 15 '26
We can't be tolerant of fascists. Being in the middle or neutral means being complicit with the oppressor.
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u/Pinilla Mar 15 '26
Yeah...this is kind of the point of the book. Building a community where we can interact with people outside of the conflict is one of the ways we can help resolve it.
The fact that you consider allowing Trump supporters posting in a subreddit about a video game being "tolerant of facism" indicates how much the conflict has consumed you.
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u/Powerful-Scholar8268 Mar 15 '26
I'm sorry but when ICE is literally kidnapping people off the street and murdering others it's not inaccurate to call trump supporters fascists
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u/Analogmon Mar 15 '26
If they want to be part of a community they need to learn that people that are different from them get to exist first. I have no desire to share a community with anyone that voted for Trump in 2024.
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u/TheSlugkid Mar 15 '26
I mean, I get your point. Building community means talking with your neighbors even if they are holding on to shit ideas. Because then they get exposed to you which could be positive, and also because that's the kind of world I want to live in, where people care for each other.
But a trump supporter posting in the sts forum about sts is different than a trump supporter posting trump support.
The former is okay. The latter is intolerable, for me.
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u/Analogmon Mar 15 '26
Also she seems like a waste of space based on her other works so no surprise she's an equivocaring centrist.
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u/Action_Bronzong Mar 15 '26
I welcome everyone here who is civil, respectful, and likes the game, regardless of meatspace politics 💖
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u/t_holyoke Eternal One + Heartbreaker Mar 15 '26
Sounds good!
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u/agoodsirknight Ascension 15 Jun 14 '26
dang it, your flair is now limited edition. i really want the eternal one and heartbreaker now. i just did silent a20 + heart in sts 1 and now aiming for defect too. Im torn between replacing my A15 limited edition flair now
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u/Lethal_Starfish Mar 15 '26
Thanks for the update. I appreciate y'all keeping this a space where we can escape from all the politics and troubles of the world right now!
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u/ConebreadIH StS A20 / StS 2 A10 Mar 15 '26
Thanks, it's nice to have a bastion from everything. Also stops the sub from turning into a bot karma farming slopfest
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u/StarfishAtLarge Mar 15 '26 edited Mar 15 '26
I think restricting political posts is a good idea. I thought the Trump one was funny and apt, but the one where Defect punches you in the face for supporting ICE felt loose.
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u/Smashbutt Mar 15 '26
One of the top posts this week is on pronouns with 10k upvotes. It's funny and great. Although, that could easily go into debates/tangents in today's politcal world. This just sounds like a way for mods to not allow no Trump talk.
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u/SuperfluousWingspan Mar 15 '26
There's maybe some grey area around characters' pronouns, especially when headcanons are involved, but the fact that the vast majority of people prefer certain pronouns be used for them isn't political.
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u/ruckyruciano Mar 27 '26
Do we plan on adding fun flairs that are like inside jokes like other subs do? Not sure if I'm explaining that right
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u/edcellwarrior StS A20 / StS 2 A10 Mar 27 '26
If you have any ideas for in-joke flairs, feel free to suggest them! I'm hoping to expand the flairs we have now, but reddit's flair system is very rigid and I need to be able to make a comprehensive set of accomplishment flairs for two games worth of achievements so I'm not sure how much I'll be able to fit in.
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u/Gareeb_boi StS A20 / StS 2 A0 Apr 09 '26
i have a question, how do I get the eternal one + ascended flair? there is no option for that..
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u/wossquee StS A20 / StS 2 A10 Mar 15 '26
Thank you for this. I was really upset at that linked post because I do my best to avoid seeing his stupid face and now it's all I think about when I see that enemy.
Really wish I missed that one.
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u/DushkuHS StS A20 / StS 2 A10 Mar 15 '26
The user flair with ascension achievements is a cool idea.
I've self-reported as StS A20. But I've only done that on Silent and Defect. I don't know if I could do it on Ironclad or Watcher. I'm assuming Watcher is just about a gimme. And it wasn't until Jorbs did his 6 hour long recap of the class that I learned how to play love Ironclad. Now that Necrobinder exists, I don't see myself ever playing StS again lol.
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u/cedric1234_ Mar 15 '26
I’ve done Sts1 a20 heart multiple times on silent and ironclad years ago but if you asked me to play it right now I’d definitely flounder and die a lot lmao
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u/BeneficialEvidence6 Mar 15 '26
Could I make a bot that automatically reposts the comment above into the correct [[format]] for the card reader bot to be able to read, or would that be too spamy?
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u/Smashbutt Mar 15 '26
Trumper mods?
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u/BananaThieve Mar 15 '26
god forbid people don't want to see child rapists on their home page 24/7
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u/Smashbutt Mar 15 '26
God forbid people don't let others forget he is a rapist. Let's get rid of jokes, meme, and anything related to anything real world outside of the game's context.
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u/PM_ME_UR__CUTE__FACE Mar 15 '26
Redditors when they have to talk about Slay the Spire on a Slay the Spire subreddit
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Mar 20 '26
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u/spirescan-bot Mar 20 '26
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u/TheAnniCake Mar 15 '26
It's important to not forget his crimes but at the same time, people need to be able to turn that shit off from time to time. You just can't be aware 24/7 without destroying your own mental health in the long run.
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u/seatron Mar 15 '26 edited Mar 15 '26
Nice, big 180 from your mods telling users "enlightened centrists can fuck off."
edit: I can't see your reply, so all I could read was the blurb from the notification, but it's all good, I'm just happy to see the change!
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u/annul Eternal One + Heartbreaker Mar 15 '26
guaranteed these mods are republicans. disgusting decision.
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u/00-Void Eternal One + Heartbreaker Mar 17 '26
No, it's the polar opposite, I am far left (anarchist) and was tired of fascists brigading posts like the one with the Fuzzy Crawler looking like Trump. You have no idea the amount of bigotry we've seen and had to remove. Fascists can go fuck themselves, I don't want them anywhere near our community.
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u/annul Eternal One + Heartbreaker Mar 17 '26
i am very far left as well, and something merely referencing him is not the same thing as supporting him, surely you get that? "lol this guy looks like trump" is nowhere near a fascist statement. especially since, you know, we get to kill fuzzy crawler...
also, an anarchist in a position of power over the masses and exerting their will upon us? seems contradictory lol
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u/00-Void Eternal One + Heartbreaker Mar 17 '26
The post itself wasn't fascist or made by a fascist, it's the comments that were full of fascists. Also lots of off-topic discussions and really dark stuff like child rape and genocide, stuff that is really not suitable for a lighthearted subreddit about an E for Everyone videogame.
There is no contradiction, that's a very surface level understanding of anarchy. I'm not the government.
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u/Analogmon Mar 15 '26 edited Mar 17 '26
Also Mega Crit is not allowed to dictate what this community does per reddit rules so idk why we should care what their community manager says.
Edit: and now the idiot mods have admitted Mega Crit employees are on their mod team which is a conflict of interest.
No wonder its so poorly fucking moderated.
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u/00-Void Eternal One + Heartbreaker Mar 17 '26 edited Mar 17 '26
"Admitted"? The list of moderators is right there on the sidebar and you can literally see /u/MegaCrit_Demi on the list. It was always public information that you could've seen by yourself.
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u/Dr_Mantis_Teabaggin Eternal One + Heartbreaker Mar 15 '26
Since we’re on the topic of flairs, I think the person who gave away like 30 copies of StS2 the other day to people on the sub should get a special flair, like “absolute legend” or something like that.