My livestreams traditionally run at 8PM EST on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. I will have special sessions for people that have commissions but can;t make the usual streams. I will also sometimes just do random fun streams.

I've said this many times but I shall reiterate it yet again. I dislike making big long lists of rules that the people who violate them won't ever read anyway. But the expected behavior guidelines of the channel are pretty simple.

1. We're all mostly adults in channel, but the moment you get crude I will tell you to stop. There are children and ladies in the channel and if you don't know how to behave in front of them then get off livestream and go enroll yourself in geek charm school. You'll get much farther in life.

2. I am not a roleplay channel or a random IRC chat room. My basic guideline is that if your conversation could happen privately elsewhere then take it elsewhere. I feel narcissistic for saying it but the truth is the stream is about me and my art. If I get the feeling from your behavior that you don;t really give a flip about either then I'll ask you to move on.

3. Do not spam. Please take a moment to think about what you type instead of spewing disjointed sentences. We get fifty people a night and if half the chat is you talking then you need to tone it down a little.

4. HORMEL'S LAW IS NOT TO SHIELD YOU FROM A PERSONAL TRAUMA. My channel is blessed in that we can talk about religion and politics and current events and keep things relatively civil. You do not demand a topic end because you personally dislike it. I really hate derailing what might be an interesting discussion because one person has a trauma. We call "bacon" on a topic when tempers look like they're starting to rise and when people are starting to take things personally. NOT BECAUSE YOU ARE OFFENDED BY TALK OF POLITICS OR RELIGION OR PET KITTENS.

5. I am not a counseling service or a crisis center. If you have an honest to goodness physical or emotional problem, then go get help. Don't dive into my stream and demand everyone stop and play psychologist. Yes, we might and often do have advice to give, but constantly derailing things because you're depressed is bad form. If you're truly depressed then go see a therapist, not a 40 year old cartoonist. Leastwise the therapist probably has better drugs than I do.

6. The final ruling on behavior goes to me. I'm very lenient, but if I have to keep telling someone to shut up or tone it down then eventually I'm just going to kick them out the door. The reason why I never like to post specific rules or guidelines is because all that does is give people loopholes to consider. But really, if I think you're acting like a peenwhack and I feel you should know better, I shouldn't have to take you to the chalkboard like a child and tell you what rule you broke. So general guideline, if you can't act like a civil human being, then don't come to my livestream.

7. I will hold you responsible for your words. If you say something stupid, passive-aggressive, trolling, or deliberately attention grabbing, expect to be called on it.