I have a list. That list says:

Shopping List
[list]
[*]Bread
[*]Milk
[*]Roofies
[*]Handcuffs
[*]Vaseline
[*]Yoghurt
[/list]

But you don't need to know that. I also have another list. On this list there are ten, that's ten, rules. Your task is to guess what they are from the series of strips that I am going to post. You can either post strips that you think comply with the rules, or you can state the rules outright, if you don't mind all the other entrants finding out as well.

Got that? Good.

Follows rules 1-5. Breaks rules 6-10:

[ Posted comic does not exist ]

Follows rules 6-10. Breaks 1-5:

[ Posted comic does not exist ]

Fully compliant:

[ Posted comic does not exist ]

Fully non-compliant:

[Click to view comic: 'Stop throwing those bloody spears']

[Click to view comic: 'What are the rules to this contest? VI']

So, which rules do I have right?

Drexle - What are the rules to this contest? VI

Follows: 1
Breaks: 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10

Almost followed rule 10, though.

Testing, testing
[Click to view comic: 'Kajun's sorry tail']
[Click to view comic: 'I'm bored and I like this guy. Leave me alone']
[Click to view comic: 'simple forms']
[Click to view comic: 'borderline']
[Click to view comic: 'adjust']
I hope this pays off, in theory it should help but i doubt it will!

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How about this one?

[Click to view comic: 'What are the rules to this contest VI (2)']

I forgot to put text in panel three, but I suspect one of the rules has something to do with actually *having* text there.

Skagg-
Kajun's sorry tail - Follows 1, 5,10
I'm bored and I like this guy. Leave me alone - Follows 1, 5, 7
simple forms - follows 1,5
borderline - breaks them all
adjust -follows 1,5,9

Drexle
What are the rules to this contest VI (2) -Follows 5

I have my guesses at two of the rules, and if this strip complies with at least two rules, I'll post what I think they are. Which rules does this comply with?

[Click to view comic: 'Hairy Pothead Reports to His Superior']

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[Click to view comic: 'What are the rules to this contest VI (3)']

[Click to view comic: 'What are the rules to this contest? (4)']

[Click to view comic: 'What are the rules to this contest? VI']

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Dad was flammable

FPD - Hairy Pothead Reports to His Superior
Follows: 5,7,9
So close: 10

Drexle - What are the rules to this contest VI (3)
Follows: 1,7
What are the rules to this contest? (4)
Follows: 1,2,5,9

Kajun - What are the rules to this contest? VI
Follows: 8,9
Foiled at the last minute: 1

I will post another compliant strip at some point today, and if I have time this evening I'll do one that follows all the even rules, and one that follows all the odd ones.

[Click to view comic: 'Moving House']

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God dammit, I don't have a frikkin' clue!

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Dad was flammable

[Click to view comic: 'Pick your porn supplier']

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I expect that this one breaks rule #5. Other than that, I have no clue. Further analysis has indicated that my previous guesses at two rules were mistaken.

[Click to view comic: 'It never happens like this on soap operas']

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Sorry about the delay everyone, I went out for dinner last night so wasn't able to post any more strips. Some will definitely appear today, though. Anyway:

Kaufman - Moving House
Follows: 5,7
Breaks: 1,2,3,4,6,8,9,10

Pick your porn supplier
Follows: 7,9
Breaks: 1,3,4,5,6,8,10
Iffy: 2

FPD
It never happens like this on soap operas
Follows: 1,9
Breaks 2,3,4,5,6,8
Almost: 7
So close: 10

To give you all some help before I do today's strips, here is a breakdown of the rules:

1 rule affects the title
1 rule affects the backgrounds
3 rules affect the choice of characters that may be used
5 rules affect the content of the dialogue boxes

Man, I've got so much fodder for the Crappy Comics thread now...

[Click to view comic: 'Drexlerific guess at this contest's rules VI']

I hope "The comic must be funny" isn't an actual rule...

Based on a true story.
[Click to view comic: 'Drexle and the local prosletyzing Christian']

The actual conversation started differently, and flowed differently, but my suspicions about a rule or two made me unable to faithfuly replicate the conversation.

Drexle
Drexlerific guess at this contest's rules VI
Follows: 1,7,9

Drexle and the local prosletyzing Christian
Follows: 1,3,9,10

Fully compliant:

[Click to view comic: 'Behold! They're coming back!']

Here's my first official guess at a rule.

Rule #5 is "Use no characters from threereasons and none from dieselsweeties."

Here is my reasoning. Every script which breaks this rule has a character from threereasons or dieselsweeties, and none of these characters appear in any strip that follows rule #5. Most strips that break it include characters from threereasons. A couple exceptions include characters from dieselsweeties and none from threereasons. So #5 cannot merely be "Use no characters from threereasons."

One other possibility for rule #5 is "Use no characters from threereasons, dieselsweeties, or pennyarcade." So far, the data doesn't conclusively establish this or my other guess. I favor the other guess, because it is the simpler of the two.

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Here's how I plan to get some clues on which rules are about what. Which rules does this strip follow?

[Click to view comic: 'Geekatron']

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