here's my first official guess as well...

Rule 9: The text of the comic must include a written number, such as "Two" or "Eighteen".

I also suspect that there's a rule requiring either bad grammar or intentional mispelling, but I can't figure it out.

I was debating the ethics of that tactic, fpd. While I'm sure it would give valuable clues, I wasn't sure I'd have felt right doing it.

Still, I'm glad someone tried it.

You're on the right lines. What do the two groups you mentioned have in common? If you follow that commonality, what other groups would be banned?

Complies with 1,3,5,7,9:

[Click to view comic: 'Fixed Rate Mortgage']

Complies with 2,4,6,8,10

[ Posted comic does not exist ]

Drexle
Drexle gets Rule 7: The strip must contain a written number.

FPD - Geekatron
Follows: 1,3,5,9
Very close: 10

Rule 8: Must contain a metaphor/similie.

That's my guess.

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Kajun
Kajun gets Rule 8: Strip must contain a simile.

[Click to view comic: 'Nary a clue about the rest, but rule 4 is my bitch']

Although maybe it's rule 2...

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"And Wirthling isn't worth the paper he isn't printed on."

Wirthling-Nary a clue about the rest, but rule 4 is my bitch
Follows: 4,5,9

Incidentally, all the references to mortgages in the last two strips aren't a rule, I'm just looking for a mortgage at the mo, and that kind of filtered through.

Same trick as my last strip. What rules does this follow?

[Click to view comic: 'The British are Coming']

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[Click to view comic: 'Snow Women']

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[Click to view comic: 'Geekaphobia']

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[Click to view comic: 'Don't Try This at Home']

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we're sending our love down the WE-ELL-ELL-ELL! WELL IT'S THE BIG SHOW!

Well, it's not plural names or double words since forumusers is ok, and it's not double letters since dexx works. Double letter 'e' in the name?

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FPD
The British are Coming
Follows: 1,3,5,9

Snow Women
Follows: 1,5,7,8,9

Geekaphobia
Follows: 1,7,8

Don't Try This at Home
Follows: 1,2,5,7,8
So close: 3,10

X-Pac
Rikishi plays the drums and a computer game
Follows: 1,7,8 and I suppose 9, though it's a bit iffy
So close: 10

Rule 9: No female characters

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Family Fortunes-style 'wrongo!' noise

Rule n: No silent characters?

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Family Fortunes-style 'Wrongo!' noise

I'm guessing that rule #5 forbids characters from the first three sets of characters in the drop-down menu for character sets, which are threereasons, dieselsweeties, and lifeinhell.

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Shit, one more and I don't get to win the crappy car!

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You're 75% there.

You're 75% there.

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