Backstage Rules

Backstage rules help you directly influence your Backstage Rating.

No Drugs, Alcohol, Smoking
If drugs are banned then this increases the strictness of the backstage area and can prevent a drug culture from starting but can reduce the morale of drug users.

If alcohol is banned then this increases the strictness of the backstage area and can prevent alcohol related incidents but can reduce the morale of drinkers.

If smoking is banned then this increases the strictness of the backstage area and can increase the morale of some non-smokers but can reduce the morale of smokers.

Arriving And Leaving Times
If all workers have to be at the venue at least three hours before the show starts then this increases the strictness of the backstage area but also lowers general morale.

If the workers are banned from leaving until the main event is done then this increases the strictness of the backstage area but also lowers general morale.

Dress Code
If a dress code is enforced then all workers are expected to be smart and professionally attired. This increases the strictness of the backstage area but also lowers general morale and can reduce the morale of specific non-conformists too.

No Outsiders
If friends, relatives, and other hangers-on are banned from being backstage then it becomes a closed area for contracted workers only. This increases the strictness of the backstage area but also lowers general morale.

Catering, Masseuse, Chiropractor
If catering is provided then the cost is dependent on the company and roster size and is deducted at the end of each show. Catering increases locker room morale.

If masseuses are provided then the cost is dependent on the company and roster size and is deducted at the end of each show. Masseuses increase locker room morale and can slightly reduce injury risk. If chiropractors are provided then the cost is dependent on the company and roster size and is deducted at the end of each show.

Chiropractors increase locker room morale and can slightly reduce injury risk.

Transport And Hotels
If transport is organised then the company will handle the arrangements for workers who do not live in the region. The cost is dependent on the company size and will be deducted at the end of each show. This increases locker room morale. If the company agrees to pay the transport costs for workers who do not live in the region then the cost, which is dependent on the company size and the journey length required, is deducted at the end of each show. This increases locker room morale.

If hotels are organised then the company will handle the arrangements for workers who do not live in the region. The cost is dependent on the company size and will be deducted at the end of each show. This increases locker room morale.

If the company agrees to pay the hotel costs for workers who do not live in the region then the cost is deducted at the end of each show. This increases locker room morale.

Dirty Doctor
If the company makes sure a 'dirty' doctor is backstage then this less-than-ethical medical man will happily provide steroids, soft drugs, and pain killers to any worker who wants them. There is no cost to you as the workers pay for their own drugs.

The advantage is that you can reap the benefits of steroid-enhanced workers; they gain physical abilities quicker, decline slower, and gain Star Power much quicker than normal. The downside is that you also have to take all the negatives that drug use brings and you also risk a major scandal if the doctor's dealings become public; this will happen if a worker dies, overdoses, or is caught in possession within a year of having being prescribed drugs by the doctor, even if the worker has since left the company or the doctor is no longer used.

Drug Policies
Each company can have one of five levels of drug testing, with one of those levels being to have none at all.

Low Level
A small random selection of workers are taken after each show and given a standard test.

Standard tests
These are fairly good at catching heavy users, but are unreliable on lesser amounts. The problem with this policy is that its

random basis means that people can slip through the cracks and avoid detection.

Medium level
a small random selection of workers are taken after each show and given a comprehensive test. These tests are very accurate and will catch even small amounts of drugs in a person's system. As with a low level test, the problem with this policy is that its random basis means that people can slip through the cracks and avoid detection.

High Level
all workers are given a standard test after each show. Standard tests are fairly good at catching heavy users, but are unreliable on lesser amounts. This policy is a very good way to deter drug use.

Extreme Level
all workers are given a comprehensive test after each show. These tests are very accurate and will catch even small amounts of drugs in a person's system. This policy makes it almost impossible for drug users to avoid detection.