Server Rules

General Roleplay:
Use text to show the actions of your character. Try to describe body language and facial expressions. ONLY describe what can be seen, heard, or noticed by another player. Do not emote your character’s thoughts or motivations. 
Actions That Don't Need to be Emoted:
Actions that the game clearly shows do not need to be emoted. Opening a door, walking, swinging a bat at a zombie, etc. For example, a wall frame is evidence that an action has occurred, but the game does not show your character building the frame, so RP of those actions is needed.
Development:
Characters change over time. IC development is encouraged. RP learning activities to show stat increases, RP for knowledge learned through BOOKS, and RP as you increase proficiency in your skills. Admin can and will at times question your abilities, so be prepared to justify them from time to time.
Time:
Things take time. 1 Day IC is 1 Real life day. You’re not going to build a fortress in one day. Take time to do actions that take time. Don’t increase stats from 0-10 in a short span of time. Expect to be questioned if you do so, and possibly being forced to delete your save if not justified.
Mechanical Gaming:
Do not do actions merely because the game “lets” you do it. Reading a book on archery will allow you to craft arrows. That mechanical action doesn’t give you RP knowledge. Just because you can mechanically chop a tree down in 5 whacks doesn’t mean you should be RPing it as such.
Meta Gaming:
Meta gaming involves knowing things that your character does not know ICly. Do not use knowledge that your character does not have.
Power Gaming:
Power gaming is making decisions for other players. You can only Roleplay YOUR actions, not other people’s actions.
Fear Roleplay:
No one here is a badass that should be immune to fear. Zombies on a single level might not be “terrifying” but once you get more than one, most players shouldn’t still be calm and comfortable. Hordes should in NO way be fought without massive help.
OOC Issues:
Keep all OOC issues separate from IC issues.
Relationship RP:
Relationships do not develop overnight. The faction system allows for us to create factions so that you can “recognize” people in your group. But this does not mean you still don’t need to meet them and interact with them to get information about them.
Multiple Characters:
If you have multiple characters, they can not live in the same base or home, they can not be part of the same community, they cannot share items, and they cannot share IC information.