Community Rules

Disclaimer

Ignorance of these rules will not grant you leniency, it is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to understand and ACCEPT these rules. Failure to do so will result in punishment.

If you did not understand a rule or know it existed. The fault is yours and it will not be tolerated.

If you are going to be playing on our server. We recommend recording at all times with audio (both game audio, 3rd party app audio and microphone) with 480p quality or better.

You can use applications such as Radeon Relive / ShadowPlay / Plays.TV / OBS to name a few. If those do not work for you (call a priest, and try to look for a different recording software that does) if you do not record. do not get mad at us for not being able to solve your reports as that is your fault. Help us and we will help you. We like to improve your experience whenever possible.

Along with in the event that someone breaks a rule, join the discord and join the “Waiting for staff” voice channel and be prepared to state & defend your case and then do /report with a short explanation and say you are in waiting for staff or just say you require assistance and that you are in waiting for staff.

GENERAL RULES
⦁          You must be able to speak and understand English. Unless you are not in an RP situation, you may choose to speak another language with friends.

⦁          You must have a working, clear microphone. A mic check will be done during the interview process.

⦁          Don’t influence others to break rules, you’ll receive a similar punishment.

⦁          Do not use any real-life events in the city. (No Suicide RP, terrorism, or outbreaks) - not limited to these examples.

⦁          You cannot stop roleplay if something happens that you do not like. All parties must agree to it.

⦁          Always try your best to be neutral with everyone and not over the top.

⦁          No racism, trolling, homophobia and sexism.

⦁          Treat each other with respect, and everyone is equal.

⦁          Combat logging/storing to avoid being robbed/arrested is not permitted.

⦁          Using chat in a disrespectful manner will result in a kick.

⦁          Using Discord as a form of communication through RP is prohibited.

⦁          Do not use malicious/disrespectful language against another player due to their gender/race.

Character

⦁          Players are not allowed to create new characters with the intent to transfer the starter money over to another character. All involved parties breaking this rule will have all their money revoked from them and potentially banned.

⦁          Stream sniping and using information from watching a stream is against the rules. No information obtained from OOC should make it in-game.

⦁          Make sure you separate your characters. They do not know each other, they don't know where your weed location is, who your friends/enemies are, etc.

⦁          Anything in discord that starts with RP- is in character. E.g  #rp-instagram. Anything posted there means evidence or subject for search and can be used as proof for the police force etc.

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	Value of life.

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At all times you must value your life as if it were your last. If you're at a clear disadvantage, for example, a gun pointed to the back of your head whilst you're looking the other direction, you must comply with their demands. If you are outnumbered 3 to 1 you must comply. This does not mean that you don’t have an option to try and escape. When possible and in a correct situation, you have the option to try and escape. A bad example of an attempt to escape is if you are being held hostage in front of a bank and decide to run away even though the person has a firearm ready.

⦁          When you die and are taken to the hospital, revived by pressing E, you must not return to the RP scenario you were previously in for at least 25 mins.

⦁          You are not allowed to have multiple characters that are affiliated with the same circle/gang. You must separate your RP.

Cheating and Exploiting

⦁          It is strictly prohibited to use any game modifications and enhancements that can give a player an unfair advantage, such as increased speed, health regeneration, teleportation and similar hacks. A player caught cheating will be permanently banned without any prior warning.

⦁          Players are allowed to use visual enhancements or other game modifications that do not give the user an advantage which can be classed as cheating or unfair. Binding keys to server commands or text messages for faster and more convenient access is permitted.

⦁          Macroing is the act of using third-party software or hardware enhancements that enable the player to perform automated actions. Macroing to perform activities for a financial benefit or to circumvent the AFK script is a bannable offence. All property and experience gained through macroing will be revoked.

⦁          The true purpose of OOC in-game is to contact staff, talk outside of Roleplay about any issues. Do not report any bugs through OOC because other players might take advantage of it. To report a bug you must do it through discord or a /report

⦁          OOC talk can be done in discord.

⦁          This is to ensure quality is maintained in the RP within the city limits which improves the quality for everyone and is beneficial for both streamers and non-streamers.

⦁          If you have an urgent issue that needs to be reported, finish the RP scenario that you are involved in, and use the “U” key to get their id and /report them

Crime, Assassinations, Situations and Gangs

⦁          No criminal activity 15 mins before and after a restart.

⦁          Fake hostages are not allowed. The city is large enough for you to find a real hostage. You must plan out robberies the correct way, not simply grab a friend hostage and be done.

⦁          Players are allowed to rob other players by either roleplaying it or by forcing them to raise their hands. There is no limit on how much money or items you can take from a single robbery. A criminal is not allowed to demand someone to hand over ownership of their vehicle but they can however demand the spare keys to a vehicle (F1 menu/vehicle/givekey). A Criminal may also not demand someone to withdraw money from their bank account from an atm/bank

⦁          Under no circumstances can a criminal force his victim to sell his property, such as houses, vehicles or businesses

⦁          A criminal is permitted to scam his victims of up to $50,000 in cash or the same value in items. Scamming must be done in-game by roleplaying it. Scamming people through out-of-character channels is not allowed, this includes scamming someone by telling them the incorrect server command for personal gain.

⦁          Please understand, any place with a “teleport” or “Press E to enter” are places you are prohibited to rob players.

⦁          You can not interfere in robberies. For example, if X is doing a Pacific Standard heist, you cannot enter the bank without permission from X party.

⦁          You may choose to follow people who have just robbed the bank with the intention to rob the money for yourself. You must, however, have RP before resorting to shootouts.

⦁          You are to not rob police unless there is a minimum of 3 Police on duty.

Assassinations and Hostage Situations

⦁          A player may hire an assassin to kill another player or a group of players, but only if the assassination initiator has a valid in-character reason to kill these players themselves. A player may not hire an assassin to hunt and kill random players of a specific faction. The contract must be placed in-character by roleplaying it.

⦁          Both the initiator and the assassin need to confirm the contract through RP and an out-of-character chat channel on DISCORD, the assassin must take a screenshot of that confirmation, which will act as proof that the killing of other players had not been deathmatching.

⦁          After the victim is killed, the assassin must inform the victim through an out-of-character channel about the contract. An administrator may ask the assassin for proof to confirm the existence of a contract to ensure that other roleplay rules had been followed.

Gangs

.⦁  Gangs are not all about running around and shooting each other so please don’t feel that every gang has to be hostile and cause problems, be original and be creative.

⦁          It is up to you to advertise your gang and get yourself known among the community.

⦁          Initiation before shooting. If you do this verbally or through the use of social media.

⦁          No shooting without initiation of RP.

Crime Activities

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⦁          The set limit to doing a criminal activity is 4 criminals.

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        	4-man rule

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Criminal activities are limited to 4 players max at a time. This means that no outside help is allowed in any sort of way. Whoever you bring to the scenario is who you have until it is completely played out. This includes anyone giving information to the scenario (lookouts, radio comms, etc.)

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        	Green zones

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If you engage in an illegal activity and run into a  greenzone this is a punishable offence.

-Pillbox/Lower Pillbox

-PDM

-Any Motel / Apt, do not door camp

-Courthouse

Deathmatch, Vehicle Deathmatch, Revenge Killing and Kill On Sight

⦁          RP needs to be initiated before a shootout begins.

⦁          Deathmatch is the act of killing or hurting another player or damaging their property intentionally without having a valid in-character reason to do that. Breaking this rule repeatedly will end in a permanent ban.

⦁          You cannot kill another player, because that player had killed you in the past. The new life rule prevents you from doing that. This is called revenge killing and is classed as deathmatch.

⦁          You are allowed to attack another player if they try to hurt you or damage your property intentionally, if they ignore your threats and attempt to resist or if they try to take hostile action against you.

⦁          Random Deathmatch: The act of killing or hurting another player or damaging their property intentionally by use of any force without having a valid in-character reason to do that.

⦁          Vehicle Deathmatch: The act of killing or hurting another player or damaging their property intentionally by using a vehicle without having a valid in-character reason to do that.

New Life Rule (NLR)

⦁          New Life Rule: Triggered once you die and respawn at the hospital, the cause of death is irrelevant. Getting yourself downed is not considered as dying, therefore once you get treated by EMS, the new life rule is not triggered.

⦁          Once a player dies, they cannot come back to the area of their death for 15 minutes and they cannot take hostile action against the party responsible for their death for 30 minutes, they also lose every roleplay reason to take hostile action against the party responsible for their death.

⦁          Do not respawn to avoid negative consequences for your character.

⦁          One is not able to decide when another permanently kills their character, this is decided upon OOC and once agreed they can commence with the scenario. You are allowed to plan out a scenario OOC if you decide on permaing your character.

Combat and Roleplay Logging

⦁          Players are not allowed to disconnect from a roleplay or combat situation that could have negative in-character consequences. If your game crashes, you must reconnect to the server and inform the parties involved with you before the crash and ask them if they want to continue roleplaying the scenario.

⦁          If a player gets kicked from the server while in a combat or a roleplay situation, such as a police pursuit, the administrator who had kicked the player must make sure that the player can continue roleplaying the situation with the same advantages as he had prior to the kick.

Metagaming and Powergaming

⦁          Metagaming: This is when you use real-life information gained from outside the bounds of the game to benefit your character's knowledge in-game, even though they would not have known this information. For example, watching a stream to find someone’s location or using the “M” name tags and finding out who it is.

⦁          Powergaming: Roleplaying with mechanics/abilities that do not exist or forcing someone else into a situation where they don’t have choices. Ex. Using the /me to force RP in your favor rather than leaving it open ended for all parties involved.

⦁          [ In-character ] Talking in voice-chat or regular text chat, or using the tweet on the phone, etc... commands are considered as in-character chat. The same rule applies to all global announcements.

⦁          Metagaming to gain an in-game advantage, for example, requesting help from your allies through out-of-character channels, will result in more severe punishments, than accidental metagaming, that serves no benefit to the player, such as calling a stranger by his character name.

⦁          After you die, you cannot talk about your death through in-character channels unless an individual/party informs you through RP.

⦁          Roleplaying something unrealistically ridiculous or forcing roleplay actions on other players by using the /me command is not allowed and is classed as powergaming.

⦁          Dragging a player around with the intent to not create RP and/or to annoy them, is a bannable offence.

⦁          Use of third party VOIP is strictly prohibited while you are connected to the server. ( Discord, etc.)

Fail Roleplay

⦁          FailRP: Actions that are unrealistic or hurt the roleplay experience of other players are considered as fail roleplay, however, not all actions that may seem unrealistic are punishable. A list of punishable fail roleplay actions: The following is a list of some examples, not everything that could be considered FailRP.

⦁          Failing to respond to /me interactions with other players.

⦁          Value Of Life: You must value your life similar to the way you do your own life in real life. For example, you must not engage in a gunfight for the fun of it, knowing that you wouldn’t do it IRL.

⦁          Stealing a vehicle by hijacking the driver without engaging in any roleplay, if there are no current circumstances to justify it (for example, other players are trying to hurt, capture or kill you);

⦁          Cop Baiting - Purposefully attempting to bait Police Officers into a scenario without any RP behind it. Ex. Hitting a cop car to have them chase you to an ambush for the purpose of a gunfight.

⦁          Continuing to jump repeatedly while you are out of stamina.

⦁          Talking normally after you have multiple gunshot wounds.

Fear Roleplay

⦁          FearRP: The concept of role-playing fear for your character’s life in situations where your attacker is able to quickly end your life at will. This can come in the form of having a weapon aimed at your character’s head at close range, where reaching for your own weapon would result in you being killed instantly, or where your life is in direct danger and any attempt to resist would result in your immediate death.

⦁          Examples, where your character’s life is in direct danger:

⦁          You are on foot or cornered in a building when a firearm is aimed at you at close range;

⦁          You have committed violent crimes and are surrounded by police officers, who are aiming their weapons at you, prepared to shoot to kill if necessary;

⦁          Examples, where your character’s life is not in direct danger:

⦁          An attacker, who had their firearm aimed at you, leaves close range or aim their weapon in the opposite direction or is distracted and is not observing your actions;

⦁          If an armed individual is across the street from you and starts giving you demands.

⦁          Exceptions, where your character’s life is in direct danger, but you may resist:

⦁          You had been holding a firearm in your hand, prior to your attacker aiming a weapon at you;

⦁          You must display reasonable value for your life and comply with the demands of your attacker; You cannot call 911, call your friends or allies to aid you because that would be a failure to comply;

⦁          As an attacker, who is endangering the life of another person:

⦁          You cannot brutally wound or kill your victim if they are complying with your demands;

⦁          The victim gains a valid roleplay reason to take hostile action against you, which they can exercise once their life is not in any direct danger;

Out of Character and In-Character information

⦁          Out-of-character evidence (video recordings, screenshots) can be used as evidence, if the footage of rule breaking had been captured by a player.

⦁          You cannot watch a stream and use that information to your knowledge!