Server Rules

Our list of rules has been created through the rules on various other servers and tailored to the use of the Maritime Gaming RP Server.

## **Community Rules**

#### **1) No win-only mentalities.**

Roleplaying is a back and forth, And much like life, You do not always win.

#### **2) Roleplaying over Fighting**

No Deathmatches, No Kill On Site, No Vehicle Deathmatches. All conflict must be initiated verbally or with an abundance of story lead-up within close proximity of the conflict. The target of conflict must be able to recognize they’re being threatened with harm, why and by whom before they’re injured.

#### **3) Metagaming is prohibited.**

You are not your character; do not act on or disclose information your character didn’t gain on-server.

#### **4) Power gaming is prohibited.**

This includes but is not limited to:

- Use of game mechanics (intended or otherwise) to gain an unfair advantage is considered exploiting (e.g., using known bugs or using game features in inappropriate and unintended ways).

- Logging out during conflict (“combat-logging”) is prohibited.

#### **5) Stay In-Character**

Players must be in character at all times on-server. This includes communication and actions.

-IC conflict is to be resolved IC. If rule-related concerns arise, players are expected to remain IC to the conclusion of the scene, and file a player report. The Admins will then deal with the situation accordingly. (Please send these reports to Drestyn, RedLeader, InsaneShane99, RunLikeSheep)

#### **6) Terms of Service/Community Guideline Violations**

RP that violates the Twitch Terms of Service (ToS) and Twitch Community Guidelines is prohibited.

#### **7) Age Restrictions**

Players and their characters must be 18 years or older.

#### **8) Speaking Language**

Players must have English fluency enough to easily understand and be understood.

#### **9) Admin Actions**

Admin actions via Discord must be given priority.

If an admin contacts you to discuss a timeout, the ban will not be lifted (regardless of its initial duration) until you have spoken to the admin. If an admin contacts you to discuss a rule break and you do not acknowledge the message with a response, you may be timed out until you do so.

#### **10) Be Respectful**

Be respectful of other players in the community

- Personal insults or attacks outside of roleplay are strictly prohibited.

- Speaking poorly of others on stream, in chats or elsewhere will not be tolerated. If you have a concern that someone broke a community or on-server rule, submit a report.

- Any player caught harassing or bullying another player on the server, or outside of the server but in relation to their presence on the server, will be permanently removed and barred from the current and any future allowlist.

#### **11) Voice Communication**

- Players must have a good quality and functioning microphone and headset for VoIP RP.

- Players or characters who are mute may use the text menu in game (T) to portray actions and gestures. Please do not use the Text menus for general text or messaging.

- You may be in other forms of communication while playing on the server, However, Please refrain from using these external sources to communicate about the server itself, Use the Communication tools in game to talk in game.

- Any music played on the server must be DMCA compliant.

#### **12) Issue Reporting**

Make use of the appropriate tools and #channels to report issues or request support.

- If you need to DM another community member for any reason, you should ask and receive permission first in a public channel.

#### **13) Content Restrictions**

Prohibited Topics: Roleplay and references to the following topics, both verbal and written, are absolutely not permitted by TwitchRP or allowed on any of its servers, Discord, or other hosted services and may result in a permanent community ban:

Racism or Sexism

Suicide or self-harm

Children/Pregnancy roleplay

Erotic Role Play (ERP), especially anything actually or inferred to be non-consensual

Slavery roleplay

Depiction of murder via hanging (including references in scenes or /me)

No hate speech, slurs, or portrayals of hate crimes

Torture/Mutilation RP

#### **14) Discord Rules**

You must follow Discord’s ToS

Advertising of any sort will not be tolerated unless given explicit permission from an admin.

Offensive/NSFW names and avatars are not allowed and will result in a warning.

The Mods/The Captain have the final say in what is allowed. They have the right to remove posts as they see fit.

#### **15) Life Value**

You must value your life, freedom, and the lives of others. For example, do not attempt to draw a weapon while being held at gunpoint or carelessly injure NPCs.

#### **16) Don’t script stories.**

It is okay to set up loose story lines at the onset of a story, but to attempt to control a narrative is against the server rules. This server is about collaborative storytelling.(Events with slight amounts of scripting may be held by the server admins, However, The outcomes of these events will be entirely up to the players on the server and how they interact.)

#### **17) Organization Limits**

Groups, Families or Enterprises (Civilian or Criminal) as well as Businesses and Companies are limited to 10 people max. Any exemptions to this must be requested through a meeting with the Lords of Los Santos.

#### **18) GTA Lore/Lore Characters**

Any LORE groups or characters must be approved through an Admin.

You are still free to have characters who are associated/family of other characters, So long as you have the permission of the original character's player. Please keep in mind, Our server will be running off entirely new families and gangs, and GTA Storyline families and gangs may not be applicable to characters.

#### **19) Serial Killers**

You are not allowed to play a serial killer without reaching to the admin team, We can help facilitate the character growth you would like, However, There will be stipulations, IE; Not being able to kill Player Characters without OOC Consent.

#### **20) Death and Incapacitation Rules**

- If you respawn or the timer expired and you respawned at the hospital; You do not remember anything leading up to your death.

If you are incapacitated (meaning – You see the text to call an Ambulance or are waiting for a potential revive) you MUST NOT remember anything from the moment you are incapacitated until you are revived.

#### **21) Resurrection**

To bring back a permadeath character you must seek an agreement with the admin team.

#### **22) Group Encounter Rules**

- A maximum of 4 people in a single group can be involved in a hostile situation at any given time. You may have more on the roster, however, they can not partake in activities beyond the count of 4. Drug related activities are considered inherently hostile, and the rule of 4 applies to them. The Exceptions to this rule would be Heists, Which can include up to 6 people.

#### **23) Hostage Situations**

Hostages must be genuine and not be a willing participant with the hostage takers. Both parties will be found at fault if hostages are not genuine.

#### **24) Corruption in Whitelisted Positions**

Corruption in Whitelisted roles is not allowed unless the story arc is approved by admins and mods. It is important that any potential corruption brings with it a good and meaningful RP story.