Community Rules & Guidelines

Fake Hostages

Fake hostages are not allowed. A hostage is determined to be fake when they are not taken spontaneously and there is a predetermined arrangement to be or take somebody hostage. It should be unreasonable, given most circumstances, to ever take a member of your gang hostage. The hostage takers should create some tension, and the hostages should be exhibiting fear towards the threat of their situation.

Powergaming

Maximizing progress towards a certain goal while excluding other parties involved is considered "powerful" roleplay, or power gaming. Including, but not limited to, actions that would otherwise be impossible for your character or forcing impossible actions on behalf of other players or non-player characters.

Do Not:

• Force officers to unlock the doors at banks or other robberies. It makes sense that they would have keys to a hospital but not a bank.
• Have an unhealthy win-win mentality. There's a difference between trying to win, which you should be doing for healthy conflict roleplay, and forcing the win or doing everything possible to secure the win. The difference is that it allows for buildup and opportunity for the other party.

Party Limit

A maximum of 5 individuals should actively participate in any crime. There is no limit to how many people may participate in a race, but the party limit applies when rescuing another racer, with the person being rescued being counted; this also applies to any ongoing situation.

Law enforcement is only allowed a maximum of 10 individuals to respond to a situation. Exceptions include places where a heavy police presence would make sense, including police stations, hospitals, or the Los Santos International Airport. An eleventh officer is allowed as a spotter in a helicopter or using a CCTV camera. The limit on law enforcement is lifted when a 10-14 (officer in distress) is activated.

In gang territories, only while acting as a defensive party there is no number limit. This rule only applies to gangs. Offensive parties are upheld by the former rule of five.

Gunplay over Roleplay

When presented with the options of roleplay or shooting,. The route should be to roleplay. Prematurely resorting to the escalation of force may be considered failing the scene.

• The inorganic conflict between gangs. Invalid reasoning for wars might include demanding unreasonable amounts of money or items, petty insults, or other minor occurrences.
• Prematurely escalating an escape attempt to shooting. A criminal party should make every effort to escape without using their weapons. Valid reasoning to escalate might include aggressive police driving, running low on fuel, an overly damaged vehicle, or other immediate threats of being caught.

This rule also applies to law enforcement, with some further caveats:

• Escalating when there is ample opportunity to de-escalate a situation. Including the use of a taser or handcuffs, also known as instant-tazing. Always give time for the other party to escape extenuating circumstances, until they become aggravated (driving recklessly, pointing weapons (excluding hostages present), generally being violent, felony stops, etc.).
• Failing to match force with force; excluding when higher levels of force make sense, which is written into the standard operating procedures.

Cop Baiting

Never interrupt an ongoing situation involving police or paramedics unless you are involved in the situation. Don't call the police when you don't need their help, especially when you want to rob, kidnap, or kill them. Repetitively instigating police officers into a police pursuit is also considered baiting.

Crim Baiting

Just as a criminal can bait officers, so can officers be baited by criminals. An officer should not approach criminals with the intent of provoking them. This does not include trying to have a normal conversation or the performance of a "sting operation." More specifically, don't approach somebody who hasn't committed and is not reasonably suspected of having committed a crime and shit-talk or coerce them to arrest them.

Criminal-Leo Interaction

Providing poor interaction while arresting, detaining, or restraining players. While putting another player in a situation where they are anchored by handcuffs or a prison cell, you should provide them with good interaction. Essentially, talk to them and keep them engaged.

Stories and Situations

A situation is essentially a series of events in real-time. An interruption, or break, in one situation might lead to another situation in the story's future. A combat situation is considered over after 10 minutes of observable action. For police, that would be when the last standing officer's panic is activated. Any situation may be considered after 15 minutes of any interaction with the other parties.

For criminal scenarios, the situation ends once the cops bring the accused to the Pillbox or the PD for processing.

Zone Violations

Our server has three main zones, and each comes with strict rules to ensure fair and realistic roleplay:

• Green Zone (Pillbox): This is a complete safe zone. No situations, combat, or hostile roleplay are allowed here. Initiating any kind of situation in a Green Zone will be counted as Fail RP and a Safe Zone Violation. If a player enters a Green Zone during an active situation, it will be considered Safe Zone Camping.
• Blue Zone (Police Departments): Police departments are protected areas. If any situation is started inside a PD, law enforcement has full authority to respond with maximum force and highest class weapons.
• Red Zone (Hostile Areas/Gang Hoods): These are dangerous territories. Fear RP is mandatory at all times in Red Zones. These zones are primarily gang-controlled areas, and hostile situations are expected here.

Additional Rule: No one can take a player hostage directly from a spawn point. If a person has just spawned in, they cannot be made a hostage at that moment.

Gangs

• Gangs within our community are not solely focused on engaging in constant conflicts and violence. We encourage players to embrace originality and creativity when developing their gang concepts. Gangs can have diverse objectives, such as pursuing specific activities, establishing unique identities, or engaging in cooperative ventures. While conflicts and rivalries can certainly be part of the gang dynamic, there is room for a wide range of storylines and interactions. We encourage players to explore different avenues, allowing for originality and creativity to flourish within the gang roleplay.
• The expectation within our community is that players should initiate roleplay and use verbal communication before resorting to shooting or engaging in combat. It is important to prioritize roleplaying and utilize dialogue to resolve conflicts, even if the "beef" or tension arises through social media or other out-of-game platforms. Face-to-face interaction allows for more immersive and engaging roleplay experiences.
• When attempting to identify or apprehend individuals involved in the job that you are taxing, it is expected that you put in a considerate amount of effort and provide a high-quality roleplay experience for all parties involved. Simply pulling up to a van and aiming guns out of your car while demanding payment does not meet these expectations. It is essential to engage in immersive and realistic roleplay, creating meaningful interactions that enhance the overall experience for everyone involved. By putting effort into your roleplay and providing a high standard of interaction, you contribute to a more enjoyable and engaging environment within the community.
• At any time, staff can revoke taxing for a specific job if the overall reward made from taxing an absurd amount.
• You may not use gang specific clothing, flags, or liveries that you would not realistically be able to acquire unless they have been obtained through roleplay.

Vehicle Deathmatch

Never use a vehicle to intentionally run somebody over during a gunfight or repeatedly ram your vehicle into somebody else's (not including the PIT maneuver). Being run over is not fun, nor are bumper cars. An exception may be if the pedestrian is pointing a weapon from the front or back of the vehicle, and is not trying to move; turning the vehicle into them would invalidate this.

Body Dumping

Dropping somebody in the water or other vacant locations to avoid the consequences of their remembering, also known as water dumping, is forbidden; unless there's a long, succulent, roleplay story behind the dumping, and is required to bring the story to a conclusion.

Stream Sniping

Watching a live stream of another player and using the information in character while also playing is considered metagaming. This includes but is not limited to, using information obtained through a stream to direct your character's actions. We don't have to prove you are doing it without any doubt, we just have to believe it's happening.

Interpersonal Characters

Your characters cannot know each other. No kind of interaction between characters is allowed such as, but not limited to, transferring money, items, or other assets between your characters either directly or indirectly (through a friend).

Salt Reports

We take player reports very seriously, and one should never be opened out of emotion. Always take time to cool down and consider the situation objectively. If a report is opened in a distasteful, hostile, hateful, or spiteful manner, then it will be considered community disrespect. This also includes revenge reports and opening another report for a situation already reviewed; any evidence should be presented in the initial report of any given situation as it is looked at as a whole, and sometimes the reporting party will be given warning points (also known as self-reporting).

Do Not:

• Reference major infectious diseases, disasters, suicide, or other real-world issues such as COVID.
• Heckle people afflicted with physical or mental disorders.
• Pee or poo on other people or in front of them.

OOC Toxicity

If your out-of-character behavior is or appears in a distasteful, hostile, hateful, or abhorrent manner, especially done in repetition, it may be considered "toxic".

Offensive Roleplay

You must obtain the consent of all parties involved, including staff, before conducting sexual acts, torture, dismemberment, cannibalism, suicide, abortion, or other extreme acts. For some, roleplay is a way to escape reality, and although everything is "real" to our characters, we should all make it a world that everybody can enjoy.