Roleplay Rules

General Rules

(G1.1) Random Vehicle Death Match (RVDM) - Using your vehicle as a weapon (Running players over, causing explosions, ramming player vehicles) without a valid roleplay reason is considered RVDM.

(G1.2) Random Death Match (RDM) - Attacking another player without engaging in any form of quality roleplay is considered RDM. (eg. Giving enough time for them to comply with your order. “Put your hands up or I will shoot” and countdowns are not considered quality roleplay, please at least attempt to create an interesting roleplay story before considering violence.)

(G1.3) Spam - Do not spam the OOC chat.

(G1.4) Power gaming - Forcing a scenario where no matter the roleplay of the other party you will win (example: roleplaying superpowers).

(G1.5) Fail Driving - Unrealistic driving is not permitted. Unrealistic driving is defined as performing unrealistic stunt jumps, driving off the side of cliffs/highways and driving on like nothing happened, and driving at extremely excessive speeds while in urban areas. During police chases excessive speed is permitted. If you experience an accident then you are expected to roleplay out the accident, both from your health perspective and the damage to your vehicle.

Roleplay Rules

(G2.1) Microphone - Microphones are required.

(G2.2) Language - All players are required to be able to speak English, and should do so while communicating with players outside of their group. Roleplaying as a speaker of another language is allowed, however please consider that when speaking to other players they may only understand English.

(G2.3) Roleplay Everything - You must remain in character at all times, unless a staff member authorizes you to speak out of character.

(G2.4) Value of Life - At all times you are to value your life, if you are clearly outnumbered or at an obvious disadvantage you should comply with demands.

(G2.5) OOC - Extended OOC interactions are forbidden

(G2.6) OOC Roleplay - You must not use OOC chat to broadcast events that you observe (for example, you may not broadcast "X are going to rob the bank").

(G2.7) When your communication devices have been taken from you by another player, you must not use external methods or your phone to communicate with anyone else. Only in-game VOIP is to be used in this case.

(G2.8) Emergency Buildings - Loitering around emergency buildings (Police Stations, Fire Stations and Hospitals) without a valid roleplay story is not allowed.

Metagaming Rules

(G3.1) OOC Information - Using out of character information to influence the course of roleplay is considered metagaming and punishable. This includes but is not limited to: Twitch Streams and Steam messages.

(G3.2) Name Tags / Collar Numbers - You are not allowed to identify players in game via name tags or session ID.

Character Rules

(G4.1) Character Names - Please use a valid first name, last name combo. Do not use names of well known characters, celebrities, political figures, criminals, terrorists, etc.

(G4.2) Believable Character Roles - If you wish to roleplay as a lawyer, it may not be realistic that you will repair your car at the roadside, or shoot and kill a man for scratching your vehicle. Pick a style that suits your character's backstory and role and stick to it. You have multiple character slots for a reason!

Emergency Services Rules

(G5.1) You must not abuse your role as an emergency services employee to help out yourself or others (For example: removing charges from your character without permission from staff).

(G5.2) Emergency services employees may not roleplay corruption.

(G5.3) Emergency services employees may not sell their equipment or willingly give their equipment away.