Rules

These are the rules for the server. These are OOC rules that everyone automatically agrees to follow upon joining the server and creating a character. Breaking any of these rules warrants a permanent ban. Keep in mind that all bans are permanent until appealed. If you believe that someone is breaking a rule, you are required to contact the admins. Please read these rules very carefully.

0. No Erotic Role Play (ERP), erotic content, or 18+ sexual content in any shape or form.

• Breaking this rule will result in an instant ban from our server.
• This includes joking about it with the use of IC commands, as well OOC chat.
• This rule does not include in-character relationships with other characters, only explicit sexual content, such as all forms of sex, rape, etc.

1. Administration rulings are final.

• If an admin says something was 'looked into, handled, resolved' etc, regarding an issue, it is unlikely an admin will provide any further information. Do not push for more answers.
• Admins are under no obligation to reveal IC information and can take action against repeated attempts to divulge IC information in any circumstance.
• Staff will try to treat you with basic respect, please return the favor.
• Deliberately lying or misrepresenting facts to admins will be dealt with harshly.

2. Don't be a shitter.

• Use common sense.
• Don't whine on OOC.
• Do not try to bypass the rules by bending them or ignoring the rule's intention.
• AFKing without contributing to the roleplay for extended periods of time to reap benefits, such as 'farming' UE is strictly not allowed. If this is how you wish to roleplay, consider playing on a different server.
• Do not misuse the IC chat commands such as '/me' to goof around, i.e. '/me smiles like dis :)' See rule 11.
• Spamming, glitching, exploiting, cheating and being overall disruptive will get you banned.
  • Refer to Rule #11 for what to do should you find a glitch or exploit.
• We're all here to have a good time. Going out of your way to seriously negatively impact or mess with someone with little IC justification is against the rules.
  • This also includes harassing a player OOC (Out of character), as well as gatekeeping.

3. Do not abuse game mechanics.

• Do not log an excessive amount of kills in a short amount of time.
  • Death may be a daily occurrence for some characters. When players start controlling the population of Waymuth City by killing everyone and everything that they see then their version of population control becomes a negative to the game.
  • Please feel free to kill those that your character would have a reason to, but ensure that when you kill another character, you do it with flare and with a touch of reality.
    • In this situation some players might find that they have just been eliminated by a crack team of veteran Street Judges without notice.
• Do not log an excessive amount of theft interactions in a short amount of time.
  • Stealing from the same character or store over and over in short order with little to no roleplay is unacceptable.
  • Limit your thieving to an amount that would be acceptable if this were a real life situation. Would you really lift something from the shelf of a store, leave, and then go back 15 more times? Would you brush past the same person in a crowd 8 times in 5 minutes?
    • Doing this will result in warnings or potentially deadly in-character ramifications.

4. Metagaming is not allowed.

Keep IC and OOC separate. Do not use the OOC channel to spoil IC (in character) information. Even if something seems minor to you, as long as it pertains to the current state of things and characters, you should not be mentioning it in OOC.

• Do not use information gained through out-of-character (OOC) means in-character.
• Do not give out in character (IC) information over out-of-character (OOC) chat.
• Giving out any sort of information in an attempt to bait other characters in out-of-character (OOC) chat is considered "metabaiting" and is bannable.
• Characters' knowledge on the in-game world should be independent of player knowledge, i.e. your character Bob Good may have known where "Olga's Fallout Shop" was, but your new character Pedro Santos does not. Roleplay it accordingly.
  • In regards to teaching gameplay mechanics to other characters, please reveal the knowledge in a somewhat creative way.
  • For example:

"I'm trying to improve my martial arts, but I just can't land a hit! What should I do to improve, sensei?"
"You need work on you form! And do condition to improve your speed! Reflex very important. Slow reflex, more time enemy react."
"Ohhh, I see now! Thank you, Sensei Good!"

• Decoded, this should read in your head like, "train your martial arts skill, then level up agility, then perception."
  • This form of divulging game mechanics is far more interesting and conducive to interesting roleplay than simply saying, "Yeah, level up your martial arts, agility, and perception".

5. Do not attempt to avoid IC consequences.

• Do not disconnect or go AFK to avoid imminent or in-progress roleplay for any reason without first reaching an agreeable stopping point with all involved parties.
• If you are involved in a conflict, you must remain on that character until the conflict has been resolved or an agreeable stopping point is reached with all involved parties.
• If you disconnect or swap characters being while engaged in a conflict, you will be banned.
• In cases where you are unsure whether or not you are allowed to disconnect, ask an admin.

6. Powergaming is not allowed.

• Roleplayed weapons and equipment are not allowed. Any item can be used as a weapon, so use what you have in your arsenal.
• If you can't get somewhere through in-game means, then you can't roleplay it.
• Do not ask admins to provide you with aid over IC matters. This includes asking for healing, teleportation and items, but not are not limited to it.
  • This includes reimbursement for in-game bugs. If you are a victim of a bug, the admins will decide whether or not to reimburse what you lost.
• General rule of thumb is that if you are unable to accomplish whatever you are trying to do through in-game mechanics, then do not roleplay it without admin assistance.

7. Follow the combat rules and roleplay accordingly.

• We employ a Shoot to Kill (S2K) system for combat.
• Your character's stats will be rolled against your target's and you will automatically emote when attacking. Since this is the case, actually try to land your hits.
• Combat is defined as any action that harms or hinders a character.
• Before combat can begin, you are required to use an emote clearly indicating the beginning of combat.
  • You are not required to wait for the other person to respond, as long as it is roleplayed on your end.
  • This does not apply in situations where combat has already begun. If you are being attacked, you can simply attack in retaliation.
  • This rule is mainly in reference to close-proximity, roleplay scenes, such as bars or businesses where people may be preoccupied with non-combat roleplay.
  • If your target flees as you are performing, you do not have to perform an emote and can begin combat.

8. Stay in-character at all times and adhere to the character history you create.

Play as a coherent, believable character that you enjoy portraying. But understand that their personality and backstory must fit the in-game universe. At the end of the day, it is very likely your character wants to continue living. As such, they should act like it.

• Your character's physical attributes are in-character. Do not roleplay having physical traits that your character does not actually have.
• Your character must have a reasonable history that is approved by the admins.
  • Without an approved character history, you will be unable to fully enjoy certain functionality, such as getting a job or renting a room.
• Your character must be serious and not be fully derived from current/past generation pop culture, memes and so forth.
• Throw away characters are not allowed. Do not create disposable, low quality characters with little to no personality.
• Your character's name must be in a FIRST NAME LAST NAME format. Middle names are allowed, but less encouraged due to clutter.
• Your characters full name cannot contain any nicknames, but you are more than welcome to roleplay as having one.
• Naming your new character like your old one is not allowed. Additionally, reusing character histories is not allowed.

9. This is an English-only serious roleplay server.

• You must be able to read and write in English.
• Netspeak (lol, sup, wtf, brb, gg, etc.) is not permitted in character (IC).
• Everything said in character (IC) must be properly capitalized, punctuated and spelled.
• While in character, you should strive to be as grammatically correct as possible. We don't want to lecture you on basic grade 10 English.

10. Losing is part of the game.

• Your character may eventually be permanently killed sometimes without even a possibility of avoiding it. You may simply be in the wrong place at the wrong time. These events will often be out of your control. No matter how good or prepared you are, sometimes you just lose. The best thing you can do is not whine about it and try to go out in as glorious a way as you can manage.

11. Report Bugs and Exploits

• Any and all bugs found must be immediately reported to the admins.
• Failure to do so is a bannable offense, regardless of intent or guilt. If you see something, say something.

Things to Keep In Mind

Although we all follow the same general rules, some admins are more or less forgiving on certain issues than others.

We have multiple ways of telling if you are lying about stuff, and if we can't trust what you're saying, we will simply ban you.

And lastly, have fun! Come up with an interesting character and use the game mechanics to your advantage! These rules may sound serious and scary, but if you're not a troublemaker, you won't have to worry about a thing.