DarkRP RULES!

Written by
Skir Mish
General Rules

  1. In game currency (DarkRP Cash) may not be sold or traded for real life items, currency or credits
  2. Avoiding punishments by any means is forbidden.
  3. Use common sense
  4. Do not prop minge/propsurf (aimlessly throw props around/trap other players/inappropriate use of a prop).
  5. Do not stack/chain adverts (example: Raid/Assist/Mug/warn123/false/over, etc.). unless they are related (example: Raid/Raid Assist/Bank Raid/Raid Over.)
  6. Do not impersonate other users(This includes having identical or similar names, and/or any staff member names).
  7. Do not demote players if staff are on.
  8. Do not build in the streets (unless your job allows for it: this includes partially blocking streets, checkpoints, megabases, etc.).
  9. You may steal by doing /advert steal, if you do steal they have the right to kill you without countering
  10. Do not run into spawn to avoid an RP situation.
  11. You may not kill civil protection when wanted unless they are making an attempt to arrest you.
  12. You may not use keybinds to fade and unfade fading doors during an RP situation. (Example: Using a keybind to open fading doors during a raid).


 Do not mock, ridicule, bully, or use explicit language towards other players. Debates are okay, however, personal attacks rather than an intellectual standpoint is not okay. Example: Calling someone "stupid" is not an acceptable debate point.Minimum Punishment: Verbal WarningMaximum Punishment: 2 Day BanAny threats, harassment, action, or intent to harm other players in the community, the community itself, or the servers or websites related there to is absolutely forbidden. Actions include but are not limited to: Hacking, exploiting, cheating, scripting, DDOSing, putting props in a door to break them, or using a third party program to get an unfair advantage.Minimum Punishment: 1 Month BanMaximum Punishment: Permanent BanDo not complain about staffing decisions in game or in global chat. Appeals or reports can be made on the forums.Minimum Punishment: WarnMaximum Punishment:1 Day Ban


No advertising other servers or communities without explicit permission from the Owner.Punishment: Permanent BanNo microphone spam or chat spam.Minimum Punishment: WarnMaximum Punishment: 3 Day Ban

Do not encourage other players to break rules. This includes using ( OOC ) chat which instructs another player to use out of game knowledge to Metagame (defined below.)Punishment: Punishment of the encouraged broken rule.
Role Play Rules

Random Death Match (RDM):

  • Killing a player with no roleplay reason.
  • Killing a member of your team.
  • You must warn someone for you to be able to kill them and it must be adverted in chat for all to see and you must give them at least 5 seconds.
  • It is the full responsibility of the person giving the warning to ensure all intended targets are aware of the warning should they ask.
  • Raids and hits can be completed by killing without warning.
  • If a target of which a warning and/or inducing action is being directed too shows hostile intent OR ignorance of the instruction (2 second leisure), such as but not limited to specifically pulling out a weapon/red baton, escaping, taking a weapon off saftey, etc. then action can be made instant.
  • The mayor may not be killed during Mayor Grace for any reason. Mayors Grace is voided by the Mayor executing anything RP related beyond what is done automatically (like default laws) You may not camp the mayors office during his grace with the purpose of killing him afterwards.


Minimum Punishment: Warn 
Maximum Punishment: 3 Day Ban (per kill)

Mass Random Death Match:

  • MRDM is defined as three of more counts of RDM within a short period of time, no less than 0 seconds and no more than 120 seconds.



Minimum Punishment: 1 Week 
Maximum Punishment: 2 Week + 2 Days Per RDM 

Metagaming

  • Your character may not use information beyond their knowledge and beyond their current life.
  • This includes but not limited to revenge killing, warrant, wanting, demoting. private messages, or ooc chat


Minimum Punishment: Warning 
Maximum Punishment: 1 Day Ban

New Life Rule (NLR

  • Once your character respawns it is considered a new life meaning you do not remember any details from your prior spawn.
  • You are not to return to the place our area of your death until 180 seconds has passed


Minimum Punishment: Verbal Warning
Maximum Punishment: 1 Day Ban

Fail Roleplay (FailRP)

  • Killing yourself to avoid death or a role play situation is considered FailRP and not allowed.
  • Breaking any of the 'Class Related' rules not related to killing another player constitutes as FailRP.
  • Do not Fading Door Abuse


Minimum Punishment: Warn
Maximum Punishment: 3 Day Ban 

Erotic Roleplay (ERP)

  • We do not support Erotic Roleplay on the server. There are minors who play our server and we have zero tolerance to exposing minors to sexual content. Those who engage in ERP on the servers will be severely punished. 


Minimum Punishment: 3  Month Ban
Maximum Punishment: Permanent Ban

Building & Basing Rule

  • KOS lines only apply to interiors (the insides of a building).
  •  Obscure KOS signs (signs that blend in with building or materials), and conditions such as "KOS IF LOITERING" are prohibited.
  • Your base must be raidable by all classes with raiding capabilities - CPs and thieves.
  • If you wish to construct your base without getting raided, you must place down a textscreen reading "Building" onto the exterior. (If you have a building sign placed on the building you're basing in, and are activity building, you're immune to muggings, kidnaps, raids against yourself. You may not raid, mug, or kidnap if you're building as well. While your building sign is placed, you shouldn't have any valuables/entities inside your base. ex: Placing printers inside the base with a building sign.)
  • No crouch bases (forcing another user to crouch in order to enter your base).
  • No faulty keypads (keypads disconnected from a fading door).
  • No invisible props, buttons or keypads.
  • Keypads must be visible and directly beside the prop which they operate.
  • You must own all of the exterior doors to a building in order to build upon it.
  • You may block off excess entrances to your base. I.E: windows, backdoors.
  • You may not have more than 4 fading doors operated by keypads per base; players should only have to crack each keypad once upon entry and once upon exit.
  • All keypads must have a hold length of at least 5 seconds.
  • You may not have a base designed to trap people.
  • Maze bases are not allowed.
  • Blackout/Colorout bases are not allowed.
  • You must be active within a base which you own the doors for.
  • Do not set up an unfair advantage in a firefight within your base, I.E: Where you can see and shoot someone, but they cannot see or shoot back or any other unfair advantage.
  • You may not own multiple buildings unless your job allows for it.
  • You may only kill someone inside your base as long as you have a KOS sign outside.
  • You may not have a building, kos sign at the same time.
  • The lobby of PD must be accessible at all times. You cannot make it AOS/KOS to enter the lobby with a textscreen or law.
  • Every fading door must have a keypad or button.


Raiding Rules

  • You may not raid people who have a building text screen on their base, neither can you raid when having a base build in progress.
  • Raids can last up to 10 minutes
  • If you die defending a base during a raid you may not return to the base until the raiding party has left the base.
  • There is a 10 minute cooldown if you want to raid the same player(s) or the PD once again.
  • You may not build during a raid.
  • You may not lockpick or keypad crack until you have adverted raid.
  • You may not raid hobo huts.
  • You may not kill nearby players unless they're inside the building in which you're raiding. You may kill Owner'(s) of base/CPs and or people who are countering if they're outside.
  • You may only open your fading door(s) with a bind during Non-RP situations During RP situations you must use your keypad(s)
  • If you want to take/destroy raided printers in transport you must first advert "steal"
  • You may not chain raid. (Example: Assisting to avoid your initial cool down.)
  • You must wait at least 5 minutes before you may raid again.
  • You must advert bank raid when raiding the bank and advert store robbery when raiding a store.
  • You must advert


Mugging Rules

  • You may mug someone for a minimum of $500, and a maximum of $5,000.
  • You must wait 2 minutes between each mug.
  • Your target must be aware they are being mugged.
  • You may not mug players who are AFK or have a building text screen on their base.
  • You must provide your victim with 10 seconds to drop the cash, you may chase after them if they disobey, and may shoot them when 10 seconds have passed.
  • During mugs, you may strip someone of their rights to run or fight back.
  • If the victim drops the cash you may not kill them
  • You must advert





Pick Pocket Rules

  • You must wait 2 minutes between each mug.
  • You may not mug players who are AFK or have a building text screen on their base.
  • During pickpockets, you may strip someone of their rights to run or fight back.
  • You must advert



Party Rules

  • You may KOS anyone who shoots a member of your party or attempts to arrest someone in your party.
  • When assisting your party in raids/mugs you MUST advert assist.
  • If your party has 5 people or more in it, you may conjoin nearby bases together, in order to "megabase"
  • You may KOS anyone who is mugging or raiding a party member, or breaking a party member's KOS sign.


Gang War Rules

  • To propose a gang war you must use /advert Gang War? (Accept/Deny)
  • To propose or accept/deny a gang war you must be the gang leader.
  • Gang wars can last up to 30 minutes, if a leader wishes to end early, they must advert "Crips Surrender" or "Bloodz Surrender".
  • There is a 30-minute cooldown for gang wars.
  • Keep pedestrians out of it, avoid firing at anyone besides rival gang members


Job Rules

Citizen

  • You may not perform illegal activities such as mugging or raiding.
  • You may not own money printers and base.


Crips And Bloods Leaders

  • You may lead your gang in raids and mugs, as well as create a base for you and your gang to store printers in.
  • You may propose a gang war to the rival gang using /advert Gang War? (Accept/Deny).
  • You may accept/deny gang war proposals.


Crips and Bloods Members

  • You must follow the orders of, and base with, the gang leader. If there is no leader currently on, you must base with other members.
  • You may perform illegal activities, i.e. raids, mugging, own printers.
  • Members must be accompanied by another member or leader in order to raid.
  • Members of the rival gang are only KOS during gang wars.


All Police forces

  • You may not base
  • You must enforce the laws of the city.
  • You may not be a corrupt police officer. (i.e. owning printers or being bribed to let people off.)
  • You may not randomly want or warrant.
  • You may not Stun Stick Abuse (SSA).
  • You may counter without adverting.
  • Civil Protection may break NLR ONLY DURING PD RAIDS AND BANK RAIDS.
  • You may not unarrest without permission from Mayor or Chief. If there is no Mayor or Warden, you may unarrest, but you must have a reason.
  • You may not arrest someone for having a gun out in their own base, or if they damage or kill someone who broke their KOS rule.
  • You may only warrant for raid if you SEE raidables, you may not if you hear them or think that they have them.
  • You may not kill arrested players unless they are out of their jail cell without permission from the Mayor or the Chief.
  • Only the Mayor can create the KOS sign for the PD, if there is no mayor, then the Police Chief, if there is no Police Chief or Mayor, you may not have a KOS sign.
  • All Civil Protection requesting a warrant could be held liable for a false warrant if proof is not shown when asked.


Dealers

  • You must be available to sell at all times.
  • You may not deny a customer.
  • You may not self-supply unless there is no one else available.
  • You may own printers as another mean of income.
  • You may not perform illegal activities, I.E: raids, mugging, countering.
  • You may not base or party with raiding classes.


Hobo

  • You may not block off streets.
  • You must base outdoors.
  • You may not perform any illegal activities, such as money printing.
  • You may mic spam using only your voice, instruments, no media such as videos.
  • You may not own a gun larger than a pistol.
  • Hobos may not have KOS signs.
  • Hobos are immune to lockdowns, raids, and muggings, Furthermore their donation box may not be stolen.
  • You may only build small huts, nothing else. No larger than a 6x6x6 plate in length, width, and height.
  • You, and may not spawn props randomly around the map, they must be part of your hut.
  • You may not create toll booths.
  • You may not build on roofs.
  • You may not counter illegal activities.


Mayor

  • You may not perform illegal activities unless the laws specifically dictate so.
  • You may only build inside the PD.
  • If you call a lockdown, you must explain your reason for the lockdown via "/advert"
  • You may not create laws that clash with default laws.
  • No KOS laws.
  • No Jaywalking laws.
  • No minge laws.
  • You may not deny the Police Chief entrance to the jails.
  • You may allow certain players permission to enter PD and spend time with you past 2nd door, but they may not enforce your KOS rules.
  • You may not have laws or textscreens that make disrespect aos/kos.
  • You may not be in the same party as any raiding classes.
  • You may not stay in spawn to avoid being killed.
  • You may not create laws to restrict jobs and owning shops (Example: AOS if hobo, or AOS if owning a shop).
  • Lockdowns can last up to 5 minutes maximum with a 5-minute cooldown. You must give a valid reason for a lockdown such as (Mass law breaking, PD Raid, Assassination attempt etc.) The mayor must broadcast a warning 30 seconds before lockdown begins.
  • You may not create laws to restrict a players movement
  • You have a grace period of 5 minutes


Corrupt Medic

  • You may own larger weapons.
  • You may assist in raids, but only if you are in a party with the raiders.
  • You may not call your own raids, mug, or own printers.
  • You may set up a clinic in which you may charge players money to be healed, or be hired as a personal medic.


Thief

  • You may mug and raid.
  • You may own a base and printers.


Body Guard and or Security Guard

  • You may protect your client's base interior.
  • You may act as a guard for your client outside of the base.
  • You may not own printers.
  • You may not act as a security guard for the PD unless hired.


Bounty Hunter

  • You may not base.
  • Do not scam players.
  • YOU CAN NOT PLACE A HIT FOR A HIT!!
  • Targeting players by telling others to place a hit on a specific person is considered harrassment and even can be bullying. This is absolute not allowed and is a bannable offence. 
  • You may only raid to complete a hit and you are not allowed to destroy their printers/bitminers/meth/etc.