BASIC SERVER RULES

ALL RULES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME
ALL DECISIONS/JUDGEMENTS/PUNISHMENTS BY ADMINISTRATORS AND STAFF ARE FINAL
VIOLATION OF ANY SERVER RULE MAY RESULT IN YOUR REMOVAL FROM THE SERVER/BAN AT THE DISCRETION OF ADMINISTRATORS
Threatening other players with DDOS'ing, IP theft etc will result in a Perm ban!
Advertising on Teamspeak is strictly forbidden! Advertising will result in a Perm ban!
Channel spamming is not allowed, this will result in a BAN from the TS.
ALWAYS ROLEPLAY
FAILING TO ROLEPLAY IS A SERIOUS VIOLATION OF SERVER RULES; THIS INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO; ABUSING ANY GAME FUNCTIONALITY TO PREVENT ARREST OR INHIBIT PLAY FOR OTHERS. (SUCH AS REPEATEDLY JUMPING OUT OF A VEHICLE WHEN AN OFFICER ATTEMPTS TO ARREST YOU OR SHOOTING YOUR FRIEND AFTER HE HAS BEEN RESTRAINED TO PREVENT HIS ARREST)
NO TROLLING
NO SPAMMING GLOBAL
NO VOICE OVER GLOBAL
REBEL SPAWNS/OUTPOSTS ARE NO KILL ZONES/ NO CRIME ZONES
BEING A VIOLENT DOUCHEBAG AND ROLEPLAYING RDM WILL NOT BE TOLERATED
NO RDM / VDM PERIOD
YOU ARE TO NEVER DISCONNECT FROM GAME WHILE BEING ARRESTED, JAILED, OR IN A CORNER, FIRST TIME - WARNING SECOND - WEEK OFF - WE CAN TELL THE DIFFERENCE
STAY THE HELL OUT OF OTHER PEOPLES BACKPACKS - IF CAUGHT TAKING THINGS FROM BACKPACKS, YOU WILL BE KICKED FOR THE NIGHT, HABITUAL OFFENDERS WILL BE BANNED
Absolutely no vehicle theft in SAFE ZONES.
Anyone caught jumping in someone's vehicle as soon as they jump out to steal will be kicked from the server.
All VDM rules apply while stealing a vehicle. Just because you stole a car does not mean you can run over people to get away. They may try to prevent you by standing in front of you
Absolutely no theft of any Police vehicle unless officers are dead, they've left the vehicle (In excess of 150m), or you are involved in Police chase and they've failed to apprehend you and you are able to steal their car to get away. Any civilian not involved in Police activity may not steal police vehicles involved in Police activity AT ALL.
Wearing Police Clothing or Medic Clothing is against server rules and will result in a kick/ban.
Camping Drug Areas or processing areas, is against server rules and will lead to a kick/ ban.
After the Federal Reserve has been robbed police will start doing cleanup, at this time, if you come and start killing cops or attempting to rob the fed, is against server rules, which may lead to a kick/ban.
Killing a police Negotiator for no reason is against server rules, Saying you decided to not negotiate doesn't give you the right to kill the negotiator. Unless he acts first.
If you are in possession of ANY firearm inside the jail, it could be a violation of server rules. You could be kicked or banned from the server.
Cops are Kill On Sight at the labeled Drug Hideouts

IF YOU REPORT A PLAYER AND DO ANY OF THE FOLLOWING YOU COULD BE BANNED;
You lie about any details in the report.
You choose to skip any details that may change the outcome of a report.
You report to blackmail other players and/or demand your items or vehicles to be given back in exchange for dropping the report.
You provide misinformation of any kind when reporting another player.
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BANNABLE OFFENSES

Hacking
Cheating
Exploiting/Duping
RDM
VDM
Driving an EMS Vehicle or use of any EMS clothing while playing civilian is a violation of server rules.
EMS are NOT to be killed or attacked.
EMS are NOT to be taken hostage for ANY reason.
Racism/Abuse
Being kicked 3 or more times
Trolling
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Cop interaction
Von this list may result in your removal from the server and/or ban, based on the admins discretion

Civilians can be arrested for looking in cops' backpacks/vehicles. Constantly doing this will result in your removal from the server
Civilians can be arrested for following cops in game in order to give away their position
Civilians or Rebels who take up arms to kill cops in town or elsewhere for no RP reason will be considered RDMing. See RDMing section
Following and or harassing cops for long periods of time will be considered griefing and/or spamming, and will result in your removal from the server
Cops are not required to impound vehicles. If you wreck a vehicle and they don't impound it, sorry, you're out of luck.
Actively blocking cops from doing their duties can lead to your arrest. Constantly doing this will result in your removal from the server
Cops may at times ask civilians in the area with weapons to help them stop criminals, this is allowed, but not to be relied upon. Excessive asking for help will result in your removal form the force
For [b]NO reason should cops be charging/arresting people for any illegal items/vehicles inside of the donator zone. The donator zone is a safezone as any other besides the illegal items part. Chases are not to be led into this zone, guns are not to be fired, things of that nature. Wanted criminals can also still be arrested in this area. But to clarify, DO NOT charge/arrest people for illegal items/vehicles in the donator zone.

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Communication Rules
Items on this list may result in your removal from the server and/or ban, based on the admins discretion
NO VOICE CHANNEL may not be used to play music or otherwise mic-spam
Spamming any chat channel will result in your removal
Teamspeak channels are split up into areas for a reason. Cops must be in the cop channels at all times
Civilians cannot be in any cop channels on teamspeak for ANY REASON. You can poke a cop or use the help request rooms Civs caught doing this will be removed the channel. Repeat offenders can be kicked or banned from both the game and teamspeak
If a COP asks a civilian for assistance, that civilian must follow all rules, and orders given by the police.When told to stop and go back to living, you must stop assisting police

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WAR/TERRORISM/BANK ROBBERY RULES


FEDERAL RESERVE ROBBERY RULES
IF BANK HAS BEEN ROBBED, THERE IS A 30 MINUTE COOLDOWN PERIOD BEFORE IT CAN BE ROBBED AGAIN (IF SUCCESSFUL, 20MIN IF IT FAILS), YOU MUST DO YOUR BEST TO LEAVE THE AREA ASAP AFTER THE ROBBERY HAS SUCCEEDED/FAILED AND THERE IS NO IMMEDIATE THREAT TO YOU.
POLICE SHOULD NOT BEGIN IMPOUNDING VEHICLES AT THE FEDERAL RESERVE UNTIL THE ROBBERY HAS FAILED/SUCCEEDED, UNLESS THE VEHICLE IS OTHERWISE ILLEGALLY PARKED OR A HAZARD.
LEAVING THE AREA ASAP IS TO ALLOW POLICE TO COME THROUGH AND CLEAR VEHICLES TO PREVENT DESYNCING ISSUES, POLICE PRESENCE WITHOUT IMMEDIATE THREAT SHOULD NOT COMPEL YOU TO STAY.
LEAVING THE AREA IS DEFINED AS LEAVING THE AREA COMPLETELY, YOU SHOULD BE WELL OVER 2000m+ AWAY.
YOU MAY NOT CAMP THE FEDERAL RESERVE AREA TO WAIT FOR A ROBBERY. THIS GOES FOR ANY COP, CIV, OR REBEL.
IF YOU ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH THE GROUP THAT IS CURRENTLY ROBBING THE FEDERAL RESERVE, THEN YOU ARE NOT TO BE THERE.(THIS INCLUDES WAITING AT CURLY'S GOLD FOR THE ROBBERS TO SELL).
WAR IS NOT ALLOWED TO BE DECLARED ON THE FEDERAL RESERVE AS IT IS BEING ROBBED



WAR RULES
YOU MUST BE WITHIN 300 METERS OF THE TARGET YOU ARE DECLARING WAR ON BEFORE DECLARING WAR ON IT AND DURING THE WAR ON IT.
YOU CANNOT MAKE A DECLARATION OF WAR ON ANY SPAWN POINT, CITY (PYRGOS, ANTHRAKIA, ATHIRA) OR THE AIRPORT
IF YOU ARE DECLARING WAR, YOU MUST DO THE FOLLOWING;
[1]TYPE THE DECLARATION OF WAR IN GLOBAL CHAT
[2]MARK THE MAP IN GLOBAL WITH THE AREA YOU ARE CLAIMING
[3]INFORM THE POLICE THAT YOU ARE DECLARING WAR VIA 911.
IF A WAR HAS BEEN DECLARED, THERE MUST BE A 30 MINUTE COOLDOWN PERIOD BEFORE YOU CAN DECLARE ANOTHER WAR ON THE SAME TARGET.
DECLARING WAR IS NOT A FREE FOR ALL TO DISREGARD ROLEPLAY
IF THERE ARE LESS THAN 6 POLICE ONLINE, THERE MAY ONLY BE ONE WAR DECLARED AT A TIME ON THE WHOLE SERVER.
WAR AND ROBBING THE FEDERAL RESERVE ARE BOTH ACTS OF TERRORISM, AS SUCH WAR CANNOT BE DECLARED ON THE FEDERAL RESERVE UNTIL AFTER A ROBBERY HAS COMPLETED AND THE APPROPRIATE COOLDOWN PERIOD HAS PASSED. ROBBERIES CAN OCCUR IN WAR THOUGH.
WAR IS NOT ALLOWED TO BE DECLARED ON THE FEDERAL RESERVE AS IT IS BEING ROBBED.
YOU CANNOT DECLARE WAR ON THE PRISON!!

ROADBLOCK/TRAP/ROBBERY RULES
TRAPS/ROADBLOCKS MAY NOT BE SET UP ON THE MAIN HIGHWAYS (DISPLAYED AS ORANGE ON THE MAP).
IF SETTING UP ANY KIND OF TRAP ON A ROAD (WHICH INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO ANY STATIONARY OPERATION OR ATTEMPT TO ROB OTHERS ON THE ROAD) YOU MUST;
[1]USE TWO OR MORE VEHICLES TO BLOCK THE ROAD NEAR WHERE YOU WILL BE ATTEMPTING TO TRAP PEOPLE.
[2]YOU MUST ALLOW ADEQUATE POTENTIAL IN THE SITUATION FOR VICTIMS TO RP WITH YOU BEFORE YOU OPEN FIRE. FAILING TO DO SO WILL BE CONSIDERED RDM.

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GANGS RULES

There will be 5 gang hideouts, each one will be occupied by a different drug. These areas are the new processors. This is where you will be processing your drugs. (Krokodil, Coke, Marijuana, Heroin, Cocaine).

These new gang hideouts can be captured. To capture and area you must be part of a gang. To continue capturing the area, you must click on the flag outside of the building. After clicking on the flag, you must wait 1 minute until the area is captured. If you are found capturing the area by the current owner, you are KILL ON SIGHT.

There are still simple processors inside of these gang hideouts for people without gangs and/or if there are no gangs currently online. The current hideout owners have permission to tax you to process your drugs. If you decide not to pay their requested taxes, they can shoot you with ROLEPLAY reason.

If you are the current owner of a drug hideout, and you decide to tax somebody, you MUST be reasonable with your taxing. If you try to tax somebody an abnormal amount of money, and they say no, and you kill them, based on the situation, you run the risk at being in violation of server rules (Fail Roleplay).

Cops ARE kill on sight inside of these drug hideout zones, but civilians are NOT (marked on map).
Cops Can raid the gang areas, but may not camp it
At least 4 cops have to raid a gang area at once, Including a 15 min cool down period for a single hideout.
Cops are allowed to raid the gang hideouts, but may only shoot, if fired upon first
Police and Civilians must be within the red circle if they are engaged in a gang firefight.


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THE NEW LIFE RULE


Civilian New Life Rule

If you are killed you must wait 15 minutes before returning to the scene of your death
If you die during roleplay your past crimes are forgotten, but you also cannot seek revenge
If you are RDM'd, it is not a new life
If you manually respawn, it is not a new life
If you purposefully kill yourself to avoid roleplay, it is not a new life
If you disconnect while being brought to jail you will be kicked/banned.
If you die, you may not speak with anyone you have met in your past life, regarding the situation of your death, or pointing out way other players are
You MUST NOT return to within 1000m of your location of death until 15min after your death.
If you are killed at your donated base, and you respawn there, It is not violating NLR.

Police New Life Rule
If you are killed you must wait 15 minutes before returning to the scene of your death, Unless there are less than 6 Cop's on.
If you die during roleplay you cannot seek revenge
If you are RDM'd, it is not a new life
If you are VDM'd, it is not a new life
If you manually respawn, it is not a new life
If you purposefully kill yourself to avoid roleplay, it is not a new life and will be demoted
If you die at the Federal Reserve, you are NOT to go to Curly's Gold to attempt to stop the robbers again.
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FLYING RULES


General Flying Rules
You are not to perform flybys, or maneuvers or pick-ups inside the cities of Pyrgos, Anthrakia, and Athira
The Federal Reserve is not in a safe zone and you can land/hover/loiter while robbing the bank. However it is in a city and the 250 meter rule applies when flying by.
Any abuse will lead to a warning followed by; a kick for the night then; deletion of all vehicles + a week ban, then; Permanent ban
These rules aren't that bad and should be fine with this giant ass map

Civilian Aviation
Voilation of the items in this section may result in your removal from the server and/or ban, based on the admins discretion
ABSOLUTELY NO FLYBYS OVER SAFEZONES / SPAWNPOINTS. Check points are not safe zones.
When a properly declared attack is underway, the attackers may hover in a helo, as they are attacking something, but only in the immediate area
Repeatedly flying over areas with police to annoy them will be considered trolling, do it somewhere else.
Excessive flybys in any situation will not be allowed. It causes lag on other players and disrupts gameplay. Excessive is more than once.
Intentionally causing a collision with a helicopter into anything; i.e. other helicopters, vehicles, buildings, will be treated as VDM
Flying below 250m over the city constantly. Once is illegal, more than that you risk crashing into the city, thus against server rules
Stealing helicopters without proper warning and significant time for the driver to lock the vehicle. If they land and run away without locking, fine, if they just get out and you get in before they get a chance to lock it, no no

Police Aviation
Items on this list may result in your blacklisting from playing as cop and also removal from the server and/or ban, based on the admins discretion
No helicopter can land within city limits without authorization from the highest ranking officer online
Helicopters may not land on roads
Police may temporarily forbid landing at a landing zone due to Police activity, but it cannot remain closed for a long period of time
Helicopters cannot fly below 250m over the city or safe zone without authorization
Helicopters cannot hover over the city. Cops may only hover over the city if there is an active police operation going on
You are to only use helicopters when necessary, i.e. bank robbery, car chase, manhunt, going real long distances. NOT FOR JUST GETTING AROUND WHERE YOU WANT

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SAFE ZONE RULES


Safe zones are anything I decide. Safe zones can be added in at anytime and will be marked on the map by a big YELLOW circle.

Rules must strictly be followed BY EVERYONE in these zones, NO EXCEPTIONS
NO CRIMES
NO CAR THEFT
NO MURDERS
If you are being chased, you may not take it into a safe zone - Rebel areas however are ok but Rebel spawns are not.
There will no shooting in or shooting out of ANY SAFE ZONE including Donor areas marked on map. Donor areas not marked on map are simply part of the map, although if caught camping them, you will be removed from the server

Safe Zones are declared as follows:
Any spawn point - Pyrgos, Anthrakia, Athira, All Police HQ's, Donor camps/airports and REBEL Outposts(the area within ~300M of the spawn).
Cities of Pyrgos, Anthrakia, Athira, the Airport and ALL DONOR AREAS in their entirety.

We all know that it's fun to spawn and get a gun and knock someone out, if you do and are caught or reported:
First Offense = Warning + a fine of the arresting officer's discretion
Second Offense = Kick from the server (If you are a dick about it, it could be a 24 hour ban)
Third Offense = PERMANENT BAN


RESPECT THE SAFE ZONES - THERE IS PLENTY OF MAP FOR YOU TO CAUSE RUCKUS - VIOLATIONS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED AND YOU WILL BE BANNED - DON'T BE A JERK AND RUIN THE GAME FOR PEOPLE STARTING OUT


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RANDOM DEATHMATCHING & VEHICLE DEATHMATCHING


Performing a Random Deathmatch may result in your removal from the server and/or ban, based on the admins discretion

Random Deathmatch is defined as:
Killing anyone in a safe zone
Killing anyone without a roleplay cause
Declaring a rebellion is not a cause to kill anyone, even cops
Cops and civilians/rebels can only commence in a shootout if there are reasons relating to a crime
If you are killed in the crossfire of a fight, it is not RDM
Killing someone in an attempt to protect yourself or others is not RDMing
Shooting a player without giving reasonable time to follow demands is considered RDM

Vehicle Deathmatch is something we have a zero tolerance for on this server:

You may not, for any reason, destroy your vehicle or intentionally use your vehicle to cause a head on collision or to collide with players on foot regardless of the situation. This includes, but is not limited to; running over people because they are shooting at you, ramming other vehicles or otherwise using your vehicle for purposes other than transportation.

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PRESS RULES


I have added Press Uniforms, Hats, and Vest(THEY ARE NOT BULLETPROOF). It's fun to play as press but there are rules to be followed as with everything else:  ;)

Please only wear the PRESS outfits if you plan to play as a journalist or press member
ALL PRESS MUST BE ON TEAMSPEAK AND IN THE PRESS CHANNEL WHILE PLAYING PRESS
Stay out of the immediate area of police activity
Do not impede on the police investigation/activty
Do not troll the police repeating questions over and over
Don't run around yelling and chanting or protesting the police
When you play with PRESS clothing on and are roleplaying as press, you must be friendly with no harmful intent. You may carry a pistol with you for protection, but shall have it drawn for no reason other than self defense
If PRESS are in area of heavy attack and the police are pinned down, you must make all efforts to leave the area without logging
If you are shot in a crossfire or due to explosion at attacked area, because you are too close or haven't left when told, you will not be comped, it will be a new life, and it will not be RDM
PRESS should never be shot at or killed on purpose. If used as hostage, all attempts to save their life must be made

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GENERAL FAQ


Will I get arrested if I'm wearing rebel clothes and a cop pulls me over, or see's me in a city?
Rebel clothing is particular and cause for suspicion, but not a direct reason to pull someone over

Is owning a rebel license illegal?
Yes it is, and if being searched it is cause for a ticket.

Will my helicopter get impounded for having camouflage if a cop sees it?
Your helicopter will only be impounded if left, or it has landed in town, or if you have been arrested. But owning a helicopter is perfectly legal as long as you follow all flying rules. If you have landed and run off to do a mission, the police should check the registration and text message you that your vehicle is about to be impounded, if you don't respond, then they could, yes.

Can I fly lower then 250m outside cities and towns without pissing off the police?
Yes you can fly lower than 250m outside of town, but you'll still probably piss the cops off. As long as you follow the flyby rules and hovering rules, it should be no problem.

I am currently playing a rebel and was curious if their is some way to detain hostages. Like zip ties or a button that needs to be pressed? If not are Zip-Ties going be added in the future?
There already is a way to detain civilians, you knock them out using SHIFT + G and then use SHIFT + R to restrain them. The only way become unrestrained currently is by use of a lockpick, or to wait the 5 minute excessive restraint time.

The rebel spawn point is a safe zone for rebels, does this include the whole Red circular areas or just around the general vicinity of the rebel spawn points?
This includes the immediate area of the spawn, also you can't camp the spawn waiting for others to leave. The red circle rebel zone is really to declare the zone that is owned by rebels. So say a cop wanders into these zones, you can shoot him dead, for any reason. I would hope that people choose to roleplay killing an officer in that area, but if people continually choose to ignore roleplay and abuse the KOS area, it could be removed or altered.

Can I deny police a search of my vehicles and persons if they don't have probable cause or I'm not breaking any laws?
You can try. Most police will not allow you to refuse, as police should not be detaining/stopping you without probable cause in the first place.

I text admins but get no response, how should I report things to the admins?
The first step should always be to join our Teamspeak and Request to speak to an Administrator. Your second step for recourse is to post on this website if for some reason an Admin isn't available on Teamspeak. If you want to report abuse or bad cops, then please record it. Only so much can be done on word vs word and what somebody feels. DO NOT EVER EMAIL GRIMM ABOUT THIS, use the website or Teamspeak.

If I donate, can I not follow some rules?
NO. Donators and non-donators are subject to all the same rules. Anyone who makes a donation is simply doing that, and is garnered no extra treatment. The extra in-game items I give donors are a thank-you for donating to HELP KEEP THE SERVER RUNNING. If you are caught cheating, breaking rules, not roleplaying, you will be disciplined like anyone else. The only way a server runs well is if everyone has a good time and nobody is ruining it.