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Arma 3 Life Official Rules
last updated: 5/13/2014

Section §1 - Shoutbox

- The shoutbox is not live support, Please do not use the shoutbox as live support we have appropriate forum sections for this please utilize them.
- Shoutbox is not an exception to the disrespect rule, Treat all players and staff as you would wish to be treated
- No foolish behavior, Screamers, Rants, Anger towards other members or arguments, Please keep the shoutbox peaceful
- Do NOT spam in the shoutbox
- Any type of advertising is not allowed in the shoutbox, such as: community advertising, company advertising etc. (This includes links to sites with any referral link attached i.e. G2A)
- You are allowed to advertise anything Political in the shoutbox, once per hour.

Violation either 1 or more of these rules, can result everything from a 24 hour ban to a perm ban from the shoutbox!

Section §2 - Forum

- No flame war on any topics at all!
- Disrespecting other members are strictly forbidden and will be punished (making fun of the players, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation etc..)
- Do NOT derail topics! keep the topics on-topic! (example: topic is about arma 3, and you change the subject to call of duty, that's derailing a topic)
- No Advertising in our forums!
- Show players and staff respect while your on our forums!
- No foolish behavior, Rants, Screamers, Anger towards other members or arguments, (This includes links to sites with any referral link attached i.e. G2A)
- No copying other peoples' topics
- Any type of religious references are prohibited on the Forums, Teamspeak and the game server

Violation either 1 or more of these rules, can result everything from a 24 hour ban to a perm ban from the Forum!

Section §3 - Signatures / Sigs

- Signatures not allowed: pornographic, Religious, Nazism. Racist. More to be added
- Maximum signature size allowed is 600x200! if you're signature is bigger then that it will be removed!
- you are ONLY allowed with 1 signature, not 5, not 3, just 1!




 Teamspeak Rules



§1 - Behavior

- Please be mature on our teamspeak 3 server , Having a laugh and a joke is allowed but do not act immature and foolish
- Any trolling on our teamspeak server is NOT allowed
- always have a respectful behavior while you're on our Teamspeak server, This includes to guests , Members and staff

§2 - General

- Admins/Moderator's have final say!
- threatening other plays about DDOS'ing, IP theft etc will result in a perm ban from A3L!
- Advertising on our teamspeak server is strictly forbidden! this will also result in a perm ban!
- Channel spamming is not allowed, this will result in a kick from the TS, and continuously doing it, will result in a ban!
- When playing on our server, always be in the taskforce radio channel, if you're not in the taskforce radio channel, while playing on our server you will be kicked from the server, and given a warning!
- Always have the same name on TS, Forums and in-game, failure to do so, will result in a warning, if you ignore the warning it will be a kick, if you are still ignoring the admin/mod, it will be a ban from the TS.
- Hacking is strictly forbidden if you're caught hacking, you will receive a perm ban from A3L!
- Racism is not accepted on our teamspeak 3 server, if your caught being a racists to people you will be banned!
- Business/Company channels are strictly for people who have been accepted into the mod, ie no guests




Server Rules


Abbreviations:
RP - Role Playing
IC - In Character
OOC - Out Of Character - Anything not related to the game. ie Forums
NLR - New Life Rule, death of your character removes any previous memory, knowledge (in relation to event that lead to your death), gear and revenge rights your character had.
RDM - Killing a person with no valid reason.
CL - Combat Log, logging off from game to avoid getting killed/arrested/losing gear during a hostile event or avoiding immediate player - player interaction.
Fail RP - Failure to roleplay
VDM - Vehicle Deathmatch
KOS - Kill On sight
Metagaming - Acquiring information from outside the game which your character wouldn't otherwise have access to.

1. Be fair and reasonable
This rule is very ambiguous, but generally covers all behavior that is unwanted by the staff on the server and forums. This includes but is not limited to hacking, duping, exploiting, ghosting, loot, griefing, trolling, advertising, insulting others OOC, being racist or otherwise unpleasant to fellow players. Treat other players the way you would like to be treated in a role playing environment. Always prioritize roleplay over ruleplay.
Examples:
•	Making fun of someone due to their race or ethnicity.
•	If you have any doubts about a certain action that may be conflicting with this rule, please ask a Admin before executing the action.


2. Stay in character
•	This is a roleplaying server; you are required to roleplay your character at all times. You also need a proper roleplaying name in game - first and last name is required. No racist names or ones that would be considered disrespectful. i.e. Hitler.
•	New Life Rule (NLR): You forget anything that led up to your dead.
•	Acquiring information from outside the game which your character wouldn't otherwise have access to is forbidden.
•	For example you see somebody on the forums has planned something and the ingame character you are has no knowledge of this, You decide to use it ingame,
•	This is classifed as Metagaming
3. NO KOS
•	You have to make contact with the target before initiating a hostile action against it. Contact is made when the player has responded to or otherwise acknowledged your message.
•	You must explicitly state your intention to commit a hostile action or inform the victim of the consequences of non-compliance. You must also explicitly state each demand or order before you can harm the victim for non compliance.
•	Do not kill the victim if he is complying or you have no good reason to execute them (grudge, previous hostilities etc).
Examples:
•	Always confirm your target; if uncertain about a player's identity it's better to hold fire than to risk KoS.
•	You are alone and get robbed by gang members; you try to fight back but get killed. You contact your fellow gang members on TeamSpeak and give them the details about the robbers that killed you. Your team mates find and kill the bandits on sight in revenge. You and your teammates get banned, receive a ban strike and a character reset for metagaming.


4. Gang Warfare
•	All members, including those who are either prospective members or trials must wear their gang clothes, tags etc.
•	When it comes to gang war, for 1 war to be valid, you need to go to the opposite gang thread, make a post in their thread saying you and you're gang is declaring war on the opposite gang, that way the entire gang knows that they are at war and not just the leader etc.

5. Identification
You can only identify other players using in character knowledge like:
•	Voice (only if you have spoken to/heard that player before)
•	If the player tells you his name through text chat. You are not allowed to use his in game name from the chat, as this is out of character information provided by the game.
•	You may lie about your identity by typing other name than your actual in-game name in text chat, but the other party has a right to not believe you and try to figure out your real name using any other in character knowledge.


6. in-game rules
these rules are for in-game and everyone is expect to follow them! failure to follow them will result in a temp or perm ban from the community!

- Fail RP can be classified as the following:
running away from police while being restrained, while being at a gun point you decided to run away, disconnecting while being handcuffed/restrained by police, Switching to the drivers seat or any other seat of a vehicle while handcuffed/restrained.

- VDM: using you're vehicle as a weapon is strictly forbidden in arma 3 life UNLESS there is a proper in-character reason to do so.
Example: Someone pulls a gun on you and aims it on your head, as he stands right in-front of your vehicle. In this case you are allowed to kill him as it is a proper RP reason (self defense)

- Green zone: the green zone is a crime free zone which means, you are NOT allowed to commit
any type of crimes inside the green area!
This is not to be abused, For example. You are being chased by a civilian who is trying to rob you and you run into the greenzone, This is not allowed
The Green Zone is any: Garage, Car Shop, Civ Spawn, Rebel Outpost.

- theft: taking weapons from a vehicle you dont own or you dont have keys to is forbidden unless the car is left unlocked.

- informant: civilians are allowed to be informants for the police but, they cannot report anything they see or hear over teamspeak, it has to be shared in-game, for example phone, face to face etc.

- If a police officer is tempting to pull you over, do not immediately run away for the no reason, pull over to the side of the road, unless you have a LEGIT reason to run away (committing murder or any type of crimes and the police have been following you since the time you did the crime to the stop), this might not be considered a rule violation, but if you are known to do it 24/7 you will be dealt with!

- when driving a vehicle, act as in real life, stay on the road, do not run over every single sign, tree, fence or anything you see on purpose, if you continuously keep on doing it, it will be considered a rule violation and you will be punished either by a temp or perm ban, or a warning.

- Having more than 1 account is not allowed in A3L, if you're caught having multiple accounts you will be issued a perm ban!

- Police and EMS are not allowed to use the information they see on the civilian forums, against the civilians.
•	Example: You see a topic about a drug deal, you decided to arrest all of the people that are involved in the forum topic, this would be taken as metagaming, and it will result in you getting banned!

Breaking the rules

1. False reports
Creating a formal report is a serious matter as it is publicly accusing other player(s) of breaking the server rules. When creating a formal report please keep in mind to provide all relevant details. False reports containing any of the following will be dealt with swiftly and harshly:
- You lie about any details in the report.
- You choose to skip any details that may change the outcome of a report.
- You create a report to blackmail other players and/or demand your items or vehicles to be given back in exchange for dropping the report.
If you are uncertain if any rules have been broken create a Report Discussion thread instead and describe the situation.

2. Punishments
Admins choice of punishment for rule-breaking includes but is not limited to:
- Bans
- warnings
- State Reset
Punishment choice and punishment combinations are decided by the Admin handling the report. However, before dealing the punishment, the report needs to be reviewed by at least one additional senior Game Admins or admin. Game Admin’s common sense will be used when handling reports.
The max warning points is 30. Every in game ban, regardless of severity grants you 10 warning points, so called "Ban Strike". 3 strikes and you're out - permanent bans are issued both in game and on the forums. All warnings, including ban strikes last for a month, afterwards they expire.
If an admin decides that you can't or won't roleplay properly, follow the rules, act maturely or otherwise behave inappropriately your whitelist and/or account may be revoked/permanently banned at any time without any warning.


3. TeamSpeak3
You must have TaskForce Radio. No exceptions. If you are caught on server without being in teamspeak. If you are caught cheating by unplugging your TS, you will be banned. No exceptions. If you cannot get it to work, talk to a support team member.


4. Warning System (DISREGARD THIS)
Warnings are only reserved for special occasions that don’t result in someone being killed or was accidental. You will never receive more than one warning. If you commit a serious breach, you will be banned. This is a Hard Core Role Playing Community and we will not tolerate trolls. No exceptions.




Chain of Command

These are the people you are to contact, in order, if you need any form of assistance. This is to help maintain order. If you break this, you will be banned for 24 hours. After your first ban for it, the time will increase each following time.


Support Team Members
Players that are here to help other people when they need it. They will also conduct interviews.

Moderators
Teamspeak admins will conduct interviews and hand out the right teamspeak tags. Only message them when there are no support team members online.

Administrator
The Teamspeak Admin will get you one of these if they themselves cannot assist you. Do not go directly to an Administrator

Senior Administrator
The Senior Admin is never to be contacted unless by an Administrator, or TS admin. If you message one of these first, you are doing something wrong.

Head Administrator
Last step in the chain of command to receive help. Only to be contacted by another staff member, who you already spoke to.

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