The room-tone, written down.

Using any software, tool, or modification that gives you an unfair advantage is permanently banned. This includes mod menus, aimbots, speed hacks, teleport scripts, wallhacks, and texture packs that remove walls. No appeal on first offence.

Only one account per player. Creating alt accounts for any reason, bypassing bans, transferring money, gaining advantages, or starting fresh, is not allowed. Both accounts will be banned.

Character names must be realistic. No celebrity names, fictional characters, memes, or offensive names.

If you find a bug, report it to staff. Do not abuse it for gain. Using bugs to duplicate money, items, or vehicles is bannable. "I didn't know it was a bug" is not an excuse.

Treat other players with respect. OOC harassment, racism, sexism, homophobia, doxxing, or real-life threats are strictly prohibited. Your character can be rude in-character, but you cannot target other players. This applies to Discord, /b chat, and all associated platforms.

Do not advertise other GTA servers, communities, or services. This includes server names, IPs, Discord links, or recruiting for another server.

Any person who is found to be creating drama between our community and any other community, feeding information into them, feeding intelligence into another community, scopes of our support, or information we may deem 'sensitive' will be banned from our community, indefinitely.

This rule extends to anyone who actively comes into our community bringing drama from another community into our community. Example: you have an outstanding forum report or report on another server, you come here and continue that drama on our server.

When in the game world, you are your character. Use /b or (( brackets )) for OOC chat. Don't talk about game mechanics, real life, or other players while in-character.

Your character must behave like a real person. No superhuman feats, no ignoring common sense, no acting purely to "win."

If your character is injured, sick, or has a condition, roleplay it. Getting shot means pain. Breaking a leg means no sprinting. Being drunk means stumbling. The health system applies conditions, you must roleplay them.

Powergaming means forcing an action on another player without giving them a chance to respond. Use /me to describe what you attempt and /do to ask about outcomes.

If your character dies (PK), they forget everything leading to their death. You cannot remember who killed you, return to the area, or seek revenge. A Character Kill (CK) is permanent, the character can never be played again.

You must have a valid IC reason to attack or kill someone. No random violence.

Do not use your vehicle as a weapon. Intentionally running people over is VDM. Your car is for driving, not killing.

Before any violent encounter, there must be roleplay, a verbal confrontation, a demand, a threat. You cannot silently draw and shoot.

Value your character's life. If someone has a gun aimed at you at close range and you're unarmed, you comply. A real person wouldn't quickdraw against a shotgun in their face.

Disconnecting during active roleplay to avoid consequences is combat logging. If you genuinely crash, reconnect immediately and contact staff to continue the scenario.

Robberies require at least 2 people. Roleplay it properly, demands, time to comply. Maximum $500 cash per robbery. You can also take visible held items. Don't strip someone of everything.

IC scamming is allowed up to $10,000 in value. Anything above requires admin approval. OOC scamming is never allowed and results in a ban.

If you were PK'd, your character has no memory of the event. Going after the person who killed you using any information is metagaming + RDM. Both are bannable.

Drive like your car cost you money. No 200mph city cruising, no ramp jumping, no battering rams. Use common sense.

Vehicles can only do what they realistically could. SUVs/trucks go off-road. Sports cars stay on roads. Motorcycles fit through alleys but crash easily. Don't drive a supercar through a river.

Do not store your vehicle through game mechanics during active roleplay. If police are chasing you, you cannot park in a garage to despawn it. That's vehicle combat logging.

Police cars, ambulances, and fire trucks are for on-duty faction members only. Do not steal emergency vehicles unless it's part of legitimate criminal RP with proper buildup.

Official factions have ranks and a chain of command. Follow orders from superiors and roleplay your rank appropriately. A new recruit doesn't act like the chief of police.

Intentionally provoking law enforcement to start a chase or shootout is trolling, not roleplay. No burnouts at the station, no honking at cops and speeding off, no committing crimes solely for police response.

Gangs must develop naturally through RP. You can't create a gang on day one and start shooting. Build relationships, establish territory through RP. Quality over quantity.

Want to play a dirty cop or corrupt paramedic? You must get admin approval first. No going rogue within a legal faction without permission.

Faction leaders are responsible for their members' RP quality. Factions consistently producing poor roleplay may have leadership replaced by server management.

Your character's lifestyle, clothing, vehicles, and behaviour must match their financial situation. A "poor" character shouldn't wear designer clothes and drive a Lamborghini. Build wealth through roleplay, get a job, run a business, work your way up.

You cannot transfer money, vehicles, items, or properties between your own characters. Each character's wealth is independent. Using a friend as a middleman is the same violation.

Everything your character owns must make sense with their story. If an admin asks how your gas station attendant owns three sports cars and you can't explain it through RP, assets may be removed.

If you own a property or business, use it and roleplay with it. Properties and businesses that go unused for extended periods may be reclaimed by administration.

Grinding jobs mechanically without roleplay (robot farming) is not allowed. You can work jobs, but you should be roleplaying while doing it. Running deliveries in silence with zero interaction for hours isn't roleplay.

Senior Management reserves the right to partially or fully reset your character if you consistently roleplay incorrectly or break character story. Only Senior Management has this authority, no other admin level.

When an admin gives you an instruction, follow it. If you disagree, comply first, then appeal through Discord. Arguing with admins in-game or being disrespectful to staff results in additional punishment.

Punishments are guidelines, staff may adjust based on severity, context, and history.

If punished unfairly, appeal through Discord. Be honest, lying in an appeal results in permanent denial. Permanent bans can be appealed after 30 days.

Rules may be updated at any time. When changed, you'll be asked to re-read and accept them. "I didn't know the rules changed" is not an excuse.

Every player accepts these rules during application, and re-accepts them when they're updated. If you ever need a refresher, you're already on the right page.