RWSRP Global Rules

Discord Rules

1. No spamming or flooding the chat with messages. Do not type in ALL CAPS if so say my bad or under put accidental caps.
2. No text walls or a large paragraph of text. Make a thread on the forum or use Pastebin/Pastie to post a large block of text.
3. No bashing or heated arguments to other people in the chat. This includes instigating issues within gen chat.
4. No adult (18+), explicit, or controversial messages.
5. No racist or degrading content such as pictures etc.. (racial terms are not allowed).
6. No advertising other sites/discord servers (Permission must be requested from Staff). Includes your Discord name and Status.
7. No referral links.
8. No begging or repeatedly asking for help in the chat, please keep question in the #help-support channel or the forums. Repeatedly asking basic questions will lead to administrative action.
9. No offensive names.
10. Inviting unofficial bots is NOT ALLOWED without administrative approval, any bots that are found will be INSTANTLY BANNED without warning.
11. Do not use the @everyone / @here ping without permission.
12. Do not perform or promote the intentional use of glitches, hacks, bugs, and other exploits that will cause an incident within the community and other players.
13. Do not cause a nuisance in the community, repeated complaints from several members will lead to administrative action.
14. Do not argue with staff. Decisions are final.
15. Politics and anything POLITICAL will be deleted on sight.
16. English ONLY
17. FOLLOW CHAIN OF COMMAND AT ALL TIME
18. You CANNOT be DHS and a MAIN LEO Ex: BCSO, SAST, FBI, USMS, LSPD

Useful Documents

• Global SOP
• Penal Codes

Table of Contents

• Section 1: RWSRP | Server Rules
  • Sub-Section 1.1: General Guidelines
    • 1.1.1 - Random Deathmatch
    • 1.1.2 - Vehicle Deathmatch
    • 1.1.3 - Fail Roleplay
    • 1.1.4 - Unrealistic Driving
    • 1.1.5 - Fear Roleplay
    • 1.1.6 - No Intention To Roleplay
    • 1.1.7 - Leaving to Avoid Punishment
    • 1.1.8 - No Hate Speech / Harassment
    • 1.1.9 - Script Abuse / Exploiting
    • 1.1.10 - Breaking Character / Talking OOC
    • 1.1.11 - Trolling
    • 1.1.12 - New Life Rule
    • 1.1.13 - Interfering With Scenes
    • 1.1.14 - Modding / Hacking / Cheating
    • 1.1.15 - Mic Spam / No mic No Play
    • 1.1.16 - Non-Whitelisted Organizations
    • 1.1.17 - Erotic Roleplay
    • 1.1.18 - Metagaming
    • 1.1.19 - Altering Game/System Files
    • 1.1.20 - Cop Baiting
    • 1.1.21 - Safe Zones
    • 1.1.22 - Organization Territory
    • 1.1.23 - First Responder Immunity
    • 1.1.24 - Blacklisted Roleplays
    • 1.1.25 - Name Policy
    • 1.1.26 - Law Enforcement Permissions
    • 1.1.27 - Player Initiation
    • 1.1.28 - Disrespect/In-game trash talk
    • 1.1.29 - Whitelisted Clothing
    • 1.1.30 - Leaving to Avoid Arrest
    • 1.1.31 - Group Roleplay
    • 1.1.32 - Boombox / Vehicle Radios
    • 1.1.33 - Area of Patrol Restrictions
    • 1.1.34 - Whitelisted Roleplay
  • Sub-Section 1.2: Combat/Weapon Guidelines
    • 1.2.1 - Combat Rolling
    • 1.2.2 - Combat Logging
    • 1.2.3 - Duffel Bag / Vehicle Policy
    • 1.2.4 - Law Enforcement Weapons
  • Sub-Section 1.3: Non-Passive Organization Guidelines
    • 1.3.1 - Non-Passive Organization Initiation
    • 1.2.2 - Gang Wars
    • 1.2.3 - Clothing/Color Requirements
    • 1.3.4 - Organization Alliances
• Section 2: RWSRP | Community Rules
  • Sub-Section 2.1: Discord Guidelines
    • 2.1.1 - Support Tickets
    • 2.1.2 - Hate Speech / Harassment
    • 2.1.3 - Discussing Kicks / Bans
    • 2.1.4 - Intentionally Starting Drama/Toxicity/Complaining
  • Sub-Section 2.2: Community Guidelines
    • 2.2.1 - Follow Chain of Command
    • 2.2.2 - Community Respect
    • 2.2.3 - Internal Business
    • 2.2.4 - English Only
    • 2.2.5 - Server / Community Advertisement
    • 2.2.6 - Follow Discord / FiveM ToS

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Section 1.1 - General Guidelines

1.1.1 - Random Deathmatch

Definition:

Random Deathmatch or often referred to as RDM. Random Deathmatch is the act of killing another player without a valid reasoning to do so within roleplay. An example of this could be a civilian just running up to another civilian and shooting them without any interaction.

1.1.2 - Vehicle Deathmatch

Definition:

Vehicle Deathmatch or often referred to as VDM. This action involves using a vehicle to run over or ram into another player without a valid roleplay reasoning. An example of VDM would be a civilian using their vehicle to ram into a civilian who is on foot without valid roleplay reasoning. Running someone over with a car within roleplay is not VDM, a vehicle can undoubtedly be used as a weapon when need be, for example if you’re being shot at, running the person over is 100% justified.

1.1.3 - Fail Roleplay

Definition:

Fail Roleplay or more often referred to as FRP is the action of doing/performing actions that are generally unrealistic/unreasonable to do in real life. An example of FRP would be a player playing as the chimpanzee player model hopping onto a motorcycle, driving it, and then proceeding to talk as a human would.

1.1.4 - Unrealistic Driving

Definition:

Unrealistic Driving or commonly known as GTA Driving is the action of unreasonably, unrealistically, and or taking advantage of GTA driving mechanics/physics. An example of this would be launching a supercar off of a ramp or driving it off-road at high speeds.

1.1.5 - Fear Roleplay

Definition:

Fear Roleplay or often referred to as FearRP is the action of not fearing for your life when in high-risk/life-threatening situations. An example of this could be when you’re getting robbed or even taken hostage, if you or the people you are with are outnumbered you MUST surrender to those who are putting your life in danger.

1.1.6 - No Intention To Roleplay

Definition:

No Intention To Roleplay or often referred to as NITRP is the action of having no intention/plans to roleplay and or take anything serious within roleplay scenarios. NITRP is considered a form of Trolling. An example of NITRP would be driving around recklessly and refusing to engage yourself in any active roleplay scenarios.

1.1.7 - Leaving To Avoid Punishment (LTAP)

Definition:

Leaving To Avoid Punishment or often referred to as LTAP is the action of intentionally leaving and or disconnecting from the server during a staff sit/scenario. An example of this could be a belligerent player not getting their way or the results they want in a staff scene or scenario so, instead of working with the staff or other players they exit/disconnect from the server.

1.1.8 - Hate Speech / Harassment

Definition:

Hate Speech / Harassment is the action of using abusive or threatening speech or writing that expresses prejudice against a particular group, especially on the basis of race, religion, or sexual orientation. This will not be tolerated. RWSRP Intends to be tolerant of all races, religions, and sexual orientations. The same applies to targeted harassment of community members.

1.1.9 - Script Abuse/Exploiting

Definition:

Script Abuse & Exploiting. Script Abuse is the action of misuse or use of a script with poor intentions. An example of script abuse could be the use of the LEO Menu to spawn hundreds of props onto the map with the intent of Trolling. Exploiting is the action of abusing an in-game mechanic or feature to break rules or cause un-legit events. An example of Exploiting would be attempting to fly smaller cars to normally unreachable locations with the close door feature in vMenu.

1.1.10 - Breaking Character/Talking OOC

Definition:

Breaking Character/Talking OOC The action of breaking roleplay to discuss something and or call out another player. An example of this would be having a conversation in a game about the server or members that are not in the form of RP. OOC should be used exclusively to communicate a minor technical issue or a need to briefly go AFK in order to preserve the integrity of the RP in the community. In the event that a major technical issue comes into play, the player should contact Staff.

1.1.11 - Trolling

Definition:

Trolling is the act of intentionally provoking drama, attempting to gain a rise out of someone, or forcing an interaction with staff for purely the reason of getting a reaction. An example of this would be purposely continuing to drive up to scenes and excessively honking your horn, essentially interfering to the point where an admin may need to be called.

1.1.12 - New Life Rule

Definition:

New Life Rule or otherwise known as NLR is the action that must be followed upon death/The process of rebirthing and or recreating a character upon death. NLR needs to be observed if your character has died in RP. NLR also requires that you do not return to the location of your last character's death.

1.1.13 - Interfering With Scenes

Definition:

Interfering With Scenes is the action of forcibly involving yourself within a scene that you are not a part of. An example of this could be walking into the middle of a large LEO scene that you are not a part of and bothering the officers or making yourself an unneeded threat.

1.1.14 - Modding/Hacking/Cheating

Definition:

Modding, Hacking, and Cheating is the action of Altering/Modifying Game files to give a player an unfair advantage / the ability to spawn blacklisted props, weapons, and vehicles/cause general mayhem.

1.1.15 - Mic Spam/No Mic No Play

Definition:

No Microphone, No Play: Access to a microphone is essential to roleplay. Not having a microphone is grounds for a kick until a microphone is provided.

Microphone Spam: The abuse of the in-game voice chat/radio channels to cause harm or simply just to troll. This will be met with a kick and repeated offenses will result in a ban. This is considered a form of trolling and is forbidden.

1.1.16 - Non Whitelisted Organizations

Definition:

Non Whitelisted Organizations are organizations that are unofficial and non whitelisted in RWSRP . If you wish to create an Organization, you must apply to create one in #applications. “Organizations” include but are not limited to the following: Gangs, Mafias, Business’,and Clubs. Roleplaying as the following without being whitelisted inside of San Andreas Roleplay. You may not roleplay as an organization would, for example driving the same cars, wearing the same clothing.

1.1.17 - Erotic Roleplay

Definition:

Erotic Roleplay or more commonly known as [ERP] is the action of roleplaying content that is sexually explicit, NSFW, and forbidden and will result in a permanent blacklist from RWSRP.

1.1.18 - Metagaming

Definition:

Metagaming is the action of using third-party information that your character or persona would not have normal knowledge of (discord, head tags, knowledge of someone's voice) to give yourself or another person an advantage in a roleplay scenario. This is considered a form of power gaming and is forbidden.

1.1.19 - Altering Game/System Files

Definition:

Altering Game/System Files is the action of making changes to your system/game files to give yourself an unfair or unrealistic advantage over other players. You are ALLOWED to have graphics packs, an example of something that is not allowed is altering your game files to gain the ability to shoot faster than native GTA would allow you to. You are also allowed to have cross hairs. You are NOT allowed to have kill fx other than what the game gives you because kill fx tells/ shows you when you kill someone and the other person may not have kill fx.

1.1.20 - Cop Baiting

Definition:

Cop/Police baiting is the act of intentionally trying to gain a law enforcement officer's attention by breaking the law in front of them purposely or in a manner to get their attention in an unrealistic way solely. An example of this would be finding a parked cop that is already engrossed in a scene and constantly driving past them at a high rate of speed honking your horn.

1.1.21 - Safe Zones

Definition:

Safe Zones are areas on the map where you may not cause violence or start a priority of any kind. You will be notified that you are inside of a safezone upon entry & exit. RP may continue inside of a safe zone however it may only be passive in nature. Any attempt to exploit the safe zones will result in a kick and repeated attempts will be met with a ban. If a cop senses you are cop baiting the cop can jail you on the spot for breaking rules within a reasonable punishment

1.1.22 - Organization Territory

Definition:

Each Civilian Organization has its own set territory, this territory belongs to them and nobody else is allowed to claim it as their own. You may go into their territory, but going there just to engage in violence or troll is prohibited.

1.1.24 - Blacklisted Roleplay

Blacklisted Roleplays Roleplay Scenarios are strictly prohibited and forbidden. The current list of blacklisted roleplays is as follows.

Blacklisted Roleplays: Terrorism RP, Impersonation RP, Bail Bonds RP, Suicide RP, Corrupt LEO/LEO Impersonation (this includes clothing) RP, Erotic RP, Bounty Hunter RP, Human Trafficking RP, School Shooting RP, Fictional Character/Creature RP, Military RP, Government/Federal/State Licensed Employee (That is not whitelisted)

1.1.25 - Name Policy

Definition:

Name Formats/Donator Tags of any kind in your name that look/are formatted even remotely close to donator tags are strictly prohibited. If you hold a departmental rank within our server it is important that your name in-game matches your discord name. You can change your name on steam. There is no excuse for anyone's username not to match. Staff Members are permitted to use select colors, however Non Staff MAY NOT use colored, bold, or italicized names, no exceptions. Your name must be readable, no box names or just emojis. You may not use call signs that replicate call signs within our community, for example ‘K-01’ is a callsign used on our server, you may not use this callsign unless it has been assigned to you within our community.

1.1.26 - Whitelisted Permissions

Definition:

LEO, SAFR, & Select Organizations have permissions no civilian is granted to help them perform their duties, using said permissions off duty such as /loadouts, weapons or the F6 interaction menu and more is not allowed.

1.1.27 - Player Initiation

Definition:

While Physical Violence is allowed upon Civilians, NO PHYSICAL VIOLENCE should occur between any civilians for the first TWO MINUTES of a roleplay scenario. You must engage in a semi civil roleplay scenario prior to violently initiating upon a player (Includes but is not limited to: Robbing, Killing, Mugging, Taking Hostage, Fighting, Vehicle Theft). During this two minute period, you may not chase a person trying to evade you, or point any weapons at them at all. Warning threats may be made throughout this time period, as they are not a form of physical initiation/violence. If someone breaks this rule and starts initiating without following the two minute rule, you may defend/protect yourself.

Note: This rule has been made to establish a quality roleplay, and give a scene some background rather than just walking around robbing every person that you see.

1.1.28 - OOC Trash Talk/Disrespect

Definition:

While trash talk/disrespect is allowed in game, it may not contain any form of hate speech and must stay in character at ALL times. Any form of IRL disrespect/talk will result in a kick. Out of character disrespect is not tolerated whatsoever.

1.1.29 - Whitelisted Clothing (EUP)

Definition:

Whitelisted clothing may only be worn by people who are a part of the whitelisted group the clothing falls under. This includes but is not limited to Gang clothing, LEO uniforms, and SAFR uniforms. Even if you change the texture and unmark the clothing, you may not wear it as it belongs to a whitelisted department! Sometimes it is hard to tell if a piece of clothing is whitelisted, you will be asked to take it off before being immediately punished.

1.1.30 - Leaving to Avoid Arrest

Definition:

While in police custody, disconnecting prior to being jailed is not allowed. If you have to go somewhere during the middle of a scene, you must get the cops permission before leaving the game. After you are jailed, if you have to leave while serving your sentence you may, as your sentence will pause & resume as you fly in and out of the city. If you leave (Alt+F4) in the middle of an arrest it's considered LTap and will resolve in an offline ban.

1.1.31 - Group Roleplay

Definition:

When Roleplaying in a group, you are allowed to protect the life of those you are roleplaying with. If someone in your group is being attacked, you may defend them. If you were not originally a part of the scene, you will have to be requested there via in-game communication, for example over the in-game radio or phone. If your friend dies, and you know who did it, you have 10 minutes to avenge your friend. After 10 minutes goes by, you may not avenge anyone in your group as it will be classed as RDM.

Note: asking your friend over discord who killed him so you can go kill them is not allowed, and violates rule 1.1.18 (Metagaming)

1.1.32 - Boombox / Vehicle Radios

Definition:

In direct relation to Rule 1.1.8 (Hate Speech / Harassment) utilizing the Booxbox and/or Vehicle Radio script to play videos or sound clips of slurs is still against the rules, and you will be held accountable for it. There is an exception to this rule, since the built in GTA Radio plays music that says the n word (WITH AN A) we will allow you to do the same with the boombox, and vehicle radio.

1.1.33 - Area of Patrol Restrictions

Definition:

When Roleplaying on our server, you are expected to stay within AOP. The only exception to this is if you are in a priority scene that starts within AOP, you may leave AOP during this scene but must return to AOP after the scene.. If you are outside of AOP you are still required to follow all rules, and will be asked to move into AOP by staff, if you fail to stay within the AOP after being warned, punishments may escalate. AOP Automatically Updates based on player count every 30 minutes.

1.1.34 - Whitelisted Roleplay

Definition:

Whitelisted Roleplays are Roleplay scenarios that are restricted to our Certified Civilians, these scenarios include Hitman RP, & Serial Killer RP. Guidelines that must be followed will now be listed.

Serial Killer RP: When roleplaying as a serial killer, you are to have a registered character in the cad for the serial killer you are roleplaying as. You must mark them as mentally insane/ill in the cad. When interacting with victims you plan on killing, you must interact with them for a minimum of 10 minutes, roleplaying as a deranged psychopath to really build the roleplay for what it is. There needs to be context and a drawn out story behind this character, explaining why they are the way they are, and what has caused them to be like this.

Hitman RP: When doing Hitman RP, the targeted player MUST be informed that a hit has been placed on them and WHY. Contacting them in game through the phone/RPC is a requirement, no corny vMenu messaging or discord pings, this must all be through RP in game. If you don’t have a way to contact them in game, then you aren’t allowed to follow through with a hit. a minimum of 10 minutes prior to them being killed/approached.

Section 1.2 - Combat/Weapon Guidelines

1.2.1 - Combat Rolling

Definition:

Combat Rolling: The action of intentionally rolling with a firearm/weapon of any kind if NOT allowed since it is unrealistic to barrel roll / Combat roll also having some sort of gear such as vest would also be unrealistic since you would break the vest. If caught doing so it can resolve in a staff jail for Fail roleplay

1.2.2 - Combat Logging

Definition:

Combat Logging is the act of engaging in PVP or combat and leaving the server after dying, killing, or causing damage to others in the attempt to leave the scene without consequences.

1.2.3 - Blind Firing

Definition:

Blind Firing is the act of using GTAV mechanics to fire around a corner or over an object in a manner which does not expose your body to the individual you are firing at. You may not blind fire while in Roleplay Scenes. This is a form of FailRP.

1.2.3 - Duffel Bag/Vehicle Policy

Definition:

Bag/Vehicle Policy: When retrieving any firearm/weapon larger than a handgun/knife in size, you must have retrieved it from a vehicle/large bag of some sort. Failure to do so is a form of FailRP.

Section 1.3 - Non-Passive Organization Guidelines

1.3.1 - Non-Passive Organization Initiation

Definition:

This period of interaction will be changed to 15 seconds throughout all non-passive orgs. During this 15 second period, you may not chase a person trying to evade you, or point any weapons at them at all. Warning threats may be made throughout this time period, as they are not a form of physical initiation/violence. If someone breaks this rule and starts initiating without following the fifteen second rule, you may defend/protect yourself.

Note: This rule has been made to establish a quality roleplay between gangs/mafias/MC’s, and give a scene some background rather than just walking around killing every person that you see.

1.3.2 - Gang Wars

Definition:

These gang wars will now be something that is required to go through both leaderships of both orgs. Otherwise, these gang wars will not be official and punishments may be handed out for it. Also, keep in mind that the 15 second initiation rule is still in place along with the Group Roleplay rule.

1.3.3 - Clothing/Color Requirements

Definition:

While on as your respective org, you must be marked in some way shape or form. You must have at least 2 pieces of marked clothing. These can include, but are not limited to chains, colored shirts, flags, hats, and masks.

1.3.4 - Organization Alliance’s

Definition:

Organizations should now have RP with each other whenever creating an alliance. Whenever doing so, you should have all leaders of both orgs communicate with each other on a daily basis. There should also be an organized document stating all agreements between orgs.

Section 2.1 - General Discord Rules

2.1.1 - Support Tickets

Definition:

Support Tickets. Support tickets are to be used to get in direct contact with staff about any issue, concerns, or situations you need assistance with. Do not open tickets to troll staff or waste their time.

2.1.2 - Hate Speech

Definition:

Hate Speech / Harassment is the action of using abusive or threatening speech or writing that expresses prejudice, especially on the basis of race, religion, or sexual orientation. This will not be tolerated. RWSRP Intends to be tolerant of all races, religions, and sexual orientations. The same applies to targeted harassment of community members.

2.1.3 - Discussing Kicks/Bans

Definition:

Kick & Ban Discussion. If you have any questions or concerns about the punishment you have received in-game, you MUST open a ticket regarding it. Complaining both in-game chat and in discord channels is not tolerated and will only get you in more trouble. If you wish to be unbanned please fill out a ban appeal. This can be found in #server-rules via discord.gg/RWSRP or use !appeals.

2.1.4 - Intentionally Starting Drama/Toxicity/Complaining

Definition:

Being unnecessarily toxic & intentionally starting drama, being disrespectful, ignorant, arrogant, or blatantly malicious towards other members & complaining in chat. Usually in conjunction with the above 2.3. This is unacceptable behavior.

Section 2.2 - Community Guidelines

2.2.1 - Chain of Command

Definition:

Chain of Command (CoC): Chain of Command is the order/structure of ranks that you shall follow when asking questions or trying to receive information. This must be followed at all times. People of lower rank exist for a reason to help out with the workload. You do not need to always ping the owners or managers of the community for small issues.

2.2.2 - Community Respect

Definition:

Community Respect. Disrespect to this community or any of its members will not be tolerated EVER. It is a privilege to play on our server, if you do not like it, leave.

2.2.3 - Internal Business

Definition:

Tickets & Reports shall only be discussed & engaged inside of our discord. Private messaging members about information disclosed inside tickets, or information regarding a report is not allowed. This does not mean you can’t contact a staff member with a support related question such as ‘how do I join the server’. All private information must be kept private, all reports must remain anonymous.

2.2.4 - English Only

Definition:

English Only: When communicating both in our discord & game server it is important that you are able to speak English.

2.2.5 - Server/Community Advertisement

Definition:

Server & Community Advertisement: DM Advertising your server to our members is simply not allowed, however, we will not stop you from advertising your server via a discord status.

2.2.6 - Follow Discord & FiveM ToS

Definition:

FiveM & Discord Definitions of Service Discord & FiveM’s Definitions of Services must be followed at ALL times in our community.

2.2.7 - Threats of DDOS and attempts to dox

Definition:

Any threat made by a member to another server or member to DDos or Dox will result in a permanent blacklist from RWSRP with no chance of appeal.

Couple Quick Rules

• If you are dead within a roleplay scene and you respawn the cop is still allowed to jail you and call it the “Corner”.
• Everything is in roleplay. If a truck is going over your vehicle it's still roleplay, If someone points a gun at you it's still roleplay.
• When HOLD is in effect civilians are to not start priorities. PASSIVE RP is permitted within the HOLD period and 10 min cooldown.