Rules:

Administration discretion is allowed in extenuating circumstances outside the rules listed below!

General Rules:

Age Requirement: 

      All players must be 13+ and RP characters must be 18+. We are a mature server, there are adult themes and adult language being used. GTA is also an 18+ game.

Punishment: Perm-Ban

Toxicity and Bullying:

      Toxicity is defined as bringing unwanted attitudes into the community. There is a difference between having an opinion/voicing this opinion, and forcing your opinion on other people. Do not direct your anger/frustration/aggression towards another player. Use the appropriate /report or open a ticket via discord

Potential Punishment: Kick / Temp-Ban

Derogatory Remarks: 

      Negative/Derogatory remarks about; race, religion, gender, sexual preference, sexual orientation, gender identity, etc. is strictly prohibited. This includes in and out of RP.

Potential Punishment: Temp-Ban / Perm-Ban

Contacting Staff:

      Before attempting to DM staff or ingame, you must create a ticket in #new-tickets to have your issue resolved. Only DM with permission if absolutely necessary. This also is necessary when in-game when you would like to report something or need an admin, use /report first. 

Potential Punishment: Temp-Ban / Perm-Ban

Discord/cad:

      You must be in the Discord and in our CAD (https://blainerp.com/cad) to play on the server. This is a requirement.

Disrespect: 

      Speaking publicly in a way that carelessly or intentionally creates or fuels negativity OOC towards other members of the BlaineRP Community will not be tolerated. These issues are expected to be handled privately, either directly with the involved party, or through admin/moderator mediation.

      Disciplinary action will be determined on a case-by-case basis depending on the severity of the offense, and can range from a simple conversation with an admin for lesser offenses, all the way up to immediate and permanent removal from the community for the most malicious offenses.

Real Life Money:

      There will be no acceptance of real life money for in game advantages or actions. 

Exploiting:

      Exploitation of a bug or glitch is strictly prohibited. Purposely exploiting a bug, glitch, or anything else for personal gain will result in heavy consequences.

Potential Punishment: Perm-Ban

Stream Sniping:

      While you are in the server, you are strictly prohibited from being in the stream of anyone else currently playing on the server and streaming on any service. This is a no questions asked rule – if you’re in their viewer list, and you’re in the server you will be subject to this rule break. Should you be caught stream sniping more than once you will be permanently removed from the community.

Potential Punishment: Kick / Temp-Ban / Perm-Ban

Meta Gaming: 

      The use of information that your character has not learned through RP is not allowed. Meta-Gaming is hard to define in a single sentence; 

Refer to this definition to better understand the meaning of Meta-Gaming:

• “Metagaming is a term used in role-playing games, which describes a player’s use of real-life knowledge concerning the state of the game to determine their character’s actions, when said character has no relevant knowledge or awareness under the circumstances.”

Potential Punishment: Kick / Temp-Ban / Perm-Ban

Power Gaming: 

      Inflicting unrealistic forms of role-play on other players, or not giving another player an option when realistically they should have one. Abusing game mechanics, or lack thereof, for personal gain. Any form of Power Gaming is not allowed.

Potential Punishment: Kick / Temp-Ban / Perm-Ban

Quality of RP:

      Quality of RP is defined as failure to uphold the standards of role-play expected by the BRP Players and Staff. Poor quality of RP will be looked at negatively and you may face punishment for the same. This includes having No Value of Life, Unrealistic Driving, Interrupting an active scene, cop baiting and not following Priority Status.

Potential Punishment: Kick / Temp-Ban / Perm-Ban

In Game Rules:

Police Priority Status:

Available – Criminal activity can occur.

Cooldown, Active and Hold – No major criminal activity can occur this includes but is not limited to Evading Police, Theft / Robbery and Shooting can not occur.

To be more specific, Misdemeanor and Felony crimes cannot occur, however Infractions can still be performed this includes but is not limited to Running a stop sign, Careless Driving, etc

If you are unsure if your allowed to commit a specific crime during Cooldown, Active and Hold, please open a #new-ticket in the discord and ask a staff member and we will let you know if it’s acceptable or not.

Potential Punishment: Kick / Temp-Ban / Perm-Ban

EMS Priority Status:

Available – Awaiting calls.
Active – This means EMS is on a active priority scene.
Offline – Means no available EMS.

Potential Punishment: Kick / Temp-Ban / Perm-Ban

Spamming:

– Chat Spam
– /report Spam
– Microphone Spam

All of these are strictly prohibed.

Potential Punishment: Temp-Ban / Perm-Ban

Sexual Assault RP: 

      Sexual Assault RP – including, but not limited to; non-consensual touching, rape, etc. is not allowed. 

Potential Punishment: Perm-Ban

Torture RP:

      Torture is a sensitive subject and the victim must give consent/approval beforehand. This can be obtained via /ooc or Discord, etc. Any lasting effects, if any, are decided on by the consenting player.

Potential Punishment: Perm-Ban

ERP: 

      Also known as Erotic RP – is not allowed on the server. This includes, but is not limited to, /me’s and in VOIP. If you want to continue that line of RP, please take it privately to DM’s. 

Potential Punishment: Perm-Ban

Deathmatching (RDM/VDM): 

      Randomly killing or harming another player without good roleplay reason is not allowed. This includes being in a vehicle or otherwise.

Potential Punishment: Perm-Ban

Combat Logging:

      Combat Logging is defined as disconnecting from the server, with the intention of avoiding any form of RP and is strictly prohibited. This includes disconnecting to avoid death, combat, arrest, medical attention, or any other form of RP.

Potential Punishment: Perm-Ban

Other Prohibited Areas: 

      Other areas also strictly prohibited without Staff Approval: 

THE CITY/LOS SANTOS IS OUT OF THE AREA OF ROLEPLAY 

exception: BCSO, SAFR and Staff.

Potential Punishment:  Warning / Kick / 24hr Ban

NLR: (New Life Roleplay)

Upon death during an active RP, your character does not actually die, but you are not allowed to return to the scene of your death, your character forgets all events leading up to the death. Details about how, where, and who killed you may not be released or Rped out.

Potential Punishment: Warning / Kick / Temp-Ban

Gang/Mob RP:

Due to us being a public server.
Any kind of gang or mob activity in the server, violent or not will not be tolerated.
Any kind of gang or mob colors or representations will not be tolerated. 

Potential Punishment: Warning / Temp Ban / Perm-Ban

Hitman/Assassination RP: 

      Random Hitman/Assasination RP is not allowed or condoned whatsoever. Individuals are only allowed to do Hitman/Assasination RP only when it is agreed upon beforehand by all parties (this means the person who has a hit on them or who is being assassinated must know of and agree to the RP). Doing things such as sniping people from far away and other conduct that may be deemed to be of an Assassin’s or Hitman’s nature will be stopped and dealt with immediately if not done properly with adequate permission from all parties involved. 

Potential Punishment: Warning / Temp-Ban / Perm-Ban

LEO Presence:

      Always act like there is a heavy LEO presence, even if there is a lack of LEOs. However, if there is a noticeable lack of LEO presence, then try to play accordingly. Abusing a lack of LEO presence is prohibited. 

Potential Punishment: Temp-Ban

Cop Baiting:

      Committing a crime with the sole intention of drawing police away from another crime is prohibited and/or to draw their attention in general.  

Example 1: Purposely robbing Flywheels if your friend is in a traffic stop to get them out of it.

                          Example 2: Speeding fast, honking horn, doing burnouts ect when police are busy in RP

Potential Punishment: Temp-Ban

Issues in game:

      If any sort of issue arises in game – including but not limited to; rule breaks, drama, anything else you feel is an issue – you must finish the active RP scenario and then follow it up after the fact via the correct methods (Using /report, Contact Admin, etc) ASAP. 

LEO/EMS Clothing:

      Wearing any LEO or Emergency Services (BCSO, LSPD, Trooper, BCFD, Badges/Icons, EMS, SAEMS, etc.) clothing is strictly prohibited. The current mod does not allow these clothes to be mechanically restricted from civilians. This includes: 

      Hats, Helmets, Jackets, Shirts, Pants, Logos, etc.

Potential Punishment: Warning / Temp-Ban / Perm-Ban

Impersonating LEO, EMS & Other Whitelisted Departments:

      Impersonating LEOs, EMS, or any other whitelisted Department will never be allowed and is never acceptable in any case on our server. Our Departments are not open to everyone and are whitelisted. Meaning, they require additional steps to become whitelisted into them such as: submitting an application, being approved, interviewed, and finally trained. Under no circumstances whatsoever will Impersonating be allowed, regardless of context or circumstances. 

Potential Punishment: Warning / Temp-Ban / Perm-Ban

/OOC + /LOOC:

      /OOC – Used to communicate with another party after a disconnect or when you are relaying information through chat that doesn’t pertain to RolePlay, this should be used if the player is not in your local range.

      /LOOC – Used to communicate with another party after a disconnect or when you are relaying information through chat that doesn’t pertain to RolePlay, this should be used if the player is in your local range.

/ME + /GME:

      The /me and /gme commands must be used for roleplay purposes only. This command can be used to express anything that cannot otherwise be said through words;

Example: Giving evidence that is on scene that should be able to be seen, showing facial expressions, actions that don’t have an emote, etc.

On the other hand, /me is not to be used to display anything that would not be able to be physically seen;

Example: /me feels sad – This should be shown as /me looks sad.

However, /gme means Global me so this command should only be used if you need to display something to someone that isn’t in your local area.

/report:

      /report should be a frequent tool used by all members of our FiveM Server, failure to adequately use /report when you witness rules being broken or need an Admin’s assistance is extremely frowned upon and may lead to further consequences. /report should always be your first course of action and you should never skip this step when you need help or are witnessing/dealing with other players who are breaking rules even if you believe /report isn’t being looked at or if you believe you are being ignored. 

Ex:

      /report [id] [name] [what they did]