[DarkRP] Server Rules

Icefuse Networks · Dec 19, 2018

Icefuse Networks DarkRP
Server Rules
UPDATED: 4/3/2024

General Rules

Golden Rule: Use common sense at all times.
By playing on the Icefuse Networks DarkRP server, you agree to abide by the Icefuse Networks Terms of Service and Server Rules.
Do not assist, encourage, or endorse the rule-breaking of others. Tricking, baiting, facilitating, inciting, or encouraging other players to violate the rules will result in a punishment equal to the offender.
Any malicious or illegal activity is strictly prohibited and will not be tolerated to any degree.
Hacking/cheating, fraud/chargebacks, DDoS attacks, doxxing, advertising other servers/communities, leeching, inciting drama, threats, punishment evasion, or anything related will result in a severe punishment/ban.
Exploits/glitches are not to be abused and should be reported to staff.
Discrimination is not allowed in or out of character, and any use of racist or discriminatory slurs will result in a 24-hour mute/gag.
This is an English-speaking community, so all dialogue on the server must be in English.
Do not spam in any way.
Do not disrespect or harass anyone out of character (OOC).
Do not impersonate other users, official server clans, or staff members.
Do not witch-hunt or target anyone with the intent to ruin their experience in any way.
Do not attempt to loophole or circumvent the rules in any way.
Do not go AFK on a job with limited player slots.
Prop/entity abusing (prop spamming, prop surfing, prop killing, prop climbing, prop blocking, etc.) is not allowed.
Displaying any pornographic/derogatory images or videos is not allowed.
- Abuse of this could result in a permanent blacklist from using the Media TV.
  - This blacklist is only appealable through an HA+.
Selling your job is not allowed. (Ex. Giving a player money to switch off their job)
Leaving/switching jobs to avoid a roleplay/staff situation (raid, mug, kill, arrest, etc.) is not allowed.
Do not roleplay, build, kill, arrest, mug, kidnap, complete a hit, etc. in spawn unless the scenario was initiated outside of spawn.
Do not roleplay while in a staff situation.
Staff members have the final say on all rule interpretations including concepts not explicitly stated in the rules.

Roleplay Guidelines

Do not RDM.
- RDM: Random Deathmatch - The act of randomly killing or attacking a player without a valid roleplay reason.
- Valid roleplay reasons to kill a player without warning: If a player is shooting at/damaging you, stealing/destroying your property, or raiding/mugging/kidnapping/arresting you.
- If you want to kill players for entering or being in your base, you must have a visible KOS (kill on sight) sign outside of the entrance to your base.
- If you want to kill players that are following you or won’t leave your area, you must use /advert to give them three valid warnings (/advert Leave my area or die 1/2/3). After the first two adverts, you must wait 10 seconds to advert the third warning. After the third advert, if they are still in your voice range you can kill them.
- Once you’re arrested, you’re not allowed to go back and kill the government official that arrested you. Doing so will be considered RDM
Do not RDA.
- RDA: Random Arrest - The act of randomly arresting, batoning, handcuffing, or any attempt to do so to a player without a valid roleplay reason.
- As government law enforcement, you may only arrest people who are breaking default laws and laws made by the President; so long as the laws comply with server rules.
Do not metagame.
- Metagaming is the act of using information beyond your character’s knowledge and current life to your advantage in character, revenge wanting/warranting/demoting, etc.
- Being revived is considered a continuation of your character’s current life.
Do not scam.
- Scamming - The act of breaking a verbal or written agreement between players.
- Example: A gun dealer offers a citizen a shipment of guns for $10,000. The citizen agrees to the deal and gives the gun dealer $10,000, but after the gun dealer is paid he refuses to give the shipment of guns to the citizen and proceeds to keep the money for himself.
/Advert Rules:
- /Advert must be used to initiate valid roleplay scenarios (raids, mugs, kidnappings, warnings, murder, terror, etc.)
- Adverts should not contain anything racist, discriminatory, or offensive.
- More than 2 adverts within 30 seconds is considered spam unless you’re warning someone.
- When using /advert to warn players, you must give 3 warnings while in voice communication range but after two adverts you must wait 10 seconds to advert the third warning.
- Advert stacking is not allowed (/advert murder/kill/terror/missclick/raid/mug/etc.)
Government law enforcement have the right to arrest you if they witness you breaking any laws listed on the laws screen.
You may randomly pepper spray players, however, you become KOS if you do this.
Prisoners may kill anyone necessary to escape from jail.
The president may issue gun licenses using /givelicense while facing a player.
- The president may charge a minimum of 5,000 and a maximum of 100,000 for a license.
- Licensed players are exempt from any laws regarding guns.
Bodyblocking a doorway or entrance to a base leaves you open to KOS from the owners of said base.

Raiding Rules

You may raid as any class unless otherwise specified in the class rules section below.
A raid is classified as an assault on a player's base, in any capacity.
While you are raiding a base, you may kill anyone within the confines of the base. If raiding is a result of a warrant, you may only arrest everyone within the confines.
A raidable is defined as anything that can be used or sold to make money. (Excluding Props, Radios, and Ammo Box)
Before initiating a raid, you must do “/advert Raid” outside of the base you’re raiding. This also applies when doing a PD raid.
If it is apparent that no valuables are in a base, you can not raid the base.
If there is only 1 person basing, the maximum number of raiders is 2. If there are 2-4 players basing, the maximum number of raiders is 4.
You cannot steal items vital to fulfilling a job (cash registers, printers, bit-miners, vending machines, etc.), doing so is considered a fail raid. However, you may destroy them.
You must wait 10 minutes after finishing a raid on a base to raid that same base again.
Government officials do not need to /advert raid.
- This includes the Undercover Assassin.
As a government official, once you die during a raid, you’re not allowed to return back to the raid until 10 minutes have passed.
Raids can only last up to 10 minutes, so once the raid timer expires all raiders must leave the base.
If you die while raiding a base, you can not return to that base to continue raiding or to assist other raiders until 10 minutes have passed.
If all raiders die, the raid is over and the 10-minute cooldown begins before you can raid that same base again.
Megabase raids can last up to 30 minutes and have a cooldown of 20 minutes. Once a raid has reached the time limit, it is over and the raiders must leave the base.
If you are killed during a raid on a base you are defending, you may not return for 3 minutes.
- This does not apply to defending the PD.
No building or locking doors is allowed during a raid.
- You may not close garage doors during a raid.

Clan Rules

All clans must be registered and approved by the Server Leadership team. To register a clan, please look on our DarkRP discord.
Clans are not allowed to have “raid lists” targeting specific players or clans in any way.
Clans must not create a harmful environment for other players.
If one member in your clan raids someone, the entire clan must wait the cooldown.
Clans may not use hostile tactics to recruit new members (harassing members into joining).
Clans must have their initials in their name and may not change names to circumvent other rules.
Staff may be in clans but must adhere to the guidelines in the staff handbook.
Members of the same clan may defend each other from attacks/arrests.
You may only be in one clan at any time.
If a clan is blacklisted, it, or its leadership may not re-apply for clan benefits unless the decision is appealed through the Division Leader or above.
Staff may enforce the removal of a blacklisted clans tag from all player’s names if deemed necessary by the Division Leader or above.
Server Leadership and the Executive Team have final say over clan matters.

Props & Building Rules

General Base Rules:

You may base as any class unless otherwise specified in the class rules section below.
Bases cannot be unreasonably large. This will be subject to the discretion of the staff member.
You may only base in 1 structure.
In order to occupy/defend a base, you must co-own the front door or a text screen must have your name outside.
- You may not list an entire clan as being allowed to defend the base.
You may have a maximum of 4 fading doors per base.
- This does not apply to vaults. Vaults are small containers that do not serve as entries or exits. Vaults are not intended to fit a player, they can only be used to protect an entity/item.
  - Vaults must be fully accessible through a keypad or button.
Fading doors must have enough space in between them to fit at least 2 people.
You may not have a long/winding path to get through the fading doors of a base. This will be subject to the discretion of the staff member.
You may not have walls more than 3 props thick.
- This includes honeycombing.
  - Honeycombing is defined as any additional walls that serve no purpose other than to delay a raider entering the base.
- This does not include no-collided props.
You may not use props that begin faded for your base.
Fading windows do not apply to the maximum count of fading doors.
One-way props are allowed solely for viewing/building purposes only.
- You may not shoot through one-way props.
You may not no-collide one-ways to give you advantage in shooting (walking through one-ways to shoot and go back).
You are not allowed to build bases in an abnormal way (force jumping, crouching) this does not include areas where the map forces you.
You may not utilize sliding props for an advantage in your base.
You may not create shooting holes where one party gains an advantage over another. Examples include:
- Creating a shooting hole where one party can shoot at the other but they cannot shoot back.
- Creating a shooting hole where one party needs to crouch or jump to shoot back.
- Creating a shooting hole where one party can see the other but they cannot see back.
Every fading door must have a corresponding button/keypad visible from and next to the door it operates.
Maximum of 2 buttons or keypads per fading door.
- No fake keypads.
- You are not allowed to attempt to hide or conceal any keypads or buttons.
- Keypads that are only reachable by crouching/jumping are not allowed.
You may base anywhere in the RP world as long as it does not block off any area or base.
- You are not allowed to block off the road when building in public.
- You may not build in the tunnels between sections of the map. This does not apply to police checkpoints.
- No invisible props are allowed.
- You must immediately sell your doors if instructed by staff and you currently don't have any props or raidables in the base.
- You may not use props to extend the confines of your base or place the KOS line past the entrance of your base.
  - You may build in front of your base as long as it is decorative and not blocking it off
- In order to defend your base you must have some form of raidable found within the confines.
- You must not build anything insensitive or discriminatory on the server (this includes Swastikas, Terrorist Imagery, Graphic Content etc.)
- Casino machines and vending machines may also be placed on the sidewalk in front of your base so long as it isn’t blocking off any area.
- You may not place props in a way that blocks players from seeing the prices on your items or services that are for sale through your entities. (vending machines, health station, etc.)

Megabase Rules:

Inherits all rules from general base rules with the following exceptions:
- Must have a minimum of 5 and maximum of 10 active players to create the base.
- Maximum of 4 fading doors at entrance, and 1 per additional building/base inside the megabase.
- You must own all doors within the sector to section off an area.
- Merchants can not set up shop inside the confines of the megabase.
- Megabases can only claim one area (this area may be limited by an admin).
  - You may not have two megabases cooperating to claim a larger area.

Blacklisted Bases:

Blackout bases
- Bases that are seamless, with no sense of direction.
Hit-box abusing
- Bases designed to exploit the hitbox system to gain an advantage over players.
Obstacle bases
- Bases that require you to jump/crouch.
- Mazes.
Drop/Pit bases
- Bases designed to trap players upon attempting to raid.
Killboxes
- Bases designed where you can shoot them, but they can’t shoot back.
- Bases that are designed solely to kill anyone who steps inside. (Ex. A hobo builds a KOS square in the middle of the street)

Textscreen Rules:

Players that are building may place a “building/under construction” sign, disallowing other players from their base, however, please note:
- To have this sign, you must not have any raidables within your base.
- Typical base rules firmly apply when the base has valuables.
- You must be actively building a base and once you are finished you must remove the building sign.
Text screens must be a minimum size of 50.
You are not allowed to blend your text screen into the background of the building. Do not change the opacity of the text screen either.
No use of racist or discriminatory terms or slurs in textscreens.

Base Restrictions:

The following buildings are restricted, only the listed classes may base there.
- Bank - Banker & Bank Security only.
- Police Department - President & Secret Service only. (only upstairs)
- Hotel - Hotel Manager only.

Class Rules

Government:

Government should always aim to arrest first but may KOS anyone who is a direct threat to the lives of the general public, their fellow officers, or themselves after attempts to deescalate the situation have been made. (Doing physical damage to another player/government official)
- Spiderman may attempt to KOS Venom without being attacked first. (Spiderman & Venom may KOS each other)
You may not take advantage of any clan benefits while playing as a government job.
Government jobs are not allowed to base on the server.
- The President & Secret Service are allowed to base in the upstairs of the Police Department. General basing rules apply.
The president may not take refuge in any base outside of the PD.
The president may demote any government official if they are ignoring any lawful directives of the president or not upholding their duties. You may not demote anyone for not following an order that would break server rules.
Once a lockdown is initiated, the President must /advert the reason the lockdown has been initiated, as well as a warning that all outdoor players are AOS after 30 seconds until the lockdown is over.
You may only initiate a lockdown if there is a terrorist attack or if the PD is being raided.
You must state the reason for initiating a lockdown in /comms or /broadcast.
Government jobs may not be involved in criminal activities This includes normal raiding, and anything else that is against the law.
Government jobs may not randomly weapon check people. If the player was seen with an illegal weapon out, involved in a crime, or is passing through a police checkpoint, they can be weapon checked.
The Sheriff or the SWAT Chief may establish one police checkpoint in any tunnel of the map, with the exception of those directly outside of spawn.
- You may briefly stop any civilians passing through to check for illegal weapons and any other criminal activity.
- The checkpoint must be manned at all times or unblocked.
- You may not stop players for excessively long.
- Staff may remove a checkpoint if they feel it is being misused.
You must have a valid reason to place a warrant on someone’s base. If you witnessed definite illegal activity inside of their base, you can request a warrant from the President.
You must have a valid reason to want or arrest players. If you witnessed them break a law, you can want/arrest them accordingly.
Prison Guards and terrorists are the only classes that may unarrest. Prison Guards are only allowed to unarrest after receiving a bail of at least $5,000 and no more than $100,000 unless pardoned by the president through /advert.
- If a president sets a minimum bail, accepting less than that can result in a demotion.
As a prison guard, you’re allowed to make cosmetic changes to the prison area.
- You may have a max of 1 fading door in the jail room. You must give access to the president and other prison guards as needed.
Government may use /comms for official government purposes.
Law Rules:
- Default Laws apply at all times. You may not override them with the exception of the following:
  - Gun Laws
  - Drug Laws
  - Legality of Bitcoin Miners
- You may not create any law that excessively hinders the roleplay experience. (i.e. Jaywalking)
- You may not create any law that explicitly relates to any specific clan, job, or group of players.
- You may not create any law that breaks server rules or encourages rule breaking.
- You may not create any law that is discriminatory or inappropriate.
- Staff have final say regarding the validity of a law.

Merchants:

You must keep your cash register within the confines of your base.
When playing on any of the Merchant job roles you must have a store set up or actively be making one.
The Hotel Manager is the only individual who is able to base inside the Hotel.
The Hotel Manager must own all doors inside the base in order to set up business.
The Hotel Manager must not steal or murder anyone staying in their hotel.
The Hotel Manager may charge to rent out rooms within the hotel.
- Megabase rules apply at all times.
- Everyone living in the hotel may defend it from raids.
- The price must be the same for everyone, and players may not be denied entry based on clan affiliation or lack thereof.

Entertainment:

Performers are allowed to play music through their microphones, meaning mic-spam is allowed on these jobs for that purpose, and this permission is exclusive to these job roles.
- Any song you play must not contain any derogatory racial slurs or overly offensive language.
- Abusing this to hinder other players' experiences is not allowed.
Prostitutes are allowed to use their microphone to play sexually explicit sounds, and this permission is exclusive to this job role.
The Casino Manager is allowed to set up casino machines in the streets or inside a base they own, as long as the machines do not block anything off.

General:

The Hobo is the only job role that is allowed to set up a KOS sign in their base without having raidables.
Hobos may only base outdoors.
The Banker and Bank Security may base in the bank.
- Players may pay the banker to defend their money printers.
Bodybuilders may KOS each other.

Criminals:

All criminals may mug other players.
- You must “/advert Mug [amount]” and be within voice communication range to mug a player.
- The max you can mug someone for is $100,000.
- You must give the player you are mugging at least 5 seconds to comply before killing them.
- You must wait 2 minutes before mugging again.
Hitmen may accept hits placed on players.
- You may only accept hits placed through the hit system, no unofficial hits are allowed.
- You can only place or accept a hit on the same person once every 10 minutes. Exceeding this may be considered harassment.
Kidnappers may kidnap other players.
- You may only charge a ransom up to $100,000, and you must release them if they pay the ransom amount.
- You may not kidnap the same individual more than once in a row.
  - You must wait 10 minutes before kidnapping the same person again
- You must wait 5 minutes before kidnapping again.
- You may not hold someone for longer than 10 minutes, at which point, you must either kill or release them.
  - If the kidnapee refuses to pay, you may not kill them until the 10 minutes is up.
Serial Killers may murder other players.
Dead Man Walking may murder any government official, following the same rules as Serial Killer.
- You must “/advert Murder” to murder a player.
- You may only kill 1 person during each murder, unless in self defense.
- You must engage in combat with the victim within 15 seconds of your advert.
- You must wait 3 minutes before murdering again.
Terrorists & the Terrorist Leader may commit terrorism.
- During this time, you may try and kill as many players as you can using your weapons and C4.
You may not initiate terror, murder, or execute a hit within the confines of your own base.
- This includes anywhere where you are shooting through fading windows in order to execute the attack.
Bloods and Crips may KOS each other.
- Bloods and Crips may defend other players in their respective gang.
Mob Boss & Mobsters may defend each other.
Venom may attempt to KOS Spiderman. (Spiderman & Venom may KOS each other)