Post by BulldogBG on Oct 21, 2021 19:56:56 GMT
Welcome and thank you for playing on our server!
RULES:
General Rules
DO NOT RDM (RANDOM DEATHMATCH)
DO NOT VDM (VEHICLE DEATHMATCH)
DO NOT MINGE (BASICALLY NO INTENT TO RP)
DO NOT TROLL (MESSING AROUND WITH OTHER PLAYERS)
Do not Disrespect in Out of Character (OOC) Chat: Out of character applies to both OOC chat and administrative situations. This also means no harassment. Do not target other players in any OOC platform that is related to Garnet Gaming. Doing so will result in appropriate punishment at the discretion of the staff.
DO NOT DECLARE WAR AS A LOWER RANK ONLY Junior Officers+ CAN
Do not Spam: The use of OOC/Advert chat to display unwanted messages sent in bulk, rather than one for every reasonable time period, is unacceptable. Spamming crowbars as to be an annoyance to other players is also counted as spam and is unacceptable.
Do not Impersonate: Changing your name to resemble that of another player in an attempt to act like them, or hurt their reputation.
Vigilantism: The situation in which one behaves as an administrator when a player has broken the rules and/or the situation in which one punishes another player for the rule(s) they broke. Do not do this. Eg. RDMing a mass RDMer
Do not FRP (FailRP): FailRP is the term applied to actions that are not realistic in a well roleplayed Military scenario.
Do not Misuse the Report System: Our report system's sole use is in order to effectively communicate with staff, letting them know of an issue. If one uses reports incorrectly, it may result in an impeded response time for our staff team's performance.
ROE (Rules Of Engagement)
DO NOT KILL UNLESS SHOT AT FIRST (EXCEPT IF YOU'RE IN WAR OR OTHER RP SCENARIO WITH EXCEPTIONS TO THIS RULE also Do not kill anyone MassRDMing if not shot at and damaged by the MassRDMer)
DO NOT KILL IF THEY ENTER YOUR BASE UNARMED WITH PTE (PERMISSION TO ENTER)
YOU MUST COUNT TO 10 IF THEY DON'T LEAVE YOUR BASE BY THEN THEY ARE KOS BUT THEY MUST BE IN THE BASE
YOU May KOS any enemy, outside of their own base, that has an explosive in their hand, regardless of whether it is war or not.
More General Rules
DO NOT SPAWN PROPS
DO NOT DISRESPECT ADMIN
DON'T SAY THIS "Well it doesn't say that in the rules", YOU WILL BE WARNED FOR IT
DO NOT ASK FOR US TO SEE YOUR STAFF APP
DO NOT MIC SPAM
DO NOT CHAT SPAM
RESPECT YOUR HIGHER RANK PEERS
DO NOT FLY UNLESS IN WAR OR IF APPROVED BY 2LT+ OR MILITARY POLICE (IF NO GENERAL IS ONLINE OR IN U.S ARMY RANK)
DO NOT LEAVE BASE WITHOUT A MP OR A HIGHER UP'S PERMISSION (ask for PTL by using /comms PTL with a valid reason)
DO NOT CHEAT YOUR RANK, WE AREN'T DUMB.
Kidnapping
You must be an LT+ or of equal rank in a SOC faction accompanied by at least 1 other in order to kidnap an enemy that is by themselves. You may only hold them for up to 20 minutes unless both parties (kidnapper and kidnapee) come to an agreement.
If you are being kidnapped, you are automatically stripped of weapons and comms and are bound to the player kidnapping you unless stated otherwise.
Countering Kidnaps
You may advert counter kidnap if you witness one of your teammates being kidnapped within 15 seconds of their kidnapping. You may shoot any opposing faction member that is within a reasonable vicinity of your teammate that was kidnapped.
Sims
Sims will be 1v1 or 2v2 RP Scenarios you may not do a free for all unless it is agreed upon with a GM or Staff. Sims are also to only be held on claimed areas outside of base anyone holding sims in base will be warned and if caught again will be stripped of rank.
Spam
You may not spam buttons, chat, voice, nor any other such sound or effect that may prove to be an annoyance to fellow players.
Doors
If found purchasing doors on the server, you will be verbally warned to sell said doors, if you refuse to sell the doors you will be warned for FailRP. If you continue to buy doors after being warned, you may be banned for NITRP.
Chat Rules
Advert Misuse: The Advert chat may only be used to deliver important in-character information or server announcements. Eg. Raid/Kidnap
Links in chat: Posting links that are not associated with the GS Forums, in-game material, and/or faction google documents in chat is strictly prohibited. Doing so will result in a ban for advertisement should it be for another GMOD Community or any service not related to the server.
COMMS: Just like adverts, COMMS is an in-character form of communication. COMMS is only discernible to everybody unless specified using [ROKA] or [US]. This is In Character Chat
OOC: No racist or derogatory terms in OOC, Keep Toxicity and arguments to a minimum, Should you fail to abide by any of these, You may find yourself being warned for Toxicity, Muted, or Banned.
Faction Rules and Information
Self Promotion: Do not self appoint yourself to a rank you have not earned it will result in a 2-day ban if you don't change your rank back to the normal rank that you were.
Permission to Speak: PTS is a form of communication control used by your faction's leaders. When PTS is active, you may not speak without being granted permission to.
KOS Zones/Claim Areas: You may kill anyone that steps into your claimed area or a KOS Zone but you must first give them a 10-second warning to start leaving after 10 seconds if they did not begin to leave when warned.
PTL: SGT+ or of equal rank on other Factions or Countries may bring lower enlisted below the rank of SGT with them out of base without granting a formal PTL as long as the enlisted below SGT follow the SGT+.
Leaders Of Factions: If you have recently taken the lead of a faction you may choose your 2IC as long as they are in your Faction and have at least gotten to the rank of Warrant Officer+
Bias: You must treat all members of your faction equally, regardless of their age or sex. If excessive biased behavior is picked up on, it may result in your immediate demotion, if it is too excessive it may also result in a blacklist from the Factions Officer Ranks and a ban if seen fit by Staff.
This rule may be loosely applied to tryouts. Competent tryout leaders may deny the right of someone to tryout for their faction if it is followed with logical and sound reasoning. Eg. Known Minge/power-hungry.
Raid Rules
All Targets must be out of their spawn room if you shoot into their spawn room you will be warned for Spawn Kill.
Defenders have no NLR whereas attackers may not come back once they are killed (will result in RDM warns along with Fail RP if caught doing so)
The cooldowns to be able to raid the same country again is 8 minutes.
Rescuing a Kidnapee: To rescue a Kidnapee you must Advert "Rescue OP" to rescue the Kidnapee of your Factions, Eg. Green Beret Rescuing their Green Beret or Fellow US Enlisted.
Vehicle Rules
Vehicles are to be used for Valid purposes, Eg. Using the Vehicle to get to tryout Points or using it to get from base to base.
RULES:
General Rules
DO NOT RDM (RANDOM DEATHMATCH)
DO NOT VDM (VEHICLE DEATHMATCH)
DO NOT MINGE (BASICALLY NO INTENT TO RP)
DO NOT TROLL (MESSING AROUND WITH OTHER PLAYERS)
Do not Disrespect in Out of Character (OOC) Chat: Out of character applies to both OOC chat and administrative situations. This also means no harassment. Do not target other players in any OOC platform that is related to Garnet Gaming. Doing so will result in appropriate punishment at the discretion of the staff.
DO NOT DECLARE WAR AS A LOWER RANK ONLY Junior Officers+ CAN
Do not Spam: The use of OOC/Advert chat to display unwanted messages sent in bulk, rather than one for every reasonable time period, is unacceptable. Spamming crowbars as to be an annoyance to other players is also counted as spam and is unacceptable.
Do not Impersonate: Changing your name to resemble that of another player in an attempt to act like them, or hurt their reputation.
Vigilantism: The situation in which one behaves as an administrator when a player has broken the rules and/or the situation in which one punishes another player for the rule(s) they broke. Do not do this. Eg. RDMing a mass RDMer
Do not FRP (FailRP): FailRP is the term applied to actions that are not realistic in a well roleplayed Military scenario.
Do not Misuse the Report System: Our report system's sole use is in order to effectively communicate with staff, letting them know of an issue. If one uses reports incorrectly, it may result in an impeded response time for our staff team's performance.
ROE (Rules Of Engagement)
DO NOT KILL UNLESS SHOT AT FIRST (EXCEPT IF YOU'RE IN WAR OR OTHER RP SCENARIO WITH EXCEPTIONS TO THIS RULE also Do not kill anyone MassRDMing if not shot at and damaged by the MassRDMer)
DO NOT KILL IF THEY ENTER YOUR BASE UNARMED WITH PTE (PERMISSION TO ENTER)
YOU MUST COUNT TO 10 IF THEY DON'T LEAVE YOUR BASE BY THEN THEY ARE KOS BUT THEY MUST BE IN THE BASE
YOU May KOS any enemy, outside of their own base, that has an explosive in their hand, regardless of whether it is war or not.
More General Rules
DO NOT SPAWN PROPS
DO NOT DISRESPECT ADMIN
DON'T SAY THIS "Well it doesn't say that in the rules", YOU WILL BE WARNED FOR IT
DO NOT ASK FOR US TO SEE YOUR STAFF APP
DO NOT MIC SPAM
DO NOT CHAT SPAM
RESPECT YOUR HIGHER RANK PEERS
DO NOT FLY UNLESS IN WAR OR IF APPROVED BY 2LT+ OR MILITARY POLICE (IF NO GENERAL IS ONLINE OR IN U.S ARMY RANK)
DO NOT LEAVE BASE WITHOUT A MP OR A HIGHER UP'S PERMISSION (ask for PTL by using /comms PTL with a valid reason)
DO NOT CHEAT YOUR RANK, WE AREN'T DUMB.
Kidnapping
You must be an LT+ or of equal rank in a SOC faction accompanied by at least 1 other in order to kidnap an enemy that is by themselves. You may only hold them for up to 20 minutes unless both parties (kidnapper and kidnapee) come to an agreement.
If you are being kidnapped, you are automatically stripped of weapons and comms and are bound to the player kidnapping you unless stated otherwise.
Countering Kidnaps
You may advert counter kidnap if you witness one of your teammates being kidnapped within 15 seconds of their kidnapping. You may shoot any opposing faction member that is within a reasonable vicinity of your teammate that was kidnapped.
Sims
Sims will be 1v1 or 2v2 RP Scenarios you may not do a free for all unless it is agreed upon with a GM or Staff. Sims are also to only be held on claimed areas outside of base anyone holding sims in base will be warned and if caught again will be stripped of rank.
Spam
You may not spam buttons, chat, voice, nor any other such sound or effect that may prove to be an annoyance to fellow players.
Doors
If found purchasing doors on the server, you will be verbally warned to sell said doors, if you refuse to sell the doors you will be warned for FailRP. If you continue to buy doors after being warned, you may be banned for NITRP.
Chat Rules
Advert Misuse: The Advert chat may only be used to deliver important in-character information or server announcements. Eg. Raid/Kidnap
Links in chat: Posting links that are not associated with the GS Forums, in-game material, and/or faction google documents in chat is strictly prohibited. Doing so will result in a ban for advertisement should it be for another GMOD Community or any service not related to the server.
COMMS: Just like adverts, COMMS is an in-character form of communication. COMMS is only discernible to everybody unless specified using [ROKA] or [US]. This is In Character Chat
OOC: No racist or derogatory terms in OOC, Keep Toxicity and arguments to a minimum, Should you fail to abide by any of these, You may find yourself being warned for Toxicity, Muted, or Banned.
Faction Rules and Information
Self Promotion: Do not self appoint yourself to a rank you have not earned it will result in a 2-day ban if you don't change your rank back to the normal rank that you were.
Permission to Speak: PTS is a form of communication control used by your faction's leaders. When PTS is active, you may not speak without being granted permission to.
KOS Zones/Claim Areas: You may kill anyone that steps into your claimed area or a KOS Zone but you must first give them a 10-second warning to start leaving after 10 seconds if they did not begin to leave when warned.
PTL: SGT+ or of equal rank on other Factions or Countries may bring lower enlisted below the rank of SGT with them out of base without granting a formal PTL as long as the enlisted below SGT follow the SGT+.
Leaders Of Factions: If you have recently taken the lead of a faction you may choose your 2IC as long as they are in your Faction and have at least gotten to the rank of Warrant Officer+
Bias: You must treat all members of your faction equally, regardless of their age or sex. If excessive biased behavior is picked up on, it may result in your immediate demotion, if it is too excessive it may also result in a blacklist from the Factions Officer Ranks and a ban if seen fit by Staff.
This rule may be loosely applied to tryouts. Competent tryout leaders may deny the right of someone to tryout for their faction if it is followed with logical and sound reasoning. Eg. Known Minge/power-hungry.
Raid Rules
All Targets must be out of their spawn room if you shoot into their spawn room you will be warned for Spawn Kill.
Defenders have no NLR whereas attackers may not come back once they are killed (will result in RDM warns along with Fail RP if caught doing so)
The cooldowns to be able to raid the same country again is 8 minutes.
Rescuing a Kidnapee: To rescue a Kidnapee you must Advert "Rescue OP" to rescue the Kidnapee of your Factions, Eg. Green Beret Rescuing their Green Beret or Fellow US Enlisted.
Vehicle Rules
Vehicles are to be used for Valid purposes, Eg. Using the Vehicle to get to tryout Points or using it to get from base to base.