Colorado In-Game Rules
These server rules are created for Colorade State Roleplay Server.
General
1. We are a North-American server. You must speak and understand English at all times.
2. You must have a working microphone with no background noise and crystal clear output. Voice changers are acceptable, but they must be understandable and not overly loud, too quiet, or extremely high or low pitched.
3. Players with a VAC ban are prohibited. Unfortunately, we cannot make exceptions as our system will automatically deny all VAC-banned Steam accounts.
4. Do not be toxic or breed toxicity of any kind.
5. The use of glitches, exploits, or hacks is prohibited. If you find a glitch or exploit, please notify the admin team through a bug report on Discord.
6. Abide by the Twitch Terms of Service (ToS), Twitch Community Guidelines, and Discord Terms of Service while in the city and Discord.
RESPECT AND VALUE OF LIFE
1. No KOS (kill on sight) unless it is an agreed-upon between gangs in your respected territory (see Gang Guidelines below) or both parties have made a mutual introduction and understand why combat is occurring. Do not RDM (random death match) or VDM (vehicle deathmatch). You must have a logical reason for killing someone.
2. You must value your character's life and the lives of other characters at all times. Therefore, your character's personality and mannerisms should portray fear when faced with a life threat. For example, if you have a gun pointed at you, put your hands up.
3. Do not harass or disrespect other members or management. Instead, show respect to other players and keep the real-life drama out of roleplay. Do not use derogatory remarks regarding race, national origin, gender, religion, disabilities, or sexual preference. Do not base a character's roleplay around being heavily toxic, aggressive, or discriminatory.
4. You have the right to bear arms inside your home, business, or place of employment. Therefore, you may use deadly force inside your home, business, or place of work if your character's life is at risk. Home and business owners may choose to disallow this at their discretion. Police may ignore hostage-takers demands while at any police precinct.
OUT-OF-CHARACTER AND SAFE ZONES
1. Do not have out-of-character discussions in-game unless located within the OOC underpass near zipcode 539.
2. All locations associated with city events are considered safe zones during the entirety of the event. The Job Center, Pillbox, Mining Shaft, and Foundry are the only permanent safe zones (subject to change).
3. You may not wield weapons, and you may not commit a crime of any kind inside a safe zone.
ROLEPLAY GUIDELINES
1. Do not attempt to change how someone roleplays their character by forcing your roleplay styles on them. Likewise, please do not attempt to silence someone or talk over them while they are roleplaying. Roleplay is a two-way street, and we are here to create stories with each other, not listen to ourselves speak.
2. Always engage in the roleplay that is taking place around you. Players who ignore other players are committing FailRP.
3. Do not kidnap, rob, or assault EMS or medical staff for any reason.
4. Do not kidnap, rob, or assault reporters while reporting on the scene of a crime/event. Reporters must have video or audio equipment in hand and visible to be eligible for this exemption.
5. Do not kidnap, rob, or assault mechanics when they are on duty inside a shop or towing/repairing a vehicle.
6. Do not kidnap, rob, or assault PDM workers when they are on duty inside or outside the dealership in the parking lot.
7. Hostages cannot be friends or associates, and they cannot be imaginary or NPCs.
8. Do not charge into a hostage situation without the release and safety of any hostages.
9. Do not use plain speech when downed unless EMS inquires about your injuries. Instead, act as if your character has heavy wounds through your character's personality and mannerisms.
10. If your character revives by any method other than a medical staff member or admin, you may not remember who or what killed you or any events that led up to your character's death.
11. Do not return to the place of your death for at least 15 minutes.
12. Do not seek revenge unless it is shared with you by another character through roleplay.
13. You may not kill off your character unless you have cleared it with an admin first. Requests to do not resuscitate (DNR) breaks immersions roleplay for other players.
14. Medical staff and police are not allowed to participate in criminal activity while on or off duty.
15. If you trigger an EMS alert, it is required to wait until EMS arrives on the scene if they have confirmed they are en route.
16. If you are an EMS, do not revive downed players on-scene. Instead, it would be best if you transported downed players to a hospital for treatment.
17. Do not impersonate law enforcement officers or medical staff. It is strictly prohibited. Please do not wear any clothing items that belong to police or medical staff unless your job permits it.
18. Do not perform rape, erotic, mutilation, or any other extreme roleplay variation. In addition, do not perform detailed acts of torture, dismemberment, cannibalism, or other highly graphic activities.
GANG GUIDELINES
1. Do not force people to change the colors of their vehicles, clothing, or hair. You may only use colors to identify your organization or gang. Only one organization or gang may identify with an individual color at a time.
2. Do not chain rob other gang members or target other gang members repeatedly.
3. Gang wars may only start over real roleplay reasons and not the interaction between one individual or based on a player's comment.
4. Gangs should not be overly friendly, soft, or otherwise non-combatant in the event of a conflict or financial reason.
5. Do not brag about gang war outcomes on Twitter or other forms of communication. Scorecards should be kept low-key. For example, do not tell Twitter how many people you have killed or post photos of the aftermath.
6. Gang leaders must request the Gang Leadership role in Discord via a general ticket. Players may not possess this role if they are not gang leadership.
7. Failure to abide by any of the rules will risk all members of a gang losing their gang status and earning subsequent server bans.
8. Gang members may not attack or aggress towards players who are not associated with a registered gang or considered solo, unless attacked or provoked by the non-gang player. Gang members may still take non-gang member hostage.
POWERGAMING
1. Do not force another player to kill off their character permanently
2. Do not force another player to empty their bank account, stashes, trunks, or any other personal storage container.
3. Do not scam or rob another player for more than $30,000 in cash. Items do not count towards this limit.
4. Do not chain rob a player if you are part of a group of players. Only one player of the group may loot the victim.
5. Do not use crosshair or third-party programs to gain an advantage over other players. You may only acquire a marksman license in-game to activate the built-in crosshair functionality.
6. Do not have more than five (5) players in a roaming group. Group size limits ensure interactions remain fair and balanced.
7. Do not stake out safe zones and rob players as they exit.
8. Do not run into safe zones to avoid interaction with other players.
9. Do not force other players to revive at a doctor for any reason.
10. Do not be corrupt if you are an officer of the law.
11. Do not trespass on military property.
12. Do not spike strip within the immediate area of a robbery.
13. Do not chain rob stores, banks, ATMs, or any other property and device.
14. Do not elude police on a motorcycle or off-road unless agreed upon by all parties.
15. Do not commit ambush roleplay by ambushing another player without them agreeing with it out-of-character. Ambush roleplay does not include taking another person hostage without the intent to harm.
16. Do not bait other players by intentionally drawing attention away from another roleplay scenario.
17. Do not combat log by logging out of the server in any way to avoid jail or a roleplay situation. However, if it is an emergency or your game crashes, let the other players know in Discord and log back in as soon as possible to finish the roleplay scenario.
18. Do not drive off-road only vehicles on paved roadways unless driving to park at a nearby garage after purchase.
METAGAMING
1. Do not use any out-of-character information to benefit your character.
2. The use of third-party communication programs is allowed only if the shared information does not disadvantage others. That said, please try to utilize in-game communication methods such as radios, phone calls, and text as much as possible. Communicating in-game helps develop backstories and provides more immersion to everyone else.
3. Do not stream snipe. You may not be in another player's live stream while logged in to the server.
CHARACTER CUSTOMIZATION
1. Players must create a realistic human character using the customization system.
2. Do not dress your character to resemble an alien or animal.
3. Nude models or portions of models are prohibited.
4. Do not make parts of your body invisible or intentionally glitched
5. Character names add a level of immersion and must avoid being disruptive. Examples of common inappropriate or disruptive RP names include but are not limited to:
a. Names that reference known people, characters, brands, places, or icons
b. Names that reference slang terms, offensive language, or are just unoriginal.
c. Names that consist of multiple words
6. Do not play as a vigilante. You cannot be Batman, Spider-Man, John Wick, Jason Bourne, Daredevil, etc.
ASSOCIATIONS
1. Association with previously banned players can result in a ban and deletion of your account data depending on the circumstances and toxicity of the association.
2. Association with server clones, stolen server resources, copyright violations, software piracy, piracy forums, or other illegal activity will result in a ban and deletion of your account data. Do not share this type of material in-game or in Discord.
DISCIPLINARY ACTION
1. Any violation of the rules above can result in a ban and deletion of your account data. However, our administrative team has complete discretion over the enforcement of these rules. Therefore, disciplinary actions will vary from case to case. In addition, the details of these actions can significantly depend on the severity of the infraction or an individual's preceding record.
2. You can appeal bans at our Discord Server. If you are banned from the appeals Discord, the admin team has deemed your ban permanent, and you may not join the city again.
ABUSE REPORTS
To report another player, please use the #report-abuse channel on Discord. Press the tilde (~) key in-game to determine a player's server ID.
BUGS
In-game currency and item refunds are not distributed for bugs. However, our admin team will sometimes reward players who report bugs. Please use the ticket system in Discord to create a bug report.
DISCORD
1. Discord is considered OOC (Out of Character). Therefore, topics discussed there should never be used in-game.
2. Do not send friend invites or DMs to other players who have not solicited them.
3. Do not DM (Direct Message) or tag any admin or mod.
AGE REQUIREMENT
13+