Server Rules (New Version)

Having observed that most of the players never learns their lesson with the punishment given/done, we made them heavier. So be aware that whatever violation you commit will result to a certain punishment based on the list below.


- Heavy Offense - Medium Offense - Light Offense
- Progression of punishment if player continues rule-breaking.
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Server Advertising You aren't allowed to advertise your own server or another server/community in our server.
Punishment(s):
- Ban from the entire community.

Scamming when offering VIP
- IF you offer somebody at you will pay for his VIP, you take his IG money, and scam him, you will get permanently banned
Punishment(s):
- Ban from the entire community.

Ban Evading Creating "Alt" accounts to play on the server while another one of your accounts is banned is not allowed.
Punishment(s):
- Ban from the entire community.

Hacking If you use any kind of hacks to gain an advantage over other players, even just having hacks installed will get you punished. We have a zero tolerance for hackers, if you hack you will not be unbanned.
Punishment(s):
- Ban from the entire community.

Money Farming / Running / Swimming man This is easily to catch, we've got logs to see if you are money farming and it's really an "insult" to the people who spend time to make this script and you go ahead and get yourself tons of money.
Punishment(s):
- Ban from the entire community
- Ban appeal will be reviewed.
- Permanent ban if player's level is 5 or more.

Insulting/disrespecting administrator(s) Administration team work from their free time, keeps watch over you. All that for FREE. Show some respect
Punishment(s):
- 24 hrs ban
- Week ban
- Ban from the entire community (if continued).

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Medium Offense
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Releasing Hitman Information If you know someone is a Hitman, you aren't allowed to go around and release the player's name.
Punishment(s):
- 120 minutes prison + 5% fine of the player's total money.
- Warning, if it reaches 3 warnings you will be temporarily banned.
- Ban from the entire community (if continued).

Releasing Secret Admin Information If you know someone is a secret admin, you aren't allow to go aroudn and release the player's name.
Punishments(s):
- 120 minutes prison + 5% fine of the player's total money.
- Warning, if it reaches 3 warnings you will be temporarily banned.
- Ban from the entire community (if continued).

Lying to Administrators If an admin asks you something, you are expected to respond with the truth.
Punishment(s):
- 70-80 minutes prison + 5% fine of the player's total money.
- Warning, if it reaches 3 warnings you will be temporarily banned.
- Ban from the entire community (if continued).
Example: You are asked by Bella if you Non-RPly shot and killed a cop and reply no. Logs are checked and it's confirmed that you did, meaning you lied.

Out Of Character Contracting OOC Contracting is when you place a contract/hit on someone without knowing them in-character at all, or not having any IC reason. You need to have a roleplay reason to place a contract on someone.
Punishment(s):
- 30 minutes prison + 200% of the contract amount fined.
- Warning, if it reaches 3 warnings you will be temporarily banned.
- Ban from the entire community (if continued).
Example: You are DMed by a member of the community and an Admin is unable to witness it so the player is not punished, in anger you contract them.

Logging/Tabbing to Avoid This is basically when you tab your game down, or log out, to avoid (arrest, death, admin punishment).
Punishment(s):
- 40 minutes prison + 5% fine of the player's total money.
- Warning, if it reaches 3 warnings you will be temporarily banned.
- Ban from the entire community (if continued).

Forcing a Game Crash This is basically when you force a timeout.
Punishment(s):
- 90+ minutes prison + 5% fine of the player's total money.
- Warning, if it reaches 3 warnings you will be temporarily banned.
- Ban from the entire community (if continued).

Ninja Jacking This is basically when you jack someone and kill them, this happens on accident sometimes but there is also ways to do this on purpose.
Punishment(s):
- 20 minutes prison + 5% fine of the player's total money.
- Warning, if it reaches 3 warnings you will be temporarily banned.
- Ban from the entire community (if continued).

Heliblading/Carbombing/Planebombing This is basically when you take a helicopter and kill people with the blades, or if you make your vehicle explode intentionally just to kill other players.
Punishment(s):
- 50 minutes prison + 5% fine of the player's total money.
- Warning, if it reaches 3 warnings you will be temporarily banned.
- Ban from the entire community (if continued).

Scamming Above Limit ($50,000) We've made a scamming limit due to the fact we don't want people to scam someone all their cash and make the players leave. You could do this in real life but you need to think that this is a game. You may scam up to 50,000 but not a dollar over that. Also, you need to make the scam fully roleplayed, if you don't roleplay it you will be punished.
Punishment(s):
- 50-70 minutes prison + 200% of the amount scammed fined.
- Warning, if it reaches 3 warnings you will be temporarily banned.
- Ban from the entire community (if continued).

Quickswapping/Crackshooting (QS/CS) QS/CS is basically a weapon exploit you can do to gain advantage in gun fights, you cannot do this in real life so that is why this is illegal. Quickswaping is not allowed in points either, but sometimes allowed in events if the admin says so.
Punishment(s):
- 30 minutes prison + 5% fine of the player's total money.
- Warning, if it reaches 3 warnings you will be temporarily banned.
- Ban from the entire community (if continued).

Exploiting If you find out a bug that could give someone some sort of advantage, then please report it on the forums rather than using it and get punished for it.
Punishment(s):
- 90 minutes prison + 5% fine of the player's total money.
- Warning, if it reaches 3 warnings you will be temporarily banned.
- Ban from the entire community (if continued).

Non-RP Behaviour Always roleplay to your highest standard unless you're OOC talking with someone, this is a medium roleplay server and it requires that you roleplay well when you actually are roleplaying.
Punishment(s):
- 20-30 minutes prison + 5% fine of the player's total money..
- 120 minutes prison + 5% fine of the player's total money.
- Warning, if it reaches 3 warnings you will be temporarily banned.
Example: Going around punching vehicles randomly, driving into Gas Tanks, etcetera.

Metagaming/Powergaming (MG/PG) If you are metagaming/powergaming in a roleplay situation you will be punished. If it's a new player the punishment will be lower
Punishment(s):
- 20-30 minutes prison + 5% fine of the player's total money.
- 120 minutes prison + 5% fine of the player's total money.
- Warning, if it reaches 3 warnings you will be temporarily banned.
Example: Jumping off a building without a parachute (taking a lot of damage) would cause you pain in RL. It's Non-RP if you just run off like nothing is wrong.

Stacking Charges (Factions) This applies to law enforcement officers. You aren't allowed to stack up charges on a player, stacking charges is when you place the same charges multiple times.
Punishment(s):
- 40 minutes prison + 5% fine of the player's total money.
- 120 minutes prison + 5% fine of the player's total money.
- Warning, if it reaches 3 warnings you will be temporarily banned.
Example: Adding a charge to a player for "Possession of an illegal weapon" and then specifying "Deagle, Sniper" etcetera on each charge.

Abuse of Broadcast Commands (/gov & /news) This applies to most factoins. You are only allowed to use public faction broad-cast commands when it's really needed/for roleplay reasons. You aren't allowed to use these commands for OOC matters.
Punishment(s):
- 60 minutes prison + 5% fine of the player's total money. + Dismissal from the faction
- Warning, if it reaches 3 warnings you will be temporarily banned.
Example: Using /news and using a bind to type it out or doing a "*Music starts* *Hello this is blahblah signing in!" type bind, as well as saying random crap over /gov (i.e. /gov Mum, the meatloaf! fuck!)

Abuse of Powers (Factions) Abusing your faction powers could be described as many things such as inviting random people to the factions, rush tazing, spraying people in a gunfight, or giving out ranks for no reason.
Punishment(s):
- 50 minutes prison + 5% fine of the player's total money.+Demoted Or Fired
- 120 minutes prison + 5% fine of the player's total money. + Dismissal from the faction
- Warning, if it reaches 3 warnings you will be temporarily banned.

Deathmatching DM is when you randomly go around and kill people for no reason at all. This is against the rules. Every time you want to kill someone you need a roleplay reason to do so
Punishment(s):
- minutes prison + 5% fine of the player's total money.
- If youre higher lvl, you can get temporary ban - lvl 10+
- Warning, if it reaches 3 warnings you will be temporarily banned.
Example: Somebody accidentally carrams you so you start blasting. Somebody carjacks you so you start blasting (would you shoot your own car in RL if somebody stole it?).

Killing On Sight (KOS) KOS is when you basically kill someone every time you see them. Killing on sight can be defined as "KOS" and it's more like a mix of MG/DM
Punishment(s):
- 40 minutes prison + 5% fine of the player's total money. /warn
- Warning, if it reaches 3 warnings you will be temporarily banned.
Example: Going to Grove Street and shooting every Grove member there.

Revenge Killing (RK) RK is when you go back and kill the player who has killed you, the policy is that when you die you lose 30 minutes of your memory so you can't remember anything that happen 30 minutes before you died
Punishment(s):
- 25 minutes prison + 5% fine of the player's total money. /Warn
- Warning, if it reaches 3 warnings you will be temporarily banned.
Example: Dying in a Gang War or LSPD situation (i.e. Bank Robbery) and then coming back to fight.

Scamming Newbies New SARP players are not allowed to be scammed any amount. They are possibly not very good RPers and they don't even know much about the server. If they get scammed they won't want to play. Please do not scam people below level 3.
Punishment(s):
- 40 minutes prison + 200% of the amount scammed fined.
- Warning, if it reaches 3 warnings you will be temporarily banned.

Non-RP Pickpocketing Players are not permitted to pickpocket Administrators, people who are AFK or without RPing it.
Punishment(s):
- 25 minutes prison + 5% fine of the player's total money.
- Warning, if it reaches 3 warnings you will be temporarily banned.
Example: Stealing money from Bella constantly while she is alt-tabbed, working on the forums.

Car Ramming/Parking This is basically when you attempt to kill someone with a car, off course you can do this in real life but when you are doing this randomly on someone for no reason at all then you will be punished.
Punishment(s):
- 20 minutes prison + 5% fine of the player's total money.
- Warning, if it reaches 3 warnings you will be temporarily banned.

Healing/Vesting During A Gunfight When a player is in a gunfight or even a melee fight, and he places a vest on, or quickly runs up to a sprunk machine and uses it, this is seen as extemely Non Rp, and so is not allowed.
Punishment(s):
- 30 minutes prison + 5% fine of the player's total money.
- Warning, if it reaches 3 warnings you will be temporarily banned.
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Low Offense
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Spamming Spamming is not allowed. Spamming is when you type the same message over and over again in a short period of time, or similiar messages.
Punishment(s):
- 30 minutes in jail + 5% fine of the player's total money. + kick
- 60 minutes in prison + 5% fine of the player's total money. + kick
- Warning, if it reaches 3 warnings you will be temporarily banned.
Example: /channel 7 (Walkie Talkie)

Abuse of Newbie Chat (/n) The newbie chat was implemented for new players to be able to ask questions regarding the script and server related stuff. It's not a public chat for anyone to abuse
Punishment(s):
- Mute from newbie chat.
- Warning, if it reaches 3 warnings you will be temporarily banned. (Level 10+ only)

Abuse of Advertisements (/ad) Advertisements are suppose to be in-character, make sense and make a roleplay advertisement
Punishment(s):
- 5% fine of the player's total money.
- 10-5 minutes in prison + 5% fine of the player's total money.
- Warning, if it reaches 3 warnings you will be temporarily banned.
Example: "Hi", "rent this ad space", "I love Bella, she's the best", "happy payday!" are all abuse.

Abuse of Report (/report) You need to be carefull when you use the report system, spamming is not tolerated and your reports will be ignored. Misuse (asslicking, reporting stupid things) will not be tolerated either. Same with arguing over /report.
Punishment(s):
- 5% fine of the player's total money.
- Kick + 5% fine of the player's total money.
- 15 minutes in prison + 5% fine of the player's total money.
- Warning, if it reaches 3 warnings you will be temporarily banned.
Example: "Bella you're the best admin!", "Bella I hate you, you FUCKINGing  BITCH", "FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU", "how 2 be admin" are all abuse.

Avoiding Admin Confrontation When an Admin teleports to you and tells you to stop then you must stop what you're doing and speak to them.
Punishment(s):
- 5% fine of the player's total money.
- Kick + 5% fine of the player's total money.
- 20 minutes in prison + 5% fine of the player's total money.
- Warning, if it reaches 3 warnings you will be temporarily banned.
Example: An Admin teleports to you asking why you were Sniping the Gym. You ignore them and run away.