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Chain of Command

Owner
Project direction/coordination and development.
Community Manager
Focuses on community input/feedback, collects information from CoC and relays back to Owners.
Head Admin
Head Admin of all Community Staff, reviews community promotions & demotions.
Senior Admin
Supervisor of administrators. In charge of handling higher community issues.
Admin
Deals with in-game issues and keeps moderators in check. Helps assign forum tags, TeamSpeak tags and assists Moderators.
Mod
Deals with lower community issues and helps out with Support Team duties. Mainly in charge of doing applications, assigning civilian tags and assisting Support team.
Head Support
Head Support of all Support Team, reviews Support Team demotions/Promotions, Last in Support COC
Senior Support
Helps with Support Team and assists Head of Support with duties, Deals with lower range Support issues. Second in the Support COC
Support team
Helps out the community with technical issues/doing civilian interviews. First step in the Chain of Command & the Staff Team.

When you need any help you will need to follow the Chain of Command. Also unless told by Mod+ you will not contact the developers on your own, they will mostly be working on stuff that has nothing to do with your problem. If you would somehow actually need a developer someone of the staff team will get one for you.

Do not contact any MOD+ unless you need them personally, if you will need a higher ranked staff member the MOD or Support team members will get one for you. If you have any issues you will need to join the waiting for support channel in TeamSpeak or create a topic on the forum stating the problem. After doing this we will do our best to help you out as soon as possible. You MUST be at least 16 years old.
- You MUST possess a working microphone.
- You MUST use a justifiable username. This community is called, "Santos Roleplay", take notice to the name for a moment.
- You MUST have Teamspeak 3, our primary way of communication at Santos Roleplay. If you do not, or cannot download Teamspeak 3, there's no point in trying to get in.

- You MUST harbor the ability to interpret English. You MAY speak different languages, but MUST maintain the ability to understand and speak English.

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Forum

- Do NOT, under ANY circumstances spam the (shout-box, chat-box)!

- Do NOT, under ANY circumstances publicize other communities.

- You are ACCOUNTABLE for YOUR account, if you get "hacked" it's your own fault. If your "hacked" account transgresses ANY of our rules, the full punishment may apply.

- Do NOT comment on elevated post that do not directly involve you.
- Do NOT expunge corroboration that is being used, or may be used in future situations.
- Do NOT post inappropriate content.
- Do NOT violate the CoC (Chain of Command).
- Do NOT, under ANY circumstances facsimile another individuals civilian application. (This will result in an indefinite denial of entry!)
- Do NOT, under ANY circumstances reapply within the specified time after being denied. (This will result in an indefinite denial of entry!)
- Do NOT, invigorate someone's prestige.

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TeamSpeak 3

- Do NOT, stalk people.

- Do NOT, promote a precarious environment.

- Do NOT, violate the CoC (Chain of Command).
- Do NOT, impersonate someone you're not.
- Do NOT, use soundboard(s). You MAY use a soundboard so long as you're in a private channel AND receive permission from ALL individuals in the channel.
- Bots are NOT permitted. If a Teamspeak 3 Bot is to be discovered lurking around, a staff member retains the irrevocable right to permanently ban the Bot.

- You CANNOT argue with a staff members final decision, if you feel that the decision is; inappropriate, bias or a variety of other things. You may escalate the issue by following the Chain of Command. All decisions made by the kingpin; "Owners" are, FINAL and IRREVOCABLE.

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Green Zones

- This hyper-text-link is a downward view of our virtual city, it highlights areas that are deemed as green zones. Green Zones
- You are NOT, allowed to commit crimes in green zones.
- If you run into a green zone whilst in a combat situation, the green zone is no longer green for all individuals and or parties involved.
- Excessive baiting and or insulting inside a green zone is classed as initiation!
- If you OWN a house located within a green zone, don't think you're impenetrable. Just pretend that the house isn't within a green zone and you'll be golden! (Same rules apply)
- You ARE ALLOWED to break into a house located within a green zone. This will render the house as neutral (no longer green) for the entire duration of the raid.
- You ARE NOT, allowed to enact crime within the sight of an NPC. The NPC is to be considered a "person", and in this case an eye witness. However, the Drug Dealer and Chop Shop NPCs are EXCLUDED from this rule.
- You CANNOT free a person from police custody in a greenzone
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Combat Logging

Definition) Combat Logging: Logging off or leaving the server whilst in combat or whilst waiting out a death timer. If you are engaged on someone or get engaged you may not leave the server.

- You may NOT, Combat Log. Combat logging is NOT permitted under ANY circumstances.

- You CANNOT disconnect from Teamspeak if you're placed into a channel with an Admin, you'll know the severity of the situation based on the Administrators first few words, if those words should render anything similar to, "You're in an admin sit, do you understand?", this rule applies.

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Exploiting / Power Gaming / General

*Meta-gaming is any strategy, action or method used in a game which transcends a prescribed ruleset, uses external factors to affect the game, or goes beyond the supposed limits or environment set by the game.

- You MAY NOT, use unintended methods to obtain ANY items, meta-currency or prestige in the server.

- You MAY NOT, Prop Surf.

- You MAY NOT, Prop Block.

- You MAY NOT, Prop Kill.
- You MAY NOT, log in or out with the pure intentions to avoid role-play situations.
- You MAY NOT, promote a disruptive environment.

- You MAY NOT, Abuse, Spam Music or Bait Police.
- You MAY NOT, Break Character, or MetaGame.
- Role Playing rape is NEVER permitted. Doing so will result in a permanent ban.

- Do NOT speak or type hateful speeches or disgusting insults.

- Speaking or typing things that do not directly relate to in-game instances will result in OOC Bans. (Things that don't make any sense to say in-game), for example ["Green Grass", "Gods"].

- If you're trying to reference SantosRP.com, you'd preferably say "The government website". If Billy ask you, "Hey, where's James", you'd respond with, "He's not in the city at the moment, but I believe he's due to fly in soon.", or, "Unfortunately James received a one-way plane ticket out of Santos City."

- Do NOT, attempt to remove yourself from a roleplay situation by untraditional methods.
- Do NOT, take disrespect to the extreme. As mentioned previous in list ruleset, a certain degree of verbal disrespect could escalate to initiation.
- Do NOT, formulate real world transactions for, items, meta-currency or prestige.
- You CANNOT roleplay an animal, you're not. As much as you think you are, you're not.

- When placing an advertisement (/advert), it needs to be an actual advertisement. Do NOT abuse this feature. Behavior such as ("/advert dud u seriously need to value your life") is NOT tolerated. Do not address the beginning of your advertisements with "[OOC], or (OOC)", this is a direct violation of the rules!
- Do NOT, powergame. Powergaming is when you take control of a roleplay situation in order to give yourself an unfair advantage IE; saying "I have gun in my pocket aimed at you, now comply with my demands" or something along those lines. You must physically show your weapon, in order for it to be considered an actual weapon.

- You may NOT, prop climb to achieve a goal. You are NOT allowed to place several props with the intentions of quickly solving a problem.

- You are NOT, allowed to buy property if you do not have the intentions to use it.

- You are NOT, allowed to steal UPS Vans, Sales Vans, Tow Trucks, Busses or Taxies.

- You CANNOT construct defenses that grant you a significant unfair advantage in raids. - You CANNOT build structures that require you to crouch or jump to get through.

- An administrator retains the irrevocable rights to punish you according to their perception of the situation

-You CANNOT play music on Yell or outside a vehicle (through Teamspeak)

- You MUST use headphones while playing (Speakers are NOT allowed)

- Committing felonies crimes is NOT allowed within DOJ, Lieutenants+ in the PD and IA (This also applied while off duty

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NLR (New Life Rule)

- If you died from unfortunate causes you;

· CAN remember friends.

· CANNOT remember enemies.

· CANNOT return to the scene (in Town) of your death until five (5) minutes after your re-spawn.

· CANNOT return to the scene (outside of Town) of your death until ten (10) minutes after re-spawn.

· CANNOT return to the same roleplay situation.

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VDM (Vehicle Death Making)

- You CANNOT intentionally run someone over with your vehicle unless they constitute a definite threat to your life.

- If you're run over because you're standing in the road, this does not count as VDM.

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If you are REVIVED

- If you are revived by a medic, it is up to that medic to determine if you still remember the incident. Medics are equip with the necessary instruments to determine if you have sustained injury to your head. If a medic hints toward the fact, "I'm not so sure you're going to remember anything", "This is some serious head trauma", "We almost lost you!", "Your head injuries were very severe.", "You had a concussion". You CANNOT remember anything, within the last FIFTEEN (15) minutes.

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Initiation

- You CANNOT assault people without proper roleplay initiation that stems from you or your group in all situations.

- You CANNOT murder someone unless they have threatened your life directly or have not complied with your reasonable demands.
- You MAY execute enemies with proper rule-abiding roleplay.
- Initiation last FIFTEEN (15) minutes before you must re-initiate.
- You MAY NOT powergame or deem the situation as an invocation of initiation whilst being detained by a police officer.

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Value Life

- You MUST value your own and others life at ALL times. You CAN kill someone for not complying with your reasonable demands, provided it's not powergamed. You CAN kill hostages for the police not complying with your reasonable demands. (Simon Says is NOT a valid reason to execute a hostage!)
- When HELD at gunpoint or weapon-point, you CANNOT pull out your gun or weapon. You MAY pull out a gun or weapon IF the individual(s) whom had you at gunpoint or weapon-point turn their backs, OR have the weapons aimed in a position that isn't detrimental to your well-being.
- You MAY NOT invoke a situation with a larger group, (ex. 1v4, 4v9).This would be too big of a risk to pull off.

- When held at gunpoint or weapon-point you CANNOT run away. (However, if you are in a vehicle and have a way to escape, you may evade!)
- When held at gunpoint by police or otherwise civilians you CAN run away if there is a fair distance between you and them. (However, if you are in a vehicle and have a way to escape, you may quickly evade!)
- You MUST roleplay fear when applicable!

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The Physics Gun (Usage)

- You MAY only use the physics gun to move items small distances. When you are building or VERY close to the destination of the prop, you MAY use your physics gun.

- You MAY NOT move props and or items large distances.

- You MAY NOT hold your physics gun unless you're achieving a goal such as building. We do NOT want to see players running around holding their physic guns!

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Driving

- You ARE NOT allowed to run a red light and or reckless drive WITHOUT a good reason.

- The ONLY TIME you can run a red light and or reckless drive is when there's a;

· Crime in action

· Pursuit

· Moving for emergency vehicles

· Heard gun shots

· Fitting a roleplay situation

- You ARE allowed to violate the speed limits. BUT we want you to prevent running red lights and or driving on the wrong side of the road for no reason. You MAY ONLY go into a pursuit if you are harboring something illegal OR have done something illegal.

- You CANNOT drive on the wrong side of the road. (Unless you have a good roleplay reason).

- You CANNOT walk in streets or highways. (Unless you have a good roleplay reason).

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Workbenches/Furniture/Drug equipment rules

- You ARE NOT allowed to place ANY crafting table or stove in any public areas including but not limited to:

Open streets
Shops
Town Hall
Police Department
EMS Department
Fire Department

- You ARE ALLOWED to use unowned property!

- You MAY NOT leave behind and or lock ANY of the crafting tables or stoves in ANY of these or inferred areas.
- You MAY NOT lock any of your drug equipment and or furniture in an open area.

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Civilian Sided

- You CANNOT steal EMS vehicles
- You CANNOT steal Fire Department vehicles

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Hostages, Jailbreaks, Mugging

- You CANNOT take over the jail.
- You CANNOT do a jailbreak with less than 6 cops online.
- You CANNOT raid a house with less than 2 cops online.
- You CAN request a MAXIMUM of $5.000, PER single hostage.
- You ARE NOT allowed to force someone to take money out of the ATM.
- You ARE NOT allowed to force someone to take items out of the bank storage.
- You MAY NOT rob someone for his/her money.

- You CANNOT take a cop hostage with less than 3 cops online
- You CANNOT take the police negotiator hostage during negotiations
- When doing a jailbreak, the person must be in the actual jail cell, not in the holding cell.

- If you SUCCEED in your jail break, you must LEAVE STRAIGHT AWAY (you can’t stay in the PD and kill people).
- You ARE NOT allowed to take hostages in public, it must be in secluded areas.

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Server Restarts

- IF the server restarts whilst you are detained you MUST log-back-in UNLESS told otherwise by your arresting officer.
- IF someone does not lockpick you out of your handcuffs, you MUST continue as if you are detained, unless otherwise told by the arresting officer.

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Public Job Rules

- You ARE NOT allowed to abuse your job such as UPS driver or Taxi driver.
- You ARE NOT allowed to get a job with the intentions of using the provided vehicle for personal uses.
- You ARE supposed to follow all traffic laws unless you have a good role-play reason not to. You MAY NOT drive the UPS Van like an idiot to deliver the package on time. This is NOT a good roleplay reason!
- You ARE SUPPOSED to follow all laws while working and ARE NOT to do ANY crime unless you need to take action such as defending yourself.
- You ARE NOT allowed to go inactive for over ten (10) minutes. Idling whilst waiting for a job related alert IS ALLOWED.
- You MUST roleplay your job. You CANNOT drive up as a Tow Truck Driver, hook and car and drive off! You MUST ask around, this isn't Lizard Lick Towing.

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Police Rules

- You CANNOT sell or hand-out police gear and or weapons. Doing so will result in a permanent ban.

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EMS Rules

- EMTs and Paramedics are neutral and DO NOT take sides.
- You CANNOT revive people under an active gunfight.
- NO criminal activity is allowed while on duty.
- EMTS are in control of you after reviving you, do everything they ask and roleplay your injuries!

- You CANNOT and MAY NOT under ANY circumstances, hinder a medic whilst that medic is on duty! (This includes but is not limited to; steal equipment and or vehicles).

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Fire Department Rules

- Fireman are a neutral force and DO NOT take sides.
- You CANNOT fight fire under an active gunfight.
- NO criminal activity is allowed while on duty!

- You CANNOT and MAY NOT under ANY circumstances, hinder a firefighter whilst that firefighter is on duty! (This includes but is not limited to; steal equipment and or vehicles).

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