Rules: A friendly discussion and tips on how to follow them.

[TheExaltedPrime]

Morning everyone! 

TheExaltedPrime here or Billy in the city.

 

For a bit now, I've been studying on the rules, and have been seeing a lot more people clicking the link to the rules page.

It's disheartening, to say the least, when you see people post ban appeals on the simple matters they can follow,

Including but not including:

Admin Disrespect

VDM

RDM

Combat Logging

Abuse/Harassment

 

I want to go over a few of those and maybe shine the light on helping everyone out here on what I think, after talking to staff about different situations, and what maybe can help you RP better, and help you succeed in other servers as well. 

 

First off let's tackle Admin Disrespect:

"I was banned for talking back to an admin, and I want to be unbanned, it's online, if the admin can't take being an admin then he/she shouldn't be an admin"

Wrong, the way you talk to any staff, whether it be a helper, to the straight up owner, should not be different. 

A helper should get the same respect of everyone else, no matter the rank.

They take the time out of their lives to help the server, and anyone who does that in my opinion, is deserving of the utmost respect.

What you can do to help curb your importance is to think about what you do for a living, and reflect that here.

Do you work in a grocery store, or a fast food place, or something customer related.

How would you feel if some random person just started yelling at you/bullying you for no apparent reason? 

Or if you don't have a job like that, maybe think:

If you were accosted from across the street from some random guy/girl and they were just straight up being a huge loser, and just decided to target you without getting

to know you, how would you feel?

Food for thought honestly.

 

Another topic I see being in the unban appeals is Vehicle Deathmatch or VDM:

"I didn't know I couldn't run someone over/I didn't know it was wrong to run over a cop while he was arresting my friend"

I can honestly say, VDM happens, we all are guilty of running someone over at Pillbox or something, but that is an accident, and we can settle it RP wise.

But running someone over on purpose, and driving away, is how you find yourself on the short end of an admin sit. 

Don't do that, in real life, as this is Serious RP, you would not run someone over and run away, you have consequences, such as either if you killed the person, that's vehicular manslaughter, that's a minimum of 10 years, plus you ran from the scene, that's an extra 5 years.

Can you imagine losing your whole life because you ran away? 

Now imagine here, where you get sent to jail for 25 years, that's 288 minutes in jail.

We obviously have different ways to handle it.

Either on purpose or by accident, don't drive around speeding and then running away when you hit someone, it's unrealistic.

And don't hit cops who are arresting your friend, in real life, if you hit a cop, the whole state will be after you, you would never see the light of day,

and even if you do get out, you would never be the same.

We aim to provide a realistic approach on RP, not sitting here and acting like it's GTA:O (GTA Online)

If you want to run someone over and get away with it, go there.

 

 

Another topic I see being in the unban appeals is Random Deathmatch or RDM: 

"I killed someone for being outside the dealership for not leaving/I killed someone for hitting my car and I got banned"

Bullets are the last resort, so is any other weapon, try to talk down the situation.

Use your words, if someone hit your car, and you straight up killed them, that is a ban. That's not realistic.

You don't just go up to the guy and say "Hey, mighty fine weather we are having-BAM" and shoot him, you talk about it.

If someone is outside your dealership, and he refuses to leave, you call the cops. They will deal with it, you are not Judge, Jury and Executioner.

Refrain from shooting your gun, unless you are apart of of a gang, then go for it. If he's apart of a rival gang, then take him out, rob him and do whatever.

But as a civilian? Never! If you initiate a shooting, you are responsible for your actions, you can not use the excuse of "He/She hit my car, so thus I concluded to shoot them!"

This isn't the wild west, we are civilized people here.

 

Another topic I see being in the unban appeals is Combat Logging: 

"I got banned for combat logging because I was being robbed"

Combat logging is the act in which you quit the game in an RP situation or an Admin sit. 

It is not when you crash, you can say to the arresting cop or person robbing you that you crashed, to wait for you to continue the RP scenario.

It is when you purposely quit to avoid getting your items taken away. 

You get robbed, so what? Move on, get your items back, or rob the people who robbed you! 

But do not combat log, it ruins the fun, it ruins the RP experience, and you can/will get banned. 

So have fun getting robbed, joke around, have some laughs, even if you fear for your life, make an enjoyment out of it.

Being angry that you got robbed is okay, but leaving mid-way is how you get banned.

 

Another topic I see being in the unban appeals is Abuse/Harassment: 

"I got banned for Abuse/Harassment, it's RP, what do people expect"

It may be RP, but please don't take it out of RP and start DMing people about it in Discord or any other sort of outside communications.

So maybe take it as such and take the high road and do something else that doesn't make you butt heads with the person you are beefing with.

This includes sexual harassment. This is a game, calling a girl in the server any derogative words can and will get you a ban.

Imagine calling your mom the same names you repeatedly said to the female cop on the server. 

I bet you anything you would get your ass handed to you by your dad or your mom, so quit it. 

It's disgusting, and when I was in general with a bunch of you, the words I heard towards the one female was utterly distateful.

I get it, you guys are 14-17, hormones through the roof, you guys don't know how to talk to girls yet, and you resort to name calling.

So this is how you fix this or better yourselves:

Treat them the way you treat your mom or anyone older than you. Start by using "Yes ma'am" or anything proper.

You do that, and I can assure you, you won't get banned for any of it. 

 

This has been Prime, and I appreciate you guys coming and reading this short PSA.

 

[Damien Hall AKA. D]

@TheExaltedPrime this was great

[SMOKE]

On 2/9/2021 at 1:57 PM, TheExaltedPrime said:

Morning everyone! 

TheExaltedPrime here or Billy in the city.

 

For a bit now, I've been studying on the rules, and have been seeing a lot more people clicking the link to the rules page.

It's disheartening, to say the least, when you see people post ban appeals on the simple matters they can follow,

Including but not including:

Admin Disrespect

VDM

RDM

Combat Logging

Abuse/Harassment

 

I want to go over a few of those and maybe shine the light on helping everyone out here on what I think, after talking to staff about different situations, and what maybe can help you RP better, and help you succeed in other servers as well. 

 

First off let's tackle Admin Disrespect:

"I was banned for talking back to an admin, and I want to be unbanned, it's online, if the admin can't take being an admin then he/she shouldn't be an admin"

Wrong, the way you talk to any staff, whether it be a helper, to the straight up owner, should not be different. 

A helper should get the same respect of everyone else, no matter the rank.

They take the time out of their lives to help the server, and anyone who does that in my opinion, is deserving of the utmost respect.

What you can do to help curb your importance is to think about what you do for a living, and reflect that here.

Do you work in a grocery store, or a fast food place, or something customer related.

How would you feel if some random person just started yelling at you/bullying you for no apparent reason? 

Or if you don't have a job like that, maybe think:

If you were accosted from across the street from some random guy/girl and they were just straight up being a huge loser, and just decided to target you without getting

to know you, how would you feel?

Food for thought honestly.

 

Another topic I see being in the unban appeals is Vehicle Deathmatch or VDM:

"I didn't know I couldn't run someone over/I didn't know it was wrong to run over a cop while he was arresting my friend"

I can honestly say, VDM happens, we all are guilty of running someone over at Pillbox or something, but that is an accident, and we can settle it RP wise.

But running someone over on purpose, and driving away, is how you find yourself on the short end of an admin sit. 

Don't do that, in real life, as this is Serious RP, you would not run someone over and run away, you have consequences, such as either if you killed the person, that's vehicular manslaughter, that's a minimum of 10 years, plus you ran from the scene, that's an extra 5 years.

Can you imagine losing your whole life because you ran away? 

Now imagine here, where you get sent to jail for 25 years, that's 288 minutes in jail.

We obviously have different ways to handle it.

Either on purpose or by accident, don't drive around speeding and then running away when you hit someone, it's unrealistic.

And don't hit cops who are arresting your friend, in real life, if you hit a cop, the whole state will be after you, you would never see the light of day,

and even if you do get out, you would never be the same.

We aim to provide a realistic approach on RP, not sitting here and acting like it's GTA:O (GTA Online)

If you want to run someone over and get away with it, go there.

 

 

Another topic I see being in the unban appeals is Random Deathmatch or RDM: 

"I killed someone for being outside the dealership for not leaving/I killed someone for hitting my car and I got banned"

Bullets are the last resort, so is any other weapon, try to talk down the situation.

Use your words, if someone hit your car, and you straight up killed them, that is a ban. That's not realistic.

You don't just go up to the guy and say "Hey, mighty fine weather we are having-BAM" and shoot him, you talk about it.

If someone is outside your dealership, and he refuses to leave, you call the cops. They will deal with it, you are not Judge, Jury and Executioner.

Refrain from shooting your gun, unless you are apart of of a gang, then go for it. If he's apart of a rival gang, then take him out, rob him and do whatever.

But as a civilian? Never! If you initiate a shooting, you are responsible for your actions, you can not use the excuse of "He/She hit my car, so thus I concluded to shoot them!"

This isn't the wild west, we are civilized people here.

 

Another topic I see being in the unban appeals is Combat Logging: 

"I got banned for combat logging because I was being robbed"

Combat logging is the act in which you quit the game in an RP situation or an Admin sit. 

It is not when you crash, you can say to the arresting cop or person robbing you that you crashed, to wait for you to continue the RP scenario.

It is when you purposely quit to avoid getting your items taken away. 

You get robbed, so what? Move on, get your items back, or rob the people who robbed you! 

But do not combat log, it ruins the fun, it ruins the RP experience, and you can/will get banned. 

So have fun getting robbed, joke around, have some laughs, even if you fear for your life, make an enjoyment out of it.

Being angry that you got robbed is okay, but leaving mid-way is how you get banned.

 

Another topic I see being in the unban appeals is Abuse/Harassment: 

"I got banned for Abuse/Harassment, it's RP, what do people expect"

It may be RP, but please don't take it out of RP and start DMing people about it in Discord or any other sort of outside communications.

So maybe take it as such and take the high road and do something else that doesn't make you butt heads with the person you are beefing with.

This includes sexual harassment. This is a game, calling a girl in the server any derogative words can and will get you a ban.

Imagine calling your mom the same names you repeatedly said to the female cop on the server. 

I bet you anything you would get your ass handed to you by your dad or your mom, so quit it. 

It's disgusting, and when I was in general with a bunch of you, the words I heard towards the one female was utterly distateful.

I get it, you guys are 14-17, hormones through the roof, you guys don't know how to talk to girls yet, and you resort to name calling.

So this is how you fix this or better yourselves:

Treat them the way you treat your mom or anyone older than you. Start by using "Yes ma'am" or anything proper.

You do that, and I can assure you, you won't get banned for any of it. 

 

This has been Prime, and I appreciate you guys coming and reading this short PSA.

 

Awesome.

[Joey Bagz]

great post, thanks for helpin everyone out