Genesis Server Rules

General Rules-​

• Age Requirement for joining: 18+

• A working, quality mic is required.

• Your character needs to have a somewhat realistic name, and must not break TOS.

• Being toxic, or breeding toxicity in any platform (this includes twitch, reddit, discord, etc) can have you removed from the community at any point in time.

• AFKing for extended amounts of time within the server is prohibited.

Player Reports and Bans-​

• These can be posted on the forums or DM’d to staff. Staff will still need the ID of the person who is suspected of breaking a guideline or rule. Staff will also actively enforce community rules and guidelines without reports.

• In order for staff to enforce rules without reports, we will need the players ID, which can be gotten by pressing U or typing /admin with a short message of the issue.

In-Game Information-

• Stay in character at all times [A]:

  • In the event there’s an issue, completely role-play out the scenario and player report if needed. Do not break character / inform the player they are breaking a rule in-game.

  • Do not do actions in game in order to bait others into breaking roleplay.

  • Users may play out of character of moments when they are on their own, completing events/jobs by themselves or in a small group away from others that are chilling.

  • Users must stay in character if in roleplay scenarios with others.

• /OOC usage [A]:

  • OOC Chat is restricted to RP stopping technical issues only and is for things that cannot be handled in a support channel through discord.

  • OOC May be used in cases of emergencies that can involve real life issues, game/server issues or technical difficulties e.g. mics not working in-game.

• Server Restarts [A]:

  • Roleplay shouldn’t be stopped before a restart; it should continue as normal.

  • Chase scenarios must resume after the server has restarted (NOTE: All member of the scenario must retrieve their vehicles and start the scenario from where it left off)

• Loot boxing [T]:(Testing)

  • Looting any player without much roleplay presented for them is prohibited.

• Metagaming [D]:

  • Purposely using or relaying information that your character did not learn in-game (Twitch Chats and Discord Channels included) to shape in-game roleplay. (This rule is redacted for NEW players only)

• Powergaming/Fail RP [A or B] Depending on the Situation:

  • Using means not actually in-game to gain an advantage or not attempting to fit in to the world in a sensible way:

    • Organizing/Calling out a specific locations while downed or use /me [message]

    • Finding the quickest way to make money, rather than roleplaying around the mechanic.

    • Avoiding the use of “Put in vehicle” command. Escorting people while in vehicles.

    • The use of /me and /notes should be used as much as possible to help aid your scenarios.

    • Government employees not obeying road laws. [T]:(Testing)

    • When you're down and incapacitated you do not have access to your inventory; meaning you cannot access & drop items to the ground.

    • If you're downed, you're downed; on-going scenarios stay on-going however, if you're downed and revived (via grandmas or ems) you're not to re-engage in the on-going (original) scenario.

    • Transferring of funds between two owned characters is not permitted. This includes sending the money to another person or business bank account and then having it transferred to the intended party. This also includes transferring funds from a dead character to a new character, or another player.

  • Random Death Match (RDM) & Vehicle Death Match (VDM) [B or C] Depending on the Situation:

    • Attacking another player/group without any story/roleplay leading up to it.

    • Attacking another player/group using a Vehicle with the intent to kill/knock them out without valid reasoning or initiation.

      • Speed (100+) attacking other vehicles (Ramming).

    • Randomly shooting/running over a player is not ok unless there is a story building up to that point e.g. a shootout gone bad and needing to get away in a vehicle accidentally running over others in said scenario.

• New Life Rule (NLR) [T]:(Testing)

  • If you are downed and respawn at the hospital your character forgets the immediate events leading up to being downed in the current scenario. You may not respawn if you’ve been advised that police or EMS is on the way to your scene.

  • You must try and contact medical help of some sort while incapacitated.

• Multiple Characters(from the same player) in one gang/group) [B]:

  • This is not allowed. In general, try to avoid creating multiple characters involved in the same story/scenarios and could use the same information to push their goals.

• Not Valuing Life (NVL) [B]:

  • Not realistically fearing for your life when you are threatened with weapons or severe harm from other means.

  • Having non-spontaneous shoot outs at PD or hospital is not allowed.

  • Antagonizing gangs/police or armed individuals for no character reason.

  • Players should not be inserting themselves into ongoing situations or shootouts, between two groups or one group and the police.

• Criminal Activities [T]:(Testing)

  • Criminals with the intentions to partake in criminal activities that are PvP oriented are limited to 6 players max at a time.

    • As an example of where its allowed to have more than 6: If a group of 6 people do hostile actions at a group larger than 6, they are all flagged for that role play scenario & can role play naturally.

    • Relaying information to or between characters (lookouts, radio communications) counts you as part of that scenario.

    • Choosing shooters/grinders over roleplayers is not acceptable.

    • Whenever characters are brought into police custody and a second group of six is formed to attempt a prison break or transport break, that second group is not allowed to intervene until the prison transport begins. Doing so with small weapons or an unthought out plan is also NVL.

    • Players wishing to smuggle items ‘into’ the prison are allowed to do so by in game-mean(s) however, are required to have a logical RP reason for the need/want to put their lives at risk.

    • You are not allowed to resupply during a heist once the police have arrived.

    • You are not allowed to interfere with other parties 'heist' once they have started.

    • When an individual is arrested & is being processed (meaning they're in transport or are already at a police station for processing) and a server restart hits; they're required to turn themselves back into the police to continue the roleplay upon getting back into the server ((after a restart)).

  • The Hospital is a designated Green Zone; the following rules apply within the Green Zone [A or B]:

    • No Camping or Starting Conflict: Engaging in or initiating conflict within the Green Zone is not allowed unless it is part of a natural progression of ongoing roleplay relevant to the current time and place, not from conflicts that occurred in the past.

    • No Sheltering to Avoid Conflict: Using the Green Zone to evade ongoing conflicts or escape the consequences of actions taken outside the zone is not permitted, unless it is part of a natural progression of an ongoing RP.

• No Supernatural Characters [A or B] Depending on the Situation:

  • This is to include (but is not limited to) vampires, ghosts, sasquatches, aliens, androids, gods, magical beings, talking animals, witches and warlocks, etc. Any roleplay of this kind must be pre-reviewed and approved by the entire staff team. This does not include characters who think they are one of the above (but are actually human underneath).

• Serial Killer characters must be approved by the staff team [A or B] Depending on the Situation: [T]:(Testing)

  • If you wish to roleplay as a serial killer character you must have your character idea approved by the entire staff team. Your story must have a definitive ending in mind, and if your character is caught and convicted, there will be no possibility for parole.

• Permanent death stays permanent [A or B] Depending on the Situation:

  • If your character dies or is pronounced dead by the doctors, they must remain dead forever. No resurrections, revivals, voodoo rituals or anything of that nature can bring them back. This also includes bringing them back as the same character with a new name.

  • So users understand, If the users character is downed/last stand than users character can survive the scenario, The permanent death is when a users feels like they have no more ideas/roleplay for that character then they can kill of their character permanently starting a new life scenario if they choose to at that time.

• Suicide or suicidal roleplay is prohibited [A or B] Depending on the Situation:

  • Players are not to engage in suicidal roleplay under any circumstances.

• No underage characters [B]:

  • All characters created must be over 18 years of age.

Basic Decency & Respect [Class system is enforced depending on the situation]-​

While our goal is to foster a roleplaying experience free from constraints, we realize we have a duty to protect all members of our community regardless of gender, sexual orientation, age, etc. We strive to create an environment; a community that promotes a welcoming atmosphere to all members; a community that its members can be proud to say they are a part of. Genesis takes a hard stance against any derogatory terms or actions against its members. We will enforce a strict code of conduct within our community and act on items that are distasteful, for example: sexual harassment, excessive name calling or shaming, disrespectful attacks a on personal level, etc. At the end of the day, we are all here to enjoy a world outside of the one we live in. We are here to escape to a world where we can create a new life with amazing experiences. Simply put, respect one another; have justification and reasoning for your actions. Simply saying “it’s my character” will not be considered a valid response. Staff is always here to help with any matters or issues that arise no matter how big or small. We are all the Genesis Community.

Class Information-​

Note these are only baselines; each situation is different and will be handled accordingly to the issues presented.

• Class A - 1 Day Ban

• Class B - 3 Day Ban

• Class C - 7 Day Ban or 14 Day Ban (Depending on Situation)

• Class D - Account Suspension (Can apply for an unban after 30 Days)

• [T]:(Testing) is testing or in working process meaning that players don't need to worry about them at this time, They are just placeholders for future updates/rules/edits