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Community Rules
Roleplay UK Community Rules
Created 20/02/2014 - Last Updated 23/08/2020
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Hello and welcome to Roleplay UK's rules! In order to maintain our
extremely high quality of roleplay, we have a rather lengthy set of
rules that all players must abide by. Therefore we advise that you grab
a cup of tea and take time to read and absorb the information here to
ensure that your experience on our servers is all good and well!
We have listened to community feedback about our rules and have made
some changes. We will now issue temporary bans for periods of 24 hours,
48 hours and 1 week before we move to permanent bans requiring a ban
appeal on the forums. This means that our staff spend less time doing
administrative work, allowing them to get ingame more often to work to
support the community
Roleplay UK is a serious roleplay community, If you are coming from
another roleplay community please erase that memory from your mind as
things are much different here and very much focused around RP rather
than combat.
To start we would like to make clear that this is a friendly community,
An adult community and we expect every user to show respect to each
other. Do not take things outside the server/onto the forums, or god
forbid real life!
The staff team put a lot of hours into this project and these rules,
and our ban process is configured in a way which is consistent to all
members; one we believe that is fair and one that needs the least amount
of administration time so we can focus on the things that really matter.
To assist with this it is advised that you record your gameplay.
Please note these are the official rules. If you are told differently
please ignore them unless it is from a member of the management
team.
With that said and the rules listed below the vast majority of our
members who have been here fastly approaching five years now have never
been reported or banned. We are fair and at the end of the day we are
all here to enjoy ourselves and have fun in a nice environment!
Our ban system has transitioned from a permanent ban system to an
automated timed ban system where the ban length and rule number will be
listed in the ban reason. These bans will automatically expire at the
time given in the ban reason, for that reason we will not be accepting
ban appeals for any timed ban. You should be aware however that some
rules still carry permanent bans and these are listed below in
bold.
The length of your ban are the following:
1st Ban - 24 hour ban
2nd Ban - 48 hour ban
3rd Ban - 1 Week Ban
4th Ban - Permanent Ban (Requires Appeal)
This will reset every six months from your last ban to give players a clean slate for continued good behaviour, it should be recognised however that staff may use their discretion to determine if players are using this system to their advantage to facilitate their breaking of rules. Repeated offences of the same rulebreak will escalate up the scale faster. If you receive a 24 hour ban for RDM (A1.2 & G1.2), get unbanned and RDM a second time within 6 months you will move to a 1 week ban.
2nd Ban - 48 hour ban
3rd Ban - 1 Week Ban
4th Ban - Permanent Ban (Requires Appeal)
This will reset every six months from your last ban to give players a clean slate for continued good behaviour, it should be recognised however that staff may use their discretion to determine if players are using this system to their advantage to facilitate their breaking of rules. Repeated offences of the same rulebreak will escalate up the scale faster. If you receive a 24 hour ban for RDM (A1.2 & G1.2), get unbanned and RDM a second time within 6 months you will move to a 1 week ban.
Roleplay UK is very proud to be an Adult community.
Because GTA5 is rated Mature/17+ by ESRB, and 18+ by PEGI, and our
server's location is kind of 'in-between' those jurisdictions, for
safeguarding reasons we have elected to adopt an
18+ policy for players on our FiveM
server. Players discovered below this age may well find themselves
banned, and due to the intricacies of privacy law, identity-fraud and
commonsense, may not be unbanned for significant time. We accept no
liability for ensuring players are old enough, nor do we get into the
minefield of 'proof of age'... it's sufficient to say that if you're
under-age, and you get found out, you're gone, once we know. This is for
everyone's protection.
However, it certainly doesn't mean you have to be over 18 to be a
member of our Forum and Discord community here, and you will find a lot
of our members are. We respect the younger people and elders in our
community and no discrimination will be tolerated.
We expect people to show respect, act like an adult, and to treat
people how you would expect to be treated, to keep this a place that
people enjoy and look forward to coming back to. If there is a
disagreement then disagree in a noble and adult manner. At the end of
the day we are here to have fun and enjoy one of the best role play
experiences you will find on the internet.
If you are here for drama or arguments (out of RP character) then it
won't be long until you will be shown the door and it is extremely rare
to be unbanned for the following important rules.
(C1.1) Bullying
Permanent ban
(C1.2) Discrimination
Permanent ban
Do not express discriminatory or otherwise offensive views. This
is no place for racism, religious hatred, ageism, sexism,
homophobia, gender or disability discrimination.
(C1.3) OOC AbuseSwearing at someone outside of roleplay with malicious intent,
will not be tolerated.
(C1.4) HarassmentPermanent banAny threat to, or harassment of, any person, or the community,
will not be tolerated. Depending on the context of the threat we
will fully assist the UK police with their enquiries.
(C1.5) Infrastructure
Permanent ban
Any attempts to harm or otherwise disrupt our infrastructure will
not be tolerated. We take attacks and threats to attack seriously.
We will work with the UK police and other law enforcement
authorities and supply any evidence necessary to lead to a
conviction.
(C1.6) Community Ban
Permanent ban
The Staff Team may remove any member from the servers and
community at any time if they are considered disruptive to the
community or we have a valid reason to believe they are here to
cause issues.
(C1.7) Common Sense
As a Roleplay game, every situation is different and not
everything can be detailed within these rules and so it is
important to remember this is an adult community and some things
simply come down to common sense.
(C1.8) Encouraging Rule Breaks
Forcing or encouraging another member of the community to break a
rule.
(C1.9) Age Restrictions
Providing a false age when applying to join a whitelisted faction
in order to circumvent the age limits.
(C1.10) Trolling
The following examples are considered trolling however there are
multiple others so we advise common sense. Running around the
police/medics/anyone, throwing yourself in front of vehicles,
playing music in any chat or on teamspeak, bombarding the
messaging system, buying multiple vehicles to block spawn areas or
using them to blow things up, jumping off buildings without RP,
talking/playing music in the character selection screen.
(C1.11) Trading
Permanent ban
Roleplay UK does not condone any sort of real life to ingame
trading or vice versa. This is due to the fact that we do not want
to look like a commercial entity, or any of our members for that
case. You are free to donate on behalf of a member as an act of
kindness, but not in return for an item. Bad Example: “Whoever
wants donator send me 2 million in cash.” Exception: “I am having
a cross Los Santos race, winner will receive a free donator
package for one month!” (Please authorise with a staff member if
you wish to do this, or we may see it as a breach of this
rule.).
(C1.12) Sensitive Roleplay
Permanent ban
Continuing to roleplay subjects of a sensitive nature after being
requested to stop by another player will not be tolerated.
(C1.13) Idling
We have one of the busiest Roleplay communities in Europe,
therefore, if you need to go to the shops or go away from your PC
for more than 5 minutes then please kindly disconnect from the
game servers.
(C1.14) Threats to report / Disputes / Breaking RP in Voice
There are so many people on the server with all different points
of view and disputes and disagreements are all part of the game,
however please do not discuss them in-game also do not break RP in
voice. For example, if someone has RDM’ed you discussing this on
the server or saying “I am going to report you” is not allowed.
Please use the forums or teamspeak to report or discuss
only.
(C1.15) Ban Evasion
Permanent ban
Bans apply to the person, not to the account. Creating a new
account, or employing any other measure to try to evade a ban will
result in the evading accounts being banned, and extension of the
original ban. Persistent attempts to evade bans will be met with a
community ban.
(C2.1) Game modification
Permanent ban
Using any sort of modification that changes the functionality of
your game is not permitted to be used while you are logged into
our servers. This includes non-malicious graphical enhancement
utilities. We have systems in place in order to detect and punish
users for this type of offence. This offence will result in a
permanent ban without chance for appeal.
(C2.2) Exploiting
Permanent ban
Using or attempting to use any exploits in any of our community
game servers such as but not limited to duplication of items or
money, transferring/processing items through walls and windows or
bypassing intended animations. Punishment is a permanent ban
without appeal. If you discover an exploit that nobody else knows
about, please reveal it to a staff member privately in order to
ensure that it does not get abused in the future.
(C2.3) Combat logging
Permanent ban
Logging out at any point during RP is exploiting. Some examples
of this include: logging out during a firefight, being chased by
the police, arrested by the police, while dead awaiting a medic,
logging out in order to save gear, rage-quitting, logging out
whilst restrained/detained. Punishment is a permanent ban. Staff
can make an informed decision depending on if you’ve made an
attempt to resolve the issue. We do suggest you attempt to rejoin
the server and continue the roleplay (try messaging them with the
mobile system first).
(C2.4) Combat storing
Storing your vehicle in a way that prevents roleplay such as but
not limited to garaging a vehicle whilst you are being chased or
impounding/scrapping your vehicle to gain an advantage.
(C2.5) Teleporting
Once you have spawned in you are unable to respawn unless you
have been killed or are stuck in a position due to a bug (please
take screenshots). You cannot respawn to get to another location
quicker. Abusing the garage system to teleport goods is also
considered teleporting.
Unfortunately, other Roleplay & gaming servers (or people with
community websites) have abused the fact we are popular. They have
advertised on our website/teamspeak/servers in the past for their own
gains. Because of this we have strict rules around it.
Below is a non exhaustive list of services you cannot advertise:
Teamspeak / Voice Services (example: Discord)
Game Servers
Social Media Groups
Websites\Other Communities
*It is to the discretion of the staff member who looks at your situation as to what we consider advertising. We advise caution when sharing any ip addresses or such through any of our services. May lead to a permanent ban
(C3.0) Advertising
Permanent ban
Advertising any of the below services* on our
servers/website/teamspeak or social media groups without
permission is bannable without appeal.
Game Servers
Social Media Groups
Websites\Other Communities
*It is to the discretion of the staff member who looks at your situation as to what we consider advertising. We advise caution when sharing any ip addresses or such through any of our services. May lead to a permanent ban
Roleplay UK are proud to host one of the busiest teamspeak servers in
the UK. For this to remain a nice place to hangout, we have some rules
for our teamspeak server.
(C4.1) Common sense
This is an adult community and a lot of the rules come down to
common sense, do not swear at people, troll people, bully people
otherwise you will simply be banned from teamspeak.
(C4.2) Voice changers & soundboards
It has come to a point where using voice changers or soundboards
on our teamspeak has got very old, If you are found using
soundboards or voice changers in public rooms including NHS/Police
you will be warned, kicked or banned.
(C4.3) Inappropriate Music Location
Music is only permitted in music rooms or private gang/faction
channels. Anyone caught playing music in public rooms will be
warned, kicked or banned.
(C4.4) Questionable Avatar
Offensive avatars or avatars of a questionable nature should not
be used, you will be warned, kicked or banned depending on the
avatar.
(C4.5) Imitation
Impersonating other members such as changing your name is
punishable by a ban.
Roleplay UK has a very active and busy forum which gains over 1 million
hits per month, therefore we have very strict rules to keep it a place
people want to visit daily.
Breaching the following rules will lead to warning points and your
forum account may be restricted for 7 days or
permanently banned
(C5.1) Common sense
This is an adult community and a lot of the rules come down to
common sense. (Swearing at people, trolling people, bullying
people, spamming, inappropriate language, signature violation,
topic bumping)
(C5.2) Questionable Profile
Using a questionable avatar or name
(C5.3) Inciting Drama
Creating threads with the intention to cause issues or
drama
(C5.4) Report Interference
Commenting on a report a player thread that is not involving you,
or in which you took no active part in the situation featured in
the report.
(C5.5) Ban Appeal Interference
Commenting on a ban appeal that is not involving you.
(C5.6) Disallowed Ban Discussion
Using status updates or non member support forum's to talk about
or discuss bans
Roleplay.co.uk has a very highly trusted staff team who give up a lot
of their time to make the servers enjoyable and continue to provide the
best roleplay experience you will find. They are not here to be abused
or sworn at. Here are some rules connected to the staff team.
(C6.1) Staff Decisions Are Final
Any decision the staff team make is final.
(C6.2) Abuse Towards Staff
Permanent ban
Abuse/swearing or unpleasant behaviour towards the staff team is
not acceptable
(C6.3) Staff Interference
When ingame, staff will wear their special ‘Tron Suit’ when they
are on official duty only. Please ignore that they are there
unless they ask you a question.
(C6.4) Messaging Staff
Please refrain from messaging staff members via private
message/comments or adding their personal social media/steam
accounts unless they invite you to do so.
(C6.5) Abuse Of Staff Position
Any abuse of a staff position in any shape or form will lead to
removal and possibly a ban.
(C6.6) Staff Teleporting
Staff may not teleport, spawn in items/money in order to help a
player in any shape or form. (Unless there is a just reason).
(C6.7) Staff Payment/Bribes
Staff will not take payment or accept any sort of bribe from
anyone, this will lead to the staff member being removed and/or
community banned, and the person offering the bribe to also be
banned.
(C6.8) Staff Leaks
Staff will not discuss internal goings on behind the scenes with
anyone from outside of the team. This includes any future updates
or decisions made by the team, this will result in removal from
the staff team and may lead to a community ban. (Please note, this
does not apply to the developers and other content creators, as
they may need to request something from a member).
(C6.9) Staff Rule Override
All rules apply to all staff members, apart from in extreme
circumstances where an override is needed. (A member of the
management team will handle a situation where you feel a staff
member abused the ability to make themselves exempt).