The following rules are made to make clear what is allowed and what is not, this is required for any decent roleplay server. We expect you to read all the rules before playing. It may take a couple of minutes to read all the rules, but an average ban is a lot longer than that. It's almost impossible to cover every single detail with rules, so we expect that you use your common sense and won't do questionable things or search for loopholes. If you are not sure if something is allowed or not, ask an admin to clarify. BlackdaggerRP is a roleplay server - losing is part of the game. You can turn a negative experience into a positive one by working with the RP. Sometimes you will die, be arrested or otherwise be forced into situations you don't necessarily want to be in. RP isn't about winning or losing however, but making the best of what happens and enjoying the journey, as events are often out of your control. No matter how good you are, or how prepared you are, sometimes you will lose. Remember, our roleplay (RP) is about recreating a lifelike civilization - your character is by default a functional member of society, so make your character behave realistically.
1.1 - Using cheats, hacks, abusing glitches, Using third party software (discord vc ect ect) is not permitted and can be classed as metagaming if it gives you an unfair advantage in rp
1.2 – You can only own and use one account, using more than one account to avoid a punishment or otherwise can result in a permanent ban. If you want to switch to another account, make a thread about it on the forums.
1.3 - Do not reconnect, suicide or do anything else to avoid a roleplay situation. If you suddenly have to go, inform the people you are roleplaying with clearly in chat and give them a few minutes to conclude the RP. If you are unable to stay for those few minutes, we recommend that you go AFK instead of disconnecting and inform staff via @.
1.4 - Do not swear excessively, argue or insult in OOC chat, and do not write caps-locked messages.
1.5 - Listen to admin decisions; they aren't negotiable.
1.6 - You may not be racist, sexist or otherwise discriminatory to players out of character. This behaviour is tolerated in-character however your actions must have context and/or background RP to it.
1.6.1 - In-character discrimination is allowed only on in-character text chat and in-character voice chat.
1.7 - Scamming is not allowed. Also, do not steal items which other players have dropped to carry out a transaction.
1.8 – Do not advertise other servers, GMod communities, NSFW content, or gambling websites of any kind. This includes your steam name. Community/Clan tags are allowed.
1.9 - If you see someone breaking the rules, try to warn them or contact an admin. Do not take the situation into your own hands. You may still defend yourself if your character’s life is endangered by the rule breaker.
1.10 - Purposefully attempting to find loopholes in the rules will likely result in punishment.
1.11 - If the Mayor dies the current mayor will be removed from the mayor role immediately in some cases if the mayor is RDMed or anything reguarding something which may have broken the rules infrom staff immediately.
1.12 – Do not promote anything conflicting with the rules in adverts and laws, or by any other means.
1.13 – Do not mic-spam. If you want to play music through your microphone, have an appropriate prop and ensure the sound is not too loud and your mic quality is decent.
1.14 – Do not trade your in-game money/items for real money, CS:GO skins, game keys, or anything else that's not other in-game money/items.
2.1 - You are considered to be under FearRP when you are in line of sight of a visibly armed person, who is within default microphone range of you and is able to harm your character at that moment. You must act afraid of armed people and life-threatening situations.
2.2 - You must follow the orders of the person(s) who have you under FearRP, and you may not draw a weapon on them or attack them. FearRP applies to melee weapons if you are within effective range.
2.3 - You may not run away from someone who has you under FearRP and is pointing a gun/knife at you, unless they specifically order you to.
2.4 - You are not under FearRP if you are also visibly armed. Visibly armed in the context of FearRP means that you have your weapon out and in your hands, regardless of safety mode. You are not considered visibly armed when you are seated, regardless of whether you are holding a weapon in hand or not.
2.5 - If someone switches from a gun to another item while FearRP is active, FearRP still applies. In this case, unless the person keeping you under fear rp is visibly unarmed for longer than 40 seconds you are not to draw a weapon in return.
2.6 - any weapon ie knife or gun can be used to initiate FearRP.
2.7 - You are allowed to call for help and try and escape while FearRP is initiated only if the initiator is visibly occupied and is not pointing their weapon at you or if they are clearly out of harming distance, if you are restrained in rp you must abide by the current situation you are in.
8.1 – Do not make fortified bases in obvious businesses
8.2 - Walls used to surround a base can't be more than 4 metres (PHX units) tall. If there are uneven surfaces where the walls are placed, some leniency will be allowed to compensate.
8.3 - You may barricade windows (must not be a 1 way prop ) only to stop people form entering through them not to give you an unfair advantage in a fight.
8.4 - you may not barricade doors to stop people entering or to purposely make it unfair for the attacker (ie they have to jump crouch to get in )
8.5 - Bases which have extremely unfair advantages for the defending party, including but not limited to: crouch/prone-only entrances, mazes, long narrow corridors, entrance keypads being visible by the defenders, and others, can be considered a Doomfort and aren't allowed. A member of staff has the final say in whether a base is a doomfort or not – make an @ call to ask if you are unsure.
8.6 - Your base must fit your character's roleplay. E.g Poor characters can't afford to base in high-tech pseudo-military bases. and all places must look historically somewhat accurate so no car props ect ect
8.7 - You cannot make bases out the map or sky bases.
8.8 - You require staff permission to do "Country" RP (e.g taking a part of the map and turning it into another country with its own laws/exempt from global laws, sherrif, Mayor, etc.) or other similar RPs.