Rules and Regulations
The Role-play comes first. Stay in character when in the server, role play things out if they happen, and respect your fellow civilians. If you crash or “Code 0” while on a scene, you may reconnect and return to the scene.
No “Rulesplaining” - Never attempt to try to explain rules or use out-of-game policy to your advantage while in-character. If you encounter an issue in-game, open a ticket. Do not ruin your or other people’s RP when rule break issues occur.
No “Nitpicking” - Never look for openings or “loopholes” in the Civilian SOP or other documents related to the Civilian Department. Use the appropriate channels and resources if you come across an error or unclear section.*Do Note, if you try and RP out a scenario without discussing it or getting clarification, disciplinary actions may be taken depending on the severity of said scene*
No Power gaming
No Metagaming
No Leeching
No Fail Role playing
Put Realism into your scenes
Consideration of assets is a huge part of Civilian RP. So you must plan your scenes accordingly to what assets are available while on patrol. If a member has a tag for a subdivision, but is not currently active, that does not mean they are willing to activate, so do not force people to run them.
Priorities may only occur when 5 or more officers are on patrol.
Be appropriate to the job you are performing. If people doing that job in real life would dress professionally, or not carry a firearm in a certain line of work, do it. Armed City Workers, for example, are not legitimate.
Character names must be serious names only. Silly puns, sexual references, names with exotic characters, and difficult to say or spell names are not permitted. Please put some effort into creating a realistic name for your character. Names must be the following format in the CAD “first name” “last name”.
Character names may not belong to or be a slight misspelling of a real name belonging to someone in the real world that is considered an A-List Celebrity nor should they be recognizable character names from movies, TV, or other video games, be allowed.
Creating a scenario with potential criminal implications against an individual or another that involves law enforcement must include evidence of some kind that can be linked legally utilizing our penal code system to a resolution.
Leaving zero evidence to be followed in role play terms is considered Fail Role play, and will receive the required discipline per Aspirant RP Disciplinary policy.
Do not confuse lack of evidence with zero evidence. Lack of evidence would be a clean crime scene. Zero evidence would mean no evidence given to LEO via /me and /ooc.
If you are killed or injured in-game, you are to stay in-game to provide cooperative RP and evidence for the scene you are involved in. At no point should you purposely leave or quit the game without notice – this will be considered a serious breach and fail role play. If you have an IRL emergency, let the LEO know via text in-game that you have to leave.
Life-Changing injuries are NOT to be forced upon anyone - Any type of scene that may result in a character being permanently injured such as being paralyzed and other injuries must be agreed upon by both parties prior to the start of a scene. At this point, once the scene has finished and ended, that character must stay with those injuries until a realistic solution has come into existence.
Character death is NEVER to be forced upon anyone – assassinations with consent are different, but random reactionary killings or accidents must allow for the victim to be able to keep their character alive (survival must be covered with good role play). The "not on my screen" excuse will not be permitted from either side. Characters convicted of first degree murder will have their characters deactivated from in-game play to reflect the accompanying life sentence.
Not seeing a LEO behind you that has activated his/her lights and sirens and continuing to run will result in a priority being triggered by LEO.
All policies and guidelines set in this document are to be followed at all times, regardless if you are playing as leo/ems/fire. Everyone is a civilian first.
All scenes that we do must be done with consideration towards other players. Everyone must have a fair chance to role play out their scenes and ensure everyone gets a chance to equally role play. One example would be if there are 5 cops on patrol, and you shoot 4 of them dead, then not only have you literally killed off patrol, but you failed to consider other people in the patrol channel and on patrol as a whole, which this will not be tolerated.
Do not treat Emergency Services and Sub-Division assets as NPC’s to deal with your scene and never have a “continuation” ever again. They are players that are willing to come to a scene and help give you a good experience overall. Treating them as NPC’s and abusing their time will result in disciplinary actions and possible demotions.
Cop Baiting will not be permitted. This is to refrain from any accidental issues regarding Emergency Services members thinking something is wrong and their lives being in danger, which therefore escalates the scenario entirely.
Characters that have “attitudes” towards Emergency Services and stuff are allowed, however you must be considerate of how much you continue the attitude. If it becomes to a point a scene is unenjoyable, it is at that moment you need to stop and tone it down. Continuous acting of said attitude will lead to disciplinary issues. We are here to have fun, so be respectful and considerate.
The use of in-game Twitter is a privilege. Remain professional, and please follow the same rules/regulations of the community while communicating using this in-game mechanic. If you are found abusing any of these rules or being an “asshole” while in server, you will be given the appropriate disciplinary action(s).
See Rule #1