Community Rules

Keep in mind that we a FiveM community, a game, and that you should not do anything that you do in-game, in real life. You are responsible for your own actions and in-actions. We accept no responsibility for anything you may do based on these guidelines, rules or anything posted on our website.

CHARACTER BUILDING
 Reasonable Name:  While names that are a joke are allowed, creating a name that is offensive or makes no sense is not accepted. Your name must be realistic - no names containing numbers etc. This applies in CAD and in game.

 Traits and characteristics:  When creating a character, pick a series of traits to better your roleplay and the people around you.

 Unrealistic Character roles:  Being a CEO who is a Lawyer who is a Mechanic who is a Gangster is not what we expect. Pick what a style that suits your character and stick to it. Also if you are a hobo, we expect you to be doing hobo activities and not representing someone as a lawyer. You can create characters who are these different roles but try to build and focus on a select few.

CRIMINAL STORY BUILDING
 Building into crime:  Whilst we appreciate that criminal activities are fun we ask that you don’t come into the server expecting to commit the serious criminal activities such as robbing the bank from the get-go. Build your way into higher crime and over time. You should attempt to make connections such as joining a gang and working your way into more serious crime.

 Wanted Level:  Criminals should be mindful of the attention from police their actions may generate. Give time between your crimes for things to cool down. You should expect to get more police attention, longer jail times/fines, and investigations if you repeatedly commit crimes in a small time frame. Unpaid fines will also result in longer sentences.

 Mass Murderer:  If a player decides to make a mass murderer and go on a spree the player should expect this type of character to be short-lived and once caught to be punished to the fullest extent of the law. You may be asked to switch your character and make a new one.

 Aim to keep crime hidden:  As this is active first world state you should be aiming to keep all crime underground. Continuously broadcasting activities in public are going to create lots of police attention and your time as a criminal will be short-lived.

 Gangs:  Whilst a gang can contain more than 4 members, it should not have more than 4 members online actively being involved in the gang at any one time. Gang alliances can be created but avoid creating strong alliances that don’t allow for conflict between gangs.

 Robbing:  If you are robbing a store you can have no more than 3 people in the store, if robbing a bank you can have no more than 5 people robbing the bank. If you have outside shooters, you MUST announce them to the police before they start shooting.

ROLEPLAY STANDARDS
You must always keep a high level of roleplay standard when playing. We understand that each situation you approach may be different and will apply common sense when enforcing this guideline, however, if you are interacting with someone, the encounter should be enjoyable for both parties. A lack of roleplay in these scenarios promises the opposite and you should be considering the interaction seriously, including the risk versus what potential consequences it could bring to your character down the line.

We do not allow the following roleplay scenes: Malicious attacks, terrorism, self-harm, suicide, animal skins, nudity, impersonation of emergency services. Please keep in mind that this might not be a total list of forbidden roleplay scenes, use common sense.

MAIN RULES
1.0 Legal:

You must own a full, legal copy of Grand Theft Auto V for the PC to play on this server. You must therefore also agree with the EULA of Rockstar Games (developer of GTA), which can be found at https://www.rockstargames.com/eula.

1.1 Acceptance:

If you connect, chat, engage or otherwise participate in the community, whether in Discord, Teamspeak or in the server, you thereby understand all the rules and guidelines and state that you will follow these. If you don't agree with a rule, contact a support member. If you don't agree with the rules and/or guidelines, don't participate. We have a rule banner in our Discord if you are new in our community.

1.2 Responsibility:

You are responsible for everything that happens on your account, this includes (but is not limited to) FiveM, Discord, Teamspeak, Website, everywhere in this community. You won't get unbanned because your argument is "my brother/sister did..". You are responsible. Please ensure that 2FA (two-factor authentication) is enabled on your Discord if you are worried about this subject.

1.3 Language:

This is a English only server, so please speak English when speaking in the server/discord.

BEHAVIOURAL RULES
2.1 Microphone:

A microphone is required to join the server. If caught without one you will be kicked, where a ban may be issued if you abuse this system. You can then come on to the server/discord to prove you have a working microphone. To check if your microphone is working press “n” (which is the default key) and check the voice option in the bottom left lights up blue. If it does not try restoring your defaults in settings and try again.

2.2 Exploits & advantages:

You are not permitted to us any external menus(cheats) and are to report any server exploits of scripts to staff in a ticket in discord. This gives us the possibility to look into those exploits and patch them before they are abused. Furthermore we do allow visual mods as long as they don’t give you an unfair advantage.

2.3 Chat:

Do not use in game chat to advertise other communities or servers, discuss politics or racism/xenophobia/homophobia or otherwise harmful content. Do not use chat to disrespect other members of the community, do not use out of character chat unless strictly necessary. Server chat is not for complaining, use appropriate channels in discord. Using chat in a disrespectful manner will result in appropriate action. If you are unhappy with a person, ask them to come to Discord and talk about it with a support member present.

2.4 Trolling:

Trolling in any way, shape or form is not welcome and you will be warned.

2.5 Meta & Power gaming:

Meta-gaming is not permitted under any circumstance, this includes but is not limited to: stream sniping, use of third party communications to spread information about the game out of character, using information in discord. Power-gaming is also prohibited. This involves using either game or roleplay mechanics to alter a situation so it best suits your desires. You must be willing to roleplay a situation to its fullest and not ruin the experience of others.

2.6 AFK- Away from Keyboard:

Do not go AFK for periods longer than ten minutes, you will be kicked. Repeated offences may result in further action.

2.7 Fail, Broken & Non-RP:

Preservation of freedom and life are important. If a reasonable person wouldn't do it in real life, don't do it. When in-game, you must never break character unless spoken to by an admin - there are no exceptions. Do not log out, disconnect while in the middle of an RP scenario/admin sit. Ocassional crashes can happen, however please make sure you store your crash report. Combat storing to avoid being robbed/arrested is not permitted.

COMBAT RULES
3.1 Value of life:

At all times you must value your life as if it was your last. If you're at a clear disadvantage, for example, a gun pointed to the back of your head whilst you're looking the other direction, you must comply with their demands. If you are outnumbered 3 to 1 you must comply.

3.2 Valuing Other’s Lives:

If a person values their own life, for instance, follows orders when at gunpoint, you may not kill them. If a person is non-cooperative then you do not have to value their life.

3.3 Death Roleplay:

The following rules apply, clarification: "death" can also imply injured or harmed in any way, shape or form.

3.4 Character Death, Death Avoidance & NLR:

In the event of character death/disfigurement, the situation must be agreed upon by both parties involved - unless there is sufficient IC reasoning behind it. Passing money or weapons as you are about to die to save the money is not permitted as it avoids the death system. NLR: New Life Rule. If you are declared dead you cannot return to the situation you were involved in, nor can you partake in it for 15 minutes. You can return with another character but may not get involved. If the situation moves location and you accidentally get caught up in it you must make all efforts to leave.

3.5 Restraints:

If you are in restraints (hands up or police restraints) you must broadcast in the game what you are saying on Teamspeak/group unless your communication devices have been taken. (Take communications by /me takes communication devices.)

3.6 /ME Command:

You must RP take your weapon out using /me of a bag or car unless it’s a small weapon. Police are allowed to sling a weapon but have to /me taking the weapon from the sling due to not being able to possess a bag. If you are a civilian and you have a bag you can /me a large weapon from it. If you jump into a vehicle the /me command is reset and you must do this every time you leave a vehicle.

Small weapons: Pistol, AP Pistol, flashlight, machete, nightstick, stun gun, heavy revolver, fire extinguisher

Large weapons: Bat, pump shotgun, assault rifle, micro smg, carbine rifle, sniper rifle, heavy sniper

ENVIRONMENT SUB-SECTION
3.7 Safe Zones:

All fire stations, hospitals, police stations, the mechanic shops, the car dealership, and garages are green zones - vehicles cannot be stolen and people cannot be harmed while they're there. No Illegal activity, Drifting, doing doughnuts or wheelies is also not acceptable. It is also not acceptable to flee from police or other players to “safety”. If this happens please report it, do not follow players into the zone.

3.8 No string robbing players or stores:

If you decide to rob a player or group of players in one location, you must wait at least 30 minutes before robbing the store or same player. Going around and robbing every player/store you see does not benefit the roleplay on the server and if anything, diminishes it. Robbing a player/store should be well thought out and should be fairly uncommon. String robbing player/stores will not be tolerated. Robbing in a very public location is unrealistic and ruins the experience on the server. Be smart and creative about who and where you rob.

CHARACTER SUB-SECTION
3.9 Random Deathmatch:

Killing, harassing, or otherwise harming others, without a valid roleplay scenario that consisted of at minimum 30 seconds, where you have established communication with the other individual, is not allowed.

3.10 Murder:

Murder should always be a last resort. For this, you do (also) need to have a valid reasoning.

3.11 VDM:

RDM with a vehicle. Randomly running over others is not acceptable and will result in an instant ban. You can run someone over if they pose a threat or you have a sufficient character reason to do so, but again, other rules apply. Police may pit man-oeuvre if the circumstances allow it. Sidenote: Random deathmatch and vehicle random deathmatch do not count towards NPCs, these only affect when against a player. However, you can still get charged with said crimes in-game by law enforcement.

3.12 Vehicle Control:

We aim for a high standard of roleplay, this does include while you are walking, running, out in the open, but also in vehicles such a.s. boats, cars, motorcycles and helicopters. GTA Driving - You wouldn't drive off-road, up ramps, at 120mph without a good reason. You certainly wouldn't survive a crash at 90mph. If we see you doing this behavior, this will be decided on a case to case basis but a punishment can follow. No Fly Zone - This server is a no fly zone, this includes but is not limited to planes, helicopters, jet packs and parachutes. If you would like to fly on the server, you must get with an admin to get your flight certification.

3.13 NPC Farming:

You may not kill NPCs to harvest weapons or money.

3.14 Drugs:

Only one drug run can be done at one time.

FACTION RULES
4.1 Theft of Emergency Vehicles:

The theft of Police, EMS, Mechanic and Military vehicles is not allowed.

4.2 Whitelisting Abuse:

Being whitelisted is a privilege that should not be abused. To prevent abuse such as, but not limited to handing out police firearms, reviving friends while an off-duty medic or repairing cars while off duty as a mechanic.

4.3 Loitering around Emergency Buildings:

Loitering around Fire stations, hospitals, police Stations and Mechanic shops without valid roleplay stories are not permitted.

4.4 Fort Zancudo:

Entering the military base is prohibited. This will be considered FailRP as you would not really be able to enter. If you are caught doing so, you will be issued a warning. If you are caught again you will be issued a 24 hour ban.

4.5 Garages:

The garages are considered safe zones - vehicles cannot be stolen and people cannot be harmed while they're there. No Illegal activity, Drifting, doing doughnuts or wheelies is also not acceptable. It is also not acceptable to flee from police or other players to “safety”. If this happens please report it, do not follow players into the zone.

4.6 Business Activities:

If you own a business, you are subject to higher standards of roleplay. Although you may have worked hard for it, we expect a high level of roleplay.

4.7 Scamming:

Any scamming regarding the cleaning of dirty money, sales of vehicles, sales of houses are prohibited on this server.

4.8 Leaving Roleplay Situation:

In the case where there is a roleplay situation, you cannot leave the roleplay area, then come back to the same roleplay situation to benefit other parties. (i.e. - Run away from a high speed pursuit only to run around the corner and try to hold the police officer at gunpoint.)

4.9 Requirements for certain actions:

in order to have the following RP-scenario's, some require some extra's:

Pacific Bank heist: 6 cops on-duty, 7 cops on-duty if with 3 or more robbers.

Regular Bank heist: 3 cops on-duty. 4 cops on-duty if with 3 or more robbers.

Store & Warehouse Robberies: 2 cops on-duty.

Kidnapping: 3 cops on-duty.

All requirements are based upon "at least", so X amount of cops on-duty or more.

IN REGARDS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT
4.10 Robbing Police:

Due to the balancing of the economy robbing police for equipment such as firearms is not permitted.

4.11 Cop Baiting:

Cop baiting is not permitted. Do not purposefully try and get police attention on you by doing things you would not do with an officer near you. This includes but is not limited to; burning out in the middle of intersections, purposefully revving your motor at lights to bait a pullover/chase, purposely committing traffic violations in the vicinity of a police officer. Doing deliberately illegal things in front of the police for the sole purpose of causing them anguish is against the rules. Included in this is immediately leaving a traffic stop once a officer gets out of the vehicle.

4.12 Unrealistic Phone Use:

Using a phone while in Police custody/Prison is considered failRP - this includes sending messages and tweeting.

4.13 Police Stations:

Entering the detention area, roof, offices and locker and the back of the police department is strictly prohibited to police and invited guests. Violent acts can take place here as long as you meet these requirements.

4.14 Impersonating:

There is no Cop/EMS/Fire impersonation unless its an RP allowed by an Admin. This also includes but is not limited to agencies like FIB, Border Patrol and others.

4.15 Running from LEO:

In order to run from the cops, either during traffic stop or otherwise, there has to be a minimum of two cops online. A priority will be in effect, no other (major) role play scenes can occur involving required responses from emergency personnel.

4.16 Search Warrants:

With the new housing update, you can actually store items in there. Search warrants (police searching your house and inventory) can be executed if two command staff sign off on the warrant. On top of that, a minimum of 4 law enforcement members have to participate in the search / raid. A warrant-request can be issued if there is enough evidence against a person / group, however, this evidence is a privilege to share. LEO aren't required to do so.

IN REGARDS TO EMS
4.17 Unrealistic Revival:

When you are revived, you’re in medical custody until a member of EMS releases you. You may not simply run off once revived by a medic. Police will follow you to the hospital and can take firearms from you before you head to the hospital. Once you are revived, you may not jump up and instantly start shooting police again, you were downed and you lost the fight and it’s unrealistic to recover that quickly.

4.18 EMS Kidnap:

EMS cannot be kidnapped, nor can they be killed within an RP. We value our EMS's lives on this server and you should too.

4.19 EMS is a Greenzone:

Do not steal an EMS vehicle, kill EMS, kidnap EMS, rob EMS, or any thing that is considered dangerous roleplay. Our EMS do not have time to be held up with this type of roleplay.

DISCORD RULES
5.1 Content:

There will be absolutely no discrimination, nudity, threats, racism, sexism, illegality, homophobia or otherwise harmful content or jokes about that content within the community. Dauntless takes this rule very seriously, we pride ourselves on our diverse and accepting community - a rare thing within a GTA role play world, we wish to welcome all without fear of common day to day stigmas.

5.2 Toxicity:

Do not be toxic, this includes toward staff & members. If there is an issue please try to resolve them in a private message. If you need support, use the #support section. Complaining about stuff in the general areas will result in a mute or worse if repeated behavior occurs.

5.3 Spam in VC:

Do not spam voice chats. This includes joining and rejoining in the voice chats, sniping the music bot, ear rape, or being generally obnoxious, this also includes microphone quality.

5.4 Spam in channels:

No spamming in text channels - This includes but is not limited to copy paste and large paragraphs.

5.5 Personal Information:

Do not share, or ask for, the personal information and/or pictures, videos or otherwise traceable stuff of anyone inside/outside of the community. It's also NOT allowed to try to purposefully find any personal information of any kind.

5.6 Ping Preference:

Golden rule: do not ping staff. Look at someone's ping preference and use common sense. Staff that does have the "No ping" or "Maybe ping" (and then it's not important) - will give you a appropriate punishment.

5.7 Invites and Self promotion:

Do not spread ANY discord invites regardless of the contents of said discord server. Self-promotion (Twitch, Youtube) can be used with common sense (do not spam it) and with all rules applied. On top of this, promoting another FiveM server or URL isn't supported.

5.8 Staff:

Staff have the final say - and therefore are not to be argued with if you feel you were treated in an unjust manner by a member of the staff team, make a report on the staff member to higher leveled staff members.