RULES Project Rules

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Compliance with next rules is a mandatory requirement for playing on Europa RolePlay Project.​

1. General Provisions

1.1 The game mode of Europa RP server is light RolePlay;
1.2 The game year on the server corresponds to the years in real time;
1.3 Location of the game world is the USA. Therefore, actions should be played based on the American model of behavior and manner of communication;
1.4 The player is an IC character in the game world. The player has to act out their role through commands such as /me, /do, /todo, /try;
1.5 Behavior that violates the RP game mode (nonRP behavior) is forbidden;
1.6 Avoiding an RP situation is forbidden;
1.7 NonRP scam of players is forbidden;
1.8 It is allowed to have up to 3 game accounts on the server, exception: leaders, administrators;
1.9 Multi-accounts (being on the server with two or more game accounts) are forbidden. Any machinations between multi-accounts are forbidden;
1.10 It is forbidden to transfer/sell /attempt to sell a game account for real money or any equivalent. If your account is hacked and/or put up for sale, the account cannot be restored/unbanned;
1.11 It is forbidden to buy/sell/attempt to sell any property or game currency for real money or any equivalent;
1.12 It is forbidden to purchase game currency from outside resources;
1.13 If you receive any property or game currency from a source that you do not know, you must immediately inform the administration about the receipt of irregular money on your account;
1.14 It is forbidden to bypass the official Donation System (for example: a person donates to a friend, and a friend sends you virtuals, or any other exchange of Donation money for virtuals, except /donate);
1.15 It is forbidden to bypass the game systems and mechanics;
1.16 It is forbidden to use server bugs;
1.17 It is forbidden to use any software that gives an advantage over other players;
1.18 It is forbidden to distribute third-party software that affects the game process and gives an advantage over other players;
1.19 It is forbidden to deceive the server administration;
1.20 It is forbidden to escape from punishment (for example: change of nickname, leaving the game, creating new account);
1.21 It is forbidden to impersonate the server administration;
1.22 For any serious violations, such as the sale of virtual currency, the use of malicious cheats, or causing serious damage to the server and its community, the player gets blacklisted from the project;
1.23 It is forbidden to comply with the blacklisted player in any form;
1.24 The community of the server takes place in the official Discord server and on the official Forum;
1.25 Ignorance of the rules of the server does not release the player from responsibility for what they did.

2. Interaction between the Player and the Administration. The Rights of the Player and the Duties of the Administration

2.1 The administrator is an OOC character in the game world, exception: faction spectators, chief spectators;
2.2 The administrator is obliged to follow the Project Rules;
2.3 The administrator is obliged to help and treat the players with respect and punish rules-breakers;
2.4 Disrespect the players is forbidden;
2.5 The administrator can't hinder or interfere with the RP process;
2.6 The administrator has the right to refuse to provide the player with any services/favors that violate the RP game mode (issuing xp, cars, money etc.);
2.7 It if forbidden for the player to interfering with the work of the administration;
2.8 Disrespect the administration is forbidden;
2.9 Blackmail and slander of the administration is forbidden;
2.10 In case of violation of any server rule the administrator reserves the right to define a fair and reasonable punishment for the player according to the Violations and Punishments section;
2.11 The administrator has the right to punish the player within 7 days after the violation committed by the player;
2.12 The rules apply to all the players, regardless of any factors;
2.13 A player who has noticed a violation by another player in game has the right to report this player to the administration by using the /report command.
2.14 A player who has noticed a violation by another player and can prove it has the right to file a complaint against this player in the official Discord server;
2.15 A player who has noticed a violation by the administration and can prove it has the right to file a complaint against the administration in the official Discord server;
2.16 The player has the right to appeal any punishment from the administration within 3 days from the date of punishment by filling a complaint against the administration in the official Discord server;
2.17 The administration is not responsible for the lost property of the account if you download forbidden third-party software, as well as mods, cheats, cleo and so on;
2.18 The administration does not have the right to request such information as an account password or personal data;
2.19 The administration provisions, rules and hierarchy are described in the Administration Team section.

3. General Rules and Terms

3.1 The full and updating list of the server rules is available in the Violations and Punishments section;

3.2 DM (DeathMatch - killing without an IC reason) is forbidden;
3.3 DB (DriveBy, VDM - killing without an IC reason on any kind of transport) is forbidden;
3.4 RK (Revenge Kill - killing a player on the purpose of revenge) is forbidden;
3.5 PG (PowerGaming - assigning properties to a character that does not correspond to reality) is forbidden;
3.6 TK (Team Kill - killing a member of your faction, teammate. For example: if you are a policeman, you cannot harm other policemen or any other members of government structures) is forbidden;
3.7 SK (Spawn Kill - killing at the place where the player appears) is forbidden;
3.8 CK (Character Kill - complete elimination from the game world) is forbidden;
3.9 Forbidden are such types of uses of game bugs as: cancellation of animation, slides in gunplays, +C;
3.10 SZ (Green Zone or Safe Zone) is the zone near spawn and other public places where is forbidden to kill/kidnap/escape from arrest;
3.11 LTA (Leaving To Avoid - exiting the game / going AFK / escaping from arrest/death in water/interior/spawn/to the SZ) if forbidden.

4. Chatting Rules

4.1 The generally recognized language of the server is English. Communication in IC chat is accepted in English;
4.2 It is forbidden to write in CapsLock;
4.3 It is forbidden to flood in chat;
4.4 It is forbidden to abuse punctuation marks (for example: "???????", "!!!!!!!")
4.5 Regular chat, /s, /w, /r, /d, /f, /gov, /news and /bc are IC chats;
4.6 The main OOC chat is /b (/rb for OOC radio chat, /db for OOC department radio chat, /fb for OOC organizational chat, /bcb for ghetto chat);
4.7 MG (MetaGaming - mixing IC and OOC information) is forbidden;
4.8 It is forbidden to swear and insult in OOC chat;
4.9 It is forbidden to incite ethnic hatred in the OOC chat;
4.10 It is forbidden to advertise or discuss other groups, servers, sites and projects;
4.11 It is forbidden to use emoticons in IC chat;
4.12 Swearing is allowed in IC chat, within RP-process;
4.13 Telephone communication can be both IC (through /call) and OOC (through /sms)
4.14 (/v)ipchat is OOC chat;
4.15 It is forbidden to behave inappropriately, mention or insult relatives;
4.16 It is forbidden to discuss or express any kind of national, political, religious conflicts, as well as their propaganda;
4.17 Communication between the player and administrator occurs through a report and personally;
4.18 In-game discussion of the actions of the administration is forbidden.

5. The Account Nickname

5.1 A nickname must be in RP format: Name_Surname;
5.2 A nickname can only contain Latin alphabet letters and one underscore;
5.3 A nickname cannot consist entirely of uppercase letters (CapsLock);
5.4 Various prefixes to a nickname are forbidden;
5.5 A nickname cannot contain offensive words, obscenities;
5.6 Nicknames that do not correspond to reality are forbidden (example: Mike_BiggerWeapons, Assassin_Creed, John_LetsPlay, Fred_TV, slovakian_boy_123, etc.);
5.7 It is forbidden to distort the nicknames of players and administrators in an offensive form;
5.8 Registering nicknames similar to the nicknames of the administration is considered as impersonating the administration and punishable;
5.9 A player with nonRP nickname can be punished by the administration;
5.10 A player with nonRP nickname can be not promoted in a faction nor become the leader;
5.11 It is forbidden to create nicknames longer than 24 characters;
5.12 The account nickname can be changed in game.

These rules are subject to change, ignorance of them is no excuse.​