Community Rules

1. Anyone found causing drama will be removed immediately.
2. Advertising for other communities or attempting to recruit New York State Roleplay members will be removed immediately.
3. Anyone caught cheating in our game servers will be removed from the servers permanently.
4. Serious abusive attitudes and behavior towards others members of the community will not be tolerated.
5. We do not tolerate any discrimination in New York State Roleplay; including, but not limited to comments or jokes regarding race, ethnicity, or sexual orientation.
6. Please respect any staff and/or administrative decisions regarding corrective and/or punitive actions.  (You are encouraged to visit our Reports & Appeals section if you believe any action taken against you was unjustified, unsubstantiated, or if the staff member acted with misconduct.)
7. If you suspect a “hacker” or “cheater” on the server, or anyone you believe to be violating the rules of New York State Roleplay, please report this to a member of the Administration Team.

Server Rules

1. All verbal communication (voice chat) must be conducted in character; that is, using the roleplay identity you have assumed for that character.
2. Any out of character ("OOC") communication must done in text chat using "/ooc [message]"
3. A legitimate roleplay name is required ("first name" "last name").
4. You may not have any “famous” names or fictional characters; these include such names like "Odin," "Peter Griffin," "Bruce Wayne," "Tom Hanks," "James Bond," "Jennifer Lawrence."
5. No military vehicles, aircraft, or unrealistic vehicles without prior approval. (Roleplay scenarios, suggestions, and approval requests may be submitted in the Roleplay Scenarios thread.)
6. No explosives of any kind, which includes exploding vehicles to use as a weapon.
7. Drive with due regard as you would in real life, according to the personality of the character you have created.
8. Do not bait law enforcement in order to draw them into a scenario with you. Act within reason, and allow the roleplay to develop naturally.
9. Do not perform or promote the intentional use of glitches, hacks, bugs, and other exploits that will cause an incident or break roleplay for the community and other players.

Discord Rules

1. No spamming or flooding the chat with messages.
2. Do not type in ALL CAPS.
3. No long walls of text or large paragraphs of text. (Make a thread on the forum.)
4. Arguments and conflict are not tolerated and are subject to punitive action.
5. No adult (18+), explicit, or controversial messages in any chats other than #the-meme-oven. (Pornography is not allowed.)
6. Any discriminatory, prejudicial, or otherwise offensive comments, jokes, or discussion regarding race, ethnicity, or sexual orientation is not tolerated.
7. No advertising or sending other sites/discord servers. (Permission must be requested from either the Community Director or the Managing Director.)
8. No referral links.
9. Do not beg or repeatedly ask for help in the chat, please keep questions in the #help-desk channel or the forums, which will be answered as soon as possible by the Support Team or other staff.
10. No offensive names.
11. Inviting unofficial bots is not allowed without administrative approval. (Any bots that are found will be removed and the community member will be banned from the Discord without warning.)
12. Do not use the @everyone / @here ping without permission.
13. Do not perform or promote the intentional use of glitches, hacks, bugs, and other exploits that will cause an incident or break roleplay for the community and other players.
14. Do not cause a nuisance in the community; repeated complaints from several members will lead to administrative action.
15. Do not argue with staff. If you feel you have been mistreated or that a staff member is guilty of misconduct, please visit our Reports and Appeals section.
16. Do not ask for ranks or positions. Fill out an application for the department you are interested in joining on the forum and that department's staff will review it. (If begging or repeated reminders to department staff of your application occur, your application will be automatically denied.)
17. Do not use channels for wrong purposes, or join a channel of which you are not allowed to join
18. Use common sense and due regard.
19. Please do NOT create permanent invites, utilize the official discord link located in #server_information

*Staff have discretion to act within reason and the totality of the circumstances, including for issues or incidents that are not listed within these rules.