Community Rules

Age & Character Requirements

You must be 18+ to participate in Illusion Roleplay.
Roleplaying is the main purpose of this server. Stay in character consistently.
Realistic character names are required at all times.

Conduct Standards

A working microphone is required.
English language only in all communications.
Bullying, harassment, or targeting is punished with a permanent ban.
Any form of discrimination, racism, or sexism is punished with a permanent ban.
Racist slurs are prohibited in any context.
No rape roleplay or vulgar sexual content.
No third-party communications (Discord calls, phone calls) during active RP.
One whitelisted job per player across all characters.
No item, money, or property sharing between your own characters.

Communication Rules

No server advertising without staff permission.
No toxicity — in character or out of character.
Any threats made against any member of this community are not tolerated and will result in removal.
No doxxing or DDoS threats — zero tolerance.

Server Rules

RDM — Random Death Match

Killing or downing somebody without quality roleplay leading up to it. You must always have a valid RP reason for violence.

VDM — Vehicle Death Match

Using your vehicle as a weapon to kill or injure another player without valid roleplay context.

NVL — Not Valuing Life

You must value your character's life at all times. Don't act recklessly or without regard for survival when your life is clearly at risk.

Metagaming

Using information obtained outside of roleplay (streams, Discord, OOC chat) to influence your in-character decisions or actions.

Powergaming

Using or abusing game mechanics, emotes, or roleplay actions to favor a specific character or force an outcome without giving the other party a fair chance.

NLR — New Life Rule

Upon death and respawn, you forget all events leading up to and including your death. You cannot return to the area or seek revenge for that scenario.

Fail RP / Low Quality RP

Performing unrealistic or poor quality roleplay that breaks immersion. This is subject to warning or removal depending on severity.

No logging out to avoid roleplay consequences (combat logging).
Corruption in whitelisted jobs requires staff approval and valid in-character reasoning.

Additional Rules

Technical & Mechanics

Use of cheats, hacks, or mod menus will result in a permanent ban.
Stretched resolution and known exploits are prohibited.
Tsunami Rule: 30-minute cooldown on major activities before and after server restart.

Crime & Incident Rules

Zero tolerance for emoting over downed bodies.
Perma'd characters cannot transfer items before death.
30-minute cooldown between major crimes.
Convenience store robberies do not require cooldowns.
Green zones: Hospital and EMS areas are safe zones — no crime unless the scenario was brought there.
6-person limit for major heists; 4-person limit for regular crimes.
Once a suspect is in custody at PD, no outside intervention is allowed.

Gang Activity

One character per gang only.
No third-partying active fights or chases.
Baiting for the sake of a gunfight is not considered roleplay.
Gang wars require a staff ticket notification.
On-block wars are unlimited participants; off-block is limited to 6 members and 3 cars.

Vehicle & Combat Rules

GTA-style driving is allowed as long as it remains somewhat realistic.
Bulletproof vehicle abuse is prohibited.
10-minute minimum wait before respawning (taking the light).

Specific Scenarios

Hostage Rule: You cannot use friends as hostages or allow friends to be negotiators.
OOC Box Rule: Do not use /OOC to resolve in-character conflicts.
Torture/Gore/Suicide RP: Prohibited.
Perma Death: Requires quality roleplay, documentation, and character deletion.
Robbing Rule: Only take what you NEED — do not strip players of everything.
Police Officer Robbery: You may only take iFaks, armor, and ammo.
ERP: Allowed only if done in private (your house or apartment).