# ✨ Staff Rules

**🎯 RULES FOR PLAYERS**&#x20;

**📜 General Guidelines**

* **All staff decisions are final.** ➤ You may request an **appeal**, but ongoing arguments will not be entertained.
* **Abuse, disrespect, or harassment** toward staff — in-city or in tickets — **will not be tolerated.**
* **Do not DM staff members** privately unless instructed or given permission.

**⚖️ Staff Conduct & Power Limitations**

* Staff may **not teleport, spawn items, or provide assistance** unless there is a **valid RP or technical reason**.
* **No bribes** of any kind will be accepted:
  * ➤ Staff caught accepting = **Immediate removal + ban**
  * ➤ Player offering bribe = **Ban**
* All **server rules apply to staff** at all times. ➤ In rare cases where an override is necessary, **higher management** will review it.
* You may **file a report** if you believe a staff member has abused power or acted inappropriately but you have to have a clip to back up your complaint&#x20;

**🗣️ Roleplay & Communication**

* **Do NOT approach staff** in city about:
  * Tickets
  * OOC questions ➤ Only allowed if **staff initiates** or the situation requires **immediate action**.
* When staff are in-character:
  * **Treat them as their character**, not as staff.
  * They are **not to break character** during scenes.

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<mark style="background-color:red;">**🔒 Privacy & Evidence ( FOR STAFF ONLY ) 🔒**</mark>

<mark style="background-color:red;">**We are committed to maintaining an objective, fair, and professional staff team. These rules ensure that staff operate with integrity and uphold high-quality roleplay standards. No abusing powers or breaking RP .**</mark>

<mark style="background-color:red;">**⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️**</mark>

* <mark style="background-color:red;">**Staff are not required to share evidence used in punishments. ➤ If you wish to appeal, be ready to submit your own clips.**</mark>

* <mark style="background-color:red;">**DONT GIVE OUT HARSH PUNISHMENTS JUST BECAUSE THEY MADE YOU MAD OR DISRESPECTED YOU**</mark>&#x20;

* <mark style="background-color:red;">**When addressing a player breaking rules or for anything DO NOT teleport directly onto them. thats breaking RP. teleport nearby and walk up to maintain rp immersion .**</mark>&#x20;

* <mark style="background-color:red;">**Don't make staff feel divided or excluded be fair to everyone**</mark>&#x20;

* <mark style="background-color:red;">**When dealing with a player who's broken the rules DO NOT yell, over talk, or argue with players in voice during admin scenes. Keep your tone calm but firm**</mark>&#x20;

* <mark style="background-color:red;">**DO not ban without valid proof or without following protocol**</mark>

* <mark style="background-color:red;">**NO SOLO DECISION MAKING ON BANS OR COMMS (Must be reviewed by the owner or +2 higher ups)**</mark>&#x20;

* <mark style="background-color:red;">**DONT rush major punishments - clip it , log it , confirm it (clip every staff scene to protect yourself in city)**</mark>

* <mark style="background-color:red;">**CLIP and send every time you give someone comms or when u have banned them**</mark>&#x20;

* <mark style="background-color:red;">**DONT GIVE OUT A PED MENU UNLESS YOUR AT THE APARTMENTS. NO TPing with players or players unless ur doing admin duties.**</mark>

* <mark style="background-color:red;">**Have GOOD ENERGY and respect players how u want to be respected**</mark>&#x20;

* <mark style="background-color:red;">**Have good judgement, Be honest with owner and other admins**</mark>&#x20;

* <mark style="background-color:red;">**BE ACTIVE & PROFESSIONAL (respond to tickets + help request)**</mark>

* <mark style="background-color:red;">**KNOW ALL the rules**</mark>&#x20;

* <mark style="background-color:red;">**When you're an admin handle things like an admin - not a player**</mark>&#x20;

* <mark style="background-color:red;">**3 strikes and YOURRRR OUT. Major violations = instant removal**</mark>&#x20;

* <mark style="background-color:red;">**Lead by example - not exception**</mark>

* <mark style="background-color:red;">**Use staff to check in , post updates, and report player patterns**</mark>&#x20;

* <mark style="background-color:red;">**Going ghost/ MIA = PERM Ban**</mark>

* <mark style="background-color:red;">**You're still a regular player when not on admin duty : no cheating gang wars, no skipping the grind, no inside knowledge used in RP**</mark>&#x20;

* <mark style="background-color:red;">**Giving players free stuff = PERM BAN**</mark>&#x20;

* <mark style="background-color:red;">**Giving urself free stuff = PERM BAN**</mark>&#x20;

* <mark style="background-color:red;">**STAFF DO NOT go on no clip to stalk any players !! especially if its a female that you're dealing with.**</mark>&#x20;

* <mark style="background-color:red;">**Staff are not allowed to share:**</mark>

  * <mark style="background-color:red;">**Other players’ punishments**</mark>
  * <mark style="background-color:red;">**DEV info , Upcoming plans or anything said in tickets or Staff chats/meetings**</mark>
  * <mark style="background-color:red;">**Ticket outcomes ➤ This info remains between staff and the player involved.**</mark>

* <mark style="background-color:red;">**⭐BONUS RULE : Have Integrity**</mark>&#x20;

<mark style="background-color:red;">**If you're only here for power or perks - you won't last long.**</mark>&#x20;
