Section 2 - Out of Character Rules

2.1 - Impersonating Staff

2.1.1: Impersonating staff is not allowed. Simply just mimicking or pretending to be a specific member of staff for the purpose of gaining a rank or purely out of spite.

2.1.2: This can be punished by a permanent ban, depending on the severity of the impersonation.

2.2 - Disrespecting Staff/Players

2.2.1: Do not disrespect staff (DTS) or players (DTP). Disrespect in any form is not tolerated and will be punished depending on the severity of the disrespect and is up to the staff member who is dealing with the sit

2.3 - Racism

2.3.1: Racism OOC is not tolerated in any situation; jokingly being racist is not an exception to this rule.

2.4 - Language use on the server

2.4.1: As this is a UK server, the official language to be used is English so that staff can communicate easily with players/players can communicate with each other

2.4.2: Speaking another language will not be punished severely and staff will ask for you to speak English.

2.4 - Abusing server features

2.4.1: Abusing third person to see around corners (applicable in non-combat jobs but that can get small arms i.e. class D, HoEA etc.) is not allowed

2.4.2: Sit abuse (or alt+E abuse) is not allowed. This is where a player sits to glitch into areas they would normally not get easy access to e.g. D-Block airlock to control room.

2.5 - Cheating/Hacking

2.5.1: Using any cheats or hacks of any kind  e.g. Aimbot, triggerbot is not allowed

2.6 - Job Abuse

2.6.1: Do not job abuse; this is where you change job to give yourself a benefit/advantage in a situation.

2.6.2: An example of job abuse would be you are playing as a researcher and see a Class-D escaping so you switch to security in order to gun down the Class-D; this would be considered job abuse.

2.7 - LTAP/LTARP

2.7.1: Do not leave to avoid punishment (LTAP). Leaving during an admin sit or after breaking the rules to avoid any given punishment does not avoid the original punishment but increases it by a two day ban.

2.7.2: Do not leave to avoid RP (LTARP). Leaving whilst being arrested or kidnapped is considered LTARP.

2.7.2.1: LTARP can be avoided if a player communicates with their kidnapper or a staff member to say that you need to go.

2.7.3: If your game crashes and you leave after you have broken rules or are in an RP scenario, you will not be punished. Staff are able to tell if you have crashed or not.

2.8 - Voice Changers/Soundboards

2.8.1: Do not use a voice changer without Admin or above’s permission; otherwise it will be counted as micspam.

2.8.2: Do not use a soundboard without Admin or above’s permission; otherwise it will be counted as micspam.

2.9 - Interrupting Staff Sits

2.9.1: Do not interrupt staff sits; using any weapon/SWEP on any participants of the sit will result in a punishment depending on the severity.

2.10 - Invalid Staff Sits

2.10.1: Calling a staff sit for an invalid reason will result in a punishment for wasting staff time e.g. “@ slap me daddy”

2.11 - Stream Radios

2.11.1: Stream Radios must have a reasonable radius and volume.

2.11.2: A reasonable radius is considered the size of the room you are placing them in or a small radius if placed on the surface

2.11.3: You must not have loud volume/large radius radios playing annoying music/sounds

2.12 - Ban Evading

2.12.1: In any circumstance, using an alternate account to connect to the server whilst the player’s main account is banned is not allowed; the server will automatically ban a player it detects is joining using an alt account.

2.13 - DDoS

2.13.1: Speaking or joking about DDoS is forbidden in any situation OOC or IC resulting in an instant mute; excessively commenting on DDoS will result in a ban.

2.14 - Encouraging Rule Breaking

2.14.1: Do not encourage other players to alter or break rules for any reason as it can be a form of trolling

2.15 - Going AFK as a job

2.15.1: Try not to go AFK whilst playing a job as it may be needed whilst you are AFK and other players may need the job for RP; if you’re planning on going AFK, use /afk to free up the slot.

2.16 - Unofficial RP Groups

2.16.1: Unofficial RP groups are completely forbidden

2.16.2: Having a ranking structure (e.g. in police jobs) is fine as long as it does not overrule set server ranks

2.16.3: Having a shared family name is fine as long as people from different jobs do not team e.g. SGs aiding CI as they have a family name

2.16.4: Having a group RP discord is also strictly forbidden.

2.17 - Lying to Staff

2.17.1: Lying to staff in OOC situations/sits will result in your punishment being extended if caught.

2.18 - PAC3 Rules

2.18.1: Loud/annoying sound effects must not be used

2.18.2: Massive props must not be used (except during events when given permission by member of event team or SMT e.g. a massive mechanoid)

2.18.3: Resizing yourself is not allowed unless granted permission from a super admin or SMT.

2.18.4: Your material must not be changed at all

2.18.5: PACs must be realistic for your role i.e. Class-D mustn’t have weapons on their back or the SD can’t have cat ears.

2.18.6: You cannot change your model unless permitted from a member of SMT or super admins who can give model change permissions.

2.18.6.1: Changing your head also counts as changing your model.

2.18.7: Features from your current PAC3 can be used to identify you in RP e.g. An E-11 has “MTF Epsilon 11” written on them meaning GOIs can identify them as E-11. 2.19 - Wiremod/E2 Rules

2.19.1: Utilising any sort of client side effects is strictly forbidden

2.19.2: Utilising E2 or Wiremod to gain an advantage over other players is strictly forbidden

2.19.3: Any E2’s or builds using Wiremod considered completely ridiculous and therefore obstructing roleplay are strictly forbidden

2.19.3.1: For example, builds that inform players what number of players are at specific players in the map (using trackers) is not allowed

2.19.3.2: However, builds that give information about SCPs currently on the site and whether they are breached or not are fine.

2.19.4: You may not use E2 or Wiremod to make your own radio unless given permission by SMT

2.19.5: You may not use E2 or Wiremod to build cars

2.19.6: You cannot use E2 or Wiremod to make any weird effects without permission from SMT

2.19.7: If a member of the staff team asks you to remove your E2, please do so.

2.19.8: Abusing any kind of E2 function is strictly forbidden and can result in you losing your E2 access.