You must add your character's name to your server profile name in Discord.
You have to be 18 or older to play on the server, or 16 or older and have joined before July 1st, 2023.
We do not allow the discussion of politics, sensitive real world issues, or anything of that nature. If the conversation drifts to it and someone expresses discomfort you are expected to stop and allow the topic to be changed.
Do not advertise other servers.
Many of our staff are active on the server, their player accounts and staff accounts are kept seperate and their player accounts have no staff privileges, if member of staff is being hostile to you you're encouraged to open an admin only ticket and report them. In the case of that staff member being admin please DM Zoomies and notify her.
All in character communication is text-based.
All in character communication related to RP is to be kept in-game or in the Dx44 on Discord.
AI-generated text is not to be used in your character application or your in-game emotes. This includes straight AI programs like ChatGPT, as well as AI writing enhancers like Grammarly's AI function. Tools can be used to check spelling and grammar, but not to amplify/improve writing structure. Your writing should be your own.
Any information learned from the Discord, etc. is OOC (Out of Character) information and can't be used IC (In Character). The exception being anything learned via the Dx44, Dx94, and Events tab.
The creation of external Discord groups or servers to communicate with your faction members is highly discouraged as they often lead to metagaming.
We ask that you keep all discussions on our server and that you don't make deals with people in the DMs, we do not honor or accept any planning that happens off server.
Staff will not respond to DMs asking about tickets or character applications.
We use a custom made in house text mod, use /help to see the commands at anytime.
Make sure you're giving players enough time to respond to your message, our custom text mod will display who is typing nearby. Try not to flood chat or "talk over" other players, some players aren't fast typers.
You cannot use in game items like cameras to gather evidence against other players. As a general rule of thumb, if the item does not perform that action in game it will not be accepted. However you are welcome to open a ticket to discuss using certain items in rp.
You may not disguise your character's voice. In public RP, and over the radio, your character's voice will be considered fully recognizable, regardless of whether they use a voice changer, an accent, pitch their voice higher or lower, imitate someone else, etc. Just because you're wearing a mask and gargling gravel doesn't mean people won't know you as Bruce Wayne.
Can not be part of RP.
It cannot be used as an accusation against other characters.
Any violation of this, IC or OOC, will result in an immediate strike.
However, we do allow it to be used in backstories so long as the topics are handled tastefully and with respect.
Your PC (Player Character) at least 18 years of age.
They must have a realistic and original name, we will not accept joke names, or names based on real world famous figures.
When submitting your character's name they must not have any special characters or emojis in their name.
When using the /name command your character's real name must always be shown in either brackets or parentheses. ie. Locust [John Smith]
The use of /ooc or any other chat extension is to be reserved for emergencies and talking to staff. It is not to be used to give your ooc reaction to a situation. Stay in character as often as possible!
You must fear rp a situation, if you are being held at knife/gun point, and your life is in danger you are to act accordingly. This does not mean you need to sob, break character, or act outside of how you normally would. But you do want to live, you will not take your armed attackers in a 5v1 because you did four tours as a CS in Vietnam.
If you have more than one character on the server it is important to keep in mind they can't know each other, if your first character gets into a fighter with a player your second character cannot hold ill will over the situation, your second character cannot have access to your first character's items and vice versa. They do not know each other, they can't share information or items.
Permadeath is only enforced when your character has been intentionally killed by another player with an approved CK ticket (see [PVP RULES]) other wise you're welcome to respawn as often as you want, bites are nonlethal in Wasteland but if you rp being bitten by a zombie you are expected to kill you character as in lore it is fatal.
Conflicts that happen IC are just that. They should have no bearing on your behaviour towards another player's OOC. Likewise, the conflicts and opinions of a player's OOC should not influence your character's IC behaviour.
Real life mental illnesses are topics that should be handled with nuance and care, and not used as an excuse to play a violent/evil character without repercussions. Staff will often reject character applications where a named mental illness is used in a ham-fisted way, or pull you in to an additional ticket to discuss your intentions with the character and your familiarity with the mental health issues at hand, to make sure we're not perpetuating harmful stereotypes.
The following types of roleplay require explicit Out-of-Character (OOC) consent from all involved parties before proceeding:
Before initiating any of the above scenarios, you must obtain clear OOC consent from the player(s) involved. This consent should be documented and easily verifiable (In screenshots or an RP Planning Ticket). It must be clearly communicated that participation in these types of roleplay is entirely voluntary. Players should feel free to decline without fear of retaliation or negative consequences. If you are unwilling or unable to adhere to these consent guidelines, we ask that you refrain from creating characters who would engage in the actions specified above.
Due to the size of our community and the number of active characters on our server we don't allow players to take or destroy furniture and other decorative items from the world as before long the server would be stripped of everything which would also have the unfortunate result of preventing further loot respawns. If you wish to obtain furniture or decorative items for your base, make a Build Ticket (found in the #create-a-ticket channel) and let the build team know what it is you want! This is not a free-for-all however and will still require some effort on your part in the form of RP, skills, and/or materials.
On opening your ticket, provide a location and an explanation of what you wish to have built and a member of the build team will tell you what is required. Most items will be able to be obtained by providing RP of collecting it from an appropriate location in the world. For example, if you wanted to grab a bit of furniture for your base, head to an area you plan to “take” it from and using the /me emotes, describe the actions your character is performing to do so. Add a screenshot of this to that ticket and a builder will drop the item(s) off for you!
While we don’t expect everyone to be an RP expert and provide a novel’s length of an explanation for every bit of furniture collected, it is at least required that you put in a bit of effort.:
⛔ “/me goes into the building and takes everything they want” followed by a list of desired items will not be accepted. ✅ "/me takes out their tools and begins to dismantle the motor and bouncy castle, folding it up and taking it out to the car" is perfect
The build team’s main purpose is to assist you in making your base/shop/shack in the woods feel more like home and allow you to build/ get things that are not able to be done with the current build mechanics like roofs, decorative items, furniture, etc/ They are not here to provide a way to get around crafting or skill requirements on things that are able to be player built
General rules on what the build team will do:
What they won't do:
If you are unsure about what can/ cannot be built or have any other build related questions, just open a ticket and ask! One of the build team will be able to help