SASRP Server Rules

1. Core Community Rules

• Respect all players, staff, and department members.
• Use common sense at all times.
• Do not intentionally ruin scenes, patrols, or events.
• Follow staff instructions during active situations.
• Do not argue in-game during a scene. Handle disputes afterward through proper channels.
• Do not abuse loopholes in the rules.
• All roleplay must remain reasonable, realistic, and fair.

2. General Roleplay Rules

FailRP

• FailRP is any action that breaks immersion, realism, or the flow of roleplay.
• Examples include unrealistic driving, ignoring injuries, refusing consequences, or acting invincible.
• Running into dangerous scenes for no reason is FailRP.

Metagaming

• Do not use information learned outside roleplay inside roleplay.
• Do not use Discord, streams, staff chats, or OOC messages for IC advantage.

Powergaming

• Do not force actions, outcomes, or injuries on another player.
• Do not roleplay impossible escapes, impossible survival, or unrealistic strength.

Value of Life & FearRP

• You must value your character’s life.
• Act realistically when outnumbered, injured, surrounded, or at gunpoint.
• Comply with realistic threats and react properly to danger.

3. Player Conduct

• No harassment, racism, sexism, hate speech, slurs, or discriminatory comments.
• No toxicity, bullying, targeting, threats, or personal attacks.
• No leaking private information or doxxing.
• No advertising other servers without approval.
• No impersonating staff, founders, command, or other players.
• No intentionally causing drama in-game or in Discord.

4. Character & Civilian Roleplay

• Characters must have realistic names and believable behavior.
• Do not create characters solely to troll or break rules.
• Civilian scenes should have proper buildup and realistic motivation.
• Do not constantly start pursuits, shootings, or hostage situations.
• Do not interfere with active emergency scenes without valid RP reason.
• No repeated cop baiting or fake 911 calls to annoy emergency services.

5. Combat, Death & Injury Rules

• RDM is killing, shooting, punching, or attacking without valid roleplay.
• VDM is using a vehicle as a weapon without valid roleplay.
• Do not disconnect, F8 quit, or leave to avoid consequences.
• Roleplay injuries realistically after crashes, shots, stabbings, tasers, or impacts.
• After death, forget events leading to your death and do not return for at least 15 minutes.
• Revenge killing is prohibited.

6. Vehicle Rules

• Drive realistically based on vehicle type, road conditions, and scene.
• No unrealistic jumps, ramps, mountain launches, or impossible stunts during normal RP.
• Do not steal emergency vehicles without strong RP justification.
• Do not abuse vehicle handling, repair, or spawning to escape consequences.
• Department vehicles may only be used by authorized members.
• Military, armored, or weaponized vehicles require RP Coordinator or staff approval.
• PITs must be reasonable and performed at realistic speeds.

7. Weapons & Equipment Rules

• Weapons must be used realistically and only with valid RP reason.
• No random shooting in public areas.
• No unrealistic weapon loadouts.
• No explosives, RPGs, grenade launchers, or heavy weapons unless approved.
• Department weapons may only be used by authorized members.
• Federal, military, SCP, and special operation equipment require approval when used outside normal duties.

8. Criminal Roleplay Rules

• Criminal RP should have a reason and buildup.
• Do not use crime RP only to bait police into shootings.
• Hostages must be treated realistically.
• Demands must be reasonable.
• Do not turn every robbery into a shootout.
• Kidnapping requires valid RP reason.
• Terrorism and mass casualty RP require RP Coordinator approval.

9. Law Enforcement Rules

• LEO members must remain professional and realistic.
• Do not abuse police powers, weapons, vehicles, or tools.
• Do not escalate every scene to lethal force.
• Use proper traffic stop, arrest, search, and evidence procedures.
• Do not randomly arrest players without RP reason.
• Corruption RP requires approval.
• Departments should respect jurisdiction unless mutual aid is needed.

10. Fire / EMS Rules

• Fire and EMS must prioritize medical and rescue roleplay.
• Do not revive players instantly without roleplay.
• Medical treatment must be realistic and match the injury.
• EMS should coordinate with LEO when scenes are unsafe.
• Fire personnel must use apparatus realistically.
• Patients should roleplay injuries honestly.

11. Dispatch & Radio Rules

• Radio traffic must stay professional and relevant.
• No mic spam, music, soundboards, or screaming over radio.
• Use clear callouts and proper unit identification.
• Do not jam, spam, or abuse radio systems.
• Do not use radio information your character would not realistically hear.

12. Federal Department Rules

• Major federal operations require RP Coordinator approval.
• Federal agencies must not constantly override local law enforcement.
• Investigations require realistic evidence, reports, and RP buildup.
• Raids, task forces, warrants, and major arrests must be coordinated.
• No random raids, unrealistic undercover operations, or excessive tactical response.

13. National Guard Rules

• National Guard is not normal patrol law enforcement.
• National Guard must prioritize Military Police duties first.
• MP duties include base security, convoy protection, military law enforcement, and facility security.
• No tanks, jets, helicopters, armored vehicles, martial law, or checkpoints without approval.
• National Guard may not self-deploy to normal traffic stops, pursuits, or minor calls.

14. United States Coast Guard Rules

• USCG focuses on maritime roleplay, search and rescue, boating enforcement, and homeland security.
• USCG should not act as regular city patrol.
• Large-scale USCG operations may require RP Coordinator approval.
• Helicopters, boats, and cutters must be used realistically.
• No taking over regular police calls or random federal-style raids without approval.

15. SCP Foundation Rules

• SCP Foundation, entities, anomalies, containment, and breach RP are not active by default.
• All SCP scenes require approval before starting.
• SCP entities may not randomly kill players or use unfair abilities.
• No invincible SCP behavior unless approved for a controlled event.
• Containment breaches require approval and must have a clear start, objective, and ending.

16. Events & Special Roleplay

• Large events require staff or RP Coordinator approval.
• Events must be organized and should not overwhelm the server.
• Do not disrupt approved events.
• Special lore, supernatural RP, SCP RP, terrorism RP, military RP, or mass casualty RP requires approval.
• Events should have clear goals and clean endings.

17. AOP & Priority Rules

• Players should remain inside the active AOP unless they have valid RP reason or staff approval.
• SCP roleplay must remain outside AOP unless specifically approved.
• Follow server priority status at all times.
• If priority is on cooldown or hold, do not start major crimes or large scenes.
• Because SASRP is smaller, special scenes must not overwhelm patrol.

18. Staff & Administration Rules

• Staff decisions must be respected during active situations.
• Do not argue with staff in the middle of RP.
• Staff may remove players, pause scenes, void scenes, or deny unrealistic RP.
• Staff abuse is prohibited.
• Appeals must be handled through proper channels.

19. Discord Rules

• Follow Discord Terms of Service.
• No spam, mass pinging, NSFW content, hate speech, threats, or personal attacks.
• No advertising without permission.
• Use channels for their intended purpose.
• Do not leak staff information, private messages, or department documents.

20. Punishment Guidelines

Punishments depend on severity, intent, player history, and staff discretion. Severe violations may skip warning stages.

• Verbal warning.
• Written warning.
• Kick.
• Temporary ban.
• Permanent ban.
• Department suspension or blacklist.
• Scene removal or scene void.

21. RP Coordinator / Founder Authority

• The RP Coordinator controls SCP activation approval.
• The RP Coordinator controls National Guard deployment approval.
• The RP Coordinator controls major federal operation approval.
• The RP Coordinator may approve, deny, delay, move, or cancel large events.
• Players must request permission before activating special department operations.
• Specialized departments exist to improve roleplay, not dominate it.