- Robberies and scams must be strictly done in character.
- Players are unable to force other players to withdraw money from an automated teller.
- Escalation is important. You must always have a valid reasoning behind robbing someone that you have in character knowledge of; your only reasoning shouldn’t be that you saw them standing outside of a large house. You will face punishment for poor escalation.
- Players are unable to force another player to sell them their vehicle via script commands during a robbery.
- Players are unable to force other players to hand over assets that aren’t present in the area.
- Players may not scam vehicles or properties.
- You may not kill someone during a robbery, unless they bring it upon themselves.
- Players may scam for a maximum amount of $100,000 and nothing greater.
- Players may not rob items from the Police Department and Fire Department. If you commit a robbery on an off-duty officer or medic, taking any NYPD/FDNY items is prohibited.
- Players are able to rob all of the cash you are carrying on your persona. Avoid walking around with twenty thousand dollars unless you don’t care about losing it.
- Looting people who are dead is forbidden.
- A group who splits up shouldn’t be hitting a house in 4 different areas of the map to try and spread police out just so they can succeed.
- You may not rob a player while they are performing a scripted job on the server, for example, garbage pickup.
- Only tell a player to “put their hands up” or “don’t move” if you intend to rob them, not if you intend to kill them.
- You may not rob or scam a player inside of a greenzone.
- Any purchase of illegal activities such as drugs and firearms must be purchased with cash and cash only. Failure to do so could result in a validation of a scam. This includes being able to scam above the scam limit.
- You cannot rob a player-owned business or restaurants.
- Using out-of-character knowledge, such as knowing out of character who has a weapon and where someone lives, is forbidden and you will face punishment for metagaming.
- Players may only commit one robbery every 4 hours.
- Robberies should only be committed in secluded locations.
- Players may only rob at houses in specific areas within the map.
- You may not rob or camp houses in the protected residential areas designated by staff; you will face punishment.
In-game Rules
5. Robbing and Scamming
Limits, cooldowns and where you can and cannot rob.
Robbing is defined as taking someone’s possessions (money/items, etc) by force or threat of force. Scamming is defined as offering a good or service and then refusing to pay or give it.
