OFFICIAL SERVER RULES

Welcome to Ignite Roleplay, a unique, one-of-a-kind roleplaying experience set in 1985 Los Santos. Our goal is to provide a safe and enjoyable environment for all players, where they can immerse themselves in the lore and setting of our server. To achieve this goal, we have established the following server rules:

SERVER REQUIREMENTS

Ignite RP is an 18+ server. You must be at least 18 years old to participate—no exceptions.

Your discord name must match up with your character(s) name in the server. No exceptions. As a curtesy, staff will remind you to change your name. If you refuse, you will be timed out of Discord and the server until you comply.

Language Requirement – Ignite RP is a North American server, and English is required. Your character needs to understand and be able to converse to some degree in English.

Microphone Standards – A working microphone is required, with minimal background noise. Voice changers are allowed, but they must be clear, understandable, and not excessively loud, quiet, or high/low-pitched.

Respect & Conduct – Players are expected to treat others with respect. Toxicity, harassment, or the use of racial, homophobic, or derogatory slurs is strictly prohibited. Breaking this rule will result in immediate action with no warnings.

Your character should act consistently with the time period of (1985). That means how they talk (refrain from using current slang), how they look, and their understanding of the world.

All players are expected to follow server rules without exception. If you choose to play on Ignite RP, you agree to abide by these rules. Claiming ignorance of any clearly stated rule will not be accepted as an excuse, and all violations will be treated as intentional.

Server administrators and ownership reserve the right to take action against any behaviour they determine to be disruptive, unacceptable, or detrimental to the experience of other players—even if it is not explicitly listed in the rules.

PROHIBITED RP

Suicide RP – Suicide roleplay is strictly prohibited.

ERP (Erotic Roleplay) is strictly prohibited. Engaging in ERP in any form is a bannable offense. NO EXCEPTIONS.

Torture RP is allowed only AFTER a ticket is opened with admins and both parties consent. Torture RP without communication or permission is prohibited.

Reference to, or depiction of sexual assault is strictly prohibited. Violating this will result in a permaban.

No Pregnancy RP of any kind is allowed on the server. That includes miscarriages or abortions.

Serial Killer RP is not allowed. You may down and murder multiple people, but with RP cause. Random attacks cannot happen.

Supernatural RP is not allowed. Your character cannot have unrealistic powers, magical or otherwise. It may be part of your RP to claim that you do, but remember that you do not.

CHARACTER RULES

Realism in Character Creation: Players must ensure their character is realistic and believable during the creation process.

Human-Only Roleplay: Roleplaying as anything other than a human is considered FailRP and is against the rules.

Costumes may be used for events or specific scenes but should not be treated as your character's permanent form.

Nudity Restrictions: Nude models or explicit parts of models are prohibited.

No Invisible or Glitched Body Parts: Under no circumstances should any part of your character’s body be invisible or glitched. If you lose a limb due to a medical reason, you must have the proper medical documentation.

Character Name Guidelines: Character names must be realistic and original. The following types of names are not allowed:
Names referencing known people, characters, brands, places, or icons.
Names that contain slang terms, offensive language, or are unoriginal.
Names consisting of four or more words.

Using information learned on one character and applying it to another (Character Bleeding) is strictly prohibited and will result in disciplinary action.

IN SERVER ACTIONS

RDM (Random Deathmatch) and VDM (Vehicle Deathmatch): Killing someone without a valid, logical reason is not allowed. Always ensure there is context for your actions. There needs to be a verbal interaction before violence occurs.

METAGAMING RULES:
Out-of-Character Information – Do not use any out-of-character (OOC) information to benefit your character. This includes information from Discord, private messages, or any other external source. Metagaming is strictly forbidden and will result in a permanent ban and whitelist removal.

Character Bleeding – Using a second character to transfer or share information between them is not allowed. Example: If one character owns a business and gathers intelligence but does not commit crimes, and another character (e.g., their sibling) sells that information, this is considered FailRP and will not be tolerated.

Third-Party Communication – Using external communication programs (e.g., Discord) while in-game is strictly prohibited. All in-game communication must be done through in-game methods such as radios, phone calls, notes, and letters. Violating this rule will result in a permanent ban with no warnings.

Stream Responsibility – Ignite staff is not responsible for monitoring behavior in your streams. Streamers are accountable for controlling their viewers and chat. If you suspect someone is gaining information from your stream, you have the ability to block the person or not share information that you would not want known by others.

Always engage in the roleplay happening around you. Ignoring other players is considered FailRP.

Stand Your Ground Rule: This rule applies to all owned businesses and personal properties. You are allowed to defend your business with force. While you are allowed to use deadly force to protect your property, you must engage in RP first. Don’t resort to violence immediately unless the situation justifies it.

Value of Life: You must respect the lives of both your character and all other humans at all times. This protection is for players and the local citizens. For example, if someone points a gun at you, always comply (e.g., put your hands up) to show your character's respect for the situation. If you are seen hurting or killing a local player, you will face the same penalties as if you did this to another live player.

AFK: Please keep your character hidden if you need to take a SHORT break away from your computer. This looks like going behind a locked door, hiding in a bush out of sight, going into a bathroom, or something along those lines. If you’re going to be away from your character for a prolonged period of time, log out!

Do not attempt to dictate how another player roleplays their character by forcing your RP style onto them.

POWERGAMING RULES

No Forced Transactions: Do not force another player to empty their bank accounts, stashes, trunks, or any other personal storage. Always ensure RP interactions are consensual and logical.

Emote Exploits: Using emotes to gain an advantage in any situation is strictly prohibited. This includes using emotes to gain an upper hand during gunfights or to glitch through walls or other locations.

Combat Logging/Tactical Flights: Combat logging (logging out to avoid RP) or "tactical flights" are strictly prohibited.

These actions degrade the quality of RP and are not tolerated. If your game crashes or you need to leave due to an emergency, notify others in Discord and return to complete the RP scenario as soon as possible.

Spam Jumping: Spam jumping is a bannable offense. No excuses. This behaviour will result in immediate action.

CRIME RP

Corruption Policy: All characters in law enforcement, medical, DOJ, and city services are not allowed to partake in any form of corruption. Later on, down our roadmap, we will allow a separate application process for corruption.

No criminal activity can be initiated 30 minutes before or after a server restart. You are responsible for knowing restart times and following in-city announcements. The only exception is stealing local vehicles for transportation.

You must initiate interaction before engaging in criminal RP with another person or group. Initiation must be clear, either through verbal or non-verbal means (e.g., aggressive presence, following with intent, or show of force).

Immediately resorting to gunfights in RP scenes is considered FailRP. Roleplay should not escalate into gunfights at every interaction. Shooting another player should be a LAST RESORT. Using malay weapons or your fists in encouraged.

Law Enforcement Baiting: Players are not allowed to intentionally provoke or engage in conflict with law enforcement in order to create a roleplay scenario. Any form of law enforcement baiting will be considered a violation of server rules and may result in punishment or ban. All interactions with law enforcement should be based on realistic in-character situations and interactions, not on the player’s desire to create conflict.

No Pocket Wiping: Players are not allowed to take everything from another player’s inventory during a robbery or other criminal activity. Players should only take items that are relevant to the situation and that they realistically would have knowledge of.

Do not kidnap, rob, assault, or harass EMS while on duty. EMS is considered on duty when working at Pillbox or responding to a scene in uniform. EMS are not allowed to wear their uniform while off duty.

Do not seek revenge unless it is shared with you in-character through RP. Revenge RP must come to a conclusion and cannot cause an endless cycle. Once an action is taken to obtain revenge, this is the end point.
Random robbing is not allowed. You must have a valid RP reason to rob another player.

Using "friends" as hostages is considered FailRP and is a bannable offense. This includes using gang members, co-workers, or known associates as hostages. You are encouraged to use locals as hostages!

Taking a hostage while they are actively changing clothes, hair styles, or tattoos menu is not allowed.

Chain Robbing: Repetitively robbing stores, banks, ATMs, or conducting “heists” in quick succession is considered powergaming. You must wait 30 minutes between heists.

GTA Driving: Players are expected to drive realistically at all times, especially during car chases. This means that players should take into account the type of car they are driving and how it would realistically perform in a certain area. You wouldn’t try and send a sports car driving up a mountain just because it’s fast and expect it to still do well. Players should not engage in unrealistic maneuvers or stunts, such as hitting ramps, jumping off or over highways, etc. It’s important to remember that this is a realistic roleplaying server, and driving should be treated as such. Running over any pedestrian is illegal and will result in criminal charges.
Motorcycle/Off-Road Escape Powergaming: Using motorcycles the initial escape vehicle in a robbery is considered powergaming. However, if they are part of a planned vehicle switch, it’s permitted. You may only use one vehicle at the start of the heist.

PD Role Restrictions: Once you retire from PD, you are not allowed to instantly transition to criminal roles. You must wait a minimum of 30 days.

No Stealing/Flying Aircrafts: Players are not allowed to steal or fly any aircraft that they do not own. Players may only fly an aircraft if they own it and have a license to operate it.

Fort Zancudo: Players are not allowed to enter or trespass on Fort Zancudo under any circumstances. This is a restricted military base and is off limits to civilians. The base is only used for law enforcement training only and players who enter the base will be punished or banned.

GANG RULES

Gang Size Limit: The maximum gang size is 15 members. This includes all types of members such as soldiers, hang-arounds, and prospects.

Respect for Character Identity: Forcing players to change the colors of their vehicle, clothing, or hair is strictly prohibited unless the player is on your gang’s block, or false flagging as your gang to ruin your rep. Colors can only be used to identify your gang or organization, not as a means of control over others.

Starting Gang Wars: Gang wars must be based on real roleplay reasons, not on individual player interactions or comments. Mutual respect and clear RP motivations should drive any conflict and there must be an end in sight.

Taxing Civilians: Taxing civilian jobs that have no relevance to your gang or are located outside of your designated territory is strictly prohibited. For example, taxing a warehouse job at the shipping docks as a Grove Street gang is considered FailRP.

Recruitment Process: Do not mass recruit into your gang, MC, or organization. There must be roleplay behind bringing players into your group to maintain immersion and quality interaction.

Rule of 6: When engaging in criminal activity, you may not have more than six (6) players in the group. This rule ensures that all interactions remain fair and balanced. If more than six players are involved in a firefight, only 6 players can actively participate in the firefight unless you are defending your gang compound. Swapping players out during the fight is prohibited.

Gang Name Requirements: All criminal organizations, gangs, or MCs in the city must have an organic, lore-driven name or a name created by the group leaders. The name must not reference or be affiliated with any real-life gangs.

Gang Alliances Prohibited: Gang alliances are strictly prohibited in the city. This means gangs may not work together toward a common goal, such as coordinating attacks, sharing territories, or mutually benefiting from illicit activities. The only exception to this rule is business dealings (e.g., buying or selling resources), but even then, no joint operations should be conducted. Each gang must act independently in all matters, including conflicts and territorial control. Any violation of this rule will result in disciplinary actions.

LAW RP/MED RP

Roleplaying Injuries: It is up to the player who is injured to dictate what their injuries are (within reason). It is your duty to realistically RP out your injuries. For example, if you get shot, you need to RP out being shot, but you can choose the extent to which the bullets hurt you.

Frequent Injuries: Being downed or having severe injuries multiple times in a short period of time: At this point you MUST RP out more drastic injuries, that means you may not be able to walk, lift things or engage in dangerous activity for an extended period of time. Consult your doctor IC to figure out a realistic timeline for your injuries.

Perma Death: Players are in control of when their characters permanently die. If you plan on your character dying, or your character dies, please make a ticket to let the admins know. You can communicate your character's death by using the command /me no pulse. If you decide to perma your character, developers will not transfer any data to a new character you create.

Health Communication:When downed, do not use plain speech. Instead, act as if your character has suffered serious wounds, expressing it through roleplay. Only respond to EMS inquiries about your injuries.

Amnesia or remembering events: Players are allowed to remember all events leading up to them being downed. It is up to individual players to decide if there is memory loss or not after injury.

Returning to a conflict: Healing or seeing the light and returning to the conflict without role playing injuries is considered FailRP and will result in a ban. Returning to a scene where you were downed within 30 minutes to retaliate is considered FailRP and will result in disciplinary action.

Corruption: Medical staff and police officers are prohibited from participating in criminal activities. If caught committing crimes, they will be fired and disciplined through IC RP and OOC consequences.

Calling EMS: If you request EMS assistance, you MUST wait for EMS to arrive. Leaving after requesting help is considered FailRP and will result in disciplinary action.

On-scene Revivals: EMS may not revive players on scene. They must stabilize victims and transport them to Pillbox. You must RP your injuries with EMS. You are not allowed to check in at Pillbox with the local nurse unless no EMS is available. Respect EMS and their RP. Treat doctors with respect and communicate with them when you call them!

Emergency Calls: Alerting police/EMS can only be done with the purpose of reporting a crime, or you needing assistance. You CANNOT alert police/EMS for the purpose of having them come to you to initiate conflict.

THESE RULES ARE A LIVE DOCUMENT AND WILL CHANGE AS NEEDED TO ADAPT TO OUR COMMUNITY