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you guys out here putting +1 and -1 like it does something lol

Man who is currently banned makes disconnected suggestion, more at 11.

you are aware theres a new map coming VERY soon? a custom edit of south side. also same typa vibe as this post:

We quite literally never "ran a faction" together. We teamed up our gangs, brother. It's about time you get over PoliceRP days that were over two years ago. You claim you "gave me trust?" I don't even know what that is supposed to indicate. I'm sorry you feel that way, but be real, you haven't liked me since I killed my Luchesse character.

I don’t like being a Debby Downer, but Drainer does bring up fairly good points. If you’re dealing with drugs, you’re an illegal faction. You may attempt to appear as legal as possible, though at the end of the day you are a Crime Organization. There is no such thing as no violence, no illegal attention, and the biggest point that Drainer brought up is being involved in faction politics. Whether you are attempting to district under a certain side, or going an even more dangerous neutral unallied route; all it takes is a small insignificant issue to really fuck up your faction entirely.

+1 finally something bring back classic RP

+1 Hell yea

+1 Solid core of roleplayers who have the dedication and creativity to improve the servers RP experience

+1 biggest mafia larpers

+1 Mr. Kostas is the only reason that I am still plus one this app.

re post from the old forums, dump your diverge related memes

Name of Faction: Kostas Crime Syndicate Number of Members (Minimum of 5): 13 known members Type Of Faction: Greek Crime Syndicate Ethnic Background : Greek Name of Character running the faction: Cyril Kostas Your Discord # dopeasroe Your SteamID: STEAM_0:1:116617909 Your Server playtime: 1mo 3d 18h 30m Do you acknowledge and agree to all faction rules as detailed on the server rules page? (Yes/No): Yes Do you acknowledge that your faction discord will be owned by us? (Yes/No): Yes Provide an example of the unique Roleplay your faction will bring to the server/what type of roleplay we can expect from your faction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnP2quqpawY Provide examples or event ideas to promote activity within your faction and keep people interested. (Reference your unique RP from the question above): We are a group of hardcore larp/impov players. Our members can always count on us to set up missions to go on, and story lines to be apart of. One example would be that when we are going promote a member to Senior Associate we set up a bait car without their knowledge. We would set up a mock up stealth mission in which they have to steal the car to prove their loyalty to us, as well as observe their problem solving skills. Organization Backstory (Min. of 250+ Words & any images): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mYvEHVCE60ATLmR643-OGWwiBMc581X0eZ2MS4ZuwVs/edit

1.) I've never been affiliated with the Cassanos. I didn't even know they were on FiveM, and no, I am not making an appeal so I can be a part of them. 2.) You keep saying I was settling OOC issues or another character's beef. I still have no idea what you're talking about. As far as I am concerned, I was generally on good terms with everyone. 3.) I didn't even know that "beta" happened, so no lol. Believe it or not, this is literally the first time I've heard of it. I was only aware of a PvP server long ago. Thank you for your good wishes.

I’m unsure what in particular you wanted me to “reach out to you” about. 1.) People do not typically go talking to the person they just PKed as far as I am aware. 2.) I was permanently banned from Diverge and did not know how to contact you outside of that. And I was not going to go around asking “Hey! Do you know a way I can talk to Susan Medici?” Nor do I understand why you would presume I was seeking to cause harm or damage to “multiple people/factions.” I had no reason to do so. OOC, I was on generally good terms with everyone as far as I am concerned. And genuinely, I do not recall ever explicitly speaking with or to you. I don’t doubt that for my short period as a Lucchese associate, we may have come in contact as I was somewhat "friends" with Pistol P when I had first joined the server. Besides that, I do not remember having any sort of possible contact with you. I still hold to the fact that as the mugging took place I was not targeting you. I do not personally know you. Either way, I appreciate your response.

+1 very good application and will do well on the staff team. And very good recommendations

+1 don’t think I’ve interacted with u much as ur not an Italian but u seem to be smart and a lot of the community is backing your app. Looking forward to you joining the team.

+1 He deserves a second chance

I am aware of things I said in a public Discord server. I have already covered this. I had been getting DMs and pings from many, many people hating on me. I responded in a careless and cutthroat manner - it was a heated night. I shouldn’t have done it. I’ve stated numerous times now, I am not looking to justify all of my actions and things I said. That is not what I’m arguing at all, simply that I apologize, think the 6 months have been just, and I’d like to play Diverge again with my friends.

I’ve already explained everything I am aware of above. I was permanently banned after I had killed Susan Medici. The admin who took the sit agreed it abided by the rules, and I personally am not aware of specifically any rules I had broken. If I did break any rules I do apologize. But I still don’t think it calls for a permanent ban on my end. From what it seems I was judged as someone who came on to just ruin someone’s experience and was not part of the community, but as I described: I think that is a big misunderstanding and intend to ruin no one’s gameplay. When I was able, I played the server pretty much everyday and got along just fine with others. I am unaware as to which faction I was in when the situation took place, it was over six months ago. And no, I was not planning to PK Susan, I don't even play FiveM. At the time I actually didn't even know it WAS Susan until it was revealed OOC. In no way was I targetting Medici.

For starters, you asked some pretty dumb questions in staff general, that show that A. You are out of the loop on things, I mean if you dont have the time to read the very short map FAQ announcement then your cooked if you become a faction leader. ( when is map coming??? ) B. You’re not able to answer basic questions without consulting for help. ( can I be German and asking what an organization backstory means, Like come on man ) C. That you think you get special privileges because your staff ( asking if you can get a building assuming you’re going to get accepted ). Furthermore your essay has the reading and writing level of a 4-6th grader and you have done the bare minimum of 255 words for your backstory without even making a document. You have 1 week on the server, not enough time to run a faction at all, I’m fairly confident you have no high command experience, but feel free to share if I’m wrong. Over all, you seem to not be super knowledgeable on the servers current state as well as just general things. You lack experience and time, have put in low effort to this application, and you are a furry. Have a good rest of your weekend, I look forward to your response!

every single person in this community mocks you, you are a laughing stock

Nah there isn't gonna be a coup for a bit if ever.

hes not gonna fuck u bro

+1 Greek Mafioso's? Sounds cool

-1 I don’t see this faction lasting longer than 3 months

+1 I had a conversation with these guys when they wanted to create a faction. They really want to bring RP to the server and I think they have what it takes to run a faction. They know what they are doing. I would for sure suggest just using the GVL Crime Syndicate as the name otherwise it is way too much.

I've noticed that a lot of the cars I thought were dogshit were really just meant to be driven in manual to be good cars. Go to simphys in the Q menu, scroll to the bottom, click client settings and then disable automatic shifting. Since changing it I've had to basically figure out how to drive each of the vehicles I thought were shit, try it out for yourselves.

+1 I think this is would be very beneficial to the server. I think this could be a faction that lasts a long time. Seems like it has a lot of creativity behind it and I think it spice up the RP a bit.

Had a blast multiple times and everytime it has been different an brings more players together

Making certain items like fish only acquirable through fishing with a fishing rod. Would create a fish market for businesses to buy fish from frequently.

An in-game drug tester / breathalyser to see if the man in front of me just scarfed down 4 bags of Cocaine to avoid it being found on him

more stuff to do with drugs like why darkRP got better drug mechanics

Using actual tools/ingredients to process a batch of drugs instead of just a processor.

+1 Not a bad application at all. The name is a little long, but I get it - with it being greek. PRO - Seems you have a clear and well thought out RP style in mind - The RP seems to be rich and progressive CON - Play time is on the lower end but it's not too bad at all. - Backstory could've been longer.

It's a very fun time when people put their guns away! However, the event is what truly emphasizes everyone being allowed to have fun. Unfortunately, most of our matches were run after you had already left, so you likely didn't get to enjoy it all! I hope to see you there next time and we can talk while I do my announcements! Here's what we went through: Wonkaland Fight Night #2 Results: Exhibition Match #1: Mike vs Pusher [Winner: Mike] Exhibition Match #2: Mike vs E-RI [Winner: Mike] Exhibition Match #3: Mike vs Milkman [Winner: Mike] Exhibition Match #4: Mike vs The Commissioner [Winner: Mike] Exhibition Match #5: Mike vs Chris Tucker [Winner: Mike] Exhibition Match #6: Mike vs Genghis Khan [Winner: Genghis Khan] Exhibition Match #7: Hard R vs John Taiwan [Winner: Hard R] Exhibition Match #8: Hard R vs Queef the Almighty [Winner: Hard R] Exhibition Match #9: Hard R vs Genghis Khan [Winner: Genghis Khan] Exhibition Match #10: Mao Zedong vs Method Man [Winner: Method Man] Exhibition Match #11: Genghis Khan vs Pusher [Winner: Genghis Khan] Exhibition Match #12: Gloves vs Piss Clown [Winner: Gloves] Exhibition Match #13: Gloves vs Charlie [Winner: Gloves] Exhibition Match #14: Gloves vs E-RI [Winner: Gloves] Exhibition Match #15: Sharquita vs Pusher [Winner: Sharquita] Exhibition Match #16: Sharquita vs Gino Graveyard [Winner: Sharquita] Exhibition Match #17: Sharquita vs Mr. Giggleshits [Winner: Sharquita] Exhibition Match #18: Sharquita vs E-RI [Winner: Sharquita] Exhibition Match #19: Mao Zedong vs Ricky Arbuckle [Winner: Ricky Arbuckle] Exhibition Match #20: Ricky Arbuckle vs The Shredder [Winner: The Shredder] Exhibition Match #21: Sharquita vs Gloves [Winner: Sharquita] Exhibition Match #22: Sharquita vs The Shredder [Winner: Sharquita] Exhibition Match #23: Sharquita vs Mike [Winner: Sharquita] Ranked Match #1: Mike vs Gloves [Winner: Gloves] I really hope to see you next Saturday. Maybe as a fighter? Come sign up with us!

+1 An amazing group of roleplayers. I feel like they could bring a lot of great RP to the server.

I love the new forms

pick a different name this sounds mingy -1

Honestly, this is a solid application. Your time is a little low, but I’m curious to hear what your experience on the server is.

+1 - Good backstory, good app, we could use more interesting roleplay

this has to be the most horrendous faction name i have ever seen, seeing this on the tab list would hurt me

I think its this guy

+1 seems like it could be a good faction

+1 great rp

+1 Insane larp group

New Player Guide The main focus of Mafia RP is to discover and enjoy a story based on the character you’ve created. The freedom is yours to become either criminal, cop, lawyer, businessman or whatever else your heart desires. The game mode is all about social interaction, forming in character connections and bonds with other players as you enforce, evade or argue the law. The main focus of this short guide is to get you started on the server as well as have a basic understanding of how the game mode functions. The rest you can figure out for yourself in character. Topics we’ll cover here are as follows: Important Links Game related terms Character Creation / Functions [PKs] Making Money: Basic | Getting Started Basic Social Interaction & Communication Server Maps Legal Roleplay Controls / Commands / Misc. Important links: (You may click the following to be taken to the pages) Forums Rules Page Guides Discord (For any sub-discords check the #official-discords channel) Steam Group Donation Page Server: 1980s Mafia RP - New York Southside - steam://connect/45.62.160.54:27015 Game related terms: Game related terms are things you may hear players say or talk about in relation to the server: IC: In Character OOC: Out Of Character PK: Player Kill / Permanent Kill. LTAP/LTARP: Leave to avoid punishment/roleplay. Disconnecting in a fit of rage when the roleplay doesn’t go your way. Minge/NITRP: A Minge is simply someone who is not there to roleplay or play properly and only breaks the rules. PO: Past Offense, used to describe when someone keeps breaking the same rule. Character Creation / Functions [PKs] The way you should look at creating your character is to imagine an individual or type of individual you’d like to roleplay as, selecting their First name and Last name, ethnicity, age and other physical attributes. All these factors combine and lend themselves to greater roleplay possibilities as you begin the story arc of that particular character. Endurance: Affects how long you can run. Stamina: Affects how fast you can run. Strength: Affects the strength and power of your punches. PK - (Permanent Kill) A PK refers to when the character is dead or given a life sentence. It will appear as ‘killed’ in the character selection screen. This indicates that the character can no longer be used. Their story came to an end through a natural progression of roleplay and we hope you enjoyed that experience. You can simply delete them and make new characters and start new storylines! (When a Character is deleted it is permanent) To understand what can get a character PK’ed we recommend you read our rule page. If you were PK’ed and feel it was unjust then you may appeal it on our forums under the section ‘Character Appeals’ Making Money: Basic | Getting Started The main motivation of most will be the grab for cash, power and status. Making money through any means necessary, whether a legal job, government position, theft, drug cultivating or gun trafficking, the choice is yours. Each method and practice comes with its own risks and rewards. To get started on this we recommend you speak with a few key NPCs at Town Hall. They’ll provide you with useful directions and other information on where to get some basic jobs for some starter cash, alternatively you can also roam the streets and seek to be employed or informed by other players. The first NPC being Sean Johnson, he will provide you directions to key landmarks, job sites and even some shady alleys. Alternatively you can access the NAVIGATOR in your inventory menu. Hit F1, go to the inventory tab, then click the top item on your right hand utility side. Then hit the either arrows to choose places, hit the green button to mark waypoints to them on your screen or the red button to close the navigator. Once at the job sites you’ll want to speak with the Job NPC and begin working on the provided tasks to earn cash each time. Either as a Taxi man, a Delivery Driver or City worker. (Right click with keys to unlock your vehicle for delivery/taxi) Hit e on boxes for city workers As previously mentioned there are also other methods. You can try fishing by purchasing a fishing rod and heading to the pier, or maybe you found your way to the Blackmarket or Drug Dealer NPC where you will be prompted with various illegal items for sale. Drug Dealer The drug dealer is the lower tier cultivator, dealing mostly in marijuana. From him you can purchase some potted plants and special water jugs in order to cultivate your own supply. Find a secure location, an abandoned building or slum to inhabit and begin watering and growing! To grow weed your essential ingredients will be Marijuana seeds, a Growing pot, soil and lots of water. Place the pot down then drop both seeds and soil, grab the items with your hands by right clicking and place them inside the pot. Once both are placed inside the pot you should hit E on the pot to interact with the growing menu. From the growing menu you may water the plant, adjust the temperature and humidity through each stage of growth and finally harvest the weed. Experiment with the weed in order to find the best quality! (and smoke it!) Blackmarket At the Blackmarket NPC the lockpick and restraints are good tools for both burglary and muggings, while the Drug Processor is the main tool of drug cultivation. The Drug Processor takes the higher tier bricks of narcotics only available to established criminal Factions, you can obtain these by doing drug deals with players who are members of these elite criminal organisations or attempt to join them yourself and become a member of their ranks. This aspect of the gamemode stems to encourage and reward social based play, interacting and roleplaying with other players will always yield higher profits. Once a drug is cultivated there are various NPC buyers placed around the map for each specific narcotic. There are truly infinite ways to make money, running your own hustle or being creative can yield not only profit but also a fun time. Basic Social Interaction & Communication As mentioned many times before, this gamemode is very social, the gameplay actively encourages you to take player jobs, talk to people, make connections, friends, associates and deals to rise through the ranks and increase both your profit and power. The best way to start with that is to get some basic cash going, newcomers to the city are often brushed aside or ignored. You need to start getting a reputation going, getting some cash and heading to the clothing store to get some drip going is a great way to increase the likelihood of people talking to you. Generally it’s accepted and recommended that you head to some sort of business, a restaurant, café, apartment complex, and see if they’re hiring, either waiters, cooks or security usually. Getting a basic job and interacting with the members of these gangs will increase your reputation with them and make them trust you more, as well as making some cash on the side. The better you are at working your job the more likely they are to invite you into closer circles and include you in the more lucrative side of things… It’s recommended you do not use 3rd party VOIP programs like skype/discord to communicate while in game. Use in-game voice comms instead to avoid instances of metagame. We have both an in-game phone and radio to compensate for this. You can even buy the pager in the electronic store, which works similar to an email messaging system, full guide here: We hope you meet fun and interesting people to form connections with during your time on Diverge, and remember, it’s a video game, don’t beef too hard with other people. Server Map New York: Legal Roleplay Not everyone wants to be a criminal, there are a plethora of legal options for you to take. You can become a lawyer or a judge, get your career started in politics and government or even join the Police Force. The avenues for legal roleplay are much larger and more immersive than most other servers. For a basic law rp intro I recommend you read this thread: If you want to join the police force you should make your way over to the Police Station in game and/or join the appropriate Police discord. NYPD (New York): https://discord.gg/4QB9a4gnzb Controls / Commands / Misc. F1 - Opens your menu screen, allowing access to your character and inventory tab at the top. F3 - Allows you to give out your identity to people around you F4 -Thirdperson view. To use voice chat use your Microphone key. (Default is X) To use text chat use the chat keys (Y or U) Basic chat commands. /me - use this to represent a physical roleplay action in game. /w - Whispers. Reduces chat range /y - Yelling, increases chat range /ooc or // - Allows you to chat in Global out of Character chat. [For casual unrelated chat with all players] /looc - Local out of character chat. Chats with the people around you about things you can’t say in roleplay. @ - This is used to contact an admin You can also interact with players by looking at them and opening your context menu (Default button is C) The context menu also works on cars and when inside of cars. Requesting to search them asks them if they consent to a search. (Useful for security jobs) Giving money will give them money. Tying a player will attempt to restrain them if you have restraints Allowing recognition allows you to give them your identity. Holding E or your interact button will also give you the option to give your identity. You can equip items from the inventory screen. Right click them You can use your hands to pick up objects by right clicking You can use your keys to unlock / lock doors and vehicles you own -Right click is unlock -Left click is lock You can view your hunger bar in the context menu. Top left. Bank accounts:

Faction Guidelines and Discord Rules These are the general rules that will dictate how Discord and other 3rd party out of game communication is considered and handled in the server. Ensure you also read the server rules and apply them in conjunction with these guidelines. Prerequisite: Unless the server is owned by Diverge Networks, anything declared IC in will not be considered such. This is a non-negotiable term as it is required for us to properly moderate and determine the validity of IC communication. If you are unwilling to abide by this term, we will unfortunately be forced to terminate your factions status on our server. We need to have this access for the following reasons. To monitor IC communication and ensure no meta-game is being conducted. To ensure other server rules are being abided by. To improve communication between players and Management by being available to directly answer concerns, whether that be regarding the usage of Discord or other. To aid in creating roleplay on the server, and move away from Discord where possible. Discord Rules: Due to their unmonitored nature, all voice channels are strictly OOC. Nothing said or done in a VC can be used or considered ICly. Anyone caught using voice channels or anything that isn’t in-game for IC matters will be punished appropriately. Make use of the voice radios or phone systems. Only official factions are permitted to use a Discord server for IC purposes. This is limited to the one server and will be owned by Diverge Management The only part of a Discord server that can be used for IC purposes is a text channel. For a text channel to be IC, the channel name needs to have the prefix of “IC” followed by the channel name. It also needs to be under a category of channels which are also all IC. Make it clearer that anything IC placed in channels, such as a log of a purchase, are usable in-game as evidence. Legal businesses (Law Firms, clothing stores, etc) may register themselves with the Commerce Commission/Unified Court System and, upon doing so, will receive a channel through which they may conduct business. No forms of legal organizational discords are permitted. Group chats will not be usable for any IC purpose. Anyone found participating in a group chat for IC matters will be punished appropriately. No matter how wide the involvement, all members are culpable. Any faction engaging in this puts itself at risk of removal. Discord roles are not IC and cannot be used as such. Neither are channels that are used for requesting Discord roles. Factions may have IC announcement channels (one faction-wide and one per crew) through which they issue information to their members; upon joining, members do not gain knowledge of announcements prior to having joined. They will only be aware of announcements made after this date. They may have announcement channels, radio freq, and documents drop offs. The only way for a new member to have prior knowledge of the faction is if another member with experience tells them in game. No Faction Meetings are permitted in Discord. It must be in game. (Though coordinating to meet up at locations and times may be done over discord. EX: 'Meeting at 7pm at docks' and nothing else.) It is the responsibility of the faction leadership to ensure members who are killed, retired, or otherwise removed, have their roles taken. Although they may still participate socially in an OOC context, their involvement in the faction, RP-wise, ends there. Any form of ‘shadow-donning’ will result in bans and faction removal. Evidence and Undercover Discord Roleplay Acknowledging the role of the NYPD, NYPD characters that go undercover and infiltrate criminal organizations will be permitted. Any evidence they gain from the IC-Announcements and Radio after the date of joining the discord will be permitted as knowledge in roleplay. Also, members of a criminal organization that “rats” everyone out can only have knowledge similar to the date of joining the Discord. In order to have “prior knowledge” of events for the faction, they must be informed in game by another member with experiences of the events. Undercover cops acknowledge that being “found out” will risk a PK by the faction. Authorizing PKs In order for a PK to occur, the Faction Leader, or Co-Leader must order the PK in-game for such PK to be valid. For the player carrying out the PK, that individual must remain in game for 30 mins. Discord screenshots of hit approval are not permitted. (You may use in-game screenshots of the order being given IN-GAME) Discord Channels The Warrants Channel can be used for arrests and DMs can still be sent. Subpoenas and search warrants may be delivered in-person, in a DM, or via the pager system. DMs are only used for scheduling meetings, so use common sense. You cannot make deals, contracts, or perform any type of services, activity in DMs are generally used to schedule meetings. VC removal; limited to three per discord. You may not have a channel that is used for OOC and IC, it must be exclusively OOC or IC. One or the other. Trade Discords, legal or illegal, are not allowed, herein referred to as Shop Discords, all deals must be done in-game. Violating this will result in the factions using it being removed from the server. Again, the purpose is that all of this is to be done in game. Alliance/Commission Discords that comprise many factions will be permitted, with Management owning the Discords.

PK Guidelines & Regulations PK - Permanently Killed, also known as a Character Ban. This is a term used when your character has been killed off permanently in roleplay, no respawning. This usually happens as a consequence of an action within roleplay, below is a set of guidelines that explain what can constitute a PK. Different organizations have different rules on how they can PK someone, this is due to how it would be conducted realistically. It is HIGHLY recommended that during conflicts, PKs, or situations leading to PKs you are recording almost 24/7 as all PKs require PROOF. PKs must be pre-approved and be overseen by an admin. Retroactive PKs occur only when certain requirements are met. Note that a PK is not time sensitive, the staff should not be rushed or pressured, PKs are serious as it puts a characters life at risk and staff are not at fault for taking time to consult with others to approve/deny it. Your character can be PK'ed / banned by staff at their discretion if you break server rules, such as but not limited to; fail corruption / Minging as a Police Officer, metagame/powergame, item transfer/character abuse, etc. Table of Contents ■ Retroactive PKs ■ Fear RP ■ Violent confrontation with police ■ Muggings / Robberies ■ Reasons & Rules ■ Family Member Kills ■ Killing Rivals or Civilians ■ Coups ■ Corrupt Police/Government ■ Aftermath Retroactive PKs These are possible scenarios which may validate you to be PK'ed retroactively. (Retroactive PK is when a request for pk is made after situation which no admin oversaw occurred) ■ Initiating a violent confrontation with Police Officers and being killed. (Conditions apply, read further down) ■ Breaking FearRP or showing disregard for your own life which results in death. (Specific Examples of when this applies below) ■ Being killed while trying to PK someone. ■ Being killed while trying to raid raid/rob a building. ■ Being killed while attempting to mug someone. Note the key term during, this means it's not retroactive if the situation has ended. For instance, if you were mugged and the mugger escapes away from you, and you need to try and hunt them down to find them again? That is no longer retroactive. You instead need to make a staff ticket, present to them your evidence as well as how you can identify the individual and THEN go after them for a pk to be valid. Fear RP PKs These are possible scenarios which may validate you to be PK'ed retroactively because of a FEAR RP break. However you may not place people under fear RP just to pk someone, there must be a VALID reason to place someone under fear rp with the possibility of a pk. These are the examples as follows. ■ Breaking Fear RP while being detained by Police. If the police are detaining you for a crime and you break FEAR rp by pulling a weapon on them the NYPD are still within their right to react in self defense. This can and will be considered initiating a violent confrontation with police EVEN if you never managed to fire the weapon. ■ Breaking FearRP or showing disregard for your own life which results in death; this means if you kill yourself in an attempt to avoid an arrest or mugging, intentionally drowning or falling to your death to avoid detainment, or even having a friend or faction member kill you while you are detained are all considered a 'disregard for your own life' and can lead to a PK. ■ Breaking Fear RP during a mugging or raid. If you are being mugged and break fear rp and die you may subject to a pk. (See fear RP rules on server rule page to understand when fear rp begins and ends) There however are circumstances where you may not PK someone for fear rp. ■ Pulling a weapon and ordering them to leave a property or business/to stop following you. If they refuse and you shoot them (or they break fear rp to shoot you) neither person is pk'ed. It's just a regular kill. ■ Lockpicking or stealing a vehicle; in situations such as the former where the victim of the crime is not at risk of a PK nor are they at risk of losing large sums of money killing the offender generally is not a PK for that person, it's simply a normal kill. ■ This applies to other scenarios not stated above. As stated you must have a valid reason to put someone under a life threatening fear rp situation, we will not pk for small fear rp infractions that occur daily in regular gameplay. That being said the admin and staff have final say in deciding if a fear rp pk is valid. If you disagree with a pk appeal it in character appeals. Confrontations with Police: ■ Initiating a shootout or violent confrontation with Police can lead to a PK. Killing or attacking an Officer after initiating a violent confrontation leaves you PK active from officers for about 15 minutes. Generally we want people to not immediately go for the gun when dealing with Police, as a result if you escalate a situation to a shootout and lose you can be punished via PK as your character was killed. This does not apply if it is the Police that fired first or escalated to a shootout. This does not apply to players who hit officers with their fists (Unless they Murder them) This applies when a person shoots / stabs police for no reason or for a non valid reason (Traffic Ticket/insults/etc) and may also be subject to an RDM punishment should that apply This does not apply if the Officer initiates the gun fire or escalates the situation to violence. (Note: In the server the tazer is non violent as it cannot physically kill or damage the player.) Officers may not execute suspects, they must make an effort to arrest a suspect and when possible render aid to a bleeding suspect. Deciding to shoot and kill an Officer to escape arrest is a calculated risk you take, where the penalty for failure is death. If an Officer shoots your faction member/friend, while it may be within server rules for you to defend them if you choose to do so and are killed you are still PK'ed. It's an in character choice and consequence you risk when deciding to engage police. Engaging in combat with Police is a calculated risk you take, where death is permanent. Read our server rules to know when you can or can't attack an officer. (RDM etc) ■ Breaking Fear RP while being detained by Police. If the police are detaining you for a crime and you break FEAR rp by pulling a weapon on them the NYPD are still within their right to react in self defense. This can and will be considered initiating a violent confrontation with police EVEN if you never managed to fire the weapon. ■ If you intentionally disconnect to avoid an arrest that would have been a significant felony OR you simply AFK / refuse to engage with the arrest roleplay you may be "auto-plea'ed" by staff which can result in a prison sentence PK. ■ Signing a plea deal or being sentenced by a judge for 50+ years is a PK Mugging / Robbery: ■ Be cautious! If you are killed while committing a mugging you have the possibility of being PK'ed! ■ To see what constitutes a valid mugging read the mugging rules section on the server rules page. ■ The victim of a mugging may attempt to break Fear RP to retaliate and kill the mugger to PK them, however if they fail and die while breaking Fear RP this can lead to the victim being PK'ed. The person being held under Fear RP should abide by the muggers demands or risk this consequence. Does not apply if Fear RP is not active. (See FearRP rules on server rules page) ■ Being killed while attempting to mug someone. Note the key term while, this means it's not retroactive if the situation has ended. For instance, if you were mugged and the mugger escapes away from you, and you need to try and hunt them down to find them again? That is no longer retroactive. You instead need to make a staff ticket, present to them your evidence as well as how you can identify the individual and THEN go after them for a pk to be valid. ■ If you are attempting to order a retaliation hit against someone who mugged you, you must present the staff member with evidence as well as how you can identify that it is the correct person. (f3, nickname, etc) When can you kill someone in a mugging for it to be considered a PK? - You must FIRST, properly initiate a mugging (See Mugging Rules) - They attempt to flee while you have them at gunpoint/fear rp. (Does not apply if you disengage fear rp. See fear rp rules) - They attempt to fight back while you have them at gunpoint/fear rp. (Does not apply if you disengage fear rp. See fear rp rules) - They attempt to move or avoid being restrained while you tie them under fear rp. - If they disobey direct orders multiple times (while under fear rp) which leads to complications in the mugging. ex: Refuses to stay still and moves one or two steps at a time to try and escape, refuses to stop talking leading to someone over hearing the mugging. - They do not obey a reasonable demand in a reasonable amount of time. ex: Ordering them to follow you (while under fear RP) and refusing to move after several requests and a reasonable amount of time to obey, effectively stalling the mugging to be discovered. There are other instances where killing someone during a mugging will not result in a PK. - Such as not giving the person reasonable time to react to your demands - Ordering them to use certain game functions they don't have to comply with or making unreasonable demands (Drop items/cash, hit f7, give me your f3, commit suicide, etc) - If you disengage fear rp and they attempt to flee or fight back - You fail to specify that they are being mugged/fail to properly initiate a mugging - A fail mug location or mass mugging Permanent Kill Reasons & Rules: ● General PK Rules You must be able to prove your claims to the Administrator, either by video/pictures or if an Administrator witnessed the reason itself. ● A valid reason is required for all PK’s. A PK’s approval is entirely dependent on the reason given, if you give a weak reason such as “he disrespected me” then your PK will not be approved. ■ ALL non-inner faction PKs require direct proof, rumours and witnesses are invalid without video/text proof, or an Admin who has witnessed it, this is to ensure stories are not being manipulated to look like they fit PK criteria ■ Using OOC means of communication to perform a PK will invalidate it / the evidence for a PK. ■ Using OOC terms over Mic, (Such as yelling "thats a pk, thats a pk!" After killing someone) may void the PK entirely. Remain in character at all times. ■ You may accept payment to perform hits for criminal factions. You must ensure the hit you are performing is valid. ■ You may not perform hits for a faction that you have an alternate character in. (Do it on the main character) ■ You may not bait someone into a PK. This means that starting a confrontation in order to escalate it then use that as a reason to PK someone, this is not permitted. This includes mugging or kidnapping to abuse Fear RP PKs ■ If you are attempting to PK someone, during the hit you are also PK active. Meaning if you're attempting to kill or have just killed the victim but you were also killed you are subject to a PK, so don’t be reckless when carrying out these serious murders. ■ This includes being killed by a third party who is acting in defense of the victim, or a police officer trying to apprehend you, moments after the hit itself takes place. As the hitman your goal is to carry out the hit and escape the area to hide out for next 15 minutes. [You may not disconnect until this minimum timer has expired. You will be PK'ed for LTAP'ing to avoid death] ■ If you are the one acting in defense of the PK victim you yourself are not PK active in that situation. (Unless you are also the target of an Admin approved PK) You are only subject to a pk in a situation like that if you break FEAR RP. If you witnessed the hitman escapes before you can retaliate and you then try going after them 10 minutes later, that won't be a PK, in that instance you will need to seek approval from an Admin like a regular PK request. You cannot be pk'ed for reacting in defense of your ally in the moment. (Nor can a request be made on you later). However when you make a request against the hitman for retribution (if they escaped) then there may be consequences if you do not seek the hit to be sanctioned by the faction they are apart of through diplomacy RP. ■ Initiating a shootout or violent confrontation with Police can lead to a PK. (See Confrontation with Police Section) ■ Any sentence above a certain minimum amount of years delivered with a guilty verdict in a court of law by a judge or signed and consented to in a plea deal is a PK, verdicts above 50 years are PKs. ■ Corrupt Government Officials are also subject to PKs if arrested or killed by rival gangs they are working against. (Must have directly harmed/affected you) (See corruption section) Family Member Kills When joining a criminal faction all users understand and partake in the risk of being PK'ed as is the nature of being a criminal. Members of a faction who break their IC code of conduct or run risk to the faction can be ordered killed by the faction leader. See below. ○ Inner-family issues should be handled by the Don of the family and will not always result in murder. ○ If they’re in your family and they have done something to directly harm the family, yourself, or another member of the family. ■ (Ex: Harm in a physical, or financial way with tangible damages) ■ The order must be given in-game by the Don or trusted High Command member of the family. Staff will not accept discord screenshots of orders. The person receiving the order must have the identity (f3) of whomever is giving the order, they need to know who their boss is, they can't receive an order from someone they don't know. Reasons: ■ The person in question, has repeatedly done something to directly harm you, the family, or another member of the family. Unwarranted Harm in a financial (+10,000$) or repeated physical way, there has to be tangible damages, disrespecting someone once is not a reason to kill someone. This also means you cannot PK someone for mucking up JUST one time. Having continued issues or warnings about behaviour or disputes can cause escalation to a PK. (record the Warnings/encounters/transgressions need be) ■ Continued and repeated (despite warnings) poor behaviour, misconduct, violation of your family rules or even blatant disrespect of made men in your organization. ■ Collaborating or potentially collaborating with Government / Law enforcement agencies to take harm the faction. Reasonable suspicion they are a rat. [You may be asked to provide proof] ■ Bringing 'Heat' to the faction As a result of their reckless action or arrests they bring attention or heat to the group and are therefore too much of a risk to keep around. Things that constitute bringing heat: Caused an investigation Caused a search/seizure/warrant to be issued and executed Caused a fellow faction member(s) to be implicated or arrested Provided information or testimony which harmed the faction (Snitching) Being constantly arrested on or around faction property/members; drawing attention from erratic behaviour [You may be asked to provide proof] Things that DO NOT constitute bringing heat: Having a Felony on their record Being arrested or detained for a minor crime Being arrested or detained for a crime not related to the faction Simply interacting with police ● They knowingly assaulted a made man, siding with a rival gang to harm yourself or your gang, or knowingly bring harm onto another member. ■ Financially harmed yourself or another member of the gang (+10,000$) ● Examples: If they withheld money (kick-ups), robbed/mugged/scammed a fellow member, or did something else to directly harm the gang in a financial way. ■ Actively betraying the gang. ● Examples: Intentionally ratting to the police, Intentionally setting the gang up to be attacked by rivals, or intentionally giving away information to a rival in an attempt to profit. ■ As a means of self-preservation ● If the member knowingly causes an issue with a larger organized crime group, and you desire to avoid a conflict you may work it out with said rival group to instead kill the cause of the strife. This generally would occur as apart of a deal or sit down to ease tensions between two gangs, it is a valid reason. ● If they have left the gang/family without approval from the leader, while holding the position of made man+ (or appropriate equivalent), they may be subject to a PK. Entry level associates who are not made or deeply committed to the organization may leave without harm as their position is low and they know very little. (Security, waiters, doormen, drivers, etc) <You will be asked to provide evidence of rank> This does not apply if they have partaken in felony criminal actions, drug manufacturing/murder/robbery/etc that are directly related to your faction. (However these actions must be verified). Generally under most don's orders. This 'left faction' reason is valid for 2 weeks after the individual leaves your organization. If you failed to notice or care before those two weeks expired then clearly this person was not important enough to warrant going after. (Exceptions made if they snitch, falls under a different pk reason) However note that the target not logging on does not affect your ability to place the hit in-game. So give the in-game order before the 2 week expiration, regardless if they log in or not and you will still be permitted to carry out the hit later down the line. (Be careful! If they have already joined a new gang you may have to have an in-game sit down to sanction the hit or you may risk damaging your reputation with the faction they are now in) You may be asked to provide proof of any claims. However a Don/Boss is able to order his subordinates to be killed without much oversight. ■ Attempted Mutiny or ‘takeover’ of a gang must be approved by a member of UA Killing a rival gang/mob member ○ If they’re not in your family, they must have done something to directly harm the family, yourself, or another member of the family. To acquire this PK you should first speak to your don, and then the Commission to get the hit sanction. If you Kill another made man without it being sanctioned there is a steep penalty. Note: If the request to murder a rival gang/mob member is directly related to escalating conflicts between your faction and the rival faction you need to ensure that proper escalation steps have been taken by your leaders before continuing. ■ You should seek a sit down with the leadership of the opposing family/gang and work out some sort of deal. Either reparations through money or possibly have a sanctioned hit against the accused party in order to maintain a diplomatic relationship without causing conflict. ■ The person in question, must have repeatedly done something to directly harm you, your family, or another member of your family. Unwarranted Harm in a financial (+10,000$) or repeated physical way, there has to be tangible damages, disrespect is not a reason to kill someone. This also means you cannot PK someone JUST for being part of an enemy faction. Having continued gunfights, scams or warnings about territory, money or other continued violent disputes can cause escalation to a PK. (Be sure to record all encounters/transgressions) ● Example: Repeatedly attacked/robbed a member of your gang, resulting in significant loss of income or death (PK'ed a member of your faction). ■ Knowingly operating in your area / Violating Agreement ● Examples: Knowingly and intentionally violating an agreement made between your faction and theirs (ex: selling drugs on territory you have claimed). You have to establish that they are knowingly doing it, if they did not know then you may assault them or threaten them, but if it is both knowingly and intentional then you have a valid reason. (Murder should be a last resort, often sitdowns can resolve this. Killing someone can start a conflict.) ■ If you intend to retaliate for a PK against your family by another’s you must prove you have 100% certain IC knowledge that it was that family that attacked you, you then may retaliate an equal amount of PKs. Ideally you go after the hitman himself. (EVIDENCE MUST BE PROVIDED) You will be asked to provide proof of these claims. Killing a non-associated civilian ■ You cannot PK a civilian for simply witnessing or reporting a crime, it's natural for normal civilians to call the Police or report incidents, while you may attack them for this it is not considered a valid PK reason. You may only PK a Civilian if they are actively collaborating with a government agency to take you down, this means they have signed some form of Affidavit or witness statement and/or have the intention of testifying against you or your faction in court. You may also threaten people to make sure they don’t snitch. Murder (PK) is a last resort. Killing a don or leader of a faction Killing a don or leader of a faction is a serious undertaking that has several stipulations. ○ If you are killing your faction leader ○ If you are killing an opposing faction leader ○ Direct Aftermath of a kill ■ Killing your leader [ COUP ] A coup is the forcible transfer of ownership from one party to another internally. In order to perform a coup, the initiator must have a simple majority (or 51%) of faction leadership backing them. A valid RP reason must exist in order for a coup to take place. Upon approval by UA, through the creation of a UA ticket, the coup leader and faction leader will be set PK active. As an example, if there were six total members of faction leadership (three capos, a street boss, a consigliere, and an underboss), four members would need to be involved in a coup for it to be approved. For example, let's say a Caporegime wants to coup the Don. Currently there are: three capos, including yourself, street boss, a consigliere, and an under boss. You would have to convince out of the 6 people, you need to convince 3 other leaders, totaling 4 out of the 6. Once you have the 51%, you then need to make a UA ticket and explain why you are leading this coup and the RP reasons behind it. If UA deems this coup as legitimate, we will allow the coup to occur. Once the coup begins, both the Faction Leader and Coup Faction Leader will be set PK active. ● You must have more than half of your faction's high command support to overthrow your current leader. ● Once you've made your move against your don the rest of the faction may choose a side, this can plunge the faction into civil war ● The civil war ends when one side concedes or is wiped out. ● These PKs still need pre-approval [ Make a SUPPORT ticket in the main discord] ■ Killing an opposing leader ● Killing an opposing leader is difficult. ● You can either kill them via a war or if you have made a deal with a group within the faction who will take over once the boss is killed. (Assisting a coup) ● Killing them as part of an escalation of a conflict. (See Conflict Rules Thread) ● There are no 'Silent don kills'. Killing a don is a public secret. This can cause a war if the Internal Coup you assist fails. Government and Police Kills ○ Any murder of a police officer or politician must be weighed with the cons. To murder an officer or government official is a serious matter. Due to this, the reasons needed to kill an officer or politician are raised. They must have harmed your family in a significant way. We implore you to also pursue and exhaust all legal options before resorting to murder, else the entire NYPD will be impeding your business during their investigations. ■ (Ex. Performing several targeted or illegitimate raids on your establishments) ■ (Ex. Falsely arresting your members in an attempt to harm your group) ■ (Ex. Reported a crime to their superior after taking a bribe) ■ (Ex. Intentionally siding with another family to harm you, such as arresting the men guarding a don as to make him open for a hit. I.E. Corruption.) Police Officers may not be simply PK’ed or punished for doing their job, they represent a vast Government agency with large state funding who’s job is to take you down, being investigated doesn’t mean you’re being targeted, and there are other legal ways to block police from messing with your business other than murder. Murdering a police officer will likely get the entire NYPD/Feds down your back and lead to your downfall, bribes or going after officers in court are usually more effective non lethal solutions. Corruption See server rules on Corruption When you are acting as a Corrupt Police Officer or Government Official (in accordance with our rules) you are at risk of PK. Being corrupt is incredibly secretive and dangerous and there are several ways this can harm you: -Being arrested and sentenced by IA or a Federal Agency. -Being killed by a Rival gang/mob you are working against. [Acting recklessly and not valuing your life/job.] etc As a criminal, in order to PK a corrupt Officer/Government Official who was working with you or your faction you must show proof to staff that the user had accepted some form of bribe or done something illicit with/for you and then proceeded to either harm your faction or break your alliance/bribe by ratting or working with a rival gang instead. Police Officers and other Government Officials may not murder another corrupt official. Only criminals / Criminal factions may do such. Vigilante PKs against corrupt LEOs or Officials are not permitted. Being a corrupt police officer does not mean you may kill/pk people. When corrupt you leak and feed information to the criminals you are working with in RP to give them information. This includes reporting snitches to them, you may not kill the snitches yourself, you report it to the crime family who use you to get to the informant. Aftermath You've just killed someone and either need to make a quick exit before a rival gang member or Police Officer catches you; or you need to clean all the blood off your new floor. There's a plethora of evidence left at the crime scene and it can be used to imprison you for life! Forensics As with actual murders a slew of evidence can be left behind after a killing. If your killing was done in broad day light, or the body was discovered and reported the Police will likely respond and investigate the crime. Using forensics based roleplay overseen by the forensic system to ensure the investigation into the murder is both fair and challenging. This however isn't always a sure way to be caught, criminals can roleplay and prepare for a PK in anyway they see fit. Including but not limited to, cleaning of stains, casings or disposal of the body if possible. For Conflict rules see: Conclusion: Generally PKs are to the Discretion of an Admin and a PK may be shortly followed by a /event (orange text) in chat explaining how the body was found and who is deceased. (Not always required) If you feel your PK was unjust you may appeal it here. Don’t delete the Character! https://divergenet.works/forum/21-character-appeals/ You may not transfer the money or items of a deceased character to a new one under any circumstance. You may ask the Admin for the reason you were PK’ed but certain specifics like ‘who did it’ may be withheld to protect the perpetrators for reasons of Meta.