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Hi Askull, I don't care about this staff app, but you are butchering our beautiful language.

STAFF APPLICATION - GNOME In-Game Name(s): Fabio Mancuso Steam Name: Gnome Steam Profile Link: https://steamcommunity.com/id/Gnome-is-too-sexy/ Steam ID: STEAM_0:0:94959483 Discord Username: Gnome01 Age: 22 When did you first join the server: Aug 17 2025 Total playtime on our Servers (Do !time in-game): 4w 2d 8h 39m Time Zone: PDT How much time can you realistically dedicate to moderating?: I’d say it would be around a 50/50 split between playing normally and staffing. Im fairly active almost daily and free most of the time. Have you read the rules?: Yes Do you have a working microphone?: Yes Do you acknowledge that you must meet the weekly minimum ticket quota of 20 tickets? (Unless you have posted a valid LOA): Yes Are you familiarized with SAM and/or Nutscript commands?: Yes. I’ve played Garry’s Mod a fair amount and have previously been staff on Cosmic Networks (Dark Rp Server), so I have a pretty good understanding of SAM commands and NutScript. There may be a few server-specific commands I would need to learn but should be no problem. Do you acknowledge that lying on this application will result in immediate denial and blacklisting from staff?: Yes ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What is your motivation/reason for applying?: I have been playing on the Server for some time now to understand how rules and such work. I have had plenty of nights where I have been active with no staff on over my time. I just mainly wanna help out especially during those times aswell as be more apart of the community Ive been active in for some time now. Also I have had a lot of free time lately and would love to kill some time while helping out. Why should you be considered over other candidates?: I am Active and Reliable. I also have previous staff team experience via other servers and always willing to lend a helping hand. I have also been around the block long enough to understand the rules of the server and how shit runs. Do you have any previous staffing experience? (Please list where, what position and how long): Cosmic Networks (Over 1 year) Server no longer around but some players on Diverge can attest. I was Senior Staff before I had left to Bootcamp back in the day. Just looking to maybe be on a staff team again. Have you been banned before on any of our servers? If so, why?: No Would you say that you are well known in our community, what's your reputation, what do other members think of you?: Id say I am Fairly known with a good reputation. I dont have problems with anybody on the server and Id hope nobody does with me. Id hope others think kindly of me. What is your favourite moment on Diverge so far?: I love Racket Events as well as player made events like the auction we had about 5 months or so ago. I should Probably throw my wedding in there as well (cause if my wife saw I didn't she would probably kill me), but there have been a lot of Moments I had on Diverge that keep me playing but if I had to choose It would be those 3 listed. Have any staff members recommended you? If so, list their names: N/A ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Someone RDMs and you are currently off-duty. How do you handle this?: First I’d make sure it was actually RDM. If it actually looked like RDM and another staff member wasn’t already dealing with it, I’d go on duty and handle it normally. Get both sides of what happened, check logs/evidence and go from there. If they did RDM, I’d give whatever punishment fits based on the rules and their previous warnings. You have seen a fellow staff member of higher or equal rank than you abusing fairly often, but never doing anything too noticeable. What do you do?: I would start Clipping and gather evidence of what’s happening first. I wouldn’t immediately go around accusing them of staff abuse if I don't have the evidence to back it up.. If it keeps happening and I have enough evidence to show there’s actually something going on, I’d bring it to the staff management above him and let them handle it. A member of your faction / friend of yours has a ticket made against them accusing them of RDM’ing, and minging. You know that this person rarely does this when you play with him. How do you proceed knowing this? Does it constitute possible bias?: It defiantly is Probable that there would be some bias if i were to take the ticket but I would try my best to view evidence and proceed as follows. If there is another staff member on I would have them take it rather than myself due to there being possible bias. If I am the Only staff on that could take the ticket I would handle it like any other sit. Listen to both people, check logs/clips and make the decision based on what actually happened. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -GNOME

In-Game Name(s): Jacob DeCavalcante, Vincent Colombo, Corporal Ultimo Rana, Anthony Pellegrino, Steam Name: funkeymonkey202 Steam Profile Link: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199586943261/ Steam ID: STEAM_0:1:813338766 Discord Username: funkeymonkey202._88126 Age: 17 almost 18 In a few months When did you first join the server: Fri, 21 Feb 2025 05:51:33 GMT Total playtime on our Servers (Do !time in-game): 3mo 4d 18h 28m Time Zone: ptz How much time can you realistically dedicate to moderating?: 72 Hours a week Have you read the rules?: yes multiple times Do you have a working microphone?: yes Do you acknowledge that you must meet the weekly minimum ticket quota of 20 tickets? (Unless you have posted a valid LOA): yes i do Are you familiarized with SAM and/or Nutscript commands?: no I'm a fast Lerner I'll pick it up fast Do you acknowledge that lying on this application will result in immediate denial and blacklisting from staff?: YES ------------------------------------------------- Long Answer Questions proceeded with an asterix require a response of 3 Sentences Minimum. What is your motivation/reason for applying?: My motivation for applying for staff is to help the community with the simple questions and the more complex problems people may have during their day-to-day playing on the server. I played the server for a very long time now, and I understand how the server works for criminal and legal RP. When staff is needed, many staff members refuse to take tickets, even tickets just to spawn a locker and put it in a corner. It's understandable for admins getting tired of doing PK tickets, but if I was able to prove myself. * Why should you be considered over other candidates?: I've played for a while now I understand what people can be confused about the little things and the bigger things for both sides of RP I'll be more attentive to people than others even if someone is wanting to yell and scream in a staff * Do you have any previous staffing experience? (Please list where, what position and how long): No I have no previous staff experience Have you been banned before on any of our servers? If so, why?: My very first ban was for no intent to roleplay and cop baiting. When I first joined the server, I did not expect myself to come back and actually play the server seriously. So, I acted like a retard, which, looking back, was not very smart. All that did was harm the community and ruin the experience for other people. My second ban was for mass raiding. That's when I started playing the server more seriously, but I still acted like I was a moron. Nothing can excuse that behavior. My most recent ban was for metagaming. What happened was that I was going to sell my meth to the NPC at the car dealership when I saw my friend getting picked up by two strangers. He was saying, "Put me down," but staff deemed that I was metagaming. I am truly sorry for the things I've done. I'm a lot more mature than I was a couple of months ago, and I understand that my past actions negatively affected the community and other players' experiences. Would you say that you are well known in our community, what's your reputation, what do other members think of you?: Many members like and dislike me. Some like me because they see that I bring good RP and a fun experience when I'm around. People that know me can vouch that I do /me to bring more RP into a scenario, like picking up a cup or scooching a chair in after I just got out of it. But there's many people that I have wronged in my past that may still have ill opinions about me, and I wish to change that and prove to them I'm not the person that I was before in the past. * What is your favourite moment on Diverge so far?: My favorite moment in Diverge was a huge event when Pendred gave a Russian Super Admin for helping him code something, and they gave everyone crazy guns, ray guns, and spawned in a bunch of NPCs to fight. It lasted for about an hour. Another moment was when I got made in my very first criminal faction. It's a very special moment that everyone will hold when they get made into a family. When I helped a GM named Yugi during his event, he was a criminal who kidnapped a Cassano-made person, and I had to help him hold down the Harbor from the Cassanos. It was an all-out firefight. Have any staff members recommended you? If so, list their names: Dong, Kwel, siips, Yugi, wickers3. ------------------------------------------------- Problem Solving Detail step by step exactly the actions you would take. Someone RDMs and you are currently off-duty. How do you handle this?: I would get on my staff character I would then get their Steam ID pull them to a sit Check how many hours they have if they are fairly newer with only a couple hours I would tell them to go read the rules and give them a note or verbal but If they have more than a couple of days and they know what they are doing Then I would note them But if they have prior RDM notes or bans Then I would ban them for the according amount of time of what they did. You have seen a fellow staff member of higher or equal rank than you abusing fairly often, but never doing anything too noticeable. What do you do?: I would take clips of them doing these actions. I would make a UA ticket to report them or send it to Canadian or Pendred. Staff abuse is not fair to the community in any way, shape, or form. A member of your faction / friend of yours has a ticket made against them accusing them of RDM’ing, and minging. You know that this person rarely does this when you play with him. How do you proceed knowing this? I would not take the ticket because of bias, which can get me in trouble and get that person who made the ticket, which is my friend, in trouble as well. I would contact another staff member and ask them if they can take the ticket. But if I was the only staff member on, I would take the ticket, get both sides, get clips, check damage logs, and get a second opinion from a staff member of a higher or the same rank as me. That's how I would handle the situation.

ur a retarded loser no one cares what you think. why bother commenting, faggot?

Haha very funny so original. I’m so amused LMAO. I’m so upset this annoyed me a grown ass man who spends 3 days straight all week playing on his PD char is getting ragebaited by a 17 year old

you play the game all day everyday and micromanage PD discord when ur not on and when ur not doing that ur on ur PD chars Insta account posting on there like dude shut the fuck up

Name of Faction: Clanul Haiducilor Number of Members (Minimum of 5): 25+ Type Of Faction (Family, Triad, Street Gang, etc): Family Ethnic Background (ex: Italian, Greek, African American, Irish, etc): Romanian Name of Character running the faction: Aladar Trandafir Your Discord # (ex: gamer#4210): Dude8997 Your SteamID: Steam ID: 76561198141876295 Your Server playtime: 2mo 3w 5d 4h 15m 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 (Images/Videos Preferred): Picture a new player's first hour in Southside. He's walking past a food cart in Little Italy when the guy behind the counter asks if he wants to make five hundred bucks. Twenty minutes of hauling crates later, he's paid in cash and handed a phone number. He has no idea he just met a crime family. That's the clan. In 1990, a man the family trusted sold them to the state, and everything we do comes back to that one night. Trust in this family is never handed out. It gets earned, written down, and paid back. Here's what that looks like in the city. The front: Caru’ cu Bere Our LLC is already approved. We run Caru' cu Bere, a Romanian food cart which is named after the old beer hall in Bucharest, and the same company sells custom clothing and hires out security. It's a real business with real customers, and it's also where favors get asked for, deals get made, and every recruit starts out. House Parties House parties held in Townhouse 3 open to the public every weekend. Free drinks and food provided. An open space for all to enjoy and have fun. With slavs and alcohol, a bit of fun chaos is to follow. Working your way in We don't hand anyone a Discord link in their first 15 minutes. A lot of new players don't even know they need one, and nobody wants to join a random server before they've figured out the city. So we hire through work instead. The first job is honest: Clean the cart, unload cargo at the docks, get $500 and a number to call. Call back, and the work gets a little less honest and pays a little better. Maybe next time you need to outdrink a buttoned man or beat him in a boxing match. The new player is doing something real from his first hour, and the family knows exactly who it's bringing in. Even the guys who never join walk away with cash, a story, and a number they'll remember the next time they need something done. Chezășie (the sponsor system) Nobody gets made on a handshake. Every prospect needs a member to vouch for him out loud, in front of the whole table, and that's usually who gave him his first job. If the prospect turns rat, steals, or runs his mouth in the wrong bar, his sponsor takes the punishment beside him. Every member has a reason to care who walks into the family. The Debt Book The family arrived in Southside broke and survived on favors long before it had money. That habit stuck. Move a car, watch a door or carry a package across town for us, and you might not get cash. You get a line in the book. The Clan calls those favors in later, usually at the worst possible moment, and settles its own debts the same way. A cash deal is over the second the money changes hands. A debt keeps two people tied together for months. Ink you can’t buy Every Haiduc tattoo is earned, and anyone who knows the Clan can read a man's history off his arms. An oak branch means he kicked up $100k in a week. A running stag means he outran the police. A crown of thorns around a lock means he did felony time and never said a word. Rosary beads mean he saved a brother from arrest. The rarest pieces, like Sfinții Carpați, a mountain peak with an Orthodox cross, can only be earned after collecting a full set of the others. It gives everyone from the newest associate up a goal that money alone can't buy. Every tattoo gets done IC, with the family watching. Funerals The Clan will bury anyone in Southside for a small fee, whatever colors he wore. That covers the hall, a service, a eulogy, and one rule the Clan enforces itself: nobody draws a weapon during the service. This is an IC rule backed by the clan, not a staff safe zone, and it doesn't override any server rule. Right now most deaths end in a black screen. A funeral gives the people who knew him a reason to show up, rivals included. Couriers for hire We won't pretend we can hold a corner on day one. Early money comes the way it does for every new family, through crew deals and shipments. What this family actually knows, after forty years of smuggling through the Carpathians, is how to move things quietly through someone else's turf. So we run and escort for outfits that would rather not be seen doing it themselves, and we never turn on a client who has already paid. A small family survives by being useful to everyone. We know Organizația Basarab came first. We're a different kind of outfit: quiet, service-based, and built around favors, funerals and business rather than gambling and kidnapping. We're not trying to be another family that grinds crew deals and stands outside a restaurant all day. We're small, we're new, and we don't have territory, so everything we do is built around making RP with other people instead of just fighting them. We've been running as a group in the city since July, so none of this is just ideas on paper. Provide examples or event ideas to promote activity within your faction and keep people interested. (Reference your unique RP from the question above): Open to the server Sunday Table (weekly): An open meal at the parish hall. Anyone can eat, nobody gets touched inside, and it's where people come to ask the Clan for favors. Caru' cu Bere pop-ups (whenever we're on): The cart parks somewhere new. Food, gossip, and most first jobs get handed out there. Funeral rites (on request): A full service for anyone's dead, with a truce held for as long as it runs. Saint's Day Feast (rare): The whole family, allies and rivals at one table, and the night a member gets canonized into the Sfinți, our hall of fame, with a tattoo of his name's saint. The Auction (occasional): Public bidding on whatever the Clan or anyone else has picked up, including our clothing. Some lots can be paid in favors, which go straight into the Debt book. (HTML Mockup available per request) Internal The job ladder: Cart and dock work, then driving, deliveries, escorts, and collecting on the Debt Book. More risk, more pay, and always something to work toward. The ranks: Segeată, Interlop, made Haiduc, then Soldat, Locotenant, Ban, Căpitan, Vornic, and the Consiliul under the Nașul. Sponsorship ceremonies: Inductions happen out loud, in front of the family. Anyone can work for the Clan, but becoming made takes Romanian blood and an Orthodox baptism at the parish. Tattoo nights: Earned ink, done IC, with the Clan present. Pomană: One night a month for the forty lost in the mountains and the men killed in 1990. It's the only night the old members tell the story to whoever joined last. Keeping newer players invested and giving an opportunity to get to talk with more veterans. Tribunal: Discipline in the open, with the sponsor present. The accused speaks first. The handbook: Romanian phrases and rank names, so members sound like the family instead of just wearing its name. Organization Backstory (Min. of 250+ Words & any images): In Romanian folklore, the Haiducs were outlaws with a conscience who robbed the rich and fed the poor. This Clan kept the name and nothing else. There is no honor among thieves. What has kept these Haiducs alive is shared blood, shared suffering, and the Orthodox Church. The family traces back to the Haiducii Muscelului, an anti-communist resistance band hiding in the Făgăraș Mountains in the late 1940s. They smuggled cigarettes, guns and Western goods, kept villages fed through forced collectivization, and stockpiled weapons for a war against the Soviets that never came. By the late 1950s the Securitate had found their camps. Of roughly forty men, a handful survived, among them the brothers Aladar and Ion Trandafir and their cousin Alexandru Munteanu. They disappeared into factories and mines and kept their heads down. The three found each other again in Bucharest in the 1970s and quietly rebuilt the old smuggling routes, one contact at a time. When the Revolution broke in December 1989, they weren’t on the barricades. They were the men who knew which depots would be left unguarded and which mountain caches had never been found. Romania in 1990 was open ground for organized crime, and the Clan grew faster than it could protect itself. During the Mineriad, the new government bought off several clans. The Trandafir name was not on the list. Iancu Robilă, sworn in and trusted, sold the family for amnesty and a sum he has never had to account for. The state and the rival clans struck in the same week. Three weeks later the survivors were on a boat. Robilă has not been seen since;. What reached New York was three men, a duffel bag of dollars, and a Romanian Orthodox parish in Brooklyn that asked no questions. The family spent its first night in America in that church basement, and it still eats there on Sundays. Aladar’s son was twenty-eight when he came over. He grew up hearing about the mountains and has never seen them, and he does not pretend there is anything noble in any of this. His father’s generation lost everything twice, once to the Securitate and once to a man who had sat at their table. He intends to be smaller, quieter and harder to sell out than either of them managed. Southside does not know the name and has no reason to care. The Clan holds no territory, has no allies and no reputation to trade on, and has no interest in a war it cannot survive. What it has is cheap labor, an old smuggling instinct, a priest who keeps no records, and a very long memory. For now, that will have to be enough. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1i57E9wg0a8-yQckGoeEdANhC-WPaf19u05iIhP_nRFk/edit?slide=id.p#slide=id.p ~ Backstory with photos

it’s because they don’t want to look at turkish people.

If you’ve played other gmod servers delete their content

Please help everyone is 90 degrees inverted.

ngl, if you have a ban record with my name on it, and that many bans, you should already be permad, take the week and stop with the voice changer

actual crashout

Well, this is quite the hate and drug fueled paranoid schizophrenic post if I ever seen one.

forgot to check in with me

I was going to +1 this but while reading this I notice something under question Age he puts “17 almost 18 in a few months” how ever his birthday is March 18th that’s 5 months and a quarter give or take from now to then. a few months would mean 3 months he would be turning 18 in several months not a few clearly he is lying on his staff app and wouldn’t be trusted as a staff member. He is basically pulling a yumeko 2.0 by lying about his age and for these reason I will be giving this staff app a minus one. @Canadian-bacon deny this spic beaner please! -1

I remember you threatened to Doxx me irl and PK all of my chars over an OOC call because I wouldn't tell you my past char's names. You're totally not an oddfellow Also 3 hours to find the most low-level info? step it up Mr.CyberPopov 10 VM machines running. this post is lame and weird.

Officers: Cpt+:

Jeff Bolivia | Killerbugjuice38 STEAM_0:0:635365790 1373540534521565205 / krueger__. RFB: "rdmx2 | "Voice Changer Cringe" | Multiple PO's/Bans" Duration: 1W Reason for appeal (dispute/apology): No clip, Fabricated. Why should you be unbanned? Grounds for Appeal I am disputing this ban because the reports made against me contained deliberate falsehoods about the incident. Both individuals accused me of wrongdoing while omitting the circumstances that led to the confrontation. My account is that they followed me from Blue Lobster toward the fighting arena, repeatedly assaulted me, threatened me, and continued pursuing me after I attempted to leave. I did not randomly approach and kill these individuals without cause. During both staff sits, I disputed the accusations and explained my account of the events. However, I was not shown a clip substantiating the reports. Instead, the situation progressed to a ban, with my previous offenses also being brought into the discussion. The reports misrepresented what actually happened, and I dispute the decision to characterize the incident as RDM. Previous offenses do not establish that the allegations in this particular case are true, and accusations should not be treated as established facts simply because multiple people make them. I am requesting that the ban be reviewed based on the specific events in question, the contradictions between the reports and my account, and whatever evidence was actually available to staff when the decision was made. I stand by my account of the incident. I was falsely accused, and I am appealing this ban because the decision does not accurately reflect what occurred.

Hello! I'm the Moderator who issued your one-week ban, and I wanted to explain the reasoning behind the decision a little more clearly. The first reason was the two separate RDM tickets that came in around the same time. Both players reported that you had killed them without a valid reason. Initially, these were treated as two separate incidents, as there wasn't anything connecting the reports at the time. However, after you were brought back to the Staff Room for the second sit, it became clear that you had killed both players during the same incident. This raised further concerns, as we were now dealing with multiple RDM reports rather than just one. The second reason was your previous note history. Looking through your record, there were already several notes involving voice changers, RDM, and NITRP (No Intent to Roleplay). While having previous notes doesn't automatically mean you'll receive a lengthy punishment, they are something we take into consideration when handling new situations. A repeated history of similar issues can show that previous warnings or punishments haven't been effective. Taking both of these factors into account, I felt that a one-week ban was appropriate. The decision wasn't based solely on the two tickets or your previous notes, but rather the combination of both. The goal wasn't to hand out an unnecessarily harsh punishment, but to address the repeated issues and hopefully prevent similar situations from happening again. I hope this clears up why the ban was issued and gives you a better understanding of how I came to that decision. If you have any questions about the situation, I'm more than willing to explain further. Thirdly, your ban histroy. Coming off a first week ban was also the indication you hadn't anything from the previous times before, which warranted a ban.

Accepted

+1 i want kebab

Kinahan gets a coup every month. Colombos have gotten like 2 coups in 2 years

conor mcgregor lost to khabib and thats probably why they have been falling off

Faction Conflict Guidelines Last updated 27/09/2025 The following document serves to outline the rules and regulations of conflicts between factions, how they work, and information to be aware of. This thread is most relevant to faction leaders. What is a conflict? A Conflict occurs when two or more factions recognize a transgression or incident which can lead to tensions and possible fighting. Conflicts are best resolved through diplomacy and sit downs to determine what wrongdoings occurred and who is at fault. For all claims of transgressions evidence would be required. The incident should be recorded with a plethora of context around it. All conflicts must follow the proper escalation steps as described below or their validity will be ignored and users can receive bans for breaking rules in an attempt to press a false conflict. Alliances and Agreements Alliances or allied factions can come to the aid or defence of your faction when you find yourself in an active conflict, fighting on your behalf, providing security for sit-downs or filling a plethora of other roles. Agreements like alliances or conflict resolution agreements can be made with other factions to define the terms of a business dealing. Such as the creation of a district, creation of an alliance, outline of set territory with an enemy or an agreed amount of tax to resolve a conflict. An agreement document (OOC document) is created, signed by both sides and is presented jointly to server Upper Administration to be ratified as binding. Alliances are limited to a maximum of 5 factions. (Mega alliances may not team up together, defeats the point of the limit) (This limit includes districts, a district is regarded as an ally, a vassal you own, but an ally nonetheless) This will increase amount of diplomacy Roleplay and prevent the server from splitting into two massive alliances (Boring!) [Added benefit of reducing number of puppet factions] Territories A Territory is a section of the city divided by certain criminal boundary lines. If your alliance controls more than half the buildings in a given territory the territory can be considered 'belonging' to your alliance. Other areas where no one alliance controls more than half is 'contested'. If your alliance owns a territory you may create territory rules and include them in your alliance agreements to dictate realistic territory rules. (ex: No muggings, no selling drugs in public, etc) These rules must be approved and ratified by Server Management. More than half means over 50%, so 3/4, not 2/4 for majority. Territory map (subject to change in the future) Possible reasons for conflicts Here are just a few examples of scenarios that can cause a problem between factions. Disrespect Disrespect between bosses or capos/made men while being quite minor and would not warrant any real violence can still sour relations between the high commands of competing factions. A sit-down would be effective at resolving this. Excessive targeted muggings / muggings in territory Being targeted for muggings or having muggings occur in your faction/alliance’s pre-agreed upon territory could be a clear provocation for escalations in conflict. A sit down and possible tax or a demand to turn over the perpetrator(s) would be logical for such offences. Impeding business Attempting to interfere or impede on another faction's business. For example if you have a pre signed agreement to not host events or sell certain products in their territory and you knowingly push to their customer base regardless or make back door deals violating previous no trade agreements you could be liable for impeding on the other faction's business. Murder For example, if a man in your organization left the faction without consent in order to join another faction and you were to murder him for that, his new faction could take issue with the killing and demand repayment for the loss of their earner. A sit down before the hit would clear up any confusion and get you the go ahead to perform the kill. [And Many more reasons possible] Sit-downs and meetings Sit downs and meetings are the most effective way of bringing a conflict under control or even bringing it to an end by defining what occurred and who is owed what in terms of compensation. These meetings are also beneficial for laying out agreements, deals and territory lines BEFORE they become an issue, anticipating problems and solving them through diplomacy is the mark of a good leader, as conflict only brings death and a pause in the business of making money. Types of sit-downs Internal sit-downs Inter-Alliance sit-downs Standard Faction sit-down Alliance wide sit-down Internal sit-downs occur inside your given faction. These are between two members of the same faction generally mediated by the Don or underboss. No escalation, UA reporting or recording is mandatory in these cases. Inter-Alliance sit-downs occur between two factions of the same Alliance, usually mediated by an Alliance leader or uninvolved third party mediator. They aim to resolve inter alliance disputes and keep the alliance running peacefully, they also enforce the alliance agreement. UA reporting and recording is optional; if the issue persists and escalation is required then it becomes mandatory. Standard Faction sit-downs occur between two singular factions (no allies involved). They aim to bring and solve grievance two factions from other alliances may have with one another, this is a one-on-one encounter. UA reporting on the initial issue / first sit-down is optional, recording is mandatory. Should the issue not be resolved UA reporting becomes mandatory in order for any escalation attempts to be seen as valid. Alliance wide sit-downs occur between two alliances representing each member of the respective alliance, this usually occurs when a Standard Faction sit-down escalates to a point where UA approves allies/alliances to get involved. All UA reporting and recording is mandatory. General sit-down instructions All sit downs must occur in-game. DMs, voice channels or any other means of OOC communication is not permitted and not binding. You may only use DMs to coordinate the time and place of a meeting. If you are unable to attend a meeting you set and agreed upon then send a representative in your place, failing to show up to multiple meetings can and will be considered avoiding roleplay. All meetings should be recorded by both parties and/or should have a member of UA present to observe. The contents of the meetings that are agreed upon terms, i.e. any deal you make should be written into a document, signed by both parties and then submitted to UA in a support ticket in order to ratify it, and confirm consequences for whomever breaks it. Meetings can/should include an unbiased mediator. This mediator is a neutral unbiased party who generally provides an objective opinion, neutral meeting ground and sometimes security for meetings between two opposing factions. Both parties should agree on a neutral mediator, it can be the boss of another faction (useful for inter-alliance issues) or if no player can be agreed upon to mediate both parties may request a member of UA to act as the mediator. The mediator can help determine the facts, inform factions of who did what and what transgressions were actually committed as well as assisting in reaching a logical and reasonable settlement agreement. Refusing a sit down is contextual and can lead to further escalations. However, refusing sit downs immediately and making zero attempts to resolve a situation diplomatically is Fail RP. If no attempts were made to have sit downs or escalate through proper RP and were never logged by UA, your request will be denied. Escalation Conflicts that don’t reach an instant resolution can begin to escalate, this is a negative thing for BOTH factions as the longer a conflict lasts, the more it escalates and the more money they both begin to lose. All level escalations must be approved by UA. MAKE A TICKET These are the general ‘levels’ to escalations. Level 0: Transgression is noted One faction recognizes a problem/transgression with the other and collects evidence of the incident, they then create a support ticket to inform UA about the possible conflict and contact the faction they have the issue with to organize a sit down to speak about it. A Mediator is not necessarily required at this stage but one may be required if the issue is quite contentious. [No UA reporting required] Level 1: The first sit-down Provided the transgression is minor and both faction leaders are good at what they do then most conflicts will not escalate past this point. Both factions will have met and discussed the issue and outlined an agreement to resolve the problem. Should they fail to do so they may schedule another sit down with a mediator to hash it out properly. [Should this not be an internal alliance issue then UA reporting is needed] Level 2: The simmer The second sit down will occur with an agreed upon mediator to help hash out the facts of the case and both factions will have support tickets open with UA so they may submit any relevant evidence and keep management up to date on the status of the conflict. During the time between the first meeting to the second the two factions may put their business with the opposing faction on pause, halting trades and other events or niceties until the situation is resolved. 95% of conflicts should be resolved by the second sit down unless the issue is so atrocious that proper settlement terms cannot be reached. [All UA reporting mandatory beyond this point] Level 3: Boiling point A failure of the second meeting is the boiling point and by now bad blood has likely formed, small breakouts of violence are likely to occur, bar fights, obscenities maybe even some road rage or the occasional out of territory mugging. At level 3 or higher sit-downs can occur whenever either side agrees to do one, however the longer the conflict goes unresolved the more money both sides begin to lose. From level 3 and onward either faction can request UA to escalate the conflict in either of their respective tickets. (Failure of sit downs and proof of fault is most effective when requesting escalations) Level 4: Brothers Spat Third sit-down is required. At this level target mugging (on your main characters…) the opposing faction is fair game and barring rivals from your establishments is expected. Loitering or graffiti may also become commonplace but tolerating loitering is also less practised. Both sides will seek to annoy and harass the other to the dismay of both the police and your suppliers. While this stage of escalation allows you to openly harass the opposing faction it also strains your business, as your suppliers don’t want the extra heat your shipment arrival times and shipment costs increase 25%. Business is impacted. Level 5: Wave of Violence Fourth sit-down required. At this level the violence is palpable. Shootings of properties and businesses may become commonplace and will not be considered a raid. Shipment arrival times and shipment costs increase by 50% of the original amounts. More attention from police means your suppliers may request cash or certain amounts of drugs / weapons as payment in order to keep operating, failure to meet these payments could see additional vendor penalties apply and possibly have your faction lose access to selling certain drugs. Individuals responsible for the initial cause of the conflict can have hits (PKs) placed against them. (For instance if the conflict stemmed from a certain member target mugging and the offending faction had refused to hand him over. Seek UA approval for these hits.) Level 6: Defcon 2 This level can be reached if more than 3 sit-downs have occurred and failed. At this level you are basically a few days if not less from hitting the mattresses, your suppliers disappear seeking to wait the impending conflict out. At this level you may firebomb the rival properties to put them out of commission and cause significant financial harm as well as openly target one member of their high command for a PK hit. Level 7: War Level 7 is war. You know how war goes. Your factions are fully blocked from selling drugs to any NPC as the sellers aim to not choose sides. War lasts until one side falters or until an agreed win condition must be met. UA has final say if war is approved or not and can end it at any time. Taxation / Compensation This will be a loose guide on how to consider and value certain transgressions in the event you decide to impose a tax instead of other diplomatic routes. (Tax is NOT your only option, it’s just common) Note that tax can also be labelled ‘compensation’ as the term tax can have a more negative and un-diplomatic connotation. There will also be a max escalation level to help determine the severity of which the transgression can be escalated to, within reason. Every time a tax is refused and the escalation increases a level you may apply an additional 10% to the originally proposed tax amount. (Inform UA!) Disrespect [0 - 10k] - Max escalation Level 1 Disrespect of a boss or made men. No one cares if a group of associates or soldiers are insulted, it’s part of their job. Should someone, capo and above, intentionally go out of their way to insult other made men or bosses a transgression for disrespect can be considered and either a tax or apology demanded depending on the severity of the disrespect [If both men insulted each other it’s also useful to simply squash the beef]. Generally factions you are neutral with or in an alliance with will take this seriously. A faction you are opposed to likely won’t care. Graffiti, loitering, general mischief [1k - 50k] - Max escalation Level 3 People oftentimes like to annoy members of the opposing faction and should this prove to be an action repeated by the same identified members a faction may take issue and ask for those involved to be taxed or disciplined. An annoying enough slight that warrants beatings but nothing worth damaging business over. Muggings / Target muggings [Value of items loss + ~20% | provable loss] - Max escalation Level 5 Muggings or muggings in your territory that you can prove are being intentionally perpetrated by a member of the opposing faction can be a big problem. You are entitled to demand the individual be punished, handed over for punishment or have punishment sanctioned (Especially if they got someone on your side killed - See Manslaughter) or you may ask for an apology and tax the provable and agreed upon value of the items stolen plus 20% as a fee for the trouble. This has the possibility of escalating hard but after a while it is just items and you’re better off solving it than allowing it to affect your entire organization's profit margins. Territory / Business Violations [100k - 500k] - Max escalation Level 5 Territory violations meaning the faction repeatedly violates pre-set rules both sides agreed to OR violated inherent territory (Like literally ON/IN your property) or place of business. From fucking with your staff / customers or marching in your territory with weapons out or on safety to intentionally violate your security and cause a conflict. I.E. Large coordinated flexing. A serious disrespect like this can escalate the conflict but should violence be kept to a minimum it can be resolved in the end. Violation of Contract / Agreement [Depends] - Max escalation level 6 This purely depends on the terms of the agreement both parties signed and UA ratified. Usually the agreement will include what the possible consequences are for breaking the agreement. For example if some faction becomes a district and breaks that or joins an alliance and breaks that alliance they may be taxed a certain pre-agreed upon amount as outlined in the agreement. Manslaughter [up to 2.5 million] - Max Level escalation Level 5 Manslaughter is different from murder as it is technically an accidental killing. For example if your member is target mugging and ends up killing a member of the opposing faction, the murder wasn’t the original intention but it occurred. The opposing faction can request they perform a sanctioned hit as retaliation / revenge or demand he be handed over. Should they decide not to seek blood they may attempt to value the killed man’s life based on his rank in the faction. The higher the position the more it may cost to keep the situation hush hush. The lower the position the less money and likelihood the conflict escalates. Murder [up to 5 million] - Max Level escalation Level 6 Murder is different from manslaughter as it is an intentional killing, meaning the person did something to warrant being killed and instead of having a sitdown with that faction you acted without consulting them and murdered their man. The opposing faction can request they perform a sanctioned hit as retaliation / revenge or demand the killer be handed over. Should they decide not to seek blood they may attempt to value the killed man’s life based on his rank in the faction. The higher the position the more it may cost to keep the situation hush hush. The lower the position the less money and likelihood the conflict escalates. Unpaid Loan [Total Amount of Loan + 10% interest per week unpaid] - Max Level escalation Level 6 Factions with bad management that take out insane loans can be penalized for the amount they owe plus interest via an alliance enforced tax. Should they fail to pay after several weeks the opposing faction may have the right to PK the person who took the loan. (Requires close observation from UA) Other - Consult UA Note that Max escalation can be bypassed with stacking reasons of higher Max level and/or if you reach a level where PK is permitted and is actually carried out. NOTE: Smaller less serious conflicts can maybe take place instead for instances of lower escalation, like instead of a bar fight leading to an all out 5v5 war the two factions can have a 1v1 conflict of firebombing / bar fights for a week. etc etc Subject to future changes or updates

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