How Rival is played

Rules

Rival is a whitelisted roleplay server. These rules exist so scenes stay fair, characters stay consistent, and staff are not guessing what you meant.

Conduct

Out of character behaviour still matters.

Treat other players as people. Harassment, hate speech and targeted abuse are not tolerated.
Keep OOC chat for OOC things. Do not use it to steer a scene.
If a scene is going nowhere, pause it and talk it out. Do not ruin it to “win”.
Staff decisions are not a debate in public. Use a ticket or the proper appeal route.

Play your character. Do not play the server.

Stay in character in the city. If you need to talk OOC, do it properly.
Your actions should match your character, not your knowledge as a player.
Fear RP is expected. Your character is not immortal and not always the main character.
Do not force a scene onto someone who is clearly not part of it.
Low-effort or joke characters will not be whitelisted. Rival is not a meme server.

Random deathmatch and vehicle deathmatch are not allowed. Violence needs a reason that exists in the scene.
Initiation should be clear. People need a chance to react before you start shooting.
Crime should still leave room for police roleplay. Hit and run chaos is not a gang story.
Do not use game mechanics to escape a scene you lost. No combat logging.
New-life rule applies after you are downed or killed. Your character does not remember the events that led to it.

Discord, streams and OOC chats are not in-character knowledge.
Do not use information your character did not earn in the city.
Do not force outcomes. Other players get to respond.
Fail RP includes ignoring injuries, cuffs, valid roleplay and obvious scene context.

Names, backstories and jobs should fit a serious UK city. Leave the celebrity copies and superhero lore at the door.
One player, one scene. Do not hop characters to get around a situation.
If a character is banned, retired or killed in a way that ends them, that story is finished.

Record scenes you think will be reported. A clip helps more than a paragraph of anger.
Do not sit in Discord accusing people while a scene is still running.
Ban appeals and player reports will live in Rival Support. Until that is live, use the Discord process staff have posted.

Conduct

Out of character behaviour still matters.

Treat other players as people. Harassment, hate speech and targeted abuse are not tolerated.

Keep OOC chat for OOC things. Do not use it to steer a scene.

If a scene is going nowhere, pause it and talk it out. Do not ruin it to “win”.

Staff decisions are not a debate in public. Use a ticket or the proper appeal route.

Roleplay

Play your character. Do not play the server.

Stay in character in the city. If you need to talk OOC, do it properly.

Your actions should match your character, not your knowledge as a player.

Fear RP is expected. Your character is not immortal and not always the main character.

Do not force a scene onto someone who is clearly not part of it.

Low-effort or joke characters will not be whitelisted. Rival is not a meme server.

Combat and crime

Random deathmatch and vehicle deathmatch are not allowed. Violence needs a reason that exists in the scene.

Initiation should be clear. People need a chance to react before you start shooting.

Crime should still leave room for police roleplay. Hit and run chaos is not a gang story.

Do not use game mechanics to escape a scene you lost. No combat logging.

New-life rule applies after you are downed or killed. Your character does not remember the events that led to it.