Factions
Freedom and
Duty are not very friendly with each other. Expect some violence between them. Freedom and Duty should not ally under any circumstances unless authorized by the S.T.A.L.K.E.R Department lead.
Duty is a highly organized, militaristic faction that is almost a clone of the Ukrainian army. However, more specifically, the 704th God's Hand regiment, D company, is one of the most highly trained units in the entire faction. Lead by a Colonel, this group continues to wreak havoc on all those who oppose the great nation of Ukraine, and Duty itself. Their greatest enemy being the anarchists (Freedom), there's not a single bullet inside of their weapons that wasn't created to take the life of an anarchist, and if you find yourself allied with the anarchists, beware: Your life expectancy isn't very long.
Freedom is a loosely, tied together group full of fanatical anarchists who want to open up the Zone to the world. They despise Duty, as both have completely opposite views, and the two have never been known to get along. See a dead Duty member? Expect the bullet inside to be that of a Freedomer's assault weapon.
Monolith are religious fanatics who worship the mysterious Monolith. The Monolith cultists try to isolate themselves from everybody else, and make frequent attempts at converting loners to their cause.
Bloodsuckers is a name given to a unique type of mutant who has earned it's name sucking the life out of S.T.A.L.K.E.Rs just like you. If you're not careful, and you travel alone, be wary: For there's no where you can hide, and your stamina is limited. Good luck out there alone, and always know you can take comfort in knowing that in large groups, there will always be somebody slower than you.
Bloodsuckers typically stay away from large pockets of humans.
The traders, although they could be anyone in the Zone who sells or buys things from other people, are typically overweight, money hogging rich bastards with access to all of the latest high-tech weaponry and supplies to keep your average loner pumping through the harsh environment of the Zone. These are your drug dealers, your weapon smugglers, your food vendors, your drinking fountains, your information venue, and your opportunity to earn money, and become the richest S.T.A.L.K.E.R in the Zone.
The Ukrainian Military, in a perfect world, controls the entire Zone. However, although they're in fact surrounding the Zone, they have no real control on what goes on inside. The country of Ukraine dispatched their military to control the Zone, and those within it. Typically, if you see a soldier in the Ukrainian military, you should run, because otherwise you'll most likely bite the bullet. Or more precisely: Bullets.
The Ecologists study the Zone, and the unnatural happenings within them. They study artifacts, anomalies, mutants, you name it. Anything to further their, and the country of Ukraine's understanding of the Zone. However, if they snoop around too much, as they often do, they tend to become a threat, or more specifically: A liability.
Bandits are common in the zone, it's a way of life, getting robbed of your possessions is very common, bandits could look like anyone, and be anyone. It's best to stick in groups of two or more to lessen your chances of being confronted by such a band of deviants.
Mercenaries are people who work for money. Doesn't matter what it is, if they're getting paid, they'll most likely do it.
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Prop DMing
Prop DMing: Defined by Rohok as using a prop (Anything that can be picked up using a physics gun, or gravity gun) to kill or attempt to kill another player on the server in any way, shape, or form.
Prop Spamming: Defined by Rohok as repeatedly spawning (Using the Q menu, or duplicator/adv duplicator tool) props (Anything that can be picked up using a physics gun, or gravity gun) for any reason. Does not need to have malicious intent.
Punishments
Prop DMing: 1: Warning and kick
2: 1 hour ban
3: 2 hour ban
4: 3 hour ban
5: Permanent ban
Prop Spamming: Ban until server restart, or perma ban. Depending on the severity and intent.
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Godly Roleplay
Godly Role Play is the act of treating yourself as an unstoppable, or otherwise invicible person who seems to be impervious to all manner of assault. Including dodging bullets, dodging every punch thrown at you, running away while being hit by bullets fifty times, killing people instantly with /me's.
ALSO KNOWN AS POWERGAMING, AND GODMODINGPunishments
1st: Warning
2nd:Kick
3rd: 5 minute ban
4th: 30 minute ban
5th: 1 hour ban
6th: Ban until server restart
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Spawn Killing
The act of killing someone when they spawn, giving them no time to act.
Punishments
1st: 5 minute ban
3rd: 20 minute ban
4th: Ban till restart
5th: Perma-ban
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Hacks and Exploits
Exploits: An exploit is the act of using a bug in the script, game, or map to gain an advantage over other players. IE: Duping weapons, selling guns that spawn with flags, no-colliding walls/doors, getting under the map, etc.
Hacks: This is using things like radar, ESP, TacoBot, aimbot, etc to gain an advantage over other players.
Punishments
Exploits1: Warning and Ban
2: Ban until restart
3: Permanent ban
Hacks:Your first offense is your last offense. These aren't allowed anywhere else, what makes you think they're allowed here?
1: Perma-Ban.
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Meta Gaming
Using information that you know OOC, for IC purposes.
Using information you do not know.
Claiming you're the master of the universe and you know everybody's name.
Etc, etc... Using radar to find where people are.
Punishments
1 - 5: Warning and/or kick
6-10 : 10 minute ban
11-15: Ban till restart
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Deathmatching
Deathmatching is the act of killing people for no reason at all, or for a very silly reason. This is up to the admins to decide what deathmatching is, so try to Role Play everything you do regardless of if you think you have to.
Punishments
1: Warning and kick
2: 30 minute ban
3: Ban until restart
4: Permanent ban
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PK, PI, Rape
Permanently killing off another player's character requires authorization from the head of the STALKER RP department (Rohok) or SilverKnight himself. Or, if the other player agrees to it, it can be done.
Permanently injuring another player's character requires the same.
Raping somebody's character requires that person's consent OOCly. If it's not obtained, you will be banned for an hour.
PunishmentsDoing any of these without meeting the criteria will result in a
ban until restart.