Community
Rules

All players and staff members are entitled to a respectful experience. Harassment, hate speech, discrimination, and bullying of any kind — whether directed at individuals or groups — are strictly prohibited. Every member of this community deserves to engage in roleplay free from toxicity, intimidation, or personal attacks.

All in-game chat must remain appropriate and respectful. Excessive profanity, offensive language, and disruptive communication are not permitted. Chat channels exist to support roleplay and community interaction — abuse of these channels undermines the experience for all players.

The use of exploits, cheats, scripts, hacks, or any unauthorized third-party software to gain an unfair advantage is absolutely prohibited. This undermines the integrity of our roleplay environment and the experience of every legitimate player in the server. There are no exceptions to this rule.

All decisions made by staff members in active situations must be respected. Staff act in accordance with our policies and are entrusted to maintain order and fairness across the server. If you believe a decision was made in error or was unjust, you are always welcome to submit a formal appeal through our official channels in Discord — do not argue publicly or attempt to circumvent staff authority in-server.

Deliberate trolling with the intent to disrupt, ruin, or devalue the roleplay experience of others is not permitted. This includes intentionally breaking immersion, refusing to engage in legitimate roleplay, and any behavior clearly designed to cause frustration rather than contribute positively to the session.

Any real-life threats, regardless of intent, will not be tolerated under any circumstances. Similarly, the sharing, researching, or threatening to share another person's private personal information — including real name, location, contact details, or any identifying data — constitutes doxxing and is a serious violation of both our rules and applicable law.

Killing, injuring, or seriously harming another player without a valid, established roleplay reason is strictly prohibited. Every act of violence in Project: Los Angeles must be grounded in a realistic and justifiable in-character scenario. RDM destroys immersion, wastes the time of other players, and degrades the quality of the server environment.

Intentionally using a vehicle as a weapon against other players without valid roleplay justification is prohibited. Vehicles are a core part of Los Angeles roleplay — their misuse for the purpose of harming players destroys immersion and creates an unfair, frustrating experience for the community.

All players must realistically value the life of their character. In any situation involving a credible threat to your character's life — such as a firearm pointed at you, a physical confrontation with multiple armed individuals, or any scenario in which a reasonable person would fear for their safety — you are expected to respond accordingly. Ignoring threats or acting unrealistically to gain an advantage constitutes a failure to roleplay.

If your character dies during a roleplay scenario, you must treat it as a fresh start. You may not return to the scene of your death for a minimum of 10 minutes, and your character has no memory of the events that led to their death. This rule exists to preserve narrative integrity and prevent players from using out-of-character knowledge to influence ongoing situations.

Leaving the game intentionally to avoid an ongoing roleplay scenario — including arrest, injury, death, criminal consequence, or any active interaction — is strictly prohibited. Disconnecting mid-situation to escape outcomes is not only disrespectful to other players but fundamentally undermines the structure of serious roleplay. If a genuine emergency requires you to leave, notify staff before doing so.

Forcing unrealistic actions or outcomes onto another player without giving them the opportunity to respond, or performing actions that would be physically impossible in a real-world context, constitutes powergaming. Roleplay is collaborative — both parties must have fair and realistic opportunities to respond to any given scenario.

Using information obtained outside of your character's in-game knowledge to influence in-game decisions or actions is metagaming and is strictly prohibited. Your character can only know what they have legitimately learned through in-character interactions. Information shared in Discord, observed on a stream, or heard from another player outside of the game must never be used to gain an advantage in roleplay.