Server Rules

Disrespectful behaviour is not acceptable. Users are expected to conduct themselves respectfully at all times, across all of our services.

Toxicity is prohibited on our services. Users are expected to stay polite and respectful towards other players who wish to voice their opinion, and to keep a positive attitude.

Any form of bullying on our services is prohibited. Users found bullying another player will receive a warn or ban at an administrator’s discretion, depending on severity.

Negative or derogatory remarks about a user’s race, religion, gender, sexual preference, sexual orientation or gender identity are strictly forbidden. This applies across all of our services, both in and out of character.

Adult content, such as pornography, real death or gore, is prohibited.

Gore and shock content is prohibited.

Abusive content is forbidden.

Any form of extreme ideology is prohibited.

Sexual communication or erotic roleplay (ERP) with other users is forbidden.

If you see a staff member abusing their power, you may report them to our management team. Explain what the issue is and give a fully detailed account of what happened. Evidence such as photos and videos can be added to help management with their investigation.

Our in-game ticket system (/support) is to be treated with respect and used to report users who have broken the server rules. Misusing it in a way that takes up staff members’ time can lead to a warn or ban at an administrator’s discretion.

Compensation requests require photo or video evidence. Failing to provide this evidence will lead to your request being denied by management and the loss of your items.

Our staff are unpaid volunteers who give their own time to keep the server running. Treat them with the same respect as any other player: being disrespectful or rude to staff will not be tolerated and is punishable by a warn or ban.

When you are taken to a sit, you are expected to be fully truthful and cooperative with the administrator, and you must stay until the sit is over. Players are not allowed to evade the rules in any way.

Any attempt to evade our moderation systems, such as bans and warns, is strictly prohibited. This includes evading a ban with another account: users found doing so will have both their main account and the second account permanently banned.

Disconnecting from our services to avoid a punishment is strictly forbidden, along with any use of a second or “backup” account. Doing so will get you warned or banned depending on severity.

We take data security and personal data seriously. We will not tolerate the disclosure of personal information, or any attempt to obtain another user’s personal information. This rule protects passwords, addresses, photographs, phone numbers and IP addresses.

Causing or inciting a significant breach of the peace and stability of our services, in any way, is forbidden. This includes DDoS attacks, abusing exploits, using scripts or macros, cheating, and any other malicious activity such as stealing player data or harming our services. Offenders will receive a permanent community ban and lose all access to our services.

Many things might not be in the rules. Use common sense, and contact an administrator if you’re unsure about something.

Disrupting communication in any way is not acceptable. Every user has the right to speak and should be given the chance to share their thoughts. Off-topic material, such as spam or playing loud music and sounds, is prohibited.

Buying or selling in-game items, money or characters for real money, or for anything outside the game, is not allowed.

Your account is yours alone. Do not share, sell or hand over your account; you are responsible for anything done on it.

Your characters are separate people. Do not pass items, money or knowledge between your own characters, either directly or through another player.

ExampleDropping items with one character, then switching to another to pick them up.

All character names should be realistic and sensible. Memes, pop culture references and famous names are not permitted. You may include a title such as Dr or Jr.

Example“Daniel Kovač” or “Dr Elena Petrova” is fine; “Walter White”, “John Cena” or “Xx_Sniper_xX” is not.

RP names must be properly capitalised.

Example“Anna Weber”, not “anna weber” or “ANNA WEBER”.

Canon names and characters are not allowed. This applies to surnames but not to first names.

ExampleYou can be a Gordon or an Eli, but not a Freeman, a Vance or a Breen.

Roleplay that does not relate to HL2RP is generally not allowed. If the staff team feels an action, group or RP situation is not relevant to HL2, it may be removed at an administrator’s discretion.

Our server is English only. Make sure you speak English when using our services.

All users are expected to follow the server rules and play as their character. Failing to play as your character falls under the FailRP rule and can get you warned or banned for a length of time.

Using information you learned out of character (OOC) while in character (IC) is metagaming. Metagaming will not be tolerated under any circumstances and can lead to a warn or ban at an administrator’s discretion, depending on severity.

ExampleA friend tells you on Discord where a rebel base is, and your character goes straight to it.

Metagaming through third parties is strictly forbidden. Users found using third-party services for meta information will be warned or banned at an administrator’s discretion.

ExampleCalling out a Combine patrol’s position to your squad over a Discord call when your characters have no way of knowing it.

Voice chat, text chat, yelling and radio are IC systems only. They must be used for IC roleplay, not OOC purposes. Use OOC and LOOC for anything not related to HL2RP.

All letters are assumed to be signed in character by their creator.

In-game voice chat is used for out-of-character communication with staff only during a sit.

Voices and noises heard through walls are not meta-protected, and neither are IC names.

Switching jobs to obtain better rations is strictly prohibited. This is considered job abuse and will get you warned.

Forcing your roleplay onto someone through /me is considered powergaming.

Example/me rips the gun from their hand and knocks them out, which leaves the other player no chance to respond.

Bunnyhopping is strictly not allowed.

/me should only be used on another player if both parties agree to the roleplay beforehand. Do not force a player to roll, or do /me’s or /it’s involving them, until they have given consent.

/it is for describing the environment and objects. Make sure it is not misused.

Example/it The streetlight above the checkpoint flickers and goes out.

CWU workers must make sure their adverts are realistic, appropriate and fit what the company is selling. Misusing adverts counts as FailRP (2.2).

Rebels must not camp teleporters. They must also not camp Nexus gates unless Nexus raid permission has been given.

FearRP should be followed and respected. If your character is at gunpoint, outgunned, and escape is not possible, comply with the requests of whoever is holding you at gunpoint. OTA are exempt from this rule, as they lack cognitive function.

ExampleThree Civil Protection officers have their weapons on you, so you raise your hands instead of reaching for yours.

Anyone carrying out an IED bombing is exempt from FearRP.

When your character dies, they forget how they died and who killed them. The wait before you respawn is your NLR: once you are back, do not return to a scene that is still running where you died.

Killing players without a good IC reason is RDM. Make sure all PvP has a good reason; if you cannot give staff one, it falls under RDM.

ExampleShooting a citizen because they bumped into you.

Self-defence is allowed if a Civil Protection or OTA member tells a citizen to get on the wall. Self-defence is not allowed in the Nexus on any map.

Self-defence baiting is not permitted under any circumstances.

ExampleProvoking someone until they attack you, just so you can kill them in “self-defence”.

Members of a group in the Factions tab (TAB menu) may claim defence of a friend. The person being defended must be in the same group as their defender.

Occupants of a property must give 3 clear warnings to anyone they want out of their private home or base before engaging the trespasser in combat. Defending your home or base against a Civil Protection raid is also a valid reason to fight back.

Being reported to the Combine by a loyalist or citizen is a valid reason to kill, for a limited time of 5 minutes.

Mugging RP is forbidden unless both parties agree to the mugging beforehand.

Any citizen may fight Combine players without special gear, as long as they have a valid IC reason. Fighting them without one is RDM.

Any form of PvP in the spawn area is forbidden.

Killing people by baiting a defence of a property, an item or the like is not allowed. This applies to self-defence as well.

ExampleLuring someone into your base so you can kill them as a trespasser.

Spamming crouch during combat to obscure your hitbox is not allowed under any circumstances and will get you warned.

Healing a teammate or yourself while being shot at or close by is strictly forbidden. This rule applies to everyone, Combine and rebels alike. Health vials are exempt.

Spawning props while being shot at by other players is not allowed. Breaking this rule will result in a warn or ban depending on severity.

Using props to hurt, kill or push players is not allowed. This includes dropping, throwing or launching props at them. Breaking this rule will result in a warn or ban depending on severity.

ExampleDropping a crate from a balcony onto a patrol passing below.

Stacking props, building pieces or dropped items to climb somewhere you could not reach on foot is not allowed, even for a moment. Permanent structures that do this fall under out-of-bounds access (3.1).

ExampleStacking crates against a fence to get over it instead of using the gate.

Blocking doors, stairs or streets with props so that players cannot pass, or trapping players with props, is not allowed. Barricades must stay chest height and bases must keep an entrance (3.1).

ExamplePlacing a wall section in a doorway so the people inside cannot get out.

If you have physgun or toolgun access, use it only for building, and never during combat (2.5). Freeze your props once they are in place, as anyone can pick up a loose prop and throw it at other players.

Throwing items and shoving players are roleplay actions, not weapons. Do not use them to harass players, to push someone off a ledge or into danger, or to break up a scene.

ExampleShoving a player off a rooftop instead of roleplaying the fight.

Only use /unstuck when you are genuinely stuck in a wall, a prop or the floor. Using it for anything else, such as getting out of a roleplay situation, is not allowed.

Using any other game, map or physics bug to gain an advantage, such as glitching into walls or under the map, is not allowed. If you find one, report it to staff with /support instead of using it. Exploits that harm the server or other players, such as duplicating items or crashing the server, count as malicious activity (1.5).

Disconnecting during combat or an active scene to escape what happens next is combat logging, and will result in a warn or ban depending on severity. Leaving the server while your character is downed gives you an automatic 24-hour ban.

ExampleQuitting the game while Civil Protection are putting zip ties on you.

Do not go AFK or leave in the middle of a scene other players are involved in. If you have to go, tell them in LOOC first.

If you think someone broke the rules during a scene, finish the scene and report it afterwards with /support. Only staff can pause or stop a scene. Serious breaches, such as harassment, can be reported straight away.

You cannot refuse a search, an arrest or restraints just by saying no out of character. Resist in character if it is realistic, within FearRP (2.4), or go along with it. Dragging a scene out on purpose is not allowed either.

Kidnapping someone with zip ties or a headbag needs a valid IC reason, and you must keep roleplaying with your hostage the whole time. Kidnapping someone to rob them counts as mugging (2.4).

ExampleTying up a citizen and leaving them alone in a basement while you go and do something else.

A kidnapped player may be held for at most 30 minutes, after which you must release them or end the scene, unless they agree to continue. This does not apply to Civil Protection detention.

Do not kill a downed player without a valid IC reason. Everything they carry drops to their body when they die, so finishing someone off just to loot them counts as RDM (2.4).

Civil Protection need a valid IC reason to arrest, search or detain someone, or to put out a BOL (a wanted notice). Being arrested without one can be reported as RDA with /support.

Combine equipment, terminals and powers are for your faction’s duties only. Using them for personal gain or to settle personal grudges is not allowed.

ExampleSearching a citizen only to take their items for yourself.

All buildings must be realistic. For example, Combine and rebel bases must use their respective materials.

Text screens and buildings that serve no purpose or meaning may be removed at the administration’s discretion.

Text screens must read as realistic advertising, such as “Open for business” or “Buy 1 get 1 free”. Unrealistic text screens can be deleted at the administration’s discretion.

Any form of DarkRP base is strictly prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to, maze bases, crouch bases and force-jump bases. Any base the administration considers to resemble these can be taken down.

Rebels may put up propaganda using text screens or EGPs. Excessive use may result in the propaganda being deleted at the staff team’s discretion.

Rebels must not put up signs in the city advertising their group, weapon sales or the like. This restriction covers the city only; such signs may be placed in:

• Sewers
• Shops and stores affiliated with a rebel group from the Factions tab, or one of its members
• Slums

Any structure built to reach an inaccessible part of the map is strictly prohibited. This includes rooftops, areas behind barricades and the like.

Any base requested to be built in the skybox needs UA approval.

Barricades must be chest height, so that players firing from behind them are exposed and can reasonably be damaged.

Bright lights and lens-flare lights must not be placed on barricades or checkpoints.

One-way materials are not permitted under any circumstances.

Bases must have at least one entrance or exit.

All rebel bases must have enough space for 2 players to stand side by side. The only exception is a doorway prop; abusing this will result in punishment.

If your base is raided by a Combine force, it may be deleted by staff.

Where reasonable, the base will be deleted once all defending forces have lost or died.

Combine forces must realistically remove or destroy a base to bring it down. This must be supervised by staff.

A warning from staff. Minor ones are given verbally in game; repeated or serious ones are also noted on your record.

Removes you from the server on the spot, usually to stop a rule break while it is still happening. You can reconnect afterwards.

Blocks you from the game server for a set number of days, or permanently. Your bans are listed on your portal dashboard.

A permanent ban from every Singularity service, including the game server and the portal. It is used for the most serious breaches, such as malicious activity (1.5).

Temporarily stops you from talking on our Discord, for example for soundboard misuse (1.7).

Punishments match the severity of the rule break. Staff cannot give a heavy punishment for a minor one.

Breaking the rules again leads to harsher punishments. Earlier warns and punishments on your record are taken into account.

Where the rules do not cover a situation, the decision is up to the administrator, and it can be appealed (4.3). Use common sense (1.6) and ask staff if you’re unsure.

If you think a punishment was wrong, open a ticket on the portal: choose Ban Appeal for a ban, or General Support for anything else. Explain what happened and include any evidence you have.

Appeals must be made within 7 days of the punishment. Later appeals are declined.

Community-banned players cannot sign in to the portal. If you believe a community ban was issued in error, contact a Community Manager on our Discord.

If you think a staff member abused their power, open a Staff Complaint ticket on the portal. It is reviewed by our management team (1.3).