Rules (Bible)

General Roleplay Expectations

“RP Over Ruleplay”
One of the core principles of Hollow Point RP.
It means that realistic, creative roleplay should always take priority over trying to “win” by using the rules to your advantage. When in doubt of the exact rules, act it out as realistically as possible. Staff will always honor roleplay first.

Stay in Character
Everything your character does should make sense within the world of the city. Don’t use real-life or OOC (out-of-character) knowledge to affect in-character actions—this is metagaming and will not be tolerated.

Respect Others’ Roleplay
RP should be collaborative, not forced. Avoid powergaming (forcing outcomes or making unrealistic actions). For example, using features like “Bluetooth” to find someone’s name when they haven’t told you, or hiding in a green zone to dodge a situation, breaks immersion and is considered abuse.

Be Respectful
Harassment, hate speech, stalking, and toxicity of any kind aren’t welcome here. Treat other players with respect no matter who they are or what they play.

Streamer Conduct
Breaking TOS on any streaming platform while in the city is treated as a serious offense, since it can affect others’ livelihoods.

Play to Roleplay
This is not GTA Online. Random killing, senseless destruction, or “playing just to mess around” counts as No Intent to Roleplay (NITRP) and will lead to removal.

Stay in Character Until the Scene Ends
Even if something goes wrong, finish the RP. After the scene, submit a detailed ticket with video evidence if needed.

Avoid FailRP
Don’t break character or act outside realistic RP situations (reviving after dying, respawning mid-scene, switching vehicles unrealistically, etc.).

New Life Rule (NLR)
If your character dies, they can continue living but forget everything that happened in that death scene—no revenge, no memory of the killers. If you permanently kill off (“perma”) a character, others will only know what’s learned in-city.

Character Bleeding
Don’t share information between your characters. Each one is a separate person with their own story.

No Combat Logging
Leaving the game to escape RP or avoid consequences will result in punishment. The same goes for ignoring or avoiding staff.

Character Creation
Build a realistic backstory. No superpowers, unrealistic backgrounds, or god-like skills.

Interaction & Initiation

Initiation
Initiation means starting a roleplay encounter. Always make your presence and intent clear—use your voice and be visible. Give the other person time to respond. Jumping straight to violence or robbery without context is FailRP.

Timing
You have 15 minutes of active RP after initiating. If you lose contact for more than 10 minutes, you must reinitiate.

Violence
Guns or violence should be a last resort, not the first reaction.

Initiation Requirement
You have to interact with a player or group for a minimum of 30 seconds before initiating a robbery or violent act.

Communication Rules

• No mic or chat spamming. Don’t yell, loop audio, or use soundboards or voice changers to annoy others.
• Players must have a working microphone to load into the server.
• You must be able to understand, speak, and type English since we are a North American-based server.
• Voice changers must be realistic and used to enhance RP.

Offensive RP & Explicit Conduct

Offensive RP / Suicide RP
Roleplaying any form of sexual assault (non-consensual touching, rape, etc.) is strictly prohibited and will result in an immediate ban. Such behavior is unacceptable and appeals will not be accepted. Suicide RP is also prohibited and will not be tolerated.

Explicit Conduct
Racial slurs, sexual harassment, derogatory statements, sexist comments, transphobic/homophobic terms, and similar abusive language are NOT allowed. Excessive swearing is discouraged.
Inappropriate character names are prohibited (including sexual innuendos, sexually suggestive names, or names falling under these categories). Such names will be disallowed.

In-Game Conduct

Criminal RP
Crimes should make sense in the city’s world. Wait at least five minutes for PD to arrive during robberies. PD-related crimes cannot occur 30 minutes before or after a server restart.
Max 6 criminals per robbery, with up to 3 vehicles total.
When robbing someone, pick what you’re taking—cash, weapon, or tools—not everything.

Fear RP & Value of Life
If a gun is on you, act like your life matters. No hero behavior in hopeless situations. Don’t take extreme risks or stunts that would realistically kill you or destroy your car.

RDM & VDM
Randomly killing or running people over without RP reason isn’t allowed. Ambush RP (shooting from afar without dialogue) also counts as FailRP.

Robbing or Killing for No Reason
You must have RP motivation—revenge, rivalry, storyline, etc.—not just greed.

Respect for Law Enforcement
Treat police and EMS realistically. You can’t rob or kidnap the only cop/EMS online, and you may not take PD weapons or vehicles.

No Injecting or Forcing RP
Don’t join scenes you weren’t part of or force someone into RP they’ve declined.

Hits and Contracts
If you put a hit on someone, they must be informed in RP and can choose to accept or decline. Accepted hits expire after 48 hours.

Harassment & Griefing
Repeatedly bothering players, stalking green zones, or ignoring “don’t contact me” warnings will result in bans.

Meta Gaming
Don’t use external info (Discord, streams, IDs) to gain an advantage.

Cop Baiting
Purposely attracting police attention without reason is not allowed.

Emergency Lights
Civilians can’t use vehicles with flashing emergency lights on public roads.

No IRL Politics or Religion RP
Keep real-world issues out of the server.

Perma RP
If you want to permanently kill off your character, notify staff with a ticket so EMS and admins can prepare the scene.

Vehicle Realism
Use vehicles properly for their environment. Driving a supercar off a mountain is not realistic RP.

Voice ID
Don’t identify people solely by their voice. Likewise, don’t mimic voices to frame or confuse others.

Robbing Players

When robbing another player, you may only take what they currently have in their personal inventory. You may NOT force bank transfers, vehicle sales, or take items from apartments or businesses.
If kidnapping or robbing, you may only kill if they refuse or provoke lethal force. Killing solely to rob someone is not permitted.
Gang members must not antagonize player-owned businesses unless provoked.

Restarts (Tsunamis)

A mandatory minimum of 10 minutes is required to pass after server restart before any crimes should be committed. This allows all individuals time to adapt after restart and prepare for RP. All crimes should also cease 10 minutes prior to a scheduled reset.

Hostage/bank robbery scenes must begin at least 30 minutes prior to restart. If an unscheduled restart occurs, all players are required to return and finish RP’ing their scene.

Exploiting, Bugs & Game Modifications

Exploiting Bugs
Do not exploit in-game bugs for personal gain. Report all bugs to staff immediately.

Exploiting Scripts / GTA Mechanics
Do not exploit GTA or server mechanics for an advantage (abusing physics, using vehicles outside approved systems, exploiting unintended features, etc.).

Game Modifications
No third-party mods or cheats that alter gameplay or provide advantages. Modifying vehicle handling or similar will result in bans.

Power Gaming (PG)

Power-gaming is using mechanics or RP concepts to favor yourself unfairly. This applies to all players.
Examples include:

• Running to teleport markers to escape
• Storing money after a crime
• Changing vehicles or clothes within 10 minutes of a crime
• Repairing vehicles mid-scene

Follow the 10-minute rule always.

Meta Gaming (Meta)

Metagaming is using out-of-character or external information to influence in-game decisions.
Includes:

• Stream-sniping
• Using third-party VOIP or Discord
• Knowledge from other characters

No external communications with active in-city players unless part of official RP (e.g., DOJ, court cases).

Failure to Roleplay / Unrealistic RP

Maintain immersion and realism at all times.
Violations include:

• Refusing active RP
• Performing unrealistic actions
• Abusing OOC chat
• Arguing rules mid-scene
• Not using features that support RP

Skybox Usage
The chat box is for RP purposes only—non-RP activity is prohibited.

AFK / Money Farming

Do not remain AFK for longer than 15 minutes. Players idle longer may be kicked.

Safe Zones & Green Zones

Safe areas include hospitals, spawn points, and events.
No fighting, fleeing, or hiding in these zones.
You may only stay for 5 minutes unless conducting business.
Running into safe zones mid-crime is FailRP.

Impersonation & Protected Entities

Impersonating Personnel
Do not impersonate police, fire, DOT, DOJ, or staff. Wearing uniforms or claiming titles is prohibited unless part of official RP.

Stealing or Harming Federally Protected Vehicles / Personnel
Police, EMS, Fire, DOT, and Communication vehicles are whitelisted. Stealing them is against the rules.\

Medical Rules

Medical AI / Ambulance
Do not use AI Ambulance when 3+ EMS/SAFR are on duty.

Healing During a Situation
Do not heal or armor up mid-combat—it’s unrealistic and FailRP. You may only use bandages in combat.

EMS Authority Over Respawn
After being revived, you are in medical custody until cleared. RP your injuries realistically for 10 minutes.

Gunfight Rules & Scene Conduct

• Max 6v6 participants in gunfights.
• Always roleplay before combat—no instant shooting.
• PD arrests must have RP justification.
• Maximum 6 civilians per scene
• No camping or farming illicit areas.
• Torture RP must be reasonable and non-sexual.

Fear RP

Follow the fear rule when outnumbered at least 2:1 (e.g., 4v2).
If you’re held at gunpoint, value your life.
Escaping in a vehicle when already inside is acceptable but risky.
Follow suspect commands or face consequences.

RDM / VDM

RDM – Random killing without RP.
VDM – Using vehicles to kill without RP.
Violence must always have RP reasoning and escalation.
Example: Saying “You remember what happened?” then shooting isn’t RP.

Vigilante / Hitman / Sniping RP

Not allowed. You are not a superhero, hitman, or trained sniper.

Robbery Rules

• No fake hostages.
• Must exchange hostages for ransom.
• Must have bag/backpack for ARs or stolen goods.
• Max 6 robbers (7 for gangs).
• PD may have +2 officer advantage.
• SRT may deploy up to 9 (2 teams + negotiator).

Police Equipment & SRT Rules

Flashbangs, gas, and smoke grenades are SRT-only.
Beanbag shotguns allowed under SOP.
LIDAR for traffic operations only.
Civilians may not possess police gear.

EMS & PD Rules

EMS must perform realistic medical RP.
PD must use proportionate force.
Cops/EMS cannot be kidnapped if the only one on duty.
No self-reviving mid-scene.

Vehicle Rules & GTA Driving

Vehicle Realism
Drive appropriately—no off-road supercars or mountain-climbing bikes.
Do not ignore crashes or continue after high-speed collisions.
Hitting ramps with your vehicles during a chase is not permitted

Gangs & Organized Crime

Gang leaders are responsible for their members. All gangs share accountability for rule breaks.

• First Violation: Written warning
• Second: Strike 1
• Third: Strike 2 (lose perks, 14-day suspension)
• Fourth: Disbanded

After 45 days with no new offenses, warnings reset.

Applications: Gangs must apply with at least 10 active members. After a 30-day probation, the minimum drops to 5 active members.

Suspensions: Suspended gangs can’t wear colors, operate turf, or do gang RP. No gang vehicles, no sales, no retaliation.

Rosters: Must stay updated with 1–2 leaders and at least 5 active members. One character per player per gang.

Colors: Clearly define unique outfits. Don’t press random citizens for wearing similar colors.

Gang Memory : Characters can’t “forget” gang ties or past actions to avoid fallout.

Trial Periods: Gangs are encouraged to vet new members through trial periods to prevent confusion and bad RP.

Business Rules

Each player may own one business.
Applications through Discord.
Player-owned businesses are not safe zones but cannot be targeted without justified RP.
LEO may patrol and serve warrants freely.

Cop Minimums & Interaction

• At least 4 cops on duty for kidnapping civilians.
• 7 cops minimum to kidnap officers.
• Mistreatment by PD should be handled IC or via complaint forms.

Reporting & Staff Interaction

Finish RP before reporting.
Provide video evidence if possible.
Handle disputes through tickets—not DMs.
Admin decisions are final unless formally appealed via Discord.

Character Rules

Each character must be unique—no shared info, assets, or money between them.
Copying another player’s character or storyline (Copy Cat RP) is not allowed.

Role-Secured Chats

Discord role-protected chats (e.g., DOJ, LEO, Goddess Chat, etc.) are confidential.
Sharing information from these chats will lead to disciplinary action.

Real-World Trading (RWT)

Selling or buying in-game currency, items, or services for real money is forbidden unless staff-approved.

Radio Rules

• Radios can be used in water only when not fully submerged.
  You may resume use when treading or after resurfacing.
• You may not use your radio while handcuffed