Be patient. Gang acceptance can take anywhere from a day to a few weeks. The more recent your arrival to the server, the longer it will take. It's no bias - we just don't know who you are and we'll need to observe you and your gang.
What we expect from gangs...
Follow the Rules
Obviously, gangs need to follow server rules. Banned players aren't going to help the server!
Roleplay
Your gang must be able to roleplay. Although this is a RP server, we will rarely kick, prison, or ban people for not RPing... but we expect more out of our gangs! You should know how to roleplay and you should be in character or at least keeping IC/OOC discipline at all times.
Activity
SZR is a 24 hour a day server. You have to log in to be a part of it. It's extremely important that for a gang to survive, the top three members are all going to lead in some degree. There should be no absences of more than a day or two a month between them. Your members also need to log on or there is nothing to lead!
Positive attitude towards newbies
Vagos and Ballas are here to help newbies along, but often newbies are accepted directly into gangs. There's really no problem with this as long as YOU are willing to put in the time to teach them what they need to know. It's OK to hire "dumb muscle," and frankly we need gangs to take a chance on newbies sometimes, but the expectation is you'll at least have them keeping IC/OOC discipline, keeping to server rules, and encouraging them to RP as they spend more time on the server.
We also ask that gangs don't pick on random newbies. Sure, it's easier to go harass some whitename who just joined the server and doesn't know what's going on, but you're hurting the growth of server and being a jerk.
Contribution to the server
You may have the best dang gang on the planet but if all you do is stand on a roof and talk in /f you're not helping the server at all. Get involved! Invite people over for drinks, start a little conflict with your neighbors, have street races. Do something to interact with people outside of your gang.
Leaders must be able to have IC conflict and without OOC conflict!
It's extremely important that our gang leaders work together OOC to maintain order and make the game fun for everyone. KOS wars are simply unacceptable if both sides do not agree to them. "Moneymaking wars" are unacceptable. "Gang deletion" wars are unacceptable. Wars should be about power, politics, and hopefully fun!
Why are the admins threatening to take away my cool gang?
We have the same requirements of existing gangs that we do of gangs in waiting. If your gang falls below our standards, we will not be shy to take it away from you.
Leaderflags and Rank 7s
Families 1-10 may have up to
three rank 7s.
Families 11 and 12 may have
unlimited leaderflags due to LFs being the only ones able to invite.
If after creation you wish to add a R7/LF, we will need written approval of one R7/LF in the group.
If a 7/LF does something to your gang you do not like such as taking money, recruiting, kicking, or disbanding, we will
not automatically fix it for you! YOU gave them the power!
Help! Our fbank or flocker is empty! We have been ROBBED!
We will not fix IC problems caused by
you. You or one of your associates gave someone the keys to the castle and they ran away with your loot. Too bad! It's an in character issue and should be handled in character, not by admins.
Nobody likes the current Mafia / Grove / Yakuza / etc. or they are inactive. I want to use their theme and make a new gang.
To re-make a previous gang you'll either need overwhelming support from admins, the support of the "gang elders," the previous owners of the gang, or be one of the previous owners of the gang.
I want a private forum and a private usergroup. How do I get one and how do I use it?
If you'd like a usergroup and a forum please send a
forum PM to Juke or make a thread in
Cars / Interiors / Etc. Once you have a group, you can control it with the
group manager in your control panel.
The leader who created your gang app will have "full access" including editing and stickying posts in your forum, but nobody will show up as a "moderator." That's normal. If you would like someone else to have "full access" please send a
forum PM to Juke or make a thread in
Cars / Interiors / Etc
Do not edit your group settings / ranks!!!
Can you give my gang members name changes for RP?
No! Sorry, we don't give namechanges to anyone level 2 or higher. If you want to create "new characters" with namechanges, make new characters with new accounts!
Can you give my gang members skin changes for RP?
No! If you wish to change your gang's skins, please have your gang leader post a skin change thread in the
Gang Cars / Interiors / Etc forum.