PM is RP if YOU MAKE it RP

[Teddy]

There has been a lot of confusion regarding PMs and their consideration in RP. If you decide to utilize PM as an RP communication method then you are directly making PM legitimately RP.

An example of a non-rp PM:
"Hey, what did you do this weekend"
"Hey, how much longer are you going to be online"

An example of a RP PM:
"Hey, wannna buy drugs?"
"Hey, can you meet me at our secret meeting spot?"
"Hey, HEAL?!"

This means yes, PM can be used in court if it is a RP PM. This means PMs can be used in RP if YOU make it that way.

Thanks for understanding.

[Kaze]

What if someone starts the RP as shown above but you don't reply back to it in RP?

''I'm gonna kill you''
''Lol k noob''

[Antonio.]

I see how it can initiate an RP, I however don't see how it can be seen as an RP interaction.

[Manoni]

I can't say I fully agree on this but okay, everything has a reason.

''I'm gonna kill you''

There's no possible way I can take a PM with that message as roleplay.

[Celso]

 
This is a hole new level in which its going to make it much harder to gain ground evidence on a crime...

[Badandy]

Are PMs considered SMS type of message? Are these considered "saved" somewhere so you can show it in court like off your phone like a regular SMS. Or is it up to us?

[Gnb_22]

Look out for /p is RP if YOU MAKE it RP. Coming Soon.

[Pedro.]

what

[Ivan_MC]

lol

[Stivi]

Okay what the fuck. I've had people ask me if I buy/sell drugs, ask me if I want to gamble ( then proceed giving out more details after being declined), ask me if they could be gvardia freinds and bros and spam me with why not, and all those other bullshit. We must stop it.

In a way, this is script abuse. These people and I've done it too, we all have at some point, we use a certain script to purchase an item that is illegal and this script allows us to erase any possible evidence the police might gather against us. Or they advertise their product eithout having to pay the costs for /ad. Instead of PUNISHING them, we let them use it. What the fuck.

[eymas]

This works in both ways. It can be useful against criminals, but it's also useful against cops.
In any way, you can't ignore this breaks the game up a lot more by giving more transparency, but it also gives several advantages in rolling up all kinds of malicious cases.

I'll just do what I normally do and sit behind the judge's chair, watching the fires rage on the field 

[BojanS]

I agree with this. It's literally like a short message system.
However, we have it on phone aswell.

[Ramo_Hawk]

I refuse to go with this, sorry. PM is not and should never be a RP Method. If you want to buy, sell or whatever, you do it with the ACTUAL roleplay methods such as phone calls, local chat, and so on. The only thing acceptable on this is if you whisper something to someone and you don't want those that are nearby to see what you've whispered.

[Brian]

I refuse to go with this, sorry. PM is not and should never be a RP Method. If you want to buy, sell or whatever, you do it with the ACTUAL roleplay methods such as phone calls, local chat, and so on. The only thing acceptable on this is if you whisper something to someone and you don't want those that are nearby to see what you've whispered.

I agree with this, but since admins can't take action against people 'roleplaying' in PM, due to the fact there's no OOC and IC. It's quite unfair that players can use /pm to avoid role play punishment, so even though it is in my opinion a stupid solution, it's a solution.

[Mikal]

I guess I'll be sueing all the people that constantly spam me with "Selling weed?" and "Wanna gamble?" - That's harassment!