Clarification of the new advertisement rule.

[Halogenn]

IF you don't like it, you can leave. We do not want moaners here.

Half of this community are moaners...

[SugarD]

Half of this community are moaners...

Then they can leave too.

[Comrade]

in real life

Don't pull that shit here.

In real life cops don't kill for speeding.
In real life we die when we crash into a wall at 200km/h.
In real life we don't carry around guns 24/7.
In real life we don't respawn.

This isn't f**king real life, deal with it.

[TheRock]

Half of this community are moaners...

And you belong to that half part You doing anything better? Nope ...
[chase greggor]attention whore[/chase greggor]

I feel that HQ really needs to re-write a few standards for the rules...  As it's much confusing for everybody as it seems...

[SugarD]

Don't pull that shit here.

In real life cops don't kill for speeding.
In real life we die when we crash into a wall at 200km/h.
In real life we don't carry around guns 24/7.
In real life don't respawn.

This isn't f**king real life, deal with it.

This may not be real life, but what do you think we are roleplaying exactly? This isn't the style of roleplay where we are playing WoW or DnD. This is a modified, simplified version of real life ROLE PLAYING. You can roleplay all of that IG if you choose to.

[9r2e5i3k]

We are role-playing GTA. Not real life.

[Gandalf]

Sorry to ask in such a simple manner, but why do you support unwritten rules that only regulars know?
You have said in the past that the intention is people learn these rules by getting punished for breaking them. Surely it would be easier to simply write them down so people can know about them before being punished? It would also mean admins would not have to form personal interpretations of the basic rule list as they have done up until now.
This is especially true for changing rules, as even regulars cannot account for a rule change that is not announced.

Very simple. There are no unwritten rules. There is only interpretation that may vary due to influences of real life and other (lower level) servers.

If you look around you in real life you will see that there is a tendency which is similar to what is going on with the request for rules. 50 years a go everything was allowed unless explicitly forbidden. Currently everything is forbidden except explicitly allowed.
We follow the old style where you are free to do what you want, as long as you do not get noticed in mass abuse. The /ad is a good example. there was a freedom within roleplay as long as not every second ad was used for advertising illegal busines..

[SugarD]

We are role-playing GTA. Not real life.

Aside from the fact that GTA focuses mainly on a very odd criminal life, GTA is based on real life too. I'm not saying we are "omg strict" real-life RP. I'm saying the basis of our roleplay is from real life stuff.

[Pandalink]

Very simple. There are no unwritten rules.

What about the very rule we're discussing in this thread?

[JDC]

If we compare the Illegal Ad problem and the list of Argonath Rules, the two closest rules for it to breach are the NO SPAMMING (most ads nowadays are drug or gun ads) and NO SCRIPT ABUSE (the way ad is used to stir trouble, such as getting suspected on purpose).

[Pandalink]

Neither of those rules directly indicates that illegal ads are not allowed.
Either of the rules you stated would take a massive amount of situational interpretation (and personal opinion) to arrive at this conclusion.

[Gandalf]

What about the very rule we're discussing in this thread?

It is an admin directive nort a rule. 

[Comrade]

Well then why are we being punished for breaking a rule that is not a rule after all?
I'd still say that let the admins deal with illegal adverts, but let the cops deal with the theoretically fully legal but suspicious adverts.

[Gandalf]

Well then why are we being punished for breaking a rule that is not a rule after all?
I'd still say that let the admins deal with illegal adverts, but let the cops deal with the theoretically fully legal but suspicious adverts.

No you are punished for making illegal ads, which is trespassing the boundaries of roleplay.

[Comrade]

No you are punished for making illegal ads, which is trespassing the boundaries of roleplay.

So you're saying we are in-fact allowed to disguise our ads to seem legal as it does not trespass the boundaries of roleplay, and rather allows for more interesting ones to take place?