Had a few questions on my mind as I settle into Paralake and think I may become a long-term player, as I have been rather enjoying my stay so far and the people I have met in the last month, so if I am to stick around thought it best to be able to get some questions out of the way both for meta and in game purposes. Feel free to answer one, some, or all if you can! Also just making a proper post so I can refer to it later. (My memory is awful)
Does reporting yourself result in no/heavy reduced punishment? And does /report or f6 reports get faster response times?
I try to be very aware of the rules, especially after getting a few warnings by mistake, learning, or just plain not knowing. I feel I am familiar with most of the rules right now but I feel there are some that I can completely break accidentally. The first example that lives in my mind is if I am doing a silent raid, and someone scares the hell out of me (appearing around corner or just popping out suddenly) and I shoot them dead, but it turns out they're unarmed, will I still receive a ban if I try to get staff attention to get them revived and remedy my action? I am a very jumpy person and this has been one of my deterrents for raiding a bit as PvP rules always feel dangerous, especially if dealing with a situation where only 1 or 2 people are armed in a group and trying to not accidentally hit the unarmed people cause my recoil control sucks.
When is the last time something got added to Perpheads Help? I am thinking of proposing an addition.
I was wondering the qualifications and other requirements for something to be added to Perpheads Help and in-game guide, and if that is even something still possible? Somewhat related I have already mentally drafted part of a new guide titled along the lines of "Raiding Etiquette/Rules of Engagement (RoE)" since it seems to be a very common thing people get in trouble for, along with some of the specific rules/examples that Newer Players (such as myself at the time) can struggle with grasping just from the Rules page itself. I am aware there is already a Raiding guide, however this goes more over how to raid and what to expect and stats of different breaching tools. My idea would be much closer to the Construction Handbook with the Dos and Donts of raiding to hopefully encourage more fair and realistic playing, with the goal of minimizing toxicity and player reports.
I am sure I can still post something to the Player Guides form in general, however most New Players would not be checking the forms for such. I will likely do that either way, just want to 1. See the likelyhood of it being considered onto Perpheads Help and 2. If doing something like this would be worth the time if people think.
Is there a particular content the server seems to gravitate to?
This is a slightly vague question, but I am slowly accumulating wealth and want to do something either RP event or make some form of entertaining media to post, but am not sure what would be enjoyed best, be it a skit, documentary, or even something theatrical. Since I have only been here a little over a month I see mostly montages being posted, which is fine, they tend to be cool or funny in some way, but take my 3 ideas I had:
- Decorating an Office Complex to look properly like an Office, and doing a "The Office" parody with Perpheads players/actors.
- A Documentary/Mockumentary of a guy going around Paralake taking things too seriously and capturing the daily life of the city maybe with some Steve Irwin "Crocodile Hunter" or "Billy On The Street" bits / vibes.
- Using Hungrigies or a Warehouse to try and set up a Stage and do something like Stupid Hamlet or some other really satirical play for whatever audience shows up, also recording it and uploading it.
Which of those would probably resonate the best with the community and be popular? I may end up doing all of them because I like creative media but I want to try and hit the more popular and engaging ones with priority and detail. I have more ideas but this will give me a decent idea of where to start.
Best way to deal with toxic players?
As much fun as I have with the server, I have had already more than a handful of distasteful encounters which may not directly violate any rules. Just last night I was working on PPS and while I was delivering a package, a group of people decided to get in the back of my vehicle and some directly behind it, which with the width of the van I obviously could not see behind me. Upon backing up (I had not even ragdolled any players, just slightly pushed them before they made themselves known) I had a couple start calling me r*tard and other insults over what was really just a visibility mistake that was arguably their fault for being weird anyways. I've had several of these situations where an honest mistake is made that I want to apologize for but people just seems so aggressive and eager to try and escalate it and sometimes it really dampens the mood of my experience. Has anyone found a good way to deal with this? I don't know if there's any mute or similar options I can do, and just ignoring it and leaving is hard when they stand directly in front of my vehicle without moving.
Thank you to anyone that gives advice or answers! Really have been enjoying meeting you all and making some fun memories together. : D
Does reporting yourself result in no/heavy reduced punishment? And does /report or f6 reports get faster response times?
I try to be very aware of the rules, especially after getting a few warnings by mistake, learning, or just plain not knowing. I feel I am familiar with most of the rules right now but I feel there are some that I can completely break accidentally. The first example that lives in my mind is if I am doing a silent raid, and someone scares the hell out of me (appearing around corner or just popping out suddenly) and I shoot them dead, but it turns out they're unarmed, will I still receive a ban if I try to get staff attention to get them revived and remedy my action? I am a very jumpy person and this has been one of my deterrents for raiding a bit as PvP rules always feel dangerous, especially if dealing with a situation where only 1 or 2 people are armed in a group and trying to not accidentally hit the unarmed people cause my recoil control sucks.
When is the last time something got added to Perpheads Help? I am thinking of proposing an addition.
I was wondering the qualifications and other requirements for something to be added to Perpheads Help and in-game guide, and if that is even something still possible? Somewhat related I have already mentally drafted part of a new guide titled along the lines of "Raiding Etiquette/Rules of Engagement (RoE)" since it seems to be a very common thing people get in trouble for, along with some of the specific rules/examples that Newer Players (such as myself at the time) can struggle with grasping just from the Rules page itself. I am aware there is already a Raiding guide, however this goes more over how to raid and what to expect and stats of different breaching tools. My idea would be much closer to the Construction Handbook with the Dos and Donts of raiding to hopefully encourage more fair and realistic playing, with the goal of minimizing toxicity and player reports.
I am sure I can still post something to the Player Guides form in general, however most New Players would not be checking the forms for such. I will likely do that either way, just want to 1. See the likelyhood of it being considered onto Perpheads Help and 2. If doing something like this would be worth the time if people think.
Is there a particular content the server seems to gravitate to?
This is a slightly vague question, but I am slowly accumulating wealth and want to do something either RP event or make some form of entertaining media to post, but am not sure what would be enjoyed best, be it a skit, documentary, or even something theatrical. Since I have only been here a little over a month I see mostly montages being posted, which is fine, they tend to be cool or funny in some way, but take my 3 ideas I had:
- Decorating an Office Complex to look properly like an Office, and doing a "The Office" parody with Perpheads players/actors.
- A Documentary/Mockumentary of a guy going around Paralake taking things too seriously and capturing the daily life of the city maybe with some Steve Irwin "Crocodile Hunter" or "Billy On The Street" bits / vibes.
- Using Hungrigies or a Warehouse to try and set up a Stage and do something like Stupid Hamlet or some other really satirical play for whatever audience shows up, also recording it and uploading it.
Which of those would probably resonate the best with the community and be popular? I may end up doing all of them because I like creative media but I want to try and hit the more popular and engaging ones with priority and detail. I have more ideas but this will give me a decent idea of where to start.
Best way to deal with toxic players?
As much fun as I have with the server, I have had already more than a handful of distasteful encounters which may not directly violate any rules. Just last night I was working on PPS and while I was delivering a package, a group of people decided to get in the back of my vehicle and some directly behind it, which with the width of the van I obviously could not see behind me. Upon backing up (I had not even ragdolled any players, just slightly pushed them before they made themselves known) I had a couple start calling me r*tard and other insults over what was really just a visibility mistake that was arguably their fault for being weird anyways. I've had several of these situations where an honest mistake is made that I want to apologize for but people just seems so aggressive and eager to try and escalate it and sometimes it really dampens the mood of my experience. Has anyone found a good way to deal with this? I don't know if there's any mute or similar options I can do, and just ignoring it and leaving is hard when they stand directly in front of my vehicle without moving.
Thank you to anyone that gives advice or answers! Really have been enjoying meeting you all and making some fun memories together. : D
