I feel like I need to comment on this as a Perpheads "veteran" who has been around since November the 30th 2013.
The community itself is amazing. It has improved my communication skills, provided me with hours of entertainment and it has given me friends that I've met in real life
@Madda.
With the risk of sounding like an old man, Perpheads is not what it used to be. Evocity was a primitive version of what we have today with limited possibilities to roleplay. It reminded me of DarkRP but with stricter server rules that forced players to use their imagination which often led to entertaining solutions to in-game interaction. When we switched map to Paralake things changed and more props and features were added. Back then it felt like you knew more people who were a part of the community. I have always prioritized PassiveRP over the criminal lifestyle. I love to interact with people and pretend to be a certain character. However, I have always been struggling with people with AK-47's and Lamborghinis who exclusively join the server to powergrow and raid others.
Nowadays you cannot spawn at City Hall without hearing gunfire within the first 2 minutes, encounter a violent and racist sweatervest and see multiple people being run over by cars while crossing the road. It is the new "norm" and personally I will never get used to it. This overall gameplay of "cops vs robbers" has ruined the immersion of a realistic atmosphere. In my opinion, passive roleplay peaked around 6 years ago. Server rules were more strictly enforced by staff and players expected a certain amount of realism from others. Major improvements have been made to Paralake Police Department which is great. I recently became a member of the Road Traffic Unit within PLPD. I've concluded that traffic laws are constantly broken by 90-95 % of all players. It contributes to the normalization of unrealistic behavior.
This server still has so much potential and it would be a shame if the development in unrealistic behavior continues.
When discussing this topic with people I often refer to server rule 2.1, which is the "foundation" of the game mode on a serious roleplay server.
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Thanks to
@Jinx for addressing this concern.