Drift Away

Server Rules

Bright-line standards with defined requirements, limited exceptions, and consistent enforcement.

Last Updated: August 1, 2026 — Clarity Revision79 Published Rules
Active Category

Community & Staff Policy

Staff authority, support procedures, community conduct, enforcement, and zero-tolerance behavior.

Rule Group

Staff, Support & Enforcement

How staff decisions, reports, tickets, and appeals are handled.

6 Rules
What This Means
  • Staff may pause, redirect, or end a scene when necessary to prevent further harm or preserve evidence.
  • Staff discretion must be tied to a written rule, the rulebook philosophy, or a clear threat to fair roleplay.
  • Attempting to exploit wording or an unlisted technicality does not protect bad-faith behavior.
Bright-Line Requirements
  • Staff intervention must identify the rule, evidence, or immediate safety concern being addressed.
  • Players must comply with staff directions during the scene and use a ticket afterward to dispute the decision.
Only Exceptions
  • Staff may act immediately without advance explanation when delay would risk evidence loss, harassment, cheating, or continued disruption.
Enforcement Standard

Refusing a direct staff instruction may be punished separately from the original incident.

Allowed
  • Open a Discord ticket.
  • Use /report in game when immediate staff assistance is necessary.
Not Allowed
  • Directly messaging owners or staff to skip the queue.
  • Contacting multiple staff members about the same matter.
  • Repeatedly tagging staff to force a response.
Bright-Line Requirements
  • Use one ticket for one issue and include all available names, IDs, timestamps, and clips.
  • Use /pma only for an active technical or rule issue that cannot reasonably wait until the scene ends.
Only Exceptions
  • A staff member may invite you to DM them for a specific ongoing matter.
Enforcement Standard

Queue-skipping, repeated tagging, or contacting multiple staff members after being told to wait may result in a warning or temporary communication restriction.

Allowed
  • Record the full situation when possible.
  • Submit player IDs, timestamps, and unedited context.
  • Open an emergency ticket when continuing the scene would create immediate harm.
Not Allowed
  • Breaking character to accuse someone of rule breaking.
  • Retaliating because you believe another player broke a rule.
  • Threatening to report someone to control the scene.
  • Moderating your own scene.
Bright-Line Requirements
  • Continue roleplay unless staff directs otherwise or the conduct creates an immediate real-world safety concern.
  • Submit the report after the scene; do not announce reports, clips, or rule accusations in character.
Only Exceptions
  • Immediate staff intervention is permitted for cheating, hate speech, sexual misconduct, credible real-life threats, or a scene that cannot safely continue.
Enforcement Standard

Retaliation or self-moderation is treated as a separate violation even when the original report is valid.

What This Means
  • Clips should include the events leading into and immediately following the alleged violation.
  • Edited clips that remove important context may be rejected.
  • Knowingly false reports, manipulated evidence, or coordinated mass-reporting may result in punishment.
Bright-Line Requirements
  • Video reports should include at least 60 seconds before the alleged violation and continue through the outcome whenever available.
  • Do not crop, mute, speed up, or omit context that changes how the incident appears.
Only Exceptions
  • Staff may act without player-provided video when server logs, staff observation, admissions, or multiple consistent sources establish the violation.
Enforcement Standard

Knowingly false or manipulated evidence may result in punishment equal to or greater than the reported offense.

Not Allowed
  • Personal attacks over a staff decision.
  • Claiming staff authority you do not have.
  • Leaking private ticket information to create harassment.
  • Encouraging others to target a staff member.
What This Means
  • Failure to read an announcement does not exempt a player from a current rule.
  • Major changes should be announced when reasonably possible.
  • The version displayed on the official website is the controlling version.
  • The displayed Last Updated date must be changed whenever ownership publishes a rule revision.
Rule Group

Community Integrity

4 Rules
Allowed
  • Official Drift Away purchases and donations through approved server channels.
Not Allowed
  • Selling money, items, vehicles, businesses, characters, gang positions, or services.
  • Accepting cash, gift cards, cryptocurrency, Discord Nitro, or off-server trades.
  • Using a middleman or third party to hide a transaction.
Bright-Line Requirements
  • All real-money purchases must occur only through ownership-approved Drift Away channels.
Only Exceptions
  • No private exception exists. Staff approval cannot authorize an off-platform player-to-player sale.
Enforcement Standard

Permanent ban; involved assets may be removed; no appeal unless the account was demonstrably compromised.

What This Means
  • This applies in character, out of character, in names, images, voice, text, Discord, and in-city applications.
  • Roleplay context does not excuse hate speech.
Bright-Line Requirements
  • This prohibition applies regardless of character background, quoted language, joking intent, music, or roleplay context.
Only Exceptions
  • No in-character exception exists.
Enforcement Standard

Immediate removal from the scene and punishment up to a permanent ban based on content and history.

Not Allowed
  • Joining on an alternate Rockstar, Discord, Steam, or Cfx.re account.
  • Using another person’s account.
  • Having someone communicate or participate on your behalf to avoid a restriction.
Allowed
  • Content or partnerships explicitly approved by ownership.
Not Allowed
  • Unsolicited DMs recruiting Drift Away members.
  • Posting invite links, server names, or promotional material in community spaces.