Ryan King

G'day Gamers, Today we are announcing a significant change to our community standards. Historically, we have permitted players as young as 13 to play on the server. We have become increasingly uncomfortable with this age group being exposed to the topics, attitudes and content expressed in roleplay which is not intended for a young audience. Unfortunately, the youngest members of our community have a discernible impact on the roleplay around them. Despite 13-15 year olds being less than 15% of our population, this group is overrepresented in reports and moderation mostly due to the lower maturity, shorter attention span and difficulty relating to others. We do not believe it is reasonable to impede roleplay and lower our overall standards of maturity to protect this group of young players. Based on our observations in recent months and the response from the latest survey, it is clear that improving roleplay standards must be our core focus. As such, OzzyGaming is increasing our minimum FiveM player age to "16+", which will be reflected in our updated TOS. This was a tough and complicated decision that undertook a lot of discussion internally. We appreciate that this change will be upsetting to some of you, especially those who have been with the community for some time. We understand that there are people in the 13-15 age group who are great role players, however at some point a line has to be drawn to enact positive change. In our focus to improve meaningful engagement amongst players and the quality of roleplay, we have concluded that this change is required to support OzzyGaming's goals into the future. In addition to this, we will also be updating the FiveM rules which will specify that players are to present themselves and roleplay as mature adults (18+). This was already implied within the roleplay environment but it clearly needs to be stated. These new requirements will be enforced through the new maturity (Code - "Ma") ban process which at this stage will be only applied with management approval due to its sensitive and subjective nature. Some important points (FAQs): - We will not be verifying players birthdays and will never ask for or accept personal identification or proof of age. - The staff team will not accept reports against players for being underage, this is not an opportunity to submit reports against people you don't like. - There will be no "ban wave" tomorrow, breaches will be handled on a case by case basis. - Enforcement of this new standard will be based on management's judgement of players behaviour, demeanour and general maturity on the server. - Players found in breach of this requirement will be placed on indefinite FiveM bans which may be appealed once they can demonstrate the required maturity level after some time. - Affected Players who are removed from FiveM can contact support regarding their subscription status. - Members who are under the age of 16 are still welcome across the rest of our community including Discord, TeamSpeak and Rust. Again we apologise to those players who will be affected by this change and appreciate your commitment to this community. We are asking players to aim higher than present roleplay standards. We cannot magically make the roleplay quality improve directly but through these changes we are confident that the community will have a better ability to improve the overall roleplay experience. We appreciate that some people may have concerns or questions about this change, we just ask that these be directed to management privately so they can be addressed effectively. Bullying or harassment of anyone, especially young people will never be tolerated within the community. Please be respectful towards the community members affected by this change.

I have not noticed a significant impact to frames. Mine, inside and outside of the city, have only dropped below 60 a couple of times while I have been on the server (and I've been on for several hours now). There are a few "desync" issues where the server is freezing for a few seconds, however I have already made fixes to these in the soonÔäó to be released update. For reference, I'm only running on a i7 4770k, GTX 970 and 16GB of RAM.

Changelog 24/01/2020 Addition: - Section 1.18 (Group sizes) These rules are in effect as of 4:30AM AEST 24/01/2020

Changelog 28/09/2019 Massive overhaul of the rules Please re-read the whole document! These rules are in effect as of - Immediately

Changelog 07/08/2019 Amendment: - Section 2.8 (Invoice Evasion) Addition: - Section 2.9 (Bankruptcy) These rules are in effect as of 4:00AM AEST 07/08/2019

Changelog 06/08/2019 Addition: - Section 5.1 (General Negotiation Rules) These rules are in effect as of 6:00AM AEST 06/08/2019

Changelog 05/08/2019 Added: - Section 5.0 (Negotiations) These rules are in effect as of 11:00PM AEST 05/08/2019

Changelog 13/06/2018 Modified: - Section 2.1.1 (Bannable examples) - Section 3.3 (Robberies) - Section 3.4 (Hostages) These rules are in effect as of 7:25PM AEST 13/06/2019

Changelog 28/10/2018 General Overhaul of the rules including a few additions/deletions/modifications. Please re-read the whole document! These rules are in effect as of 7:00 PM AEST 28/10/2018

Changelog 27/10/2018 Added: - More examples for 2.1 (Combat) - More examples for 3.1 (Role-play) These rules are in effect as of 12:00 PM AEST 27/10/2018

Changelog 14/10/2018 Added: - Section 2.1.1 These rules are in effect as of 5:00 AM AEST 14/10/2018

OzzyGaming Community Rules Last Update: 03/07/2022 Preface Community rules are designed to protect our community members from toxicity and harassment. Therefore, we will act if anything not covered in the following rules falls within the criteria mentioned below. Our team is encouraged to punish any community member whose intention is to breed toxicity or has the intent to have fun at the expense of another community member. However, our team prefers to take a reformative approach, and as long as your intention in the community is to make an honest attempt at playing without breeding toxicity, you will receive support doing that. At the end of the day, we're all here to have fun, not everyone has to be friends. However, it is expected that you treat your peers with basic human decency. Community Member Conduct In a nutshell, community members must be respectful to their peers. You do not have to be their friend. However, you must apply basic human decency at all times. Verbal abuse, bullying, harassment, and belittling are strictly prohibited and will not be tolerated. No anti-social behaviour, harassment or discrimination against race/colour, sexuality, disability, religion, gender is tolerated in this community. Community members must have appropriate names that are not offensive or designed to agitate. This includes on Discord/Teamspeak/Website/Steam/In-game. Doxxing Policy OzzyGaming wishes to create a community free from issues of doxxing. We wish to protect our community members from this kind of toxicity above all else to ensure a safe and enjoyable experience in the community. Due to this, we have employed some harsh verification requirements on our services. OzzyGaming takes doxxing exceptionally seriously, and anyone found out to be a doxxer through a report or otherwise will be removed from the community without warning. Doxxing can be defined as sharing/leaking personal information, images, videos, or any information relating to another person without their permission. Doxxing is illegal in all states of Australia and in New Zealand. It is taken seriously by authorities when reported. The following links will assist victims of doxxing as to their options if they have been doxxed: For Australians: https://www.esafety.gov.au/industry/tech-trends-and-challenges/doxing For Kiwis: https://www.netsafe.org.nz/doxxing/ OzzyGaming will support victims of doxxing and guide them in the direction of where they can report doxxers to the authorities. We can also help preserve any evidence contained in any of our services for victims to use in reports. OzzyGaming will comply with any requests for information by authorities concerning doxxing, and any information held on someone who has been found to be doxxing will be handed over. Media We all enjoy a bit of banter and like to have fun. But you must know your audience and make sure you are not taking anything too far, and make sure to keep all banter to the assigned banter channels. Below are a couple of rules that should be followed at all times. Do not advertise or promote other communities/servers/services within our community. This includes streaming/video channels. However, Content creators may post their channels. Do not share inappropriate images or videos that include pornography or other offensive materials. Staff Interactions and Punishments Our team members are handpicked from the community and are players just like you. They are not part-time or full-time paid employees, so please be respectful to them as they are volunteering to help you. Do not impersonate team members. Community members must abide by decisions and instructions from team members. If you perceive an issue or mistake with a decision, you may submit a support ticket at https://ozzygaming.com.au/support. Do not discuss punishments or bans with other community members. There are appeal processes set up to ensure impartiality, and there is always opportunity to discuss these matters privately with a team member. More information concerning the punishment procedure can be found here: https://www.ozzygaming.com.au/topic/8569-new-punishment-process-and-requirements-for-staff.

Changelog 15/07/2018 Added: - Section 1.6 (Job Vehicles) - Section 3.4 (Vehicle Deathmatch) - Section 2.1 (Criminal Activities and Hostage Situations) These rules are in effect as of 3:30 PM AEST 15/07/2018

Changelog 13/07/2018 Added: - Section 1.6 (Job Vehicles) - Section 2.6 (New Life Rule) - Section 5.3 (Weapons) These rules are in effect as of 5:30 PM AEST 13/07/2018