Questions regarding Rules

[Old Man Jokhah]

Your thread actually left me with more questions then actual clarification of the way the rules work. Your basing rule about hallways with windows to shoot through not being allowed for one. I had set up a base in an apartment that went like this. you open door, in front of you is a wide window (no prop) but using two props, one above and one below to ensure you couldn't jump through. to your right there was a keypad in a "hallway that could fit 3 people shoulder to shoulder and I could probably pack 9 or more people in it if they were crammed in like sardines, though realistically you'd have maybe 3 or 4 in there at most if you didn't want to risk friendly fire in a raid sense. I then called an admin and Ruxandra came and made a minor adjustment to my window then it was approved by her standards as legal. According to your description of what isn't allowed via doomforting I can't do that. I don't see it as a doomfort as more then 50% of my body would be exposed if I stood up, but I would be nearly fully protected if I ducked, however if I ducked I wouldn't be able to return fire either.

To sum up this question, if I have an admin look at it and say it's okay, then another admin comes along later and tears it down, how am I to know what's okay and not? And if admin 2 comes in later saying I can't have it but admin 1 said I could and I explain that, how does it work out?

Not trying to make this over complicated, I hate mom and pop games if you know what I mean by that saying. (in case you don't it's the game of mom said no, but dad says yes)

BMD rules really mess things up. Let me see if I can put this to word correctly. BMDs cannot: Base. Advert illegal goods. Own a public store. Deal their goods in public. Metagaming restricts most forms of them advertising outside of those means. And some cops will pretty much arrest you for being a BMD. They can't raid. If they get raided they are to act like every other shop class and call the cops. In 300 hours this is my compiled list of do nots for them so far. I will cover them seperately now.

1:No Basing: Doesn't add up as BMDs most certainly deal in contraband and they would want a defensible location to work from. Nothing huge, but 2 doors to create the deal room and the backroom for their illegal goods seems pretty reasonable to me.

2:No adverting illegal goods. I understand this rule but need to point out that everything they sell except ammo is illegal. If I advert as a front (i.e.Check out my pawn shop) can the police arrest me for that? Extention on that, if I rename some of my illegal goods to seem non illegal (i.e. cooking supplies, Military surplus) is that against the rules?

3: Cannot own a public store. Does this include if you've made a front to cover your identity?

4: metagaming. I understand that ooc is not allowed to put the word out, but if I /pm as a phone call is that okay, if yes, do I have to use /me with what I actually say via my phone to RP it out?

5: Can cops arrest me merely for being a BMD?

6: Can't raid. I'll go with that to support passive RP though I think BMDs should be able to RP war with one another in the case of rivalry as they would normally in real life. To clarify the question, could I have hired thugs to thrash the other BMDs store and jack his pots for example assuming that RP negotiations between the other BMD and I have gone south.

7: Expected to act like a shop class in case of a raid. I completely disagree with this. If I were a BMD in real life and someone came to raid me, I would use bullets, not the cops to settle my problem and defend myself. I find calling the cops would not fit the RP situation nor would it be a wise idea as a BMD in general assuming that pot was illegal.

I do NOT support contra farming as a BMD with the exception to growing weed because lets face it, they are drug dealers based on what around half their market is on this server.

In closing I would like to know in greater detail about basing (mainly if it's approved by an admin how can I protect myself from the judgement of another admin if they don't like it and want to ban me over it) and overall BMD rules. I feel that lumping the BMD with the other shops doesn't work out in all cases kinda like my suggestion thread about how SS rules should be clearly defined as they DO NOT operate like police and strongly need their own detailed rule set in the listed server rules. The guide wasn't bad but it needs to be in the rules section for those 2 hour donators who think they are super cops. Just like those 2 hour BMDs that think they are clean cut criminals that can do whatever the hell they want.

Thanks for reading and I hope that you understand that I'm not trying to be rude or offend anyone, I just want strong clarification so I can make my own guidelines to improve my RP ability in these fields. It is late and I have many more questions that will have to wait till I have the time to post them. kudos for your thread outlining the rules.