DLimit

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+1.

Characters look like Gotham City Villains, half the time.

It's needed to prevent players from claiming that they "didn't know they were a minor" to justify accidentally committing potential Rule 19 violations around them.

Well, to begin, you may be required to RP having undergone a bachelors degree in either religious studies, theology, or religious education, whether through educational programs that are available in prison or after undergoing prison. Tuition fees are extremely expensive, which would mean that he may have resorted to illegitimate means towards funding the degree. As much as a degree is not mandatory to become a pastor? Most churches require pastors to have a Masters degree, with some requiring a Bachelors Degree. If it's in the hood? Potentially a bachelor's degree through a four-year program. Hence, criminality may also contribute to funding the degree, as he'd also be expected to fund housing, food, bills, and other payments as an ex-inmate. To answer one of your questions? He could have underwent the 9-5 route (even working multiple jobs to pay off tuition or student loans). Maybe underwent an addiction to cocaine or percs to be able to remain awake and alert WHILE both working and attending school. It's up to you as to whether he attained this education while imprisoned (which exists in L.A.) or decided to attain his degree after being released from prison.

The ones committing these breaches do not care about abiding by the rules and guidelines of the server, though. Many are not seeking mechanisms towards improving their RP quality, but instead to find loopholes to provide them with an IC and OOC benefit.

I remember doing the math, but even if the server's population was on par with real life L.A. or even California? It'd still be hundreds of times unsafer than L.S.

Nah, in 2019-2020, people would get banned as second time offenders with a lower chance of getting their ban appealed. I remember admins being like "You don't seem sorry enough, We'll extend your ban by another 3 months" back when people use to appeal their bans. Now adays, it takes 10 mistakes to receive a one-week ban. Storylines use to be deeper, as-well.

The decline started in 2021.

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Only if it's togglable. +1.

With our current system, someone can bandage themselves and eat food without needing medical attention. My proposition makes it a band-aid solution expecting those to actually attain medical attention. Use a bandage on a bleeding wound, and you'll have to replace it to continue absorbing the blood. Hence, the reason for one's health to increase while prolonging the bleeding. This forces those to actually travel to a hospital to receive medical attention. Much more realistic than the current situation, and makes perfect logical sense when you examine it in the case of realism... you aren't actually gaining health, but since mechanics and scripts are limited, it's as-if you are delaying death while STILL bleeding, as you'll require actual medical attention to heal lethal wounds. If you want things to make sense, then food shouldn't allow people to regain health. It's a script limitation, just my proposal is 100x more realistic than a 15 year old healing themselves with a bandage in their apartment after undergoing a gunfight.

Bandages don't completely heal you, either. You don't treat it as gaining health, but reducing the chance of dying while bleeding. It slows down the bleeding by prolonging the bleeding effect without dying. Suspension of disbelief is a wonderful thing. Makes more sense than 15 year olds being able to heal themselves with bandages without needing medical assistance from trained medical professionals.

Amazing, so the idea of bandages increasing health, while continuing the bleeding, isn't a bad idea as characters can use the bandages to preserve their life while traveling to the hospital for proper treatment.

Could/should be able to heal the character at a hospital with a command when zero hospital staff members are available.