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What Should be Included in a Faction Thread?

Anything marked with a ( * ) is essential and must be included in all threads.

Pre-Requisites

Before you go about making your faction thread make sure you have fulfilled the following:

  • Your thread is unique and offers something original
  • Your thread is wholly of your own design and no decals or graphics have been plagiarized from other faction threads without the owner's permission.
  • The leader of your faction is the one posting the forum thread.

Backstory/Lore*

This is where you get to create the foundation for your faction, lay out its origins and how it came to be in existence and what events led up to where your faction is today. 

Your lore will be the foundation from which your faction is built on and it is important that it is detailed, original and interesting. Going forward your faction will be expected to RP in such a way that makes sense within the context of your factions lore and backstory. For example if your lore states and shows you to be a mafia we would expect you to behave and RP like a mafia and not like a street gang or an MC. 

As you RP on the server and develop your faction your lore and backstory can be added to and develop further, enabling your faction to evolve with the RP it participates in.

Type of Faction

It is important you decide which type of faction you intend to be, we currently consider there to be three classes of factions:

  1. Lower class (i.e. street gang)
  2. Middle class (i.e. civilian group)
  3. Higher class (i.e. mafia / cartel)

What class you consider your faction to be should be reflected in your lore, but more importantly in your IC decision-making. Dependent upon the class you choose we would expect your lore, appearance, in-character choices, the places you hang around and the enemies/friends you pick to reflect that.

Rank Structure*

Key to the identity of any faction is how the faction is structure. The structure of your faction should include the ranks, the hierarchy of these ranks and the role of each rank. Factions are at liberty to make up their own unique rank structures and manage how decisions are made within their faction. For example a Cartel might have a very top-down structure in which responsibility is delegated from top to bottom, but a Motorcycle Club or Mafia might have a more communal method of making decisions which may be made by an inner circle or majority vote. 

Regardless of how you structure your gang it is expected that your structure make sense within the context of your lore and the identity of your gang. It is also vital that your gang has a single named character as the leader. 

Roster*

Your faction thread must include a roster of all your current members. If you're an official faction this means everybody who is currently in your F4 menu and any prospects you're currently scouting as potential full members. As non-official factions this means anybody you consider to be a member of your faction. You may also put your roster onto a google doc and pin it in your respective high command channels on your faction discord.

It is important that you keep this roster updated and remove members as they leave your faction as faction management will consider them members of your faction so long as they remain on the faction thread roster. 

Going Forward.

Once your faction thread is made it then becomes a sort of hub for your faction and for others to offer feedback on your faction thread. It is important you keep your faction thread updated as your faction develops, which can be done by editing the main posts or by having other faction members make their own additions to the thread, this allows your members to get involved in the creative process. 

Faction Thread Commenting

All comments on a faction thread must be constructive, respectable and purposeful. We do not allow spam, flaming, trolling, defamation or comments of goodwill that have nothing else to offer. For example:

  • 'Good thread', 'Good luck', 'interesting so far'
  • Negative comments that offer no feedback or anything constructive
  • Insults

Comments should be about roleplay experiences you've had with the faction or constructive feedback on what the faction can do to improve themselves or their thread.

Comments not following these guidelines will be removed and old comments that only clutter a thread may be removed eventually.

Common Questions.

  • Q: Are faction threads IC or OOC? 
    • A: OOC. Nothing you read or see in a faction thread can be used IC'ly
  • Q: Do I need to have a faction thread to become an official faction?
    • A: Yes.
  • Q: Does my faction thread need to have fancy decals and graphics?
    • A: No, but you should make an effort to make your thread look nice. If you want custom decals you can either ask any of your faction members if they're able to make them or ask around on the forum and discord. Please don't use any real life copyrighted logos of real businesses or organisations. 
  • Q: How do I get handlers?
    • A: Reach out to the Assistant Head or Head of Faction Management on either the forum or discord.

Notable Faction Threads.

Below are some faction threads that Faction Management consider noteworthy or particularly good faction threads. You can use these for inspiration or to get a gist of what a good faction thread should be. Note anybody stealing from these threads without permission for their own faction thread will have their thread removed.

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