Jailbreak Rules and Terms

[Phoenix]

Jailbreak Rules

 

General Rules:

1- Jailbreak in multiple instances is ran by common sense. This allows for better gameplay and overall player experience;

2- The usage of hacks, scripts, or any kind of third-party cheating programs is strictly forbidden;

3- Disrespect based on race, religion, country or views is strictly forbidden;

4- Any kind of advertisement is strictly forbidden;

5- The usage of bugs, glitches or exploits to gain any kind of advantages is strictly forbidden;

6- Team killing is forbidden, unless the purpose of a game ordered by the Warden is to do so;

7- Any kind of spam using the radio, server items, in-game chat or in-game voice chat is not allowed;

8- Forbidden to use other languages other than English in the in-game voice chat. This is an English Community and English Jailbreak, after all. However, you can type on other languages in the in-game chat, despite English also being the preferred language in the chat;

9- The Prisoner to Guard ratio is 1 Guard for every 3 Prisoners (Example: 3 Prisoners, 1 Guard | 5 Prisoners, 1 Guard | 6 Prisoners, 2 Guards, and so on);

10- Any time that the Prisoner to Guard ratio is broken and a decision can't be made about who switches teams, a Ratio Freeday will be held to decide the Guard/Guards that stay in the CT team;

11- Killing someone whilst you're outside the room where the Ratio Freeday is being held is forbidden;

12- The first round of the map is always a Global Freeday;

13- The minimum time for a Global Freeday is 3 minutes. The only exception where the Global Freedays don't last at least 3 minutes is when all the Guards die before this time passes. After these 3 minutes are up, the Guards can then decide to either extend the timer a bit longer or finish the Global Freeday. If they decide to finish it, all Guards must die in order for a new round to begin;

14- Outside of it being the first round, a Global Freeday is given in the following scenarios: If the cells are open without any kind of commands, if the Prisoners manage to open the cells before the Guards do so and if the cells aren't open after the time limit to do so;

15- Any Prisoner that attacks a Guard is considered as a Rebeller and the Guard can kill the Rebeller, if he decides to do so;

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T/Prisoner Rules:

1- Before the cells are open, it's strictly forbidden to use the cells/store items to either try and open the cells or to kill the Guards;

2- It's not allowed to block the way of other Prisoners to a certain place that they're going (Example: Cell entrances, cage door, vents, etc). The Guard can kill the blocking Prisoner if he's doing this for too long;

3- If an Admin isn't present on the server and a Prisoner is either bugged/stuck or fell off the edge of the map, they should type "kill" on the console. Not complying to this is forbidden;

4- Ghosting is not allowed, unless it's to ghost a player that is delaying a round;

5- If a Prisoner won the day via games and the other remaining Prisoner is a rebeller, that rebeller must kill the Guards as fast as possible, in order to avoid delays;

6- It's forbidden to start a LR if you're a rebelling Prisoner;

7- In order to do a LR with the Guard, you must win the game that was made to win said LR (Example: In the Tower Game with 2 Prisoners, if one of them dies attempting the tower jump, the last remaining T must finish the tower jump in order to get their LR);

8- Before a LR starts, by default, the prisoner must state the rules of the LR before it starts. If the prisoner desires to do so, he can make the Guard the rulemaker of the LR;

9- It's mandatory to do a LR with the last Guard remaining (If there's 2 Guards alive, you can kill one of them, but you must to a LR with the other one that wasn't killed);

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CT/Guard Rules:

1- All Guards must have a working microphone and be familiarized with the server rules;

2- The objective of the Guards is to both protect the Warden and assist him on all the commands he wants to do;

3- All Guards must be impartial;

4- Freekilling and Freehitting is forbidden, obviously. If you freekill someone and reviving them isn't possible, you must give them a Freeday next round;

5- Taunting the Prisoners is forbidden and the Prisoners are allowed to kill you if you do so. If you kill them whilst taunting, that's considered a Freekill;

6- It's mandatory to do warning shots, except in situations that directly threaten the life of yourself or the other guards. You must repeat the last command said as well, for clarification's sake;

7- It's strictly forbidden to do warning shots with the Scout, AWP, Auto-Snipers or Shotguns (In close range). It's also forbidden to aim for the head whilst doing warning shots;

8- It's strictly forbidden for Guards to camp in the gunroom or at the entrance of the gunroom;

9- Sending HEs towards multiple terrorists is not allowed;

10- Guards can only break the vents if they spot a prisoner inside the vents, or during a special day;

11- If a Prisoner refuses to play a game, the Guards are allowed to kill said prisoner, if they so desire;

12- If a Prisoner is AFK, a Guard must make an AFK check before killing said AFK Prisoner;

13- Randomly abusing the CT menu is forbidden;

14- Only the commands made by the Warden are valid. It's forbidden for other Guards to do commands or actions that interfere with the Warden's;

15- It's forbidden to talk over the Warden, especially with unrelated topics that don't help the Warden command;

16- A countdown is mandatory on the first order if you're a Warden (Preferably a Countdown from 5 to 0), and countdowns after that are merely optional;

17- The Guards must explain the games that they're making before starting it, especially if they know there are unexperienced Jailbreak players in the server;

18- It's forbidden to do cell orders in a map that has multiple cells. If the map only has one cell, these are allowed;

19- Giving Prisoners guns for any purpose that isn't a game is not allowed;

20- It's allowed to take away Prisoners rights in order to increase the difficulty of a game, to remove the chances of a Prisoner cheating or just to create games;

21- Using similar words in order to trick players in games is not allowed (Example: Saying Wyman instead of Simon in Simon Says);

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Jailbreak Terms:

These are terms that you will hear a lot when playing Jailbreak. Here's what they mean:

1- Freeze: Normally used as a command/order. People complying need to stop moving immediately (Moving the mouse is allowed), moving after this command was made can cause their deaths;

2- Bait: This is when a Guard is very close to the Prisoners, making it very easy to die to them. If you do this and then kill any Prisoners that attack you, this counts as a Freekill;

3- Rebel/Revolution: When a Prisoner or multiple Prisoners refuse to follow the Guards' commands, or try to kill the Guards. They are considered Rebels;

4- Freeday: A Freeday is given to a Prisoner. The Prisoner with a Freeday can walk around the map and do whatever they'd like that doesn't interfere with the Warden's orders or that doesn't make Guards die;

5- Ratio Freeday: Usually made to decide who goes who stays as a Guard. The Warden names a spot on the map and all the Guards must go to that spot. The Prisoners get guns and must kill the Guards that are inside the previously said room. The last Guards to die (following the Guard to Prisoner ratio) will stay as such. All the others must go to the Prisoner team;

6- Global Freeday: Made at the first round of every map. This is a round where everyone can do whatever they'd like. Usually made for everyone to explore the map before commands actually begin;

7- Normal Day: Any round that isn't a Special Day is a Normal Day, usually. These are the rounds that normally follow the Jailbreak round structure: With a Warden commanding, Prisoners obeying/rebelling, etc;

8- Special Day: Any round that isn't a Normal Day, usually. There are multiple Special Days that can be made, and are usually done to bring some round variety. Usually done in a set day or when the Guards control a round;

9- Round Controls: A round is considered "controlled" when the Guards are able to either win a round or when there's only 1 prisoner left that won the day via games;

10- Freehits (FH): A Guard that causes a Prisoner lose some HP without a valid reason;

11- Freekill (FK): A Guard that kills a Prisoner without a valid reason. Freekill victims if they aren't revived, get to have a Freeday at the next round;

12- Warden: The Guard that actually does all the commanding. Usually given the Warden status at the start of a round;

13- Cage: Normally a structure close to the cells, made with the intent to organize the CTs and to do Cage Games with them;

14- Last Request (LR): A 1v1 duel between the remaining Prisoner and a Guard. The Prisoner gets to choose what LR they'd like and the rules of said LR;

15- Warden Menu: A menu that allows Wardens to do multiple things to the Prisoners, usually done for the purpose of making Games or just to make their lives easier. The default key for the Warden menu is "C";

16- Shop: Accesible by typing /shop, by pressing X or at the M menu, this allows you to buy items using the Jailbreak credits for an advantage that you'd usually not have at any round;

17- Gang: Creatable using Jailbreak Credits, Gangs can be created and Gang members can be given special perks or costumes that isn't available for non-gang members;

18- AFK Check: Usually a countdown from 5 to 0 made by a Guard to an AFK Prisoner. This is to give them time to come back and play if they do get to listen to the AFK Check.

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A beginner's guide for Jailbreak can be found here: https://lsgamerz.net/topic/7106-jailbreak-beginners-guide/

Thank you for your time and for reading this. We wish you all happy and fair gameplay.
Please contact one of the Jailbreak admins if you're having difficulties understanding rules/games/days.

[Phoenix]

UPDATE :
Added a few rules.
Main Rules

12- Current Ratio is 1 Guard to 3 Prisoners, otherwise, a Ratio Freeday must be called and the first CT to die will go back to Prisoners team (Such as having 2 Guards to 5 Prisoners, mostly because someone from prisoners had  disconnected)

CT Rules

14- Guards are not Allowed to Enter the Cells before 7:30 , otherwise Prisoners can kill you, it's considered taunting.

15- The Warden must use his microphone and only his microphone to call out Commands,

16- Guards must make an AFK Check (Countdown)  before killing a Prisoner if they seem to be AFK.

17- Admins must call out for a Microphone Check when a Player joins the Guards team.

18- Guards are not allowed to Camp the Gun Room.

[frostyy]

UPDATE :

Main Rules

13- Last request winners (T's) MUST be rewarded with a Freeday from the CT's upon the following round (Note: People awarded with a freeday cannot stack freedays (Example: First LR win grants you a freeday next round, the second round in a row's LR win does not award you another freeday.)

Popular Games / Commands:

8- Last Reaction-First Reaction:  LR-FR Is an activity that depends on fast reactions and quick responses from players, this activity requires the CT's to lineup(not necessarily) the T's and explain the following: When the CT for example says "Last Reaction Jump!" all T's have to JUMP and the last terrorist to perform this command must be killed by the CT's, Same goes for First-Reaction but this time the first Terrorist to perform this command must be killed, this mini activity can be performed with a wide variety of commands such as "Last reaction go to the Football field".

[Natsheh]

Rules are updated, removed rule #13 which is Last request winners must be rewarded with a freeday next round.

[xblackcrocodile]

-|- UPDATE [BIG TEXT INCOMING] -|-

1- Added multiple aesthetic changes. Introduction of some more color and bigger fonts;

2- Implemented grammar changes on a lot of rules. This is to make the rules easier to read and to understand;

3- Complete rework of Main Rules. They're now named General Rules. Most of the General Rules have been moved to both the T Rules and CT Rules, since that's where they fit the best;

4- Added a new tab called Jailbreak Terms, at the end of the rules topic. This is meant to explain certain terms that are used on the rules and that players might not be sure what they mean;

5- Removed the Popular Games/Commands tab. This is both to make Guards have more creativity whilst commanding and to remove its redundancy for the future, since I'm planning to make a separate forum topic for Jailbreak Games;

6- Updated the title to "Jailbreak Rules and Terms".

 

7- Multiple rules have been edited, added or removed. I'm also providing the reasoning behind them. They are as follows:

General Rules:

Added rule #1- "Jailbreak in multiple instances is ran by common sense. This allows for better gameplay and overall player experience"
Reasoning: Common sense doesn't get talked about much in jailbreak, but its the glue for everything that happens within the gamemode.

Added rule #4- "Any kind of advertisement is strictly forbidden"
Reasoning: Duh?

Added rule #10- "Any time that the Prisoner to Guard ratio is broken and a decision can't be made about who switches teams, a Ratio Freeday will be held to decide the Guard/Guards that stay in the CT team."
Reasoning: Sets a precedent for a worst case scenario. Common sense is also in play here, obviously.

Added rule #11- "A Global Freeday is given in the following scenarios: If the cells are open without any kind of commands, if the Prisoners manage to open the cells before the Guards do so and if the cells aren't open after the time limit to do so."
Reasoning: Also obvious, but some players don't know about this, so I'm setting it up here.

Added rule #12- "Any Prisoner that attacks a Guard is considered as a Rebeller and the Guard can kill the Rebeller, if he decides to do so."
Reasoning: Duh? This is also just a little rule to finish out General Rules, since it applies to both teams.

Edited rule #6- "Team Killing is not allowed, such as using vehicles, cage buttons, cell's and cage's main doors and other methods. (Punishment: Banned for 5 hours max)" is now "Team killing is forbidden, unless the purpose of a game ordered by the Warden is to do so".
Reasoning: To enhance Guard creativity whilst also keeping the rule intact. Removed examples since the concept of Team Killing I think is rather self-explanatory, but will add if problems arise by the wording.

 

Prisoner Rules:

Complete rework of all the rules present in this tab.
Reasoning: Since multiple rules were added to this tab and most of the ones present fit into General Rules, a rework would be the best course of action.
All of the new rules added are there to enhance the gameplay experience and to stop exploits or cheesiness that could have been made before.

 

Guard Rules:

Added rule #3- "All Guards must be impartial";
Reasoning: Impartiality is one of the most important aspects of being a Guard. The ability to see everyone without any prejudice or bias is very good and necessary in order to have the best Jailbreak experience.

Added rule #7-  "It's strictly forbidden to do warning shots with the Scout, AWP, Auto-Snipers or Shotguns (In close range). It's also forbidden to aim for the head whilst doing warning shots.";
Reasoning: All these weapons do a lot of damage to players, especially those without Kevlar. Warning shots should have a good mix between damage and forgiveness, and these don't do that job.

Added rule #9- "Sending HEs towards multiple terrorists is not allowed";
Reasoning: This falls into the same line as no Freehitting. If you throw a nade to damage one person, all the others get damage as well, which is not good.

Added rule #11- "If a Prisoner refuses to play a game, the Guards are allowed to kill said prisoner, if they so desire"
Reasoning: This is the norm everywhere and it falls under common sense. Emphasis on the "if they so desire", if a Prisoner just doesn't like one game, the Warden can just have everyone play a different game.

Added rule #18- "It's forbidden to do cell orders in a map that has multiple cells. If the map only has one cell, these are allowed"
Reasoning: Avoids delaying and lower commanding quality. Giving people orders in multiple cells doesn't help the gamestate and puts the pace of the game to a grinding halt.

Added rule #20- "It's allowed to take away Prisoners rights in order to increase the difficulty of a game, to remove the chances of a Prisoner cheating or just to create games"
Reasoning: Allows for more creativity in commanding. Who doesn't like that?

Added rule #21- "Using similar words in order to trick players in games is not allowed (Example: Saying Wyman instead of Simon in Simon Says)"
Reasoning: Can be very tilting to any player, especially when the Warden has a very thick accent or whose English isn't the best.

Edited rule #16- "The Warden has to give a CountDown of 5 Seconds on each Command, however the First Command (Calling the Day) does not require a CountDown otherwise the prisoners are not forced to complete that command" is now "A countdown is mandatory on the first order if you're a Warden (Preferably a Countdown from 5 to 0), and countdowns after that are merely optional";
Reasoning: Edited it to be the other way around since I believe it's better, less confusing overall and a better experience for Wardens. Wardens always having to do countdowns after every order is very tedious if you're not used to it.

Removed rule #8- "Giving/Supplying Prisoners with weapons to kill the warden, or any kind of corruptions to the warden's day is not allowed. Gun-Planting to Kill an innocent prisoner is not allowed, it's counted as a freekill (Gun-Planting : Throwing your gun, your pistol or anything that might give you a reason to kill the prisoner)"
Reasoning: Have sprinkled it under some new rules, making it redundant to have in the list.

Removed rule #12- "Two commands with separated countdowns can't meet, meaning If the Warden called the prisoners to Freeze and Face the Backwall of the cage, afterwards made a new command with a new countdown saying Prisoners must freeze at the back wall inside the cage, that disables the first command which is "prisoners have to freeze and FACE the backwall of the cage", unless the warden called 2 commands under the same countdown."
Reasoning: Found this rule to be very messy to type out. Putting this under "common sense", since this kind of commanding can be cheesy or flat out annoying.

Removed rule #13- "Press " C " for the warden menu. *Warden Only*
Press " X " for accessing the shop.
Press " Z " for Admin's menu. *Admins Only* "
Reasoning: Makes no sense to have this on the rules. Added it under Jailbreak Terms.

Removed rule #14- "Guards are allowed to enter the cells only after opening the cells by 30 seconds otherwise prisoners are allowed to kill the invokers"
Reasoning: Grammar isn't the greatest, rule is confusing and it also falls under common sense a fair tad.

Removed rule #15- "The Warden must use his microphone and only his microphone to call out Commands."
Reasoning: It's obvious, and falls under the rule where every Guard must have a mic that works well.

Removed rule #17- "Admins must call out for a Microphone Check when a player joins the Guards team"
Reasoning: Shoudn't really be under the rules that exist for everyone. An admin should do that, but shoudn't be listed here.