GearLock

(yes, I know the L is messed up.)
"A community by the players, for the players."



Hey there.
I'm Lev, a current Moderator on CloudSixteen, as well as the owner of the community named 'GearLock'. For about one to two months now, I've been planning on starting my own community. About a month ago, I came out with the logo you see at the very top, which, I was very proud of. When I first thought about making a community, I thought about it just hosting my custom schema, which is also in the making, though that soon came to an end as I found myself wanting to create an HL2RP, and hosting other servers down the line.

GearLock will most likely turn out to be a heavy Garry's Mod community, with a server or two which doesn't relate to Garry's Mod. My current intentions are, starting with an HL2RP, then (possibly) adding a Cider Two, and one more server that goes under the 'fun' tag, rather than 'roleplay'.

GearLock's goal is to make sure mostly every user is satisfied with what they have. That is why we are a heavily democratic community where we usually let the players decide what happens next and what doesn't, so on. Hence the slogan, "A community by the players, for the players."

Servers:

Spoiler: HL2RP

(THIS IS MOSTLY JUST ABOUT THE STATE OF THE CITY [rp_c17_build192])
The city varies from poverty to rich. The citizens playing the part of poverty, the combine playing the part of rich.
After the combine took over, most of the citizens turned into careless 'monsters' when it came to keeping things looking nice. It is almost as if they totally gave up with being clean after they realized the situation. Strolling through the whole city, you will see garbage lying around, rooms smashed up, destroyed vehicles and more. People struggle trying to get 'rich'.
Small time rebels are the cause of some of this.

The Metro Police Force honestly do not care too much about the state of the city, as long as their citadel is spotless.

As for the actual lore, not much has really changed from the actual lore besides a few things. Refer to the 'Difference' section.

(WIP)



METRO POLICE FORCE
The Metro Police Force is different (in some ways) than you'd see them on another server or in HL2. First off, the ranking system isn't the same. (see differences tab) The Metro Police Force is more strict. More will be added eventually.

CITIZENS
If you've been reading through the whole thing, or skimming, you'd know Citizens aren't exactly poor, though they aren't rich either. Citizens are free to move around the city as they wish, as long as they follow the guidelines they're given by the MPF. They are free to be what they want, as long as they follow the guidelines.

REBELS (*not an actual faction*)
Due to common sense and popular demand, I have personally blocked off the rebel base, leaving the sewer open for people to pass through. I've set a rule where rebels can do whatever they want, but have fun trying to survive the sweeps. (They have to always be on the move to avoid getting caught by the MPF, most likely.) Rebels should have the common sense of not walking through the city blindly equipped in gear and weapons.

VORTIGAUNTS (?)
Right now, I am not sure if I want to add in Vortigaunts or not. If I do, I will most likely only allow them in events.
CIVIL WORKERS UNION

The Civil Worker's Union's purpose is twofold: One, to provide propaganda and a perceived ability to advance, and two: to make some use of the Citizens who would otherwise be a drain on the Universal Union's resources.
A massive puppet corporation controlled by the Universal Union, the Civil Worker's Union is the only source of employment available to the remaining citizens of City Seventeen outside of the Metropolice Force.
Jobs on offer by the CWU(or C.W.U. if you want to be super professional) range from manual labor workers to shopkeepers and medical workers. Workers are paid in increased token wages and higher quality rations, however, payment is dependant on your choice of career path.
The CWU is advertised as headed by the City Administrator, however they are merely figureheads, having little to no direct control of what is going on within the CWU.
Some departments are clearly more maintained than others. For example, the shops are frequently out of stock and the medical teams are heavily understaffed, often lacking the equipment to treat very sick or injured citizens.
(BIG THANKS TO @The Dovahneer FOR GENEROUSLY WRITING THIS)



"What's the difference between you guys and other servers?"
is probably what you're asking. Well, for starters, we've changed up the ranking system. View it here. (let me make the thread in a sec)
We're trying to go along lore instead of going 'custom' as many servers claim to do. What we are removing from the lore thus far is Gordan Freeman and his 'crew'. We're adding in major poverty in the city. More will be added about the lore later.


@Rhenz and I have decided, for launch, we will have 2 people filling each rank.
Here are the staff so far:
Superadmins
@Lev
@Rhenz

Admins
kIKKEN
?

Operators/Moderators
?
Che



Content Pack:
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Server IP:
glhl2rp.game.nfoservers.com:27015
DOWN FOR DEVELOPMENT

Server Release:
6/5/15

Q: "What about Funds? Do you have enough to pay for the community?"
Yes, I do. Luckily I have a friend such as @Outcasted who let me get a server from him, and I will be able to keep the HL2RP up for a while. As for the site, I can also fund for that annually.

Q: "Where is your Teamspeak?"
Unlike the server, I could not score too well with a Teamspeak at the moment. I will be able to get one soon, so don't worry.


Q: "What are your donation benefits?"
Currently, I think I have a pretty solid idea by just leaving it at this:
If you donate, thank you. You will receive a badge and a forum rank, along with access to the Donator board. Your donation is VERY appreciated.
That's basically all. Nothing in game to make people cry about how someone "bought their way to win" and such.
tl;dr: Donating is optional, OOC rewards.

Q: "Refunds if we donate?"
I can't send back money that you've already paid, so make perfectly sure that you want to donate before doing so.

Q: "Do you have a co-owner or something?"
Yes I do, because I believe I can not run a community without help. @Rhenz gladly took the spot, and I am excited and great full to have him by my side in this. xoxoxo

Q: "How do you want your community to be?"
This is one of the more common things I've thought of, for sure. I've given the same 'speech' since I first thought about it. I want GearLock to not be any generic community that you see crawling all over the HL2RP section, though I also don't want/expect it to be as big as Novabox is right now. I want it to be just right for everyone. Not too big, not too small, not too generic, and so on.

Q: "Why should I join GearLock?"
This question is really based on your opinion. If you like what we offer, you should join us. If you don't, you don't have to. Really, you have a choice. I'm sure the whole thread explains why you should join.


Steam Group:
CLICK!
Forum Link:
CLICK!
(WILL BE ADDING IMPORTANT THREADS AFTER POSTING THIS)
(WILL CHANGE FORUM LINK SOON!)
CONTACT ME:
My Steam





PLEASE NOTE: We are currently in development on our HL2RP and this thread is very WIP, and the thread will be WIP till probably the end of the community. Thanks.
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Also, I love suggestions! If you have any suggestions or comments, please send them to me!

AND: For launch, we are hoping to redo the opening of HL2, though with very minor edits. Contact me if you're interested in helping out!
/id/forsteamidfinder

 

Fucking.
Babe.

I adore it. You've made me proud.

 

What do you mean by "redo the opening of HL2"?

 

I knew I'd probably confuse someone with that.

What I mean is, when you first get off the train and progress through the train-station, I want to recreate that. @The Dovahneer could probably explain it better than I can.

 

Oh, right, I see what you mean now.

How exactly are you going to go about this?

 

I'm going to have to get in about 12 MPF, maybe less than that. I have to keep planning it out. Station them at the places where the MPF were in the opening. The citizens would walk in a straight line through the train-station, until they finally get out. During that, the CA will be giving a speech like Breen did.

 

Ah, I see.

I could help if you want, depends what time it is though when the server does launch.

 

I'll probably release on a Friday, 6:00 Central.

 

>we go by hl2 lore
>no Gordon freeman

thread looks pretty

 

i'm sorry forgive me master
I will fix it some day

 

The management on this server appears to be competent and the lore is solid, seeing that it is normal Half-Life Two lore with some logical additions.
I recommend checking this server out once it's released.

 

All I can really determine on the community is that you have a nice thread and "custom" ranking system.

However, It'd be nice to have a basic, good HL2RP server.

 

nerd community

jk i bet this will be pretty cool

 

Cringed a bit..
Aren't they all.

Is that the actual slogan.....? :/

But anyway looks pretty alright. Doesn't over-promise or over-hype and i doubt it'll under-deliver, which is several-thousand-leagues above what is currently out or is coming out soon.

There needs to be a good 'stock' sort of hl2rp, and i think this could be it.
Spot-on with the donations bit, couldn't be better. That should be the standard really.

I don't know why but i really hate the name, but i'm picky so whatever. Just my opinion i guess.
Is dat be sum pirated XF? Noticed a few things..

Anyway..

I really don't have anything really bad to say about this,
I mean i'm not looking for anything but there's no real faults so far..

Probs gonna dominate.

Cool!

 

Called dibs on Head Detective.
I fucking called it.

 

What about doing what someone has/is doing but doing it better or right. Don't avoid doing something the same or similar that someone else has or is doing, just because they're doing it.
Give them a run for their money, because from what i can see, and i know it's early, but this early on, you already shit on like 99% of servers that exist/have existed and you don't even have a server up yet.

As far as i'm concerned, you can swing your dick in any direction and it's likely gonna' smash whatever else was/is there.