GridGaming HL2RP [UPDATED]

GridGaming​

Welcome!
We always welcome newcomers and good RP'ers with greetings and interesting RP sessions on the server, we would be very glad for you to join and see that for yourself! All of our staffmembers are players which have played on the server for a long time, we have chosen them for their great abillity to counter minges, welcome newcomers and teach players. They have been proven to never minge or abuse the powers themselves.

We will be happy to accept any newcomers, but we will note that we never authorize FailRP, over-intense SexRP or Minging in any way. Those are all things that can get you temporarily banned, or even perma-banned.

Joining the Server
The server gets hosted a lot, but sadly is not 24/7. However, the owner - Niker107 puts a lot of his time and effort into keeping the server alive, so if you wish to join, please be able to take your time to add Niker107 to your contactlist so that you would get invited whenever the server is on. All 8 players that are bound to the server are ok with the schedule, so before you decline, please see if everything actually fits you.

Server Canon
1998 - The Resonance Cascade
2006 - Humanity's forces dying out because of the huge amount of Xen creatures.
2014 - The Combine Invasion / The 7-hour War
2015 - People getting transfered to different Cities around the world. Creation of the Civil Protection Authority and Overwatch Transhuman Arm.
2017 - Resistance groups rising, multiple Resistance attacks in all Cities.

2018 - Current Year.

Map Districts
(Public) District 1 - Trainstation
(Public) District 2 - Plaza, Main Street

(RESTRICTED) District 3 - Catwalks
(RESTRICTED) District 6 - Abandoned behind the D6 Barrier

Factions
1 IC Death (meaning that you died because of RP reasons rather than if you got punchwhored to death) as ANY Faction but CPA or OTA = Perma-Death.

3 IC Deaths as a CPA Unit = Perma-Death.

OTA Units do not get PK'ed.

Citizens [Default]
Unlike other factions, Citizens do not have much freedom in their lives because of the high CPA restrictions and cruel Units, but they do have their freedom RP wise. Since there are not a lot of refugees/resistance members in District 6, players can choose to collaborate with other Citizens in their plan to escape into the dark alleys of City 18. On the other hand, they can choose to become a loyalist and gain respect from the CPA, and maybe one day be promoted to a Union Spy.

Civil Workers Union
The CWU is a faction made up of Citizens which applied for it and have been proven to be quite loyal to the Union and the CPA. These are storekeepers which sell Universal Union's goods to Citizens for tokens. There is also another type of CWU which is the Medical Assistant. These guys are in-charge of the City's Civil Clinic, which is a CWU building that provides paid medication to Citizens and also the possibility of getting healed in the back-door surgery room.

Union Spies
If a Citizen has been a loyalist for a very long time, earned a lot of Loyalty Points and has been proven to never ever betray the Universal Union, he can be turned into a Union Spy. Spies are injected with a special chip in their neck that always reports their location to Dispatch and is able to kill them instantly if Dispatch notices any signs of resisting activity. They are also highly combat trained by the OTA and are given a Magnum, a small radio earbud, Citizen clothes with armor and Special Breen's water cans which have a very high amount of memory erasing crystalls injected into them. The Union Spies watch Citizens and report any Anti-Citizen activity while staying undercover.

Refugees / Resistance Members
This faction is not actually real. You are assumed to officialy be a refugee if you're hiding somewhere (say, in District 6) and are against the CPA. To become a part of this faction, you must gain all your progress through Roleplay, rather than applying somewhere on the forums. This faction is the most unstable, since the CPA and OTA do lots of sweeps in all Districts and only 1 death as a Citizen or a Refugee counts as a PK.

Vortigaunts
There are 2 types of Vortigaunts available on the server: Enslaved and Free Vortigaunts. They are achieved by applying OOCly on the Forums. To become a Free Vortigaunt, you must also have a supporting backstory on why you are not enslaved and where your Vort is. If you wish to become an Enslaved Vortigaunt, you must have the backstory of how he got caught. He will automatically be spawned in either of the Public Districts with the duties to clean streets and junk. Be aware that Vortigaunts don't speak proper English, so speak mostly in 3rd person and refer to yourself as 'This One', rather than 'Me' or 'I'.

Civil Protection Authority
We use a more-or-less different CPA system from other servers, so don't expect Helix to be a medical division or any other coincidences that match up with other servers to be true. CPA Units are not brainwashed, and instead gain their cruelty from experience and strict higher commands. However, the server still does not authorise Rogue Units because of the great amount of restrictions and Overwatch patrols. To become a CPA Unit, you must apply ICly while CPA Applications are in progress. Training is always mandatory, but will be changed from the basic routines to make it more enjoyable for everyone. If you die 3 times as a Unit, you get PK'ed forever. If you want more than 1 CPA character, you'll have to re-apply. You may only re-apply if you're some rank or higher, which is stated by the Admins. That is to avoid tons of CPA Units on only 1 player.

Overwatch Transhuman Arm
[RESTRICTED INFORMATION]

Server Settings
Map: City 18 (rp_c18_v1)
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=119529299

Content Pack:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=147612382

Forum: (In Development)
http://gridgaming.forum2x2.com/

Please leave feedback on the server! Criticism is also welcome.
Have Fun!

 

Re: GridGaming HL2RP

It's not dedicated? No thank you.

 

Re: GridGaming HL2RP

Exactly. If you dont have a dedicated server, you wont have dedicated members and then will not have a dedicated community.

 

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And yet I have a lot of players that are bound to my server and are slowly making this community rise. It's because all of the players are fine with the fact the server is not 24/7 and they join whenever it's up and whenever they get notified, even if they were busy.

So in the end, these players are more dedicated than some of those 24/7 community player bases. Until you try playing on GridGaming, do not say that it is bad because it's not 24/7.

Edit: I like people's criticism, though, as I said before, the server fits to the community's needs, so it will be up when players want it up and when they want to join. If it was 24/7, even the most bound players would only be on the server for about 50% of its online time.

 

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The server not being 24/7? Nope. Btw, I have terrible pings to local hosted. So, nope.


Edit:
Why even make a post, if you're intent on keeping it closed?\

Edit edit:
Not many people here will ask you for the password. Many here, are drifters.

 

Re: GridGaming HL2RP

I was actually discussing everything with members of the community, and we decided that we'd open the server to public again on the 4th of December (after my work is done).

 

Re: GridGaming HL2RP

I suggest this thread to be locked until 3 days notice.

 

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When did I ever say it was bad? Never. I stated simply that you wont be the successful compared to other communities and that I will refuse to join because local hosted servers have terrible ping. Please to not take harsh criticism the wrong way. It sounds nice, its just that its locally hosted.

 

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what
they could easily have some sort of fiber cable internet or business/enterprise internet for hosting the server

why

 

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If it's not really even a full opened server until December 4th then it's closed, but I guess it shouldn't be because feedback can still be given about the server ideas and such.

 

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mods wouldn't waste time to lock and unlock a thread for 3 days for release

 

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It doesn't take long to lock and unlock, about 5 seconds.

Suggesting they have all fingers, a brain, a fully developed body, a working mouse, keyboard, computer, monitor, network, and a house with a payed-off electric bill.

Lol ;D

 

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GridGaming was only passworded for about a week or two now, that's because of minge encounters. Recently we've gotten more staffmembers to watch after the server while I'm gone, so it will open to public again. And yes, my internet is good enough to host a server, otherwise I wouldn't have created this topic.

Also, I have experience in hosting a server, since I have been hosting GridGaming since April (for over half a year now, and daily). I just don't have the money to make it 24/7. Plus I usually host it when people want it hosted, so in the end, I'd just be wasting my money on the server that has people playing on it in 1 exact time frame. Just try joining it, we always welcome newcomers and try to provide interesting RP, even though we don't have custom coders or modellers.

 

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Meh, if it's not 24/7 it won't be as successful though because if you're off and people want it online, they can't reach you, then they get mad they can't play and start to betray you.

It's a cold world out there in non-24/7 servers.

 

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Thanks for the understanding. I would host my server 24/7, but I'm afraid that the money I have right now would run out shortly after, so it wouldn't really help.... But I try my best to fit into people's available time frames so that everyone would be satisfied with the up-times. I treat people like friends, rather than players, so it is actually quite easy to have everyone glad to be playing on the server :3

 

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they don't have any of those, they're mods

im kidding dont ban me please

 

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If you buy a dedicated server, which I HIGHLY suggest, depending on your player base, make your slots exactly that, maybe adding one more slot. If you're players are nice enough to donate, you can get more money to spend for more slots. So try to be a good owner, the people will notice it, and if you tell them you're in a rough time with paying, which you are as you say ( I hope you're not lying ) then people will help you since you've been a good owner.

 

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I wasn't expecting such support when making a community thread on the C16 forums! Heh, I should've made this thread earlier.

On-Topic:
Is anyone actually willing to try out the server on the 3rd or 4th of December when it'll be up? I'll be glad to welcome any new players

 

Re: GridGaming HL2RP

I'll try it definitely.

 

The server is now open to public and the thread was updated significantly! Please re-read the whole thread to get much more information than before and add me, Niker107 to your steam contactlist if you wish to join. Please see if everything fits you before declining, because all 8 players that play on the server say that they are ok with the schedule. Thanks for the support, everyone!