Power/Meta-Gaming

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Power/Meta-Gaming refers to the act of either making stuff up in roleplay to strengthen your own narrative (Power-Gaming/Forced RP), or to use information gained outside of roleplay to your advantage inside of roleplay (Meta-Gaming).

Examples of Power-Gaming

Whilst in cuffs, you cannot say /do Breaks cuffs because I am strong and then use a glitch to remove the cuffs. (This example can go hand-in-hand with Glitch/Bug Abuse)
When being arrested for shoplifting, and an LEO does /me checks CCTV, you cannot respond with /do The security cameras in this store are completely broken and didn't record anything

Examples of Meta-Gaming

An hour before a patrol, whilst in a Discord VC, a player says they are going to probably do a bank robbery, you then during the patrol, go to the police and report it, causing their scene to be ruined.
Using an OOC Chat Message to find the location of a player that you have a bounty on.

Punishments

The punishments for Power-Gaming are as follows:

First Offense: Kick
Second Offense: 1 Day Ban
Third Offense: 1 Week Ban

The punishments for Meta-Gaming are as follows:

First Offense: Kick
Second Offense: 1 Day Ban
Third Offense: 1 Week Ban