Carson County is a hardcore prison roleplay server set in 1985. There is no outside world — everyone is either doing time or guarding the people who are. Your character is a person, not a player: they have a past, a reason they're inside, and something to lose. If you want deathmatch, this is the wrong yard, and we'd rather tell you now than ban you later.

1	No metagaming. If your character didn't see it, hear it, or get told it inside, they don't know it. Discord is not a grapevine.
2	No powergaming. Don't dictate outcomes onto other players, and don't do things a person couldn't do.
3	Value your life. A shank at your ribs or three men in your cell changes your plans. Characters who fear nothing aren't characters.
4	No random violence. Every fight needs a reason your character could explain — a debt, a slight, a war, an order.
5	Stay in the era. It's 1985. Payphones, letters, cassettes, cigarettes as currency.
6	Realistic names. First_Last, period-appropriate. No Xx_ names, no celebrities.
7	Officers and inmates. COs enforce the rules of the facility, not the server. A crooked CO is fair roleplay; abusing CO commands out of character is not.
8	No escapes without staff. Breakouts are staff-run events. Don't try to glitch, climb or teleport your way out.
9	Take it to the forums. Never argue rules mid-scene. Report it, keep playing.

·	Going down isn't dying. Beaten or stabbed, you're injured — someone gets you to the infirmary.
·	Player kill (PK). If your character is killed, they survive but lose all memory of the events leading up to it.
·	Character kill (CK). Permanent. Only with staff approval or the character owner's consent, and only after real roleplay build-up. A CK'd character is gone for good.

1.	You fill in an application — four questions, written properly.
2.	Staff read it. Usually within the day.
3.	Approved: you're whitelisted straight away. Fill in your inmate's intake form and join the server.
4.	Denied: you'll see why, and can apply again after 48 hours.

One-line answers get denied. We're not testing your typing — we're checking you'll be good company for the people already here.