Player Made Rules

Authorization

Some careers,promotions, or divisions require authorization (commonly known as "auth") to join. This is NOT a game required function, but it IS a player required function. If you join (or take) a career, promotion, or division that requires authorization without authorization, you will most likely be batted and/or shot. While each city has different authorized positions and different requirements for authorization, the following list is the most common.

Authorized Positions

Police Department (Just to Join)
Police Department Explosives Division and/or SWAT Division
Police Department Commissioner

Judge (You can do Legal Secretary and Lawyer without auth, though)
In some cities, Supreme Court Judge is authed as well

Mayor

Army Commander
Army Explosives Division and/or Army Rifleman Division

Authorization Requirements

While requirements vary from city to city and for the position, but this is a general guideline to follow.

Two top jobs in the city and on the current character
Being active
Don't do anything stupid
Get on IRC
Stay in the city after you get done with the auth'ed career<
Apply for auth in the appropriate forum in the bar

How to get Authorization

1. Follow all city rules
2. Get on IRC and get to know the city leaders
3. Check the local bar for the authorization requirements
4. Meet the requirements
5. Apply in the bar thread
6. Do whatever the city leader tells you to do (join, do 14 trains and stop, etc, etc)

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This list is just a general list, and each city may have different authorized positions and/or requirements. Check the bar in your city. There will be different threads for each authorized position ("Police Auth", "Judge Auth", etc, etc). In that thread, all of the requirements will be listed, and that is where you would apply for authorization.

Lockdown

When there is a war or someone is on a rampage the city leaders might decide to put the city in a lockdown mode. You can usually tell this by looking in the bar for a lockdown thread. Just like authorization, this is NOT a game required function, but a player enforced one. So what should you do when you not knowingly travel into a city that is in lockdown?

How to act in a locked down city

1. Look for the lockdown thread
2. If there is instructions in the thread how to behave, follow them
3. If no instructions, post in the thread that you are leaving and log off until you can travel out