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i think i should win because i deserve the custom big floppa role :) this is my favorite halloween picture i think baby floppa did a really good job at carving his floppolanter!

Hello, as some of you already know I have resigned from staff. I am currently trying to go back to school for nursing and would like to shift my focus towards that. I am gonna try to get on Aether from time to time to hang out with my pals. I will eventually return to staffing and my DM’s are open to anyone of course. Thank you for all the memories I love you all ❤️

I would like to thank everyone that has helped me and shown me alot of things along the way, I don't want to become inactive and keep the current staff team from becoming upset and me not being here. I have alot of stuff going on right now and hopefully with return in the future, But as of right now this is a goodbye 😞

not anymore

Friends, A month and a half ago I rejoined Aether and I have had an absolute blast playing with all of you. Coming back was one of the best decisions that I made in my life. Being able to connect with old friends, as well as meeting new ones along the way, I am glad to be a part of this community, as well as the staff team. However, I have been given a big opportunity to become an Assistant Manager basically becoming my GM’s right hand. With this, my 40 hour work weeks will turn into 50 hours very soon. Along with my promotion, I will be moving out of my parents house very soon and moving into an apartment with a friend of mine, and balancing staffing with friends, family, work, etc. is going to be very difficult for me. For this reason, I’ll be stepping down from the staff team and I will be leaving Aether for an undisclosed amount of time. I wish I could tell you when I’ll fully be back but I don’t currently have an answer. My training begins soon and I’ve really gotta start focusing more on my IRL ventures, but I promise that I will be back. Thank you for all of the great times, late nights, early mornings you all have given me. I will sincerely miss all of you as I go on this long hiatus, and I hope to keep you all updated on how life is going. With me being fresh out of high school I’ve got alot on my plate that I need to finish up, and the second I can find out how to balance everything I will be back. With that said, goodbye for now everybody, I will return!

Hello, many of you may know me as a staff member as I've been staff since 12/22/2020. I am making this post to inform all members of the community that I am no longer staff but I will be on the server occasionally. I wish Aether the best of luck and continued growth as in my opinion the best Gmod DarkRp community to date. 💝

Happy Easter to all ❤️

AetherNetwork DarkRP Rules Need Help? Contact a Staff member by typing @ followed by your question/request! Staff have the final say. If you disagree with a staff member make a Forum Complaint. Discord Invite Link: Discord.gg/AetherNetwork Basic Rules Be civil, this is a game - treat it as one and try to have fun; if you are intentionally ruining or disrupting other’s gameplay you will be punished accordingly. Keep any political/racist/hate speech/toxic/excessive NSFW behavior and words out of the game, Forums and Discord. RDM (Random Deathmatch) occurs if you damage or kill another player without a valid reason from your current in-game life. NLR (New Life Rule) restricts you from interacting with the player(s) who caused your previous in-game death for 3 minutes from your death. After being killed by another player the gameplay situation between you ends. If you die defending a base you cannot defend that base or enter the base until NLR is over. Cheating, exploiting and scamming are strictly disallowed. Abusing exploits will result in a punishment equal to the damage done to the server through said exploit. If you have clipping software available and can swiftly provide clips you are able to retaliate and kill players when they attempt to kill or arrest you, otherwise if you cannot supply clips you must wait until you take at least 1 damage to be able to retaliate. Using commands/binds whilst AFK is disallowed in all cases. No mic-spamming or radios unless you are a DJ. There should be no overly loud noises played from your microphone under any circumstances. Impersonating other members of the Community or using another iteration of their name intentionally trying to bother them is disallowed in all cases. Alternative accounts cannot transfer items to main accounts/farm money and cannot claim/use in-game codes. Banned players cannot rejoin on alternative accounts. Entering safe-zones to avoid gameplay or killing yourself to avoid gameplay is strictly disallowed. Your name must have at least 3 English letters with no spaces between them. Using /demote should only be utilized with a valid reason and when no Staff are available. Wait at least 10 minutes after creating a ticket before receiving no response and going through this route. Exploiting any game mechanics is strictly forbidden in all cases, if you find something that appears to be bugged/broken or over-tuned you should bring it up to a higher-up, abusing these systems will result in punishments on a case-by-case basis depending on damage done and benefits gained. Building Rules All jobs can build 1 raidable base and 1 RP-Only base per party. For Police the PD counts as their raidable base, for Bankers the Bank counts as their raidable base. Bank and PD can utilize as many keypads as the tool lets them. RP-Only bases can be built anywhere other than sidewalks. If building in the street there must be a clear accessible way to get past the base, this also applies if building in any type of tunnel or map shortcut that is not a dead-end. Raidable bases can be made anywhere other than on or above the street, sidewalk, sewer walkways or fountain. The only exception to building on the sidewalk is to create rooftop access or decorative non-obstructive props. Your base must have at least 1 working entrance. All members of the base must be added to the front door of the base, if there is no front door you must all be in a party. Rooftop’s are owned by whichever base’s door is connected/closest to it, if the rooftops has no base connecting to it then whoever builds there first owns it. Your base must be a clear and accessible path with no movement restrictions or forced crouching. Players should be able to do a full jump in every area that the base owner has control over (rare world exceptions such as doorways, window-ways etc). Movement restrictions also include drop, trap and maze bases. The path you force players to raid through must not take longer than an average of 30 seconds at default sprint speed from the entrance of the base to the main area of raidables within the base; not including keypad or button doors. All areas of your base must be able to fit 2 players side-by-side. The only exception to this would be map areas where it wouldn’t be possible to fit 2 players. You can utilize 3 keypad doors and 3 button doors for a raider to fully access your base. These must be visible and next to the door they open with no extra fake keypads/buttons. You must only have to breach each keypad and button 1 time to get in and 1 time to get out. All keypad and button doors must be raidable with all raiding tools. Bases that have dedicated areas to damage players from must allow raiders to damage the baser. You must have your shoulders and above visible and damageable when damaging raiders and raiders must have their shoulders and above visible and damageable when damaging basers. Any overly large bases or those imported with Advanced Duplicator that are normally not spawnable may be removed at Staff discretion. If you are being raided you cannot rejoin to avoid the raid and must wait until it concludes. You cannot have any cancer/painful to look at materials. Raiding Rules A raid advert must be created before using any raid tool to correctly initiate a raid. Your raid cooldown is 30 minutes per base, this cooldown starts from your raid advert. Your raid may last up to 10 minutes from your raid advert. If raiding PD you must specify PD RAID. If raiding the Bank you must specify BANK RAID. Once a raid has been initiated neither raiders nor basers can use their tool gun, spawn props or remove props. During a raid neither the raider or the baser can switch jobs. The baser doing so is considered the same as rejoining to avoid raid and the raider doing so is a fail raid. You can raid a base that another raider is already raiding but you must commit to the raid and attempt to finish it, using raid adverts just to kill the raider is disallowed. Raids must be initiated from within microphone distance of the base's entrance or inside the base, leaving microphone distance of the base forfeits the raid. You can kill members of the base after your raid advert if they are within microphone distance of the base’s entrance. Raidables must be reachable by all raid tools at all times, for example you cannot have raidable's phys-gunned to be unreachable by raid sticks. If raidables are accessible without using a raiding tool you do not have to advert raid and no cooldown is applied. You cannot raid any bases that have RP Only or Building signs. Warning Rules Players can be warned to leave your area if they are causing disruptions to yourself. Warns must be given in /advert specifying ‘Warn 10s/10 seconds’. If the player is still within microphone distance after the warning you can kill them. If the player returns to microphone distance from where you adverted the warn within 30 seconds you can kill them. You can only warn players in your base or public areas and you cannot warn players to leave if they were at the location first. Advert Rules Adverts used for gameplay (PD Raids, Bank Raids, Raids) must be the first words posted in the advert. All in-game adverts are considered RP and can be acted upon, including raid adverts. Adverts used for raids/warns cannot be colored in any way and cannot have any extra text or symbols. Kidnapping Rules Hostages can be kept for up to 10 minutes, after the 10 minutes the hostage will be executed if not set free. You cannot force players into uncomfortable situations whilst kidnapped, in-game RP is allowed but if you are kidnapping players to make them miserable Staff may remove the player from your base or the player may suicide. If a kidnap victim feels they have been kidnapped for the purpose of getting them intentionally stuck or left with no gameplay interaction they can choose to suicide, if the kidnapper feels this was unfair/invalid they can call a sit. The maximum ransom you can demand is $5,000,000. RP Only, KOS and Building Sign Rules RP Only, KOS and Building text-screens must be at least 75 in size whilst being clear and visible. KOS signs can only be placed at your base's entrance and can only be enforced once the player is past the sign. If a player is past your KOS sign you can kill them. If the player leaves the area after passing the sign you cannot hunt them down to kill them unless they dealt damage to you. If you are building somewhere other than a ownable base then you cannot have a KOS sign and can only KOS players for raiding your building. RP Only signs are utilized for bases that want to allow players into their base and have a build but without the risk of being raided. If you choose to have an RP Only base you cannot own any raidables, the only exception to this is supplier jobs such as Gun Dealers, Black Market Dealers and Medics - you can sell your products whilst having an RP Only sign. Building signs are utilized when creating a base to stop you from being raided. There is no time limit on how long you can have a Building sign for but you also cannot have raidables inside your base whilst this sign is up. Party Rules Party members cannot raid or steal from other party members. After leaving or being kicked from a party there is a 15 minute cooldown before being able to raid the party’s base. If you remove a player from your party you must give them their raidables. Party members are able to defend their party members in every scenario. Raid cooldowns are shared across your party unless you are a member of the PD. Mayor Rules You cannot create laws that contradict the default laws of the land. You cannot create laws that: Restrict movement or the ability to use cosmetics. Make specific jobs or players illegal. Make non-dangerous weapons illegal. Make any form of speech illegal. Lockdowns can be created with a valid reason, after you lockdown you should announce the reason. Police Department Rules Police cannot assist criminals. Builds for the PD must stay within the PD. Your main entrance cannot be PD vents. The PD lobby and Bail NPC must be accessible at all times. Illegal activity must be followed by an arrest unless the player is wanted, you can fast-wanted a player by right clicking with the nightstick whilst looking at them. If the player is wanted you can KOS them or arrest them. You can only warrant for things you have visually seen or have been reported to you in an RP manner. Illegal raidables cannot be allowed inside of PD, if you have knowledge of illegals inside of PD you must try to destroy them. Laws of The Land Raiding and stealing is illegal. Raidables detected by the contraband scanner are always illegal. Harming players is illegal unless you are inside your base defending it. Laws can be enforced with KOS if the player is wanted. Staff Sits To request a sit with a Staff member to report a player type ‘@ *sit reason here*’. Sits created through @ must have a valid reason and not intentionally waste Staff time. You can create sits to report players you believe broke the server rules. Once you create a sit you should expect to be brought at any time after, this can be a short or long wait depending on the amount of sits and Staff online. If you are in a Staff sit you must wait until the sit concludes before leaving. If you disagree with the outcome of the sit you can appeal Bans and Warns on the Forums, never argue in the sit as it only makes your case worse. All ban and warns appeals are viewed with no bias, do not fear reporting Staff or players you believe wronged you. For issues that are related to bugs, broken items or anything that can’t be resolved in-game you can create support tickets for higher-ups and the Owner to view on Discord in the #support channel. Wardrobe Your models chosen cannot break any of the default rules including NSFW/Racism/Political or anything in-between. Models that are overly inappropriate or showing underwear fall into the NSFW category. Models that show characters or people who are controversial may fall into the racism/political categories. Models that have been flagged as 'Nudity or Sexual Content' by Steam cannot be used. You cannot have invisible or hard to see models. You cannot have overly large or invasive/annoying models that obstruct other players gameplay. You cannot have small models intended to abuse hitboxes, this is mostly a problem in bases and is a case-by-case basis. If you break any of the wardrobe rules you may be subject to punishment and possibly a blacklist from the entire addon.

ima go play rust or something

If you are leaving because of issues that have never been voiced (to my knowledge) you should voice them so a discussion and resolution can be made.

i'm going to be resigning from staffing as well as playing daily i don't really wanna make this deep or write anything like it matters a whole lot but i figured i should at least make this post to let ppl know i enjoyed our time together but i feel like i'm distracting myself so for that reason i must go i took a little bit to think before making this decision so i'm definite on it at this point, i appreciate you all take care love more

AetherNetwork.gg Staffing Requirements: Copy and then post your application HERE Read this slideshow to get an idea of what is expected of Staff: HERE IF YOU DO NOT MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS YOUR APPLICATION WILL BE DENIED. YOU WILL RECEIVE A RESPONSE WITHIN 2 WEEKS OF APPLYING, RECEIVING ANY WARNS/BANS IN THIS TIME WILL RESULT IN IMMEDIATE DENIAL! You MUST maintain a healthy activity level In-Game, on Forums and in Discord when applying for staff. You MUST have at least 24 hours / 1 days play time on the server you are applying for. You MUST be at least 15 years of age unless given permission to apply by a higher up. During the Trial-Mod phase you will be given assistance by all staff members, your trial moderator period can last up to 2 weeks. Your application will be responded to when a decision has been made, usually this takes 7 days but some applications may take more or less time. You MUST fill out the template correctly or else your application will be DENIED. Lying in your application will prove to us that you are untrustworthy, if found out you will be DENIED. If you are found advertising your application it will be DENIED. Talking about your application prior to posting it is okay to get help but talking about it/advertising it after it's been posted will result in an instant denial. Be patient. If you are found plagiarizing your application it will be DENIED and you will be added to a Staff Blacklist. If you are DENIED you may NOT post another application until 1 Week after the denial post. Copy Template Below The Lines. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AetherNetwork Staff Application In-Game Name (List ALL variations, if accepted your Forum/Discord name will be changed to your most used one): [NAMES] Age: [AGE] Steam ID: [https://steamid.io/] Discord Tag: [DISCORD TAG] Total Playtime (24 hours/1 day REQUIRED): [!time in-game] Timezone: [TIMEZONE] Steam Profile: [STEAM PROFILE LINK] Times you're most active (If you have a unpredictable schedule let us know): [TIMES - SPECIFY AM/PM] General Questions How can you contribute to Aether?: Have you read the rules fully, understand and feel comfortable enforcing them as correctly as possible?: Are you willing to listen to any Staff member guide you as a Staff, even if you feel you don't need to?: Are you certain you will be able to staff for 5 hours a week and finish 15 sits each week?: DarkRP Rule Questions Raids can last how long?: If a player in your party dies whilst raiding, how long do they have to wait to come back and raid the same base again?: What initiates a raid?: If no raiding tool is being used can the player steal the item from a base without an advert?: Give an example of a valid raid advert (type it as you'd type it in-game): If the owner of the base is standing outside on their base entrances sidewalk as you're about to raid but haven't announced a raid yet, can you kill them?: If you get arrested mid-raid can you return after your arrest?: If you get RDM'd are you allowed to kill the RDMer back without repercussions?: A player punches somebody unprovoked and runs away, the player who got punched calls a sit - what punishment would you give the instigator?: List all default Laws of The Land: How many bases can you own per party?: A player is refusing to co-operate with you in a staff sit, how do you handle the non-cooperative player?: Can you punish a player for intentionally ruining others time, even if they say it's out of fun?: Give an example of a Staff abusing their powers and how you would handle it: A player is excessively RDMing, how would you intervene/stop them from continuing and what punishment would you give?: A Mayor enabled a lockdown without reason and is refusing to turn it off, how do you resolve this?: Extra Comments:

Hello everyone! Just sharing that I am gonna be taking a leave of absence for the next 11 days, and the rest of this weekend I gotta prep for his arrival and sort out some IRL shit. My partner is coming down to visit me for a week, and I want to spend as much time with him as I possibly can. Only like, three of you guys will probably care, but I will be back! Love you all ❤️

I think i should win cause this picture on the home screen would be fire

Hey people, I got bored and decided to make a little 3D Spinning Aether logo using Blender. Hope you like it :)

No more bickering please, this is Baked's staff application thread not the tell each other what we hate about each-other thread.

(Been sitting on this a while. Think it's time I try.) AetherNetwork Staff Application In-Game Name (List ALL variations, if accepted your Forum/Discord name will be changed to your most used one): Just Monika, both in game and on Discord Age: 22 Steam ID: STEAM_0:1:94899408 Discord Tag: justmonika.5484 Total Playtime (24 hours/1 day REQUIRED): >Your total time is 2mo 1d 11h 21m. Was around in early 2021-2022, took a long break, came back around September 2023 Timezone: EST Gang Steam Profile: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198150064545/ Times you're most active (If you have a unpredictable schedule let us know): I tend to work evenings on Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday, and my evening on Sundays are reserved for my partner, but I am usually on from around 3 PM - 1 AM most other days of the week (even on days I work I tend to hop on the server when I get back to chill out after a long day). I am also on most mornings as well. General Questions How can you contribute to Aether?: I just wanna help people to put it simply. I have always wanted players to feel welcome into our community, as that is how the community grows. If I were to become staff, I would do what is needed to keep the server as chill as possible so that everyone can have fun. I have also staffed in the past on another server, so I am pretty good at dealing with all sorts of players and also knowing if someone is just on Aether to waste everyone's time or not. Have you read the rules fully, understand and feel comfortable enforcing them as correctly as possible?: I have read the rules of the server and I am confident that I can enforce them in a non-bias manner. Are you willing to listen to any Staff member guide you as a Staff, even if you feel you don't need to?: Guidance is how people learn after all, so yes I would gladly take any advice from other staff if they need to share. Are you certain you will be able to staff for 5 hours a week and finish 15 sits each week?: I am certain that I can complete the given time and sit commitment for Aether. DarkRP Rule Questions Raids can last how long?: A raid lasts 10 minutes max. If a player in your party dies whilst raiding, how long do they have to wait to come back and raid the same base again?: A player must wait 30 minutes to raid the same base again if they die during a raid no matter what. What initiates a raid?: A player can initiate a raid as a raiding class (thief, runner, etc.) by typing "/advert raid" once they find a suitable base to attempt to steal from. If no raiding tool is being used can the player steal the item from a base without an advert?: As long as the raidables can be reached w/o lockpicking. breach juicing, etc, they are allowed to steal from that players base. Keep your doors locked and this won't happen. Give an example of a valid raid advert (type it as you'd type it in-game): /advert raid, but players can have some fun with it so long as the advert clearly defines the type of raid that is about to take place. If the owner of the base is standing outside on their base entrances sidewalk as you're about to raid but haven't announced a raid yet, can you kill them?: Nah. That's just RDM at that point. Fight fair. If you get arrested mid-raid can you return after your arrest?: As long as a raid was announced, no. That counts as failing the raid and you have to find another base or wait out the raid timer. If you get RDM'd are you allowed to kill the RDMer back without repercussions?: While it might be justified to the player who was RDM'd, no. That is Revenge RDM. A player punches somebody unprovoked and runs away, the player who got punched calls a sit - what punishment would you give the instigator?: If a player punches someone, and the person who was punched decided to call a sit, I would claim the ticket to see why the instigator punched someone. Depending on the actions of the instigator, one of two actions would happen. A verbal warn/RIS would be issued if the instigator genuinely didn't mean to punch that player, or a proper written RDM warn would be issued if it was a first offense. List all default Laws of The Land: 1. Raiding and stealing is illegal. 2. Raidables detected by the contrabaned scanner are always illegal 3. Harming players is illegal unless you are inside your base defending it. 4. Laws can be enforced with KOS if the player is wanted How many bases can you own per party?: A party may own one proper base with raidables inside and one RP base. A player is refusing to co-operate with you in a staff sit, how do you handle the non-cooperative player?: Staff have a lot of tools, so it can vary. If a player is constantly running away/killing in a sit, I would freeze them. If a player is mic spamming/chat spamming, a gag/mute would be issued. The sit is gonna be finished one way or another, just depends on how they wanna handle it. Can you punish a player for intentionally ruining others time, even if they say it's out of fun?: Yes. While it is true we all have our own definition of "fun", intentionally ruining other player's experience with the server is not the kind of fun we want to encourage. Give an example of a Staff abusing their powers and how you would handle it: While staff have a lot of tools to make things easier for handling sits, they also have a lot of tools to make unfair. They could give themselves god mode and raid every base on the block. They could constantly fling players around with their phys gun. They could noclip into their own base mid raid to defend. If I saw a staff member abusing their power, I would gather clips if possible and go to those above me to inform them of the abuser's actions. A player is excessively RDMing, how would you intervene/stop them from continuing and what punishment would you give?: I would ensure that all kills came from the RDMer (asking the victims if they were messing around or if it was some random guy killing), pull them to a sit, deal with the player however is needed (freezing, muting, etc.) and issue a warning for MRDM. Depending on how many times they have been warned for this action, the length of the ban could vary. For a first offense, it would be a 3 day ban minimum. A Mayor enabled a lockdown without reason and is refusing to turn it off, how do you resolve this?: I would simply inform the mayor that they aren't allowed to have a lockdown without a proper reason. If they comply, no need to write a warning. A warning would be written if the Mayor refuses to listen otherwise.

Hi 🙂 been a min huh, Pretty sure i wont be returning to Aether for quite the time if at all, due to me enjoying other games and to busy with work i just wanted to hop on here and let everyone know that you have impacted me in life and helped me (yes im talking to everyone; even the ones who treated me with no respect -wont name anyone obv-) anywayssss i started blastin side tracked i appreciate all of you that have helped me through out staffing and just life in general i will always cherish those memories and the things people have taught me. Everyone at Aether has something special in them and Jouaram has done a great job keeping up with the community, listening and actually taking in suggestions and putting them in action to help you guys with gameplay always be there for that man cause no one else is here to run this sh*t! Respect him with everything and he will never do you wrong. For the Staff Team You guys will always have a place in my heart ( corny, holy shit ) but its true and i will cherish those memories, those talks, the times we were mad at each other over a virtual video game the times we laughed and almost passed out because of it, those life talk and sometimes crying, mostly me because my life was in shambles and i had alot of shit happned in my personal life when i was playing aether and alot of you have helped me through my struggles and couldn't ask for better family over the internet all of you have done something that impacted my life with heavy meaning and i will never forget that and never would change a thing i tired to be the best i could for everyone, staff, members, new commers, all of you i tried my best and i had a kick ass time doing it, wouldnt go staff on a different server other then Aether because it isnt just a Garrys Mod server, its a place of dreams and you can go and get away from life i mean it really sucks you in and makes you forget everything that is wrong in the world please keep being you and keeping aether a place where people can come and go to escape from reality ❤️ J man and the whole staff team has done a incredible job at keep it a safe place for those people dealing with depression, stress, family problems, over all life in general its a place to go when you are sad and become happy within minutes please stay true to yourself and the people you talk to because you have no clue what others are going through, be gently and nice to everyone and i promise you it will return with open arms because at the end of the day no one is gonna be there for you more then the people over the internet because its hard to show true colors over a screen im a completely diff person over the internet then in real life and i mean that in a good way, again please stay true to what you believe in ❤️ The silly little talks and the silly sits we would all become a part of because it was just the thing to do, i will never forget about any of you ❤️ please reach out and chat lets catch up on life ❤️ unfortunately i ran dry on staffing and it got really repetitive for me and i don't think ill be making a return anytime soon, i still stay in touch with the people that impacted me the most and will always have open DM's for those people. I love you all and wouldn't change a thing that has happened on Aether, we celebrated 2 of my birthdays so that's quite the time that i was staff (on and off) all of you are one of a kind and have a place some where in life and i have no doubt all of you will succeed in life please message me if you havnt latley and lets catch up on some things ❤️ forever and always will be MostDope 😉 Aether forever sincerely MostDopeLofi 🙂 PS: yall stink take a shower

Well title kind of explains itself, my time on aether has been nothing but fun, the community is one of the best out there most the of the people I met have been nothing but kind and helpful towards others! thank you all for the amazing memories and experiences couldn't ask for a better server to staff on! Lets start off by saying @Jouaram You are a kick ass owner and you do your best to do what the players want! you have been nothing but good to me and i appreciate everything you have done not just for me but everyone else to! by this server being up you let players come to a new world and express there feelings and escape reality, i have no doubt in my mind you have saved many people keep doing what you are doing ❤️ @Madi Raven Madi thank you for being by my side every since t-mod phase, ever memory we have is beyond amazing and that's an understatement, thank you for letting me rant my problems away and for you to listen couldn't ask for a better wifey ❤️ @Tremor Thank you for being the role model for me! you showed me many things not only in gmod but all the nerdy shit you do! ❤️ I'm glad I got to have a cool friend that enjoys car as much as I do! especially Toyotas 🙂 you pushed me to go farther in staffing and to go as far as I could, I went pretty far huh? could have gone longer but life got in the way that's ok though ill be back 🙂 @ThiccYe Thank you for being the grump of the group we needed you there, thicc you pushed me to be tougher not only in game but in my personal life, you taught me a lot through out my phase as staff you were on my ass if i messed up and strongly showed me how to improve! you light up the calls with your funny sense of humor and knowledge which up lifts the vibe a lot! @dr. snortthisperc Thanks for being an outstanding friend you have taught me many things and im beyond thankful to have you have as a friend ❤️ you are an amazing person and i think you have some good things coming for you dude i strongly do keep your head up and moving forward ❤️ @Creed Thanks for playing dayz with me and Danny some good times watching you run naked towards a care package xD set aside our differences and id just like to say you are a good friend to me and I appreciate you a ton @Donnie You were always the the person to bring the vibe up and make most people laugh, don't worry i understood most of your jokes 🙂 @jerma You little rat, thanks for being a good friend to me for it all peak friendship was when we had mod together xD we did a lot we still good friends don't forget about me ❤️ @Emiy You so quiet dude xD nah fr thanks for being there and bein an awesome friend couldn't ask for a better mute 🙂 @Acmerica got to have ac in here dude what's life without him? BORING that's what, thanks for RDM'ing me so many times you taught me some good self defense, sound board funny asf dude keep that @Danny Danny a weirdo honestly but hes a good friend, we need to play more games brodie -_- Well if I missed someone I'm sorry you'll get a good personal message me from lmao, hope to see you guys around ily all you guys are all family to me and couldn't ask for a better staff team! Take care of yourself and keep in touch! Lofi Out! Remember Most Dope 4lyfe Keep Your Cypher Complete 🙂

Some of you may know me and some of you may not. You may know me as an old player from ret or as only a staff member or for the people that makes a comment about it every time I'm on the server, the guy that donated a lot of money to the server. It hurts my heart to do this but its in the best interest for me to take a break from the server and staffing. I will miss the server and all of the laughs I've had on it. For the staff team, you all hold a place in my heart. I love every one of you like family and would do anything for yall. If any of you needs anything feel free to DM me. For the rest of the server. Your all great and you chose the right server to start your Dark RP experience or Finish your Dark RP experience. P.S. stop RDMing I would like to say something to some certain people that made my time on the server that more special. Pizza- It sucks that you left for a little bit and that we couldn't hang out on the server as much but your cool as hell and definitely one of the 4 people that will make me come back. Victus- MY MAN! Your the second person that will make me come back someday, you kept me getting on even when I didn't feel like it. You and pizza are my brothers. Please keep in touch with me Dildozer- I feel like I don't need to tell you how special you are to me. You were my boy on Ret and you were my boy on here, I love you bro. You know you can DM me at anytime for anything. Noodle- Were the dynamic duo, you gave me my first million on Ret and I gave you your first extremely rare item on Aether. We'll be playing CSGO again bro If I missed anyone I'm sorry, there's a lot of emotions going on for me right now just thinking about this and realizing that its really happening. You haven't seen the last of Babydumptruck. I will be back soon ❤️

I'm sure most of you know I haven't been active for such a long time due to real life reasons. My mother had passed away from Covid-19 on December 17th, 2020 and was officially laid to rest yesterday on February 16th, 2021. I must say it has been such a rough time for me, and now I can finally breathe after such a long and painful couple passed months. Now that I know that she's in a better place I'm glad I can finally smile and see her happy and not feeling pain after all these times. Also I want to thank all of the staff members and players especially for supporting me through all this pain. I miss you mom.. and I love you forever.. 1955 - 2020. https://gyazo.com/6f9692ea143c29e5dbc7e1b1276808ba

Hello my friends, due to a lack of income and me losing my job about a month ago, come this Friday I am going to be homeless and living out of my car for an unknown amount of time. I am hoping I will be able to figure something out relatively quick but I'm unsure that I will. I am not leaving the server permanently, but I will be unable to play for an unknown amount of time until I'm able to save some money and find somewhere new to reside. I will remain active on forums and anyone can reach out to me if they need any help. I hope to see you all soon! 🙂❤️

I'm not completely sure when I'll be back, but there's a couple things going on irl that make it nearly impossible for me to be able to get on the server so I feel like I've got to post this. I've loved my time with Aether, I've made countless friends; some that I'll probably still talk too. Countless hours into reviews, mentees, and staffing overall was genuinely fun to me. I loved that I could logon and talk to so many different types of people at once, truly is an amazing experience when you look at it the right way. The longstanding members of the staff team have became some sort of a second family to me, I wish them all the best and hope we can still keep in touch. You all truly made a difference in my life. 😘

AetherNetwork Re-Rank Application In-Game Name (List ALL variations, if accepted your Forum/Discord name will be changed to your most used one): AV Madi Raven, AN Madi Raven, Whattheever99, MadiCat247, DEVIL KILL 247. Age: 26 Steam ID: STEAM_0:0:25658589 Discord Tag: MadiCat247 #8646 Total Playtime: 4w 2d 7h 35m. Timezone: EST Steam Profile: https://steamcommunity.com/id/whattheever99/ Highest Rank You've Obtained: Moderator Link your previous personal Trello Card: https://trello.com/c/DTrrm4Gr Re-Rank Questions When Staffing did you cause any issues that were brought up to you by another Staff member? If so, what?: Not that I'm aware of no. How long can you guarantee you'll keep consistent activity for?: indefinitely. Are you currently happy with your activity on the server and Forums as a player?: Yes, I have been checking forums everyday even when I left the server aswell. Do you believe you deserve to hold the rank you're going back to and the responsibility's that come with it?: Of Course! How many hours can you play per week on average at this current time?: 30s as an estimate, more than enough for minimum. Have you read the most up to date rules and Staff Handbook?: Yes, I know they are being rewritten as I'm posting this also. Are you certain you will be able to staff for 5 hours a week and finish at least 50 sits every 2 weeks?: more than certain! Rule Questions Raids can last how long?: 10 Minutes to get in, do a lil shootin and scootin, and get out. If a player in your party dies whilst raiding, how long do they have to wait to come back and raid the same base again?: That life is over baby! They gotta wait 30 minutes to raid that base again or 20 minutes for PD and Bank. What initiates a raid?: A Valid Raid Advert, those fancy ones are no no, keep it simple! If no raiding tool is being used can the player steal the item from a base without an advert?: A player can steal ONLY if 2 things are true, they have a job that says "can Steal" and if they get to the raidables WITHOUT having to use any raid tools. Example being open doors and nothing between you and those tasty raidables. Give an example of a valid raid advert (type it as you'd type it in-game): /advert Raid, /advert PD Raid, /advert Hit Raid, /advert Bank Raid. If the owner of the base is standing outside on their base entrances sidewalk as you're about to raid but haven't announced a raid yet, can you kill them?: Nope, you have to advert FIRST and once you do ONLY if that owner is in interfering distance or trying to stop you then you can get a sick headshot to add to your MLG compilation. If you get arrested mid-raid can you return after your arrest?: No, that raid is over, you are a new soul. you gotta wait that timer for that base and you cannot go back and assist, that was the old you.. If you get RDM'd are you allowed to kill the RDMer back without repercussions?: NO! You will get a revenge RDM warn, report that to staff to handle or use the player report system on forums if no staff are on. A player punches somebody unprovoked and runs away, the player who got punched calls a sit - what punishment would you give the instigator?: I would issue an RDM warning assuming logs show atleast 1 damage was done to the victim and it was not for a valid RP scenario. Adjusting the warn based off PWs but starting with Written Warning for first offence. List all default Laws of The Land: Raiding and stealing is illegal. Entities detected by the contraband scanner are illegal. Harming players is illegal unless you are defending bases. Shooting dangerous weapons in public is illegal. Laws can be enforced with KOS if the player is wanted. Laws can be enforced with KOS if a players life is in danger. Non-default Laws must be things that players choose to do. Laws that are seen as baiting kills or arrests are disallowed. The Mayor can choose to make dangerous weapons legal or illegal. How many bases can you own per party?: 1 Base Per Party! A player is refusing to co-operate with you in a staff sit, how do you handle the non-cooperative player?: Gag, Mute, and Freezing would be used depending on severity. Taking charge of the sit in vital in this situation and in rare cases they can be warned for refusing to listen. Keeping the player from shooting, screaming, and spamming slurs would be my main priority if they are to that point, if they were not showing any signs of RPing on the serve I would issue NITRP aswell. Can you punish a player for intentionally ruining others time, even if they say it's out of fun?: Yes, NITRP would be used in this case. Mingey and Trolling behavior is to be corrected if possible. Give an example of a Staff abusing their powers and how you would handle it: Purposefully using God in RP to get an edge up on players and win raids, I would note this in logs and clips and send it to higher ups right away. We have to be fair and not power hungry as staff or it creates a very poor environment for everyone. A player is excessively RDMing, how would you intervene/stop them from continuing and what punishment would you give?:Bring them asap and freeze them, if unsure I would bring atleast 3 victims to confirm they were RDM'd by the player and confirm that in logs. Then I would issue the ban depending on PWs (first being 3 days) and put the warn in. Next would be assisting the victims with lost weapons. A Mayor enabled a lockdown without reason and is refusing to turn it off, how do you resolve this?: If mayor has not offered an explanation or its gone past 10 minutes I would ask them why the lockdown is up or to end it. If they refuse after this then I can do the not so fun fun demotion and filing a warning for Job Abuse. Mayor must state the reason for the lockdown and give a 10 second start for players to get inside. Extra Comments: Hey I did the thing, thank you for the fun times as staff before and the fun times currently as a player. you guys are all family to me and I love and care for each of you! Jouaram tricked me into coming back with my model and my cousin being on the staff team has really gave me more motivation for returning. Either way ill still be here, being a Raven. caw caw.

A picture of me and @GoldFishlast year 💝, and a new one I made this year!

In-Game Name (List ALL variations, if accepted your Forum/Discord name will be changed to your most used one): [DAVID MASON] Age: [15] Steam ID: [STEAM_0:1:555554672] Discord Tag: [david mason#7907] Total Playtime: [>Your total time is 2mo 6d 27m.💀] Timezone: [PST] Steam Profile: [STEAM PROFILE] Highest Rank You've Obtained: [Veteran-Moderator] Link your previous personal Trello Card: [trello] Re-Rank Questions When Staffing did you cause any issues that were brought up to you by another Staff member? If so, what?: a couple by jouaram all of which were trolling tango and pooshi and one was sneezing into my mic in vc with Mr. goldfish How long can you guarantee you'll keep consistent activity for?: forever Are you currently happy with your activity on the server and Forums as a player?: yes Do you believe you deserve to hold the rank you're going back to and the responsibility's that come with it?: i guess How many hours can you play per week on average at this current time?: around 50 maybe more maybe less Have you read the most up to date rules and Staff Handbook?: yes unless things changed within 11 days Extra Comments: I left not too long ago because I was bored of gmod and aether, but I never stopped playing and realized why I liked it; it was because of the people and the community. I liked helping people with problems, even though my sit counts weren't high. I helped without sits with a lot of base questions from players and some tmods and really miss it. I regret leaving, especially when Jouaram asked me twice to make sure it was what I wanted. I hope to be able to rejoin, even though it was not long ago that I left.

like a 7 man raid..... king why didnt you join the party

I am resigning as there are somethings/ people I don't agree with in the staff team, I love the server Its just today things went to far with someone and makes me not want to play on the server with this toxicity and tension, I will play on the server every now and again Just wont be Brit 2.0 anymore that spot has been given to sauger 🙂 Good Bye my Friends ( Novva ily ,Iguro ily , fishie ily , deni ily , Janet ily ,antronzii ily , bryan ily , Goose Im Required To Love you, Last but not least Sempai Dreadnaught ILY

These are some stats on what you should probably want to know about which jobs make the most money. As well as personal opinion of which jobs take the most effort. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Meth Addict 2x Meth Makers = 2,000$ Price Per Refill = 2,500$ Total Wait Time = 9m 30s Total Sale Price = 150,000$ Sales Per Hour = 900,000$ With Boost = 1,800,000$ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Weed Grower (OLD) 8x Pots = 4,000$ Price Per Refill = 1,000$ Total Wait Time = 11 23s Total Sale Price 185,000$ Sales Per Hour = ~950,000$ With Boost = ~1,900,000$ ----------------------------- Weed Grower Total Wait Time = 10m 00s Total Sale Price = 100,000$ Sales Per Hour = 600,000$ With Boost = ~1,200,000$ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cigarette Smuggler 2x Roller Machines = 15,000$ (w/ upgrades) Price Per Refill = 2700$ Total Wait Time = 10m 30s Total Sale Price = ~210,300$ Sales Per Hour = ~1,261,800$ With Boost = ~2,523,600$ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- City Worker (w/grapple) Test X1 Time Took = 10m 24s Earnings = ~200,000$ Earnings Per Hour = ~1,100,000$ With Boost = ~2,200,000$ Test X2 Time Took = 10m 00s Earnings = ~549,310$ Earnings Per Hour = ~3,295,860$ With Boost = ALREADY ACTIVATED Test X3 Time Took = 10m 01s Earnings = ~530,910$ Earnings Per Hour = ~3,185,460$ With Boost = ALREADY ACTIVATED --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobo (w/grapple) Test X1 Time Took = 10m 05s Earnings = ~530,000$ Earnings Per Hour = ~3,180,000$ With Boost = ~6,360,000$ Test X2 Time Took = 9m 56s Earnings = ~660,000$ Earnings Per Hour = ~3,960,000$ With Boost = ~7,920,000$ Test X3 Time Took = 10m 05s Earnings = ~667,500$ Earnings Per Hour = ~4,005,000$ With Boost = ~8,010,000$ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Drug Dealer (Shrooms) Time Took = 9m 44s Earnings = ~40,500$ Earnings Per Hour = ~243,000$ Boost? Doesn't Exist. Check out my suggestion V --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bitcoin Farmer (OLD) Cost Of Everything = 44,200$ Price Per Refill = 100$ Total Wait Time = 10m 00s Total Sale Price = ~58,276.74$ Sales Per Hour = ~349,660.44$ With Boost = ~699,320.88$ Bitcoin Farmer Cost Of Everything = 44,200$ Price Per Refill = 100$ Total Wait Time = 5m 00s Total Sale Price = ~300,000$ Sales Per Hour = ~3,600,000$ With Boost = ~7,200,000$ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Green = No Effort Yellow = Some Effort Red = Effort

I mean I have been shitposting in the Discord here and there, but my LOA is up. BF went home (sad), and I hate traffic. Glad to be back to causing chaos!

I should win because i should not lose

Hello everyone, this is Shane. I work with him, he’s a pretty alright guy, he’s one hell of a chain smoker. More times than not Shane is lost in the sauce and just staring out into nothingness. I often wonder what he’s thinking or if he is even thinking at all.

Aether is cool

I should win because please

AetherNetwork.gg Summer Giveaway! To enter, state why you think you should win and/or post your favorite summer-themed picture from the server! (If you include a picture it may be added to the loading screen!) Any posts that are not an entry will be removed! 3 Winners will be chosen 14th August 2023! All Winners Receive: -A Custom Discord Rank (You choose the name and color). -$100,000,000 in-game cash. -Premium OR 120,000 Aether Bucks.

ACCEPTED I am extremely happy that you've been playing again and excited to see you interested in Staffing again; I think your presence as a higher up will be much appreciated by all staff once you've settled in although you likely know many of them already from before and/or the game nights. Welcome back!

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I believe my rarest item would be all of the friendships I have made within the Aether community.

I really think you have made good on pretty much everything you said you would change. You mentioned that you were going to get your activity back up to where it was previously was which I have seen as well as trackable on gamestracker that you have been incredibly active in the server. I also have not seen you been remotely toxic or anything that would indicate that behavior, I also have seen you go out of your way to help other players and for that I am willing to change my vote +1

AetherNetwork Staff Application In-Game Name (List ALL variations, if accepted your Forum/Discord name will be changed to your most used one): GTA V (Job Name) and Joe Nuts Age: 23 Steam ID: STEAM_0:0:49183091 Discord Tag: Joe Nuts#6969 Total Playtime (48 hours/2 days REQUIRED): 1w 1d Timezone: EST Steam Profile: https://steamcommunity.com/id/eternalreaper123/home Times you're most active (If you have a unpredictable schedule let us know): My schedule is pretty much unpredictable as of now. As of now, I will be able to make a lot of time, but there will be times where I need to focus on myself which includes work, vacation, and/or trying to get the job I worked very hard for. Recently, had a family member pass away which explains the time I was out for a few days around 9/25-9/26. General Questions How can you contribute to Aether?: I can provide moderation in times where there could be nobody else online to help out. I look forward to training others with the necessary skills it would take to moderate the server. I want to get to know the staff team more because out of all the servers I have played, this staff team is the most unbiased, respectable, outstanding staff team I have seen as of yet. I definitely made some mistakes on my last few staff applications but I own up to my mistakes and I become a better person as a result of them. Have you read the rules fully, understand and feel comfortable enforcing them as correctly as possible?: Yes Are you willing to listen to any Staff member guide you as a Staff, even if you feel you don't need to?: Yes, even if I, for some reason I am unaware of, don't respect them as a person, I have to respect them as my higher-up or as another staff member on the team. Are you certain you will be able to staff for several hours a week?: Yes DarkRP Rule Questions Raids can last how long?: 10 minutes after a /advert If a player in your party dies whilst raiding, how long do they have to wait to come back and raid the same base again?: 30 minutes. What initiates a raid?: Advertising it using /advert raid or using the police scanner tool to create the automatic advert if it detects any illegal raidable items that automatically warrants the player. If no raiding tool is being used can the player steal the item from a base without an advert?: It depends on what job you are playing as (if it says you can steal or not). They are allowed to steal without adverting as long as they didn't use raid tools to get where the raidables are. Give an example of a valid raid advert (type it as you'd type it in-game): /advert Raid, /advert raid assist, /advert pd raid, /advert pd raid assist, /advert bank raid, /advert bank raid assist. If the owner of the base is standing outside on their base entrances sidewalk as you're about to raid but haven't announced a raid yet, can you kill them?: No, you haven't announced your intentions at this moment, therefore you aren't allowing them to react to what you're about to do. You also have no reason to kill them as of yet as it would be considered RDM since you haven't advertised your raid yet. If you get arrested mid-raid can you return after your arrest?: No, because the RP scenario between you and that cop ended entirely. You now MUST wait the 30 minute timer. If you get RDM'd are you allowed to kill the RDMer back without repercussions?: No, you can absolutely expect repercussions for killing anybody for no reason even if it was someone who initiated the deathmatch onto you, this action is called revenge RDM and is definitely able to be punishable. A player punches somebody unprovoked and runs away, the player who got punched calls a sit - what punishment would you give the instigator?: If it's a first time offence I would verbally warn them, if it's a multiple offence, I would refer to the staff handbook if I have any questions on what the next step should be for this person. There is also the option where if the player who got punched does not want to have the person punished, it can be considered resolved in sit (RIS). If they want the player punished, I could warn them for RDM, minge, NITRP. I would specify the issue in the warn by typing punching and running away from individuals unprovoked. List all default Laws of The Land: These Laws are active 24/7 with or without a Mayor and cannot be changed/modified. The Police Department does not have to follow laws related to shooting, harming and raiding when enforcing laws. Raiding and stealing is illegal. Entities detected by the contraband scanner are illegal. Harming players is illegal unless you are defending bases. Shooting dangerous weapons in public is illegal. Laws can be enforced with KOS if the player is wanted. Laws can be enforced with KOS if a players life is in danger. Non-default Laws must be things that players choose to do. Laws that are seen as baiting kills or arrests are disallowed. The Mayor can choose to make dangerous weapons legal or illegal. How many bases can you own per party?: Only 1 base per party A player is refusing to co-operate with you in a staff sit, how do you handle the non-cooperative player?: I would bring them back into the admin sit and freeze them if they are just suiciding or running away. If they're mic spamming then I would mute/gag them until I can get the problem situated. I am able to just utilize the logs and investigate based off of what the person who made the admin request says and what I see in the logs list if I can't get the side of the story out of the person that was reported. Can you punish a player for intentionally ruining others time, even if they say it's out of fun?: Yes, this is known as harassment and it is most definitely punishable. I can warn them for no intention to roleplay if they're doing nothing but causing problems. It also depends on what they are doing to specify what type of rule they are breaking and what warn they would receive. Give an example of a Staff abusing their powers and how you would handle it: Examples include but not limited to: A staff member using noclip to get into a base during a raid or to steal raidable items, giving false warns, and letting sits slide by a trial by deathmatch. I would have the situation recorded and send it to my higher-ups because this behavior is extremely abusive and unacceptable and leaves a bad impression on the staff team. A player is excessively RDMing, how would you intervene/stop them from continuing and what punishment would you give?: I would quickly assess the situation first by teleporting to the player to see if there is a good reason for it, (it could be a normal raid, PD raid, or bank raid for example). If what I assess is legitimately mass RDM and multiple reports come through about it, I would immediately teleport to them and freeze them, or bring them to !adminland and freeze them. I would see if they have any previous warns and refer to the staff handbook to see what the next step I should take in punishing this person would be. I believe it goes to a ban for 3d first offense, 1w second offense, 2w second offense, and possible permanent fourth offense. A Mayor enabled a lockdown without reason and is refusing to turn it off, how do you resolve this?: I would ask why they initiated it to begin with, if there is no reason I would demand that he takes off the lockdown and tell him if he doesn't he will get demoted from mayor. If he still refuses to take the lockdown off, I would demote the mayor for failRP. Extra Comments: My name's Joe Nuts. You guys aren't getting rid of me that easily. I'm very stubborn.❤️

hello fellow gamers of aethernetwork! (lol) i don't know if any of you care but, i will be taking a break for a while from the server, and just a break in general from my pc. i'm having a lot of hard times lately involving where i live, which might result me ending up homeless and i've just overall been under a lot of stress. i never really had a good home life and with that being said, i could never really enjoy my alone time whenever i played. once ive found "peace" on where i live next, i will be coming back shortly. no need to worry! i hope you guys can welcome me back shortly but until then, I'M OUT. see you guys soon :)) "wat doin?"

By johnny Lobotomy & MoistCake

My 5 fav staff 1) @RevoltPlays [My husband] 2) @Jouaram [He listens to my non stop questions] 3) @Goose [The one I actually vibe with till he left on a break] 4) @Elizabeth [Chill asf and good to vibe with late night] 5) @RolandRagoon [Whoa did he just rdm me?]

Hey, I'm going to resign again as the server has gotten boring for me and it's not fun anymore. I don't want to play so it'd be useless being staff, it would just hurt everyone else. I've made a fool of myself and ruined the fun for people and myself. I might come back some time but for now, I am going to take a nice long break, maybe next year but we will see. Thank you for all the fun times... Dreadnaught, Sauger, Victus, Beth and Sunny.

It's been real but after recent events and the way victus went about using his position on the staff team. I no longer find purpose in staffing in the server while other higher ups do the same thing that got my friends in trouble. I've been active on the platform in at least some sort of way every day but apparently that wasn't enough to get me vet mod and got my application delayed. I've made friends along the way that I plan to keep in contact with and I love the community but I cannot pursue this position if this is how I am treated for free labor by someone who not so long ago got their power as admin+. I wish the best for this server and hope that some renovations happen to the staff list because as of now, it's pretty much a para-military organization for no reason whatsoever and I come on this server to have fun and keep the community playing just to be treated this way over something that I wasn't even involved in. Giving a -1 requires more than a "todays situation can explain that" for something I didn't even take part in and you're only involving me in it because I talk to the people who were involved in it, that is abusive and dreadful and a terrible example of a staff member. Just because you are a high up staff member doesn't mean you know everything and cant be open to any kind of new input about anything. Another poor impression of a higher up is holding something over someone over a misinterpretation of a situation that was explained to you several times. You want to be a robot and emotionless about it, then so be it. I'm sorry its come to this guys but I'll have to make my leave. Yousetoffmytrap ily, Goldfishie fuck you and ily, Janet ily, Dreadnaught ily, Xrel ily, Novva ily, Beth i kinda ly, Jigsaw ily, Iguro ily, Bryan ily, and Sauger ily https://imgur.com/U37vMIj

As I was saving up for a scarf I lost internet connection while stocking up on meth. When I came back some epic people gave me the epic money. +1 to UnclearCrowd, Victus Sinistus, and n i c k for helping my dreams come true! Super Thanks! (My nose is stuffy sorry you can hear me breathe)