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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.

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

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 :)

(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 🙂

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!

Hello, It is with a heavy heart that I regret to inform you I am resigning from Staffing on Aether. I have had the pleasure of meeting a lot of great people during this time, and have a lot of fantastic memories to go with it. I do hope to return to Staffing within the community one day, as I do / did really enjoy helping anyone and everyone with absolutely anything. Until next time, take care pals. Donnie

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 would like to win because it would be the third time I did and I’d love to pass along some of the rewards

I should win because i should not lose

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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.

Bodybuilder haters just don't lift, bro

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.

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I think I like this place. Yeah, thanks ThiccYe for showing me the cool spot. I made a cool build.

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

luv u I will be watching you 👀

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?"

Yeah, its about time i leave. This community is one of the most heartwarming groups of people i have ever met, the server had came to a grinding halt just because I was quitting, and it does so for anyone, it really shows that they dont value everyone but they value every single individual for who they are, Multiple staff had pulled me away to ask and give me support just in a private sense, the staff, members, and server as a whole became my safehaven from an abusive family honestly, but i believe its my time to actually face the real world for once. I know this giant ass paragraph is 'cringe' but I'd prefer being cringe and honest then just never giving anyone a flat answer. Im leaving for a few reasons, a huge one is my mental and physical health, long story short around the begining of covid, something had happened that led me down years of dark paths and painful experiences, and it was sorta like a cycle, My mental health was rapidly degrading and quitting gmod is a massive bout of time I can invest into myself to help myself, my physical health is I was born with heart defects that shorten my lifespan, Im not saying im gonna die at 20 but Im never making it to 60, so i wanna live my life to the fullest extent! My second reason isnt as important, but I just sorta, suck at video games, like, all of them. I was never a good builder or any good at PVP, I wasnt good at planning or anything of the sorts, Even in other games, I suck at FPS, Survival, and even story games The server as a whole, the community, and everyone becomes so supportive of this desicion, and I wouldnt mind hopping on other games when I have free time with you guys, But for know, I'll see you all later [ps dont anyone else quit, i saw that post lux ima miss u]

Donnie's 2023 Holiday Season Giveaway Happy Holiday Season Everyone! To enter, comment below these things: 1. Explain why you should win. 2. Something you genuinely enjoy about Aether Network. 3. (Optional) Post your favorite screenshot from the server. ======================================================== The winners shall receive one of three prizes: 1st. Zombie Slayer (Limited) 2nd. Fire Bending (Limited) 3rd. Hole In One (Limited) Good luck! I look forward to seeing everyone's posts! Only post 1 time, if you post multiple times your posts will be removed and you will be disqualified. Giveaway ends December 24 2023 23:59 EST

Tbh Pimp and Escort should go. Especially since some youngins play here

I don't need to win give it to someone else. Thanks for being the best server out there <3

I should win because it would be cool if I won I think

RE-RANK ACCEPTED It really did pain me to see you go last time but I am very happy that you stayed around and still interact with players from the Community, I am very happy that you decided to re-rank and have no reasons not to accept! It will be great having you around again as it always was, welcome back. Staff Handbook Link Punishment Guidelines Link

I've had amazing time getting to know all of you and participating in some crazy adventures downtown, unfortunately I cannot dedicate enough time to the server so will be taking a leave of absence. I wish everyone the best of times on Aether and the best of luck until I see everyone again! @DonnieYou are my favorite duck however you smell like one too so 😕 @EmiyI'll be seeing you around when you're killing me on Phasmo but you also smell ❤️ @NotYourMomsPancakes Still waiting on that Ark server 😕 @bakedpotato @jermaWe never really chilled much but you were both always chill dudes and I hope to see you again 🤠 @AcmericaYou RDM'd me a lot 😥but you were always chill about it #banacmerica @TremorYou're a great higher up to work with and I hope to see you again later down the line! There's so many people I want to mention but I think @Jouaram would warn me for mass mentioning 😉 It's been a pleasure playing with everyone! Remember to follow the rules but RDM Jouaram as much as possible 😆 Much Love ❤️