GFSN - GENERAL RULES
Hello and welcome to our farming community. If your looking for an ultra realistic multiplayer farming experience for PC players that is truely one of a kind and unlike any multiplayer format out there, then welcome to the promised land! 

What makes us different you ask, well I'll tell you :

1. Our own Real life economy, no in game restrictions.
2. Enjoy stress free farming with 3 day months.
3. Real markets with random highs and lows, not month specific pricing
4. Our own banking system, with cd's, checking, loans, savings, interest and penalties
5. Own and operate your own exclusive industry and related factories
6. Seamless player to player transactions. Even between players on different servers.
7. Active players that have been screened, vetted and interviewed by our staff.
8. Real life equipment priced at real life prices.

9. One of a kind E-silo system. Dump your crops at the export center and from there you can sell at anytime. Even if your not online. All you need is a browser.

I could go on and on, but you'll find out more once you sign up and join our community. This is not pay to play, join anytime for free. Join today, play tonight!

PLAYER CONDUCT Let's take a moment to address player behavior and conduct, and what is expected from members who play within our system. First off, thank you for being here. Players are expected to treat each other with common courtesy and respect at all times. Refusal to follow posted rules (even if you did not take the time to read them) after you have been warned or fined, could get you banned eventually, if you refuse to, or simply will not follow the rules.

Players should exercise good judgement and act in good faith at all times in our trust based system when playing.

Players starting out are given 500k in player cash to help purchase their initial farm with. We highly recommend that you use this money wisely as it is the only new player cash grant that you will ever receive when starting. Players are allowed 1 account only.

Secondary player accounts within the same household are not allowed unless both players are online and play at the same time and are well known to other players who can vouch for and attest that the second player is a real person that plays the game regularly, and not the 1st player masquerading as the second player incognito. This is expressly forbidden in our system.

Returning players While we are not sure what happened the first time around, it should be considered a priveledge to rejoin our community again after leaving or loosing your player account. You will start with ZERO dollars and this is non-negotiable. There is no grace period, you know the rules and are expected to follow them once you complete your onboarding process.

Access to purchasing land for your new farm will be granted by the system on the 6th day after joining (unless your a Donator), but players can instantly lease land during the first 5 days of gameplay. This is meant to give players time to do some contracts, earn some money and learn how things work on the server before being given the opportunity to take on DEBT and purchase land or get equipment on credit.

When you first get on the server we recommend going to the map legend on the website to see where all the important areas are. Also on that legend is where you'll find out what land is available for lease (or as stated above, if your a donator then you can go ahead and purchase).

Players looking for work can earn money from other players needing help and by doing contracts. The minimum wage you can be paid is 4k per hour with an hourly wage limit of 10K per hour. It is a violation of our community rules to pay less than the minimum wage, or more than is allowed, however bonuses are always allowed for a job well done ! You will also learn the finer details of how to interact with the web site and perform common task guring this initial period as well as to get a good look around at all of the different opportunitys before making any rash decisions which could impact your future game play.

To look at property that is for sale or lease, click on the map legends found on the main web site player menu.

ALL Players MUST REQUEST A BUILDING PERMIT so that an inspection can be done once you are finished building on your lot. A separate permit for each building is not required and can all be included in a single permit request. Players who build without requesting a building permit can loose their perms to build for failing to comply with our rules as all buildings require inspection to insure that they conform with our rules. The building permit pays for the inspectors time.

FACTORY RESOURCES MANAGER
Be sure to say hello to the local factory resouces manager on each new server that you visit. The Factory resource manager can help you to find the best available factory to purchase and operate, depending on what is currently available, and help you to get started as a new industry owner.

GETTING AROUND ON THE MAPS
As a general rule of thumb, we do not allow players to drive across fields that they do not directly own. Fields on our map have many different owners and the lots can be in many different states at any given time. This being said, it is NEVER OK to cut across any field that you do not own. Not now, not ever.

Please be considerate of other peoples land ! If you do not own land, use the free public parking lot to store your equipment or rentals while you are not using them or they could end up being impounded and auctioned off if your not careful when parking.

IMPOUND LOT This is where improperly parked or abandoned vehicles will usually end up in most situations.

THE RENTAL CENTER The rental center is open 24 x 7 and has a limited inventory of popular (often) rented farm equipment for players to rent out at semi resonable prices. It's cash and carry and it is open 24x7.

The Rental Center specializes in BASIC FARM EQUIPMENT only and is first come first serve in nature. Not all servers have Rental centers so check first.

THE STORE The store is a busy place. We expect all players to pick up their equipment within 24 hours of it being delivered to the store. NOTICE : Equipment left for longer than 3 days on the store lot will be impounded and sold off at auction without any player re-imbursement being offered or made !

LAND OWNERSHIP Owning land in our system is a priviledge and players are expected to exercise care and good judgement in their treatment of the land.

LOT OWNERSHIP LIMIT'S There is no limit on lot ownership, but there is an acre limit and each acre owned counts against your player acreage total. Additional acreage may be randomly earned by doing coop contracts.

LEASED LAND All land leases end 36 days from the date you lease the land (1 in game year). The land may or may not be offered for lease again the following year as determined by the algo. Most of the time you will not be able to re-lease the same lot back to back so make sure and be aware of that. Players are only allowed to lease a maximum total of 100 acres system at any given time initially. Players can earn more land for leasing by completing special WSS Mega Contracts when they appear in the system to earn more leasing acreage rights.

If a player chooses to sub lease land from another player, that player must own the land that he is sub-leasing to another player for the lease to be valid. Players may not under ANY CONDITIONS lease land and then re-assign that lease to another player. This is expressly forbidden and is a violation of our terms and conditions.

SELLING LAND Land can either be sold back to global title or sold directly to another player if approved by staff. Land may NOT be sold to another player for less than the wss base auction price.

AI HELPERS Are allowed, but they must be rented online. Simpy find it on the menu and rent a helper. Then go back to that same menu and end the session when you are done. Be aware this is much more expensive then the ig helper. We would much rather players get a partner or ask their neihbor for help. We want to be a community helping others as much as possible.

SCOUTING LAND FOR PRECISION FARMING Players are allowed to Directly purchase the soil maps for lots that they may own and MUST pay on the website for each lots testing fee's upon purchasing the soil maps.

BUILDING'S When players build on their farm land we require that you excercise reasonable care when placing buildings on a map. Here are the rules and they MUST be followed by all players to help keep things running smoothly. NEVER USE THE PLACE ANYWHERE OPTION It is illegal to build on top of another structure, and players can instantly loose their perms to build, be fined 100K, and loose the improperly placed structure if found by a DOT officer on routine server patrol ! Placing buildings within other buildings or clipping another building is a serious issue in terms of server stabilty and we simply do not allow it !

OTHER PLAYERS EQUIPMENT As a general rule of thumb, you should never touch, borrow, or use any vehicle or equipment that does not belong to you in game. It does not matter if you only borrow it for a minute to reflip your turned over vehicle, you are never allowed to take or borrow another players vehicle. not now, not ever unless given express permission by that player directly ! If it is NOT yours, DONT touch it. This is a simple and fundamental construct of our trust based system. If you cannot agree to this policy then you are NOT allowed to play in our system and will be banned instantly  if caught using things that do not belong to you !

OTHER PLAYERS LAND Driving across land that you do not own is a ticketable offense and if caught, you will be fined 10K by the DOT or GFSN, and forced to make resitution to restore the lot to it's orginal condition. Please do not drive across lots that you do not own or YOU WILL BE FINED if spotted or reported to admins. There is no wiggle room on this and no acceptable excuse for trampling someone else's land.

ANIMALS are a core component of farming life and here at GFSN we believe in realism. Players are required to transport purchased animals themselves, both when buying and selling to the animal dealer(with the exception of Chickens). Players caught having animals delivered by the dealer will be fined 50K by the DOT for each instance.

Players should also endeavor to keep their animals in good health by tending to their needs and not allowing animal health to fall to ZERO. Player should also be good neighbors by being sure to pick up all pallets produced at animal barns daily, so other players on the server do not get annoyed by the constant "pallets full message" caused by a player neglecting his animal barns. Failure to police the pallets can result in daily fines which can become expensive and prohibitive.

CONTRACTS Players can make money and find work in our system by accepting contracts and then doing the requested work in a timely manner. Contracts can be for the export or import center (logistica), or can be DOT safety patrol contracts, audit contracts, WSS driving contracts, or even player contracts. If you accept a contract, you should always complete it or cancel it so that someone else can do it.

PLAYER FACTORY DRIVING CONTRACTS Players who enjoy driving can look for WSS AI generated player driving contracts delivering needed supplies to player owned factories located on all of our servers..

FARMERS SUPPLY When playing the game, a player will at some point need to purchase basic in game farming supply's such as Liquid Fert, Solid Fert, Seeds, Lime, and Herbicide, etc. These can be bought and purchased from the FARMERS SUPPLY SILO conveniently located in the back of all IMPORT/EXPORT centers. you would enter that as 10 instead of 10000 which is invalid. Farmers supply does NOT buy products back from the player once purchased)

ORGANIC FARM PROGRAM This will give players an ADDITIONAL 30% for ALL CROP AND PRODUCTS that are organic once your farm has been inspected and certified as being " organic"

EQUIPMENT DEALER PROGRAM . Players can pay 2.5 million for an equipment dealership permit and build a dealership facility. The dealer lot must be placed on a commercial lot not used for farming in any way, separate and independent from any enterprise or farm. Your DEALERSHIP (purchased separately) building will need to pass muster and inspection before being deemed worthy to qualify for the occupancy permit.

BANKING If a player's checking account is overdrawn for any reason and stays that way overnight, Banking overdraft fees will be assessed to the players account. This generally happens when a player makes a mistake, or is bad at math This is looked upon poorly by the banking management and will result in an overdraft in a players checking account.

IMPORTANT: ALL LOANS ARE TO BE TRANSACTED THRU OFFICIAL LICENSED BANKERS ONLY ! Private loans are not allowed between individual players under any circumstances.

GETTING A NEW LOAN All players can get an 1 instant loan up to 500K with no waiting or application process. Simply select a bank of your choosing and get your cash. It is just that simple. All loans come with an automatic pay option (mandatory) and the interest rate charged is determined by a players credit score in game.

NEED MORE THAN A 500K LOAN ? Our bankers are delighted to offer a broad spectrum of personal loans along with Mortages and Commercial Business loans. Players will need to have good credit and a plan in hand when they apply for the loan.

SAVINGS ACCOUNTS : Players looking to park their money overnight can place up to 9 million dollars into their savings account. Interest on savings accounts is paid out daily at an annualized interest rate of 3 % and added to your savings balance. Money can be withdrawn at any time without penalty.

Interest is ONLY PAID OUT if your main checking has a positive balance in it. It is worth noting that if a player has an existing loan from a bank, the annualized interest rate paid out on savings drops to 1.5% until the players loan has been paid back in full.

CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT : Players in search of higher interest returns are encouraged to purchase BANK CD'S when they are available from individual banks when offered. Banks frequently offer attractive CD's that can pay a much better interest rate, based on how long you are willing to invest your money for, until the CD reaches maturity and pays off

OTHER BUSINESSES : There are no insurance companies, no stock holdings, no market managers or any other nonsense of the sort. If it's not available thru official GFSN channels it is to be considered a scam and is not acceptable in our community.

Please note that any account that stays negative for longer that 7 days will be suspended, liquidated, and removed no questions asked. The player will lose all assetts in bankruptcy. If you return to the game and restart, it will be with zero dollars in your account and there will be no initial 500k land grant..

Our system is designed to run on trust and overdrawing your checking account is probably not a great idea in the long run, as our bankers are only too happy to charge an excessive fee to the unwary check kiter, which can really add up fast over time..

Players who loose their accounts due to a negative balance will probably not be allowed to re-join the community a second time as they are considered to be a bad credit risk.

Generally, players who borrow money to build and then vanish without paying off their loans and leaving a mess behind are persona non-grata and will not be allowed to return a second time unless the player receives a waiver from admins.

GFS, is NOT a COMPETITION to see who can earn or make the most money. We are a COMMUNITY first and foremost, and we expect players to work with each other and help each other out whenever needed as one would expect in a community environment such as ours.

SLEEP TRIGGERS Please DO NOT attempt to sleep by using a house or outhouse or any other means to make the game skip time to the next day. This is a multiplayer game and we NEVER SLEEP.

PLAYER DONATIONS We are NOT a pay to play or pay to win community. Any donations that our players make go directly towards paying for all of those expensive high end servers that make up our Global community where players get together to play and have fun in the most realistic farming community on the planet.

Lets face it, not everyone can afford to donate, and we are totally ok with that. By donating, you are directly subsidizing and helping those who cannot afford to pay, and allowing them to have a fair and equal chance of success in the game, just like you.

Players cannot buy their way to success in our community. Everything has to be earned. There are no shortcuts, it is all upon YOU to learn and earn your way to success in our system. This involves work, lots of work if you want to have a farm and nice equipment. Just like in the real world, there is no tooth fairy here that will show up and stick a new tractor under your pillow while you sleep. It cannot be bought no matter how much real cash you have, it HAS TO BE EARNED the old fashioned way via hard work !

When a player donates, they are awarded more slots for more equipment and more land acres, as well as discounts on farm supplies and equipment. The more donated, the more of a discount and the more slots and acres you get each month when you renew. These slot and acre grants are yours to keep even if you stop donating. (additional slots and acres can be earned by doing contracts for free as well). No obligations,   but every penny you donate is very much appreciated and helps the community.

All donation's help to keep the lights on here for ALL PLAYERS, so if your looking for a worthwhile cause and you want to help out, know that it is for a good cause and it is a non-commercial community that you are supporting and enabling. So if this is the kind of place that you always dreamed of, but never found, then please help us to continue the mission by donating often and with reckless abandon and joy !

Please note that all donations are just that. They are offered on a monthly subscription plan to players.

PLAYER ACCOUNT NOTES Player accounts are automatically DEACTIVATED and removed after 9 days of inactivity unless you notify admins in advance (Donating players are exempt as long as their subscription remains active). All player items will be auctioned off or removed without re-imbursement to the player. If a new player gets an account and fails to become active on the site within 9 days, the account will be auto deleted by the system. 

Players who return to rejoin after being removed, deleted or banned, must go through the onboarding process to create a new account again and are not eligible for the one time 500k starter farm grant. Land, equipment, cash or resources cannot be transferred to another player if you are leaving the Community.

LEAVING US ? All player land MUST BE sold back to GLOBAL TITLE and all equipment must be sold off and delivered to Shady's prior to quitting. If you leave a mess that others have to clean up, you likely will not be allowed to return again, so don't let this be you. Your mother does not live here, so do clean up after yourself to stay in good standing with our community.

It is important to note that GFSN is for ACTIVE PLAYERS ONLY. This actually entails showing up in game and playing at least a few times per week to qualify as an active player in our system. Simply visiting our Discord and saying hi once a week does not qualify you as an "active player", nor entitle you to keep your account in our system. If players go on vacation, it's cool, but do let staff know that you will be away for a while so that your account can be noted and put on hold temporarily. .

As you know it cost money to host servers like ours, and tying up resources when you are not an active player will simply not be tolerated, and you will be removed as a player from our system automatically after 10 days of inactivity, so that other more active players can use the assetts you are tying up in our system.

Please remember that playing in our system is a priveledge and as such, should not be taken lightly. Please be respectful, curteous and friendly when dealing with other players and staff for best results.

We hope you have a wonderful game experience in our system . On behalf of all of us here at GFSN, welcome to our farming community !