Due to previous events some rules and guidelines will be put into place to ensure that this group, along with the gaming sessions, are fair, peaceful and enjoyable for all.

Please keep drama away from the group. By bringing drama, or breaking the rules you are ruining the game for everybody. One person is capable of ruining it for an entire session. Please be mature and don't annoy other players.


Please abide by the following rules at all times. These rules are in place to benefit the entire group.

• Be mature!
  
• No trolling, grefing or killing other players without reason or consent.
  
• No harassing or annoying other players
  
• No modding what so ever (including offering to money drop other players)
  
• When asked to kick a player, please do so (There will always be a valid, and logical reason.)

During special events, if you decide to partake, (group photos, car shows, competitions, etc..) more rules may be put into place during that time. While you are not required to be apart of these events, you are required to respect the rules and integrity of each event.

Breaking the rules is a punishable offense to all players (no exception and no favoritism)

Each member is given 2 chances. If a rule is broken (and depending on the infraction) they will be given a verbal warning. If they continue to perform the same action or break another rule, they will be kicked from the session. If the same player breaks the rules again after being kicked a second time (and after a verbal warning each time) they will be removed from the group indefinitely. Some infractions may be result in an immediate removal from the group.


Please report any rule breakers to any of the administrators or moderators. Proof is required for any and all reports unless a team member is present. (Picture, video, etc..)

For the first group competition, there are prizes for the top three winners.

The competition is for the most active members in this steam group. Let's liven this group up!

For the top three members who have the most posts and comments in the group will win the following:

Top Prize- Great White Shark Card ($1,250,000) Also this person becomes player of the week.

Second Prize- Tiger Shark Card ($200,000)

Third Prize- Red Shark Card ($100,000)

For all those who participate we all thank you!

Each winner will receive the shark card code through a private message on steam on the day the competition ends!


This competition starts now and will end 8/01/17 if a minimum of 75 posts and/or comments exist all together between all members (excluding admins and mods)! (They cannot be repetitive or spammed.) Please note that administrators cannot partake in this challenge. We will make posts to help you all get started.

The alt-enter method to create an empty session has been patched and is no longer usable. I am currently looking at other reliable ways to achieve the same goal.

It may take some time before a new method is found so I will list a few basic methods that work most of the time. If anybody has another method and would like to share, please comment or contact me and I will add it to this announcement. You can try any of the following:

!!The most reliable method so far; when you are in a session, minimize the game and enter resource monitor (resmon.exe). Right click GTA5.exe and suspend the application for several seconds then unsuspend it and unminmize. After a few seconds you should be alone. !! (Thanks to Djo_madoto for finding this method.)

1.) A common method is while loading into another session is to pull out the Ethernet cable for several seconds then plug it back in.

2.) For those who are on a laptop, or do not want to disconnect the Ethernet cable; while loading into a new session, minimize and disable the network adapter for several seconds. After that short time, enable the network adapter again and unminimize.

3.) When connecting to a session, minimize the game and use any firewall program to completely block the game from accessing the internet. Wait several seconds then unblock GTA and unminimize. (Sometimes you may need to unminimize the game for several seconds with the application blocked.)

4.) Use your router's QoS (Quality of Service) to limit the speed to 70-150 kbps while connecting to a new session then return the speed once connected.

5.) For those of you who have/use a VPN; while connecting to a session, go into the VPN program and connect to a server for a few seconds then disconnect.

6.) Attempt to connect to a session with the ports blocked (see other announcement).

I have tried each of these methods with success. It may take several tries to get one to work.

Using the Alt-Enter method (see other announcement) will cause the session to become temproarily empty.

If you want to keep the session empty without other players being able to join, blocking a few ports will do that.

In your firewall program, block the following ports:
UDP: 6672
UDP: 61359
UDP: 61455
UDP: 61456
UDP: 61457
UDP: 61458
UDP: 61459
(The following ports have been added in with the Gunrunning DLC update. These ports seem to be used sometimes, but adding them blocks out any chance of new players joining.)
UDP: 61359
UDP: 61360
UDP: 61361
(For simplicity reasons you can also block both TCP and UDP).

It is best to block these ports after getting into an empty session as you may not be able to connect to another session while those ports are blocked.

While these ports are blocked, nobody will be able to join, including your friends.

I have tried several different firewall applications that worked. I have not had much luck with Windows Firewall but it may work for you.

(This method has been recently patched by Rockstar Games and no longer works. New methods can be found in the other announcement.)

If you are in a crowded session and want it to become empty:

Hold Alt-Enter for 15 seconds (the screen should go black) and then release. This will cause you to drop from all the other players and enter a completely empty session.

Please note that is only temporary and random players have the possibility of rejoining. You can continuously use this method if new players join. This will not end any free roam mission you may be on.

(For some users, if the game keeps switching between full screen and windowed it may cause the game to freeze.) I am not sure exactly what causes this, but disabling game mode in Windows 10 allowed me to perform this action again.