Is there an unwritten etiquette for GTA V lobbies?

Generally in all game lobbies and other idle servers, it's not considered good etiquette to enter combat with people in an area that is clearly not conducting combat. Generally this is go with the flow. Don't go all PvP if other players aren't doing the same.

If you are not sure if people age goofing off with combat in an idle server or lobby or if they are goofing off without combat, you can simply ask. You don't have to go into details.

Still, kicking people from a public lobby for breaking PvP etiquette is not a very polite way to deal with it either, so don't go doing that yourself.

Still, try not to judge others for being jerks, especially when you were accidentally a bit of a jerk. We've all been jerks once or twice by accident or just from being in a bad mood, and we've all been the victim of jerks, so we should not be judging people over it unless they are mic spamming profanity when they aren't rapping along with the rest of their crew.

p.s. feel free to substitute jerk for a more profane word not appropriate for Stack Exchange but plenty appropriate for GTA V.


The rules are as follows:

  1. Do Not Jet Grief (Only use a jet to take down other aircraft or fly around in it, do not kill people on the ground)

  2. Don't tank grief (Unless people attack you or come at you leave them be)

  3. Only attack people in self defence (this includes pre-emptive attacking if you believe they are about to attack you)

  4. Don't bug people with texts or chat if people don't wanna talk to you don't talk to them (Only message people who are interested in speaking with you)

  5. Leave people in passive alone if they follow you get away from them (they're probably planning on killing you sneakily)

  6. Don't use mods or modded things (Nobody likes or respects modders the only people that say they do are ones using them for money but they don't mean it)

  7. No glitching this means no glitch outfits, wall breaches or other glitches (Use the game as it was meant to be)

  8. Only report or kick people who are griefing or modding

  9. Don't spam mission invites if people aint interested

  10. If people are trying to get away from you don't follow them

You should only kill people and chase people down if they attack you a crew member or friend or kill you.

Using passive mode and off radar are acceptable but people may ridicule you.

Don't spam rockets or overpowered weapons use overpowered weapons as a last resort (People who use overpowered weaponry at the start of a fight look weak and are viewed as noobs)