Contrary to popular belief that TR is a mod or a way to organize a unit, TR is actually a Game Style. This Game Style is accomplished by enforcing a Standard set of rules that restrict players actions in the virtual world to be as close to real life as a given game permits. No one unit within this community is the same as another, each has its own way of organizing things and its own definition of what these Standard rules are. The general Standards upon which every unit derives their definitions from are as followed:

-No Run and Gun: The standard definition being that you are Not allowed to run around with no reguard for your life, shooting from the hip without any care, ala Rambo.
-No Grenade Spamming: The standard definition being you are Not allowed to throw grenades unless you see or hear an enemy. In most cases Room Clearing is allowed so long as you enter right after.
-No Bunny Hopping: A player is not allowed to hop to avoid fire or while firing.
-No Jumping from heights at or above 2 stories: Mostly applying to jumping out of 2nd story windows or higher.

These are the 4 agreed upon Standards within the community, some units have added more Stricter rules and some have very lenient rules. Whichever the case, if you run into a server labeled “Tactical Realism” and none of these rules are being enforced, then it is not a TR server and you are being cheated out of the true experience of TR.

There are “Realism” units out there that Do Not enforce these standards. This is because Realism and Tactical Realism are two different things. Realism units strive to organize, maintain, and structure their unit as close to the real life unit they represent as possible. Whereas TR is a Game Style. Even though TR and Realism units are quite different in terms of their beliefs, they are generally accepted as being a part of the same community.