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For context, pretty sure just seconds earlier they asked for lethals and I said no (because we had stopped the drill, we had already "won") but then they decided to use... alternative lethals... to get the job done. Btw I was on 1st ATM, in case anyone thought I survived that Hellish Orca inferno. I'm not that cool

Server rules can be found here: http://www.gaming-asylum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10-server-rules/ And the APD police policies can be found here (it's quite a bit longer than the server rules, but you might be interested in it all): http://wiki.gaming-asylum.com/Asylum_Police_Department_Dashboard GLHF @partyboycs let us know if you have any other questions

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Who, me? Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence ;D

Huh.

Pretty sure they do more than just that : P

Shame I'll be in LA during the tournament, not too many pro banjo players here

I see your point and it's a fair one. However I will say that "the consequences of their actions have no impact on their future" isn't entirely true. If you want to be a long term community member or go for an APD staff or admin position your reputation and actions will certainly count. My personal actions have even helped shaped the character of server 3. Your actions do absolutely matter and I refuse to buy the "it's just a video game" argument because these are real people that you are talking to. When you swear at someone, screw them over or do them a favor, make their day you are still talking to a real person. These are real friendships and rivalries that we are making and they are no less "real" than any of our irl interactions. I'm sure everyone here has a good friend that they met in a video game and have never met in real life and I don't think that makes it any less of a legitimate relationship. Some parts of Asylum you can argue are not like real life (auto-charging crimes, lockpicking, jailing, cars despawning), but I firmly believe the human interaction portion is not one of them. You should also keep in mind that too many rules and the cop role becomes too restrictive. Not everyone finds it fun to play in a role where you have to constantly check yourself to make sure you're coloring in between the lines. (Even Paratus is of that school of thought.) You may see it as a QOL improvement for the civs but on the contrary, some people will see it as a simultaneous decline in QOL for the cops. Trust me I want every civ to have a good experience here, but there's a difficult equilibrium we need to balance. All in all, I see your point and respect it, however I don't think I'm completely convinced.

I'm not sure what you mean by "verdict" here to be honest. And yes you could make the case that the bad cops are rewarded more than the good ones since they get paid more for not pardoning or reducing tickets. However that's just one of the many truths of life; it's easier to not do the right thing. In a group project, if one person does all the work, all group members get the same grade. If you donate money to charity instead of buying a new computer you won't get any "reward." I can't count the hours I've spent doing behind the scenes things for the community and gotten little to no recognition or payoff for it. And I'm sure there are tons of APD higher ups, admins, devs and contributors that have done the same thing. I once read about a journalist who was going to do a story on complaints filed against officers. He found a cop somewhere in Texas who hadn't received a single complaint filed against him in 40 years of service, which is incredible. And nobody would have noticed if it weren't for the journalist. When you do the right thing you often go unnoticed and unappreciated. In life you should always do the right thing because it is the right thing to do and not do it for any payoff or recognition because you'll be doing it for the wrong reason and you will be let down when you don't get it.

There used to be no internal affairs disciplinary action we could use against "fail RP" or "robocopping." So no, the problem isn't completely fixed however I think we're better off now than we used to be because LT's have a course of action we can take if an officer has exceptionally poor RP or completely fails at it. It doesn't really raise the bar for everyone's everyday, run-of-the-mill RP however hopefully we'll see less of the extremely bad instances of it. I agree with @The Monopoly Man that encouraging something is better than punishing for a lack of it, but at least we have the tools and abilities to punish the cops that are playing the role for the wrong reason. And yes, the light RP requirements are part of what makes Asylum so appealing. @House. anyone who does not at least try to get you a higher up when you ask for one can and will be punished. Please report any individuals that you see doing this. We can't do anything about bad cops unless we see the evidence and they rarely do it when the higher ups are online. Even if no action comes of it, when promotion time comes around we can see how they act when we're not around.

@Kelly Request: do a sketch of BABS!

Hahaha YES!! I have to see if I have that video somewhere... I got a text saying "We found your drone at bank", but I didn't believe you guys. So I look into the drone's camera, look around a couple times and think "Hmm... I can hear an Orca but I can't seem to find where th..." And for a split second I see the Orca flying straight into my face. Then get disconnected from my drone. Flawless timing.

When used correctly, you shouldn't know they are there. Only 200-250 m in the air means that you can't hear them and it's also nearly impossible to see them without using binoculars or a scope. Even with a scope, you'd have to know where to look or you'd be scanning the entire sky for something that's the size of a bit of dust stuck on your computer monitor. Drones have been available on Asylum for as long as I can remember, so that would be at least 2 years. Higher ups just don't use them often (either because they don't know how to or it's too much time/effort to set them up) and even when we do use them, I'd say about 1 out of every 50 engagements do the rebels even figure out that we were using a drone to begin with if we don't straight up tell them. When used properly, the rebels shouldn't know that we are using it. ; )

Credit to @Vescio for making it. Embedding the gyazo for simplicity's sake

I want to feel the wind in my hair, not just while on civ! +1

I see what you're saying here but those 2nd and 3rd offenses were not written with a charge history in mind that cops could reference at any time. It was written for essentially if a civilian commits a crime 3 times within a short period of time in front of you. 3rd offense of discharge within a city is jail primarily because it gave the APD a way to subdue those Kavala pistol bangers who repeatedly are shooting in cities, giving the cops a hard time and posing a threat to civilians, several times within an hour or so. It was not meant to punish the BH who might do it 3 times in one week. 3rd offense of noise disturbance and insurance fraud are also jail. If cops start adding those charges now, there are going to be a lot more suspects sent straight to jail. (I honestly can't remember the last time I made use of a 3rd offense of anything.) On a side note, I didn't read @eleec's comment as sarcastic. It's true. The APD will have to adapt. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

100% agree. The ticketting guide was definitely NOT written with a criminal history rap sheet like this in mind because it was written with some rather severe 2nd and 3rd offenses. 2nd and 3rd counts of threatening and officer is straight to jail, so if you're charged with it once in the last week are you guaranteed going straight to jail every time you turn yourself in until that charge is off your rap sheet? 3rd count of driving an illegal vehicle and discharge within a city are also straight to jail. Hate to be caught with an Ifrit twice in 24 hours... As for the loss of the restrain hotkey, we lived for so long without it. We'll survive. It would be nice if the hotkey worked for unrestraining civs (makes the end-of-interaction RP a little smoother if I don't have to scrollwheel for it) but I have a feeling that can be abused too. :S Though overall +1

I thought the winky face made it pretty clear that I was sarcastic. Normally, calling someone "immature" is a serious accusation and would not be normally followed by a friendly emoji.

So you knew that your message could have been taken sarcastically, yet didn't edit it for clarity? Hmm sounds real mature there ; )

Not sure if sarcasm...

The difference between 16 and 17 years old doesn't seem like a big difference. I'll grant you that. However I will say that if you could see the difference in the number of internal affairs reports and complaints we got once we made the limit 17, you would understand why we have the age limit. There was a period of time when we allowed cops of all ages to apply. As far as I know, every single cop that got in under the age of 17 has gotten themselves removed for violating APD policies, except for maybe one or two.

Welcome!! If you haven't already, be sure to read up on the server rules and check out the guides section of the forums. There are quite a few useful posts there that can help you learn more about how our servers work, how to make money, etc. GLHF!

o7 Bada. See you on the other side.

<3 Open your gyazo in a new tab. Then just click on the image and drag it directly into your post.

Been obsessed with my new desktop wallpaper so I figured I'd share. Got it from /r/ImaginaryTechnology I think?