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Gamers, Friends, and most of all supporters,
 
I cannot thank everyone enough for the support you have given to me and my team over the past year.  It has been a hell of a ride as a player, an admin and most of all an owner. First, none of this would be a success without the team of Administrators, Developers and Contributors.  Hats off to them for their efforts in making my vision possible.  I took a gamble early on - and you helped me deliver.  Thank you guys.
I set out a goal for Asylum when @BaDaBiNg_10-8 @Jesseand I took over last year.  My goals were simple, bring back the players, bring back stability and bring back the fun.  I can safely say all three have been accomplished.  It was not as easy as it sounds, we lost a lot of good people, we had a lot of long nights and we made some mistakes along the way.  Our community is strong and stood by us through a lot and in the end I feel we were able to deliver a better Asylum experience.  In the future, at least until Arma 3 dies, I hope we can keep delivering that fun.  
Now currently  #1 in Arma 3 Life Servers and #3 ranked Arma server in the world.  I think this point in time is a perfect time for me walk away from running the day to day operations on Asylum and let someone who can dedicate more time and focus on whats needed ahead. 
@Mitch (IFRIT) will be taking over starting tomorrow December 1st.  I will be helping during the transition throughout December, but, all decisions will be his from here on out.  
 
I wish you all the best of luck,
Clint
 
 

Thanks guys, I appreciate the kind words. This was a hard decision for me but truth be told I just don’t have time for video games or Asylum anymore. It would not be fair to the staff or the community to be an AFK owner.
I will never forget the great times, friends, and laughs I’ve had since joining this community in 2014. This community was my second home for many years, but all good things must come to an end. I salute you all and I wish you all the very best in your life endeavors. 
o7

Good Evening Friends,
 
First off I want to thank the community for your support.  Because of your support we continue to try to bring you guys new content and new changes that hopefully spark the fun that Asylum was founded on.  Because of your continued support, our developers are working very hard to produce you the new version we are all looking forward to.  We are on the home stretch and I thank you for your patience.
 
 
Next order of business is a change that none of us saw coming, but, one for the better.  My business partner and long-time friend @BaDaBiNg_10-8 has taken a new opportunity at his work.  Because of this position Bada, unfortunately, will no longer have time for Asylum.  As an Administrator, player and an owner he has spent the better part of six years with this community.
Thank you for your diligence, hard work and most of all your friendship to us.
 
On a more business related note, our Developer @Jesse, will be taking over ownership of Asylum along side me (after a few more items are hashed out of course).  Jesse has spent the last 6 months revitalizing and securing a future for Asylum.  Jesse will continue with design and development of our servers and the new and exciting future of Asylum V2.  
 
Stay tuned for future updates!

Let's just get this out of the way so we can all move on.
You guys dont listen to the community.
Armor stacking is shit.
Gang life is dead.
I'm going outside.

This is the real patch...

@Clint Beastwood
 
Wait.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
FUCK.

You ever thought about shutting your fucking mouth? 
Thanks.

Little update. @Clint Beastwood and I would like to thank the community for your continued support and belief in this thing we call "Asylum." 
Cheers!

Hello all,
In an effort to bring transparency to Asylum, we have created a section where you can ask your honest questions. There is a slight format requirement to allow us to easily understand your question. It's provided at the top of the new forum section under the "Life Discussion". @BaDaBiNg_10-8 @Clint Beastwood @Leady and I will provide any answers to the questions posted there. Note, this is not a "How to" section. If you have questions about server mechanics ETC. Please Visit the Asylum Wiki, or speak to a support team member. They can be found in the "Staff Directory" 
Asylum Q&A
 
http://www.gaming-asylum.com/forums/index.php?/staff/
http://gaming-asylumwiki.com/wiki/Main_Page
 
Mitch

Hello all,
In regards to the gang activity question....
Moving on to your first post. The issue was not with the question you were asking and the general inquiry that you presented. Reading through the post, I found that the issue was within the responses that some people provided. I too agree that our player base is in a bit of a dip right now. I could site many times that we have gone through this and provide some data to back it up. But I truly don't believe that this will help to address your concerns. 
 
Moving on. 
 
A point that a few people pointed out the "Stellar issue". Since you are not aware, I'll get you up to speed there. A while ago, we implemented a donation reward system that allowed the community to donate towards a common goal that benefited everyone. This was a great system and there are a lot of great incentives within. However, there are people within the community that decided to knowingly abuse and exploit the rewards that this provided for their un-natural personal gain. This was a huge disappointment to everyone on the administration team due to the scale of people doing it. Not to mention, many of these people that exploited the system, admins were familiar with and from time to time played with. When we started to uncover the actions at hand, we placed bans on peoples accounts and reset them. A long-standing common practice for Asylum. We take duping violations seriously due to the ability for illegitimate players to ruin the experience of players who work hard to grind their cash. Think about the repercussions of a player with 1,000,000 dollars in their account. If they had to work to earn that cash, they are going to be wise with how they spend it. If you have a player with the same amount of cash who exploited the system to gain it, they are not going to care how they spend it as they can just get it back in a very short amount of time. This lack of care can cause any person to be reckless. That's the biggest reason we have a firm and harsh stance on it, we want to look for your gameplay.  Their gang thread was hidden due to the continued messages about moving servers. That's fine, it's their choice and I personally won't beg anyone to stay. Especially when they're leaving because they are upset they made the decision to exploit a system and are now being held accountable.  We will not give people a platform to advertise moving to any other community. If that's their desire, then they may do so. 
Moving on to the mentioned "Poor Administrative Decisions"
In my time here on the team of staff, I have never found any person that was banned by an admin to be thrilled about being banned. There are roughly 6 people that I can recall to ever take accountability for their actions when being held accountable by any staff member.  We have guidelines in place that the admins operate within. You have @Leady  and I to contact if you believe you have been wronged. We always advocate you to contact the admin in question before contacting us again. Often times, once a line of communication is opened, they often find a middle ground. With that being said, often people here on the internet would rather sound like a jackwagon to get a sound clip to look cool in front of their internet friends. Many players straight our disrespect staff when speaking with them, and in turn, completely reduce their chances of getting any further help on that issue. Plain and simple, when you find yourself in that situation, take accountability for what you have done, learn from it and move on. It's the best advice I can give to anyone.  
Server performance issues
I understand that everyone is terribly irritated with the server performance issues. This is the number one priority that everyone that has the capacity to fix, is working on. Often, post about this issue is a bit tongue in cheek. The server owners are more bothered by this than anyone else here. It's their company and it's a direct representation. They truly are working their hardest to make the most ground that they can. There are millions of areas within the code that could be causing these issues. We recently moved to a new host provider to help diagnose these issues. I can confidently say that we have seen some improvement from this move, we see less server restarted needed manually each day than we did before. This coupled with the ton of changes to the mission file. However, I do understand that the end user does not always see these changes, and that has to be extremely frustrating. As you can see in many of my posts, I am always grateful for the amount of support we get from our players. We all realize it's your decision to be here, and we are grateful that each and every one of you. Without you, we would have nothing. We owe our absolute best to every member to provide the best experience we can. Sadly, there is no easy button. We are truly confident that we are doing the absolute best that we can with some of the greatest people out there. 
 
Censoring content
This has always seemed to be a push button topic. I personally do not have a hard time responding to legitimate questions, but I often don't get the chance before it's turned into a witch hunt. So to create a better line of communication and to provide an area for these questions and answers to be heard by everyone. I will create a Q&A section. In this section, any member can ask a question and either Leady, Badabing, Clint and I will be able to respond to it. Be advised that the questions will not show at first and must be approved to weed out the people who are just doing it for the memes. However, just because it's a hard question to answer, doesn't mean that we won't. There will be further guidelines and details released on this soon. 
 
As always, my inbox is open for anyone to contact if they have general questions and concerns. I often have great conversations with people who take it seriously. 
Hope this helped,
 
Mitch
 
 
 

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Id like to be the first to thank all of my boys for putting in such an explicit and beautiful performance.  We fought as hard as the Free Syrian Army does for independence.  God wills it. 

A lot of us wernt in our Prime today but we managed to pull through.  I ended up DEAD AGAIN in all of the rounds but luckily my guys could pull through. 

APD easy as 123 is what i always say. In closing,  allthough some of our ifrit pushes were as deadly as a Beached Whale... Integrity wins the day. 

Daddys darlings are shit. 

Dilly Dilly 
Ds Billy
 

I invite anyone who would like to bend the rules further and test me on kicking you the fuck out of gang wars.
 
Now shut the fuck up kids.
 

Everyone loves a good hoodie...  

Hello all,
I would like to introduce a new project I have been working on. I'm happy to present the Asylum Offical Apparel store. This is the first of it's kind, hot off the press apparel. This clothing shop has a variety of Sweatshirt's, T-shirts, Hats, a mouse pad, phone cases, Mugs and a bandana! Take a look around and Gaming Asylum!  This company handles everything in regards to the purchase and shipping. Be sure to check the "accessories" tab to find more products. 
https://shop.spreadshirt.com/gaming-asylum

 

FYI if you are looking to get something. There is a sale going on.  BE SURE TO APPLY THE DISCOUNT CODE AFTER YOU HAVE ADDED EVERYTHING TO YOUR "CART". Some people have reported an issue with the discount being applied. I cannot get the error to occur on my checkout. Just double check to make sure it's applied before you check out. 
 
 
Code: SAVE15
Shop: 15% off everything

ADDED!

We have reached tier 4 from the community goal and it's now activated on the servers. 

Inspired by David Attenborough and the legend mr9mm, I have bought the rights to a new show called Planet Asylum coming to a TV station near you.
please enjoy this trailer.
 
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