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I don't have a convincing argument as to why it should to be honest, more an emotional assumption to it. It certainly is no a hill I would like to die on. I feel if there was a "government" for this virtual world they would actually be pretty restrictive from a gun control perspective to everything larger than a normal 9mm. Look how few legal guns there are to civilians that aren't Bounty Hunters (aka semi state agents). It isn't alot and is pretty restrictive overall. Especially guns that "look scary" because people can make up rediculous lies about them to scare people into voting against them. The 1911 got snuck through but something like a Chiappa Rhino I think would stoke that irrational fear.

I would love to RP as Dirty Hairy. But it should definitely be illegal. Not like that stops anyone from using anything.

Yes sir. A thousand apologies, my feeble admin mind was misguided. Please forgive me. I will devote my time to honor the one true Kavala gang by making the new Kavala Bamboo Union Stash House Fortress.

TBA, I'm finishing making the (maybe) new Athira stash house. I really like the way it's coming along. After that I'll do Pyrgos and then Kavala.

This is kinda what the Stash House was supposed to be. It may change to be controllable like a turf or remain the same. TBA.

I really like guns and helicopters. What can I say. I happily accept your nerd emoji!

In real life, suppressing the sound of a gunshot is done through the retarding of the expansion of gasses at the muzzle (via a suppressor) and the incorporation of using lower velocity ammunition that is typically done by adjusting to a larger grain bullet and conjoining powder charge. That bullet with more mass does not make up for the loss of velocity in regards to the kenetic energy applied on target lbf/in^2 (or "Joules" for the SI crowd). The most basic formula to show this that omits wind resistance, barometric pressure, coriolis, etc, is the forumla for kenetic energy KE=1/2mv^2 Here we can see that the velocity of a projectile is four times as impactful in the equation for kenetic energy on target than the mass of the projectile. This is why for armor penetration, velocity is key. So, the lower velocity ammo that some pair with a suppressor to really reduce the dB (units of sound) of a gun shot can be interpreted as a reduction of "damage" that that bullet will do. Hints why most video games display the addition of a suppressor as reducing the gun's overall damage. Probably also to balance the advantages of a suppressor in game as well. Now, what if you say "fuck it" to the lower velocity ammo and just slap a suppressor on a gun? I've seen quite a few chronographs of normal ammunition being fired through a suppressor and they do note a 1%-3% increase in velocity on the round near the muzzle. It must be noted that this is within the margin of error for all the instruments. So, in real life, if you opt out of using "suppressed ammo" with a suppressor you obviously will not get greatly reduced sound suppression overall; however, you will get a statistically insignificant increase in projectile velocity.

First off, thanks for sharing your experiences thus far. I think you'll be happy to learn that some of them are already being addressed and changed in the very next upcoming patch. Stay tuned! Secondly, not trying to flame you here; however, I have to set the record straight on this since you called out Crimson in particular. "For a gang that has so many admins in it" There are only two active admins in Crimson, myself and Nathan. Darkkknight is also there but he doesn't really fight with us, he plays cop. In addition to that, Nathan rarely plays on the main server outside Gang Fort/Gang Boat/Domination. Hell, even I don't play that much with Crimson. That's the reality behind "for a gang with so many admins" angle. I hope this helps set the record straight. "all whilst being extremely toxic" You are correct in the regards to there being some very toxic people in Crimson who in particular love talking shit on side chat. None of those people are admins. Also, I'm not able or willing to control their speech (or anyones speech) on sidechat as long as they don't start dropping N bombs and don't elevate things to the level of harassment. Even if I tried to, they would rightfully tell me to kick rocks. Listen, I get it. All global chats on video games always boil down to a vehicle used to shit talk everyone in any game ever. This can get pretty discouraging, especially when you are losing and they are shit talking. However, if we tried to police the shit talking on side chat then this would quickly turn into a PC enviornment which would be even more repulsive to players than the rampant shit talking that is currently taking place. It's the old addage of "Just because there is a problem doesn't mean that the solution is worse". "in exactly what they do/the way the behave/treat other players in general" I spend almost 50% of my time when I am on civ TPing around to players on the map seeing what they are up to. If I find a group of newish players, I RP with them, give them a little cash, and teach them the ropes. I've done that to many multiples of groups of players this week alone. Just because your experience with some of us at cartels was negative doesn't mean that everyone in the gang is toxic, you know? I won't address each and every point, because then that would turn this reply into something almost as long as your original post. However, I must throw my hat into the ring here and say that you missed the mark on a majority of what you mentioned specifically in this section. I have a hypothesis as to why you may think these things though. I'll include that in the paragraph below this one. You are 100% correct about the toxicity from a few players in the gang though. Either way, I enjoyed reading your thoughts on the rest of your post. I look foward to what you think about most of these things after this next patch. Here is my hypothesis on your assumption on Crimson. I have seen you solo push us on cartels multiple times (as you have mentioned) and died rather quickly. Not because you are or are not a good or bad player, but because on many of these caps it's easy to see people approaching and a single fighter solo pushing without armor is rather limited in what they can do against a group of moderately skilled players with armor. When you were killed, you might have been mocked for being ineffective. I honestly do not remember if you were or were not derided, I just remember you solo pushing multiple times. I think you've taken that annoying experience and coupled it with the shit talking you've seen on side chat. Then, I believe you've further added the fact that Crimson has admins in it and came to the assumption that all the admins/players in it are basically just douche bags and are forming a toxic echelon to ruin all new player's experience and the overall game in general. The only grain of truth to my hypothesis on your take is that Crimson certainly does have some toxic players in it. A very, very vocal minority. Is that the way I prefer to play the game? No. However, I won't ask someone to stop playing the game the way that they want to play it simply because they talk shit in side chat. The alternative of policing side chat is far worse than its current state and only if those exchanges get elevated to a apoint of harassment can the admin team step in.

BLASPHEMY! ASYLUM AUSTRALIA WILL RISE AGAIN!

Mother of god... Non toxic thought out suggestions made by Chris!? IT'S A SIGN!

To set the record straight, you cannot get banned for simply calling someone "fat". If that was true then 5 seconds of looking at side chat would result in the entire server getting banned. What you can do is act in a harassing manner using literally any banal insult and get banned for that.

I actually just spoke with lil Ranga a few months ago. He's no longer a little kid anymore!

Get the big dick gamer Dean and Kuklinski back.

Oh Chris... Always the diplomat.