Buckwalter

Thanks for keeping things polite and helping prevent flaming etc. As for your points, I'd like to address them and hopefully give an alternative perspective. Situation #1: First point to keep in mind is that by and large, ban times are not discretionary. They are based on a strict system of escalation with each successive infraction. So in the situation you describe, the individual in question likely had a number of prior RDM offenses. As for the actual mechanism of the ban, I can't speculate about specifics but based on your summary it seems the most likely scenario was that an admin was present but playing under an alias, witnessed the event and banned accordingly. This happens more than you might expect since many of us use pseudonyms when playing civ in order to get an unfettered perspective of the state of the server. As far as the standard of proof, that is rigidly structured by policy laid out by Bamf and Motown and it is immutable as far as the admin team is concerned. So if a ban occurs, there is either sufficient evidence or direct witness. However, if you suspect misconduct, please don't hesitate to raise these points with a CM. Situation #2: Sounds sketchy, cops shouldn't pardon anyone they're associated with. Setting aside the policy violation, it's just a sketchy thing to do ethically. Should probably submit that one. Just my opinion. Situation #3: I'm not a higher up so I can't speak with any degree of authority about the inner workings of the current policy. However, as stated above, simply on the ground of ethics there should exist a thick firewall between people in positions of power and their associates/friends/gangmates etc. But it seems that your main complaint is the perception that some are given preferential treatment while others are treated more harshly. There is simply no way of knowing if that's the case, neither you, nor I, are privy to the captains' disciplinary records. So I won't attempt to discuss it. That being said, people should be treated the same for the same infraction. However one possible explanation for any discrepancy would be differences in the nature, context and severity of a given report. For instance, someone will be treated much more harshly for handling a report where their friend is the accused as opposed to a report where they are the one reporting. But again, I don't have specifics, so I'm just providing an alternative explanation. People should be treated equally irrespective of gang affiliation. On this we agree completely. Situation #4: I vaguely recall that situation. I seem to remember there was some on-going gang vs gang combat taking place. But hey, I could be wrong it was a long time ago. Now the main point I'm trying to make here is that many times these situations are more innocent than they may appear. That isn't to say that there aren't instances of legitimate abuse of power or corruption. Those things happen for sure, but we try really hard to ensure that when they do, that person is extricated from the community immediately. Secondly, if you see these things, please please please report them. It seems like you don't have a great deal of faith in our administrative or apd staff and that may be a well-earned mistrust borne of some bad incidents. However I would ask that you would please bring these things to us and let us try to work them out. Because at the end of the day, we all really want the same thing. We want to play Asylum and have fun. Abusive behavior, collusion and graft get in the way of that. TL;DR: Many times situations that look like collusion or abuse are actually inadvertent or innocent misunderstands. Real abuse does happen sometimes and when these things come up, please don't hesitate to take it to the appropriate people. Abuse is taken extremely seriously and you should absolutely report it if you see it.

@Bilal Battu is the Frank Darabont of putting names over movie clips. Bravo man. 10/10 Edit: To be more clear, The Shawshank Redemption is one of my all time favorite movies. So I'm saying you're awesome at this Bilal and you should continue making them. Also, I'm going to go out of my way to piss you off in game. That way, I'll get to star in one. It will be glorious.

Obviously the public forum isn't really the appropriate venue for appealing a ban. Additionally, contrary to the recent trend, 3rd parties aren't able to appeal bans for their friends. So for all ban appeals, please direct them to the correct section of the forums or the correct teamspeak channels. http://www.gaming-asylum.com/forums/index.php?/forum/70-appeals/

I like Sojobo. His accent makes everything he says at least 14% fancier. Also, moved to off topic.

That's really strange, looks like occlusion maps but not in their proper places. I wonder if updating HBAO changed anything. This is all just conjecture, but try adjusting your ambient occlusion settings and see if that fixes anything.

Can you post a screenshot?

Well done. 10/10

I tried it a while back and it has probably the most in depth crafting system that I've personally experienced in a game. However, its attempts at realism make the game a huge time thief and without a group to play with, you'll have a rough time. But if you like the idea of waiting an entire day to harvest your flax crop, or spending hours prospecting for iron then it might be for you. Very deep crafting, somewhat clunky controls and combat but all in all a pretty unique game.

My mistake. But for any future occasions, bear that information in mind. All the same, I've fulfilled your compensation and I'm sorry you had to wait so long. In the future, if you're on in the late afternoon during US timezones, you'll have the shortest wait times. However due to valentines day and president's day, many people have been busy with their families this weekend so fewer of us have been available. Anyway, you're all set now.

Since the matter has already been taken care of. There is no further need for this thread. As for time spent waiting in teamspeak, wait times can vary greatly depending on time of day/time zone when waiting as well as how busy things are at the current moment. If you've been waiting patiently for an inordinately long period of time, politely message an admin on teamspeak and ask for help. When they're available, they'll gladly help you. However, trying to get comp through in game messages isn't likely to yield much in the way of results. In game messages are generally for urgent situations such as a hacker, blatant and repeated rule violations, or being stuck in a rock etc. Things like comp, ban appeals, player reports and pretty much everything else should generally be handled on teamspeak or on the forums.

You forgot the tough guy persona for side chat battling.

I'd like to recognize a few people for excellent roleplay and for making my interactions with the APD as enjoyable as possible. @Dom and @Clockwerk, I've dealt with them several times over the past week. Despite of some less than ideal circumstances, both of them were affable, professional and eager to RP. Made getting caught a pleasant experience on at least 2 occasions. Fair and fun, both excellent officers. And because you two are awesome, you'll no longer be getting the grenades. @huskymatt Despite enduring what was arguably the most ridiculous "slow speed pursuit" in history, he went out of his way to create an enjoyable RP situation. Actively participating and enhancing that experience for all involved. Even blood bagged me after a "stroke." Put player experience ahead of personal gain and that is always good to see. All 3 are superb cops and should get some sort of reward and should be considered for promotion.

I don't know much about the tanoa map other than the trailers that have been made publicly available, but I would love to see an Asylum Tanoa server. Who knows whether or not it will end up being a suitable map, and frankly who cares, it looks sweet.

Well done. I was going to be a telemarketer but turns out most people just aren't that interested in my pyramid scheme. +1

I'm not great with technical issues like this, so bear with me if my suggestions are somewhat rudimentary. But make sure the drivers are all up to date. Do the GeForce experience game optimization thing. Not sure what this does, but hey optimized sounds pretty good right? Set your arma 3 config up. By default the game assumes you don't have a very nice GPU and doesn't utilize it very well. Changing just a few parameters can make a big difference. There should be a guide on the forums for what specifically to change. Hope you get it sorted out man.

Bilal! Alright, now I'm going back to quietly watching from a distance. Keep it on topic and keep it friendly everyone.

....and people say prestige is useless. pfft.

Nice guide. If I can make one suggestion, for premiere, beginners would probably have an easier time working with clips in the source palette and then inserting into the timeline pre trimmed. Also using Adobe Media Encoder presets is definitely easier for someone who doesn't have much experience with encoding. Just something to consider adding. Anyway great guide man.

Does every cop get hunters on this server? Are they just really cheap? Why so many hunters?

I used to want the chicken wire removed so badly. I hated that shit. Since I'm a terrible driver, I would routinely find myself losing entire runs to those fences. Now I actually think it's good that they're in the game. Sounds crazy I know. But life mods live and die on the level of player interaction they contain. If players weren't given incentive to stay on the beaten path, random encounters would become even more rare than they are already. Having a bounty would become a nonissue. So despite the hefty box truck death toll that I've paid personally, I've come to realize that even though they're super annoying, they serve a legitimate purpose.

On the post you want to remove, click where it says "Options" then select hide.

Nah man, doing stuff like that gives away the fact that you're an admin. But you might have been one of the cops we dealt with. DP14 robbery turned into rescue ambush at Paros Checkpoint?

Really? I've been playing rebel with a few friends under a new name recently on various servers (mostly 3 and 4) and I've been extremely pleased with the level of roleplay I've seen. Roughly 60% discount after wiping the cops 3 or so times and attempting to rescue a friend. Cops all roleplayed well, were engaged, patient and personable with my little group of 4. Even after dealing with a potentially frustrating engagement. So kudos server 3 cops. If you're having bad experiences with cops, try switching servers or potentially adopting some new RP ideas. Some cops just refuse to RP and that sucks, but most will get into it if you get the ball rolling. Sadly, a lot of people behave badly when caught and I've noticed that cops are starting to expect that to be the default interaction and roleplay suffers because of it. But in my experience, when the cops see that you're friendly and trying to have a good RP experience, they're pretty eager to work with you. So even though it shouldn't really work like that, you might have to be the one to get RP started and hopefully the officer/s reciprocate. Either that, or I'm totally wrong and I've just been getting lucky with cops who like to RP.

Before this powder keg is set alight, let's lay down some ground rules. If you choose to discuss politics, do so politely, respectfully and with articulate, thoroughly considered points. No insults or shit flinging. If you're going to make a claim, please cite legitimate, nonpartisan, primary research sources. Following these two steps will keep this thread from going off the rails. Good luck.

You realize that the time at which the ban came through isn't necessarily the time at which the thing that got you banned happened right? BE sometimes waits for ban waves and people get banned for something they did months ago. Sometimes it's immediate, sometimes it's not. But because of the way battleye operates you had to have a BIS game open and have something it looks for happening at the same time. It's not going to ban you for copyright infringement as stated above. But as for appeals, pretty sure there is no such thing for battleye bans.