Rock Hardick

I mean in more of a sense of lacking RP by not acting as an actual officer. It may be in the book - but from what I've seen, you would need to punish almost every cop on the force as it has turned into nothing more than a slot on the server.

Of course! The way to implement it is the way we used to! No promotions unless you show exemplary RP. If you lack RP, you get talked to until you get the standard right (might be a bit foggy but it really was a rule and it was enforced). Another incentive to make people more focused on RP rather than robocopping is to let them have MONEY again. The old arrest system where you get the full bounty rather than split it with everyone worked fine and everyone was rich. Yes, not everyone who worked on a hard arrest got paid, but in the end everyone loved the payday and everyone's pockets were lined with gold so they didn't care about making sure the person got a ticket. As it stands, cops are so broke that they want (and need) every penny from every arrest, especially since we now have to buy our own equipment (which is a good thing, don't change that). But to answer your question more direct, enforce the RP the way as described and bring back the old money arrest system. @Olivia @Rock Hardick Even if P3 is/was known for it's pro-RP game-play there's many things that work against this idea from taking root. While I do agree stricter rules and a more active leadership may weed out the riff-raff, I feel this is only a band-aid fix to gaping wound. The egos / power-trip mentality that is fostered in the APD will always be found throughout the ranks. The cops who are whitelisted demonstrate some level of competence to be a cadet and hopefully display some maturity/discipline to be a Constable who properly uses their primary weapon. By default we all APD personnel are on paper RP oriented players. Some cops also just don't like processing, so you get issues there as well. We're also not factoring the other side of this perspective, the civs. You can't sustain the idea of "more RP friendly server" if the civs are not willing to meet you halfway or even 20 precent of the way. Civs/rebels that prefer to be toxic or unwilling to RP make it hard for even the most easy going RP friendly cops. If more RP is wanted it needs to be a collective approach not by just the APD. We are taught from day one to use our primary weapon before firing rounds, civs don't need that so long as they do the bare minimum RP that prevents them from being ban. Also civs aren't punished for having an aggressive play-style with little RP, while cops are will be lectured or even punished for being that way. This can be frustrating for cops trying to have fun and promote RP. Also we're not being realistic here, A LOT has changed in the past three years. New weapons, new Asylum game mechanics (bounty system, new activities, market system/values), the cultural shift in rebel life (frequency of cartel fights, prison, fed/bank robberies, etc.) and APD policy changes. This affects how cops and civs interact with each other in Asylum. For example, when many rebels would rather Alamo Fed / Bank Roof and vest HQ, that doesn't foster more RP. Civs chanting Higher-up Requests and threatening IA reports / ban reports for 10 minutes doesn't foster RP. Civs taking cops from locked houses doesn't foster RP. This and MANY other civ shenanigans only promote more combat than RP, depending on the person/group you might get some good RP. Sadly, most folks rather be salty than RP. TL;DR: Asylum has changed the past 3 years, so you can't expect things to be like they were 3 years ago. If more RP is wanted, then both cops AND Civs need to cultivate this idea. As many have said, Asylum is a light RP server, so you can't expect RP gold from everyone. I strongly disagree. The civs have a choice to go along with RP or not. It is the APD's responsibility to set a base for the RP to stem off of in every situation, should the civs choose to RP back. If not, the cop is still RPing as a cop, and that is good enough. The point is that if you make it so that people see you more as an officer rather than some kid in a different role slot, RP will naturally follow as it did 3 years ago, regardless of server trends. Remember when you had to take the people back to the HQ to search them and give them a ticket? That should be re-implemented as well as it bred unmatched RP experience and allowed for people lying in wait to do one of the things that made Asylum great - plant drugs and other contraband on people before they were searched. If we go back to the roots and enforce a mandatory RP at least as far as being a cop goes, not necessarily RP every situation but at least RP as a cop (hence the light RP server), it will start earning respect from civilians and start making RP possible and a hell of a lot easier.

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If you are reading this, there is no doubt you know who I am. I have been a Cadet for 3 years and I was at one point the most known cop on the APD. Renowned for my RP and relationships with both APD and civilians, I know what makes the server fun. Server 3 from 3 years ago is without a doubt the best example of a perfect server and I would like to explain to you how it differs and offer assistance in returning Asylum to its former glory. It is no secret that the state the servers are in is less than desirable. The problem is not the gangs, the content, nor the lack of RP from civilians. The backbone of the server and what leads the RP in the server should be and has always been the APD. When I joined 3 years ago, there were rules. These rules are either vastly different or are simply not being followed today. The most important is that RP was not an option, it was a requirement. What is not being taught right now is the importance of RP. 3 years ago, in order to play on the APD you had to RP. In order to get a promotion you had to show exemplary RP and had to have specific RP instances witnessed by Lieutenants that impressed them. As it stands, the APD is nothing more than finding bounties and giving tickets. Granted that this is an important part of the game that gives consequence to actions, it is only half of what the APD is for. Civilians cannot RP without the cops and without RP, and they cannot RP with the cops if the cops are not going to RP with them, and without RP the game is merely a drug running simulator. Frankly, the main part of RP from the APD that stood as a good standard to keep people on track was the forced professionalism. We were supposed to act as though we were real police officers who could not break character, could not act in a way that cops would not act in real life, and be the perfect example of professionalism. The point of this was to make the civilians feel that they were being stopped by police officers, not some teenagers on a computer. The immersion would incite fear, respect, and easy flowing RP. I have witnessed every day since my return paintballing (shooting fellow officers), random discharge of weapons, breaking character, disrespecting higher ups, general immaturity, and lack of respect for the APD rules. This is not the APD I remember, and thus, the server has taken a hit where it appears to be at an all time low. No RP, just shooting, drug running, and tickets. Cops are no longer fun to be in confrontation with, instead, they are seen as either a nuisance or targets. I would like to discuss with the Captains and perhaps the Devs, Gnashers and Olio, and whomever else would need to be involved to do an overhaul. We need to get the guidebook and regulations up to date to reinstate RP as a requirement. We need to once again set the standard for professionalism and include it in the training and cadet week. Cadets should not have civilian privileges, they need to spend the week having enough hours learning the ropes and having an example set for them. It is one week, we all did it, they will live. We need role models and retraining for everyone, including Lieutenants. Perhaps bringing back old help - such as Durga, Shkar, and Leonhearts. The goal is to make Asylum fun again for the civilians and the cops. We can make the server golden again, we can MAKE ASYLUM GREAT AGAIN. If we could set aside 30 minutes or so to get everyone together and discuss what we can do and change, would fixing the server not be worth it? Let me know, looking forward to it. TLDR; Asylum lacks RP and it makes it horrible compared to 3 years ago. Simple solution to fix it: Go back to roots. Willing to spitball ideas with Captains and Devs. Worth the read though.

Winter 2016

Rock Hardick couldn't think of anything better to do than to attend this training!... so then he tried harder and thought of about 600 things. This training comes after pulling my teeth out and before watching MTV. Also, Rock Hardick is hosting a Highway Patrol House party in celebration of his purchasing of the new houses in Highway Patrol HQ, coincidentally, at the SAME TIME AS THIS TRAINING! All are welcome and it is encouraged that you miss the training to go to this SPECIAL ONCE IN A LIFETIME EVENT! There will be prizes and a drawing in which one lucky winner will recieve ONE OF MY HIGHWAY PATROL HOUSES! The runner up will receive cash equivalent to the cost of a 50. cal and 3rd place will receive cash for an ifrit. Highly advised you do not miss this chance!

I saw this and the Gameplay and now I too will donate. It's a shame it will take another year but it looks good. Glad it's by trustworthy people, too. Hopefully we will have stricter cop rules so that a certain very young cop isn't whitelisted-

Can someone explain the new mod that was on kick starter? Is it made by the same people who made this mod? Are we all going to just transfer over to it? Did 5 people REALLY pay $5,000? What is going to be different? Can we make suggestions as to how it is made? Will it be more in-depth than A3L? If you are a cop in this Asylum, do you have to go through the process of becoming a cop in the new mod? (i.e. must play the mod for a certain amount of hours before you can apply)

Wait a minute- I still have a video of you from my first week of Altis! "Don't you EVER call me Inbred Jones again! Do you understand me!?" That got a lot of hits! I haven't seen you in close to a year

How long did it take you to stop laughing and finish writing that?

Ahh I remember when you and Ame were constables. In any event. as I am still a perma cadet, be my constable for the time being!

BAMA! When did you get LT??

Perhaps we can take this opportunity to make some changes in our community and our government. #RockHardickForAsylumPresident2016!

I thought that may be a response, however given light of the circumstances, I felt an example of how the servers should be was in order. We can change Asylum. I will mark you down as a +1 for my candidacy.

As many of you know, I am Rock Hardick. I am sure that this attack may seem like a travesty. Our things lost, our time wasted, shown that we are vulnerable. It can be a devastating thing to realize. However, there is a silver lining. Allow me to tell you a tale of when I first joined Asylum. It is a long story, but hopefully you will get through it: Almost a year ago now, I saw Mr Moon playing on Olympus on YouTube and it convinced me to download Arma 3. Looking for the Altis Life mod, I joined Asylum instead. Upon spawning for the first time in Kavala in front of the square, I immediately saw a small mob of people. I went up to them and, since my character was an old man, decided to RP as an old man. They laughed, they loved me, I role played the Hell out of it and even went so far as to tell one of the members to shoot me and kill me, "before the cancer does!". Anyway, the guy ended up shooting and downing me. Not knowing what downing was, I thought I was dead. On top of my unconscious body there was a lot of yelling, more gunshots, and panic. I woke up to find that Amethyst, a young lady who was part of the mob whom would later that day take me under her wing and teach me how to play, had been kidnapped and I watched her being taken into a building and up a flight of stairs followed by an angry mob trying to save her. I ran and rejoined them, yelling at the kidnapper only to find that I distracted the terrorist with my banter long enough for a HERO OF JUSTICE to come up and shoot him thus freeing Amethyst before she was thrown off the balcony to her demise. I basically saved her life. Since we had so much fun kidnapping people as fake undercover cops and executing people in Kavala square, I wanted her to teach me more fun things to do on the server. I was having a blast! But it turns out she was whitelisted and often played cop. So I waited around Kavala HQ for her to take me in her car as a civilian ride along. This happened often, so often in fact that I became known and loved by every cop, admin, and mod on the server (except for the Captains) but especially the LTs. Most days as I waited for her (which was very often as she was my only in game friend at the time), I worked the police gate and charged people to get in. Everything I did drew in a crowd. I even led a few police briefings, blackmailed some cops, and was sent in as a negotiator a few times. ALL AS A CIV. Of course, I was asked non-stop to join the force. I was even bribed! I once stole a police helicopter from 6 cops after they locked me in the copilot and all hopped out to refuel . They loved me even after I crashed. Fast forward to after I became a cadet* The week of Hell. Robocop week of nervousness. They drill the fear of God (or admins) into you making you scared out of your mind to make a mistake. I realized “Wait a minute, this isn’t fun.” and wanted to retake the week more relaxed and open with civs. However, I was forced into the ride along. Not wanting to pass, I answered the questions *When is it appropriate for a cop to enter a drug field* “When he’s looking for a fix”. The 2 LTs giving me my ride along, not wanting me to fail, had the test last for over 5 hours. As a cadet, I was soon well known by the civilians. When one would act out and throw a tantrum, cursing, slandering the cops with a bad attitude and saying “JUST SEND ME TO JAIL!”, I would run over, yell at the cops, RP it out, talk to the civ, be on his side, and really add a twist. By the end they would decline the half ticket and insist on paying a full ticket for me. The cops loved me, the civilians loved me (Think of every cop getting killed at every opportunity, but never me), everything was fine and dandy until one day – We had just quelled a Fed robbery and there were 20+ cops in the TS server. Before anyone left, an LT I had never seen before joined the channel and immediately said “Rock. Change your name. NOW.”. Confused I asked “My name?” to which he replied “Did I stutter!?”. Now, after being shown such utter disrespect and foul attitude in front of my friends, I was a bit ticked off. I calmly replied “No, you didn’t. But neither did-“ (as I went on to name 5 at the time LTs) “who said they love my name and it is perfectly acceptable.”. Upon completing my sentence and stunning the LT, everyone in the TS starting warning me “SHHH ROCK! STOP! THAT’S AN LT!” to which I replied “AND I’M ROCK HARDICK, BABY!”. After a few moments the LT stated “Okay. We’ll just see what DURGA has to say about this!” then left. The TS lit up again with everyone saying “Oh noooo! Not Durga! He’s going to make you change your name and ban you!”. Before I could reply I was pulled into a room with the one and only CAPTAIN DURGA! Now before this I had never met a Captain and I had only heard of Durga on one other occasion which was when I was warned not to have him for my ride along as he is said to fail people for missing but ONE question. You see folks, Durga was not a bad guy. He was made out to be the devil because of his job- which was to keep everyone in check. If I had his job, people would undoubtedly hate me and start rumors, too. It was unfortunate that he had to take the brunt of everyone’s fear and hate for banning rule breaking friends, but he was a necessary piece to make Asylum great and he loved his job. He was a great and hilarious cop with easily flowing RP. Back to the story: Durga asked me one question. “Rock, how do you say your name?” to which I replied “Why, Rock Hardick, of course. As in ‘HEYY YOU’RE LISTENING TO- 102.7 ROOOOCK HARDICK IN THE MORNING! Giving YOU, Rock Hard-ick, in the morning! I’m your host! ROOOOOOOOCK HARRRRDICK!” Durga had 3 words for me. “Yeah, that’s what I thought.” With a chuckle he made me an LT for a few seconds and sent me on my way. After a few months I was traveling for about a month or so and when I got back, an LT I had never met before removed me saying I can’t be offline that long as a cadet. Excited about my first amount of civ time in 3 months, I happily pranced around Kavala and as fate and the highest amount of luck in the world would have it, I ran into DURGA. Durga, whom I NEVER see in game EVER. He came up to me and asked “Rock, why aren’t you a cop?” I told him I was removed due to inactivity and he told me something I will never forget. “Rock, I am going to be honest with you. I am not going to let him do that to you. You are without a doubt the single best role player that I have ever met and I want you in this server as much as possible.” My jaw dropped. THIS was the Durga that everyone said was the meanest guy in the world? THIS was the Durga people hated for no reason? I asked him to make me a Perma cadet with civ privileges. Confused as to why I wanted to be a cadet and conflicted as to whether or not he could, he decided to grant my wish. Since then, I have been offered an LT position 3 times. Now, the final part of our story begins. I had to leave Asylum for about 4 months. I moved to Tokyo, Japan, you see. When I returned to Asylum, what I saw was an atrocity. All my friends, all of the RPers, gone. With them- 80% of the monthly donation rate. A complete staff turnover for the APD where no one knew my name. Upon meeting and playing with them, I found that no one would RP. Not the cops nor the civilians. Turns out, all of the old civs quit, too. No one in the server knew my name. It was a nightmare that I thought I would never see. I had finally caught up with Abstand and a few remnants from the glory days. I discussed with them what had happened and they told me that my leaving had a chain reaction of sorts. With the RPers leaving, gangs became less sociable and just kept doing random non-rp attacks. There was mass fighting between staff and gangs both in game and on forum. People just stopped having fun. I finally met up with Durga only to find out he resigned. I talked to him and the other Captains, I told them how to fix the servers. Durga and Jamooze gave me their full support and Durga even told the Captains “This man is the best cop I have ever seen aside from myself and I would highly recommend that you do not tell him no.”. Unfortunately, there were complications and my plans were unable to take effect. Now for the sliver lining- Ladies and gentlemen, we have been given a chance at a new start. To rebuild Asylum in the image we desire. A new standard for cops is in order. Cops are 50% of the fun on the server. Just them being there to enforce consequences makes them something to add a thrill to the game, but they must be more than that. Cops who do not RP and have fun with civs lead to civs who do not want to be around cops. We need to make the cops liked, not hated. There has to be a new social standard throughout the force. This will also get the donations back up to it's former state as well. I have returned for the final time and I will not be going anywhere. I can, and given the opportunity, will help rebuild. I can make the police great again and in turn, make all of Asylum great. Lend me your support so that I may help you enjoy Asylum as much as I used to. Whether I am an admin, a mod, a Captain, an LT, a mere advisor, or even the legendary training officer Chief of Cadets, I can help this server. Give me a chance. Love your Perma-Cadet, Rock Hardick