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  1. APD 'New Player' Check on Search

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    1 minute ago, Chris Peacock said:

    Personally ive seen when they are new they seem to hate every cop even if u go slow and explain that their tickets can be reduced if they explain. I’ve said this many times and I get a classic “fuck you pig” or “fuck 12” then they don’t have enough money for the ticket and they quit. I don’t think it would change much 

    Well it doesnt always have to be in relation to processing/tickets. If APD can know someone is genuienly new, there's a lot of wiggle room for being nicer, trying to RP more, RP differently, etc. 

    Although I do see what you mean, I believe this idea would do more good than harm.

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  2. APD 'New Player' Check on Search

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    10 minutes ago, Jr4life24 said:

    Probably not red, they're gonna get shot like crazy. Maybe a bright yellow

    This would only show up in the Search box on the right side of the screen as we're used to as APD when searching. 

    12 minutes ago, zdeat said:

    Maybe under the name could be in bright bold red "New Player" if they have under 50 hours on civilian. 120 Hours of in game time is a lot to still be considered new. Then again the hour range could be higher?

    It was a rough number. 120 hours is definitely a little high. Maybe 48 hours (2 days)

    I'll edit it. 

  3. APD 'New Player' Check on Search

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    Quick little idea. We're pushing for the best new player experience (and existing of course too) on the server, of course. 

    During processing sometimes there's actual RP that goes on (we love that). During Processing/Searching we can sometimes ask "are you new to the island?" etc. Which helps us be lowkey in finding out if who we're talking to is new. Then being able to be a little easier with them if so. 

    I'm suggesting an idea that during a Search, there's a part of the search that states "New Player?" and then "Yes" or "No". This can be filtered by if the player we're searching has more than maybe like 48 hours (2 days) played on the server. No need to list a specific number or anything, just the system picking up if they have over 2 days played or under. 

    More than 48 hours played? "No", not a new player. Less than 48 hours? "Yes", they are a New Player. 
    "No" could be red and "Yes" could be green

    That's it. A simple idea that I feel APD Staff could help push to be a little more easy going on New Players. 

    williamm, Donald, GravL and 4 others like this

  5. APD Cadet Entry Video [COMPETITION] (Ends March 31st)

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    APD Cadet Entry Video [COMPETITION]
    ENDS: March 31st at 11:59pm PST

    Hello everyone! We're looking for an updated Cadet Entry Video to give Cadets after they pass their interview. We wanted to make things fun and turn it into a friendly competition with prizes. 

    Overview:
    Any Constable or higher will be able to produce a Cadet Entry video meant to be given to the Cadet upon passing their interview. This video is meant to briefly, within 10 minutes or so, give the Cadet an overview of the APD, the DOs and DONTs, helpful tips and tricks, and whatever else you think a Cadet could find useful if they just passed their interview and joined the APD! Be creative and have fun with it!

    How to win:
    -There can only be 1 winner. That's whoever produced the video. Only APD Officers Constable+ can be eligible for the reward. (Retired officers of the current rank Cpl+ can also participate) 
    -A winning video will be the most creative, fun, and thought out video submitted to the Google Form below via unlisted youtube video. 
    -You can use whoever you want in the video. Civilians, Medics, Cadets, Constables, APD Staff, etc. Even Captains. Just keep in mind APD Staff cant always be free so please be weary of their availability. 

    PRIZES:
    -1 Year of Discord Nitro from @Rogue
    -$50 Cash via Paypal, CashApp, Venmo, etc from me @Sandwich

    Please keep your video around 10 minutes in duration.

    Please submit your videos using this Google Form!
    https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSedlyIlbb4p9qxTEwXKkcJpVtO_BwhzIniWIgjOzIn8QApbXw/viewform?usp=sf_link

    BlackShot, Patrick Meier, Innate and 2 others like this

  7. Player Friendly/Welcoming UI (Login Screen)

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    I was doing my best to think of what could be changed to make things not only different for the sake of 'spicing Asylum up' but also a little more welcoming to a new player or even a returning one. Right now when you enter the server, you of course experience the typical server slots to choose from. After that you get a nice fancy-ish loading screen for a few seconds but then you're tossed straight into the spawn options. This is a change that could really make Asylum feel more at home. Having some sort of screen between choosing a faction slot and spawning in. Since thinking of this idea, I've been made aware that other servers have this sort of thing to some degree. That really shouldn't be a problem. Especially if its different. 

    Having a screen that showcases things like tabs between recent updates, changes, quick tips, hyperlinks to helpful places like the Forums and Wiki, the rules, APD/AFD apply sections, etc would be a GREAT QoL change. Of course you could also promote Asylum+ and Crates way more efficiently with this idea too. 🔥

    The background could maybe be some Asylum Art that the Design team can work on. Maybe even make the background slightly moving to keep it fancy but still nice on the eyes (if possible). 

    THE CONCEPT(?)
    Orange background (placeholder) could be asylum artwork by the Design Team 
       -maybe could be swapped out with new art every month? 

    Each tab would be clickable and switches to a different window with different info

    The Login button could be at the bottom to get the spawn screen?

    This would be AMAZING for holidays and themes (events too)

    With hyperlinks to the Forums, this will naturally bring more traffic to the forums (really good thing)

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    I wholeheartedly believe this will be a great step in the right direction for a new/semi-new players experience. This will also show Asylum has that extra bit of love for its community/servers with a change like this to that said player. It doesn't NEED to be the concept above, but this idea overall is a solid one in my opinion that should be pushed through!

    A nice QoL addition to the server that could suit Asylum well for years to come. I don't see any negatives besides the time it would take to make it happen ❤️

    Niels, zdeat, Mitch and 3 others like this

  8. Cop Sided Federal Event (Evidence Convoy)

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    1 hour ago, Austin M said:

    If it can only be started by higher ups. I’d hope we/they could be trusted enough to not abuse the system. Buuuuut there is always one person who’ll ruin it for all. 
     

    I doubt an LT would abuse this. Our current line up definitely wouldn’t. And no way would someone ever get away with it either. I can’t really see a way an event like this that would need X amount of cops/civs to start, would have LTs sneakily starting it for their own free payouts and have it not be easily seen and reported. That would be such a rare case. And when it did happen it would be reported and dealt with accordingly. Then that LT wouldn’t be able to start it again since they wouldn’t be an LT anymore. Then they wouldn’t be able to ruin it for anyone again. Corruption moment 💀


    I also doubt an LT would risk their rank they’ve taken 6+ months to get for the chance at a couple hundred thousand dollars worth of payouts before we noticed. 

     

    Point though, is that’s super unlikely to happen, let alone get away with. The problem definitely isn’t us, it’s how would we get civs to come to the event more often than not tbh. 

    Savage. and zdeat like this

  9. Cop Sided Federal Event (Evidence Convoy)

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    1 hour ago, TheAceSavage said:

    Yeah I can agree the VDM might be a problem, but over all it’s a bannable offense that should have little consequences with the convoy. It would be no different then someone doing a bank robbery and having 4 guys stand outside the zone of it so SWAT doesn’t get triggered except we’ll actually have proof of who VDMs and can send in a report for it 

    I absolutely agree. I just wanted to give an alternate option for others checking out the post just in case. 

    A driving fed event cant work? Okay great, lets talk about a compound then. That kind of thing. 

    Hope it goes through!

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  11. Cop Sided Federal Event (Evidence Convoy)

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    A cop started fed event is an awesome idea. It would really spice things up a little as long as the incentive for rebels are there to attend. The only real pain with a “moving fed event” is going to be the VDM/etc that comes with the cars. It could also be a potential annoyance for civs just on the path of the fed event. 

     

    When I’ve brought this kind of idea up, I always default to a static police started fed event instead of having driving part of it. So you’d just have maybe a defendable compound with a building or two in the middle that the cops can go to. They scroll wheel something and it starts the event. Then they’d hunker down and defend while rebels can attack. You remove the “aids” of a driving fed event. 

     

    Either way, I’d just love to see a cop started fed event. However it’s implemented. New is good. Really hoping something similar gets pushed through and added. It would be a healthy change of pace for the server every now and then when started. 

    Savage., BlackShot and zdeat like this
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