Well... here goes. Quite a bit to say on this topic, so wall of text likely incoming. Maybe I can bring the thread back on topic.
As most of you probably know, I was a Lieutenant until very recently. I still don't know why I was demoted or what I did other than "something bad" and "corruption" or "lost my trust". But this really isn't about that, this is about the Captains.
So let me tell you what I know about the Captains and why I believe that a change of the guard is in order.
Right off the bat, when these news Captains were instilled, some of the Lieutenants tried to be involved in the "new APD", asking to be involved in policy making. Hypanius laughed and said that coming to us for policy ideas would be a bad idea and that he would make the decisions. Despite having some sort of transvestite lady boy as his avatar, Hypanius becomes overwhelmed and demotes people for making lighthearted jokes about his name. He can stand to have a scantily clad man-woman, but can't take the name "Hyper-Penis" without throwing everyone off the force for not respecting his reign. I won't forget joining a support channel wherein an ongoing discussion with Hypanus was happening about said nicknames when I mentioned that Scott referred to him as "Hypermoose" and he threatened to demote me if I ever said that again. It became clear early on that this Captain maintained some sort of personal desire to see me removed.
After responding to an officer report against RoguePilot who I had not been in a gang with for 35+ days, Hypanius gave me points for processing a gangmate claiming that "he felt like I had been in a gang with him and that i deserved points" despite having no proof. I had previously been told due to my heavy gang involvement to not process anyone who I was a in a gang within 30 days with.
He then later finally removed me for reasons still unknown to me. Many of you have heard the conversation. I asked why I was being removed and if I could be offered at least an explanation, let alone evidence, and was told that "we can't tell you what, but you did something bad". Hell, I have come to understand that the evidence against me (which has since been deleted) is of me simply talking about something, not even me actually actively doing some violation of APD guidelines.
Following this incident, said Captain Hypanius removed Ex-Lieutenant Bloodhound's Corporal rank because Bloodhound banned him from the FSA teamspeak. Apparently Captain's power now extends into private gang teamspeak servers.
My Captain report for this blatant abuse of power resulted in the following. That is the only response.
There are a number of 2nd LTs and veteran Lieutenants who have come across as heavily disappointed in the current direction and recent actions of the APDs current leadership.
Now, for me this isn't about my removal or Hypanius alone. This is about the leadership of the force as a whole and the reasons why I sought the Lieutenant position in the first place. Whether or not you thought I was a good Lieutenant, and I have received a lot of support from people insisting that I was, but either way I worked for the position so that I could support the police force that made Asylum a great place when I joined in 2014. Those were my only intentions as cop, I defended the cop force, got on every day to help them fight the uphill battle and provide leadership at the Bank/Fed/Prison. I fought for a fair fight for rebels and to create a positive roleplay environment and all it did was get me removed. Apparently I tried to create a fun environment one too many times and somehow violated some rule unknown to me. All I have been able to gather is that it was related to the trial by combat system.
When Ed was chosen I was a little perplexed. Joined the APD after the 6.0 patch and had been a Lieutenant for less time than me when he was selected for Captain. Not only was he relatively inexperienced in APD terms, frequently asking policy questions and often tapping other LTs for thoughts on officer reports, but he was inexperienced in Arma itself by community standards (600 hours at the time?). But now we have Ed and these Captains pushing to remove age limits from cop?
Jamooze I have for the most part had little to no issue with. He is a laid back guy. The only thing I can fault him for is stealing a civilians (my) ifrit while on cop and driving to HQ to seize claiming that he is Captain and he doesn't have the follow APD rules.
The fact is, people the Lieutenants are disheartened with the state of the APD's leadership. The people pleaser Captains are not doing what is in the best interest of the force. It is time for change.
Sneaky was correct in saying that the state of the APD is a snowball rolling down a hill. Someones needs to stand in the way of its downfall. The force needs a change. It is not in a good state and considering how large of an impact this has on the servers as a whole, I truly hope that the community managers step in.
@bamfWe are calling on you and Trilligy to come back as the real Chief of Police and clean up this disaster. I know you guys don't want to, I know it won't be easy. But it is has sadly come to the point where this is necessary.
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Removed the audio file of my removal as was asked.
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Cell phone use is limited during certain times to prevent players from doing things they should not be able to do. Thank those that came before you...
As for the no RDM/VDM free weekends. What would that accomplish? Allowing people to just do whatever they want on the server? No thanks.
Money is evenly distributed between all cops online. Calling cops money hungry at this point makes almost no sense because the person processing you only sees a fraction of what your bounty is as a paycheck. Up the RP with the cops, and hopefully they will reply in kind.
I'm not sure that using a divisive term as you did for cops is really your best play here when asking to be able to roll alone. Having a battle buddy is something the APD requires you to do while playing, so if you don't like the people that come to group up with you either: 1) change locations or 2) change servers. Asking for a change to APD policy the way you did is not something that will ever be taken seriously.
Hello there,
I may, one day, implement a web-based means to check your current gang wars, kills/deaths, etc.. (@Sojobo is a big supporter of this thing.)
I'm always open to suggestions as to how it could look (keep in mind it'll use the theme of My Asylum) and what/how stuff should be displayed.
Kind regards,
DJScias
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