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3 What about if the forum names is connected to assist. I mean it could be the same BT name to forum name, connected, i think this way you would also know the needed information to deal with the current issues on how to track multiple users. Just an idea but of course I know it is hard in this situation.

We've been looking at this but it seems as though we'd need consent from BT --as well as some sort of system that would allow information to be exchanged between the two platforms which is likely a huge step against security.

'Sorry' - didn't know, that further explanations are necessary...

If people want to be understood correctly it usually is in their best interest to..well, explain things further. It is not necessary. Just needed when trying to keep an argument within a certain level of understanding and maturity.

'need to want' ..? What is this? Anarchist theory..? Look around you, everything is based on the rules. This is a basic feature of society based on law. If you can't understand that, then I can't help you - nobody can...
As for tolerance, in quote above you've said, that you're already zero-tolerance nazi-oriented - so, these two opinions are contradictory...

I am rather confused by this quote. I fail to understand the analogy between 'need to want' and Anarchy. I also seem to fail to understand how everything is based on rules, especially those enticed within the law. If anything, law itself is based on the premisses of an economical biological system --be it of any kind. And...since you seem to have taken my text out of context in regards to the implementation of rules, I'll attempt at making it simpler to understand:

"I am of the opinion implementing such rigid rules (the ones mentioned earlier on this thread) will, quite on the contrary (that is, rather than help the community behave and make us look like we're chilled), make us out to be some sort of zero-tolerance nazi-oriented Administrators/Mods (which is to say we aren't at that point currently but would enforce that idea and thus become closer to being the aforementioned if we were to include those mentioned strict rules). The members of this forum needn't rules to behave like adults.(...err, just like a scientist does not need society to tell him he must have interest in science --action is triggered by one's own interest and not through enforcement and/or censorship) They simply need to want to behave like adults.(Simple, eh? If you want to behave like an adult, you will most likely behave like an adult. But you need to want to be arsed about it.)


P.S:. We do take interest on what the community has to say so long as what the community is saying is within the same level of interest and depth that we look forward to whenever change is due to occur.



/Dan

I propose we try a different angle on this topic. It has been made evident that people have several takes on what it may constitute to hack in this game and what type of consequences those who've performed such an act should undergo. However, instead of letting the focus remain on the construction/deconstruction and justification of each other's opinions, I'd like to suggest that we go back a few notches and take a simpler approach.


In a summarised and objective way, come up with a list of Pros and Cons for the following scenarios:

1. Player Hacks and is given a Second Change.
2. Player Hacks and is given a Punishment (i.e:. Hacker Tag, Pay a certain amount of money, etc)
3. Player Hacks and is permanently banned.

Refer to the following when listing the pros and cons:
- Consequences for the individual.
- Consequences for the community.
- What is gained by whichever option.
- What is lost by whichever option.
- Status-quo aggravation in whichever option.



Meanwhile, to clear some other things that have been mentioned up before:

NoBigDeal: Your post has not been deleted. SMF keeps track of all and any moderation activity. Trashed/deleted posts are also archived into a specific board. I have looked around and none of your posts has been --even at the slightest-- touched. If anything, it could so be that case that one of your posts was not approved (for restricted boards). Since the revamp of the forum, I went through the trouble of looking through all of the unapproved replies and approved them all. Your theory is not met with factual proof.

Assist's TOA...is not in any way illegal. The only clause to the legality of our TOA is that we retain permission to view & use the collected data for anti-cheat purposes. If the integral legality of our TOA was to be reviewed by respective Law Entities, we'd be obligated to disclose the ability to use the collected data in any way or form and would be forced to archive it with some sort of high-level encryption for safety reasons. However...before I speak any further on this matter, let us please situate ourselves in today's 'privacy' situation spanning out and about:

- Google collects data from you.
- Facebook collects data from you.
- Apple collects data from you.
- Windows collects data from you.
- Credit/Debit Cards collect data from you.
- Telecommunications Operators collect data from you.
- Your ISP collects data from you.

Need I say more? Some of the above aren't even a case of "I Agree" or "I Disagree" --some of them are simply forced unto you. If we're to bitch about a honest, clear and up-front TOA such as the one Assist has then I'll have to find myself nicely ask that you first shut down your internet, stop using your debit/credit cards, cut access to your phone and only then...will the slightest attempt at bitching gain that tenth more of sense.


/Dan

Extraction seems the most interesting to me.

Voted.

/Dan

Board name corrected.

Back to Hall of Shame.

First and foremost, we would like to apologise for the site's downtime.

We have not yet been familiarised with the specific and most logical reason as to why the website was down for so long but we do highly suspect it was due to some unexpected involvement of sheep and cows. Further details have not been disclosed either. Face-palm is the most convenient action to follow.

However, we did take the opportunity to change a few things, the most noticeable being the forum board layout. The old forum layout was too disorganised and chaotic to our my taste so I went ahead and changed it. As of today, the board layout is as follow:

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Assist (Public Board)
- News (What goes here: Updates, Community Polls, General News & Staff Promotions/Demotions)
- Support (What goes here: General Support for Assist, Server Support and Honour Claims)
      ---- Honour Claim
      ---- Assist Support
      ---- Server Support
- Feedback & Suggestions (What goes here: Bug Reports, User feedback, Server feedback, Forum feedback, etc.)
      ---- Bug Report

America's Army (Public Board)
- General Chat (What goes here: Anything related to America's Army)
- Clans, Matches & Scrims (What goes here: Clan Info & Match/Scrim planning)
     ---- Clan Information
     ---- Clan Recruitment
     ---- Matches & Scrims
- Anti-Cheat
     ---- Hall of Shame
     ---- Background Checks
     ---- Ban Appeals
- mAAp Project (What goes here: All subjects pertaining to the mAAp Project)
     ---- Map Ideas

Community (Public Board)
- The Lounge (What goes here: General Discussion)
      ---- Introduce Yourself
      ---- Media & Art
      ---- Hardware/Software
      ---- Miscellaneous
- Games & Programming (What goes here: Game Chat, Game Reviews, Programming & Code)
      ---- Game Reviews

---

Next to each board there is a brief explanation of what goes where to better aid you understanding the new layout/organisation of the forum. Please bare in mind that although most of the topics have been moved to their proper places there's still a lot of micro-management and moderation to be done. Give it a few days and all will be in its right place.

P.S:. If you'd like to express opinions on the new layout, give general feedback or perhaps even accuse us of trillion levels of stupidity for caring so much about your experience and AAO, please do so in our newly born board "Feedback & Suggestions".





Best,
/Dan

I somehow missed this thread!

Hi! Do you happen to have any screenshots in regards to the issue you're faced with?

Or maybe even, a slightly more detailed explanation.

I need something more concrete so that I may help you out.

/Dan

I suppose having Assault spawn at several locations (separate squads) would add an interesting twist to the map. However,  considering defence spawns in the building, it may make it nearly impossible for the small squads to reach the building as they'll be able to assume fire-positions before the Assault team even reaches the objective.

I'm inclined to go with the default Demolition set-up (Assault teams spread out across the map).