Giovanni

Thank you for applying to become a staff member at Takistan Life Xtreme.

Upon administrative review, your application has been rejected.

Please wait 2 weeks before submitting a new application.

What servers were you staff at? @Matthew P

Staff application requirements have been raised, and are now the following:

• You must be an active and mature member of the server.
• You must have a working microphone.
• You must be at least 16 years of age.
• You must have at least 40 hours of play time in-game.
• You must have a forum reputation of at least 10.
• You must be willing to attend staff meetings on a regular basis. We usually hold them on Saturdays at 6 PM EST.
• You must be able to commit a minimum of 10 hours per week to staffing the server.

2 hours ago, Matthew P said:

I have been a Mod on Multiple takistan life servers and in other role play games.

1 hour ago, Matthew P said:

This is true this was the first server I came too when a started playing arma 2

Which one is it?

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Where is this rule you're referring to? I don't see it and I don't recall ever writing it.

Criminal civilians can't "shoot cops as they please."

Thank you for applying to become a staff member at Takistan Life Xtreme.

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5 minutes ago, Nureha said:

well poeple where told @canadianbacon22 did not apply if so please let there be proof of it and time stamp becuase alot of poeple are confused on why <3

Canadian Bacon did apply. So did Maverick, Supersahen, and Mark Stavaros. Those 3 were appointed to their ranks after we reviewed their Major applications and felt that they exceeded our expectations, although obviously Canadian Bacon had already filled the position of Major. Your proof of his application as requested:

2 hours ago, Nureha said:

ive noticed all the staff has high ranking positions when i was told they would work for it....bias much??

Most of the staff don't have any positions in NATO or the TLA...

10 minutes ago, Franklin said:

will people already qualified for bluefor keep their whitelist

No, as this tag was given out freely without requiring anything. Originally there was a qualifications test, but it was virtually impossible to fail.

Good afternoon,

Today's update is going to be brief since I have to get going within a few minutes. We have taken the next steps into incorporating the faction ranks and whitelisting after some discussion during the staff meeting and between the administration.

@canadianbacon22 and @Kane have been selected as the Majors for BLUFOR and OPFOR respectively. @Comrade Potato and I will be overseeing the factions as Colonels, however we will be leaving most of the decision making to them.

Applications for both factions will be opening up here on the website soon. We will also have an accelerated process available for qualified individuals to make it to Officer and Senior NCO ranks to assist with faction management. Teamspeak has already been set up for the most part, however some permissions will be changed. Forum categories and user groups will be created here as well.

We are diligently working on the website/mission changes and regulatory policies & procedures so we can make whitelisting official within the following week. We'll stay in touch here!

In addition to all this, expect some of the following adjustments shortly:

• Rules being moved to the website
• Proper application forms being set up for player reports, staff complaints, ban appeals, blacklist appeals, etc.
• Economy and pricing updates
• Touch up of Teamspeak icons + addition of group images on forums

6 minutes ago, Drew said:

Do you have a test server that devs can tinker on? Because it’s sounds like a decent idea. Or code wise it’s it too much trouble/impossible?

It's not hard to implement, it would be pretty easy. I'm talking about how it's not realistic to incorporate. How does a vehicle magically gain more storage while remaining the same size?

I don't see this being implemented, because I don't know how you can magically make a vehicle hold more storage..

Best thing for you to do is just purchase a vehicle with a larger storage capacity.

Looks like you're Loki, I'd recommend changing your name in-game because a lot of our script filters look for mentions of "loki" or variants of it.

Ban lifted in-game.

7 hours ago, Pavel Datsyuk said:

It really puzzles me that it is easier to be a staff member than a supporter.

What? Barely any of the staff applications have been accepted. Of the 29 we've received here, 3 candidates were accepted and hired as staff. That's not even counting the applications made via Google Forms prior to being set up on the forums. Just because you meet the minimum requirements doesn't guarantee you will become a staff member. A key difference with the supporter requirements is that if you meet them there is a high certainty you will be accepted, but with staff applications this is not the case as we want to leave most of our evaluation to after people apply.

7 hours ago, Pavel Datsyuk said:

I mean, you will entrust someone with being an admin before you will entrust them with cheap, really cool toys?

This is a huge overstatement. People seem to think that "admin" is synonymous with "staff." It's not. We have two Administrators out of a staff team of 15. When someone is brought into the staff team following the acceptance of their application and an interview, they are a Junior Moderator. The majority of our staff team consists of Junior Moderators and Moderators. They spend the majority of the time dealing with support cases - being staff isn't as fun as you make it out to be.

Couple things to mention here @King

1. Don't copy the "additional information" section into your ban. It's not relevant to the report, it's part of the information thread that helps you create the report.
    
2. The "Action Taken" is where you describe if you kicked the player, gave them a strike, banned them (and for how long), etc. Obviously this is a ban because you put it in the title, but there's nowhere else in the report where it's mentioned. You should be stating that you banned the player and how long you banned them in "Action Taken" field.
    
3. Maintain proper formatting when pasting things in from external sites. I can see that the GUID and IP address are not properly formatted. After pasting, there is a note at the bottom of the editor that says "paste as plain text instead." Use this.
    
4. The title of your report should just be the name(s) of the party or parties that action was taken against.

There is no "Opfor de-arming process."

Once the ranking and whitelisting is in, certain vehicles will require qualifications or specific ranks to use, however nothing is being removed.

1 hour ago, Smitty said:

Excellently said, if the server is based off realism/roleplay then kamikazing should be allowed, seeing as the Independents are Islamic extremists that would die for their cause.

Unfortunately, the fact of the matter is that many players have bottomless bank accounts and would love to waste all that money on helicopters to constantly kamikaze into other people.

Ban extended to permanent after review of all their previous comments in global chat.

I feel like disabling global chat altogether just makes the server feel less lively and more.. inexpressive.

Perhaps dealing with the core issue - people using global to argue over their issues - would be a better solution.

Hello everyone,

This week we migrated our Arma 2 server and website over to a new dedicated node based out of New Jersey. Along with this, we are now running on an SSD instead of the previous HDD. Furthermore, IPv6 support has been added to the website allowing your client to choose whichever route loads faster - IPv4 or IPv6. Depending on where you live, you may find that your ping to the Arma server has improved. In addition, we have made some tweaks to the server's network configuration to reduce desync, and will make further improvements as we go along.

As far as the mission currently goes, I am currently working on adding functionality for saving Staff, Supporter, BLUFOR, OPFOR, and PMC whitelists to the server's database files instead of inside arrays within the mission file. What does this mean for you? You will no longer have to wait for a server restart for your whitelist information to update. Admins will be able to update your whitelist levels in-game and they will be saved to your persistent stats to be loaded any time you log in.

Additionally, I am making efforts in reducing the amount of chat spam in the mission and making use of systemChat instead of other forms of messages (globalChat, groupChat, commandChat, etc.) This makes mission messages more pleasant to read and less disruptive.

We are still working on the implementation of the faction ranking & whitelisting. Regulations and protocols are being drafted up for both NATO and TLA. Likewise, the economical changes are being worked on as well. We will have updates to share soon and there won't be a stat reset until these undertakings have been completed.

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1 minute ago, Smidge Griffkin said:

@GiovanniJust wondering if those of us who are Blufor verified and have been for some time will have to start at the lowest ranks? Or will we be started on a higher rank due to our experience? 

The BLUFOR Verified tag is extremely easy to procure as the test is nearly impossible to fail, therefore having the tag will have no effect on what your position will end up being.

Aside from a few commissioned officers at the start, most will be starting at the bottom and they will be evaluated for senior positions on a case by case basis.

BLUFOR and OPFOR are meant to be military forces, not police departments, so I don't think this really fits in.