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Hello All, Over the period of 2 weeks, ending as of the 22/1/18. We will be running a trial on a couple things. First, as many of you probably noticed already, we are adding a rule to the federal reserve. This will stop anyone joining the fed from either party after the bomb has detonated. This is as discussed in the Community Meeting held recently. Following on from the discussions regarding the moving of the police checkpoints. Which you can read about here. We have redesigned and moved the police checkpoint further into city limits. Thanks to @Excel for the design that you can see here. This design is based upon the design that was created by @Zorgain, which you can see in the discussions thread as linked above. We will aim to have this added in a future update. There may be some changes made to it before then. There will be no rule changes regarding it immediately, however depending on how it all plays out, we may make modifications to suit how we intend the checkpoint to function. Following on from this, in the recent AL staff meeting. We have decided to change 2 additional rules. This will be the removal of rule 8.1.1 and the addition of rule 13.5.2

Name: d0nk Jefferson Callsign: [K29W]/[K03S] Rank: Senior Constable Training Completed By: Zesty Why do you deserve a promotion? (50 Words min): I deserve a promotion because I have proven to be a hard working member of the APD, I can take command when needed and have viable combat and roleplay skills to get me through sticky situations. I have been apart of the APD since I joined the server almost 2 years ago and I know the in's and out's of all the departments I have reached the rank of Senior Sergeant twice and this time I want to stick to it. Who would recommend you for a promotion? @Milkdud @Chadd Eggbert @Sullivan @Zesty @Jake @Rhys Beckett @Axle_Tiaky @Excel @Mr Miller [EDITS:] @Boulter @Fusionable @denis @JEN @DyNaMiiC.dFuZR @James Smith

Hello , Before i get started this is in no way an advertisement for another server but an introduction Hi , im Jack a leader of a gang on another server in our time we reached up to 20 members (our allowed maximum) and over 100 applications to join our gang. we had over 1000 hours of fun on our server but recently it appears the population has all but died and we will need to find a new home , and this seems to be it. so in the future you may see us running around the server and getting involved. we also make YouTube videos , and i was wondering if you guys would be interested in us making content on Straya. Above is our most recent video And here is our current most popular video ( Alot older ) above is our playlist with all our arma videos. please let me know if you guys would like to see us making videos here on StrayaGaming and i look forward to meeting you all (If there is any problems with this post please let me know)

Hello last night i was in a situation , i dont really want to go through it because ive tried taking this to court ingame as a roleplay situation but no cop wants to roleplay, but pretty much matths logged out ingame some guy come over (pub slot) and put me in jail for a ridiculous time https://imgur.com/7B8SI4P

i would have roleplayed but each to their own

I was on the front counter of Sydney PD when he presented himself threatening to file a lawsuit against the Altis Police Department wanting to be compensated $10 Million. I told him this was a Altis Life issues problem not an in game problem.

Hi guys, I'm Steven Bradbury from ATR. I'm looking to expand my business from a one truck show into a large scale operation. I am looking for citizens who have 2 years or more experience operating heavy vehicles. Experience operating a rear load vehicle would be an advantage. On the job training is provided. Please reply to this thread with your application. (Please keep it in roleplay). In addition to drivers I am looking for a fleet controller, recruitment adviser and weekend manager. Please reply with your resume and cover letter covering why you would like to be with Altis Towing and Repo, what experience you bring and when you would be available. I have recently secured an extended contract with the Altis Police department and am in the process of securing further civillian business. Please contact me if you have any questions. Steven Bradbury CEO - Owner Operator

voxtrio you commented on the wrong video lol but it was fun to rec it to bad now though Thanks

Excel has the capability to fill the role as Sergeant due to leadership skills acquired through his past and current APD careers, not forgetting the skills he had learnt from his staff career as well. From what I've seen he's a responsible CO that knows how to manage his resources people wise effectively, also due to this there is an inherent flexibility that is available for when a Rebel, Armed Civ or anything else goes down in Sydney.

Steve as shown great initiative and leadership amongst his time as a Senior Constable. His recent incline of dedication and commitment to the cop force has shown great results, with a couple successfully commanded banks and GD running smoothly. His organisation and responsibility of officers is impeccable. Steve is completely liable in the position of Sergeant and is well over due to a promotion. He serves all the necessary values and qualities and in general is a genuine person to speak to.

Thanks Lloyd

I am really looking forward to seeing the changes that are made to wasteland. Hopefully once the changes are made the wasteland server can regain the popularity it once had.

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So database logs from 2017 are fabricated? Players filing reports and complaining are fabricated? I was once told from one of these staff members "Logs don't lie", well they sure don't do they? Now unless you're trying to tell everyone that this evidence is fabricated. No, what's insulting is the players that were banned, abused and neglected due to a person in a position of power. Could you please provide some examples? I can name a few for one. Using leadermarkers to gain an unfair gameplay advantage through gaining the knowledge of where every single group leader was on the map at all times. Whenever my group used to play on the server we would assign a 'sheep' to be group leader, which essentially means sentencing him to die at the hands of Ya Mum, and surely enough this happened every single time. It wouldn't matter if you where 15 meters apart from each other, he would always kill the group leader 90% of the time. With jets, rockets, drones and finally wall banging with a APDS Lynx. If you're telling me these reasons to not equate to disgruntled players as they would die due to a major disadvantage, any element of surprise or stealth went out the window when you where either a group leader or a Single Indi player (Counts as leader). If anyone questioned him in global he would come up with any excuse to say he wasn't using an unfair advantage. Anyone should sure as hell quit the server after being shot through a wall with a Lynx multiple times, and he always gave the same excuse "Your gun was through the wall" etc. Multiple times.. If you don't see the problem here then why even question StrayaGaming Leads. No you cannot but you can sure as hell run it into the ground through abuse of power. What exactly does 'dirt' consist of? You make it sound like hard evidence is to be ignored because it is 'dirt' Of course if someone is banned unfairly they will try their best to get unbanned. Imagine if you spoke about kits in global and got permanently banned, doesn't seem right does it? Or if you saw an admin spawn inside a jet then went to question it and got banned? It sounds like you cannot accept the hard truth of the manner. Your friends cheated and they got caught, you can make any excuse you want but at the end of the day they're in the wrong. So you're telling me the ability to spawn in fully kitted with a Thermal helmet, AA, Ghillie, Lynx and Nightstalker isn't unfair. What about a Compact, Thermal Helmet, Navid and Nightstalker. This can be argued as gear does not equate to skill. However when you combine that with the use of Leadermarkers it opens the gates to so many possibilities. Tell me exactly how the use of these kits which would normally cost near 90k each isn't unfair to be used unlimited times , or how it does not unfair affect others, or how it is a minor perk. You can't? That's alright, I wouldn't be able to either. The whole arrangement of "it is a minor perk as mentioned for people who have to spend their playing time moderating the server and not accumulating money" is invalid once the people who have access to it played every single day for 30 days straight for multiple hours per day. Anyone could accept the use of those kits if they had limited play time, or that they are hard at work developing for the server, or expanding the map. But once you give a function like that to someone who plays more than 80% of the playerbase and allow him to do as he wishes it becomes a major problem. On the off chance he dies with all these advantages or a player kills him despite him knowing their location all the time, he can spawn another in and do it all again? No, anyone with half a brain would call this an unfair advantage, but you call it a "Minor Perk" and argue that it does not negatively affect others. Additionally loadouts to my understanding where allowed for moderate use, not for usage unlimited times within the day. I cannot say my opinion on this manner as i do not know what goes on behind closed doors at StrayaGaming, however i'm sure the Staff members where warned. It also makes me sad that this kind of behaviour was allowed to go on for such a long period of time, and i am thankful for Red & LuckyB33f naming and shaming the staff in question. How exactly was it unfair, maybe it unfair to the players that where on the other end of it? What and when he chooses to do when your are playing is completely up to him, however even though you may of never seen him use kits recently, the server logs once again are there and they do not lie. And i'm sure those newer staff members have done more for StrayaGaming than Ya Mum did in his entire years of 'hard work', of which all he was an over glorified moderator. He was given power to do good and he abused it and was dealt with. How exactly isn't it true that he abused his powers, you cannot look at the cold hard facts and accept them, please tell that the the many people that have quit Wasteland due to him, or the individuals that where unfairly disadvantaged due to his 'non-abuse' of power.

Middleton, The core foundation of this community was built on a fair go. We (5 Founders) built this place as we were sick of the servers we played using their powers to have an massive advantage. To often we were teleported to and shot on site or blown up just because. When we brought this to light the admins denied everything and would ban us just to get us out of the channel or game. With those core values we built this place. I wouldn't say Ya Mum is a bad dude... I have spent many of hours with Ya Mum and he isn't a guy that would try to fuck us over. He is upfront which i like most. There has been many more worse staff from Altis Life then Wasteland with abusing their powers and players and in which has been dealt with. I am grateful for the time Ya mum has put into this community and i hope he sticks around. But with so many complaints by non staff into use of kits we opt to remove them (they have been removed). Now these complaints don't go to a set someone, all managers get to see them. There has been pressure into why Wasteland isn't as popular now. It can be based on a few things. New Games / Age of Arma 3 / Server performance / Staff / Mission Age / Lacking Features. These are all the things that come into play. We can do something that can improve WL that just requires some team work. About 2 Months ago we had a meeting about this. Things that could improve the place by reviewing the issues or what the players say. A common issue is FPS(my computer runs fine) some issues were the players having the view distance to high. FIX: make a quick guide to change the setting to improve your FPS. on this meetings it was said to not use their powers into just to play it to get a better idea. But the kits use grew. After been here for 4 years I understand people get shitty with each other. But keep in mind that what is said about people in some of our chats are often taken out of context. Its easy to blame a circle jerking group or "the higher ups" but when presented with options to how to handle these issues we try to make the right choices. I'll leave it at this Quote by you: an arbitrary at best function given to admins was the reason they were somehow abusing the playerbase is absolutely pathetic We don't tend to say publicly what happens behind the doors. I believe what was said in the post was put nicely. It could have every screenshot of every issue. In which would truly drag someones name through the mud. That is not needed here.

As you guys would probably already know I have been coming up with some ideas for a new police checkpoint within Sydney city limits on this post. A lot of feedback was given back and opinions told on this thread, after taking inspirations from Google Images I came up with this, there is a poll to vote about it at the top of this thread and also let me know your thoughts and any feedback below. If you vote "No" please let me know why below.

Name: Frank Callsign: K12W Rank: Senior Constable Training Completed By: @Fusionable Why do you deserve a promotion? (50 Words min) I am a dedicated officer of the APD, I am on most days and spend a lot of time on the server. I am doing my best to suggest things and have shown that I am passionate on making the force better. I have shown I am a good commanding officer and feel like if I am a sergeant I can help others improve and make the communications/flow of the force a lot better. Who would recommend you for a promotion? @nclem @Jebediha Shepard @Daywalker @warlock @Excel @DyNaMiiC.dFuZR @Fusionable @McCain

In response to this thread: I didn't really want to make a thread about this, i'm normally a fairly quiet player on the server and since retiring 2 years ago when J17 was around I tried to avoid getting involved in the politics of a gaming community, but this thread really did push me over the edge. It sickens me to see such rubbish being spouted out by a supposed "Leader" of this community, a person who was brought in and catapulted straight to the top due to internal friends, all of which is completely fabricated and insulting. The primary issue with this all is not only is he insulting peoples work that they have put into this server for years and given up their own free time instead of playing the game, he has done it to people who have done it for no reward, and clearly no personal gain now that this thread has come out dragging their names through the mud. This entire fiasco started due to some leadership staff increasingly putting pressure onto the Wasteland staff to "Boost the numbers" and "Provide better support for players", yet they had taken no notice of why the players were leaving the server, nor that it had nothing to do with the people who put in their own time to maintaining what little player base there was. You cannot moderate a server to popularity, and the sole responsibility of increasing population for a server lies in the hands of the developers and the owners, no one else. I understand complaints were made for some staff, as is expected with any moderation role as you need to make decisions which obviously the opposing party are not going to like (e.g. abusive players getting banned for being abusive, they are going to complain to get unbanned and pull any dirt up on the staff member they can). But that is not grounds to make people feel like they are worthless and that all the work they have put into this server was for nothing, they are what kept this server from falling into dismay and the fact that you would go as far to say that LOADOUTS, an arbitrary at best function given to admins was the reason they were somehow abusing the playerbase is absolutely pathetic. Loadouts were allowed at all times by the operating staff of wasteland as it not only doesn't affect other players unfairly, it is a minor perk as mentioned for people who have to spend their playing time moderating the server and not accumulating money. This new group of server leadership staff seems to have a persistent trend of pointing fingers instead of assisting their staff or resolving issues, and it really does put a poor light on what this community once was, a mere shadow of what it used to be, with poisonous people using their appointed ranks to do whatever they want to try and save face. It really makes me sad.

Sergeant Promotion Application Note: By placing this application you are not in-titled to Sergeant and can be denied as well as issued a non-apply period of no less than 1 week. Do not bother anyone about you application, if you do it will be hidden. Name:JP98 Callsign:K12S Rank:Senior Constable Training Completed By: @Daywalker Why do you deserve a promotion? (50 Words min) Been a member of the APD command team for a long tenure Founded Intelligence (Now "Detectives") Head of POLAIR over 3 months Founded Federal Prosecution Service (and wrote Judicial Guidelines) Played for over 500 hours on cop More recently I have ran the Federal Prosecution Service (and introduced more changes to the Judicial Guidelines) and still remaining active despite the proximity of my HSC examinations. I have also spent much of my time on GD and have been of assistance in many tactical situations. I feel as a Sergeant I can better pass on the experience I have as far as tactical gameplay, police procedures, knowledge of the Altis legal system and much more. I also feel as I can better display my ability to command in tough situations in order to get a positive result for the APD. I also feel that my long-term commitment to the PD despite my pretty atrocious demotions demonstrates that trust can be placed in me. (Recently I have a very clean record as far as I am aware) Who would recommend you for a promotion? @Slep. @Dynamic-HD @jack fire @chrisJ @bow

Hey mate. @Jon Ghost. If you want to join our teamspeak at ts.straya.life myself and some other members of the Police command team will be happy to investigate the situation My I ask what your in game name is? I'm a bit confused because you can't send someone for more than 60 minutes, it won't let you.

Uh, slight problem I cant join the teamspeak when I try to it just says error