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Today I take over. 1 React = 1 supporter for my mutiny against violent dictator Red. Too long has he ruled with an iron fist

Hey guys, today the StrayaGaming Community Team is giving away the following games to one lucky community member! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Just Cause 3 XL Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege Age of Wonders II - The Wizard's Throne Age of Wonders III Crusader Kings II Crusader Kings II - The Old God's DLC Darkest Hour - A Hearts of Iron Game Magicka 2 Valued at ~$250.3AUD! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Enter: Reply to this thread with "We need to land this missile in the ocean" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Draw: The giveaway will be drawn on the 22nd of February at 10PM AEDT. Show us your support of these giveaways by giving this giveaway a big up. Good luck!

So as we all know the server is at it's lowest peek at this present time due to multiple reasons not only directing it to server-side issues, But as well IRL issues. This will be my Final post for giving out Suggestions for the Staff Team, If this post cannot get through someone's head on making a change than honestly i have no clue what will before i start you can take this as ''Connors Salty Again'' or I'm just a ''Toxic Retard'' this isn't a roast this is just the truth so don't take it to heart but take this post seriously. My first point will be Managers and Above. Your communication skill with the community isn't so good in fact its appalling every server up-date that comes out are thing's that the community had no say in, Its just what yous wanted to add because you thought it was right multiple people like @FarmerGeorge98 @Big Kev @Chadd @bouda118 @AceWinchester @MrMiller @JoshieYeezy @Jay, Myself and alot and im sure you know who you are. Now you say yous are talking about upcoming changes for Altis Life in the future, I dont see anyone even trying to communicate with the community only the people within the staff team. 1. Listen to people's post and at time you have which has actually really helped but at other times you just ignore it. 2. Trial suggestions for 1 - 2 weeks show that yous are willing to go to any extent to provide content for the server even if they are completely useless show us that yous are listening and prove us completely wrong. 3. Update the server alot more instead of every month yous have more than enough people in roles to fulfil the requests that get thrown at yous everyday. 4. Post Updates/Upcoming updates, Idea's on what yous could do to improve the current state of the server ''Communicate'' with us dont sit there whilst the server dies and realise at the last minute what yous need to do. 5. Have more community meetings discuss what you wanna see out of us and we can say what we expect out of yous. I've spoken to all of the current Staff Team Member's even if we aren't all on good terms i know your expectations for the server yet no one pitches idea's. Suggestions from previous community members/staff. Now these are multiple suggestions from multiple different community members as well as staff members and there are alot more to come, Now i have seen some responses and suggestions from alot of people including Managers + but has it actually gone any further than just a reply on the forums.... I'm unsure i cannot make that call but from my perspective I've seen nothing. We all are open to give suggestions and providing things for Staff that at times they can't and that goes the same way to us the community. Now you can choose to ignore this post or hide it if you think it is not needed or another way to rip at each others throats but all im saying is someone had to stand up and say something so like i said at the start this isn't to start a fight this is only to get your attention to sit down and be like maybe he is right maybe he is wrong idk, At this point im not the one to be criticising the staff but at this point over the past months/years i have given up on providing what i think the server needs. Please post down below if you think im right or wrong or just a suggestions, Thank-you. @Red @James32

Sergeant Expression of Interest Note: By placing this expression of interest you are not entitled to the rank Sergeant and it can be denied as well as issued a non-apply period of no less than 1 week. Do not bother anyone about your EOI, if you do it will be denied. Name: †onic Callsign: K14W Assignment: General Duties Training Completed By: @Home List all Recruit Inductions you have done: SS Jimmy, Jacktank, Zed, Pac, Ivan, Jesse Wasabi, Armando Wolf, Rabeed22 & Officer Momo Why do you deserve a promotion? (50 Words min) Why do you deserve a promotion? (50 Words min) I believe I deserve a promotion due to the number of hours I spend on cop weekly, I try to take CO whenever possible and do inductions when possible and give bank advice/tactics to the commanding officer, becoming a Sergeant would help me do more for the APD like taking CO for banks and pulling out hunters for lower ranks or training whitelisted officers. I know most people think of me as a troll and what not but when I actually try and put effort into something I can do great things just like when I was in SRT for the first time, I had reached the rank of Sergeant and pretty much became Team Lead of SRT and would have become Commander if I didn’t leave and I have pretty much spent my time on AL in the APD. Who would recommend you for a promotion? @Home @Chadd @Dizzy @Truthy @.Sean @Kmart and Coles @JoshieYeezy @Sterling @Holski. @Stitch @Uncle Toby @Greeny @Citric @Amber @PowerAsian @Chris Shaw @Hamood @Harry.Wasabi @Ashes @DanieI

Regular Player Name (Which you are most known for): Phatballz ArmA 3 UID/Steam64ID: 76561198839679150 Why should you be unbanned before the seven days: I believe i should be unbanned for the main reason i've been active on the server for a long time now and feel i genuinely ****ed up, with that being said i'd hate for all the time i've spent on the server getting to know everyone and making new friends just to throw it all away for my excruciatingly dumb mistake. In summary I'm sorry i've exploited a bug in the system before letting it go and telling the right people but believe i should be unbanned because i care about the community and enjoy playing within it. Why should the community trust this apology, given that you were lying and/or being deceptive when being questioned (Only applicable if you were lying/being deceptive - I will tell you if this was the case): We did not lie about us doing the exploit.

Name: Fraz Callsign: [K10W] Training Completed By: Cougs List all Pub Slot Inductions you have done: Wizz, Jack Dempsey, Tommi, Jimbob, Element 25, AceWinchester, Pot, Delta Kilo, Reception, Corruption, P.Michael, Sebasitien, Blake Dehass, User, Cerxs and Tota Bob, HentaiGamerGirl, sgt_sniperducky, Squdsq, kum kum. Why do you deserve a promotion? Im Dedicated and determined to do what i have to do when i need to do it. Im willing to progress and keep on growing up on the ladders and keep progressing which is my main goal. I personally would love this role as it will give me more ability to help more members new or old as this is what i want to do in the future. Getting this role will just increase my dedication and determination towards the APD as growing is visibly possible. I have been working hard, but have slacked off a bit and im back and ready to push for what i can get. I hope my efforts and enthusiasm is evident to the public and i hope to continue improving and learning from others to be a better person to help others when in need. Who would recommend you for a promotion? @hugot @Havoxa @AceWinchester @DreadScythe@Dando@Johny V.@SilentKiller@Keeno@Phatballz @Mr Hyde@Bill Props@Michael Phelps@Asnee@Home@JdawgZ @Corrupt@Truthy @Holski. @FarmerGeorge98@hugot

Thanks to some generous donations from @Bang1324 we have the opportunity to upgrade our hardware to the newest generation gear! All services will be moving from i7 6700k's to i7 7700k's, and from Windows Server 2012 R2 to Windows Server 2019. (I'm on the hunt for some i9 9900k servers as well, but the pickings are slim in Australia) We have received some competitive pricing from a new provider, I'm going to trial them until our yearly lease is up for the current servers; towards the end of this month. I'm moving CQC over at the moment, Wasteland and I&A 2 (Tanoa) will join shortly after. To properly test out the new hardware I would really like to have a large number of players on one of the servers for an event. I've requested the I&A team setup a fun event for one of the Tanoa T-Days, so it will be good to see a lot of people there. There might be some steam gift cards for the best players on the day. Once the testing is done I will need to decide on which provider to go with and when we do the final move. The server with Altis Life and Invade and Annex is our primary server, it is a massive pain to move everything cleanly so there will probably be an extended outage for all services reliant on that server.

With men's mental health week upon us, I thought I would reach out and let everyone in the community know that it's not cool to bottle things up. We all have problems and sometimes the best way to deal with them is to talk to someone. Sadly men have the highest rates of suicide, and most of the time a simple chat could have prevented it. So to everyone in StrayaGaming community if you feel sad, alone or just not yourself, talk to someone about it, anyone. I'm always up for a chat ? Discord - AceWinchester #4637 Teamspeak - AceWinchester Lifeline Australia - 13 11 14 (24 Hours)

Hey Guys, Back on track for more regular updates we bring you altis life 11.6. The core feature of this update is our newly created custom bank system. Instead of the banks being part of the map the banks are now created when the server boots via code. This allows us to create a pool of banks and then select a set of 2 random banks (in addition to pharma, R&D and fed which spawn every restart) from the pool of banks we have built to spawn each restart. In addition we have several fixes and map changes.

Sergeant Expression of Interest Note: By placing this expression of interest you are not entitled to the rank Sergeant and it can be denied as well as issued a non-apply period of no less than 1 week. Do not bother anyone about your EOI, if you do it will be denied. Name: JoshieYeezy Callsign: K25W Assignment: Special Response Team Training Completed By: @Critters List all Recruit Inductions you have done: Robert Hill, Martyn, Pozzy, Hill, Demitri Chevcos, NoiceToasty (Also have completed 2 trainings and an enlistment). Why do you deserve a promotion? (50 Words min) I believe I deserve a promotion because I am a valuable member of the Altis Police Department. There are multiple reasons that make me a valuable member of the APD and deserve a promotion. Firstly, I have experience within the APD. I have been in this APD for a little longer than a year and I have gained a lot of experience throughout this time. I have had the role Sergeant before and know what the role requires. This experience gives me an edge over other applicants. Some may argue although I have the experience, I don't follow protocols due to my recent divisional strike and I admit it, I broke the protocol and deserve it. It was a mistake by me but the divisional strike has benefited me as I can look and use it as a wake-up call. This strike has empowered me to make sure I display all the APD's values, protocols and uphold the police department's reputation. Secondly, I can lead. With much leadership experience from leading many online gaming groups to directing a business teams, I believe I can not just lead but lead well. And lastly, I believe I am a team player. I persevere, persist and try my best to ensure that all members of the APD (not just myself) are upholding what cabinet and command what them to be. If anyone requires help or anything at all, I will assist them. Concluding my brief discussion, I believe I deserve a promotion for the points stated above. I have the experience, great leadership ability, and overall a great team player. With the role of Sergeant, I will not let the APD down. Who would recommend you for a promotion? Anyone who likes this post.

Name: Connor McGregor Steam 64 ID (If Blacklisted): 76561198148166004 Date of Disciplinary Action: 2017 What Disciplinary Action was placed against you: BlackList Who were you Disciplined by: Augnov Reason for Disciplinary Action against you: Not Welcome in the APD. Why the appeal should be accepted: [50 Words] I reckon that ive had my fair share of time off cop, Even tho i might still not be welcomed back but as a former command team member i can guarantee i can bring what i brought to the cop for back in early 17 - late 18, Even if people still think of me as toxic immature due to past behaviour they can think what they want about me but people who have actually taken the time to talk with me will see my true self, And i do apologise if i have affected any member of the APD. Any other information: Like i have said multiple times i know i wont be accepted by some, All im asking is another shot, Thankyou.

Template: Regular Player Name (Which you are most known for): ... Ethan ArmA 3 UID/Steam64ID: 76561198162984691 Why should you be unbanned before the seven days: I think i should be because i have realised and recognised that i ****ed up and that my intentions were not screw with the server economy wise, simply just for gear sets and pvp, as gear is hella expensive i didn't what to spend half my time doing gem runs. However i want to be apart of the community again as i would like to play. I will not exploit again as i now know the severe consequences of the actions. Why should the community trust this apology, given that you were lying and/or being deceptive when being questioned (Only applicable if you were lying/being deceptive - I will tell you if this was the case): I didn't lie about anything.

All good things come to an end gaymers. First and foremost you will still see us around as a registered gang, Just as a smaller casual gang ( IRL has taken over for alot of the lads with work and uni ) . Its been a journey along the way against both rebels and the APD. To the boys Papaj Rogue1911 Son Chae-Yung Pad0s What started as a Sydney meme and soon become one of the biggest gangs straya had seen, We had ups and downs but grew into the powerhouse gang. To the lads who we picked up/came back /Joined in along the way Gucci Truma AustrianTrapLord Hope Jebus Preacher La volpe Ethanface DaCrazyAsian Buster Knut Yun Jesse Wasabi J-Dogs Marko Salt Toby josh Gov Tyrone Breezy Smiladon Cougah Chadd Truthy Jammir rvZz Caiden Donk Slade henny Swanky Wallzy Rhys Beckett Tonic Wex Zed Bevo Jack Leef Sebastian Bit of a Pleb You all played a part in creating the new era of AoW 2.0. We sat strong for a year. We archived pretty much everything that was possible as a gang, Including 9 straight fed wins. I couldn't have asked for a better bunch of mongs to carry the gang name after the revamp. To the APD, We had our differences, Its time to put that aside. Some of the best fights we had in arma came from you guys, There were clashes and issues over the year but it was expected. o7 :fedora: for all the feds and banks. I hope to see you grow and challenge under Corey. With that. AoW signs out as the big boys. We will be on and around but its time for someone else to rise up as the big gang and take the flame. This isnt the first time we have gone on hiatus, We will be back one day! ? Until than I look forward to my next project within the community! With that the last [AoW] Bouda montage that will be seen for awhile, Much love to RvZz for the edit :loveheart:

StrayaGaming Monthly News Bulletin THE HEADLINES ALTIS LIFE UPDATE v10.0: A major update to Altis Life was released in early March, heralding the long awaited return of the crafting system. Players can once again combine mined or collected items into weapons and gear. The v10.0 update also includes the addition of several vehicles to the 3 gang bases; quilin minigun, 4WD LMG, Armed Offroad and Unarmed Kajmans. Depleted uranium has been added as another rebel method of making money and for use in crafting. You can read more about the update here. OPERATION BITTER REDEMPTION: A hearty congratulations to WASTELAND for winning our recent Bitter Redemption server v server v server competition. You can watch our Media Team's highlights video here. Additional congratulations go to Yeet and Hazzy155 for the most strategic play and largest killstreak respectively. ANNOUNCEMENTS COMMUNITY TEAM EVENTS DISCORD: Due to the popularity of our recent large-scale events, a dedicated events discord has been created to allow teams to plan strategies, ask questions to staff and keep up to date with event announcements. If you're interested in participating in an event or would like to keep up to date, feel free to join our Events Discord. MONTHLY DONATION PERKS GIVEAWAY: Starting this month, we will be giving away a months donation perks on one StrayaGaming server to a lucky community member. To enter the draw for next month, simply like this post and check next month's bulletin to see if you've won! INVADE & ANNEX - MALDEN AND TANOA DAYS Every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday evening come and join us on our second Invade & Annex server to play I&A on the island of Malden or Tanoa. The I&A staff often jump into Zeus on these nights to add some extra challenges and toys to play with. You can grab the server IP here. SPACE ENGINEERS SERVER: Did you know that we have a Space Engineers server? Build colossal ships, explore space and fight opposing players in epic clashes. More information can be found here. MEDIA OF THE MONTH Shortened version of the recent Operation Dawns Break Mission by @Humaine STAFF NEWS Congratulations to the following staff who have been appointed to the staff team in the last 2 months: @Weaver @RadScorpion @Dando @Guardian @Holski. to the Community Team. @Evo766 @iamjack @Maverick3211 @DreadScythe @AceWinchester @Bill Props @Dando to the Support Team. @BigRed as a Trial Invade & Annex Moderator. @Virtual_Seahorse to an Altis Life Senior Moderator @bouda118 to an Altis Life Admin DONATORS Many thanks to all those who donated in this last month. Thank you for supporting the StrayaGaming Community @Juan Man @insanepanda0221 @Wyld @iopio @Hope @Expostech @webbie @Joshua_ @Jaidyn @RaPiD Mason @Decent @Jacob Mchairyyy @Salmon01 @leeseven @Armando Wolff @bouda118 @Snohman @Cpt.Cougs @Jackson Morgan @pkisbest @ViPER78 @helidave @Humaine @CraZed00 @bodyboarder2528 @Rackers @Bill Props @Grim. @Corrupt @Bang1324 @Red @Chadd

StrayaGaming Monthly News Bulletin THE HEADLINES It’s been another busy month at StrayaGaming, with new servers added, updates applied and general gaming chaos allround to ensure you continue to enjoy your time inthe community. RUST IS UPON US: October saw the release of StrayaGaming’s new Rust server. To connect, search “Strayagaming” in the modded section of the browser or use:client.connect rust.straya.life:28015. For further information and general rules check out the forum announcement here. INVADE & ANNEX FEEDBACK UPDATE: @Fitz has been working hard behind the scenes in response to player feedback on a number of areas, which has resulted in an update to both Invade Annex servers. Most significantly, we have introduced a simple chat command !admin, that allows players to notify staff on Discord and in-game more effectively. Simply type !admin into any chat channel and the menu will appear. Head to the forum post to see the full details of what’s been included in the update here. SPACE ENGINEERS: Space Engineers is one of the newer additions to our gaming community and continues to grow in popularity. The 6th Anniversary Update has been applied to both servers and adds plenty of cool new features for new and veteran players alike - be sure to check them out when you have a chance. ANNOUNCEMENTS STRAYAGAMING iAWARDS ROUND 2: You can now have increased bragging rights with a host of new awards added to the StrayaGaming Awards area. You can view the leaderboard and new awards here. DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS: StrayaGaming is always looking for members who hold exceptional abilities in Development, such as coding or map development. Even if we currently do not have a game in which you have development experience, it is a good idea to apply as we are always looking to expand our reach. Head over to the Development Applications page on our website to express you interest. MEDIA OF THE MONTH This month's 'Media of the Month' is @Armando Wolff's Altis Life v11.5 Update Teaser . The Update is expected to drop very soon. STAFF NEWS Congratulations to the following staff who have been appointed to the staff team or promoted in the last month: @Mr Chu @Armando Wolff to the Community Team. @Citric @HAMME @jack the fat snack to the Support Team @Asnee has been promoted to Altis Life Administrator and Community Team Leader @Noskire has been promoted to I&A Administrator and Community Team Leader @Chadd has been promoted to Development Team Leader @John and @AceWinchester have both been promoted to Altis Life Senior Moderator DONATORS Many thanks to all those who have donated in the last month - it’s your support that helps keep StrayaGaming one of the strongest gaming communities in Australasia! @GotSlain @Auschwistic @Mick_S @GrimReaper @Bull @BOB123 @Alatz @Zybisko @MiniKillers @Baconnn @shot_be_kill @Hori Neff @Levi @sparogaming @[IV] M3rKiN @Larso @Cpt.Cougs @Wyrmstooth @KevinStevenson @Unconformed @Passive

Sergeant Expression of Interest Note: By placing this expression of interest you are not entitled to the rank Sergeant and it can be denied as well as issued a non-apply period of no less than 1 week. Do not bother anyone about your EOI, if you do it will be denied. Name: Citric Callsign: [K17W] Assignment: Detectives Training Completed By: Cougs List all Recruit Inductions you have done: Kendall , Marti , SwampDonkey3203 , Cpt.Kirk , EVIL WATER , Andricic , Bamford_YT , Powerasian , Capo , M.McCosh , Steez , KingIcyZ , boska92 , antho , Action Is Coming , tyne , Smers Why do you deserve a promotion? (50 Words min) In recent times I have been putting mass amounts of effort towards the APD and ensuring that all my tasks get completed to their highest potential in both Academy and Detectives as well as GD. Since joining the APD in October of 2018 I have learn't a lot of valuable lessons and gathered up plenty of experience which has helped me become a more well rounded officer. I believe that with my experience in the APD and my extreme dedication I have what it takes to become the next divisionary Sergeant. Who would recommend you for a promotion @Home @Hamood @DreadScythe @Holski. @Phatballz @Dando @Bill Props @Sterling Archer @Jot @Johny V. @VIPER @iamjack

StrayaGaming Easter Giveaway TO ENTER: To enter the giveaway, reply to this post with "The Easter Bunny ate all of the carrots we left for him. What a pig." THE PRIZES: 1st: Rocket League, Euro Truck Simulator 2 and DiRT 3. 2nd: Marksman, Karts and Helicopter Arma 3 DLCs. 3rd: Donation Perks on 1 StrayaGaming server for a month. THE DRAW: The giveaway will be drawn on Monday the 22nd at 9PM AEST. Show us your support of these giveaways by giving this giveaway a big ? up. Good luck!

StrayaGaming - Altis Life Rules All rule breaks are up to the server staff's discretion. What a moderator/administrator says is final. Recently changed rules are in yellow. 1 - General Rules 1.1 Use common sense when playing and reading the rules. 1.2 Any form of hacking, exploiting or cheating is prohibited. 1.3 Any form of racism or derogatory comments will not be tolerated. 1.4 Any use of macros are not allowed when on the server. 1.5 City limits are defined as anywhere inside of the Purple Ring around Sydney. 2 - Fail Role-Play (Fail RP) 2.1 You must at all times, stay within the narrative of your roleplay character. 2.2 Aborting the server while in restraints, roleplay, combat or while incapacitated/downed will be considered ‘Combat Logging’ (you must wait the timer out and respawn before, leaving the server). 2.2.1 You may however, quit the server if you were the cause of your own death and not in an active declaration (crashing your helicopter, falling off a building) 2.3 Any form of evading role-play such as killing yourself, being team killed to evade or breaking character will be seen as Fail RP 2.4 Storing or impounding a vehicle during an active declaration will be seen as Fail RP. 2.4.1 This also includes storing money, items and other amenities during an active declaration. 2.5 Any strategy, method or actions that are obtained by out of game means will be seen as meta-gaming. 2.6 Any actions that are done with the intention of interrupting or interfering with role-play or the actions of other people is trolling and fail role-play. 2.6.1 Don’t be a dick. (Don't do anything which could be seen as purposely annoying or interfering with the Roleplay of others. Things like baiting police, destroying vehicles and targeting certain people). 2.7 Civilians may not enter city limits with / or use any of the following ; concealing clothing (balaclavas, face masks), assault weapons (anything that cannot be purchased from the red civ gun store), explosives, armoured apparel and vehicles (clothing/vehicles with an armour rating) 2.7.1 Civilians that enter city limits with any of the above mentioned items may be met with undeclared lethal force from the Police within city limits. 2.7.2 Weapons / Gear picked up from dead bodies that are considered assault weapons (including police weapons) may only be used within that declaration, once declaration is over you must get rid of the gear or leave city limits. 2.7.3 Anyone in Qilins, Prowlers, Armed Land Vehicles, Armed Hellcats, Armed Orcas and Pawnees may not enter city limits. 2.8 Any hostile action direct towards medics will be seen as Fail RP. 2.8.1 Stealing a medic vehicle will be seen as Fail RP. 3 - New Life Rule (NLR) Classifications: Dead / Died / Killed / Death means you have been incapacitated and then respawned. Incapacitated / Downed means you have been shot, crashed, etc and have the option to be revived by an adrenaline shot, request a medic or wait out the respawn timer. 3.1 All information / knowledge / memories gained prior to respawning is lost unless revived by a medic or via an adrenaline shot. 3.1.1 The exception to this is owned houses and server marked map locations. 3.2 You cannot return to the situation which caused your death. 3.2.1 Even if the situation has ended, you are not allowed to go back to retrieve weapons, gear or vehicles. 3.3 If revived by a medic, you cannot attempt to kill anyone involved in the situation leading to your incapacitation until the situation is complete 3.4 You can still be restrained by civilians or detained by police after being revived so long as the opposing party member has not themselves, been revived or respawned. 4 - Value Life Rule (VLR) 4.1 Putting yourself in situations where the risk of death far outweighs the odds of surviving is considered to not be valuing your life. 4.1.1 Failing to comply with the demands of a hostile threat where your life is at risk will be considered to not be valuing your life. 5 - Declarations 5.1 All declarations must be done via email or direct communication, this includes voice. 5.1.1 Enough time (30 seconds) must be given to acknowledge a declaration must be given. 5.1.2 An acknowledgement must be a noticeable change in behaviour. 5.1.3 Direct communications cannot be used to declare on any vehicle. 5.2 All declarations must include the following: 5.2.1 An action for the person being declared on e.g. Hands on your head! 5.2.2 A consequence for failing to comply e.g. Or you will be shot! 5.3 A declaration ends when all ingame/online members of an opposing faction are incapacitated or 10 minutes after all hostile actions have ceased. 5.3.1 Upon death/incapacitation your individual declaration with the opposing party will no longer be valid. 5.3.2 5.3.1 is void if you are revived using an adrenaline shot 5.4 A declaration on one member of a gang/faction is a declaration on all members wearing the same gang tag/faction map wide. Note: Please see the linked announcement regarding the interpretation of the use of Gang Tags in Combat 5.5 Declarations on Police must be done by either direct communication (this includes voice) or by text to Police dispatch. 5.5.1 Declarations via Police dispatch must state a name and a vehicle (if applicable). 5.5.2 If a name is not applicable, a location must be used instead. 5.6 Registered civilian contractors must declare via text message before participating in an active contract involving a robbery 5.7 If the player has acknowledged your declaration and complied with your demands, you may not engage and must continue roleplay. (If you decide to kill them while they're complying, this will be seen as Fail RP). 5.7.1 Hostages may only be killed should negotiators fail in complying with reasonable demands 5.8 If you are outside city limits you cannot declare on any players that are within city limits. 5.8.1 If a player flees into city limits during a declaration you may follow them and continue the engagement. 5.8.2 If you follow a player in during declaration using rebel gear, you may not start a new declaration until you leave city limits. 5.8.3 After concluding a situation pursuing a player into city limits in rebel gear, you must immediately make all attempts to leave city limits. 5.8.4 If a declaration is initiated by a player inside city limits where both parties are inside city limits, rebel gear may not be brought into city limits. 5.9 The robbing of a house does NOT form a declaration between the robber and owner. 5.10 All civilian groups are to wear the gang tag associated with their group. (Example: [123] YOURNAME) Note: Please see the linked announcement regarding the interpretation of the use of Gang Tags in Combat 5.11 You must declare on a person before you can restrain or knock them out. An acknowledgement must be received before you can restrain or knock them out. 5.11.1 Police are exempt from this rule when restraining to check licenses or ticketing. 5.11.2 Police may use tasers or knockdowns without a declaration against players who trespass within Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane PDs. This does not start a declaration between the player / player’s gang and the Police. 5.12 Anyone in an air vehicle within a “No fly Zone” can be met by undeclared force by police. 5.13 Any damage or deaths that occur from crossfire will not be considered a form of declaration. 5.14 Any combat taking place in a KOS zone is exempt from the above rules. Should a party leave KOS whilst in Active Combat, a declaration is formed between both parties 5.15 Anyone inside of the red border around gang bases will be met subject to KOS from the whitelisted gangbase members. 6 - Random Death Match (RDM) 6.1 Killing any player without a valid declaration (see declaration rules) will be seen as RDM. 6.2 The killing of EMS will be seen as RDM, however excludes EMS in KOS zones. 6.3 If you are caught in the crossfire of an active declaration, this is not RDM. 7 - Vehicle Death Match (VDM) 7.1 The usage of vehicles to cause harm, damage or gain an unfair advantage will be considered VDM. 7.2 Running someone over with the intent to evade/flee is not seen as VDM. 7.3 Players who become ragdolled will gain immunity for a short period of time, until the rag doll animation is over and they have been allowed to remount a vehicle or re-engage in a combat situation. 7.3.1 Immunity period only applies when the rag doll was caused by the opposition not teammates. 7.4 Armoured VS Armoured is permitted 7.4.1 Armoured Vehicles consist of the Strider, Ifrit and Hunter 7.5 Ground vs. Air Ramming is prohibited. 7.6 Unarmored vehicles can not be used to ram other vehicles. 8 - Safe Zones 8.1 There is to be no hostile acts within a safe zone. 8.2 When in an active declaration you can not flee to a safe zone. Police can arrest people from within safezones. 8.2.1 Police v Rebel declarations are called off when all members of either party reaches their safe zone (Police Stations or Rebel outposts). 8.2 is void in this situation. Cartels and civilian contractors must also return to the Rebel Outpost over their set outposts. 8.2.2 If a single member of either party returns to the safezone, the declaration is still valid 8.2.3 All above rules (8.2.1 and 8.2.2) do not apply for when a robbery is being conducted. Any players that are part of either the gang or police force and are present at the bank within the declaration area of a 2km radius will be considered active in the declaration. Anybody seen withdrawing to a safezone will not be permitted to return and is calling off their individual declaration. 8.2.4 Police may return to Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney PDs during a bank only for the purpose of escalation and will not call off their declaration in doing this. Only in this case are they exempt from rule 8.2.3. 8.2.5 Police are exempt from rule 8.2 if they are bringing the individual back to a Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane police safe zones for processing purposes. They may not re-join any active situations once processing has begun. 8.3 You can not steal any items/vehicles from a safe zone. 8.4 You are not to airlift a vehicle from within the city limits. 8.4.1 The only exception to this is vehicles you own or have keys to and can only be lifted from the air garage. 9 - Robberies Robberies - Gas Station robberies, Major robberies and Vault raids 9.1 You must declare on the Police when robbing any of the gas stations however, major robberies and vault raids are KOS on all cops involved within 2km. (Please see Section 11 - Vault Raids for more information on Vault Raids) 9.2 Touching off any robbery and running away for the benefit of baiting cops or annoying other players will be seen as Fail RP. 9.3 Gangs performing any robbery must do it for the robbery itself and must roleplay an escape once the robbery is over. They can’t wait around for the pleasure of killing Police officers. This will be seen as Fail RP 9.4 If you leave the server whilst spawned in or die for any reason during a robbery situation, you cannot return and engage in the situation. (This includes aborting to lobby or being kicked). 9.5 During scheduled server events (events with prior notice given more than 24 hours ago), no player may conduct any major robberies or vault raids. 9.5.1 Players, regardless of faction, may not rob or raid houses during these events. 10 - Major Robberies Major Robberies: Westpac Bank, AGL Office, Research and Development Facility, Federal Reserve. 10.1 All Major Robberies have a minimum requirement of Police online before the robbery can be commenced 10.1.1 Ten Police officers must be online to rob the AGL Office 10.1.2 Ten Police officers must be online to rob the Westpac Bank 10.1.3 Twelve Police officers must be online to rob the Research and Development Facility 10.1.4 Twelve Police officers must be online to rob the Federal Reserve 10.2 When a major robbery is hit off, all declarations that include the Police are called off 10.2.1 This rule is only applicable within a 2km radius of the major robbery area. 10.3 Declarations for all Major Robberies are only within the immediate area of the robbery. Any hostile actions to either the robbers or the Police responding to the robbery by an unrelated gang/third party will be considered RDM within 2km of the active robbery. Two gangs (Rebel/Cartel/Civilian) cannot commit to a single major robbery at the same time. 10.4 All Major Robberies have cooldowns before they can be robbed. 10.4.1 The cooldown between different major robberies is two hours, the cooldown starts at the beginning of the robbery. This can be checked by using the bot on the Strayagaming Discord or the Gangs Discord 10.4.2 AGL Solar Office and the Westpac Banks have a cooldown time of two hours. 10.4.3 Research & Development Facility and the Federal Reserve has a cooldown time of three hours 10.5 You may not randomly join in a major robbery or sneak around unarmed and act as a bystander then pull out a gun and assist. This is known as Third Partying. 10.5.1 Registered Contractor Gangs with an active contract approved by Senior Staff may assist in conducting a Major Robbery or assisting Police in retaking 10.6 After the detonation of the Federal Reserve vault, neither party (rebel or Police) may have any additional people join in to the active robbery. 11 - Vault Raids Vault Raids: Abandoned Bank, Abandoned Factory, Military Compound, Altis Shipping Yard, 9 Lives Headquarters 11.1 Eight Police Officers must be online before a Vault Raid may be commence 11.2 A 1km KOS Area is established around the Vault Raid when it is started. If any party enters this KOS Area during the Vault Raid, they are placed in a declaration with all parties involved. 11.3 Vault Raids have cooldowns before another one may be attempted. These are not affected by Major Robberies 11.3.1 The Cooldown between any Vault Raid being attempted is one hour. Only one Vault raid may be attempted “per hour” 11.4 Any Party may join in and attempt to take the prize for themselves 12 - Hostage Rules 12.1 A message should be sent to the Police requesting a negotiator for the hostage(s) prior to the start of the robbery 12.2 If you kidnap a player with less than six Police online, you cannot initiate a hostage roleplay scenario with the Police. 12.3 All negotiations must be done face to face in game and any money must be done on site NO wire transfers. 12.4 A declaration is formed with the Police & Hostage Taker(s) when negotiations are called off by either party face to face. The Police must wait 30 seconds or receive acknowledgement of negotiations being called off before any hostile action is taken. 12.5 Do not use a hostage that is playing with you. This will be known as fail role play. 12.6 The negotiator of any hostage situation can not be taken hostage. 12.7 There can only be one hostage situation declared with the Police every two hours. 12.8 You cannot take EMS members hostage. 12.9 The negotiator must value the life of the hostage as his own. 13 - Civilian Groups 13.1 Civilian Groups consist of Rebel, Gangs, Contractor groups in addition to ordinary groups / gangs 13.1.1 All Civilian Groups are to wear the tag associated with their group in front of your player name. (Example: [123] YOURNAME) Note: Please see the linked announcement regarding the interpretation of the use of Gang Tags in Combat 13.2 Civilian Groups are all their own separate force, therefore no team tactics between groups is permitted 13.3 No more than 15 members of a civilian group may be on the server under tags at any one time 13.4 Any Corrupt Roleplay must be documented. Corrupt Roleplay consists of turning a blind eye to drug trafficking and other illegal activities such as kidnapping and capture points. 13.5 When performing any robbery, civilian groups must ensure that the appropriate amount of time has passed between cooldowns. This information can be found by using the discord bot (See robbery rules). 13.6 Civilian Groups may apply to become a registered group. The benefits can be found here 13.7 Registered Civilian Groups have the ability to take over a major settlement, known as a rebel takeover. More information can be found here 13.8 Registered Civilian Contractor Groups may form contracts with any groups / faction throughout the server. 13.8.1 Any contract formed must be documented and made available to staff at any time. 13.8.2 Civilian Vehicles must be used in city limits. This includes donator vehicles and helicopters. Vehicles purchased from a rebel store are not permitted. 13.8.3 Contractors must be paid prior to any commencement of work. 13.8.4 Any gear purchased at Contractor Base that is not available at a civilian store is considered rebel, unless you hold a valid contract approved by the APD Commissioner. 13.8.5 Contractors are only allowed to operate with their specific contract parties or other contractors groups. If they are seen operating with groups not contracted with them, then AL Senior Staff may revoke their registered status. 13.8.6 Contractors can only participate in robberies should they have an active contract approved by AL Senior Staff. 14 - Additional 14.1 The Altis Police Department (APD) and the Altis Paramedic Service (APS) have protocols that govern each department. They can be found below: 14.1.1 APD Protocols 14.1.2 APS Protocols Contact the respective Command Teams for help regarding protocol breaches. 14.2 The Basic Laws of Altis can be found here 14.3 The Registered Civilian Guidelines can be found here 14.4 The Rebel Takeover Guidelines can be found here 14.5 The Gang Base Guidelines can be found here 14.6 Donation Benefits for Altis Life can be found here Rules written by the StrayaGaming AL Staff Team. Rules effective as of Altis Life Version 11.7 >> If any grey areas are found, please forward them to Altis Life Senior Staff <<

-- These are all concepts, feel free to critique in detail and -- 1. Civ Suggestions A) XP System Rework The XP/Proficiency system needs a bit of a rework IMO, I think crafting XP should be added and the ability to de-level certain traits should be added, as some traits, it is not actually favorable to gain large amounts at a time. All of the traits that are deconstructed should give say 20% to a certain trait of the player's choosing. E.G I could move some XP from oil to repair. B) More Civvie Vehicles I Think that civilians should have access to the Taru and the Hellcat (Unarmed), The Taru fills the role of the Medium-Heavy life helicopter and I think the Hellcat should be given around 250 cargo space. I also think rebels should have access to the strider unarmed as it's aquatic abilities would add a new element to Drug Shipments and such. 2. Events I think events are the best part of the server, They are both interesting and rewarding with a pace that requires instant action. As such I think there should be a couple more events varying in scale A) Civilian events I believe that there should be some civilian events that occur with at least 15 civilians on in order to keep something for those who want to do legal events, These may include: Cop Suggestions: At some points, the cop-civ ratio is way to high and police presence is quite high, in order to ensure that it doesn't create a one-sided experience I think the police protocols should be changed in order to force police out of Sydney and into other cities, also a cooldown should be placed on each capture point/drug are raided. Thankyou for your time!

I don't really have the time to respond to this properly, and in-depth, but I can briefly explain some tidbits. The money that comes into the community goes mostly back into running costs, anything extra is saved up for giveaways or paying for development. Unfortunately there isn't enough coming in to pay for a competent developer full-time, not to mention that they are also extremely rare. Arma3 is an old game and our mission is very complex compared to your average Altis Life server, it takes longer to understand how it works, it takes more effort to write code that is up to scratch, and it takes even longer to find someone we can trust. We have tried getting other Developers to assist us, after going through several we have failed to find anyone that has more than the ability to plagarise or write a really basic script. With Connor gone development will be slow, and there are currently issues on-going internally I am trying to deal with. We are trying to get things back on track, i'm sorry it is taking a long time, but this really isn't an easy task.

Changes to the armour meta Today we have fast tracked some changes into the content patch set to go live at 3pm with hopes that it will reduce the overall use of armoured vehicles on the server while promoting other vehicles and foot combat. With the BI patch to Ifrits shortly after the wipe and the removal of the door animation along with player concern, we feel now is the time to push for change as the armour on armour meta has existed for too long, has grown stale and delivers bad combat. Changes Striders added back and to become the primary rebel vehicle moving them away from the overuse of Ifrits. Ifrits are now priced at 3m for police and 4m for rebel. Slight price increase to Strider/Hunters. Drastically increased fuel consumption for all MRAPS. Increased chop prices of all MRAPS This will be a 2 week trial, everything listed on this post is subject to change. The initial phase is to see how striders hold up as they are an overall weaker vehicle (in both damage resistance and speed). We don't want to remove armoured vehicles, they are both an integral part of gameplay for police and rebel factions, current Ifrit prices are to promote the use of Strider over Ifrit (we are NOT wiping Ifrits from garages), After 2 weeks we will reassess and make changes based on feedback. Prior to commenting on this post, please take a look at damage charts to understand why we feel these changes are needed, (borrowed from Reddit) DAMAGE CHARTS Here Please use this thread to provide VALID feedback on these changes, anything deemed not valid will be hidden. Be sure to check out the devblog for all the new changes and contact DLC content added. Thanks, Bouda & Kat.

Update Summary Today we bring you our major AL update that has been weeks in the making, we hope you enjoy it! Main talking points include, a rework of how the KOS shop system works, integrating it with the capture point system, buffs to some runs and money rewards for capture points. We also have a huge buff to R&D, it will now include t5 guns in the reward crate, along with 5 mags for any guns spawned. New KoS Mechanics KoS store is now built into capture point 1. When a gang captures the point, they open the KoS store for 15minutes for their gang. After 15minutes the point will automatically neutralize and can be captured by another gang or defended by the police. Police can also neutralize the point to end the KoS store access early. Screenshots/Map Changes New Pharma Layout New R&D First Laptop Compound New Capture Point Layout New KoS Zone

Look lads, I don't know if straya is dying right now or if people are just off studying but the number of people on straya compared to Darkside has changed a lot to the point where the server looks dead. I really don't like seeing straya like this. I know that straya has its ups and downs, but it doesn’t change the fact that something has to change. The boys and I have been playing darkside a lot now and been seeing SOA, LYNX, FU, ACU and some other gangs playing on Darkside as well. the reason the boys and i have been playing darkside is because its more fun than straya, the rules are better and are fair to the entire playerbase. It's really fun playing on darkside but it just doesn't feel right without the straya community. I think straya can really be improved in multiple ways and feel free to reply to this post and suggest other ways that it can be improved. - Gang affiliation: basically allows for cops to metagame civs tags which is pretty unfire to the civs and discourages actual gang creation and gang gameplay, the boys and I have taken our tags off a couple times just so we cant be metagamed. But i can understand how this can work in certain situations. - Money carrying over to civ: we think this could abolished and the money that you have on civ and cop should be independent of each other. We think that this would create more roleplay situations because cops like @fegget (:heart:) aren't going to be money hungry and instead going to focus on more roleplay situations. We have also asked some members of the community what they think about straya and what could be improved and what are their views about the server as a whole. Here is some of that; Nick: Support Team Member - "The shit they need to get rid of is the mets game rule where you can use others tags, that’s what ruin it, let 5.56 in city for civs. I view it is a cop server" IAmJack: Altis Life Server Moderator - "I would suggest start with small things, small changes, do able thing first, I might not played this for long, but i have raised a lot of suggest, mainly for medic and all goes into toilet, for myself, as a medic, I think arrest after someone got killed and revived is bullshit, same thing happen on cop got capture after revived. People who die and got revived should be released at safe zone and let them start again, otherwise people will just camp corpse or respawn, not good for cop, not good for rebel and worse for medic, a lose lose lose situation" Shepherd: SIS Member - "Not sure, I haven't played recently enough to know what the server needs currently. From what I've heard and seen its poorly managed and does not provide a good experience for people playing as civs which is a vast majority of the playerbase" Snowy: Leader Of SIS - "Oh there are a million things. Most of them are rule based and contracting. It's hard to same what would work but I think it's a lot more than just hey here some new shit. Staff need a change over. Like bank is in a shit spot. Cops are op. No one is doing rebel shit. Copper it's half way across the map. Like it should be easy to do. Copper and iron proc need to be closer. Making money for new players suck. Cops are rules suck for civs. There isn't much to do for the no rebel civ. Contacting needs to be bigger and better. The main cop contactor have there own base etc. Probs **** this one cos I will never get it. I can't comment on bank as I have never done it. Staff need to change there need to be a mix of contractors, rebels, cops and normal peps. That just a few. Making the server nicer for new players. All I see every day is new players getting ****ed on. Need more events. Make jail an actual thing. So people don't escape after there been ****ed on. Make it like a bank" Mitch: Community Manager - "Talk to Bouda or Jdawgz" Ethan: Leader Of LYNX - “Similar to Snowys argument, seeing new players jump on for a couple of days and log off because they’re are getting railed by big boys is sad for the community, as it limits player pop and money going around the economy. Sure determination can split the difference between a basic clan and successful clan, but seeing new people who have no clue how to start with no direction can be hard and unmotivating." Rolex: Former Altis Life Moderator -”Get rid of the gang affiliation stuff, focus on making the rules equally beneficial to both parties.” Sun: Leader Of Clout 9 - “Civs need a civ admin.” Hugot: Support Team Member - “Well I would view the server as a little bit boring and that it needs a change because for the past two years it has been the exact same. What I think needs to happen is that the devs change up the map so it is completely different. And be maybe fixing some of the problems with how there are more cops than civs” Mathew: SF Member - “The server is a shit show when it comes to cop vs civ roleplay and pvp, the cops have lvl 4 or explosive proof vests while civs have max lvl 3 vests. Most the cops think they are rebels and just roll around in helis and hunters decking on rebels when it's not necessary, for example when doing a drug run or you just finished a war with a gang they somehow know and rock up and arrest the winning gang or the "leftovers". Also another problem is when our gang (sf) kill just a few cops in sydney. every other cop goes on armoured patrol just for a few civs having a 9mm guns, it's a altis life roleplay server not North Korea life. One more point is that cops and meta your name and arrest you for something your gang member did, this shouldn't even be a rule in the first place as it just gives cops a massive advantage over civs, especially civs in sydney as you could be unarmed and you gang member gets arrested for dumb shit then the next thing you know your arrested for standing there unarmed. Theses are some of the main issues I wanna address.” We really want Straya to grow. Please leave any other suggestions below

Hey everyone, Here it is finally, the long delayed update (sorry about that). I would like to give sincere thanks to @Chadd for all his help with the map development and all of our testing. And to everyone who contributed to public testing. Thank-you everyone for your patience and i want to personally apologize for the delay, i hope this update makes up for it! There is also a lot of changes in the update so If i forget any below I appologize To go with this update there is also several rule alterations which you can find at: Our Brand new, Research and Development Island Facility Robbery: In order to rob the Altis R&D facility there are a few stages. First you must hack the laptop in the outer green military building (bottom of picture). From there you must take the main R&D facility (top of picture) and hack through a second laptop in the upper floor of the compound. Once you have done this you can finally access the crate of loot hidden inside the shipping container in front of the main building; this contains a large array of valuable virtual item loot that is difficult or impossible to obtain in such quantities elsewhere. Once all of the primary inventory is looted you will also discover a random selection of tokens in the R&D crate. Our Brand new, Pharmaceutical Robbery: Robbing "Altis Big Pharma" provides the scheming criminal with a variety of otherwise hard to obtain specialized consumables which will greatly assist them in coming out ahead in bigger robberies. New Westpac location and layout Modified AGL

Hey all, My time staffing StrayaGaming has been thoroughly enjoyed, and I cannot be more grateful for all of the wonderful experiences I have had here, however I believe the hour of my retirement has come. I have been humbled by the staff and the community on more occasions than I can recall in good faith, and I want to give a massive thank you to everyone putting their best foot forward for this community. Shoutout to @Fitz @Slep. @Lotza @BridTheAtl and @James32 for being legit weapons. I hope to see you out there some day in the future, but for the meantime, I wish you all the best.