Americas Army bits of info .....
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Kamikazee Killmouse
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we seem to be able to keep a team of 6 up quite regularly - me, Fanf, Gravl, Kegs, Merly, Galias, Medi, Emmon, Corwin and Dart all been on of late - hoping to see Cuthrose soon (had a quick go at Fanf's the other day) - can see it being a lasting game too...
Fanforran
One is not Amused
How to Kick people or Call Admin support
How and When to Votekick
Votekicking is a wonderful democratic process built into the game where a player may be removed from a server if 75% of the other players think he should be removed.
There are four official reasons to kick someone, but there are other reasons as well. The official reasons are:
1) player is idle
2) player has violated ROE
3) player has used foul or abusive language, and
4) player is spamming chat.
Players may actually be kicked for any reason whatsoever as long as 75% of the players on the server go along with it. However, the player who initiates a votekick must use one of the four reasons above as the reason to kick. The player can explain it more thoroughly after he initiates the votekick, but the votekick itself will only list one of these four reasons.
If someone else initiates a votekick, press F6 to vote in favor of kicking the player in question. The console will confirm that you kicked, will say how many votes for the votekick have been added, and will say how many votes are needed. If no one adds a vote for ten seconds, the vote ends unsuccessfully. If a new round begins in the middle of a vote, the vote ends, so don�t initiate a vote just before the beginning of a round.
If enough votes are achieved, the person being voted on is kicked off the server. There is nothing preventing the person from hopping right back on the server, however. Of course, you can vote him right back off.
How to Initiate a Kick
To begin a kick, open the console (�~�), type �votekick playername 1� if you want to give a reason of player is idle. Type �votekick playername 2� for a player violating ROE and so forth.
You must type in the player�s name exactly. This can be difficult when players use special characters used intentionally to make them difficult to votekick. Try finding a character like � or � on your keyboard! Luckily there is a way around this.
Every player on a server has a number associated with them relating to the order that they joined the server. To find out each player�s number, type �playerlist� into the console. You will see everyone�s name pop up with their number next to it.
Now type in �votekick 123 1� to kick the player listed as 123 for being idle. No special characters necessary.
When to Initiate a Kick
Not often. I start a kick only when I�m pretty sure the person will get kicked. It doesn�t create any good feelings when you start a kick on someone, and that kick fails leaving that person in the game to hate you while you continue playing.
Only start a kick when someone is being a real jerk. Don�t do it for personal vendettas or because the guy made a mistake. Never initiate a votekick for gameplay, unless the action was intentionally to cause damage to a teammate, often very hard to prove.
Never initiate votekicks for ROE. It�s a silly option even to have available because it�s abused like crazy. This option is for people who kill their teammates on purpose. It is not for accidental ROE. There is a limit on every server of how much ROE you can build up before you are automatically kicked, and you should let this automatic feature take care of those players.
Everyone builds up ROE from time to time unintentionally, so cut the player some slack and don�t further penalize him by pointing out that he�s playing poorly.
When a player starts harassing you or other players, this is a good time to try a kick. Players who are just jerks get kicked a lot. That�s because players in America�s Army like the camaraderie that it creates and don�t like people that ruin it for everyone else.
People who spam chat by giving their radio location four times in a row, or repeating their sentences multiple times are prime candidates for a spam votekick. No one likes to see the same message take up their entire communication area. Twice for a location is fine. It lets others know they are there while bringing a little greater attention to it. More than twice is excessive.
Finally, the most popular votekick is idle. Use this when one of your players is still at their spawn location or has not moved an inch in two minutes or so.
I consider it unsportsmanlike to initiate a votekick on the last Assaulter just so that he dies faster. Hey, if you�re so impatient, don�t die so fast next round. If an Assaulter is camping in a place that has no importance, I would start a votekick. However, if he is camping near an objective where a Defender could show up at any minute, I would leave him alone and let him do his thing. He�s still alive, so he earned it.
If you are that last Assaulter and you see yourself getting voted on, a little movement will usually end the voting. Otherwise you are taking a big chance that the vote will succeed and you will be kicked out for doing nothing wrong except trying to win. The best you can do is try to appease the audience. After the round is over, whether you win or lose, it helps to apologize to your team for taking so long. They will likely go easier on you next time.
How to Contact an Administrator
Sometimes the jerk that is playing is too harsh to be let go with a simple votekick. Sometimes players are cheating. There are lots of ways to cheat, and the guidelines of the game are very specific. To see the guidelines from the game�s official site, click here.
If you would like an administrator to watch a player on your server and determine if they are cheating, or if you want them to be kicked because of their offensive language, you will need some information.
You need to tell the administrator what server you are playing on, who the player is and what the player is doing.
I have found that very few players get kicked by administrators for cheating. However, abusive language will get a player kicked faster than you can call an administrator. There is also a certain satisfaction in having a jerk get tossed, because it lowers their honor and can hurt any clan that player is associated with.
Here�s how it works:
Note the server name and IP address (hit F1 and look at the top) and the player�s exact name.
Hit the windows key to jump out of the game where you can start your internet program.
Go to the website http://americasarmy.com/support.php and click on 'Launch AGA' on the right hand side in the Army Game Admins section.
This opens a small window that walks you through the process of calling an admin.
Choose the server. When you try to select a server and it is not listed, choose �I don�t know the server name/IP.� Fill out the rest of the information and when you have a chance to talk to the admin, tell him the IP address you wrote down.
At this time the admin will tell you whether or not the server is supported by AA support. Some servers are not, but almost every server labeled as �official� is supported, even if they are not listed.
You may return to the game at this point.
The admin will log onto the server and secretly ghost the player in question, watching all his comments and looking for evidence of cheating.
After a few minutes, the admin will leave after finding no evidence of the accusation, or the player in question will be kicked off the server with a note in the console that says �so-and-so has been kicked by an Administrator.� It feels almost as good as winning a match.
How and When to Votekick
Votekicking is a wonderful democratic process built into the game where a player may be removed from a server if 75% of the other players think he should be removed.
There are four official reasons to kick someone, but there are other reasons as well. The official reasons are:
1) player is idle
2) player has violated ROE
3) player has used foul or abusive language, and
4) player is spamming chat.
Players may actually be kicked for any reason whatsoever as long as 75% of the players on the server go along with it. However, the player who initiates a votekick must use one of the four reasons above as the reason to kick. The player can explain it more thoroughly after he initiates the votekick, but the votekick itself will only list one of these four reasons.
If someone else initiates a votekick, press F6 to vote in favor of kicking the player in question. The console will confirm that you kicked, will say how many votes for the votekick have been added, and will say how many votes are needed. If no one adds a vote for ten seconds, the vote ends unsuccessfully. If a new round begins in the middle of a vote, the vote ends, so don�t initiate a vote just before the beginning of a round.
If enough votes are achieved, the person being voted on is kicked off the server. There is nothing preventing the person from hopping right back on the server, however. Of course, you can vote him right back off.
How to Initiate a Kick
To begin a kick, open the console (�~�), type �votekick playername 1� if you want to give a reason of player is idle. Type �votekick playername 2� for a player violating ROE and so forth.
You must type in the player�s name exactly. This can be difficult when players use special characters used intentionally to make them difficult to votekick. Try finding a character like � or � on your keyboard! Luckily there is a way around this.
Every player on a server has a number associated with them relating to the order that they joined the server. To find out each player�s number, type �playerlist� into the console. You will see everyone�s name pop up with their number next to it.
Now type in �votekick 123 1� to kick the player listed as 123 for being idle. No special characters necessary.
When to Initiate a Kick
Not often. I start a kick only when I�m pretty sure the person will get kicked. It doesn�t create any good feelings when you start a kick on someone, and that kick fails leaving that person in the game to hate you while you continue playing.
Only start a kick when someone is being a real jerk. Don�t do it for personal vendettas or because the guy made a mistake. Never initiate a votekick for gameplay, unless the action was intentionally to cause damage to a teammate, often very hard to prove.
Never initiate votekicks for ROE. It�s a silly option even to have available because it�s abused like crazy. This option is for people who kill their teammates on purpose. It is not for accidental ROE. There is a limit on every server of how much ROE you can build up before you are automatically kicked, and you should let this automatic feature take care of those players.
Everyone builds up ROE from time to time unintentionally, so cut the player some slack and don�t further penalize him by pointing out that he�s playing poorly.
When a player starts harassing you or other players, this is a good time to try a kick. Players who are just jerks get kicked a lot. That�s because players in America�s Army like the camaraderie that it creates and don�t like people that ruin it for everyone else.
People who spam chat by giving their radio location four times in a row, or repeating their sentences multiple times are prime candidates for a spam votekick. No one likes to see the same message take up their entire communication area. Twice for a location is fine. It lets others know they are there while bringing a little greater attention to it. More than twice is excessive.
Finally, the most popular votekick is idle. Use this when one of your players is still at their spawn location or has not moved an inch in two minutes or so.
I consider it unsportsmanlike to initiate a votekick on the last Assaulter just so that he dies faster. Hey, if you�re so impatient, don�t die so fast next round. If an Assaulter is camping in a place that has no importance, I would start a votekick. However, if he is camping near an objective where a Defender could show up at any minute, I would leave him alone and let him do his thing. He�s still alive, so he earned it.
If you are that last Assaulter and you see yourself getting voted on, a little movement will usually end the voting. Otherwise you are taking a big chance that the vote will succeed and you will be kicked out for doing nothing wrong except trying to win. The best you can do is try to appease the audience. After the round is over, whether you win or lose, it helps to apologize to your team for taking so long. They will likely go easier on you next time.
How to Contact an Administrator
Sometimes the jerk that is playing is too harsh to be let go with a simple votekick. Sometimes players are cheating. There are lots of ways to cheat, and the guidelines of the game are very specific. To see the guidelines from the game�s official site, click here.
If you would like an administrator to watch a player on your server and determine if they are cheating, or if you want them to be kicked because of their offensive language, you will need some information.
You need to tell the administrator what server you are playing on, who the player is and what the player is doing.
I have found that very few players get kicked by administrators for cheating. However, abusive language will get a player kicked faster than you can call an administrator. There is also a certain satisfaction in having a jerk get tossed, because it lowers their honor and can hurt any clan that player is associated with.
Here�s how it works:
Note the server name and IP address (hit F1 and look at the top) and the player�s exact name.
Hit the windows key to jump out of the game where you can start your internet program.
Go to the website http://americasarmy.com/support.php and click on 'Launch AGA' on the right hand side in the Army Game Admins section.
This opens a small window that walks you through the process of calling an admin.
Choose the server. When you try to select a server and it is not listed, choose �I don�t know the server name/IP.� Fill out the rest of the information and when you have a chance to talk to the admin, tell him the IP address you wrote down.
At this time the admin will tell you whether or not the server is supported by AA support. Some servers are not, but almost every server labeled as �official� is supported, even if they are not listed.
You may return to the game at this point.
The admin will log onto the server and secretly ghost the player in question, watching all his comments and looking for evidence of cheating.
After a few minutes, the admin will leave after finding no evidence of the accusation, or the player in question will be kicked off the server with a note in the console that says �so-and-so has been kicked by an Administrator.� It feels almost as good as winning a match.
Kamikazee Killmouse
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tonights server was... 64.74.137.140 <-worth remembering oi tink.
Kamikazee Killmouse
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dang! just completed Orbital Red's Sf and Medic stuff for him and thought i'd have a crack at doing the Marksman training try get him onto Advanced - did the same as before with me - 36 scored, says "you qualify as expert" but doesn't free up Advanced...
'Fraid you'll have to do Marksman for yourself m8 - does my fruit in...
on the plus side though - your a qualified medic now - no excuse not too heal me at every opportunity
'Fraid you'll have to do Marksman for yourself m8 - does my fruit in...
on the plus side though - your a qualified medic now - no excuse not too heal me at every opportunity
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Orbital Red
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A lifetime of medical aid
Yes! You have qualified for our special Medicare package which guarantees:
suitable supply of bandaids at all times
splinter removal with a sterilised pin from a hot match
suitable ahh-ing and tutting at grazes and scrapes
bandages as needed for anything else
Ta v much matey, very generous to do all that while I slept upside down. Guess I need to get my honor up now.
Yes! You have qualified for our special Medicare package which guarantees:
suitable supply of bandaids at all times
splinter removal with a sterilised pin from a hot match
suitable ahh-ing and tutting at grazes and scrapes
bandages as needed for anything else
Ta v much matey, very generous to do all that while I slept upside down. Guess I need to get my honor up now.
Pixel Masher
*boing* *boing* *boing*
Evenin' matey
Good too see you around.
Must admit, I've been getting right into AA as of late.
2 fave maps are Pipeline (obviously) and Assault from the parachute regiment. Assault's a cracker when you get a good number of peeps.
Still haven't got myself a new sound card yet but I'm thinking of jerry rigging something up where my voice is going through the machine behind me while I play on this one.
Might see who's around in the morn'.
Good too see you around.
Must admit, I've been getting right into AA as of late.
2 fave maps are Pipeline (obviously) and Assault from the parachute regiment. Assault's a cracker when you get a good number of peeps.
Still haven't got myself a new sound card yet but I'm thinking of jerry rigging something up where my voice is going through the machine behind me while I play on this one.
Might see who's around in the morn'.
Orbital Red
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Yes on board at last and now with a headset
Yup, $60 dollars on the mastercard and I'm up and running, will muck around with sound config but ready to join in, be odd talking to you lot verbally after all this time!
Pixel matey while the others sleep we might be able to grab a game, once you get Xfire easy to find each other. Just add me as Orbitalred on the add bit to find me.
Yup, $60 dollars on the mastercard and I'm up and running, will muck around with sound config but ready to join in, be odd talking to you lot verbally after all this time!
Pixel matey while the others sleep we might be able to grab a game, once you get Xfire easy to find each other. Just add me as Orbitalred on the add bit to find me.
Orbital Red
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Mind you now I've "changed" my identity I need Teamspeak login changed from Mr Ben to Orbital Red. Fanforran can you fix since you set me up in the first place or tell me what to do ?
Orbital Red
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ta v much
Kamikazee Killmouse
=oook=
new bits of info gleamed from our Swiss Guest last night...
Server Crashed? no need for a frantic scramble to discover the IP address, disconnect, rejoin etc - simply open the console and type "reconnect"
Doors - open them s l o w l y by holding down shift.
gun not working properly? just drop it on the floor and pick it up again.
teammates gun not working properly? be on the ready to snatch it off him when he drops it on the floor
Server Crashed? no need for a frantic scramble to discover the IP address, disconnect, rejoin etc - simply open the console and type "reconnect"
Doors - open them s l o w l y by holding down shift.
gun not working properly? just drop it on the floor and pick it up again.
teammates gun not working properly? be on the ready to snatch it off him when he drops it on the floor
Kegs
With the Benedictine monks.
OFFS, does that means you'll not be able to hear the doors open??
Found my camp on Pipeline, On the roof of the control room i can look down and cover the bathroom door, the other two doors on the 1st floor, the west ladder access from the pump basement floor and the vent. nice.
Found my camp on Pipeline, On the roof of the control room i can look down and cover the bathroom door, the other two doors on the 1st floor, the west ladder access from the pump basement floor and the vent. nice.
Kamikazee Killmouse
=oook=
Re: Yes on board at last and now with a headset
oh cool - missed this post from earlier - could've been playing instead of mucking around wiv avatars - hope to hear from you soon.
get practicisng saying "hellooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo"
Orbital Red said:
oh cool - missed this post from earlier - could've been playing instead of mucking around wiv avatars - hope to hear from you soon.
get practicisng saying "hellooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo"
Pixel Masher
*boing* *boing* *boing*
Several People at the Same Time said:get XFIRE then you can track where we are playing ....theres a link here somewhere
I *must* have been playing Ghost Recon and AA too much. My first thought was to reply with "Roger that!"
I'm not back home until late Wednesday night. I'll pop it on then. (And then spend Thrusday and Friday desperately trying to not be tempted to play it during work hours.)
You peeps still playing Pipeline most of the time?