ThatNerdyGuy

Which isn't the handbook.

An example of something that should be added to the APD Handbook would be that the Air Hospital is considered a part of the Federal Reserve rings. This is not noted in game or in the handbook, but was a PSA on a status update months ago. The thought that someone should flip through countless status updates is beyond ridiculous and shows either a clear intent to not show transparency or a glaring overlook. @ Winters @ nicole @ Rexo @ Caden @ Xlax This is beyond ridiculous to go back to almost a year ago for this:

This is the part I have the most issue with, everything else you've said has been more than fair and makes sense. If someone was inactive then I have no problem with them getting removed etc. But the issue I have is the continued distancing from the rest of the APD that Seniors like yourself have done. Everything you said in the quoted post is every reason why if you don't have the same level of enjoyment with a faction you should just retire. You would walk away with the same rank that I have. If you are not enjoying it, then all you're doing is holding a spot for another deserving person. I have no qualms with you as a person, I think you do an excellent job on this server. However, saying that it's not your position to play with Junior APD or those that aren't your friends is a major issue. This isn't a issue of, "this is how I acted as a Deputy Chief" this is an issue of just not following the true duties of a Senior. As a Senior, if you can't make a judgement on promoting someone because you don't play with them, that's a terrible precedent to set.

That is the issue with all of this, no one should have to blink twice to let everyone else know that there is something wrong. The issue is that the rule does not state this nor does it imply this at all. I know what that means and so might others but if we look at the face value, what @ King had done wasn't against the rules. Nor should it have been a "you can either retire or be demoted to Corporal" sort of situation. Clearly those in the position to remove him were looking for a reason and they found their reason. It can truly be seen on both sides, both complain when there is reason or maybe isn't reason to do so.

The issue is that this current group running Senior APD has absolutely no problem disciplining or removing someone for not seeing eye to eye with them. What was lost is someone to speak on a “real” or different level, now there’s seemingly so many “yes men/women” that nothing could possibly be done. This only got worse after Headless’s departure after myself, the only two people who didn’t have an issue with saying no. I don’t have the time to commit to this like I used to, however, I wholeheartedly believe the solution is already within the Senior APD. The largest issue with this is that what your response is will likely be the largest response from the Senior APD on this post.

Hey all, most of you know me as the guy that made YouTube videos and some other, let's say interesting things on Senior APD. I've been around here for 8 or so years now, I had no clue when I started playing this game with a High School friend that I would still be around this long. However, over this period of time I've gone from an absolute moron to being what I hope to be seen as a respected and experienced member of this community. I know I've made my mistakes and the saying goes that those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones but with the experience I've gained comes some level of understanding and wherewithal to see when something may or may not be in the proper situation. So this comes to the "something", and that something seems to be the Senior APD. @ Pledge always told me that you should always leave something in a better place than it was before you got there. I felt like that was done when I hung things up with the Senior APD. The Senior APD went from a divided mess at which I amplified during my idiocy in forming a coup to a pretty cohesive group of people. The goal was always to be a balancing factor on the server, if anyone reading this got promoted to Senior APD when I was there as a LT or Deputy Chief I had told them that they should always remember that they hold the ability to make balance or to truly destroy said balance. With this being said, I feel like I cannot say the same about the current form or shape the APD is in. Let's hit on these issues: 1. Inconsistency on interpretation of rules. Let's look at the following statement from the APD Handbook: "APD Officer(s) can be instructed by an active Staff Sergeant (FTO)/SAPD/Retired Chief not to respond to an active Federal Event and may instead conduct other APD duties." This is in regards to active Federal Events. The way that I feel like this interprets is that if a member of the corresponding rank feels that the Federal Event isn't a priority or just that they shouldn't respond to said event isn't inline with what they should be doing, this is well within the bounds of their rules. I know there was a situation with @ King on this very recently that resulted in him leaving the APD(no necessarily on his own terms). Now, I was told that he decided to not respond to the Blackwater Robbery due to being severely outgunned, outmanned and consistently all of the APD were being tased for three times and then killed to just create a really not fun or balanced event for the APD. Look, I get that sometimes it's not fun to be a meat shield and run in and die but this is on a totally different level of stupidity or just a plain lack of enjoyment. Do I agree with @ King deciding to nope out of the Blackwater Robbery and not respond, no I don't. However, based off of the rules and what is described it seems well within his powers to do as such. A simple correction to this very well could've been, "technically you were within your rights, however, the rule isn't intended for this and we will make a adjustment to the rule to further prevent any misunderstanding." Seemingly this was not the case. 2. PSA System and the Handbook While playing today it was brought up to me that sometimes "rule-like" changes have been made over status updates, which is very puzzling at the very least. I mean, we have a centralized place for this, that's called the APD Handbook(https://wiki.olympus-entertainment.com/wiki/APD_Handbook). How in anyone's proper mind would they expect someone to sift through copious amounts of status updates for a PSA? When I did a PSA I would make a post on the APD forums, not a PSA unless it was something minor like times not counting or something to that level. Now, I know there was a Wiki page made for PSA's but to be completely honest, if it is regarding a rule and it's not a clarification or added context, it should just be added to the APD Handbook. This isn't difficult to understand, why have information in a multitude of areas to only make it harder for new players? That's not the goal of the Senior APD, or at least not the Senior APD I had a hand in shaping. 3. APD Chain of Command If you look at this chain of command and cannot see an issue, you may be blind or need an eyesight correction: There are 6 Senior APD members in the "Senior" or what I'd like to call Administrative role. Leaving 7 other's in what I would call a "Standard" Senior APD role. I believe I've said this before but when you have so many people at the top all you do is consolidate the power to the top, now, it makes sense that the top is where the power is but in my opinion it puts those at the top so far away from everyone else. When I stepped down from Deputy Chief the Captain role was created(which I was never talked to about, in any of my conversations with @ Winters about the contingency plans of me leaving and who would fill my role or how the selection process would be handled). I was to the understanding that this was done because there wasn't trust in @ Rossco or @ Headless as being the "right" candidate for Deputy Chief of Police. Again, I totally understand, however, more than two and a half years later there is still the role of Captain, and this is no disrespect to @ Xlax he's a good dude and totally deserves the rank he has. But all this seemingly has done is create a continued distancing of the top of the chain of command. I'm not even going into playtime, OIC's, tests, etc. That's not the point that is being made here, the point is that are seemingly so many roles to manage the same amount of people, hell, there is even less active APD now then there were when we had only two Deputy Chief's of Police with 5-6 squads. Look, I was Deputy Chief for about a year, there isn't that much work to need 3 Deputy Chief's, and two Captain's. Not to mention now there's an entire squad missing a Sergeant and a Lieutenant. I can't quite recall the last Sergeant promotion(I believe October) clearly there is an issue if you've got 4 FTO's and you can't make a decision. Either the people aren't the right people or you're not promoting the right people to Corporal to begin with. Now, after all of this rambling and discourse, some of you may pass this post on and care less than they did before. Others may look at this as "old man on his rocker" and if that's the case, maybe you're right. At the end of the day I just want the same APD that I spent a considerable amount of time in to, to be a fair and enjoyable place for all that want to play. Remove the cliques and friend groups that dominate the hierarchy, the nepotism is what kills this server for everyone other than those wanting to join that friend group. TLDR there are seemingly vast issues with the top of the Senior APD Chain of Command with a lack of transparency and accountability.

Ever since disputes became a thing this has been the best argument for keeping someone banned. When they cry about not comping and you read them tell the other person to screw off it’s damning.

Give the guy sometime, you’d be the same person asking why the President hasn't cured every issue from their campaign platform in the first year of their presidency when in reality they aren’t the sole decision maker. Just because he is the community manager that doesn’t mean things don’t need to be approved by senior staff or through round tables.

If you’re playing in public channels when you play in my opinion you’re setting a great example. When I was a Senior I very rarely played in interrogation rooms. I may have been undercover to stop people stacking the channel but I didn’t hide with just my friends. I’ll always maintain the focus of a senior should be to play with as many people as possible, regardless your rank, so you can evaluate those juniors when positions need filling in the future. Not to mention in puts a face to the name when some junior meets you.

I bought MNMD with @ Cyanide and lost my ass!