Ryan

1 hour ago, JuanDeaged said:

ive seen staff on cop running around with some kind of LMG and suppressors so ur tweakin

 

That ain’t an admin that’s a senior admin, and even then they decided to start slowing down on using that cause it’s gay 

6 minutes ago, JuanDeaged said:

Give admins corporal instead of chief or dep chief or whatever they have 

They get corporal with a Mk-1 pretty much 

14 minutes ago, G F said:

Economy only inflated from factions cause they don’t pay for shit and they make a lot, where’re as people who actually play civ and fight don’t have much

You’re not wrong, we working on fixes. The 100% cop payouts on WZ and reduction in discounts on medic should do a bit but isn’t the complete resolution as of yet

14 minutes ago, andrewfam said:

this is great and all but 2.9mil each is fuck all

Our economy is extremely inflated for me to make it more. However, I saw the complaints from the last one regarding the prize pool, so that is why I added the 150 WP per player this way it doesn’t add into the whole money factor but does compensate for the ability to buy more load outs. 

1 minute ago, maxg said:

remove vans and add back old jump spots

1 minute ago, Jimmy Jarvis said:

thanks for the credit asshole

smh I credited you more then once for it in the past I just forgot the @this time. Fixed  

So this last month ive been getting feedback from people and looking into ways to implement more things/incentives to fight on cap. 

I have mentioned this in the past, but a few months ago, we approved a new event type of cap within warzone to be developed. The event would be a Domination-like event where you get money based on contesting and winning the event. (credit to @Jimmy Jarvis) This not only is something new to fight, but also gives incentives for gangs to actually earn back the money they lost during that fight. @Civak has already started on the development of said event.

Additionally, I would like to continue running events such like the one @zoomzooooooom and @rapidaax ran when we couldn't host our gang wars. Where we tossed a bunch of shit in warzone like qilins, loadouts, warpoints, money, etc and let the gangs have at it, essentially a mini gang wars. Now that S3 is a weekend only server, we might take advantage of it and use it for other things during the week. Regardless, we will figure it out  

We want to start another fed season... yes the economy is semi fucked but the people that usually spend that money (caratel fighters) arent part of the majority top 50 richest. We are figuring out ways to make the federal events worth doing, while keeping a balance in our economy and factions. Once its figured out we will be notifying everyone of it  

Finally, a few community members and the civ council (credit to @Noahhh!) have been discussing a new radioactive type fallout event. Final details are to be fleshed out, but if you want to see the thought process you can view it on here

As for the APD raids in warzone... Some changes will be made, both development wise and rule wise. Handbook update to be made soon, but expect the following:

• Probable cause required for APD to enter Warzone
• 5 Waves per raid
• 100% of loadout price
• Civs get warpoints per the gear used by the APD Member
• Civs get killstreaks off kills
• PO+ only and lethals only (EXCEPTION: Following someone in first wave)

The paying for loadouts is a start. Yes the first day back was somewhat aids to most of you, but we are testing things out. If we feel it needs to either be bumped to being more expensive and/or reduced we will let you guys know. As of now, we are collecting stats on the warzone raids and how much is made/lost and we will go from there. Any normal feedback is appreciated, seeing things such as "fuck the apd get them off warzone" as opposed to the "we dont mind APD raiding, just make them pay more" has a huge difference on how we take said feedback. Don't forget, majority of ideas are brought to us by your civ council, so get in touch with them if you want to make any suggestions or changes or PM me on the forums/discord.

Well the first Gang Wars attempt was a bust... This time we will get the mission file on the server and then announce a date. However, we will be restarting the roster process/brackets so you guys got a second chance on setting up the team you want. You can submit your rosters here.

As for the Gang Wars post/details, im going to be reposting it in here in case you missed the details with some slight modifications.

RULES:

• Individuals who have been banned in the past for lag-switching, combat exploiting, or scripts will be disqualified instantly.
• You may not be currently banned on Olympus Servers if attempting to participate. If you try to evade, your account will be permanently banned, and your teammates disqualified.
• You must have a reasonable amount of playtime on our servers 2 weeks prior to the gang wars date.
• Rosters must have a minimum of 8 players, with a maximum of 12. Subs lists are restricted to 3 players. If you do not include correct player IDs, your gang will be disqualified.
• At any point during Gang Wars if I feel that a player is out of bounds, exploiting, cheating, or in some way not fulfilling the equal fighting game play intended for Gang Wars, they will be killed, disqualified, and their gang disqualified. This is at my discretion.
• Any player found impeding the process of Gang Wars in anyway will be subject to administrative action on Olympus Servers. This is at my discretion. Don’t bring on players who are ineligible, banned, or who do not meet the rules stated above.

INFORMATION:

• When applying, make sure that your player list is complete WITH SUBS AND THEIR PLAYER IDS. Players with less than 200 hours on Olympus entertainment servers WILL BE DISQUALIFIED.
• This Gang Wars will be our 14th, so we are going BIG on the Winners!
  • 1st place will receive GW Winner tags in TeamSpeak and on the forums, Gang Uniform in game, Gang Title of your choice, $35 million in game gang funds, 150 Warpoints per player that took part in game and a billboard in Kavala with a roster list and gang picture taken.
  • 2nd place will receive $15 million in game gang funds, 100 Warpoints per player that took part in game and a nice pat on the back
  • 3rd place will receive $10 million in game gang funds and 50 Warpoints per player that took part in game

Stay tuned on the forums for more information!

1 minute ago, Strae said:

What ever happened to @Ryan's CQC 

It still exists it’s just off atm. I was making it a CQC server but a lot came up and it just got lost in the wind 

3 minutes ago, Dante said:

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and if you spoke to staff, great. I’ll hope that’s true and hope it carries over because the current public image of staff is trash and I see similar complaints from others. So I know it ain’t just me or strikke seeing this. 
 

Also note that I’m not @ing you as a problem. I don’t agree with majority of the staff decisions prior to some of the most recent ones that weren’t bad, BUT you have the staff you have. And I respect that. Just need to set a standard and enforce it is all im saying. And if you’re already working on it, then do you bot. 

Arigato is just someone that popped in mind once I saw what you said lol, again not bashing the man but we both know when he was drunk domo he can be a ruthless man you dont want to be clapped by  Saw it maybe twice as a moderator, and even had me ask if some of the stuff  he said was even allowed on our forums lmao

Yeah I know how a lot of people perceive staff at the moment as "trash". We dont have some fan favorites as of now, but once everything gets cleared up I got some faith these guys will show everyone whats up

Also yeah I noticed you werent directly @'ing me, and the criticism is always appreciated because otherwise a problem isnt shown until its brought up. I've been waiting to fix/get through everything internally and behind the scenes before I release any info on whats been going on, because once I do make a post I try to be as transparent as possible. Didn't want to post anything without being sure things were in place and being worked on, because otherwise all I would be doing is giving people false promises. I will hopefully clear a lot up on my post after the staff meeting on Sunday.

9 minutes ago, Strikke said:

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1. I understand what you are saying, I used to work as customer support as one of my IRL jobs so I do see the point your making. I don't disagree that we should be better then the "customers" and grow a spine to just take a few hits (hell I sure took a lot this month) but I don't agree that we deserve to be treated like trash on the street, especially with the amount we do behind the scenes for people. Obviously I dont need to go into detail on that, you know how it is.  I do believe people should have the right to defend themselves, just to a certain extent. 

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Yes i understand that Olympus isn't a business in the normal sense, However it is. Olympus-Entertainment is basically a small Game studio at this point.

More like a never ending series of dramatic films with a new episode every week lol I swear these forums entertain/piss me off more then anything I have ever watched or took part in

3. All in all, I saw the issues at hand, and have been working on them for a while. I am someone that owns up to my own mistakes, and have openly admitted and apologized to people regarding a lot of those mistakes. Other then a few downvotes on posts completely bashing and shit talking certain people, I believe so far after I spoke to the staff they have started to handle this whole ordeal much better then they did before.

11 minutes ago, Creepy said:

It's just tower lag

That tower lag really be like that  

23 minutes ago, Dante said:

Your infatuation with @Panda :) is pretty unhealthy. I see you bashing this man for his age every chance you get lul. When he got sergeant, was probably the second least toxic guy at his age in APD that I had ever experienced. Until he proves his age makes him incompetent, hop off my mans. 
 

As for @s, @Strikke covered a major one. But, real talk, @Ryan the way you let staff talk to people publicly on the forums is actually sad from a former staff member. Staff used to have a pretty damn respectful image in public as a whole. Now there’s only the rare staff member who isn’t publicly shaming someone or being a dick or whatever. @ThatNerdyGuy might be the only one I’ve seen actually be a respectful staff member publicly not including a couple of OG staff. Words of advice : Set a public standard for your staff and hold them accountable. Unless the current state is the public standard, then fuckkkk me. 

Bruh I have seen MUCH worse from retired staff. When I first got mod I didnt think toxicity was tolerated at all till I saw Arigato get drunk one night and absolutely flame some kid a couple times on the forums, in which everyone in staff chats hyped him up for. Not bashing the man, but he was quite literally one of the people that set the standard for toxicity for me as a staff member during my time as mod. Regardless, I already spoke to the staff about toxicity and the "do's and dont's" about a week ago. After that I didnt see any staff at the moment going out of their way to make toxic comments or remarks towards players on the forums or teamspeak, all im seeing is a couple of downvotes here and there on posts they dont like, unless I missed something. I haven't publicly made any comments about it though, so I can see your point.

6 minutes ago, SecTranLive said:

Just curious on how any of the new mods haven’t been respectful or have been toxic? 

^^

11 minutes ago, Strikke said:

This is very accurate. Like sure back in the day we would meme and shit but NEVER have i ever called anyone retard or generally been toxic and disrespectful towards a player having a issue @Outcast.

A while back now Ryan said "Since when did we become customer support?"... Like BRUUUH ever since you tried to maintain players happy with your product (Olympus, in case you forgot)

The way I responded to that could of been MUCH better, I was speaking out of spite and anger at the time there. Realistically I dont see Olympus as a product... I dont make money off Olympus nor do I want to. When it comes to cases with money involved I tend to prioritize the "customer support", but a ban appeal for someone who has been waiting for a couple of hours for example when they clearly broke NLR isnt something im going to yell at staff to prioritize as opposed to the other things they got going on. Defensive and bossy, well if someone sits there and calls you a dog shit staff member and basically treats you like a shitty human being over a case that you got yourself into, would you not be upset in the ticket? Cause that comment is in reference to the outcast and rashad situation and im pretty sure we can all agree the way he treated outcast in the ticket was unwarranted.

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o7 Buddy, sad to see an old OG I used to talk shit with in steam chat go. Dont be a stranger, hmu whenever  

11 minutes ago, {BM} dolphin said:

can we get a F in the chat for battleye

battleye didnt get yoinked its still there lol

Servers are back up.

Just now, DashTonic said:

Im sure you did 

I HAVE witnesses, ask uh @destruct

46 minutes ago, DashTonic said:

He just added that btw

HEY I forgot to add it 2 meetings ago lol

1 hour ago, ɹ ǝ ʇ s u o ɯ said:

Wasnt he just saying that to you

give us quilins already fuck hatchbacks

Already working on that one chief 

36 minutes ago, vedalkenn said:

You're kidding right? How come you've gotten unbanned but I didn't, I didn't even cheat on the server

You have left me behind Cody Googles.

hes not unbanned on the servers... just the forums  

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27 minutes ago, Blueangelman36 said:

 

@Ryan was kind enough to post an update this past Sunday that was fairly comprehensive, which was appreciated. However, there was one part that caught my attention. Under the section The Elephant in the Room nothing was actually done to address the issue, and the way I read it, the issue was strictly swept under the rug. The full text:

Well as most of you may assume or hear, there has been staff members accused of selling money, in which has resulted in a possible report to Bohemia. I wont go into detail about this until we hear back from Bohemia itself but I can say that Olympus Entertainment does not condone the selling of money/items. If anyone is caught doing so they will be dealt with appropriately on the administrative side. This is against Bohemia's policy and any solid tangible evidence to prove someone doing it will result in administrative action. Now if a report to Bohemia was submitted and they feel there's a need to question, they will temporarily turn off the servers until we resolve it with them, so dont get spooked if that ever does happen.

Note in here there is no description or knowledge that the internal staff issue has been dealt with. Based on the rumor mill, these staff members are still in positions of power and are still active in the community. The way the paragraph reads, it's basically stating that "we know there is an issue but we aren't going to take preemptive action. Instead we're going to wait to get shut down." 

I can see where you misunderstood this, so ill further explain. My statement wasn't stating that this situation was "swept under the rug", it was basically a small summary without giving out too much detail. What I meant by this is, we dont condone the accused actions, no matter who it is. If someone is caught doing this, we will deal with them appropriately, aka a Perm ban and a removal from their position. If someone in the current positions were actually doing what they were accused to be doing, then they wouldn't be in those positions anymore, simple as that. We arent "waiting to get shut down", we have been contacting Bohemia regarding the situation for the last week, and have yet to receive a response from them. Once this situation was brought to light to us, myself and all the seniors, as well as Rex have looked into it all together and came to our result. 

18 minutes ago, Deluxe said:

Very well put, I agree on many levels. I truly think that if enough people care about this than people deserve to know the truth. A suggestion would be telling us exactly what happened. What happened in that meeting? Why did staff go rogue? Why did Jesse take down Asylum forums? Why does Hadi's profile not exist anymore? Why are staff members receiving videos threatening them with blackmail?  @Ryan 

I promised full transparency, and so far I think I have stuck to that very well. Regarding everything that you guys have missed out on, well again, I have been waiting to hear on Bohemia to give me their response. I don't like to publicly out details while a situation is on going. 

What actually happened - To be announced soon

What happened in the meeting - We discussed the disagreements the staff had internally with some decisions and promotions, and after the discussion has finished the staff have decided to step down from their position due to those same disagreements.

Why did staff go rogue - I mean... Those staff only made meme videos and posts like every player on here... What happened to the forums and servers cant be placed on all the retired staff

Why did Jesse take down Asylum forums - I got no idea timing was just perfect I guess lol

Why does hadi's profile not exist anymore - Also got no idea I had no part in it

Why are staff receiving threats - Only person to receive a threat was ikiled... Guess someone isnt a big fan of him

13 minutes ago, Deluxe said:

No proof beyond reasonable doubt? We saw the logs, I still have the screenshot in fact. If you can explain that and the video of confession in ts then please do. 

So like I said im gonna go more into detail on everything in the near future, but tldr if we banned every person for sending money within logs to others then we wouldnt have players on the server lol, video was also edited to make us look bad TBH.

4 minutes ago, Antrhony- LoSt mY dAd HELp said:

Update formed make nothing different except make it look like asylum textured our devs are very unique and creative 

Just now, TheCmdrRex said:

You are gonna have to @ the invision community developers then 

^ this

Just the way the new invision is, nothing we can do about it