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Recently the !admins command was stripped from all but Head Admins. While the reasoning behind this clear, many admins raise the question as to why exactly this was done. It was a way for both =VG= and community admins to always know how many admins were in the server and most importantly, to notice new admin names in-game. As stated in the Admin instructions that everyone has to read upon getting admin rights, admins are required to talk with each other to set next maps etc. Why then do we get stripped of the one thing that lets us see admins directly in-game? I hate to think of admins as solo police officers, not being part of a team as a whole. I know most admin names by heart but without !admins I would not have known asquirrel or StormHawk10 before much, much later, with all the risks of mistaking a problem-fixing admin for a badly behaving/rule-breaking player. Our aim is to keep the server healthy, the players happy, and to make sure everyone follows the rules. =VG= is and will probably remain my all-time favourite server because of the regulars and playstyle. I get a huge pleasure from making sure everyone is having a good time and our player counter is high. The biggest reward for any day of being an admin is simply seeing people work together and having fun. To be at our top game of admining, it's a good thing to know who is who, and to know there's another admin who can deal with the issue when one is preoccupied. Is there a bigger reasoning behind this change that we are missing? Thanks for your answer. Have a great day! Acro

I have noticed that people's faith in the PRCOOP server is declining due to recent errors. What feeds this tremendously is a lack of communication about these problems and the efforts that are being made to solve them. Recently the PRCOOP server has been crashing more oftenly and severely than before. A short time ago the server was crashing pretty much at the 2nd map in the list. This issue has now been resolved but more and more times does the server crash and stay down for several hours until the VGeniuses can jumpstart it. This caused people to have a lesser image of our server than before. Semler and the other geeks are now working on a more stable server. Nobody knows about this though, and to the general pop it just seems like the VG server is unstable, unreliable and VG isn't doing jack shit about it. Could someone make a forum/blog/sticky thread somewhere on the Main Page to advertise the fact that the server is being worked on? So that people are aware that it might crash more oftenly or be on without Mumble sometimes but this is for the good of later? This will create a much better image of VG and the servers. In my experience, admins right now have to answer questions of players the entire time, and not even all admins know what is going on. Input and comments appreciated, as always :).

=================================== This page is obsolete! For up-to-date COOP rules, please visit the VG wiki rules page instead. =================================== Rules Enforcement: Standard Operating Procedure If you violate our rules expect to be punished. The rules below are enforced by our admin team who adhere to strict guidelines. If you feel you have been punished unfairly by one of our server admins, or wish to report a player, post here: Complaints/Report Disruptive Players When no PR Admins are online or in the TS3 Channels, use the !R report command in game. If you need to make a private report, message TEDF, MelonMuncher, SemlerPDX, or BLuDKLoT Project Reality Unban Requests go here: PR Unban Requests (Start a New Topic using this format - do not reply to other unban threads) Public Notice: Standard Player Expectations Before you continue playing on the server, be sure you have read AND understand our Server Rules. The VG PR COOP is a very structured game with many specific rules governing who can use which vehicles, and if you are new to the game in general, we suggest you stick to playing Infantry in a squad (and stick with your squad, and obey your squad leader). We are not a training server, we expect players to learn how to operate vehicles offline or elsewhere, and also to hold their fire in-game if they cannot properly identify friend from foe on any given map. All players should use communication as able to prevent friendly fire incidents and to coordinate movements, fire support, transportation, and tactical advances as appropriate. We expect accidental teamkills to be few and far between, and promptly followed by a genuine and sincere apology; carelessness will not be tolerated in our game. Players have a right to play for a "zero deaths match" and therefore End of Round Teamkilling will not be tolerated. Accidents will always happen from time to time, let's all try to keep it to a minimum and have fun! 1. Assets and Vehicles You must join or make the appropriate squad to use an asset Claiming Crewed Assets are claimed by the first correctly named squad. As long as this squad exists, they get the exclusive right to use the respective asset. All assets require crewman or pilot kits, except for mortars. Vehicles (Jeeps/Trucks/Cars/Bikes/Boats) are claimed by infantry squads upon entering. When a squad exits a vehicle in the field, other squads cannot take it without permission from the original owners. Stealing Taking an asset/vehicle that doesn’t belong to you. Taking an asset without being in the proper squad. Taking a vehicle in the field while said vehicle was being used by another squad. Wasting Abusing or destroying of assets/vehicles, or using it so terribly that the team doesn’t benefit from it’s use. This includes: Intentionally destroying assets/vehicles. Crashing/destroying assets on takeoff or after very short use due to incompetence. Consistently dying whilst using an asset, so that our team cannot rely on its support. Leaving assets unattended outside of main base (abandoning Tanks / APC’s / helicopters/…) Using vehicles for personal transport (eg. a single person using a logi to drive to a flag, then leaving it behind). Soloing All assets must be fully manned before leaving the main base (See Armored Assets for exceptions) Loss of an asset while soloing will result in an immediate kick. Armored assets (Tank, APC, AAV) Tanks do not need to have the commander/machine gun seat occupied to leave the main base, but the squad cannot be locked until all available seats are filled. APC, IFV and AAVP assets are primarily direct fire vehicles used for supporting infantry. AAV or anti-air vehicles that do not have heavy ground attack features can be taken solo (Avenger, Gopher, Gaskin, Stormer, Fennek) AAV with heavy ground attack abilities must be fully manned (Type 95, Tunguska, Shilka, ZSU-57, M163 Vulcan) Air Assets (Transport, CAS) Air assets must abide by our no baserape rules. Learning to fly on Veterans Gaming is not allowed. Transport assets must only be used for transport and logistics, they are not attack assets. Do not hover or land near friendly infantry squads unless called upon. Mortars Mortars must be used appropriately. Barraging positions occupied by friendly forces, spamming or refusal to cease fire will result in a kick. Communicate with ground forces when using this asset. 2. Teamkilling Intentional teamkilling Intentional teamkilling of ANY kind is strictly forbidden. This includes: Intentionally shooting and killing friendlies Forced teamkills (e.g jumping in front firing MG) End-of-round teamkills. Accidental teamkilling Accidents happen, but always show courtesy and apologise. If these teamkills occur frequently, you will be warned and subsequently kicked or banned. 3. Squads Squad names Cannot contain any offensive language, racial slurs or religious hostilities. At any time, Admins may ask to disband and rename your squad if deemed offensive. Asset squads must be properly named and have their role easily identified. Mechanized Infantry: Infantry squads who wish to use an APC as transport must clearly refer to this in their squad name by naming their squad Mech Inf, APC Inf or something similar. APC squads have first claim on armoured vehicles. If a reasonable amount of time has passed since round start and no APC squad exists, mech inf may claim an APC. If an APC squad is made, it cannot reclaim any mech inf APC after the reasonable amount of time has passed. One-man APCs always belong to APC squad. Locking Squads Infantry squads must have a minimum of four players before locking. Asset squads may be locked once all the available asset slots are filled. Assets squads may be locked if the squad leader is waiting for a slow loading player. (Friend who is going to fly cobra with player) It cannot be locked if there are other assets to use. Duplicate Squads Creating a second asset squad when there is already an assigned squad will result in your squad resignation. Exception if the original squad is full and all crew-able assets are not yet taken. Squad Leading You must be willing to lead a squad in order to create one, any squad leader who is taking team players away from the conflict may be resigned. 4. Disrupting gameplay (Griefing) Willfully disrupting gameplay in a way that prevents players enjoying the game in any way is against the rules. Examples include: Destroying friendly vehicles Laying mines with an intent to teamkill Purposely limiting friendly movement with no tactical advantage (Bridge destruction, deploying razorwire) Spamming vehicle guns or shooting in main base 5. Disrespect Racism will result in an immediate ban. Religious/political hostilities, flaming, harassments and threats will be condemned harshly. Insults against admins will result in a kick, continued aggression will get you banned 6. Spam Spamming, either via chat or microphone, is prohibited. You will be warned and kicked. Frequent offences may result in a ban. End of round spam is not tolerated and will result in a kick. 7. Baserape Baserape is the act of assaulting flags in an incorrect order. Including: Skipping more than one flag as infantry Skipping any flags while in an asset Attacking the enemy main base before cappable/attacking uncappable main Destroying enemy reinforcement routes (Bridges/Razorwire). Laying mines at enemy vehicle spawns. Attacking enemy supply lines or attacking beyond the current flag as CAS Skipping 1 flag while playing infantry is allowed for strategical purposes. If no progress is being made you will be ordered to fall back. Examples include: Preparing to capture during a fast paced game Setting up FOBs Destroying forward emplacements (not allowed to skip beyond next capable flag to destroy emplacements) Skipping a flag must not overrule the no camping enemy main rule AA and AAVs are the exception to the rule, and may be destroyed at such a time they pose a threat. 8. Camping Farming kills by camping spawns and enemy assets is forbidden. Including: Knifing/camping enemy assets. Every attempt must be made to destroy any enemy asset as long as it complies with the baserape rules. Attacking enemy infantry spawn points Enemy infantry spawns may only be attacked when they are inside the current flag capture radius. 9. Loitering (AFK) Loitering or AFK players may be removed from the server if they are in any way detrimental to gameplay. Examples include: Going AFK in a vehicle when the seat is needed. AFK when the server is full and there are others who are trying to join the server. 10. Smoke The AI can see through smoke! Both infantry and vehicle smoke is prohibited unless used for marking! 11. Cheats | Glitches | Hacks Unfair advantages of any kind will be punished by an immediate ban. These include: Aimbots Wallhacks X-ray mods Injector hacks (which allow rcon abuse and map teleportation) … 12. Voting Any mutiny or kick vote must be accompanied by a valid reason. No valid reason => Punishable for disrupting gameplay. Abusing the vote system will get you kicked and banned. 12. False Allegations & Misrepresentation (Lying) If you lie to get another player kicked or banned you will be banned instead. If you misrepresent yourself as someone else or use any type of subversive means to present the facts or minimize to a large degree the events leading to a ban you are appealing, you will be banned from all VG servers.