Cops show the same sorts of roleplay such as PCSO Fat Chao where he decided to drive another PCSO completely not valuing his and the other PCSOs life and decamps from his SUV to spray a full rubbers at my mate. Cops are equally as bad as that throws the question of whether or not cops value their lives to a proper extent due to them having free gear.Completely agree +1
I have noticed a huge dip in roleplay from rebels (gotta be honest, cops are keeping up a good standard of roleplay as always) and it's making the server less enjoyable to play on. The problem is, many rebels are focussed on money and gunfights.
Do you think mentioning people is really sensible, you are just asking for drama.Cops show the same sorts of roleplay such as PCSO Fat Chao where he decided to drive another PCSO completely not valuing his and the other PCSOs life and decamps from his SUV to spray a full rubbers at my mate. Cops are equally as bad as that throws the question of whether or not cops value their lives to a proper extent due to them having free gear.
Bit rude, not really nice to say I'm causing drama as I named him in shame, I named and shamed him because of what he did was not right as a cop and the way that the cops have been trying to supposedly uphold the role play is wrong, cops have problems alongside rebel gangs and as a previous CI you'd understand that kind of role play from a PCSO was not acceptable as he comprises the life of the other PCSO which resulted in them dying.Do you think mentioning people is really sensible, you are just asking for drama.
Again the word Cop is generalised but there are some bad apples in the police, and they usually seem to be taken as a a stereotype that cops are poor RPers. Some times this is true but remember RP is a two way street
I agree things have probably got a bit stale, but is that really a reason to disrupt the RP balance for everyone? I am also going to put a caveat in here right away that when I say you, I don't mean you personally but an undefined rebel player.Love it how some people here are complaining about the standard of rp but then go do shit rp themselves
To be completely honest the server has got stale at this moment in time, when an update is pushed out that will excite everyone and we all can come up with more rp scenarios in accordance with the new features that came in with an update
Naming and shaming always causes drama as it is personal.Bit rude, not really nice to say I'm causing drama as I named him in shame, I named and shamed him because of what he did was not right as a cop and the way that the cops have been trying to supposedly uphold the role play is wrong, cops have problems alongside rebel gangs and as a previous CI you'd understand that kind of role play from a PCSO was not acceptable as he comprises the life of the other PCSO which resulted in them dying.
Voltz, I don't want to cause drama as I wanted to show what is wrong and that he can improve in the future.
in the words of @DI BusterguyTLRI agree things have probably got a bit stale, but is that really a reason to disrupt the RP balance for everyone? I am also going to put a caveat in here right away that when I say you, I don't mean you personally but an undefined rebel player.
With so many Bank jobs, hostage ops and frankly baiting the police with Ifrits and rifles on backs all seemingly, I say seemingly and correct me if I am wrong, with the objective of having a gunfight and killing cops is it any wonder the RP is getting stale on the Police side too. I have played rebel and police side now to see what it is like, and I went to the police for the RP opportunities it offered. Opportunities not just for me but for civs too, I enjoy giving people room to talk and then picking the holes in their story using only their own words, not metagaming, not powergaming not assuming someone will behave a particular way. However the current meta is forcing cops into an impossible situation where we are duty bound to react to breaches of the law and simply get baited into the same situations over and over again.... and people wonder why they are sounding bored, not interested in RP.
This is a game, it is how everyone spends their relaxation time, other players are not NPC's in a shooting gallery. Roleplay servers depend entirely on a dynamic being maintained, a dynamic based on mutual consent and respect for each others space to enjoy the game. Just because a proportion of the player base is bored it doesn't mean it is permisable to push the dynamic away from RP and mutual respect and consent.
It isn't just cops that suffer from this, the population of civs that want to RP with cops or ask us for help don't get any time from us at all, because as soon as they ask us something we have to go rescue a colleague or a dude rolls up ion an Ifrit and shows us a 7.62 on his back or we try to pull someone over and get taken hostage over a speeding ticket and then 75% or more of the police on duty are dealing with that.
If you are bored, use your imagination to come up with something new, challenge yourselves, do drug runs with no guns and see if you can get away with it or something using RP alone. Move away from the boring old "it's an airsoft rifle", do you really expect a police officer with firearms training wouldn't know the difference between an airsoft gun and rifle? Some of the arguments that police don't RP well is I expect often a response to this kind of situation which usually goes something like this...
"Why do you have a rifle sir?"
"It's an airsoft rifle"
"Doesn't look like an airsoft rifle to me sir"
"Hands up and stop following us we have snipers"
If you don't want police to try and take the rifle on your back, don't let us see it, if you walk about with it then I kinda have to assume you want it to be seen, which is pretty blatant baiting if you do have a ton of sniper set up to get the police to follow you to or force us into initiation. Police know what is coming, they see it 10 times a day, over and over again, of course they are bored and likely to be less receptive to roleplay because one it is stale and two it kind of assumes they are stupid NPC's that have to follow your script.
Naming and shaming always causes drama as it is personal.
You also have to remeber any rebel can run about and die and do what he want's even if it is suicidal. Police on the other hand have to "value their lives", which seems to be increasingly used to force police to go away to the point of abuse. I have even had rebels say to me several times "remember you have to value your life police officer" in RP situations with a wink wink tone of voice. Well you know what, maybe I value the law above my life, maybe I value the lives of my colleagues above my own, maybe I just snapped one day after dealing with PTSD from being shot at so many times and so maybe I am going to die but I am going to take you off the streets with me you criminal scum....
But cops can't do that or we get straight up reported or "named and shamed".
Also remember PCSO's are going through a process of training and feedback on their performance, and currently it is frankly fucking impossible to give them the time and support they need to develop good RP skills because everything is a gunfight, or a potential gunfight, or maybe all their colleagues have been taken hostage or maybe the police that are happy to help them RP are all having a break because there isn't much RP to be had?
If you want to name someone, you go to the liason room first and give them feedback on what you felt could have been better, you accept they are learning and help that process, if you still don't like it talk with a more senior police officer, talk with them and an admin, finally if it's that bad report them.... but coming here and naming and shaming in a thread intended to bring the community together is frankly counterproductive.
I'm gonna come back to what I think is the fundamental point here, mutual consent and respect, if people can't maintain that because they are a bit bored, then they probably shouldn't be here at all.
Snipping this to here.Naming and shaming always causes drama as it is personal.
You also have to remeber any rebel can run about and die and do what he want's even if it is suicidal. Police on the other hand have to "value their lives", which seems to be increasingly used to force police to go away to the point of abuse. I have even had rebels say to me several times "remember you have to value your life police officer" in RP situations with a wink wink tone of voice. Well you know what, maybe I value the law above my life, maybe I value the lives of my colleagues above my own, maybe I just snapped one day after dealing with PTSD from being shot at so many times and so maybe I am going to die but I am going to take you off the streets with me you criminal scum....
But cops can't do that or we get straight up reported or "named and shamed".
Also remember PCSO's are going through a process of training and feedback on their performance, and currently it is frankly fucking impossible to give them the time and support they need to develop good RP skills because everything is a gunfight, or a potential gunfight, or maybe all their colleagues have been taken hostage or maybe the police that are happy to help them RP are all having a break because there isn't much RP to be had?
If you want to name someone, you go to the liason room first and give them feedback on what you felt could have been better, you accept they are learning and help that process, if you still don't like it talk with a more senior police officer, talk with them and an admin, finally if it's that bad report them.... but coming here and naming and shaming in a thread intended to bring the community together is frankly counterproductive.
I'm gonna come back to what I think is the fundamental point here, mutual consent and respect, if people can't maintain that because they are a bit bored, then they probably shouldn't be here at all.
I was pointing out that police can't do any of that as roleplay because they get reported for not valuing life.I know you in some sorts just said you're going to take me off the streets with me and I'll tell you that, that is some bullshit right there but lets not delve further.
It's a game, let's not bicker and lets start roleplayingkappa and @Mr GibbinsI'm sorry if I hurt you or offended you but from what I saw was pretty shit.
Hence the problem, I don't support what most rebels do.I was pointing out that police can't do any of that as roleplay because they get reported for not valuing life.
I left the cops as everyday it was hostage opp after hostage opp after hostage opp. No one bothered to come help out, so it was left to a few PC's to try and deal with it as everyone else, including myself at times, couldn't be arsed to be told 'stay 1km away or any officers in range including hostages will be shot'. It meant that the times I wanted to patrol by myself I couldn't, because chances are you get taken hostage, or you try pull someone over and 10 ifrits 2 hummingbirds and 50 guys with MK1s tell you to 'fuck off' lol.Sir Liam, this is so true buddy and sometimes I don't see the point in patrolling sometimes because with in the first hour, I am in a gun fight, sometimes we get great roleplay and it is something that has slowly declined in the past few months, but a community meeting is a great idea and will give all factions a chance to share their concerns +1 bud!
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