Demonmit1

This is why progressive tax rates exist IRL. the server has flat tax rates, so if you hit the next tier, you start making less money. and that next tax tier shows up quick.

Private chops can be built anywhere on the map. hobo huts can be built anywhere for storage, why not let people place tables and grow anywhere on the map? I think that would be an interesting idea, now there is actual physical territory gangs would have to actually control on the surface if they want to defend a cook, scrap, or grow operation.

Three were posted. five minutes passed, and another three were posted. if there was no other chat history to be seen, then yes, the ads would fill the chatbox. Considering that Shiro is high command and has access to the logs of when those were posted, I would trust that she checked that.

LEO players use the taser as a crutch, specifically because of how unbalanced and overpowered it is. its an instant "i win" button, with no negatives, and they rely on that solely to win a situation. The character i play is a non violent criminal. He is RPly drunk all the time. I have a permanent drunk animation on the character. that walk/run animation forces my character to be EXTREMELY slow. there is no possible chance that i can successfully run from a situation. I have been tazed DOZENS of times for non compliance, often times nearly instantly after a demand is made. its is engrained into how nearly all PD officers play, to just tase first, rather than interact RPly. i have never once seen an officer attempt to use the tackle mechanic against me in nearly 60+ arrests, and its a rare occurrence for a good cop RPer to use /do's. most just default to the taser to instantly win, even if there is a 100% chance they will "win" the situation, they just force the RP to end instantly with a taser. At the end of the day, It doesnt affect me as I actively seek out interactions with PD to end up going to prison. If they use their tasers the same way on other real crims as they do to a character like Billy Pappalardo who's quite well liked OOC'ly from LEO's, I can see why crim players are fed up with the system. LEO players will argue against any change that nerfs their power, but something needs to change.

I'm the Weazel News Advertising Manager in game. on an IC level some things can be changed. I can look into what options Weazel has and can look into testing some ideas. im open to suggestions that can be handled entirely as a player ICly, as I have no power over new scripts being put in, or whatever. Overall this would be a significant change to Weazel and how advertising works. 1. Chat spam: Weazel is only allowed to send 3 messages every 5 minutes. so people complaining that they see more than three coming in all at the same time isnt correct. The only time Ads are coming out more than three every 5 minutes is if someone sells an ad, which upon payment received, the invoice automatically sends one, so theres a chance that 4 ads could go out in quick succession. 2. Blocking / Moving Ads: Weazels entire income is almost completely supported by Ads. people buy ads specifically because they stand out so much and are seen by every player on the server. Making a simple quick toggle to disable being able to see them would drastically cut interest in buying ads, as most people would immediately just turn them off and never turn it back on. That would effectively kill all revenue for Weazel instantly, which is something that cant happen. I'm actively working on creating new revenue streams, but text ad sales is the basis of what Weazels income is, and touching that would be a significant blow to Weazel. I would say if you have your phone off, Weazel News ads should not show up. that seems reasonable. a command to turn them off or burying them in the terrible phone system we have would effectively Kill a significant part of Weazel. 3. Color variation vs uniformity: Its a current IC policy within Weazel that people who make the ads are expected to use at least two colors, and some sort of emojis / icons. This system allows Weazel advertisers and Weazel customers to individualize their ads, do custom stuff to stand out. People pay for the ads in game specifically because they stick out and draw attention of the rest of the playerbase. A significant part of being an Advertiser at Weazel involves testing and practicing making appealing, interesting, eye catching ad designs. Obviously, lots of cooks in the kitchen making different ads for different people, there's not going to be any uniformity in the ads. Theres a few potential changes that could be made to limit the "rainbow" of all the ads going out, but overall i think that would be a significant change within Weazel, and would be a disappointing loss for members of Weazel who enjoy the process of designing a quality ad.

oh yeah 100%. I verge on cop baiting on that character just to start an interaction to be involved in RP, and have no problem regularly going to jail. I'm sure I've been to prison well over 60 times now on that character. lol. I make sure to offer good RP from playing that, and basically everyone i interreact with on that character OOCLy is a fan. Was definitely using that situation just as an example, showing that even as a known non violent crim/civ, I commonly get LEO responses like that. Personally, it makes it more entertaining for myself, and i ham it up for everyone involved to make it fun, but i can very much see it from the POV as a real crim player, that kind of response that happens regularly would be extremely demotivating. There needs to be a push from both LEO and Crim to make a change and improve interactions across the board, and thats a massive undertaking. A lot of people see it from an outside perspective, and see these recommendations being made, but nothing being changed or tested, so people get frustrated thinking they're being ignored.

i play a non violent criminal. ive given up playing my actual crim. the average PD / SD response to crimes is insane even for my non violent crim. drunk driving 40kph down the road in the city. having 10+ units respond, helicopters, and being boxed in with ARs pulled is giving people a fair chance? this is how PD responds to calls regularly. if i had something to lose like a true crim with assets, yeah, i would want to quit with how unfairly PD responds to stuff.

yep, tasers are heavily used as an "i win" button. ive been tazed countless times for the mere fact of being handcuffed and walking around. no running, no trying to fight, just, not immediately complying. I've been tazed repeatedly while already knocked down. never been combative or attempted to fight back, but being spam tazed as a way to abuse the system to prevent movement rather than being interacted with RPly. sure, its an IC issue, but its allowed to be this way because tazers are so powerful, and need to be addressed OOCly on rules on how they can be used, or need to be scriptly nerfed heavily. how to change the tazer: 1. buff it by letting the taser shot effect your characters stats like drugs. some drugs give you bonuses, taser shots should do the opposite, so that every time you're hit with a taser, you lose run speed. 2. nerf the reload and fire rate of tasers. tasers are heavily spammed right now due to their power. reduce their fire rate drastically and increase reload times.

modify the tazer script so it interacts with the buff/debuff system. some drugs buff your stats, how fast you can run, etc. if you get tazed it should debuff your stats, make you move slower. Making it scriptly supported is far superior than making "you can only get tased 3 times" in the rules.

should let us have purchasable "planter boxes" maybe they're legal to buy, maybe they're only available through drops like tables, so players can build weed farms in structures

set up a system where you can chose to be paid clean cash, but a lower amount (still needs to be higher than current payout) , or marked bills, for a higher amount, from selling scrap car parts. that way there's options, take the easy cash and just move on, or take the marked bills and process them, for a higher payout, but more time and risk. could also have a NPC stolen car buyer where you can just drive the vehicle up and sell it, no manual labor to disassemble required, for cash. similar to how players can sell stuff to the pawn shop, no questions asked.

anyone can request anyone for their security camera footage, it doesnt have to go through law enforcement IRL. a news company would typically send a request to whoever owns the camera to access to the footage, be that private, business, or government. from there the footage could be saved and handed over to news media for making content with it. the problem with that in the real world vs in game, the footage in game is only saved for 30 minutes, so if you dont get it right then and there, you dont get it at all. RPly we can request the owners of the camera, be it a private, buisness, or government camera, permission to use the camera, but thats all IC handled. because of the 30 minute limitation on the CCTV footage, we're time gated to access the footage. it would be unreasonable to expect us to IC contact whoever the owner is, hope they're logged on, call LEO's to access the footage, and have it handed over, for us to use, within a 30 minute timespan, when we RPly have permission to use them, but its not supported by the script, when the script already exists for others who also have permission to use them. We would be able to pull the footage, and then send a request to whoever owns the camera for permission to use it. when the footage only exists for 30 minutes, its unreasonable to expect us to email, wait 3 days, get permission, and then the footage is gone. lol " they cannot just go into a store and ask the shop manager for the CCTV footage for a news story to cover on TV" yes they can. we cant willy nilly use the footage whenever and however we please, theres IC ways to handle it, just like we cant willy nilly pull out sniper rifles for camera use and use them whenever and however we please.

the handbook was written in 2023. we have OOC perms to use /me and /do to "review" any CCTV footage, but its not scriptly supported, so we either have to rely on players who are scriptly supported or request help from admins. if we're allowed to use the cameras via /do, why not support it with the script and give us access to visually see it so we can record it for content?

no, we have OOC perms to use it. but its not scriptly supported. its an OOC issue.

Who is the suggestion for? - Weazel News Reporters / writers Why is the suggestion being made? - OOCly Weazel News Senior+ employees have OOC permission to RPly use /do's to access CCTV footage. while this is great and all for in game, actively RPing with a nearby individual, this does nothing for actually being able to create visual content for weazel to produce. no one wants to watch a video of the chat with /me's and /do's. gross What are the pros and/or cons of the suggestion? Pros - Allow Weazel employees to produce high quality in character video footage for the server to enjoy. - Allow Weazel employees to scriptly use things they're allowed to do without being hindered IC by LEO's or waiting around for Server staff to maybe help - the system / script already exists for Law enforcement, just add it to the correct ranks within Weazel. Cons - abuse of the system? idk. people would get fired quick or OOC punished, just like if they abused the ads system How should the suggestion be implemented? - Give Weazel Employees of the correct rank access to use CCTV footage, like Law Enforcement Officers. how will this benefit RP? - Media employees within Weazel News will be able to record visual footage of things that happened in character with the CCTV camera system, rather than being ignored or told no by law enforcement when asked for access to things we OOCly have permission to access ourselves. This will allow people with video editing experience within weazel news to use the recorded CCTV footage to produce content for people to enjoy IC and OOC. WEAZEL NEWS handbook states that Senior+ Media/journalists have access to CCTV footage Following the steps to access footage, having a laptop on hand, dropping it on the ground, and attempting to access a CCTV camera, we get an error, "you do not have the encryption key required for this CCTV!" why give us OOC permission to use CCTV's but not support it scriptly? not having access to the visual aspect of the CCTV hinders what type of work Weazel is able to do IC when we have OOC permission to access them.