WHITELIST MP AND COMMANDER

[DryProfit]

Summary (a quick, 2-3 sentence summary):

How many times have we seen a fuck up 3 minutes in game, because the guy who is visiting the server for the first time ever wants to play Commander?

And a problem with less attention, how many times have we seen MP's who go onto the Nostrome for no reason, beat marines up for no reason, and don't do what the commander says?

So in order to fix these obvious problems, how about you make MP and Commander something you need to EARN.

Benefits (How this will benefit the server and game as a whole):

Will fix problems I have states above.

Details (Description of how you think this would work, the benefits, etc):

There could be A: A timer. A player must be on for let's say, 2-3 weeks before he's eligible for MP, and maybe a month for Commander.

Applications: In your applications section on the forum you could add "MP Applications" and "Commander Applications". You'd only get the best and most serious of RPers, those smart enough to lead a server of 40 people against an extremely OP enemy.

Implementation (Optional, if you have an idea how to implement it):

You got some good coders right? Shouldn't be that hard, other servers do it with Captain and Security and Heads.

[TopHatPenguin]

I have nothing against this as I suggested a similar thing but..

The one problem is how do you decide who gets to have it straight off the bat...

+1 by the way

[DryProfit]

I have nothing against this as I suggested a similar thing but..

The one problem is how do you decide who gets to have it straight off the bat...

Staff auto gets it, then pick some trusted members I guess? And just go from there. Easy

[SASoperative]

I actually like this idea.... I am pretty sure it would make the command staff A LOT more organized, However the only problem I am seeing would be the lack of Logistics officers.

[warwolf0315]

I think LOs shouldn't be under a timer but commander should be

[Fickmacher]

+1 for Commander, not for LO. LOs are already too hard to come by and are so necessary for a round to do anything.

[Sargeantmuffinman]

Yeah the commander sure, MP um...lets say about a few days or so like 7-18 days or something but yeah good idea since well lets face it we don't want noobmanders or shitmanders on the server.
For the LOs NOOOOOOO since not alot of people want to be a LO.

[speedybst]

Same sentiment from me, just not the LOs
+1 from me

[mosshadow]

+1 one from me.

[Allan1234]

oh FSM yes, Please YES

[MrJJJ]

Too much +! on LO and MP
I seen waaaaaaaaaaay too many people, who would instantly suicide/leave/reassign when becoming LO's, resulting in none, so i have to replace them while i want to fight as a marine.
MP is not much severe, but i prefer MP's like Ender Wiggin, and not people who just for no reason harm baton you into crit and execute for just one push, or who are just generally do nothing and come to get reassigned or be useless and walk around and have they equipment stolen by medic or researcher

[Felkvir]

This has been suggested, but +1 anyways

[HalfdeadKiller]

+1. I am sad of incompetent Commanders who do not care about marines, they just care they have an energy gun. And MPs that lol-arrest people.

[apophis775]

The problem is, if we whitelist commander/MP there will almost never be, commanders and MPs, my staff, is currently WAY TOO INACTIVE for us to even HOPE to use them in the interim.

[HalfdeadKiller]

It wouldn't be an Application whitelist. It would be a timer whitelist. Unlocked after spending enough time on the server. Many servers follow this same idea with head positions, to prevent new players from going into important positions.

[TopHatPenguin]

It's basically this viewtopic.php?f=59&t=1409 but just with the commander and MP's.

[Robin63]

I think a month might be a bit too long for commander, but a whitelist might be a good idea. However, if inactivity in the staff is a problem at the moment, maybe wait until thats been fixed before whitelisting it otherwise we could have a severe lack of commanders.

[HalfdeadKiller]

honestly having a crappy commander is about as bad as having no commander. Hell, having a bad commander is probably WORSE than no commander.

[mosshadow]

I would be ok with having a whitelisted commander. I suggest we make a questionaire like what they use for online job applications and PM it to anyone who wants to be a commander.

[Butterrobber202]

Can we Whitelist Queen too... I hate when NOOBZ get on and like I WANT A POSTIOZ OF POWAH AND PWNAGE! LETS BE A QUEEN! Then

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Hivemind,Alien Queen: OK GUYZ PLS GU GET ME SOME MONKEYS AND BLOCK OFF ARRUVLS SO WHEN THE MARINES GET HERE WE ARE SAFE FOR A MOMENT! K?
Then lays no eggs

[valzargaming]

+1 for commander, +1 for LO on the condition that the whitelist for LO be based on playtime and not application.

[DryProfit]

It's basically this viewtopic.php?f=59&t=1409 but just with the commander and MP's.

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This is a problem how?

[Officialjake]

I think that done properly this could decrease the risk of having a bad round due to a bad commander.

The commander is essential to the round and keeping the military atmosphere of the server.

However I don't necessarily think LO's should be whitelisted because most LO's already go SSD after the wave of marines is over and sometimes on rounds you only have one or two of them to begin with.

For military police maybe add a role like military police "cadet" that has slightly restricted permissions/access as a sort of trial class then after a set amount of time the full MP class opens up. This would allow new people to learn the ropes before having the full responsibility of an MP.

[TopHatPenguin]

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This is a problem how?

I never stated it was a problem.

[UnknownMurder]

What is Dry talking about?