Josh

My first memory when I heard the news.
Terrible loss.

So it breaks my heart to have to right this, but sadly ex-moderator and member Oderus has sadly passed away.
 
All we know for now is that he got really ill but not much more. I’ve spoken with his brother briefly. 
 
I hope all that knew him and didnt know him will join me in sending him off. 
 
Oderus was one of the nicest gamers id ever met and I truely will miss him.
 
o7 to you brother, rest in peace.

So it breaks my heart to have to right this, but sadly ex-moderator and member Oderus has sadly passed away.
 
All we know for now is that he got really ill but not much more. I’ve spoken with his brother briefly. 
 
I hope all that knew him and didnt know him will join me in sending him off. 
 
Oderus was one of the nicest gamers id ever met and I truely will miss him.
 
o7 to you brother, rest in peace.

So it breaks my heart to have to right this, but sadly ex-moderator and member Oderus has sadly passed away.
 
All we know for now is that he got really ill but not much more. I’ve spoken with his brother briefly. 
 
I hope all that knew him and didnt know him will join me in sending him off. 
 
Oderus was one of the nicest gamers id ever met and I truely will miss him.
 
o7 to you brother, rest in peace.

So it breaks my heart to have to right this, but sadly ex-moderator and member Oderus has sadly passed away.
 
All we know for now is that he got really ill but not much more. I’ve spoken with his brother briefly. 
 
I hope all that knew him and didnt know him will join me in sending him off. 
 
Oderus was one of the nicest gamers id ever met and I truely will miss him.
 
o7 to you brother, rest in peace.

So it breaks my heart to have to right this, but sadly ex-moderator and member Oderus has sadly passed away.
 
All we know for now is that he got really ill but not much more. I’ve spoken with his brother briefly. 
 
I hope all that knew him and didnt know him will join me in sending him off. 
 
Oderus was one of the nicest gamers id ever met and I truely will miss him.
 
o7 to you brother, rest in peace.

So it breaks my heart to have to right this, but sadly ex-moderator and member Oderus has sadly passed away.
 
All we know for now is that he got really ill but not much more. I’ve spoken with his brother briefly. 
 
I hope all that knew him and didnt know him will join me in sending him off. 
 
Oderus was one of the nicest gamers id ever met and I truely will miss him.
 
o7 to you brother, rest in peace.

So it breaks my heart to have to right this, but sadly ex-moderator and member Oderus has sadly passed away.
 
All we know for now is that he got really ill but not much more. I’ve spoken with his brother briefly. 
 
I hope all that knew him and didnt know him will join me in sending him off. 
 
Oderus was one of the nicest gamers id ever met and I truely will miss him.
 
o7 to you brother, rest in peace.

So it breaks my heart to have to right this, but sadly ex-moderator and member Oderus has sadly passed away.
 
All we know for now is that he got really ill but not much more. I’ve spoken with his brother briefly. 
 
I hope all that knew him and didnt know him will join me in sending him off. 
 
Oderus was one of the nicest gamers id ever met and I truely will miss him.
 
o7 to you brother, rest in peace.

So it breaks my heart to have to right this, but sadly ex-moderator and member Oderus has sadly passed away.
 
All we know for now is that he got really ill but not much more. I’ve spoken with his brother briefly. 
 
I hope all that knew him and didnt know him will join me in sending him off. 
 
Oderus was one of the nicest gamers id ever met and I truely will miss him.
 
o7 to you brother, rest in peace.

We need more players for AWE and the upcoming AWE+...So if you want to help you can simply do so by playing there again

"Edited 11 minutes ago by David 
Removed Zissous name who has NOTHING to do with this!!!" 
 
Nor do I but you didn't remove my name...
 
But thank you Piranha, was good chatting with you today  All the best for the future dude. If you need anything let me know

Hello everybody,
Hereby some information regarding people from the past. 
Today i had a very relaxed and nice talk with some guys who played here in the past.
We have had a talk about diffrent subjects regarding past and the present and Baconmop, Josh and Oderus were so kind to give back the ahoy steam account with the following promise from me to him:
 Apologies for the bad handling.
 
PiranhA

To everybody who reads this:
 
I hope you come back in a year (18/11/2018) and get stunned by how much its changed in a positive degree.
 
PiranhA

My Resignation.
 
First let me say this is not a decision I have reached lightly, nor without great turmoil; it has taken me a considerable effort to reach this decision. If you don’t want to read further into this (but I’d suggest you do); the short version is that I am resigning from all AhoyWorld administrative responsibilities with immediate effect.
 
There have been many great times spent on this server for me, at this point I easily have 1000+ hours of Arma 3 invested with AhoyWorld. I remember the days when I first came to the server, fresh out of a milsim unit, and looking for something just as serious, but more chilled out. EU3, as it was then, was just what I wanted. Back in what I can only describe as it’s heyday back then, 3 was one of the best environments to game in; full of fun, approachable and ultimately very caring people. You had a laugh, but you got the job done while you were at it - you would fight tooth and nail for your team-mates.
In contrast: if I were to compare this to the current environment of AWE, I find myself reaching a stark conclusion - it is nothing close to that now. The AWE we all know now is not one true to the original spirit of EU3. 
 
Not being of the original spirit of EU3 is a crucial issue to me; for now over a year I have been part of the team at the top of AWE. We came into being at a time of great uncertainty for EU3. We worked hard, extremely hard to arrest the freefall the community was facing at that time - and we did just that. In the short term we even enabled the server to prosper - player numbers went up. We managed to start rebuilding. But something went awry along the path, it has led us to the place we find ourselves now. A server where everything has been done with the best intentions, done for the right reasons, but not yielded the right results.
 
I set myself the personal goal of redeveloping EU3, making it into something better than what it had been before steering committee came to be. I wanted, and still do, to leave AWE in a position of strength, a position much better than the one it had been in. I have come to the realisation that this is something I have ultimately failed to achieve. And I hold myself personally accountable for that, for right or for wrong, for better or for worse. I have reached a point in life where I feel I have given everything there is for me to give to AW. Every time we have reached a milestone with AWE, I have known that we can do better, do more. This is perhaps why my goal has proven so elusive. However, the will to push forward, to do more and be more is no longer with me. I find myself more going through the motions, than actively driving myself to do better. I have lost the motivation to continue to fight forward. I must confess that I have been carrying on for some time knowing I perhaps needed a break, but I’m a give it your all, or not at all type of guy. I tried to take some time off during a holiday in the summer; it didn’t go well. Let’s just say there was a heated discussion amongst the staff team. Ultimately I felt that I had to do my part, step up to the plate as part of the team. That stopped me from taking the time away I probably needed to. It speaks to a larger issue within the staff team at AhoyWorld; but I’ll come to that further in.
 
Amentes made me aware of sunk cost fallacy, and this pretty much describes my feelings towards the situation I find myself in, perfectly. I have poured my heart and soul into AW, often to the detriment of other things in my life - but that’s the type of person I am, and I make no apologies for that. It is this total commitment, and the ultimately unattainable goal that I believe has left me in the position of carrying on now, for only the reason I have put so much into AW. That’s not something that is healthy, it is not something I should be doing to myself. It is not something I can continue to do any longer. The stress and weight of the responsibility that I hold is not something I can continue on with; not because of the expectations of others, but because of my own. Without some things seriously changing I cannot continue to give my all, give what I feel you, the community, deserve. And to me, that is not on.

If AWE were to be taken in a new, renewed direction; then I would most definitely wish to continue to fight on. I feel that if we were to return to some of the original beliefs of EU3 then we could, and would, progress forward. I am afraid that nothing will change without a radical shift in thinking though, and this is perhaps the straw that broke the camel's back. Coming to the realisation, that no matter how hard I push, some things will just not happen.
As for the staff team; there are elements of it that just don’t work at the moment. It is in a position of turmoil, where there is very little cohesion, and many divisions. I shall not name names, because that is not something I should do. However, I do believe in honesty and transparency, and so you, the community, should know about it. Those wishing to join the team should be critically aware of what they are getting into. I mean this with no malice, but instead a fundamental respect for those people who wish to step up, and do what is necessary.
 
I would like to pay homage to those past and present who have put every effort into EU3, now AWE; thank them for everything they have done. I would also like to say thanks in advance for everything that those who will follow me do. Without the dedication of so many people AWE would not be where it is now, and it will not go where it may go either. 
In the end I hold myself personally accountable for failings here at AW. Because I know I should do better, but I can’t, not right now, and I don’t know if I will be able to again.

I promise you this, I will do my best to stay around AW as a regular player, to push for change as a regular player. I care deeply for this community, and writing this has been one of the hardest things I’ve had to do in a long, long time. I’ve had to stop 3 times now - and I confess, every time has been because I have teared up pretty badly. I suppose, I should probably finish this off with an apology.
 
I am truly very sorry for not doing better by you AhoyWorld.

Best Regards and Goodbye,
Copey
 

Well guys I finally got round to making a video guide of how to install the official and modded repository for our Arma3 servers!

Enjoy

friendly ? respectfull?
hmmm hmmm
 
 

This is a warning to stay on track with this thread. Further off topic posts will result in it being locked.
 
@TheScar if you feel if any member of the staff team or Zeus programme has abused their position, please contact someone from core staff, or alternatively, file an admin report (located in player tools, whistle)
 
Regards,
Copey
 
Sent from my ONEPLUS 3T using a phone app that is really irritating because it constantly advertises itself.
 
 
 
 
 
 

INB4 random accidents\dissapearments from staff

But then we'd be accused of making rules that are discriminating against certain players - of course this wouldn't be the case, but it wouldn't stop it from happening.
 
Personally I'd like to just invoke the use of common sense on the issue - but I know that'll be a stretch for some people 

Then invent an AWE rule that only allows anything that is clearly just a human face. Would probably also decrease the amount of custom faces.

And there was me thinking you were next to the core staff throne. 
 
It was a pleasure working with you whilst I was on the team. And it's a pleasure to game with you  
 
enjoy your time away from the staff team.
 
o7 pero.
 
p.s welcome to the club  

you know,funny thing is i just fought a battle with myself about making a
BRING BACK I+A 2.8x
threat to making a clean cut on a operation gone wrong.
 
In fact,i have yet to see the server being able to handle all four FOBs live - it starts to struggle mostly on the 2nd and the whole idea of spread spawn points just clutters up gameplay alot.Not going all to deep into my arguments (yet) - but lets face it and delay/abort the project I+A 3 untill it performs like wanted and doesnt require fixes of stuff continuesly.Till this point rehost I+A 2.8x to ensure a straight and continued gameplay on public servers.
Open a version of I+A 2.8x in editor,pack it new with current A3 patch and put it on the server (with minor adjustments if necessary).
Simple,logic and less frustration to us all.
 
Yea,i said it.
I m not advocating to cut the whole I+A 3 concept/idea.
I vouch for a re-release once its ready to.
As its not yet/was before.
 
Discuss ...
(or wait for me to open said topic to discuss it there)
 
//shots fired

There´s quite something to say about the "new created" medic system.i "disliked" it much from the start.
May sound harsh,as the system has a few nicer features @animation,free look and "nxt medic pos" highlighted ... but it is a permanent b*tch to face on a public server with usual mix of players.It changes the mentality of players in the long run too as its way quicker to respawn instant base and reinsert then having to wait minutes for amedic to come+survive+heal you in given time - i noticed this myself that due to the missing "Grab/Carry" option you take it given fact to not even care for looking for a medic when one of your mates gets wounded/shot.
Then there s this "cant talk in chat/call for medic" once in wounded animation which is JUST HORRIBLE WRONG !
Its god damn frustrating to only be able to watch map and hope for the sake of the task you were on to get some medic to notice you even wounded and need assistance.
Funny,i notice sometimes "some" peopel are able to use chat when in animation -i even had that once happen to me - but its so goddamn seldom its my main gripe to this system.
 
Back in the days,Norrin´s revive had a option to set a alternative revive point that was (depending on certain mission) a mobile medic span deplyable by medic (to much hassle for I+A with 60players) or add such a point to AO´s so it moves with each AO but stays in the near outskirts of it maybe 3-4k away with no teleport option too.
Just a quickshot idea.
Or tweak medic system and make it 2 parameter options (set by admin of server) so you can have "unforgiving and TSneeded" option for h4rdCore *cough* EU3#(yea,fkk it - its EU3# and not AWE to me) and a "softcore" option for pub servers.
 
For the sake of gameplay on EU1# and 2# i support a demand for a better solution than now.
(adapt current medic system accordingly or swap back to a Norrin like system)
 
I was about to reply sooner but had different occupations to deal with.
Interesting there s so low response to a "issue" we all face.

This is a subject that has annoyed and on occasion downright pissed me off many time since the inception of EU#3.
 
Very few players are impervious to "banter". Personally, I downright despise it on-server, and don't believe it belongs there.
 
That said, I've long since given up hope for my personal utopia.
 
Yes, I've got a bleak outlook on the subject.