Mikael

Yesterday was the first I heard of this, so I dont have all the facts and all of that.
I've been trying to comment on this since yesterday, but I find it really difficult and I don't know what to say. 
It kinda feels like i'm the child of some messy divorce

That being said, its important to me that AhoyWorld is an open community where you are free to roam between here and other places, even as staff.
No one can force anyone to stay here.
As long as you are doing your job as staff here as well as expected of you, then you can do whatever you want wherever you want as long as you are not representing AW.
Whether you can take on staff roles at other places aswell, might be a different story, but I don't think that has happened here? 
 
I would also like to say that no one can blame the one making the report.
A report is simply saying that "Hello, there is something here I think you should have a look at. Here is what I see, do what you would like with this information".
It's then up to the ones who receive this report to decide what to do with it and how to deal with it.
 
I cannot say anything about how the case was handled, as I first learned of it yesterday.
What I will say is that I think there should be a full postmortem with a blameless root cause analysis where you go over why this happened, why the outcome became as it did (And what the outcome is, I don't feel like this has fully played out yet), and what we should do to prevent this in the future.
This has to be led by corestaff (Or a mediator, but they would need full access to the report and all the closed forums involved in this).
It would also have to include the reporter, the one being reported on, all the corestaff and anyone who decided to step down and leave, in order to get the full picture.
 
I would like to challenge all the involved party members to participate in this as it will help not only AW grow, but the whole arma community. (It might also be good for all the parties to get to talk together with everyone having good intentions)
 
Lastly, I would like to say that while this sucks, there are a lot of people here showing a lot of emotions, which tells me one thing:
WE ALL CARE DEEPLY FOR AHOYWORLD!
We might not always agree on the path we should take or how to get there, but in the end, I see a whole lot of people that care a lot and that is good.
It also means that tempers flare sometimes and feelings get the upper hand.
We are all humans, we all make mistakes, including staff.
 
 

and for the privacy consious, discord has no end-to-end encryption, not even in direct messages, plus their voice comm quality is abysmal

Campaign Sanctuary
Mission 1 “Not all is what it seems”
 
Server: AWE
Modset: 
sanctuary_v2.html
Situation:
The war on drugs continues. The CIA has sent an operational detachment to Argentina at the request of the DOJ via backchannels due to some rumors that Colombian cartels are expanding into their remote countryside.

 
Mission:
 
Preliminary HUMINT probing has given us a lead of a person that both has enough connections to know most of whats going on in the area and, is willing to share this info seeing as he has voiced his hatred towards the cartel’s.
 
- The ODA is to establish contact with a informant living in the muslim area of Sangasta.
- Move on any actionable intel given by the informant.
 
Friendly forces
1x HQ element (commander, uav operator)
3x ODA groups
 
Enemy forces
Cartel forces

The Bloodhounds
 
Modset
TheBloodhounds.html
 
Situation
“The Bloodhounds” are in Takistan to perform foreign and in-country bidding. The newly formed Takistanian Regime is already taking the country ruling with an iron fist. After several reports over a couple of days, regarding human right violations, NATO sent some military advisors from the UK Armed Forces. Their role is to evaluate and teach strategy and handling as a part of the Takistan military tactics.
 
However we’ve gracefully accepted a contract from a third party that pays handsomely. Our contract is simple: Disrupt affairs between NATO and Takistan.
 
Friendly Forces
The Bloodhounds, Private Military Contractors
- x1 Two-man command element
- x5 Four-man operating elements
- x1 Two-man tacticool pilot element
 
Neutral Forces
Takistan Military, Army & Airforce
British Advisors, Advisors
Takistan Insurgents, Grunts w/ technicals
 
Enemy Forces
Takistan Militia, Grunts w/ technicals
 
Mission
Passive actions are not our strong suit. We need to hit them hard. First order of business; strike a blow on the British forces.
 
Additional Information
Overall command falls on "Overseer". Operational command falls on "Master Chief". 
 

Hans... are we the baddies?

This is how I managed to transfer my Steam (all games) + Arma 3 installation + all mods and DLC without need to download anything on the new machine.
We going to kind of "mirroring" our Steam installation with all installed games and workshop content.
It maybe looks complicated but it isn't...

1. Don't install Steam yet on the new machine (if you already did, deinstall Steam and delete all "SteamLibrary" and installed games)
2. if your "Documents" folder on the new machine is at a different (costum) location than on the old, please change it (on the new comp) to the structure from the old comp (right click "Documents" change path/location)
3. if your Steam install "Program Files (x86)s" folder at new machine is at a different (costum) location than on the old, please change it to the structure from the old comp
4. I assume your Arma 3 installation is located in it's own "SteamLibrary" folder on a different drive, if not just skip these steps with the copying the "Steamlibrary"
5. make your external drive ready - you'll need enough space depending on how many games you have installed, maybe check your Steam installation and SteamLibrary folder for size first.
6. make different folders at ext. drive for "Documents/Arma3", "Program Files (x86)/Steam", "SteamLibrary"
7. on the new comp, if not already there, make a Program Files (x86) folder at the location where it is on the old comp. (mine is on drive d: for instance)
8. copy the steam installation folder from the old computer to the external drive to the corresponding folder
9. copy the Arma 3 folder(s) inside the "Documents" folder to the external drive to the corresponding folder (your Arma 3 profiles and settings)
10. copy the "SteamLibrary" to the external drive to the corresponding folder
11. this will take a while, grab a drink or coffee
12. meanwhile make sure your partitions/drives at the new comp are the same structure as on the old machine (drive letters) - we'll kinda mirroring your install structure from the old one, this is important for this method
13. connect ext. drive to new comp, check if folder structure and locations all are ready on the new machine
14. copy the Steam installation folder to the program folder at new comp
15. copy Arma 3 folders (Documents) to the Documents folder at new comp
16. copy "SteamLibrary" to the corresponding drive/folder at new comp
17. We'll do the following steps on the new computer
18. check if paths and locations are all the same as on your old computer
19. double check if paths and locations (for the stuff we just moved) are all the same as on your old computer
20. Start "Steam.exe" from inside the "Program Files (x86)/Steam" folder (the one you just copied)
21. you may also make a shortcut to the Desktop (Steam.exe) at this point while we are here
22. go trough the steps Steam is telling you (install location not in registry blah blah)
23. Log in to Steam with your login credentials (i hope you already have 2factor security)
24. Steam will start and if anything is right all your games and Arma 3 will be already installed
25. wait a minute and then start Arma 3, it will look like your first start of the game, some runtime and dirext x will download
26. you'll already notice that all your workshop mods for arma are there
27. BattleEye will install
28. at Arma 3 launcher check your mods and DLC's
29. be aware you lost all the Mod Presets, just redownload or copy them from old machine and import (the html files)
30. You have to change or set Arma 3 launcher options (profile to load/ hardware setttings) according to the specs of the new comp
31. start Arma via launcher, check if it loads the right Arma user profile
32. change your general settings according to the specs of the new computer
33. even your server list favourites are there
34. have fun with your improved performance 
35. close Arma, close Steam
36. if you not already did it - make a shortcut/link from the "Steam.exe" inside the Install folder to your Desktop/Taskbar
37. ?
38. profit!
 
(I will insert screenshots later)
 
 
 
 

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CSAT to open fire on UK and its allies around the Horizon Islands

Horizon Islands Declare War

CSAT's declaration all but official

CSAT and NATO at War

CSAT accuses Pacific Security

Thanks for the votes and honored to have won Role Model considering that AW has an embarrassment of riches when it comes to role models. 

*Happy Batman Noises*

Thanks guys

The real meme of the year is that we keep voting for @LH5's joke.

one year's "punishment" for that is just not enough

I need to think of another stupid video idea to win 2022's best meme award.