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Re: [UAF] A note to the People

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Catblox is not online. Catblox
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24 Oct 2012 12:28 AM
[TL;DR] Read the last sentence in each section for a summary.

I was recently informed of a small rebellion forming within the group I once considered home, Urban Assault Forces.

With some hesitation, I feel that a rebellion may be one of the best options available. If nothing else, this post should be seen as a list of faults and issues that UAF should correct in order to secure its future as a superpower in the clan world.

1) Lack of Considerable Growth

[17:42] Leo "Catblox" Felixson: UAF has fallen in ranking among groups.
[17:43] [UAFLEG]FalseWarrior000: Recruitment. lol
[17:43] Leo "Catblox" Felixson: Which has failed.

If UAF's recruitment policies were indeed effective, we should expect to see a much larger group size by now. Over the last year, UAF has grown by approximately 3000 members. However, in that same time, TRA has grown by 10000 - 15000 members. In terms of both absolute growth and persentage group, TRA has outstripped UAF, even with a massive decline in members and less-stable leadership in the same period. Because of that instability, TRA likely gained almost double the members from their net gain over the last year to replace those who left.

At its peak, UAF was the 7th largest war group on ROBLOX. It is now ranked 14th. In addition, UAF was originally on the first page of groups. It was recently dropped to the third page of groups, kicked off of the second page by another group (Imperium Empire), with approximately 300 members separating the two groups. The standard separation for most established groups is at least 1000 members, so either UAF is slowed in terms of growth, or IE is rapidly growing past UAF - both seem equally likely, considering trends.

UAF was once a fast-moving, powerful group under its past leaders. But now, UAF has not continued being capable of sustainable growth, which is essential for maintaining a viable war group on ROBLOX.

2) Preferential Treatment / Friendships

Several members have been promoted within UAF for poorly specified reasons. The most recent example of this was the controversy surrounding Bbal, ex-Commander of UAF. She was originally promoted to General upon rejoining, within one day. However, several members of lower standing - but still past high ranks - were required to re-earn their positions over weeks to months. In the face of criticism for inactivity, Bbal did nothing to dispel the rumors that she did no work - simply shouting a raid or a forum thread should have been sufficient. She was finally placed at the rank of Legislator out of respect for her past service as Commander. Having Bbal as a Legislator is not an issue - the same concept of respect was done for other past Commanders - but the fact that she was immediately reinstated to her rank of General with no show of effort on her part is disquieting.

I left UAF due to harrassment by members of one of its allies - two of whom are high-profile members who recently made threads about quitting that group. These people were close personal friends of DiscoHeaven, and as such he refused to act against them in any way. He allowed me to be harrassed by these people, and after I left, he personally harrassed me with a libelous forum thread. I had left on what I consider good terms - assisting UAF in improving its technology while not being directly active, as a sort of freelance scripter. But after many other conversations with Disco and other high ranks, I felt there was no reason to continue working with

DiscoHeaven allowed his friendships to interfere both with his leadership skills and his moral judgement. This cannot be allowed to continue, for fear of UAF becoming subject to the wills of an external entity and thus no longer a clan responsible to its members.

3) Technological Backwater

The original technology group of UAF, Phoenix Technologies, has stalled as of late. Skilled members are slowly leaving due to a lack of projects. The largest current project, Fort Akvo, was all but abandoned recently. As such, the group has begun to collapse. Several projects were completed outside of Phoenix in the meantime, most notably the Tbarpo Engine by the member of the same name. It works reasonably well, but the interface is not very refined, and the system is integrated into a long-outdated fort.

To my understanding, the Variantia Reform was intended to allow members to specialize and be recognized for skill both in and out of combat. As such, a new group was created to hold Intellect and Design specialists - Urban Development. It has not been used at all, and merely contains some Sparrow Corp developers and some UAF high ranks.

UAF is stuck in a technological "rut". Development has nearly ceased, and technologies used in the current fort, Kopervich, are quickly becoming outdated by newer, more efficient works.

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These issues have prevailed through Bbal, Shadowsword, and DiscoHeaven's eras (the former two advised directly by DiscoHeaven), and there have been no signs of the issues approaching any reasonable solutions. And, as such, I do not believe that DiscoHeaven and his leadership staff are currently capable of handling the issues within UAF.

I personally have faith in the future of UAF as a superpower in the clan world. However, I also believe that the People of UAF are ill-served by the current leaders of UAF, and deserve better than what they have now.

As such, I would like to ask that DiscoHeaven consider stepping down from his post as Commander of UAF.

Signed,
Catblox
-Former UAF Colonel/Executive, former Head of Scripting
-Phoenix Technologies Founder and Overseer
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LordVydrak is not online. LordVydrak
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24 Oct 2012 12:29 AM
[✓]





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TheUltimation is not online. TheUltimation
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24 Oct 2012 12:30 AM
Buy an ad from me for 1,500 Tix.
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AbyssMaker is not online. AbyssMaker
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24 Oct 2012 12:37 AM
[✓]

-material
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wakbob is not online. wakbob
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24 Oct 2012 12:39 AM
I told this to disco already and he simply won't listen.
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blackmagic22 is not online. blackmagic22
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24 Oct 2012 12:41 AM
get out pl0x.
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Catblox is not online. Catblox
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24 Oct 2012 12:41 AM
Ah, what the heck, I'll check my own thread.

[✓]

There will be more to come as I gather more information. There's still so much to post, but I feel I cannot post it with the information I have now.
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LordVydrak is not online. LordVydrak
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24 Oct 2012 12:42 AM
"get out pl0x."

Your primary suits you well.



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blackmagic22 is not online. blackmagic22
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24 Oct 2012 12:42 AM
oh, you said remove disco.


[✓] [✓] [✓] [✓] [✓]


you got my vote.
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Ice1377 is not online. Ice1377
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24 Oct 2012 12:44 AM
-Facepalm-

Yeah. Cat, I respect your opinion and all, yet I'm loyal. Whoever the leader is, I'll follow him. (Not WHOEVER, per say, if someone random gets it somehow, I'm eating him)
Yet otherwise, we're fine. I was working with DH to finish the Intellect II Requirements, today, and Falsewarrior, and we finished within minutes. He is a hardworking leader, and thus deserves respect.

-Prince Cosmik
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Catblox is not online. Catblox
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24 Oct 2012 12:45 AM
Ice, I did not say that Disco was not hard-working. I merely stated that his methods are ineffective for solving the issues his group has. No amount of hard work makes up for poor form.
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Vektren is not online. Vektren
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24 Oct 2012 12:46 AM
Well written.

I'm not even in UAF, but you still get a [✓] from me.
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Ice1377 is not online. Ice1377
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24 Oct 2012 12:46 AM
I agree in some ways. The technology is out-dated, and he doesn't want to update it, for some reason. And UAF isn't really full of problems. If I were to look for as many as possible, I'd find about, eh, 5 minor ones, and no major.

Better than VAK, VS, TRA, etc.

-Prince Cosmik
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ToonTownBlox is not online. ToonTownBlox
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24 Oct 2012 12:49 AM
Support.

Ex-UAF Executive in BB9's era.
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Catblox is not online. Catblox
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24 Oct 2012 12:49 AM
Ice, the issue is that UAF has not made moves to correct many of these issues, and has neglected some of them completely.
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AbyssMaker is not online. AbyssMaker
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24 Oct 2012 12:51 AM
was the pt gun scripts abandoned?

they were really good
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Catblox is not online. Catblox
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24 Oct 2012 12:55 AM
Abyss, the code still exists, but it's not implemented (and I'm not sure if it will ever be implemented with UAF).
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Ice1377 is not online. Ice1377
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24 Oct 2012 12:56 AM
Catblox, as I said before via xF, I'll be happy to discuss them once the server is back up.

-Prince Cosmik
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LordVydrak is not online. LordVydrak
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24 Oct 2012 12:58 AM
Abyss/Materialization,

Pretty much, they've been simply sitting there altogether in one place for about 3 months now? If not slightly more. The only reason they weren't implemented into a Fort is because the guns yet alone are around 20K bricks. Putting that with Kopervich would cause inevitable lag.





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Ice1377 is not online. Ice1377
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24 Oct 2012 01:00 AM
^/@Lord
Yep. That is the most bothersome problem I've encountered thus far.
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Catblox is not online. Catblox
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24 Oct 2012 01:19 AM
Okay, anyone who wishes to chat with me can do so either here or on XF. Information for the latter is on my profile.
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Kryzonite is not online. Kryzonite
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24 Oct 2012 01:28 AM
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Ice1377 is not online. Ice1377
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24 Oct 2012 01:29 AM
^

Reported.
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Catblox is not online. Catblox
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24 Oct 2012 08:35 AM
I'm bumping this; it was posted late at night and more people need to read it.
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nahom007 is not online. nahom007
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24 Oct 2012 08:38 AM
can't say anything because i'm an ally
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