Important message to all members of Calradian RePublican GuardWe're starting to see a decent sized squad every day on Planetside 2 now. We're usually over 10 people in squad, with the outfit almost at 50 members, which is awesome.
But.. there is a problem with the communication (teamspeak channel) we use. I have been approached by a few members because of this already and I feel the same way. There's a LOT of talk going on in the channel. Now there is nothing wrong with random chatting, but when we try to do serious squadding, it seriously hurts our performance. Anyone who led a squad so far has surely experienced people talking over him with useless comments. I know it made leading a pain for me and I've seen it happen when others lead (or at least tried to).
In spite of this, we decided to make two subchannels for CRPG TS channel:
- Casual play
- Squad play
Casual playNo specific rules will be enforced here, play and talk freely as you did before when there was only one channel. Please do mind the manners, so if someone is speaking let him finish speaking before you start.
Squad playThe Squad play channel will be used when we'll be doing serious squad stuff and teamwork. This channel has a
strict ruleset that
everyone needs to follow. The rules are:
- Platoon and Squad leaders have the absolute priority to speak, they should not be interrupted in any case when they are speaking and/or giving out orders
- Only relevant chat that contributes the squad. Do not talk about how you got driven over by a friendly tank, how you owned somebody or how a sniper oneshotted you. This is not relevant and is hurting squad communication. Reporting where the enemies are is relevant though, for example.
- When you have something important to say, make sure you let the Platoon or Squad leader finish talking first and be concise
- Other than that, be silent and follow orders
- Not following these rules might result in a mute
We believe such rules are needed for the squad to work properly. The platoon and squad leaders need to be heard by everybody at any time. The channel needs to be silent if something important happens that needs to be reported immediately. This cannot be done with 3+ people talking about random stuff or commenting everything that happens to them all the time.
When we're ready to do serious squadding, meaning being in a squad and actually trying to working together as a team, we'll move to the Squad play channel. There will of course be casual squadding as well, so when we're not doing serious squad action, all are welcome to use the Casual channel, where you can speak to your heart's content, of course minding your manners and not talking over others.
We kindly ask you all to follow these rules so we can all have a good time playing. If you have any concerns regarding this or any other matter, feel free to PM me.
Sgt. 1st Class Vibed
Calradian RePublican Guard
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