Welcome to the -=KDL=- Clan. Our Clan is dedicated to bringing enjoyment to team gaming in BF2142.
To achieve this, -=KDL=- have established a number of rules which will allow members old and new to get the maximum enjoyment on our server.
PLEASE READ THE RULES NOW AS IT WILL AVOID ANY UNNECESSARY CONFLICT WHILE ONLINE.
1. TEAM GAMING SHOULD BE FUN. WHEN YOU JOIN THE -=KDL=- SERVER YOU DO SO IN THE KNOWLEDGE THAT CLAN -=KDL=- ARE COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT THE FUN ELEMENT IS MAINTAINED. TO ENFORCE THIS ANY DELIBERATE BREACH OF CLAN RULES WILL RESULT IN ONE OFFICIAL WARNING AND THEN A BAN.
2. NEW MEMBERS WILL BE SUBJECT TO A PROBATIONARY PERIOD. DURING PROBATION NEW MEMBERS WILL BE OBLIGED TO COMPLY WITH THE CLAN'S TEAM STRATEGY. WE WELCOME NEW IDEAS TO ENHANCE TEAM PLAY BUT GAMING LONERS OR MAVERICKS NEED NOT APPLY. BY MAKING A MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION IT IS INFERRED THAT YOU AGREE TO COMPLY WITH THE CLAN RULES
3. VARIOUS MEMBERS OF THE CLAN WILL HAVE ADMINISTRATIVE ROLES. PLEASE RESPECT THOSE MEMBERS WHO ARE IN THESE POSITIONS. IF YOU MAKE LIFE DIFFICULT FOR THEM YOU WILL GET KICKED. IF YOU FEEL THAT AN ELEMENT OR SITUATION IN A GAME IS WRONG OR UNFAIR LET THE ADMIN SORT IT OUT. DO NOT TAKE MATTERS INTO YOUR OWN HANDS. TWO WRONGS DON'T MAKE A RIGHT AND IT IS JUST AS EASY FOR AN ADMIN TO KICK/BAN TWO PLAYERS AS IT IS ONE. DON'T GET OFFSIDE. EQUALLY ALL ADMINS SHOULD ENSURE THAT THEY MAINTAIN THE HIGHEST INTEGRITY IN THEIR DECISIONS DURING A GAME. DO NOT STOOP TO THE LEVEL OF NAME CALLING OR EXPLITIVES WHEN DEALING WITH A PLAYER IN GAME. ALSO ALL ADMINS MUST RETAIN RECORDS OF THEIR DECISIONS TO KICK OR BAN A PLAYER INCASE THE DECISION COMES UP FOR REVIEW BY THE CLAN LEADER.
4. ACCEPTANCE AND RETENTION IN CLAN -=KDL=- WILL BE AT THE CLAN LEADERS DISCRETION. THE CLAN LEADER WILL HAVE THE CASTING VOTE AFTER THE PROBATIONARY PERIOD. THE CLAN LEADER'S DECISION IS FINAL. ADDITIONALLY FOR ANY DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST A MEMBER THE CLAN LEADER WILL TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE PARTIES INVOLVED AND MAY CHOOSE TO SEEK COUNSEL FROM ADMINS BEFORE REACHING A FINAL DECISION. CLAN MEMBERS MUST REMEMBER THAT THEY OUR REPRESENTING OUR CLAN ON OTHER GAMING SERVERS THAT THEY CHOOSE TO PLAY. TO THAT END IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE OBEY THE RULES ON OTHER SERVERS IN THE SAME WAY WE WOULD WANT OUR RULES OBEYED ON OUR SERVER.
5. OUR CLAN IS COMMITTED TO HELPING MEMBERS GAIN KNOWLEDGE IN BF2142. CLAN -=KDL=- BELIEVE THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A STUPID QUESTION IF ENLIGHTENMENT IS THE ANSWER. CLAN -=KDL=- MEMBERS ARE OBLIGED TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE CLAN AND NOT THE INDIVIDUAL. ALSO WE FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT THE USE OF THE WORD NOOB AND/OR THE EXPRAPOLATION OF THE TERM. WE ALL STARTED THIS GAME AS NEW PLAYERS SO INTOLERANCE OF NEW PLAYERS THROUGH THEIR INEXPERIENCE WILL BE DEALT WITH SEVERELY.
6. CLAN -=KDL=- PLAN TO HAVE REGULAR TRAINING SESSIONS, SCRIMMS AND TOURNAMENTS. THE ONLY WAY FOR THE CLAN TO IMPROVE IS TO PARTICIPATE. CLAN -=KDL=- RECOGNISE THAT LIFE CAN INTERFER WITH THESE EVENTS BUT A LEVEL OF COMMITMENT MUST BE UNDERTAKEN BY EACH CLAN MEMBER FOR THE GREATER GOOD OF THE CLAN. THE CLAN FORUM WILL POST EVENTS AND IT IS HOPED THAT CLAN MEMBERS WILL CONFIRM BY REPLY THEIR WILLINGNESS TO ATTEND OR INDICATE THOSE OCCASIONS WHEN THEY CAN NOT. NON ATTENDANCE OF EVENTS DOES NOT REQUIRE AN EXPLANATION AND NO MEMBER SHALL HAVE THEIR PRIVACY BREACHED BY ENQUIRY. ADDITIONALLY IF A MEMBER CAN NOT MAKE THE TRAINING AT THE PROPOSED TIME CLAN -[KDL]- WOULD PREFER EACH CLAN MEMBER TO JOIN THE TRAINING EVEN FOR PART OF IT THAN NOT AT ALL.POST EVENT ANALYSIS WILL BE POSTED ON THE FORUM AND SHOULD BE READ BY EVERY MEMBER TO AID CONTINUITY AND MINIMISE REPETITION. DURING TRAINING THE INSTRUCTORS WILL BE ASSESSING AN INDIVIDUALS PERFORMANCE. PLEASE LISTEN TO THE SQUAD LEADERS AND INSTRUCTORS TO MINIMISE DELAYS AND GET THE MAXIMUM FROM THE TRAINING. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU TAKE THE TIME TO READ AND STUDY THE MAPS AND TACTICS THAT WILL BE POSTED IN ADVANCE FOR ANY TRAINING OR SCRIMM EVENT. THIS CLAN TAKES THE VIEW THAT ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN THE CLANS ACTIVITIES WILL LEAD TO BEING PICKED FOR SCRIMMS AND TOURNAMENTS.
7. CLAN -=KDL=- USES VARIOUS FREE DOWNLOADABLE TECHNOLOGIES TO ENHANCE CLAN COMMUNICATION.FOR EXAMPLE X-FIRE(tm) IS A MESSAGING SYSTEM WHICH ALLOWS MEMBERS TO CONTACT EACH OTHER ONLINE AND LINK UP TOGETHER IN A GAME. ANOTHER TOOL USED IS VENTRILO(tm) WHICH ALLOWS VOICE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN CLAN MEMBERS IN ADDITION TO THE VOIP UTILITY WITHIN BF2142. THIS CAN ADD AN EXTRA DIMENSION TO TEAM PLAY AS COMMANDERS AND SQUAD LEADERS CAN ISSUE CLAN INSTRUCTIONS. GTACTIX(tm) IS A MAP TOOL WHICH ALLOWS YOU TO VIEW MAPS AND PLAN TACTICS FOR A GAME IN ADVANCE OR IN REAL TIME. TO BECOME A MEMBER YOU MUST GIVE AN UNDERTAKING TO USE THESE TOOLS OR ANY OTHER FUTURE TOOLS RECOMMENDED BY THE CLAN.
8. VENTRILO(tm) IS ALSO USED BY CLAN MEMBERS TO GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER OUTSIDE OF THE GAMES. WE BELIEVE THAT IF WE ARE A CLOSE KNIT GROUP IT WILL REFLECT IN OUR GAMING EFFORTS AND HELP TO IMPROVE OUR CLAN AMONGST THE RANKINGS OF OTHER CLANS. OUR WEBSITE Clicky Me WILL CONTAIN A FORUM AND YOU ARE ALSO URGED TO USE IT PRODUCTIVELY. THE EXISTING CLAN MEMBERS ALREADY DEMONSTRATE GOOD GAMESMANSHIP BY ACKNOWKLEDING GOOD PLAY EVEN TOWARDS THE OPPOSING TEAM. NEW MEMBERS SHOULD STRIVE TO CONTINUE THIS QUALITY WITHIN THE CLAN.
9. FUN AND RESPECT OF THE INDIVIDUAL ARE THE CORNERSTONES OF CLAN -=KDL=-. WE HAVE ESTABLISHED A NUMBER OF INGAME RULES THAT WE BELIEVE WILL MAKE THE EXPERIENCE ON OUR SERVER A PLEASANT ONE. PLEASE READ THESE RULES WHEN YOU CONNECT TO OUR SERVER. PLEASE ASK IF YOU ARE NOT SURE ABOUT ANY OF THE RULES. ADDITIONALLY -=KDL=- ARE USING PUNKBUSTER TO TAKE SCREENSHOTS AND REPORT SUSPICIOUS GAMING ACTIVITY ON OUR SERVER. THIS IS OUR COMMITMENT TO STRIVING TOWARDS A BETTER GAMING ENVIRONMENT.
10. WE ARE RECRUITING PEOPLE WITH A MATURE OUTLOOK. IF YOU THINK EVERY PLAYER THAT KILLS YOU IS A HACKER OR YOU HAVE A FREQUENT TENDENCY TO INITIATE KICKS THEN THIS CLAN IS DEFINATELY NOT FOR YOU. EQUALLY IF YOU ARE A HACKER OR LIKE SPAWN KILLING OR BASE RAPING THEN PLEASE STAY AWAY. WE WELCOME DIVERSITY IN OUR CLAN AND RECOGNISE THAT DIFFERENCES OF OPINION OCCUR THROUGH DIVERSITY. BF2142 IS AN AGGRESSIVE GAME AND WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WHEN THE ADRENALIN FLOWS IT CAN BE DIFFICULT TO STAY COMPOSED. HOWEVER WE WILL NOT TOLERATE ANY RACIST, SEXUAL, SECTARIAN OR VERBAL ABUSE IN OUR CLAN TOWARDS ANY CLAN MEMBER OR GUEST ON OUR SERVER. IF AN ISSUE ARISES SEEK HELP FROM EITHER THE CLAN LEADER, AN ADMIN OR THE OFFICIAL EA CHANNELS.
11. HERE ARE A LIST OF OUR IN GAME RULES THIS WILL SCROLL CONTINUOUSLY THROUGHOUT THE GAME ON OUR SERVER. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THESE RULES WILL RESULT IN A KICK. IF A PLAYER CONTINUES TO BREAK OUR RULES -=KDL=- ADMINS RESERVE THE RIGHT TO BAN THAT INDIVIDUAL. A PLAYER MAY APPEAL A BAN BY GOING TO OUR WEBSITE Clicky Me AND PLACE A FORUM MESSAGE OUTLINING THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE BAN FOR REVIEW AND POSSIBLE REVERSAL. THE CLAN LEADERS DECISION ON A BAN IS FINAL. ALSO WE ARE WARNING EVERYONE THAT IF PUNKBUSTER BANS THE PLAYER FOR CHEATING OR HACKING AND IT IS CONFIRMED IT IS A LIFETIME BAN BUT WE FIGURE YOU KNOW THAT ALREADY SINCE YOU'VE MADE THE CHOICE TO CHEAT.......
NO JEEPS UNTIL 6 PLAYERS VERSUS 6 PLAYERS AT LEAST. DURING THE GAME IF THE PLAYER NUMBERS REDUCE TO BELOW THAT LEVEL YOU WILL BE ASKED TO GET OUT OF THE JEEP. FAILURE TO DO SO IMMEDIATELY WILL RESULT IN A KICK. NO WALKER UNTIL 8 PLAYERS VERSUS 8 PLAYERS AT LEAST. DURING THE GAME IF THE PLAYER NUMBERS REDUCE TO BELOW THAT LEVEL YOU WILL BE ASKED TO GET OUT OF THE WALKER. FAILURE TO DO SO IMMEDIATELY WILL RESULT IN A KICK. NO RDX KILLERS. RDX MAY BE USED TO DESTROY VEHICLES AND ENEMY ASSETS BUT IT MUST NOT BE USED AS A MASS KILLING DEVICE AGAINST OTHER PLAYERS. I.E. THROWING IT AT THE ENEMY AND DETONATING IT. NO JIHAD JEEPS I.E. NO JEEPS LADEN WITH RDX AS A MOBILE WEAPON. ABSOLUTELY NO BASE RAPE OF THE PAC BASE BY EU FORCES IN CAMP GIBRALTAR. DO NOT GO BEYOND THE LINE FORMED BY THE FENCE BOUNDARY TO ATTACK PAC FORCES. RECON MAY DESTROY PAC ASSETS HOWEVER IF THIS IS ABUSED THEN THIS WILL RESULT IN A KICK OR A BAN. NO SPAWN KILLING OR SPAWN CAMPING OF FIXED SPAWN POINTS OR PORTABLE SPAWN BEACONS. IF A PORTABLE ENEMY SPAWN BEACON IS DISCOVERED IT MUST BE DESTROYED AT THE EARLIEST OPPORTUNITY. NO HIGH ROOF CAMPING AND KILLING. IF IT HAPPENS BY ACCIDENT (RARE) MAKE AN IMMEDIATE EFFORT TO PARACHUTE TO EARTH. IF NOT YOU WILL BE KICKED. NO OUTER WALL EXPLOIT. IF A PLAYER FINDS THEMSELVES OUTSIDE THE PLAY AREA THEY SHOULD WALK INTO THE NO GAME ZONE, TAKE THE PUNISHMENT DEATH AND GET BACK INTO THE GAME IMMEDIATELY. ANYONE CAUGHT USING THIS EXPLOIT TO THEIR ADVANTAGE WILL BE BANNED. NO FIGHTING COMMANDERS. NO COMMANDERS IN WALKERS. COMMANDERS MAY ONLY FIGHT TO DEFEND THEIR BASE. ANYONE OBSERVED ATTACKING AS A COMMANDER WILL BE WARNED/KICKED. NO STATS PADDING. ANY PLAYER OR GROUP OF PLAYERS OBSERVERED DOING THIS OR REPORTED DOING THIS WILL BE KICKED OR BANNED. WE ARE RUNNING BF2142 COMMAND AND CONTROL AND BFBC2 PROCON. THIS TRACKS ALL PLAYERS IN GAME. IF YOU ARE OBSERVED BREAKING OUR RULES IT WILL BE RECORDED. THIS MIGHT RESULT IN A BAN AFTER THE FACT. -=KDL=- CLAN RESERVE THE RIGHT TO DO SO. WE ARE RUNNING PUNKBUSTER SCREENSHOT RECORDS AND LOGS. -=KDL=- CLAN RESERVE THE RIGHT TO BAN A PLAYER ON REVIEW OF RETROSPECTIVE EVIDENCE OF CHEATING.
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