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  1. 6 points
    I will be accepting no salary as governor. Instead I will donate my cheque to the police force to keep them well paid without raising taxes to high levels. Unified Party The Unified Party is a Bipartisan political platform dedicated strictly to the creation and stabilization of a clean government choice and a thriving economy. Our goal is to prevent YOUR governance to be ran by a slew of children bending to the whim of criminal networks. The Unified party will ALWAYS stand direct to the majority populace of popular favor. Our representatives will not be swayed by dirty money, backroom politics, or standardized threats. Platform Policies Our platform polices will be and will remain always to support small government, the lowest possible tax rate, and Marijuana legalization to stimulate the economy. It is the right of the citizens to have the means to defend themselves against vagrant criminals. If we take the firearms out of the hands of the citizens we leave them defenseless against the criminal organizations that reign over black market economies. Where we believe in the capabilities of the police force, we also believe that an armed society, is a polite one. We will not be concerning ourselves with things of lesser consequence, such as jaywalking, or noise complaints. You won't see Draconian Laws or penalties under the Unification Party; We believe in Bipartisan policies, that benefit the community as a whole and endorse economic stimulation and growth. Our policies will always reflect these basic values and understandings, you won't be distracted with flashy websites to disguise corruption or totalitarianism. Sleight of Hand Don't fall prey to the sleight of hand tactics being utilized by other "fundamentalists" parties. You do NOT require high tax rates for a safe community. The citizens have a RIGHT to protect themselves with firearms. Business' shouldn't be taxed more because they make more. We believe in flat rate taxes across the board, unlike the majority of our competition that want to increase taxes dramatically dependent on your yearly income. The successful shouldn't have to pay for the unsuccessful, nor will they under the Unified Party. Don't fall victim to false politics, corrupted deals, and high tax rates. Unified The Unified Party is a stand against corruption. It's a champion for the legitimate citizen and business owner. We will not stand by idly and allow competing political parties to lord themselves over the civilians. We will not settle for the lesser of the two evils. Divided we fall, but UNIFIED WE STAND. A personal thanks to @Jax for designing and creating our insignia and helping the campaign along since it's creation.
  2. 5 points
    The time draws near! In the last dev blog I sent out, I mentioned that we were going to announce the release date for our first playable game module, the Town Square. Those of you who follow our Twitter and Twitch streams will have already learned this date. It's a very exciting and important time for Identity; we're fast approaching the time where you'll first step foot in Identity's grand world. We've crunched all the numbers and can now say with fair confidence that the Identity Town Square module will be released, to all backers with a $30 or higher pledge, on this coming March 21st. What will you find in the Town Square? The Town Square is a social game module. You'll be able to create your character, which may be transferable to the retail game after release, and meet hundreds of other Identity backers in the town square of the clean and quaint city of Ash Hill. You'll be able to talk to those around you, add them to your phone contacts and have full phone and IM support to stay in touch. You'll find a completely functional cinema playing full movies around the clock, a karaoke bar to show off your skills (or see me making a fool of myself), a working restaurant, art gallery, shops and more. The biggest single feature is the housing system. You're getting a taste of the full and complete player housing mechanics that you'll find in Identity. Everyone will have access to a tiny apartment, but those who pledged for higher rewards will be able to check out and decorate their larger spaces. It's a preview of what you'll have in the full game. Invite friends to your place and party it up! After the initial release of the module, we'll continue to add features to the Town Square as they are completed in development for Identity. Barbershops and tattoo parlors will let you customize your character further. A garage will let you sample your vehicles. You'll even get to test your ability with firearms in the police shooting range before the SWAT module is released. For me, one of the most exciting parts of Town Square is just to get inside the game and finally get a feel for Identity and how it plays. Check out a few of the Town Square work-in-progress shots we've released in the past. It's been a long road for the development team here at Asylum, but we're almost there! Flexing our new manpower Productivity has skyrocketed with our new office. We're working better and there are now many more of us knocking out code and assets each day. Our programming team has expanded with Charles and we're still hiring more. We've brought three new and incredibly talented 3D artists on board as well as a new technical artist. Brandon, our new Community Manager, has been hard at work keeping you in the loop. These guys are all proving their worth each day and I'm extremely excited about where Asylum is going. Looking to the future With some of our Town Square art wrapping up now, we're beginning to shift a bit of our focus to the second module: SWAT. The SWAT module will be a team vs team competitive shooter using the combat mechanics you'll find in the full Identity release. Expect combat to be slower and more realistic than most similar games. You'll learn much more about this module as work progresses. Above is an MP5 sub machinegun which will be used by the SWAT forces. This particular model was created from scratch in a matter of days by one of our new artists, Dan. The awesome talent of our art team is undeniable! -- John VanderZwet
  3. 4 points
    During Jade77's livestream (https://go.twitch.tv/leetperkins) he was/is making a vape and I asked if he could engrave my name in it and he came through and did it for me! You can see the render below. (The name engraved is hard to see due to him keeping the Vape in full view of the render camera,) This guy is also very entertaining on his stream and I would recommend you all to check him out and keep updated with what he is modelling next!
  4. 4 points
    I imagine the only thing most of us are dissapointed with are one million posts like this that all say the same thing.
  5. 3 points
    Thank you very much, good sir. It was a bit strange for one to witness a party, that consists of zero platforms or policies, function as the dominating party within the game. It is honestly appreciated.
  6. 3 points
    The problem has been fixed, sorry for any inconvenience this might have caused.
  7. 3 points
    Our reasoning for this is that we don't want people who can afford to buy apartment spaces through microtransactions to have an advantage in the game. If you were able to rent out the apartments, which you may have gotten through a pledge/MT, you could then translate that into in-game currency through rental income. We've got to consider all angles to make sure everything remains as fair and balanced as possible. You can have multiple people living in an apartment, though! And you can have more than one apartment for access to your stuff in different areas of the world.
  8. 3 points
    yeah sounds like a nice idea, it could be implemented upon full release perhaps
  9. 3 points
    I may make adjustments, but to go as far as a ban...I doubt it!
  10. 2 points
    Not with what attitude.
  11. 2 points
    I work on an ARMA 3 combat mod, the latest update has taken over a year, and that's just a MOD. Topics like this are counter productive, everyone here is well aware that Asylum have made many PR mistakes, but seriously, it's time to move on already.
  12. 2 points
    Edited poll again: Removed The Unified Party since it seems a majority of people who voted for them don't take this as serious as this poll is intended. Sorry for the inconvenience this might have caused
  13. 2 points
    Hey . As of right now there are not plans for budkng hotels as you would need to edit the map to build hotels. mabye in the full release they can add this though. Sounds like a nice idea
  14. 2 points
    Finally something simple, straight to the point. No complicated fuzz! And I can't think of a single thing wrong with you. Got my vote. If I cared enough about politics.
  15. 2 points
    [I have partaken in many RP threads this is not my first. Micky Tohmpson is a patch member of Men Of Mayhem, previous Pres. of Bad Company Rangers. He rides a 70's styled chopper. Dirty white T or black hoodie with with the clubs cut over, black jeans and Dc Martin boots. Always rides with a cigar in his mouth. Looks like the guy in my profile pic. Last threads were petty thievery and many other criminal things] Micky is awoken by a loud thud only to find himself in a graffiti ridden bathroom stall in some unknown bar. "Wake the fuck up!" Micky slouches up a fixes his cut and black hoodie, sporting flames on the sides with "Support your local m.o.m chapter" written on the sleeves. "Ohh fuck off!" Micky yells as he unzips his jeans and completely misses the toilet as he does his business "Jesus" The unknown man returns As Micky finishes he slams open the stall door open and finds himself in a bar on the south side of his town. A Red Spade Whiskey neon sign awakens him, only to realize it's the dead of night. (sorry don't know what time it is in the RP sesh) He open the door and reaches in his pocket to find sweet unfiltered Lucky Strikes. He walks down the street to meet up with is babe. His custom built chopper. He lights his Lucky, puts his glasses on and floors it down the one way city street, his absurdly loud pipes can be heard from many blocks away. He finds himself riding towards the sunset. Micky slowly rides into a small strip mall near the edge on Roseport. He parks his bike, puts on his round hippie glasses and walks inside Native Cigars and Ciggies, owned by Shalik Ma' lud of course. Shalik instantly knows who hes dealing with. "I've got the money right here" He says after taking a look around his cramped smoke shop, making sure no one is near. He hands over a Gurkha cigar box Micky takes a look inside. Six small stacks of 20$ bills. "Five Thousand?' Micky says as he looks Shalik in the eyes "Yep" Shalik replies "Get me one them cigars, cut if for me and light it" Micky exclaims with a stern look on his face Shalik grabs a high priced cigar from the shelf behind him, cuts it and allows Micky to puff while he lights. His hands shake around as if he is scared. Micky rests his cigar in his hand. He turns away without saying a work and puts the box in his saddle bag. He roars off to find himself outside his apartment in downtown.
  16. 2 points
  17. 2 points
    I'm confused on where you're confused. I said I would assume that you support the beliefs you present, you made your statement about assumptions and I said good thing my assumption was correct...
  18. 2 points
    No, we do employ people! Only volunteership is acceptable, we'd hate to use taxes to pay our workers! In my eyes it's still business!
  19. 2 points
    A month? I thought 6 months
  20. 2 points
    I think (s)he just put it there for RP purposes
  21. 2 points
    In my personal opinion, I feel religion is religion! We can't necessarily control what others believe we can put an end to what is just morally wrong! No, I believe in very little interference, but not complete letting of people run the economy! Some regulations have to exist! All anyone can do is have the law! If someone breaks the law then they suffer the consequence! That's not bad, I remember that Identity is a game and that that's just how some people will be! Some people will enjoy being bad, plain and simple! I don't plan to ruin the game for them, but I won't have all hell break loose!
  22. 1 point
    So I know there is crime, obviously. But I was wondering how accurate cooking meth would be. Like do you have to manage multiple things? For example, Garry's Mod has a meth cook addon that has you doing different things to make it. Is this gonna be similar to that?
  23. 1 point
    In case it all goes wrong, could I turn to... Other means?
  24. 1 point
    Rates by Person type: Citizens: Average Joe ( 7,500): Any person who is an unknown. (No player working as musicians, political figures, ceo's, police officers, public servants, etc.) Middle-Class ( 10,000): Any low level corporate worker, retail manager, or Lightly known person. Upper-Class ( 15,000): Middle management, middle ranking corporate workers. Semi- Known person. Public Figures I (25,000): High ranking corporate officials like VPs or Presidents.. Public Figures II (50,000): CEOs, CFOs, COOs, etc. Political Figures and Public Servants: Low Rank ( 15,000): Low ranking police officers. Medium Rank ( 35,000): Swat team members, high ranking police officers. High Rank ( 65,000): Police Chiefs, Government Agents, Secret Service Agents. Cabinet ( 100,000): Elected or Mayor appointed Government Positions that are not the Mayor or equivalent positions. Mayor ( 175,000): Mayor or Equivalent Position Gangs: Low Rank ( 15,000): Low ranking Thugs or petty criminals. Medium Rank ( 25,000): Mid level gang enforces and racket heads. High Rank ( 50,000): Gang leader right hand men. Gang Leaders ( 75,000): Gang Leaders or Equivalent Positions. Terms and Information: If information about the target is not given other than name (Address, Daily Schedule, Workplace, Position, Reason for Hit, etc.) there will be a $10,000 fee. If all information is given about target there is a 15% discount on price. Women are $7,500 Extra. Specific cause of death (limited to game mechanics, Car crashes, Hit and Runs, Fake Suicide, etc.) is an additional $15,000. Contact only made in person (in game of course) at a location of my choosing. If you need to find me I will be putting advertisements in the newspaper for contracting with different locations every week and different key words in the title of the advertisement every week. Will provide proof of completion and require 50% payment prior to job.
  25. 1 point
    What game and community do you currently roleplay in? I roleplay in a life roleplay community on Grand Theft Auto V Xbox One called pdlsrp but I hope to move over to PC once Identity has private servers.
  26. 1 point
    March 21st 2018 is the first module release, that will be the foundation of the game according to the devs so it will be easier to work on and release the rest of the modules (the public beta may take a while, but the devs want a polished game so it's understandable).
  27. 1 point
    THROUGH IDENTITY I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BE WHO I AM AND REPRESENT PEOPLE AND IDEOLOGIES THAT FIT MY HONEST BELIEFS. IT'S RARE FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, FOR THAT REASON AND MORE I SAY THANKS TO THE OTHER CANDIDATES FOR RUNNING, THANKS TO THE VOTERS FOR VOTING AND THANKS TO THE POLLERS FOR POLLING.
  28. 1 point
  29. 1 point
    I've been known about this project for awhile as well. Game development(backend,UI/UX, mechanics, features, assets, balance, customization, documentation, industry partnerships, QA, anticheat, and anything else I missed takes time. Anyone who has worked 14 or more hours a day, doing anything, for multiple days on end knows burn out is real, so maybe you work shorter hours for a week, or take a weekend or vacation day off. That extends the timeline. Sometimes you have to completely clear your head to reapproach a problem. More time. Also, not all development teams are the same, or progress at the same pace. So they announced dates in the past that they didn't make, mistakes are a human quality. The only one we need to exercise in this process is patience, as the game will still be for sale when it's complete.
  30. 1 point
    Very undetailed and it would appear that there was no effort whatsoever when this thread was created.
  31. 1 point
    you can be a stripper if you want, but no, not a prostitute
  32. 1 point
    Just a reminder: Polling ends November 6th at Noon EST, please party leader push your supporters to vote in the poll so we know what the general political state of the forums is.
  33. 1 point
    Yea, plus it would be cool if you were friends with the manager/owner or was the manager/owner you could stay there until you were able to own your own place or just wanted to stay there for free ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
  34. 1 point
    Adding an motocross, atv, and side by side track would opend up great career opportunities. Such as, flag men to indicate when a rider has crashed and other riders too beware, farmers could also get paid to come and plow and water the track, buisness owners could buy tracks that farmers can build so the buisness ownere can get money from all the race admission fees, riders can get sponsered by buisness owners to buy better gear or better bikes so thwy can go pro and the sponser would get there buissnes name out there. Not only would this allow more career opportunities but it would also allow a place for riders of everyone that owns a machine to hangout and load up their bikes and pack a cooler to keep there stanima up while riding..please consider this option for the game to extend to. Thank you
  35. 1 point
    Hey if you were part of the old forums let me know your forum name and what you did! Would be interesting to see if I remember seeing you there
  36. 1 point
    @YouKnowBro She never said her race was Jewish.
  37. 1 point
    The Job Bank is a subforum to recruit people to join your business/organization/etc. The business forum itself is meant to introduce your business, what you do, etc.
  38. 1 point
    I accredited the design in which you listed out your policies, however, the policies listed under The Hamilton Party are all things which I strongly believe would make a positively effective impact on the community and the island. @Rinyuaru-Kun
  39. 1 point
    As much as the link does say there will be drugs in the Town square, well unfortunately that information is old and wrong. There will not be any drugs in the Town Square module! It is like what @sp00f_IOM said, that information is unreliable as it has not been updated. Most of it is reliable but some things are not and still it is good to do that research first!
  40. 1 point
    Very true, can't wait for the parties like yours when the game comes out!
  41. 1 point
    Generally, in all RP Games (like Altis Life) there are small weapons that are legal with a licence, such as pistols, and then heavier weaponry that is illegal to carry. I doubt the official servers would make it so that people couldn't have anything to defend themselves with, but I agree that I was slightly wrong in that you are right that the same people will probably get elected for a while at a time
  42. 1 point
    Name: Cortlin Boss Department: Ash Hill Police Department Rank: Sergeant Age: 27 Date of birth: May 17 1990 Ethnicity: White Sex: Male Interests: he loves his work in police and would not trade it for anything. Characteristics: Brown eyes, brown hair, trimmed beard, medium hair slightly above average tall, and looks built in strength. Education: Bachelor's Degree in Criminal Justice and Bachelor in Social and Criminal Justice Background: Hewas born in the us and was raised in a law enforcement family. He is looking for a special someone in his life and hopes that they are in law enforcement too.love to work as a police officer. He hopes he can get to sergeant. Other: All around good guy and loves to help wherever he can but he is a little lazy
  43. 1 point
    That's kind of you!
  44. 1 point
    I like how you plan to keep the polls up to date, others sort of fade out or produce information that's not current.
  45. 1 point
    While I love the idea of storage units, I am not thrilled with paying real money in the auctions. Dont get me wrong, I love the idea of the auctions (I thought of the idea myself when reading the original post), but I would vote to pay with in-game currency. I dont disagree with you that Asylum should have some sort of way to generate revenue, but I personally wouldnt want to pay real cash for someone's left over plaid couch or box of nudie mags lol. Just my opinion.
  46. 1 point
    Who is Lucious Times again? Isn't it the person with a rainbow heart as a profile picture? I can't remember...
  47. 1 point
    As a gamer with professional experience in product management, and having worked on a life server in the past, I find it interesting how every new game gets the "It's never going to happen" treatment. Regarding your worries about the development process, if you have never worked in software development or ever had a go at setting up your own altis life server, I encourage you to try it! What you will find is a never ending list of things to implement, bugfix and balance. I worked at it in a team of 3 and you very quickly realize the amount of time it requires to make a product people want to play. I spent many many days working 14 hrs or more on the project. Then I would hop on to an Asylum server and see they added 10 different things and balanced this or that, all on a network of servers to cater to 400 people at a time. Its impressive. Now completely change game engines, learn what its limitations are, change development languages, and all the new math you need to figure out AND get it to work together nicely together with everything else without so much as mistyping a single semicolon. It takes even more time. Honestly the little bit of video and media they have presented seems impressive to me. As far as people get concerned with a lack of constant updates, my best guess is they are too busy working on the backend(as they stated + videos of lines of code aren't as sexy as a pile of drugs and guns) and having to balance that with a need as a company to manage their public relations and put their best foot forward. It all takes time. On the business side, they just hired more people on, rented an office. As someone who has run a company making first to market products, these steps by Asylum certainly DO NOT scream to me, scam artists! What it does seem like, is they are pushing FULL forward to making the game they, and others could see that altis life could be. And as far as the release date for the alpha goes, yea it's hype by them, but they definitely need those that support it to tell their friends and raise more cash $$$. Someone might say, but they raised "800k-1million dollars!" I can't say for Canada, but in most of the US, every employee a company adds, their payroll costs the company like 15-18% more than what you see at face value. So if they now have 10 employees(idk) they might have this year covered but I'm sure they still need more. That's not forgetting, but not getting,into the interpersonal dynamics of running an efficient team while keeping them motivated and on task. Making ANY new product takes a lot of time and balls. Maybe some have done it faster and more that you never hear about quit, not every game is developed by a 1 man wonder, sometimes it's just regular people with passion for an idea. Asylum didn't let me down as a casual on their Arma servers and with the 10 Oct update I don't have any reason to believe why they would now.
  48. 1 point
  49. 1 point
    I'm Aryan, and i find this offensive. lmao AB members don't sit on games, they aren't children, its a prison gang, some of you guys can bring up some iffy alright points i suppose, but you also have to remember, that its a game, there's lots of real life gang names used on gta and what not, there's nothing they can really do about it, if the AB even played this game. If they did, and they had the sheer luck of finding you on your particular server, what can they honestly do? try and claim they are real AB and they find it offensive? lol whose going to believe that on the internet? AB is predominately a prison gang, none of them have time to waste their life playing a game like identity in a fictional world when they already live in a world, us roleplayers, try to mimic their reality in a controlled, virtual environment without consequences. We play as criminals on the game, because we find it interesting, and would like to play out how it would be in a real gang, but without consequences like going to real jail and getting it in the butt. We are just nerds wanting a virtual world to dance around in and do whatever we want. People like the AB and members in real gangs, already have that world, in real life, and don't have time for that, they have duties, like making money, cooking dope, what not. Ive personally used Barrio Azteca as a gang name on a roleplay community on arma 3 before, no one found it offensive, i even made it so you had to have a mexican looking character to join lol. No one found my IP address and bashed me because of it. I personally don't care if there's gangs and what not in identity, that have the same name as the ones outside, would probably be better if they had the same kind of gang theme as irl to match though imo, would bring some more realisim to it, would be abit weird to see a gang called Aryan brother hood, and ingame all the members are dark skin.
  50. 1 point
    I'll be a pirate sailing the seas and robbing ships.