CODE OF CONDUCT

To foster camaraderie and friendships amongst its [DD] members who are located in North America and around the world. To bring an exciting atmosphere to the gaming community, and to those seeking a unique gaming experience. Greet all players with a friendly greeting while in our servers and in other servers. To seek, build and foster friendships and alliances between Dancom Delta Gaming Organization and other gaming organizations that are of a respectable nature. To constantly ensure that all members of Dancom Delta, and those non-members simply visiting and [DD] server, treat all players with the respect and honor required of [DD] members and expected of all visitors. To utilize the capabilities of all [DD] members to their full potential, provided they are in agreement, in an effort to continually improve Dancom Delta Gaming Organization. This will include such things as web creation and publishing, map building, liaison with other organizations, etc. To keep Dancom Delta members, outside of DF combat missions or [DD] Company related issues, on an equal level. All [DD] members are equal and shall be treated as such. To express to all those [DD] members who hold positions of higher rank that they must strive to ensure that they treat all players ([DD] and non-[DD] alike) with respect, fairness and equality. [DD] members are all equal (exempt ONLY is Colonel DiamondDave) and it must be remembered that this is neither a dictatorship nor is it the real military. All issues brought to your attention must be addressed and resolved as quickly as possible, not only because of the rank you carry, but also more importantly because of the friendships we are trying to foster. All activities and actions that are tied to the Dancom Delta name must always bring credit to the organization. When playing Delta Force games and using your squad name, tags must be worn. When playing other games with your soldier name, tags are not required but suggested. Be proud of your squad . . . Display your tags. No use of foul or obscene language is allowed in the [DD] server or any other server while using your [DD] name and tags. Also, help to monitor our servers from outsiders who feel the need to be rude or obscene. All internal disputes are to be taken directly to the Operations Officer or the SgtMajor. Please try to follow the Chain of Command first . . . Work your way up the chain.

STANDARD SERVER RULES "ALL" GAMES - MEMBERS AND NON MEMBERS

• Player names deemed inappropriate are not permitted. Players bearing such names will be asked to change them. If this request is refused, then the offending player will be asked to leave until the name is changed to something appropriate. Further refusal will result in a ban on the inappropriate name.

• Disrespecting Dancom Delta or any of it's Members, the server rules, the server administrators, or any player, either verbally or in writing, will result in an immediate removal from the server(s). Dependent on severity of the offence, a full ban may be implemented.

• The use of racial comments, character slurs, profanity, or other offensive language will result in an immediate ban from Dancom Delta servers. As a point of interest, all activity is recorded and therefore subject to subpoenaed for any civil or criminal litigation. Dancom Delta does cooperate fully with legal authorities.

• The use of cheats, hacks or other game file altering programs or devices is strictly forbidden and will result in immediate rejection from all [ÐÐ]™ servers.

Server Etiquette and Conduct

 Where possible remember to greet our guest joining the server this will make them feel welcomed and at ease. This sheds a very positive light on the squad in general and insures a friendly and fun atmosphere for all. Try to keep the teams balanced. If possible join the same side/color as your squad. Typing in public or private chat during game play should be limited to compliments, strategies and game setup, but we understand that fun is still key. Typing anything demeaning, degrading, vulgar or otherwise improper is strictly prohibited in the server. This includes i.e.: !@#$ and !@#$. This sheds a very bad light on [ÐÐ]™ as a whole. Dancom Delta is well known throughout the Community as squad that provides clean, fast and friendly servers for our members and for making our guest feel welcomed when joining the server and during game play. Complaints during game play should be conveyed through Ventrilo, X-Fire, private forum or e-mail. Latency (LAG) is always present No one has a perfect connection. (See subtext below) When playing in a [ÐÐ]™ server your tags should be worn at all times. Be proud to wear them, there is a lot of history and respect that go with them. Any problems (serious) that may arise in the server during game play should be directed to a member of [ÐÐ]™ HQ. Servers are provided for the enjoyment of members and guest keep this in mind at all times.

"Base Raping and "Spawn Raping"

This was term that was unfairly coined back in the original Delta Force (DF1) platform in match play. Inferior squads or less skilled squads who came to a match unprepared and had not basic battle plan would become lock down in their base. The original stock maps in DF1 had pretty tight re-spawn that enabled a team of eight players to surround a spawn area and close in a team. There are many squads and players that complain that other squad “Base Rape” or “Spawn Rape” and consider this cheating. [Dancom Delta] takes the position that the term “Base Rape” or “Spawn Rape” is an excuse for lack of teamwork and a lack of understanding of warfare tactics. [DD] Map Engineers go through several map redesigns to give relief to spawn sights and place several spawn areas around the home base. They do this with great care to make sure not to comprise the over all game. We also use PSP as another way of opening up a map, but again it takes teamwork and team play to hold and keep PSP’s. How to combat “Base Rape” or “Spawn Rape”? First join a squad. Second join a good squad. Third use voice chat program like Team Speak or Ventrilo. Fourth learn the maps that you play on, this is a big advantage in playing any FPS game. Last but least Teamwork. If you feel that our server is playing unfairly or we are conducting ourselves with lack of sportsmanship please contact [DD] and discussed your issues. We here at [DD] pride ourselves in running a top-notch gaming environment. When you play on [DD] servers you are guarantee to have a good time, but come prepare to play hard. If you want to chat and socialize come early. When 10:30pm eastern comes around [DD] is looking for blood.

Latency or Lag

Peeps bare with me while I ramble on about this subject, I think some peeps need to know what can cause this and how to deal with it. Ok latency or "LAG" as most of you know it, is the cause of a lot of misunderstandings in online gaming. NO ONE has a perfect connection or a perfect setup, both can cause the well know lag. I will start out with the "Net" the major cause of lag right now. The internet at any given time has lag, it could be a router problem a CO problem you name it, it happens. Data is being routed and re-routed all the time trying to find you the shortest route to your request and in this routing "packets" (bits of info) can be lost or dropped. When this occurs it takes more time to resend and to receive the info you need for a process to happen thus the lag issue occurs. This is happening all the time. One day you might visit a site at blazing speeds another day you could smoke a cig before the freaking page loads. Time of day and day of the week also has an effect on the net ( just like traffic jams in the morning and afternoons ), everyone has to keep this in mind while doing online gaming. There are times in the game where you might see something and someone else right next to you will not see ( an object or person warping ) again this is a latency issue.

Everyone connects to a server, everyone lives at a different location and everyone has some lag, some more than others and some less. This can change at any moment, you could be wiping the board clean and the next you can't kill squat. All of this occurs all of the time, the internet is changing all of the time, please keep this in mind. Now for the setup ( your computer ) issues with lag, this is also a major problem with gamers. First I will start out with how much resources you have free ( this is a significant factor ). What I mean by this is, how much ram, disk space and processor bandwidth you have available to dedicate towards your online gaming. Simply put the more you have the faster the information going and coming to your computer during gaming will be processed. The less your computer has to handle non-game related at that moment the lower your setup lag will be.

Even though lag is measured in milliseconds those milliseconds will determine how enjoyable your gaming will be. The more ram/memory, free disk space and processor bandwidth you have available the faster your game will run. On to another factor, your video card this can be the evil of all during gaming. The faster cards have a lot of onboard ram, the more onboard ram the card has the less the overflow to your comp ram. The higher the settings on your video card the slower/ hotter it runs thus also causing lag ( this form is know as video lag ), everyone has had this problem. I ask that peeps check their cards and set them to a medium setting or a lower setting if you are running it at a high setting, bets are you will enjoy the game more. There are some card tweaks out there, if you decide to use any of them just get one which will alter the clock speed of the card ( so it processes info faster ) I would avoid the tweaks that alter any other settings.

Well this might not have been new info for some (didn't what to get too techy and split atoms ) but I hope some would think about the info I just spatted out and work with it. In closing I just want peeps to remember EVERYONE has lag some more than others some less. There are a lot of factors to consider when playing online, all anyone can do it try to keep there comp clean and tweaked and remember EVERYONE has lag.

Cosa [DD]
[DD] Master of Arms