EC2Jonathan

Dear Mr. Matthew Patrick Scott and the Developers, The McDonalds Family and Friends (MCD) clan writes this message on behalf of all players who have long lost the use of their radars. Six years ago, the Mobile Radar Tower (MRT) vehicle modification was vaulted without much notice. We believe this decision has left a lingering effect on players and server stability. Our top team of scholars at Hamburger University (HBU) in Hamburg, Germany has determined after extensive research that solutions exist to reintroduce MRT into the game. The following letter will describe three key areas in which we believe MRT to be a boon. Player counts in online multiplayer video games have often been referred to as the heartbeat of their communities. Since MRT was vaulted, the player count of APB Reloaded (APB) has been in decline as seen in Figure . Figure : APB Player count over the past decade. We have devised an integrodifferential equation to model the player count as a function of player density n, player flux ϕ, game direction Ω, time t, player scattering Σs, and MRT vaulting status v as seen in Equation . Equation : APB player transport. Through direct numerical simulation of Equation , we have found that if MRT were to be reintroduced, the player count for APB would increase by 10% over the next decade. This may be enough to ensure the future of APB. Server stability has been a longstanding point of contention within the community. Since demands have yet to be met, the recent influx of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks have hindered the ability of MCD operatives to combat malicious users. We believe that MRT may be instrumental to this end by decreasing overall packet loss. During normal play, players using MRT may need to receive extra information from the server every game tick regarding enemy positions and velocities revealed by MRT. We believe these “heavier” packets may reduce the likelihood of packets being lost by at least 5%, decreasing ϕ overall. Perhaps the greatest point of concern amongst the community would be the protections APB has against computer-enhanced play. Most recent efforts involved the deployment of MCD agents to begin anti-hacker operations (AHO). The successful execution of these operations (see operation BIG MACK), in collaboration with notable figures, earned MCD the title of “anti-cheat” amongst onlookers. Reintroducing MRT would provide another tool for our brave agents in their ongoing war against modified clients. While a bug was the driving factor that vaulted MRT in the first place, we know that a balance pass is necessary before any reintegration may commence. To that end, we recommend changing MRT from a blue modification to an orange one and moving its position from the trunk of the vehicle to the engine compartment. With the evidence and reasoning provided, we hope to see MRT unvaulted soon and the game returned to greatness. We appreciate all the support we receive from the community and hope to see you at one of our locations soon! Thank you for eating with your local McDonalds! -

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Macks, MCD clan prides itself on promoting positive and helpful insight. Our McDoubler Developer Relations team has deemed your comment negative and unhelpful. We believe it is unfair for you to refer to the bronze player in your example as the "legit'', as this undermines the practice and consistency it took the gold to get there. While MCD believes only a few players actually deserve their gold threat(mostly MCD clan members), the game has entered an era where anti-cheat is clearly active. It is now time for players to start taking accountability in having 15 years to practice and still being silver. MCD clan believes players must start looking in the mirror when they question if an enemy is "cheating". -

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Sorry for the late response, I was in the shower. Hit Reg Squad Clan has mostly quit since the GFAC update I believe if that answers your question or provides any additional insight!! -

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Victoria, the McDonalds Family and Friends Talent Acquisition Department has been watching your gameplay and community posts for a while now. We are impressed at your abilities in mission, as well as your deep knowledge and understanding of the game to be able to respond to the community as you have in this thread. We are pleased to invite you to join McDonalds Family and Friends, please whisper our CEO EC2Criminal in game on Enforcer or whisper MCD on Criminal. This MCD Clan invitation is nonexpiring and grants the user one waitlist skip to immediately join. Our clan typically has a 6-8 month waitlist depending on the retail environment. Whisper our CEO EC2Crimimal in-game for more details.

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Thank you for looking into this for me. I appreciate how you provided concrete evidence to support your thoughts. I can tell based on your response you have put a lot of thought into Kevlar changes. As leader of the #BuffKevlar movement, we are always looking for more insight on changes that could be made to help our case. Reworking Kevlar to debuff aim down sight instead of just mobility is an interesting take on this matter. It actually would be like a reverse mobility sling, but I do think this might make some situations frustrating. what if instead of Kevlar having downsides for ladders, doors, or ads.... it instead changed how fast you could switch between weapons and grenades during fights. this would make weapon switching riskier and grenades would be more tactical. also this could help make the 3point sling rework into a reality. it is the clear best choice for grimace colored mods and mobility sling and tagger are basically useless unless memeing around. The best solution for nerfing 3point sling would be to keep the stats the same, however now when you switch guns your bloom is maxed out because of how fast your character is pulling the weapon out. Any ideas for a potential 3point rework are welcome as well. -