Arm America (AKA : Militia secondary funding center)
Day 1,137, 10:19
•
Published in USA 
•
by
•
by Princefigs
Now that I have your attention....
I submit the stated goal / mission statement of the Arm America program as stated by Congress
Congress will hereby create an Arm America program in which it will supply players with the most effective in game items for leveling themselves up
The current policy is to only level up those players that are under level 21 so we can raise the average level of the eAmerican citizen.
Keeping that in mind, I took some stats on December 29th 2010 of everyone that requested food in IRC under the program Arm American (AA) here at the results:
31 individual requests for food were done during a specific battle that day, all done by these people :
lisan12345 | Level 21 ; Congressman ; Mobile Infantry member
Red Bull HM | Level 26 ; Seal Team 6 member ; 5 time Battle hero among other things
dylan of the darkness | Level 23 ; Seal Team 6 member ; 2x Hard Worker
Bob Dupuis | Level 25 ; Seal Team 6 member ; 7x Hard worker
Wolfgang Pearsall | Level 25 ; Seal Team 6 member ; 15x hard worker
Justin McCravok | Level 26 ; Seal Team 6 member ; 5x congreeman
Hugo_John | Level 23 ; 9x Hard worker
navincharles | Level 26 ; Seal Team 6 member ; 17x Hard Worker
P-14 Headhunter | Level 24 ; Seal Team 6 member ; 12x Hard Worker
Vladimir Alexei | Level 26 ; Seal Team 6 member ; tons of awards.
So, to sum it up :
Number of ppl under the rank of 21 : 0
Number of ppl in Seal Team 6 : 8
Others : 2
The evidence proved is clear and indisputable, that AA is not fulfilling its goal. Furthermore, the evidence would suggest that it is serving as little more than a secondary avenue for Seal Team 6 and perhaps other militia to receive free food.
Being that not one single sub level 21 person was supplied during that battle I submit that the program is not fulfilling its goal.
AA is not supposed to be another supply depot for Seal Team 6 or any other militia. It should and must only be used for the purpose of getting otherwise inactive people interacted with the game. It should be used as a tool to push people towards the military (TC) or militias. AA is for retention, ST6 doesnt have a retention problem. Supplies must only be given to those under level 21 and not part of any military or organized fighting force (militias).
AAs focus should be SOLELY on helping sub 21 ranked players level up and push those players into the military or a militia. The military and militia are more than capable of handling the battles that are going on day in and day out. AA needs to be more about increasing sub 21 players levels of strength, activity, and involvement in the game.
PROBLEM 2 : AA potentially hurting the military as a whole under its current format, especially the Training Corps
What is the incentive for anyone to go into the Training Corps when they now get an unlimited amount of free food a day and being able to make 5-10x the amount of money ?
There is not much with respect to perks. TC cannot compete at all with AA on this level, even though TC is alot more than just free food and weapons.
You dont push someone towards a particular product by offering them an alternative one that seems to be 100 times better deal.
I have a simple suggestion to fix this : Allow all people, including military and militia that are under level 21 to receive supplies from AA and absolutely noone over Level 21 to get any.
This fixes the TC problem completely and stops the abuse by militias.
Thanks for reading,
Princefigs
*DISCLAIMER : This article is NOT meant to bash on ST6 in any way. I am NOT accusing them of breaking any rules, violating any laws, or doing anything unethical, ill moral, or illegal in any way, shape, or manner. I have the highest level of respect for them and each and every member of that organization.
Facebook
Twitter
Discord
Comments
I support this getting weapons to the lower levels that would normally fight bare handed would make our country much stronger.
I have to point out that I am not part of any militia or organized army. In fact, I wasn't aware of the Arm America program as it was the first time I got in the irc channels and I'd say that I was pretty surprised by this! It is a motivation for me to come again in the chat and involve in community matters. However, I am pretty sure that in this program, people participating in militia should not take food. I disagree with the under 21 level limitation.
I've always thought that Arm America should be open to all levels that are non-military/can't supply themselves, on a first come, first serve basis, with a set number of food/weapons that they can distribute per battle. I haven't used Arm America in many months now, but I do remember that when I last used it, it was open to players above level 21.
@ Hugo_john : Yes indeed, I did not say you part of ST6, just that you were above rank 21 and established that you are an active player (9x Hard worker)
@Ace : The stated objective of AA is basically to help lower level and otherwise inactive players level up and find a reason to play. Supplying people with 9 Hard worker metals or someone part of the elite ST6 unit does not achieve that.
FOR THE RECORD : I have great respect for ST6 specifically. I use want this program to focus on its original mission that was very important to me.
Prince figs, I receive a lot from Arm America, I am neither in a milita and I am under lv21
Also, our spreadsheet which anyone can access shows the many many citizens under lv 21 benefiting daily from Arm America. Yes we provide some help to Seal Team 6 through Arm America, but why not? They are citizens just as anybody else.
Also yes, AA does harm TC, and that is because AA is much more effective than TC. The TC serves very little purpose other than a stepping stone into other branches.
@Max: That is a lie. The TC provides critical training to succeeding in the military, helping trainees with the basic skills they will need in other branches. It is not just a "stepping stone". As a officer in TC myself, I have seen many of my trainees succeed on to other branches. If you look at the TC's article's comments, you will see many people praising TC for the good work it does. Also, you are very biased against TC, for reasons that you know. Do not bring that into this.
" As a officer in TC myself, I have seen many of my trainees succeed on to other branches."
That's very admirable but how do you know they wouldn't have succeeded without the TC? Correlation does not imply causation.
nor does it exclude it. Go talk to any of the Senior Officers from any branch...go talk to Colin, ex prez. , go talk to ppl that, unlike you , actually know about the emilitary and TC