The UNDERWATER DEMOLITION TEAM (UDT) MANUAL

The UNDERWATER DEMOLITION TEAM (UDT)

Manual for Membership and Daily Operations

This Manual shall serve as a guide for mandatory daily operations for all members of UDT-21.  Godspeed and Good Hunting.

When You First Go Online

First and foremost when you first go online, check in on alliance chat.  See what’s going on.  If you don’t have time to fight, you might have time to help.  Help can be providing resources to other members, troops, whatever is needed. 

See what’s going on in the world.  Announce your arrival on the server.  Let us know you’re there.  If you’ve been attacked, stay calm.  Give information slowly and accurately.  Who, What, When, How Much, What Alliance, etc.  Once we get the information and figure out what we’re going to do, they’ll be plenty of time for berating your attacker, complaining about your new shoes, the price of bonds in China, etc.  Be calm, cool, and exacting in your information relay.

A report should go something like:  “Hey.  Just got hit by “ILIVINMOMSBASEMNT” from cords 123 456, ISA, plunder, I’m scouting now.”  That says it all in one statement, no further questions needed as to the who, what, why, etc.  One statement and no further traffic needed.  Remember, we’re professionals, so let’s act the part.  Plus, I like to keep alliance chat open so I can ramble on about things that don’t make sense and go on and on, so please keep “HELP!” reports clear, with no need for further questions.  One sentence (maybe two), and everyone is good.

Checking in when you’re online is a mandatory requirement for all UDT-21 members.

Succinct reports of “uh-oh’s” lets every one know what is going on, and doesn’t tie up alliance chat if we’re either rocking on something, or planning on rocking your assailant.  We don’t like people rocking our members, and we revel in making them rue the day they picked this game to play.

If we’ve got questions, we’ll ask, don’t worry!  Bashful we’re not.

Relaying Coordinates

Anytime you need to give out YOUR coordinates, do so ONLY by private message through alliance chat, or send an e-mail to that member.  Simply click on the name of the person you want to talk to in alliance chat, and you’ll see a window pop up with “private” as one of the choices.  Click on that to select “Private.” 

You will then see that person’s handle on the bar that usually says “Alliance.”  When you chat it will be violet-colored, and only to that one person.  Pretty quick and dirty.  Easy too.

Exchange YOUR coordinates with other members by private message and e-mail ONLY please.  Feel free to type enemy cords freely; we just worry about your safety with yours.

When Communicating, Make Sure You Are on the Correct Channel

No one is perfect.  That doesn’t mean it’s crazy not to try.  This is rather self-explanatory.  No one wants to see you on the Main Channel, or “World Chat,” talking about how this guy or that guy is a ducking fumbass.  This not only gives away our plans, it looks about as unprofessional as you can get.  We’ll leave that to the abundant amount of unprofessionals out there already fighting over World Chat time.  UDT members shall act in a professional manner at all times.  We’re here to not only kill, but take the fighting will out of the enemy.

Stay aware of what channel you’re on.  Happens to the best of us, let’s work towards it never happening at all.  Just keep your head in the game.

Handling Resources – The UDT Way

This is as important as anything you need to know.  Managing your resources to keep them out of enemy hands means you’re keeping them from being used to kill your fellow UDT comrades-in-arms.

The Oil, Steel, Rare Metal, Gold, and Food that gets seized from you get used by our enemies to grow stronger.  When you do not manage your resources carefully, and allow them to fall into enemy hands, you’re aiding and abetting the enemy.  You might as well find a way to simply start attacking UDT cities.

The seriousness of this cannot be stressed enough. 

Here’s a great way to handle it, based on having a little time to do maintenance, without a war occurring at the time. 

Follow these simple mandatory steps when you get online, and life will be a lot of fun for you. 

1.  First, make sure you include 2, if not 3 warehouses in each city.  Just a darned good practice.

2.  While you play, you should be constantly pumping out resources from your fields.  With these resources, you need to balance troop construction, building construction, increasing research techniques, and real, real importantly, building wall fortifications.  (Wall-mounted artillery.)

3.  In the occasions when you are getting ready to sign off, simply do the following:

a.  Check and see if you can build up a research technique.

b.  Build up wall fortifications (big guns) as much as possible.

c.  Build as many troops as you can with what you’ve got. 

d.  PUT THE REST IN “ALLIANCE TRADE” IN THE TRADE CENTER!

DO NOT sell on the open market!  Let those enemies get their own!  HAH!

Make sure you check “Alliance only” when you “sell” them (you’re really storing’em) on the alliance market, and MAKE SURE you physically make the last digit a “9” if you want them “held” without anyone touching them in the alliance marketplace.  This is how you “store’ resources.  This is pretty standard in all alliances.

If you don’t mind if someone buys it, make sure and offer it at the lowest possible price, and make sure the last digit of the amount sold is a “O.”

Here’s the last step:

e.  Get all of your Gold gathered up together, load it in some trucks, and dispatch it to a resource field to hide it.  DO NOT leave it in your city.  If you’re plundered, it’s not only gone for sure, it’s what kids?  USED TO KILL YOUR BROTHERS!  Hide that Gold.

After this is done, your amount on hand should be in the 10’s, 100’s, or 1000’s, not hundreds of thousands of units, and certainly not millions, or “mikes” as we call them.  They cannot be touched by icky enemy hands, and they are there for you the next time you sign on.

If you have more, or if someone asks for something, please ship it to them via truck by coordinates you got discreetly by private message, right away.

In THIS alliance, we take care of our own.  When you need something, we’re there.  We do not leave members hanging.  We are a team, and only as good as our weakest link.  I can tell you from experience; this is the best alliance I have ever been in.  People are always sharing things, and helping each other grow.  It’s just the way it is.  We work as one.

World Chat:  Threat, or Menace?

When you are on alliance chat in green type, you’ll see the world chat also, in orangish-brown, whatever it is.  An idea?  PAY ATTENTION!

Many times players have a hard time controlling their emotions, and you’ll get a lot of really good info on the people who are trying to kill us.  It’s a great source of information.  Use it!

Stay away from those you don’t know yet.  When dealing with other players on World Chat, remember that no matter what is said, nothing is keeping them from destroying you, OR your brothers at a later date.  For some it’s just business, for others, it makes them feel like they are someone (in their mother’s basement as she shouts down to switch the load from the washer to the dryer.)

We’re not saying to be afraid to get on World Chat.  What we’re saying is that there’s a lot of really good players who will lie, cheat, steal, and do anything they can to skin you and your brothers alive.  Hey, this ain’t Farmville.  That’s what they SHOULD be doing.

If you’ve ever played poker, they will definitely try and get you on “tilt” so you say something you shouldn’t have, make a wild accusation, whatever, which doesn’t just get your ass kicked by them, it degrades everyone who works hard in this alliance to maintain a professional presence on the server.

You are not simply you on World Chat, you’re all of us.  At that moment in time, everything we’re about is represented by you, what you say, and your actions.

If things are getting weird, or you’re not sure what to do or how to answer someone, get off immediately.  “Dog barking in backyard” works real well for fast exits.  Don’t do or say things that make your brothers-in-arms look bad, m’kay? 


Also if you want to know about someone, just ask on alliance.  There’s a really good chance we can tell you more about them than they’d ever dream we knew. 

Our main raison d’etre (reason for being) is to work as a group with mature alliance members who are fun to be around, enjoyable to talk to, and as deadly as they come.  By following these simple guidelines until the moves and procedures become second nature, you’ll be able to not only have fun, but do it “right.”  You’ll enjoy the game more I can personally guarantee – these guys are good.  We keep our “under duress” communications direct, accurate, and to the point.

SUMMARY:

1.  When you get online, give a shout on Alliance Chat.  Let us know you’re here.

2.  If you’re under attack, relax and pretend you’re ordering a pizza.  Breathe deeply, and let us know in one sentence.  Again, as in:  “Crap.  Whattagoosiam from CIA plundered me from cord 123 456 about 30 minutes ago.  Scouting him now.” 

See?  We’re not that strict!  That was TWO sentences!  Three even!  But the main thing, more than anything, is to be succinct because other people might be trying to get a seize or plunder together, or are being plundered or seized right then too.  Try and give a succinct report that leaves no further questions to be asked other than, “How ya doin’?”  Questions that should have already been answered take time, and time is a precious commodity.

3.  If you need something, give YOUR cords to a fellow alliance member by private message or e-mail.  DO NOT just type your cords in, even in alliance chat.  Hit the private button, and make them light purplish pink when you talk to them.

4.  Pay attention to what channel you’re on.

5.  Follow the “UDT Way” of handling resources.  Build, Construct, Make wall guns, Resarch with it, etc.  Any extra, “sell” in Alliance Trade and make sure last digit of amount is a “9.”  If there’s anything left, give a shout on alliance chat, and see if someone needs it.  They probably do.

6.  Give fellow alliance memebers just about anything if they ask you for it.  YOU WILL get it back when you need it.  We’ve got each other’s backs here, and that’s not just idle sound-good chit-chat.  It’s the way it is.

7.  Git yer Gold all together, load it on trucks, and dispatch it to a resource field. 

8.  Be professional on World Chat.  Your mouth represents ALL of us. 

And, The Closer

Sure, these are mandatory.  But more than anything really, they’re simply just using common sense and the rules of the game to operative effectively, swiftly, and with deadly consequences.  We ask nothing from anyone we don’t do ourselves.

Simply learn these procedures so they become second nature.  Again, while requirements, they are nothing more than the culmination of our combined experiences and knowledge of the game, with the overall creed we live by, which is that we are a TEAM.  We care about every member, and every member is the most important member of UDT-21.

If you don’t feel this way, it’s probably best to let us know now, and save us both the time and trouble of playing with folks we don’t want on our team.  We don’t want people who don’t want us, etc.  It beats getting everyone all upset, being kicked out, and then swarmed by angry UDT members who appreciate honestly upfront instead of later, who are very efficient in eviscerating those who have taken our good will for granted.

Please feel free to ask me any questions, share ideas with, or explain anything you don’t understand.


Write me in game e-mail, and also please feel free to use my personal, private e-mail address of mk10raven@gmail.com. 

Welcome aboard gentlemen.  Welcome to an alliance that thrives on camaraderie, teamwork, friendship, and kicking ass.  Let’s get to it.

Mk10Raven
Ensign – Communications
UDT-21