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- WELCOME
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- Welcome to America's Army, the official gaming
- experience designed to highlight the role of
- various units within the world's premier land
- force, the United States Army. Through a series
- of training exercises and team-based multiplayer
- force-versus-force missions, players will be
- introduced to a diverse range of operations that
- emphasize the Army's core values: loyalty, duty,
- respect, selfless service, honor, integrity and
- personal courage. As with real soldiers in the Army,
- game players are bound by these values, as well as
- the Laws of Land Warfare and realistic
- Rules of Engagement (ROE). Players who violate these
- norms will incur penalties and loss of standing,
- while those who embrace them will discover that the
- game offers many rewards for their perseverance,
- dedication and sense of teamwork.
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- TRAINING
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- In the Army, all soldiers must first undergo Basic
- Combat Training before they can receive duty
- assignments. The same holds true in America's Army,
- as all players must complete several training
- exercises before they can join an online mission.
- These training exercises will teach players how to
- navigate through the virtual worlds, as well as
- familiarize them with the game's many weapons,
- communication protocols and tactical procedures.
- As each training mission is completed, players will
- be prompted to upload their results to the
- Authentication Server, where they will be permanently
- recorded. Upon the conclusion of Basic Combat Training,
- more advanced training missions will become available,
- such as the Airborne and Advanced Marksmanship Schools.
- While players will still be able to participate in some
- online operations, the game's full range of attributes,
- features and missions will only be available to those
- who complete these advanced courses. As the game
- continues to evolve and more aspects of the Army are
- introduced, additional training missions and subsequent
- features will be made available.
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- GETTING STARTED
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- Before you can play America's Army, you will first need
- to create a unique player account. Do so by selecting
- the PERSONNEL JACKET page from the main menu, and then
- choosing CREATE ACCOUNT. Make sure that you are
- connected to the Internet, as this option will take you
- to a web page where you will be provided with further
- instructions on creating your account. Once your player
- account has been created and you have received your
- password, return to the PERSONNEL JACKET page, enter
- your information and then click LOG-IN. After you have
- logged in, you may begin training your character.
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- JOINING A GAME
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- Once your training is complete, it is time to go online
- and participate in the various missions and exercises
- offered by the game. To play online, follow these simple
- steps:
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- 1) Be sure you are logged in with a qualified account.
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- 2) Check the NEWS section for any available game updates.
- If an update is available, the SUPPORT section of the
- menu offers a number of official download sites.
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- 3) Click the DEPLOYMENT button and make sure that you are
- on the FIND SERVER page. Click the REFRESH LIST button
- at the bottom of the screen to update the server browser
- with a current list of available game servers.
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- 4) Select the server you wish to join and then either double-
- click on it in the server list, or select the JOIN
- button in the lower portion of the screen.
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- RULES OF ENGAGEMENT (ROE)
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- The following is a list of common rules and regulations that
- should be observed while you are connected to the Official
- game servers. They deal with your user name, general
- behavior and courtesy, and repercussions that should be
- expected should you fail to follow these simple guidelines.
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- - Attacking a team member is a violation of the Rules of
- Engagement (ROE). If you injure another player you will
- incur negative ROE points. Most servers have a limit
- to the amount of ROE that is allowed. If you exceed that
- limit you will be removed from the server and sent to
- Leavenworth. To continue the game, you will have to
- return to the server browser and redeploy your character.
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- - All Players have an HONOR score, which is reflected next
- to your playername on the scoreboard. Everyone starts
- out with an HONOR of 10. Earning points will cause this
- number to slowly rise over time. Losing points will
- cause the number to go down. Since most servers require
- a minimum of 9 HONOR to join, be careful when you play.
- If your HONOR drops below the minimum, you will have to
- play on a 'retraining' server to bring your HONOR back up.
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- - Using flash or smoke grenades to disorient teammates is
- not allowed and can result in the player being removed
- from the server. The same goes for spamming chat or
- voice commands, as well as standing in passageways to
- purposely block teammates.
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- - Bear in mind the following character restrictions in the
- login name when signing up for America's Army:
- \ / : * ? " < > | are NOT valid.
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- Using any of these characters will result in your game
- not authenticating or saving correctly; in other words,
- you won't be able to complete the training missions or
- play online.
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- A name involving excessively explicit or vulgar language
- may be warned and can lead to removal.
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- - Any and all threats against the server, including
- attempts to hack, crash, or flood a server, actual or
- implied, are grounds for instant removal and can result
- in legal action.
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- - Derogatory language or slander involving race, gender,
- sexual preference, religion or creed, including negative
- use of otherwise harmless words will not be tolerated and
- will be grounds for immediate removal, with or without
- warning.
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- - Excessively harassing other players is not permitted on
- Official servers. A little healthy competitive trash-
- talking is tolerable; however excessive comments directed
- at specific players will be grounds for warning and/or
- removal.
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- - Impersonation of Server Admins, Development team
- members, or other members of the Army staff or other
- fraudulent use of an identification tag is grounds for
- immediate removal from the servers . This includes
- close spellings intended to deceive other players in
- the servers.
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