Originally Posted by TheTonkaTruck

I had a round on Kashan 64 where the team could not get South Village for nothing and we ended up losing both bunkers and South Village AND MEC outpost within 30 minutes. All of which were spent trying to capture SV. I was commanding the entire time and I basically redirected the entire team to SV when I realized what was going on and even then it wasn't happening. After we lost MEC outpost I told everyone to go to the main base and set up defenses. Noone did. Everyone stayed at the ridge with the exception of two squads. One squad did as it was told and the other was openly disobeying me saying they could recapture MEC outpost. This squad had only 3 members and they were all scattered throughout the bunker complex and they were willing to take on a knowingly fortified position that had the entire team at it. I kept telling them they couldn't and they needed to follow orders and I kept telling them it'd be impossible since we didn't have any time nor the tickets.

This was on the TG Server too. =\ I was disappointed. But heck, I tried.

***REPORT THEM, use global chat, let everyone know, let the admins know who are on the other team what is going on, and that people are not being mature teamplayers. You will find that players who do that, and are reported/kicked or banned from their actions either shape up and learn how to be a team player or they leave never to be heard of again. I have heard commanders complain about this when i have been an SL and then when i suggest they report them they say "its just a game, or its not worth it." If thats the case, then don't complain about it.

I have sometimes taken the extra step and reported them after i have witnessed or even been a multiple casualty from their non-teamplaying style. But that has only happened in the most extreme cases. It is a commanders job to report them just as it is a commander job/duty to use a microphone and be mature when talking to all the squads or individual squads, as it is the community to report players in game if they are severely breaking the rules set forth in the SOPs and in the realms of the standards of PR and the TG Servers.

Remember that the admins have the logs for bf2cc they can check through them even if they were not on when an (serious)infraction was committed. They also like us, (those who are SMs) also can DL the PR video files and watch and review.

Those who do not follow what is set forth in the rules/guidelines and SOPs of TG are taken care of.

Lets say you don't report them, send an admin a PM, take a SS and explain what happened, what map, what time, and why this player should be watched/reprimanded.***

The other night I commanded for the first time in a long time on EJOD 64. There was a SL who repeatedly did not accept the order to attack east city, and only wanted to attack ruins even though i already had a squad moving there, and the squad that was about to capture gas station was going to back them up, after about 6 times of asking that SL to set a rally and head to east city, and after 6 "no sir's", and after he failed to communicate with me via microphone or via team chat, i reported him for this action.

It was fun commanding even though we lost, I hadn't done it in a long time, and though we lost we still put up a good fight. One thing that really aggravates me, and is also a pet peeve of mine is when an SL takes a Specialty kit, instead of an officer kit, before asking if there are any squads who are marksmen or HAT etc......This frustrates me because for some reason after this SL does this their RP is taken out, and now they cannot set one unless that SL kills an enemy officer, or somehow or another run's into a FB or bunker that has just appeared out of the middle of nowhere like an oasis in the desert (if this does happen please tell me).

The other pet peeve of mine is when an SL in an APC, Tanks, Attack Chopper, is not the driver. It defeats the purpose of that squad having a tank. The SL should be the driver and if he doesn't want to, then don't be an SL with armor. The reason is, that the SL can spot and set a move/attack marker, quicker then he/she would be able to as a gunner, and then as the driver they can move the tank evasively if need be, rather then telling the driver who might not realize what is going on for a split second.

I also practice this, as well as prefer SL's with transport squads to be if at all possible the engineer on board, yes there is a time when you might have to fly, but its also good so you can coordinate with the commander and not have to worry about opening up the map and crashing. I prefer to be a SL on a BH as the engineer, but thats just me. Dirtboy, default player, and liquid watcher are excellent pilots as SLs but they are very experienced pilots and know the ins and outs.

As Skud mentioned and I still don't understand why this happens, it might be darwin working and weeding out the darwin candidates, but why must helo pilots, fly when they are not needed???? Don't answer that I am going to make a thread about it.

SLs and Commander (I will be the first to admit my fault with this) Need to speak clearly and calmly to each other, its tough when you have squad members talking to you, but as AFSoccer (the commander of Commanders) and D1sposablehero (The Second Commander of Commanders) Has told me countless times and my fellow TG regs, ask the squad members to be quiet, and also ask the commander if you can speak.

I also will be the first to admit that I sometimes talk to much, and i sometimes hit and talk to the wrong squad, i usually apologize and tell them the right info, but talking to separate squads is key.

I also can become aggravated when the CO has to be in the thick and thin of the battle, when has this ever been useful unless it is a dire circumstance? Was Eisenhower on Omaha beach with the first dozen landing crafts? History has proved that he wasn't. Unless its the end of a match, or if a SL requests all the backup they can get and you are the closest, or if there is bunker glitch that only the commander can fix, or if a vehicle needs to be brought up, the commander IMHO should stay back.....remember a commander can not issue a build order if he/she is dead (last time i checked)

Remember be courteous, because whoever is a commander one right might be your SL or squad member the next round. Courtesy goes along way, and so does being a mature team/game player.