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'''General Qualification Initiative 1''' (GQI-1) is a certification course that aims to teach the basic skills necessary to play Arma with others (though a portion of material may be specific to {{Abbr|EDC|Endurance Coalition}}). Being certified on this course is required in order to progress to a Cadet and subsequently be approved to participate in immersive operations.

This course will not review how to, say, go prone, fire your weapon, or aim down sights. These things can be divined through general video game literacy or solo testing in the [https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Eden_Editor:_Introduction Eden Editor]. Prospective Cadets are encouraged to join casual operations, which will give practical game experience in a fairly no-stakes environment, or ask willing members for guidance on the game if overwhelmed.

EDC welcomes people new to the game and is willing to help them. Just, it is not a good use of volunteer effort to write training that assumes so little.

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Another very popular addon that EDC uses is '''[https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=751965892 ACRE2]''' (colloquially called just "ACRE" among members). It is an addon that hooks into TeamSpeak 3 and with it creates a proximity chat environment. Voices will be heard directionally, you will only hear voices in your vicinity, and, the feature it's ''really'' used for, it realistically mimics radio use. As a simple example, the AN/PRC-343 is a short wave radio and will barely clear a kilometer in range. In contrast, the AN/PRC-152 can easily clear 5 kilometers.

Speaking volume in ACRE can be set manually by doing {{Key press|Tab|Scroll Wheel}} with scroll wheel ''up'' increasing your volume and ''down'' decreasing your volume. There are 5 speaking levels (starting at an index of 0), indicated via colored bars.

Speaking volume in ACRE can be set manually by doing {{Key press|Tab|Scroll Wheel}} with scroll wheel ''up'' increasing your volume and ''down'' decreasing your volume. There are 5 speaking levels (starting at an index of 0) indicated via colored bars.

* Level 0 is a whisper

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The advised default speaking volume is 1 and only increased if situationally appropriate and necessary.

While communicating with your fellow members, ~~here~~ are some things to keep in mind.

While communicating with your fellow members, there are some things to keep in mind.

* If a leadership role asks who needs ammo, please '''do not''' reply with "not me". That isn't the point of the question, can result in shenanigans from members getting a kick out of it which is distracting, and makes it more difficult for the leader to parse who ''does'' need ammo.

* If anyone invokes the term "combat comms", or contact against {{Abbr|OPFOR|Opposing Force}} is called or made, all non-relevant firefight communication should cease '''immediately''' (even if mid-sentence) and only resume once all contact is eliminated or disengaged from. Casual conversation is not frowned upon and in many cases is very good socialization, but Arma is ultimately a warfare simulator, and so once a battle starts everyone should focus on engaging in warfare.

* If anyone invokes the term "combat comms", or contact against {{Abbr|OPFOR|Opposing Force}} is called or made, all non-relevant firefight communication should cease '''immediately''' (even if mid-sentence) and only resume once all contact is eliminated or disengaged from. Casual conversation is not frowned upon and in many cases is very good socialization, but Arma is ultimately a warfare simulator, everyone is actively choosing to play the warfare simulator, and so once a battle starts everyone should focus on engaging in warfare.

* Some operations ''may'' have ~~very~~ limited to no radio use. In such situations, it is useful to parrot {{Emdash}} repeat ~~verbatim~~ {{Emdash}} orders given by superiors. This way it is more likely the entire element will hear and be made aware of the order.

* Some operations ''may'' have limited to no radio use. A popular historical period for many members, both in Arma and generally, is World War II, among other pre-modern periods. In such situations, it is useful to ''parrot'' {{Emdash}} that is, repeat out loud {{Emdash}} orders given by superiors. This way it is more likely the entire element will hear and be made aware of the order.

=== Radio manipulation ===

For the purposes of GQI-1 the only radio that is pertinent is the AN/PRC-343. This radio {{Emdash}} presuming the operation is in a modern setting {{Emdash}} is the default radio given to all infantrymen in a squad for inter-squad communication. It is likely you will spawn into an operation with this radio already on your person.

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 '''General Qualification Initiative 1''' (GQI-1) is a certification course that aims to teach the basic skills necessary to play Arma with others (though a portion of material may be specific to {{Abbr|EDC|Endurance Coalition}}). Being certified on this course is required in order to progress to a Cadet and subsequently be approved to participate in immersive operations.
+This course will not review how to, say, go prone, fire your weapon, or aim down sights. These things can be divined through general video game literacy or solo testing in the [https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Eden_Editor:_Introduction Eden Editor]. Prospective Cadets are encouraged to join casual operations, which will give practical game experience in a fairly no-stakes environment, or ask willing members for guidance on the game if overwhelmed.
+EDC welcomes people new to the game and is willing to help them. Just, it is not a good use of volunteer effort to write training that assumes so little.
 {{Infobox cert
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 Another very popular addon that EDC uses is '''[https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=751965892 ACRE2]''' (colloquially called just "ACRE" among members). It is an addon that hooks into TeamSpeak 3 and with it creates a proximity chat environment. Voices will be heard directionally, you will only hear voices in your vicinity, and, the feature it's ''really'' used for, it realistically mimics radio use. As a simple example, the AN/PRC-343 is a short wave radio and will barely clear a kilometer in range. In contrast, the AN/PRC-152 can easily clear 5 kilometers.
-Speaking volume in ACRE can be set manually by doing {{Key press|Tab|Scroll Wheel}} with scroll wheel ''up'' increasing your volume and ''down'' decreasing your volume. There are 5 speaking levels (starting at an index of 0), indicated via colored bars.
+Speaking volume in ACRE can be set manually by doing {{Key press|Tab|Scroll Wheel}} with scroll wheel ''up'' increasing your volume and ''down'' decreasing your volume. There are 5 speaking levels (starting at an index of 0) indicated via colored bars.
 * Level 0 is a whisper
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 The advised default speaking volume is 1 and only increased if situationally appropriate and necessary.
-While communicating with your fellow members, here are some things to keep in mind.
+While communicating with your fellow members, there are some things to keep in mind.
 * If a leadership role asks who needs ammo, please '''do not''' reply with "not me". That isn't the point of the question, can result in shenanigans from members getting a kick out of it which is distracting, and makes it more difficult for the leader to parse who ''does'' need ammo.
-* If anyone invokes the term "combat comms", or contact against {{Abbr|OPFOR|Opposing Force}} is called or made, all non-relevant firefight communication should cease '''immediately''' (even if mid-sentence) and only resume once all contact is eliminated or disengaged from. Casual conversation is not frowned upon and in many cases is very good socialization, but Arma is ultimately a warfare simulator, and so once a battle starts everyone should focus on engaging in warfare.
+* If anyone invokes the term "combat comms", or contact against {{Abbr|OPFOR|Opposing Force}} is called or made, all non-relevant firefight communication should cease '''immediately''' (even if mid-sentence) and only resume once all contact is eliminated or disengaged from. Casual conversation is not frowned upon and in many cases is very good socialization, but Arma is ultimately a warfare simulator, everyone is actively choosing to play the warfare simulator, and so once a battle starts everyone should focus on engaging in warfare.
-* Some operations ''may'' have very limited to no radio use. In such situations, it is useful to parrot {{Emdash}} repeat verbatim {{Emdash}} orders given by superiors. This way it is more likely the entire element will hear and be made aware of the order.
+* Some operations ''may'' have limited to no radio use. A popular historical period for many members, both in Arma and generally, is World War II, among other pre-modern periods. In such situations, it is useful to ''parrot'' {{Emdash}} that is, repeat out loud {{Emdash}} orders given by superiors. This way it is more likely the entire element will hear and be made aware of the order.
+=== Radio manipulation ===
+For the purposes of GQI-1 the only radio that is pertinent is the AN/PRC-343. This radio {{Emdash}} presuming the operation is in a modern setting {{Emdash}} is the default radio given to all infantrymen in a squad for inter-squad communication. It is likely you will spawn into an operation with this radio already on your person.
 [[Category:Arma training]]