Smeemo wrote:1. Could you give an example?
2. Close to 75% of voting admins ok'd an extended ban. I know I can be a dick, but surely not that many admins are. There's no coalition to get rid of skilled players, at any rate.
3. I haven't heard that at all. That may tell you how much you know about the situation. [edit: Regular players have been banned for being noobish? Again, do give an example, because I have no idea what you're referencing.]
Just trying to get a clearer understanding of what you're talking about, here. IMO, we've gotten much morelax since the TFGN days (which I think is a good thing on the whole, btw).
[edit: relaxed is the word I was looking for. ]
benny hill wrote:I know the Konfy issue has been done to death and I still don't agree with it, but I do want to clarify that it has nothing to do with "I hate getting my ass kicked so I'll ban them for hacking". Rather, it's out of a concern for whether he's genuinely hacking or not. A great deal of admins weighed in on this very carefully and they decided it looked enough like hacking. This has nothing to do with admins getting killed too much by the same guy. The ban, whether it was done fairly or not, was done purely to benefit the players on the servers, not the admins.
As for the issue with Ackbar, the ban (which is being lifted anyway) and the problem some admins had with her, was not merely the fact that she was healing spies and fooling around now and then, but rather the fact that she was an ADMIN and doing this. For someone to be an admin they must commit to helping the server, and we take issue when our admins are not doing their duties properly and are damaging the server in some way.
Now, while I will admit that occasionally Ackbar will be picked on by some folks a bit too much, I am going to have to disagree with the way you phrased it. Anyone on the server is welcome to medic chain, heal spies and otherwise fool around (to an extent), but if an admin is involved the issue needs to be dealt with. That's the reason Ackbar was being picked on more than seemed reasonable.
As for the kicking and banning unnecessarily, let us know if specific admins are doing this too much. I do not know of any specific case where someone was unfairly banned for griefing. Personally, I wish Konfy had been given another chance, but the vote we had (which we took very seriously) spoke otherwise.
But no one (OUTSIDE ADMINS) shouldn't be allowed to run around as a medic and get kills with a syringe. If people are getting banned for this that needs to stop, but I don't think that's the case. I haven't heard of kicking or banning for fooling around as a specific class. Generally our rules state that if you're breaking the game, hacking, or causing distress to another player, you deserve warnings and or kicks and bans. Otherwise there should be no kicking going on here.
I recognize that you're a longtime donator and am no less grateful than I was when you first donated. I hope any problems you're having with our policies can get fixed.
Mike808 wrote:unban konfy please
dieinafire wrote: It's like the TF2 version of the US and terrorism. Kick then label griefer.
Maringue wrote:I concur with Smeemo, but I'll address each of these points from my own perspective.
1.) I've never kicked or banned anyone for their style of play, so I don't really know what incident you are talking about. The last person that I kicked who wasn't afk for an extended period of time was an engie who was obviously trolling (he even had troll face for his avatar). In fact, I kicked him because the other team (which he was on) all asked me to do so.
2.)This was not one admin making a decision. 4-6 admins witnessed the indecent in question and unanimously agreed that there was hacking involved.
3.) I've never seen or even heard about this happening. Could you give an example? The most I've ever done was say something like "Hey would you mind healing me instead of being a battle medic for 10 seconds?" Also, this has nothing to do with the reason why Ackbar was banned from certain servers.
Last paragraph.) Please don't lob out vague accusations, it doesn't do anyone any good. If you have a specific example, you can always PM a red admin about it. And as for play style, we generally let people do whatever they want, but there are limits such as a griefing engie teleporter, sticky camping spawn, ect. And yes, the policy is warn, kick then ban for abusive behavior.
Personally, 95% of my admin actions have either been to kick people who have been afk for a while because the server is full and people are waiting to get in, or I've banned people for spouting off racists or homophobic language after I've warned them about the server's policy (ie zero tolerance). I can count the number of times I've kicked anyone for anything else on one hand.
Remember, the admins work to make an environment that is enjoyable for all players. I don't think we'd be nearly as popular if you came into our servers and had to join a team that had 6 spies on it, which is why we have class limits. There are more than a couple people who don't like class limits (mainly because they always want to play spy or sniper), but we keep them in place because it allows the majority of people on the server to have fun.
I have no problem with you voicing your opinions about the server (that's why we have these forums really), but try to do it in a constructive manor. Coming here to tell us that, and I'm paraphrasing here, "Bad people are doing bad things," isn't really going to improve anything.
Toaster wrote:Snowsickle wrote:Maringue wrote:Wow, after watching that sniper video, now I know why it was running so fast...so you can't notice all the non-headshots he got headshot credit for. There's one in the middle of the video where he hits a medic in the right shoulder (and that's being generous) and still gets a headshot.
Recorded demos don't display TF2s lag compensation. Those were all valid headshots, but latency isn't accounted for in placement of the player models in a demo. In your game, if you turn off lag compensation you'll notice the same effect (to get a headshot you actually have to lead the model you see in game, rather than click directly on it).
QFT
Failhorse wrote:In regard to Konfy. I personally have never had a problem or suspected hacking. I was not here when the issue came about. But Smeemo took issue with what was going on. Some things, admittedly, shouldn't be possible based on his ping. But the facts themselves don't matter. I wasn't there. But I do trust Smeemo's judgment. He is a "good" player, and is very impartial to the communities social structure. So I stand by him. The majority of admins voted to continue the ban. For them, it might be personal issues related to his attitude over the actual hacking itself. I can't speak for them.
Failhorse wrote:Let's address the Ackbar situation. For months a growing number of admins, and a ton of community members felt that she wasn't living up to the duty of admin. But no direct action was taken by the staff to deal with it. When the last instance occurred, and the demos started rolling in, a majority decided to fix the problem. You are allowed your opinion, but you are not allowed your own facts. I won't address the reason again in detail. But for every person that comes to the defense of Ackbar, I can give you a complaint. At the time she was left with SB2. A compromise is being worked on.
Failhorse wrote: I find it funny that you think we're trying to ban the talented players. Perhaps you take issue because you are friends with them.
Failhorse wrote:Just by your own comments you're not really in the loop to what's going on. Ackbar not healing as a medic? Can you source this reason please? I'd also like to know which admin kicked a medic for not performing to standards.
Failhorse wrote:Also, wanted to mention. Have those who played exclusively on critsandvich, for an extended period of time, tried playing somewhere else?
The caliber of player, here, is higher than 90% of pub servers. Kicking "the good people" would be kicking 1/2 the player base.
Mike808 wrote:Failhorse wrote:In regard to Konfy. I personally have never had a problem or suspected hacking. I was not here when the issue came about. But Smeemo took issue with what was going on. Some things, admittedly, shouldn't be possible based on his ping. But the facts themselves don't matter. I wasn't there. But I do trust Smeemo's judgment. He is a "good" player, and is very impartial to the communities social structure. So I stand by him. The majority of admins voted to continue the ban. For them, it might be personal issues related to his attitude over the actual hacking itself. I can't speak for them.
you can still be a decent sniper with high ping
his ping is the same as mine and i can still join a game late and end up with the most points from playing only sniper when its one of my good days
you will be surprised how you can flick sniper and get 1320957946 headshots
dieinafire wrote:Long story short, someone was kicked for not playing medic well (if I recall)
dieinafire wrote:Funny, I heard no real complaints except for people that were raging from being dominated by her. Also, not allowed my own facts? The reasons I put down were the reasons you admins mentioned in the server. So, if my "reasons" are wrong, then you admins are wrong, and that explains a lot.
tehs4ndman wrote:all i have to say is that if i havent been banned by now... this community is fucking awesome.
Vigil wrote:I can't help but feel that banning Ackbar for ubering a spy is nothing but a lame excuse for giving her the ban she actually deserves; some of the admins seem to be too focused on following fancy rules and procedures to just do what's obviously best for the servers.
The reason you should be giving for banning Ackbar is that she solicits attention from underage boys in a way which detracts from the game experience for everyone else in the server, whether it be through team stacking or medic hijinks. I muted her after the first time I heard her talking over voicechat about dicks with some kid, but her negative effect on gameplay is enough that I've started avoiding servers she's in. Having an admin who acts like she does is beyond unprofessional-- it's disturbing and creepy.
I had assumed it was a hopeless case of a group of socially inept kid admins who are incapable of saying no to a female on the internet, but the recent ban gave me hope that you guys are capable of reason. I still wouldn't have said anything, but earlier this evening I saw Ackbar on slaybox 1 and was quite disappointed in CSn.
psyk wrote:Vigil wrote:I can't help but feel that banning Ackbar for ubering a spy is nothing but a lame excuse for giving her the ban she actually deserves; some of the admins seem to be too focused on following fancy rules and procedures to just do what's obviously best for the servers.
The reason you should be giving for banning Ackbar is that she solicits attention from underage boys in a way which detracts from the game experience for everyone else in the server, whether it be through team stacking or medic hijinks. I muted her after the first time I heard her talking over voicechat about dicks with some kid, but her negative effect on gameplay is enough that I've started avoiding servers she's in. Having an admin who acts like she does is beyond unprofessional-- it's disturbing and creepy.
I had assumed it was a hopeless case of a group of socially inept kid admins who are incapable of saying no to a female on the internet, but the recent ban gave me hope that you guys are capable of reason. I still wouldn't have said anything, but earlier this evening I saw Ackbar on slaybox 1 and was quite disappointed in CSn.
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CSNews: Ackbar reacts to ban
Zclipse wrote:Why does this shit keep coming up? It's getting quite annoying. Let it go and play the game...
Take That!! wrote:That's the main goal of all this isn't it. To grief us until we leave. I know you are hurt that I always kill you, but there are different ways to solve this problem.
Gold Team Rules wrote:CAN WE KEEP THIS ALL IN ONE THREAD?
Vintage Cholent wrote:I dont give a shit about no stupid ackybar, tkt or whatever the f his name is. I WANT MY SPY DEMO!!!!
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