Just thought I'd mention that as long as the people who have admin powers on the server, chose to run it as their own private teat party, having their own rules on a whim, say inf only when there are EIGHTEEN people on the server, and throw their toys out the pit when someone doesn't notice said warnings of inf only as they're driving said vehicle, and then admins take it in turns to slay me ( Apparently, using the humvee to ger from US spawn to C is also against INF only rules and deadbolt thought it a great idea to slay me again), for sh*ts and giggles, the server, will remain a crap place to play.
There shouldn't be custom rules enforced on the server unless the player count is very low and everyone agrees to it. All weapons/vehicles/etc are allowed unless less than 4v4 imo. However knowing Greg, there's probably more to it than what he's told us...
I might consider donating despite being all the way across the ocean. Greg, what I will say though is that it was a one time inf only thing. Admins decided (also more than half the server did given that there was about 10 people on mumble at the time) that inf only for that particular game. Not to mention that to be fair, warnings were given out to everyone who decided to board a vehicle. Those who didn't were killed by admin. Server's great tbh, also what must be said was that it wasn't exactly helpful on your behalf that you started to rant in the chat. What was amusing was that Deadbolt's admin powers seemed to want to murder me instead of those breaking the no vehicle rule on 3 point Bazaar.. What will be said is that there was quite a bit of people within the server at the time (+10) but we had a consensus before the game started. It's a bit of a grey area really.
Not really. It was agreed long ago the ammount of people required for it to be inf only. Ask any of the players that joined the server thinking they were joining for some good old cq, but then got slayed for using vehicles, whether they will bother joining the sever again? Probably not. But that's not what we care about here. It's all about getting all the cpc folks on mumble, and if a few randoms join into the mince fest, cool.
Oh no, I never said they hadn't (those on mumble agreed to it). I said that one minute I was in the lav thinking great gonna cap some flags back as this teams getting bummed, next thing I was dead after supposed multiple warnings. Point being that I was slayed for using the humvee for transport afterwards. I still think it's lame having 18 ppl on the server, and just saying, sorry boys, the lot of us on mumble wanna do inf only. But hey, you guys donate, I don't, you do whatever you like. What was amusing was that Deadbolt's admin powers seemed to want to murder me instead of those breaking the no vehicle rule on 3 point Bazaar.. Pitty I don't have the patience you have for people abusing their admin powers. Not really. It was agreed long ago the ammount of people required for it to be inf only. Ask any of the players that joined the server thinking they were joining for some good old cq, but then got slayed for using vehicles, whether they will bother joining the sever again? Probably not. But that's not what we care about here. It's all about getting all the cpc folks on mumble, and if a few randoms join into the mince fest, cool.
Greg, with that attitude you're not going to reach an amicable resolution - it's fine to complain and give constructive feedback, but it feels like whenever there's a post from you it's hyperbolic ranting and bitterness. Ultimately it's just one round out of many with a bit confusion over what the custom rules being enforced were; personally I don't agree with custom rules whatsoever, but it's up to the head admin (Dom) and the admins present on the server at that specific time as to what they want to do. Considering the majority of players in that round were able to follow the rules and aren't here complaining I imagine it wasn't a massive deal. There's always the option of switching to a pure conquest server if that's what you want to play and come back when the server has a larger player count.
To be fair it really wasn't abuse given that anyone who hopped into a vehicle at the time was given fair warning before getting killed off. Sure the custom rules wasn't exactly purely honest that much I'll agree with, but saying admin abuse is a bit much given that fair notice was given to everyone. That and considering that we were going to revert back to normal right after. Admittedly we probably should've switched back to normal after 5v5, but we decided against it. I can't say the CPC admins did the right thing, but neither can I say that you handled it well.
I think Greg has a point. I think we should have a standard set of rules and game modes depending on how many players are on. It would be nice to see the server being used more and even better full. Kicking users probably isn't a good idea unless they are hack/cheating. I also think we should do some events maybe every week at the weekend for certain game modes. Say a Rush Weekend etc. Or maybe a Bit-tech BF3 Ladder etc. Just throwing idea's around.
New Server Rules **Admin/Mods Say Is Final** 1. No Base rape - Warning/kill/kick/ban (Ban if person returns and is abusive) 2. No Vehicles Under 5 vs 5. No Tanks/LAV. 3. Abuse to Players is not allowed (Warnings/Kill/Kick/Ban. 4. No Racism.
The balancer needs some serious work. The script we had running previously doesn't seem to be working anymore. There is no scrambling at end of round for example.. We've had some really lopsided nights the last couple and you can see that a) regulars quit fast b) randoms quit as fast or quicker. Can someone please look in to this as it kills the fun when you're being dominated - this goes for anyone.
Think we should try a different auto balancer as the current one is pretty broken at the moment. Votick will most likely look into this soon. An issue i foresee is lots of plugins now require some kind of donation to use them. We need to find the best plugins available and keep them.
All the plugins were updated last night and were working to me from 10:00PM onwards. This includes an updated version of the autobalancer which was working once updated (seems it was broken for the past week). And Ultimate Map manager which I had to donate to receive . All the plugins are now up-to date and working par Spambot which seems like it's broken. I will however replace this with another plugin. We have reporting for players who are cheating/not following the rules to report simply type This will then get emailed to an admin (Currently me until Dom PM's me an address he doesn't mind receiving server emails on) with your report and a list of players on the server and there scores. Players can also contact an admin by typing: You can also view the rules in game by typing: This will show the rules to the whole server.
+rep.. very nice job mate. You need to get around to giving me admin sooner or later..! Somewhat related, I'll be paying up tonight.
Could do although that's another address to check. I have a rule on my Gmail to send the server emails to a folder "label as Google calls it" and I can see them when I check my other emails (I have them all going to one Google Apps account). We can set an address up if needed.
What I meant was, if both of you are receiving emails for the same problem, you both might attempt to work on it and just muck it up. With the single email, you can see which has been completed
Will create a separate email address for server emails this evening. Thanks Votick. And further plugin funds i will make a contribution for in the future. A single server email is required i think or at least direct communication between admins. That way we all know what has happened or been changed.
