Server Standards

[Flitterkill]

GC Server Standards - UT2K4

 

1) Basics:

2) Cliffnotes version:

3) Language:

4) Screen Name:

5) Attitude:

6) Spawn Killing/Camping:

7) Haxors/Aimbots:

8) AFK/Team Killers/Poor Losers:

9) Have Fun!

 

 

1) Basics:

 

Go here for the overall GC philosophy

 

 

2) Cliffnotes version:

 

Screen names should not have swear words in them.

Same thing for religious stuff (pro-God, anti-God, pro/anti-any religion)

Same thing for sex stuff.

Same goes for political stuff.

For all the above, goes the same for voice and text chat in-game.

Keep the smack talk and nonsensical blithering to minimum.

Try to keep your attitude in check.

Have fun first and foremost!

And yes, we are aware of the urban dictionary, nice try.

 

 

3) Language:

 

We are not prudes, but when you clear out the swearing, blithering, racist, homophobe, religious, and other nothing-to-do-with-the-game stuff, game play quality goes way up.

 

Our standards are what make our servers fun to play on - you know when you come here its about the game, sportsmanship, comradiere and nothing else.

 

Our standards are also not open for discussion - if a word is filtered you can bet there is a reason for it. Words that may seem not all that bad to you can often be the snowflake that starts the avalanche. If we just go ahead and nip it in the bud before it leads to stuff requiring admin attention, all the better - admins would much rather be playing than admining.

 

Please do not attempt to debate why you think you should be allowed to use whatever word we have filtered out or asked you not to use - it will get you no where but kicked.

 

Of course, open-mic music playing, singing songs because you like the sound of your voice, etc. - yeah, we'll kick for that too

 

 

4) Screen Name:

 

Same stuff that applies for in-game chat and voice applies for screen names as well.

 

Again, just because you think the name is fine that doesn't mean we won't ask you to change it. Even with creative spellings or clever euphamisms (as amusing and clever as they may be) admins will ask you to flip the name to something else.

How does this usually play out on the server?:

Admins will ask a player for a name change in chat a couple times.

If you ignore us we will likely freeze you to give you a clue.

After that, kicked

Return and still don't have a clue? You figure it out...

 

 

5) Attitude:

 

It can be frustrating, I know...

 

The server is full and at start the manta left without giving anyone a ride.

 

So did the hellbender.

 

And that raptor you were just about to get into and by all rights was yours, well, someone "stole" it right out from under you.

 

And that manta that left with no passengers? It didn't go to the first node.

 

Here is where the choice is made.

 

A little bit of griefing is understandable, but yelling, insulting, denigrating, etc. your teammates will get you what? Think about this now...

 

Exactly.

 

Try building some teamwork instead. It might not work. It happens. Some people don't listen.

 

But some probably listened.

 

And they are more likely to return to this server because of it.

 

So when you next join our server, you will probably have smarter teammates as a result of your talking to your teammates as opposed to yelling at them.

 

And soon enough, the server is more often than not full of smart players.

 

And the matches are great.

 

And n00bs who join the server learn by watching and example.

 

And the community grows.

 

Or you could just blither on and on about how your team is teh suckage and you are the only thing keeping them in the games, etc.

 

I'm sure that will work real well to build teamwork and everyone will add your name to thier UT buddylists and will follow you to whatever server you end up on after we kick you from ours.

 

Yeah.

 

 

6) Spawn Killing/Camping:

 

What many folks new to this game do not realize is that there is really very little that can be counted as really "spawn killing" in ONS. ONS is all about nodes and team strategy. Part of that in some cases necessitates that the enemy might put the smack down on a location where you may or may not spawn at. The node might even be "locked" at the time.

 

Part and parcel of ONS.

 

If you spawn at a node and there is someone camping there with mines and such? Kill him or her, or, the next time you are killed, spawn at a different node.

 

Simple.

 

If someone is camping your base and you control no nodes - again, part and parcel of ONS.

 

If you are having difficulty realizing this salient point, you do not need to tell the rest of the players on the server your beliefs. Get better or perhaps try another server.

 

We are not trying to drive you away from here (the opposite really) but we will warn and/or kick if a player refuses to stop harping about "spawn killing".

 

Campers? Let them. Camping more often than not means the other team has one less person actively attacking and destroying nodes. In some cases certain locations have a tactical advantage vehicle-wise. Again, you are playing ONS - you know this already.

 

We strive to have a fun server environment, but a truly competitive one as well - if you think any of the above is not what ONS is all about and is patently unfair, you probably should stay far away from any formal ONS league or ladder such as the TWL 6v6 ONS.

 

You won't last long...

 

 

 

7) Haxors/Aimbots:

 

You will see this from time to time just below the chat line in-game while you are playing on our servers:

 

"Just because they never seem to miss *you* doesn't mean they are botting or hacking..."

 

Exactly.

 

Please understand that folks have been playing UT since 1999. The weapons and skill set for UT deathmatch have not changed that much in 6 years. Which means:

 

1) That there are some scary good folks who know how to use a shockrifle.

2) They understand the concept of keybinds and can switch weapons insanely fast.

3) They can adjust thier aim based on how high or low thier ping is.

4) They can see where shots are coming from through the screen fog and make good guesses on where you might be...

5) If you stand still at anytime you have a good chance of being dead a moment later.

 

Randomly spamming in text chat or over voice comms about botting or hacking after an admin has told you to give it up will get you kicked. Admins know what to look for. Leave it to them to deal with.

 

 

 

8) AFK/Team Killers/Poor Losers

 

The server will kick folks who are idle for 2 minutes. Don't take it personally - others want to play and this is the easiest way to make room.

 

On occasion, an admin may notice you aren't doing anything. If they notice that again, they may kick you before those 2 minutes elapse - again - nothing personal.

 

Team killing is kinda hard on server where friendly fire is off; but it happens.

 

Some folks like to get in vehicles, drive forward a ways, then get out, preventing thier team from using them until they eventually respawn (provided they don't get jacked)

 

Sometimes they shoot newly spawned vehicles (which are of course locked) into thier teammates, thereby killing them. Lovely.

 

Sometimes they just create havoc for the team they play on because they feel like it.

 

Kicked and/or banned.

 

Simple.

 

And as for poor losers... If you cannot handle the losing, this may not be the server for you. Switching to the winning side just because you feel like it during a map is not cool - not cool at all. This doesn't help your teammates obviously and it also identifies you as a player most folks would probably not want to play with in general.

 

Why not do something different?

 

When one side starts to outnumber the other - join the losing side! That says volumes about your integrity as a team player more than anything else.

 

 

 

9) Have Fun!

 

Thats why any of us are playing this game in the first place.

 

That is also why we have all these standards in place - to keep it fun - it should not surprise you how much better it is to play on a server that lacks 12 year olds (13, 14, 15, 16, 17...) that learned new words at school today, idiot college dudes who think they know how the game is "supposed to be played", and the like.

 

Enjoy, have fun and cya on the servers!

 

-Fk