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Well boys and girls, here we go with yet ANOTHER thread about how we should be treating each other. I thought my last post about this very subject would have been enough to set the guidelines, but apparently I was wrong. Back in May, I post a PSA about how the upper staff were going to be handling complaints about other members in our clan. If you are unfamiliar with that thread, or if you need a refresher, you can read about it here: Psa: There Is To Be A Change To How We Handle Complaints. In the last thread, we addressed many issues in hopes of bringing the levels of drama down to a minimum. The biggest issue we were facing was that our members were, for whatever reason, incapable of communicating with each other in order to work out little issues, as to prevent them from snowballing into big issues. The tl;dr of it was that it was expected that if a problem were to arise, you would work it out with the person you're having issues with, that way the upper staff wouldn't have to hold hands and babysit our members when a small conflict became an issue. Obviously, this measure has failed entirely. I'm quite frankly baffled at the stupid, inane bullshit that we are having to pander to, and quite frankly, I'm sick of it. I tried being nice and being helpful, giving friendly reminders to play fairly, but if it isn't going to get results, I'll have to take a harsher course of action instead. For the most part, we are all adults here. Some of us are not quite there yet, but I feel that in this clan, we hold a very high sense of responsibility and respect here, to a certain degree, that we expect everyone to stand up to. As adults, there is absolutely NO REASON why we should be unable to work things out with each other, or ensure that we just ignore each other if a solution cannot be met. Without naming names, I can attest that there is still a LARGE issue with drama and talking behind others' backs. @Ohstopyou, @kbraszzz, and myself were ankle deep in it last night, and literally EVERY SINGLE ISSUE that was presented to us could have been solved if the people involved had talked with one another instead of complaining about each other to other members behind each others' backs. Really? This is what we are STILL struggling with? THESE are the problems we are making for each other? I'm honestly at a loss for words. I honestly have no idea what the next measure should be. All I know is that all this unnecessary drama is creating a rift in our clan, and if we don't find a way to squash it, it will tear us apart. I graduated high school nearly ten years ago. I shouldn't have to put up with this. In the end, we are a TEAM. ALL of us. Whether you like someone on your team or not, you are expected to maintain a level of respect and communication with your teammates. Personal feelings be damned. I don't give a rat's ass who likes who or who hates who. If you're going to be a part of my moderation staff, you will treat each other with respect and dignity, not go behind each other's backs to spread rumors and speak ill of each other. So, effective immediately, I'm just NOT going to deal with it anymore. My higher up staff is NOT going to deal with it anymore. Nothing nice to say? Don't say anything at all. Dislike someone? Ignore them and stay away from them. Keep your opinions to yourself and don't spread toxicity to each other. Don't speak ill of people who cannot be there to defend themselves, and don't be an asshole when you're trying to talk to each other. Be mindful in the fact that context is a VERY real thing, and when we have multiple people saying multiple things that are taken out of context, it creates HUGE problems. Escalating these petty issues to the higher-ups when it has nothing to do with our clan can and will result in punishment for all parties involved. If we honestly cannot deal with each other in a respectable way, I don't feel you deserve a place on my staff. I would like everyone to, effective immediately, begin treating your staff position like a job, because for all intents and purposes, that's what it is. This is a job minus the pay. And while you are here, performing your duties, you are expected to handle yourself in a respectful and responsible manner. If you went into a place of business, started a bunch of unnecessary drama with a coworker, then took your personal issues to your management, their reaction would be "Get it together and handle your issues, or you can look for a different employer." We are NOT here to be guidance counselors. We are NOT here to play mediator. We are here to make sure our staff does what is expected of them and ensure our game servers are being moderated. If you have beef with a member, fix it. I'm done putting up with this. If you can't fix it, ignore the people you have problems with. If issues continue to be issues, your staff position will then be at stake, whether or not you feel you are the cause of the problem. If you can't keep your personal life out of the work place, we will replace you. To everyone who was involved with the issue last night, and you know who you are, I suggest you work it out pronto. I will not be naming names, but you will all be tagged in a conversation shortly after this post goes live. You're all capable of rational discussion. I suggest and expect that you fix the problems. I'd hate to have to let any of you go because you can't work as a team. There is to be a conversation held to give you guys one last chance to solve these problems, because after the conversation, if I still see the issues that are being complained about, I am going to lose it. To address another problem that was presented last night, let's talk about Promo/Demos. I have no idea why this became an issue in the first place, but I'm just going to be very blunt to get my point across: If ANYBODY is threatening another user with a demotion in order to make them feel bad, that individual is going to face immediate removal of their staff position. This is absolutely unacceptable, ESPECIALLY since the only people who need be concerned with Promos and Demos are the active DMs and DLs, and our DMs and DLs will NOT be discussing the promos and demos with anybody until after the information has been made public. Obviously, we will still be taking the opinions of our staff into consideration, but the final decision lies with us. We will be reporting our Promos/Demos directly to Kbraszzz or Hiding, and Kbraszzz/Hiding will be the only person(s) who knows that information. Outside of those individuals, it is NOBODY ELSE'S BUSINESS. Mods have no say in Promos/Demos. Admins have no say in Promos/Demos. If you hear about someone getting a promo or a demo, whoever told it to you is a liar. So DO. NOT. USE. IT. AGAINST. ANYONE. It is grounds for an immediate demotion, as it is a SUPER shitty thing to do. I hope this clarifies where we stand on the issues. At this point, I can't make you all get along, but I CAN dictate how much we are going to be tolerant of. I'm done. My staff is done. And we will not be putting up with it any longer. If you can't be adult enough to work out your issues, I can't bring myself to keep you a member of my staff. Hardass mode has been engaged. I don't want to resort to this, but at the same time, I shouldn't have to. EDIT: Just to clarify, I have NO PLANS on taking any sort of disciplinary action against ANYONE who was involved in the events last night. Nobody has any consequences they need to fear. Just know if it is STILL an issue after this post, THEN we will be having problems. I also don't want anyone thinking that we don't care what our staff has to say. Obviously, your input is an integral part of how we manage the system. We will continue to touch base with you all on various things. I don't want anyone to think we are being inclusive of you guys, as that's not what this thread is addressing.

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I suggest adding that you have to type trivia questions and answers. As an issue with that came up a few days ago when someone answered over the mic.

Aaaaand there it is! That's 10 vouches. We have a 24 hour waiting period, so tomorrow evening I will close this thread and give you the acceptance message, assuming nobody wants to -1 you or recant their vote. See you tomorrow! :D

Totally forgot about auto-swap. I get that, but they're essentially the same thing for the purposes of the JB rules. Doesn't need to be two instances of "choose to rebel" is all I'm saying. That's not what I'm referring to. What I'm saying is that one explicitly says "Taking a step out is implied" while the other one doesn't. On both accounts it should say "Taking a step out is implied", or just not say it at all.

Allow me to also use this as a perfect example. You see boys and girls....this is called SARCASM. Sometimes, we use this as a form of comical relief! It's best to learn when sarcasm is being used, as if I didn't know that Bach was being a smartass, I'd have to demote him now. :D

i get both, some times when you change the resolution it changes

inb4 plays tf2 again in a week. 10/10 Me Hachi Koala Matsi @Rejects irestmycase

I don't think you can. The second picture is of the old TF2 hud. The above one is the new updated one.

Yeah, there comes a point where the laptops become like 14+ pounds and they really aren't "portable".

secondary's arnt insta rebel because people who havnt disabled auto swap to more powerful weapon can get easly killed and it should say its only for max like 5 seconds. they are very different one requires teamwork other requires one man with a plan. they seem the same but are very different points. AFK is a general term, as like take a step out face cell afk freeze. where the other is a full command by itself. Been a long time hasnt it forest go skim css rules babe ;) ALso for the tarping it should be for all ct's not just warden.

It was ISIL. they did it because france is deploying air strikes in the Middle East. More atrocities from ISIL. When you commit mass murder on innocent civillians, you have no right to represent a religion. You're giving the religion a bad rep. ISIL should pay for what they did, and I'm sorry to the people in Paris, and for the Muslims who get a bad name for being categorized with extremists.

Noticed a few inconsistencies in it from skimming: #7 ought to be under the Warden specific rules/regulations. #6 is a tad bit confusing. Why are secondary weapons allowed to be out (also, typo. Says "Secondaries weapons") while primary weapons aren't? Don't know whether this is really an issue on the CS:GO Server (I'll be honest, I haven't really extensively read the CS:GO rules so correct me if I'm wrong) but it looks like it would confuse any new players since primaries aren't allowed, but secondaries are. Looking back on this, I'm not entirely sure why I practically just repeated the same objective. Anyways, #3 and #4 are practically the same. You really only need one or the other. This mention may not be necessary, but because these are definitive explanations I would suggest having the note "Taking a step out is implied" under the terminology for "AFK Freeze" as well as "Gun Check Freeze" to ensure maximum clarity as opposed to just having it under "Gun Check Freeze".

Just gonna leave this here: Dropbox - sorbcubed.dem Even got multiple angles from Replay: Dropbox - sorbcubed.wmv Ignoring the armory camping and the people he killed that came through the vent, he also killed 3 people that never entered armory, one of which was me because I was there trying to see who was camping armory. To be clear, you were not banned for killing the people that came in, you were banned because you also killed 3 people standing outside the door, and it didn't look accidental either, you actually came at us after you lit us on fire the first time. I suggest this: Want To Get Unbanned?

This: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=yezDOb2Q9xE;list=PL837C74E2CDE9C76B Or pretty much any song from Streets of Rage 2

I was bored. QQ

I've been considering updating the rules recently, there's a lot of rules that aren't there that are enforced. I'll go ahead and update some things, but some of the things you suggested will need some discussion to see if we even want them (moving tarp time up from 7, custom lrs, etc)

General Rules Anything that is not in the MOTD is considered illegal unless an Admin says otherwise. Do not advertise on our servers. No cheating on our servers (this includes wall-hacking, aimbot, etc). Do not impersonate other members or admins. No using voice changers in-game. Do not bring up or make remarks to political stances, religions, leaders, nations or touchy subjects. No racism or sexism, using it in an insulting manner is not allowed. No abusing !call (already a rule, should be put in motd) No major disrespect to other players/staff (obviously based on judgement of staff, but if someone is being a huge dickbag and we mute/gag/kick he'll likely cry that it isn't in the motd blah blah. should be added) _____________________________________________________________________________ Counter-Terrorist Rules and Regulations: Do not Freekill Do not break vents unless Last CT is in effect Do not Camp Armory Or Vents Leave Armory by 9:30 at the start of a round. Do not Bait or Gunplant the Terrorists Any Rebels at any point are considered Kill-On-Sight unless Pardoned by the Warden No Tarping (troll orders etc. to confuse the Ts) prior to 7:00 9:00 - this makes it so simon says is still playable before there's only like 3-4 t's left, but cts can't just major tarp for the first few orders If the warden dies, a new warden must be selected within 15 seconds or a Freeday will be automatically given As LCT, do not kill terrorists stuck inside a room without an exit (I.e. isolation) without first opening the room and giving t's 5 seconds for t's to escape. this could be removed, as we have the LCT countdown thing now As LCT, kill any ts you see immediately. (no favortism, already enforced, yadda yadda) _____________________________________________________________________________ Terrorist Rules and Regulations: Do not Camp Armory Or Vents Do not Rebel during your 'Last Request' without using the option in the menu Do not Camp during 'Last CT' You may not have a 'Custom Last Request', you must use the menu. If you want to use a custom LR, ask any staff beforehand. (Plenty custom lrs are fine, with a staffs approval theres no reason not to have this. If its a stupid cheaty thing or will take forever staff can say no, if its harmless staff can say yes. Simple and fun.) Do not delay your Last Request. Being in armory (on a non warday), attacking cts, pointing guns at cts, and not following the wardens orders makes you an automatic rebel. (I'm probably forgetting about what else should be in this list, but I feel like this would help newer players significantly) No cheating in LR (obvious) No detouring and/or delaying is implied, if you are caught being slow to do orders or loop-holing, etc. you are an automatic rebel. Warden does not need to specify this. (also obvious) _____________________________________________________________________________ Warden Rules and Regulations You can only do a special day every 3 rounds You can only play the same game every other round. You must have cells open by 8:45 or else it is a freeday! You must repeat once upon request, for the first order. (take a step out of your cell and guncheck freeze, etc etc) (this is heavily enforced already, I don't really understand why it isn't in the rules in the first place. Also, repeating once upon request for EVERY order would be suitable as well but I want other opinions) No in-cell orders. (also heavily enforced already, explains itself) No special treatment. (should be explained somewhere what this means, it's an enforced rule, should be written down somewhere) If you have an annoying mic, deemed by staff, you may not warden. (questionable rule, but I feel like it would be really helpful) _____________________________________________________________________________ I edited the current MOTD a bit, with my own additions in red. Obviously this isn't the complete MOTD, and I want other opinions, but I feel that most my additions are already enforced rules and should just be added to reduce confusion.

I am shit at realism and self portraits

ya'll need to be writing shit for new York time with all the 1000 word essays you be writing for some dude you dont like

Another hit song from DJ-Rhodz. What a master piece

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx_TsPQwVGs

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