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Yadingo was just recently banned+demoted for cheating on minecraft and now he has his staff position back? That doesn't really make sense and deserves further justification. @Arthman @Aegean

Hey guys, I'll clarify a few things for everyone, and @Arthman can chime in when he has a chance. First things first, although Rhododendron and I can provide input, accept or deny any promotion if we have enough reasoning, we generally allow the division leaders to make their own decisions on their division. Arthman gave reasonings to why he believes Yadingo would still be an asset as mod to the minecraft division, and wanted me to trust his decision. If @Kypariand the other TF2 staff for example gave me reasonings for a certain person to get promoted or demoted that I personally might not approve, I would 9/10 give them the go, as I trust their judgement which is why they are in the position that they are in the first place. @Caribou staff applications being open means they are still being considered, and I am not a factor in the case you are referring too. Minecraft will always be ran fairly different compared to CS:GO + TF2 due to the difference of responsibilities, player counts, and what constitutes helping. Regardless, I completely understand people's frustrations, and apologize for the error in my judgement for approving it. I will just like to clarify @virr and @LeToucan told me it was a bad idea, so it was not their fault at all. I will talk to @Arthman but we will most likely demote @yadingo from moderator for the time being, as we do care about the community's opinion and I do agree it was unfair. Once again, I appreciate you all voicing your opinion, even when you disagree with decisions higher-ups make, as it helps us improve as a community. ~Aegean

congrats @SegFault and @Ms.Spooks

Glad to be back ?

Congrats @Ms.Spooks ? also congrats to @Jadow on DM ooh I see @SegFault is climbing the ranks in MC o: Yay promo demo! ^.^ edit: I'm an idiot lol thats a TF2 promote o: congrats on dl ?

Oh yeah forgot to say in my original post, but congratulations @Ms.Spooks and @SegFault !!

Ok... First and foremost, the answer is yes. The only reason this map has stayed is due to the following things. A lot of people in xG are sniper mains, this is mostly because most video games maps aren't designed with a headhunting Australian assassin killing people. If any of you have played Goldenrod on Pokemon trade, you know what I mean. Because of this, some people love these maps. Despite the fact that they make people want to gamer shot themselves. A lot of people have a philosophy of, "The more maps the better, if people vote to play on it, they can." While if everybody took voting extremely seriously, I'd agree, unfortunately many people nominate and vote for it as a joke. Not only that, but unaware new players will see delfino, and want to play on it. Moving into the bad points: Unlike maps like bunker, it's not even a "so bad it's good" kinda deal, it's just bad and not fun. Decreases server population. With spawn protection in it's current state (protection isn't visible), it's annoying to fight people. Lastly, my best point, I don't like it. I'm honestly confused as to how people could say no. Vote yes, please and thank you.

id rather play bunker

Congrats @SegFault on DL and @Ms.Spooks on moderator!

well, sorry to break the salt train but I'm glad to see you back @Ms.Spooks ? and thank you for all the well wishes!

im talking about a separate thing, read minecracks post and stay in ur lane

Totally not pog Also congratz to @Jadow and @SegFault for getting DL

(better version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HguKyrS8oWM)

So for a while now, I've been wanting to make polls to remove some maps that have been generally disliked by the community. Today, while on TGH, a decent amount of people were on but for some reason the next map was already chosen to be Delfino Airstrip (the decision was probably made way earlier, as we were just starting to revive the server). We tried to use votemap to stop it since nobody wanted to go to there, but in the end it failed, and we went there anyways. Sure enough, once we got there, a lot of people left and as soon as the ability to RTV was available, we used it to go to a different map immediately. If so many people loathe the map so much, why do we even still have it on rotation? Now, some of you may be wondering what's wrong with it, and to those who don't know why this map is hated, I'll give you some reasons. First off, the map is quite small. While it appears large at first, the actual battlefield itself is very small. A map being small isn't always a bad thing, smaller compact maps like Delivery can be quite fun to play on at times. However, its size only amplifies the other reasons why people hate this map. One of the biggest reasons this map is hated is because it is almost completely just a flat, wide open plane. And I think we all know what happens when a map is so open and flat: sniper hell. Almost everyone will just go sniper and it'll turn into an all out shitfest. Don't get me wrong, maps that encourage snipers aren't a bad things on their own, maps like Lava Giant manage to make it fun to play sniper and play against them as well due to its layout. But with airstrip's simplistic, flat design, the snipers become unbearable. Now, these two points aren't so bad on their own, but my last point is what really makes this map awful to play on: no spawn rooms. Whenever you spawn, it's out in the open, in a boat with barely any cover. The only respawn cabinet is in a hut in the middle of the map, which is usually just camped by one team. Combine this with the sniper hell and flat map layout, and the game quickly degrades into a bunch of tryharding snipers and spies trying to get revenge on said snipers. You get sniped, you respawn, you take two steps forward, you get sniped, rinse and repeat. Despite all the hate over delfino airstrip, I've still heard some people defend this map for some reason. I'd like to go over some of the defenses or reasons they give for wanting to keep this map and why they aren't valid. First off, I've heard people say that because this map is "a classic", that means it shouldn't be removed. Well I have news for you: just because something is old or 'classic' doesn't mean it's good. From what I can tell, this map has been despised by many since it's been here. I've also heard people say "lol you just don't know how to counter snipers". To that I say... are you dumb? There are only really two counters to snipers: spies, and other snipers. The distance between each spawn allows the snipers to kill any other class long before they can reach them, making them nonviable. Even spy isn't that good, because sniper has so many counters to deal with spies himself, from jarate to the razorback. So that just leaves sniper. Then it literally just turns into a battle of which team has the better snipers. I've also heard people say "It's just a trade server, not all maps have to be serious". While yes, this may be a trade server, that doesn't mean that it's okay for maps to be poorly designed. Some of TGH's most popular maps such as Clocktown, Bunker, Rogueport, and Aquaticruin still manage to be fun for everyone because they give an equal playing field to both teams and allow multiple classes to flourish and counter one another. I honestly don't know why anyone would defend this map unless they were doing it 'for the memes lul'. This map is poorly designed, encourages one class to dominate, is too small to do anything on, and has no spawn rooms. People leave every time we go there, almost always killing the server or leading to an instant RTV. I honestly don't see any redeeming qualities in this map, besides that it's from a good game, but even that doesn't excuse its poor design. I've been listening to people complain about this map since I first started coming on xG two years ago, and I think it might be time to remove it from rotation. There are LOTS of other maps on TGH that I'd like to see removed, but for now, I'll start here and see how well this goes. What do you guys think? Remove it or keep it?

I have never liked this map. to avoid repeating the points already made, I'll focus on some other important issues in regards. It kills the server for starters, because if you don't play sniper you're not having fun. It forces anyone who doesn't want to play snipe or be sniped to either go friendly or leave. It only has 1 resupply closet and it's closer to one team than another. It's boring visually and gameplay wise. Spawn protection exists so literally a sniper will lose a quickdraw just because the last person died. I will keep saying this until evidence is provided to prove me wrong. Airstrip makes bad snipers feel better about themselves.

I'm sorry, but he used an X-Ray in which he should have been permed for, and he just gets staff so easily? He shouldn't even be able to play on the server regardless of how much he even helped you in my opinion

nword backwards is brown

Thats a bro move Keep it up my guy!

ooo am i getting banned?

Also I would like to say 2 things: 1: Please READ the whole thing before voting. I tried to make a fair analysis on why people dislike the map, so even if you do like the map, maybe you can at least listen to my reasoning and understand my points. 2: Please do NOT vote no just because you dislike me. You can dislike me, that's fine, whatever, I don't care. But don't be so childish and petty and vote no purely because you dislike me. If you truthfully enjoy this map, then fine, that's great. But don't impulsively choose no because my name is plastered on this thing or you think this map is funny to meme on.

Seriously gamers can we PLEASE just have "Pumped Up Kicks" it literally works the best out of all of them

Gratz @SegFault well deserved ?

The new and improved Darrth Danny

Congratulations @SegFault

ayyy congrats to Seg and Myagic! also welcome all new members!

Brother is simply speaking facts.

A staff member hacks and is still eligible for staff? Rather instantly gets it back? Yet another person who gets banned and unbanned, goes for staff, doesn't get it because it is deemed too early, 2 months and 2 days Okay @Aegean

to be fair two different people @ him so it was up in the air as to who it was directed to.

N

no

A friend is a true friend if they'll risk it for your biscuit.

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@SegFault @mrnutty12

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A massive thank you to everyone who was involved! We've done a fantastic thing here and every donation, no matter big or small, is going to do great things. We have raised an amazing £328, or $417 that has gone straight to the ME Association! Everyone who donated will receive the M.E Charity Fundraiser role in the xG Discord (if you haven't already please let me know). Once again, thank you all! We couldn't have done this without each and every one of you. @SegFault @virr @Caribou @Dannypicacho @james8470 @Sylux @Aegean @MineCrack @Thorax_ @hongkongatron @shwash @BonfireCentipede @bagggel @Matteomax @plowcord625 Thank you all. As I stated before, your donations, no matter how big or small, have made all the difference.

I was planning draw something for Halloween this year, but unfortunately, I hurted my arm by accident and I can't draw anything right now. So here you guys have an special made on Blender! Reiki+Gallantmon armor Made by me "BTW, I know that is not Halloween yet"

Also, with all due respect to the community, I will stand by my decision.

This map is better than 50% of the maps in TGH's map list so got to -1 it

grrrrrr

@TBOHB you're gonna get your own special recognition soon...

@Jadow congrats on DL @Ms.Spooks congrats gamer @SegFault ah shit I fucking knew this day would come @yadingo fuck you (but thanks for the johngalt screenshot) @Sparks nice one

go here nerds

I swear, no one understands sarcasm anymore

Shhhhhhhh don't tell anyone, TF2 is understaffed anyways Make sure to +1 my mod app btw

These are all masterpieces, thank you.

bump

next person to make a single letter message is quadruple mega ultra beast gay

Dude, it's bizzare, you look EXACTLY like a gay version of @Tekage You guys could be like twins or something hfs

#notmydragon