Hidingmaster

Assuming makes you look really bad.
 
First off I check the forums at least once a day, and have for the last several years. Just because I don't post doesn't mean i dont get on, I post when I see something that requires attention. If you really care that much go ahead and sit on the forums all day and see when I am online. I get on when I wake up, get on the train, get home, and generally right before I go to bed. Its a bunch of bullshit to call me out for something you have no idea about.
 
And i'm on steam nearly every day answering people's questions and chatting with css members. When I look to join a css server its empty, not something I can really help. I know I can sit in there and wait for people, but I have don't have patience to be waiting in a lobby for an hour for people to get on. When the server is populated, I hop on right away. Just because im not visible to you doesn't mean im not here.
 
You were all for the transition of CS:S to CS:GO and now we decide to make CS:S work and all of a sudden you become critical and upset about one thing not getting done on the exact date? Wow.
 
Stop trying to start something and make this a bigger deal than it should be. I went out of my way to do something for the community and all you are doing is trying to shut it down, thanks a lot.

"I think I banned him" - Silence

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We're going to be putting a lot of effort to keep CS:S around and populated... my goal is to accomplish everything on this list by the stated due date, although it relies on bleed and nomulous as well.
 
As of today, this list is very tentative and has only been shown to Cristo and Dr. Lee, so I can't say that it can or all will be done, but it damn well will if there is a way. Due dates may change once I can get bleed and nomulous onto this, but I will do my best not to.
 
 
 
Here is a list of stuff I want to accomplish though as well as a tentative schedule of when they must be completed by:
 
August
1. Perform bomb fixes, including changing price of large bomb and overall making them more balanced. (Aug 17) Completed
2. Rewrite rules/Talk with staff members about where to draw the line (In other words, loosen up the reins a little to have some fun) (Aug 18) In progress
3. Polish Warden Plugin (Aug 21) Completed
4. Change the Terrorists/Prison Guards win screen (Aug 21) In progress
5. Change intro and last ct music (Aug 28) Not completed
6. Edit Map rotation, narrow it down to <15. (Aug 28) Not completed
 
September
1. Hub (Sept 12) Not completed
2. Find a way to have an intro screen or something nice, or just motd coming up all the time (not the broken shit it always has been) (Sept 20) Not completed
3. Skins (Sept 25) Not completed
4. Update LR (Maybe add a new game, or a few...) (Sept 30) Not completed

We're going to be putting a lot of effort to keep CS:S around and populated... my goal is to accomplish everything on this list by the stated due date, although it relies on bleed and nomulous as well.
 
As of today, this list is very tentative and has only been shown to Cristo and Dr. Lee, so I can't say that it can or all will be done, but it damn well will if there is a way. Due dates may change once I can get bleed and nomulous onto this, but I will do my best not to.
 
 
 
Here is a list of stuff I want to accomplish though as well as a tentative schedule of when they must be completed by:
 
August
1. Perform bomb fixes, including changing price of large bomb and overall making them more balanced. (Aug 17) Completed
2. Rewrite rules/Talk with staff members about where to draw the line (In other words, loosen up the reins a little to have some fun) (Aug 18) In progress
3. Polish Warden Plugin (Aug 21) Completed
4. Change the Terrorists/Prison Guards win screen (Aug 21) In progress
5. Change intro and last ct music (Aug 28) Not completed
6. Edit Map rotation, narrow it down to <15. (Aug 28) Not completed
 
September
1. Hub (Sept 12) Not completed
2. Find a way to have an intro screen or something nice, or just motd coming up all the time (not the broken shit it always has been) (Sept 20) Not completed
3. Skins (Sept 25) Not completed
4. Update LR (Maybe add a new game, or a few...) (Sept 30) Not completed

We're going to be putting a lot of effort to keep CS:S around and populated... my goal is to accomplish everything on this list by the stated due date, although it relies on bleed and nomulous as well.
 
As of today, this list is very tentative and has only been shown to Cristo and Dr. Lee, so I can't say that it can or all will be done, but it damn well will if there is a way. Due dates may change once I can get bleed and nomulous onto this, but I will do my best not to.
 
 
 
Here is a list of stuff I want to accomplish though as well as a tentative schedule of when they must be completed by:
 
August
1. Perform bomb fixes, including changing price of large bomb and overall making them more balanced. (Aug 17) Completed
2. Rewrite rules/Talk with staff members about where to draw the line (In other words, loosen up the reins a little to have some fun) (Aug 18) In progress
3. Polish Warden Plugin (Aug 21) Completed
4. Change the Terrorists/Prison Guards win screen (Aug 21) In progress
5. Change intro and last ct music (Aug 28) Not completed
6. Edit Map rotation, narrow it down to <15. (Aug 28) Not completed
 
September
1. Hub (Sept 12) Not completed
2. Find a way to have an intro screen or something nice, or just motd coming up all the time (not the broken shit it always has been) (Sept 20) Not completed
3. Skins (Sept 25) Not completed
4. Update LR (Maybe add a new game, or a few...) (Sept 30) Not completed

We're going to be putting a lot of effort to keep CS:S around and populated... my goal is to accomplish everything on this list by the stated due date, although it relies on bleed and nomulous as well.
 
As of today, this list is very tentative and has only been shown to Cristo and Dr. Lee, so I can't say that it can or all will be done, but it damn well will if there is a way. Due dates may change once I can get bleed and nomulous onto this, but I will do my best not to.
 
 
 
Here is a list of stuff I want to accomplish though as well as a tentative schedule of when they must be completed by:
 
August
1. Perform bomb fixes, including changing price of large bomb and overall making them more balanced. (Aug 17) Completed
2. Rewrite rules/Talk with staff members about where to draw the line (In other words, loosen up the reins a little to have some fun) (Aug 18) In progress
3. Polish Warden Plugin (Aug 21) Completed
4. Change the Terrorists/Prison Guards win screen (Aug 21) In progress
5. Change intro and last ct music (Aug 28) Not completed
6. Edit Map rotation, narrow it down to <15. (Aug 28) Not completed
 
September
1. Hub (Sept 12) Not completed
2. Find a way to have an intro screen or something nice, or just motd coming up all the time (not the broken shit it always has been) (Sept 20) Not completed
3. Skins (Sept 25) Not completed
4. Update LR (Maybe add a new game, or a few...) (Sept 30) Not completed

A decision has been made and will be posted in the promo demo

1. Be rid of bank/interest/gambling (Yes, i really dont see the benefit of it and it makes bombs less fun)
2. Keep bomb so people have the incentive to stay to save up and bomb us (Agreed)
3.GET RID OF ADS, I DO NOT NEED WOMEN'S DEODERANT (Its up to silence and im sure its here to stay)
4. ACTUALLY work on Hub (5 min, ie only when nomulous does it will it be done)
5. OLD BOMB ( with fire alarm freeday)/Small - Medium bombs only (I would love to have this back)
6.Get rid of the shitty maps no one plays and bring back in some classics(*COUGH COUGH LEOBEN COUGH COUGH*) (Agreed)
7. All of these were taken from speculation and people on the server (including mods/admins/higher) (8/10)
 
8. Add skins
9. Change Terrorists Win/Prison Guards win screen thing
10. Add a hub integrated with forums and happy fun stuff
11. Rewrite rules
12. Get rid of subpar last ct music
13. Put in a better (? i think i have it disabled) intro song
14. Make motd actually show up at the beginning, all the time
15. Make warden plugin less intrusive (smaller font in corner)
16. Have active staff
17. Get away from being strict staff to staff that can responsibly have fun
18. Revise lr plugin, making it a little bit less, possibly adding something new to it
19. Fix bombs: Large should only be available to a few people towards end of map, so make it more expensive. Also balance all bombs making them occur less frequently.

Well... since all 3 dm's agree and silence never posted anything about it... ill go ahead and unban.

Well... since all 3 dm's agree and silence never posted anything about it... ill go ahead and unban.

can we just ban @DrLee like that would fix all problems

At certain points in time you realize that things you loved greatly cannot last forever. People move on, you get bored, things get stale. No matter how much you wish that things would return to the "way they used to be" you have to realize that it will never. CS:S is exactly this, something that was once a great time, with great people, and a game you could play for 12 hours straight without being bored. Unfortunately it just doesn't have to appeal, to anyone that plays anymore. We are lucky to have an hour a day with anyone on it.
 
Minigames fairs slightly better, but still has dismal population numbers. And when either of these servers are populated, most of the time it is members; the randoms are few and far between.
 
At the current moment, CS:S is seriously struggling. Population is low, its stale, people complain about the state of it. So what do we do about it.
 
There are really two options, and before carrying on I ask you to take a minute and seriously think it through. Don't look into the past and think about how much fun JB was in 2011-2012; you realistically cannot expect it to be the same ever again.
 
Option 1: The tough choice
 
Nobody wants to say it, but I have no problem being the first. I think a serious consideration about taking CS:S down for good is in order here.
As it stands right now, we are putting a lot of money into server upkeep but seeing very little benefit. We haven't changed much on the servers in what seems to be years, and certainty nothing drastic has changed to make it fun or worth it.
 
So let's say we do decide it's time to let go of CS:S, what can we do with the money that is saved? Well, it certainly will make xG that much easier to keep running; there would be less reliance on Silence and a few random people to keep the servers paid for. In addition this money could theoretically be invested into one of the other divisions, whether it be CS:GO, GMOD, or TF2. My hopes is that something would be worked out with CS:GO div @Bleed to migrate current mods+ and to work on creating a great JB and minigames experience there.
 
I tend to think of this option as the better for all option, versus the better for some.
 
The benefits of this choice are:
1) Save money, which xG has needed to do for quite some time.
2) More focus can be had on CS:GO, a division that I see a lot of potential in.
3) With focus on CS:GO, there can be a new experience that can create new memories
4) Letting CS:S go before it becomes an even bigger let down
 
Option 2: The risky choice

And then there's the second option which involves a makeover of CS:S JB. The three division managers (Cristo, Dr. Lee, and I) could attempt to essentially do jailbreak all over. Rewrite the rules (less strict), deleted all maps and add just a handful to get started, get hub into jailbreak, and even potentially remove bans to help open the server back up to a lot more people.
 
What we could do is just shut jb down for a week or two to get a lot of this done and create a stringent schedule that would be posted on the forums to get the list of items added and jb running. This would take work by a lot of people though, and may take a while to get going. We would need @Nomulous and @Bleed to get hub running.
 
My concern with this is 1) Not getting hub done, as it was supposed to be done a year ago and 2) A lot of work being put into this and only seeing a benefit for a few days once the server is back.
 
In my opinion, hub isn't the CS:S savior. It's not new, its really not different from other servers, and I can only see it bringing a few days of excitement back.
 
 
So those are just the two choices that I have devised, but there may be more out there. I already briefly discussed some of this with the division managers, but really it will be up to all to decide what happens.
 
And like I said, it is though to say that CS:S should be put away, but something you just have to realize when things may be done.
 
@Rhododendron
@Forest
@Bonk
@DrLee
@Cristo
@Gawd
@diabeetus
@ThePenguin
@snakeboyeric
@Hexx
@Haxx
@Legend

Actually to be honest its not even FR/Lr or even a map game anymore
>Warden gives out of cell order
>Warden orders Ts out of cell
>Guncheck
>Mass large bomb spam
>Last ct activated
 
Now im not saying that the bomb spam is the main reason for css dying. But to be fair it did ruin Jailbreak for me and a lot of other people

At certain points in time you realize that things you loved greatly cannot last forever. People move on, you get bored, things get stale. No matter how much you wish that things would return to the "way they used to be" you have to realize that it will never. CS:S is exactly this, something that was once a great time, with great people, and a game you could play for 12 hours straight without being bored. Unfortunately it just doesn't have to appeal, to anyone that plays anymore. We are lucky to have an hour a day with anyone on it.
 
Minigames fairs slightly better, but still has dismal population numbers. And when either of these servers are populated, most of the time it is members; the randoms are few and far between.
 
At the current moment, CS:S is seriously struggling. Population is low, its stale, people complain about the state of it. So what do we do about it.
 
There are really two options, and before carrying on I ask you to take a minute and seriously think it through. Don't look into the past and think about how much fun JB was in 2011-2012; you realistically cannot expect it to be the same ever again.
 
Option 1: The tough choice
 
Nobody wants to say it, but I have no problem being the first. I think a serious consideration about taking CS:S down for good is in order here.
As it stands right now, we are putting a lot of money into server upkeep but seeing very little benefit. We haven't changed much on the servers in what seems to be years, and certainty nothing drastic has changed to make it fun or worth it.
 
So let's say we do decide it's time to let go of CS:S, what can we do with the money that is saved? Well, it certainly will make xG that much easier to keep running; there would be less reliance on Silence and a few random people to keep the servers paid for. In addition this money could theoretically be invested into one of the other divisions, whether it be CS:GO, GMOD, or TF2. My hopes is that something would be worked out with CS:GO div @Bleed to migrate current mods+ and to work on creating a great JB and minigames experience there.
 
I tend to think of this option as the better for all option, versus the better for some.
 
The benefits of this choice are:
1) Save money, which xG has needed to do for quite some time.
2) More focus can be had on CS:GO, a division that I see a lot of potential in.
3) With focus on CS:GO, there can be a new experience that can create new memories
4) Letting CS:S go before it becomes an even bigger let down
 
Option 2: The risky choice

And then there's the second option which involves a makeover of CS:S JB. The three division managers (Cristo, Dr. Lee, and I) could attempt to essentially do jailbreak all over. Rewrite the rules (less strict), deleted all maps and add just a handful to get started, get hub into jailbreak, and even potentially remove bans to help open the server back up to a lot more people.
 
What we could do is just shut jb down for a week or two to get a lot of this done and create a stringent schedule that would be posted on the forums to get the list of items added and jb running. This would take work by a lot of people though, and may take a while to get going. We would need @Nomulous and @Bleed to get hub running.
 
My concern with this is 1) Not getting hub done, as it was supposed to be done a year ago and 2) A lot of work being put into this and only seeing a benefit for a few days once the server is back.
 
In my opinion, hub isn't the CS:S savior. It's not new, its really not different from other servers, and I can only see it bringing a few days of excitement back.
 
 
So those are just the two choices that I have devised, but there may be more out there. I already briefly discussed some of this with the division managers, but really it will be up to all to decide what happens.
 
And like I said, it is though to say that CS:S should be put away, but something you just have to realize when things may be done.
 
@Rhododendron
@Forest
@Bonk
@DrLee
@Cristo
@Gawd
@diabeetus
@ThePenguin
@snakeboyeric
@Hexx
@Haxx
@Legend

This thread makes me really sad.

At certain points in time you realize that things you loved greatly cannot last forever. People move on, you get bored, things get stale. No matter how much you wish that things would return to the "way they used to be" you have to realize that it will never. CS:S is exactly this, something that was once a great time, with great people, and a game you could play for 12 hours straight without being bored. Unfortunately it just doesn't have to appeal, to anyone that plays anymore. We are lucky to have an hour a day with anyone on it.
 
Minigames fairs slightly better, but still has dismal population numbers. And when either of these servers are populated, most of the time it is members; the randoms are few and far between.
 
At the current moment, CS:S is seriously struggling. Population is low, its stale, people complain about the state of it. So what do we do about it.
 
There are really two options, and before carrying on I ask you to take a minute and seriously think it through. Don't look into the past and think about how much fun JB was in 2011-2012; you realistically cannot expect it to be the same ever again.
 
Option 1: The tough choice
 
Nobody wants to say it, but I have no problem being the first. I think a serious consideration about taking CS:S down for good is in order here.
As it stands right now, we are putting a lot of money into server upkeep but seeing very little benefit. We haven't changed much on the servers in what seems to be years, and certainty nothing drastic has changed to make it fun or worth it.
 
So let's say we do decide it's time to let go of CS:S, what can we do with the money that is saved? Well, it certainly will make xG that much easier to keep running; there would be less reliance on Silence and a few random people to keep the servers paid for. In addition this money could theoretically be invested into one of the other divisions, whether it be CS:GO, GMOD, or TF2. My hopes is that something would be worked out with CS:GO div @Bleed to migrate current mods+ and to work on creating a great JB and minigames experience there.
 
I tend to think of this option as the better for all option, versus the better for some.
 
The benefits of this choice are:
1) Save money, which xG has needed to do for quite some time.
2) More focus can be had on CS:GO, a division that I see a lot of potential in.
3) With focus on CS:GO, there can be a new experience that can create new memories
4) Letting CS:S go before it becomes an even bigger let down
 
Option 2: The risky choice

And then there's the second option which involves a makeover of CS:S JB. The three division managers (Cristo, Dr. Lee, and I) could attempt to essentially do jailbreak all over. Rewrite the rules (less strict), deleted all maps and add just a handful to get started, get hub into jailbreak, and even potentially remove bans to help open the server back up to a lot more people.
 
What we could do is just shut jb down for a week or two to get a lot of this done and create a stringent schedule that would be posted on the forums to get the list of items added and jb running. This would take work by a lot of people though, and may take a while to get going. We would need @Nomulous and @Bleed to get hub running.
 
My concern with this is 1) Not getting hub done, as it was supposed to be done a year ago and 2) A lot of work being put into this and only seeing a benefit for a few days once the server is back.
 
In my opinion, hub isn't the CS:S savior. It's not new, its really not different from other servers, and I can only see it bringing a few days of excitement back.
 
 
So those are just the two choices that I have devised, but there may be more out there. I already briefly discussed some of this with the division managers, but really it will be up to all to decide what happens.
 
And like I said, it is though to say that CS:S should be put away, but something you just have to realize when things may be done.
 
@Rhododendron
@Forest
@Bonk
@DrLee
@Cristo
@Gawd
@diabeetus
@ThePenguin
@snakeboyeric
@Hexx
@Haxx
@Legend

At certain points in time you realize that things you loved greatly cannot last forever. People move on, you get bored, things get stale. No matter how much you wish that things would return to the "way they used to be" you have to realize that it will never. CS:S is exactly this, something that was once a great time, with great people, and a game you could play for 12 hours straight without being bored. Unfortunately it just doesn't have to appeal, to anyone that plays anymore. We are lucky to have an hour a day with anyone on it.
 
Minigames fairs slightly better, but still has dismal population numbers. And when either of these servers are populated, most of the time it is members; the randoms are few and far between.
 
At the current moment, CS:S is seriously struggling. Population is low, its stale, people complain about the state of it. So what do we do about it.
 
There are really two options, and before carrying on I ask you to take a minute and seriously think it through. Don't look into the past and think about how much fun JB was in 2011-2012; you realistically cannot expect it to be the same ever again.
 
Option 1: The tough choice
 
Nobody wants to say it, but I have no problem being the first. I think a serious consideration about taking CS:S down for good is in order here.
As it stands right now, we are putting a lot of money into server upkeep but seeing very little benefit. We haven't changed much on the servers in what seems to be years, and certainty nothing drastic has changed to make it fun or worth it.
 
So let's say we do decide it's time to let go of CS:S, what can we do with the money that is saved? Well, it certainly will make xG that much easier to keep running; there would be less reliance on Silence and a few random people to keep the servers paid for. In addition this money could theoretically be invested into one of the other divisions, whether it be CS:GO, GMOD, or TF2. My hopes is that something would be worked out with CS:GO div @Bleed to migrate current mods+ and to work on creating a great JB and minigames experience there.
 
I tend to think of this option as the better for all option, versus the better for some.
 
The benefits of this choice are:
1) Save money, which xG has needed to do for quite some time.
2) More focus can be had on CS:GO, a division that I see a lot of potential in.
3) With focus on CS:GO, there can be a new experience that can create new memories
4) Letting CS:S go before it becomes an even bigger let down
 
Option 2: The risky choice

And then there's the second option which involves a makeover of CS:S JB. The three division managers (Cristo, Dr. Lee, and I) could attempt to essentially do jailbreak all over. Rewrite the rules (less strict), deleted all maps and add just a handful to get started, get hub into jailbreak, and even potentially remove bans to help open the server back up to a lot more people.
 
What we could do is just shut jb down for a week or two to get a lot of this done and create a stringent schedule that would be posted on the forums to get the list of items added and jb running. This would take work by a lot of people though, and may take a while to get going. We would need @Nomulous and @Bleed to get hub running.
 
My concern with this is 1) Not getting hub done, as it was supposed to be done a year ago and 2) A lot of work being put into this and only seeing a benefit for a few days once the server is back.
 
In my opinion, hub isn't the CS:S savior. It's not new, its really not different from other servers, and I can only see it bringing a few days of excitement back.
 
 
So those are just the two choices that I have devised, but there may be more out there. I already briefly discussed some of this with the division managers, but really it will be up to all to decide what happens.
 
And like I said, it is though to say that CS:S should be put away, but something you just have to realize when things may be done.
 
@Rhododendron
@Forest
@Bonk
@DrLee
@Cristo
@Gawd
@diabeetus
@ThePenguin
@snakeboyeric
@Hexx
@Haxx
@Legend

Wasn't entirely sure how im supposed to screenshot my desk top..... so i took a picture and then screenshotted that picture.

Wasn't entirely sure how im supposed to screenshot my desk top..... so i took a picture and then screenshotted that picture.

I know you wanted to stay relatively cheap... but if you got a little extra to cough up towards a mouse, this one is fantastic.
 
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Its simple, but extremely well built and made to last. Also feels great in the hand. If you have Amazon prime its about 40€.

Id say perm him since he said he dosnt care..

I highly recommend a permanent server ban on all associated accounts (as well as main) for a few reasons.
 
1) Evading a ban
2) Lying
3) Using loopholes
 
+1 for permanent ban on all current and future accounts.