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Yeah lieing to try and get unbanned doesn't help your case. If you take responsibility and post back in anther year or so I'll reconsider an reduction.
 
~Thread Closed~

Submit your moderator application here.

This needs to be done on our forums because everyone has the right to post an protest an ban.
All applications not using this format will be declined, you may ask for clarification.
The deadline has been extended indefinitely for posting these.
 
All applications will be reviewed in January of the following year.


Moderator Application Format
 
Steam Name: Your Steam Name.
 
Steam Profile Link: Private is fine.
 
Time: How long have you played on our server for?
 
Frequency: How often can you spend on the server per week? At-least one hour is recommended, short term leaves are allowed. Are you available to be come on immediately when online, if stickz is offline.
 
Experience: Any previous moderating experience you have.
 
Vouchers: Who do I know that can vouch for you? (multiples are recommended)
 
Explanation: What would make you an good moderator?
 
 
Sample Moderator Application
 
Steam Name: Stickz
 
Steam Profile Link: Steam Community :: ᵡᴳḽᴰ >>Stickz<<
 
Frequency: I can spend three hours per weak on the server. I may occasionally miss a few weeks however. I'll gladly join the server when my steam status is online if required for a few minutes.
 
Time: Three Years. (notice the proper grammar)
 
Experience: I have moderated gmod morbus for almost four months now.
 
Vouchers: Name one, Name two, Name three.
 
Explanation: As an moderator I am generally very relaxed. I ignore unimportant things such as swearing (so long as it causes no offense to anyone) and stand firm on the big things such as; selling out spawns to force an round end and players who are harassing one anther.
 
I understand that offenders may say negative things about me, but never take it personal. I never dramatically increase the sentence when they do this, but do use it as an weight factor within reason.
 
I never drop the ban when people start begging or post rudely on the forums, due to the fact they learn nothing from it. My goal is for people to learn from their mistakes and not commit anther offensive. If offenders take the time to nicely make an protest on the forums and acknowledge what they did wrong, I'm more than willing to reduce an major sentence or drop an minor sentence.

The game went on FREE last Christmas. All you had to do was go to the store page and activate it.

Wrong clan, 'XenonGamers' is not 'XenoGamers'. We don't have gmod death run servers.
 
~Closed~

Submit your moderator application here.

This needs to be done on our forums because everyone has the right to post an protest an ban.
All applications not using this format will be declined, you may ask for clarification.
The deadline has been extended indefinitely for posting these.
 
All applications will be reviewed in January of the following year.


Moderator Application Format
 
Steam Name: Your Steam Name.
 
Steam Profile Link: Private is fine.
 
Time: How long have you played on our server for?
 
Frequency: How often can you spend on the server per week? At-least one hour is recommended, short term leaves are allowed. Are you available to be come on immediately when online, if stickz is offline.
 
Experience: Any previous moderating experience you have.
 
Vouchers: Who do I know that can vouch for you? (multiples are recommended)
 
Explanation: What would make you an good moderator?
 
 
Sample Moderator Application
 
Steam Name: Stickz
 
Steam Profile Link: Steam Community :: ᵡᴳḽᴰ >>Stickz<<
 
Frequency: I can spend three hours per weak on the server. I may occasionally miss a few weeks however. I'll gladly join the server when my steam status is online if required for a few minutes.
 
Time: Three Years. (notice the proper grammar)
 
Experience: I have moderated gmod morbus for almost four months now.
 
Vouchers: Name one, Name two, Name three.
 
Explanation: As an moderator I am generally very relaxed. I ignore unimportant things such as swearing (so long as it causes no offense to anyone) and stand firm on the big things such as; selling out spawns to force an round end and players who are harassing one anther.
 
I understand that offenders may say negative things about me, but never take it personal. I never dramatically increase the sentence when they do this, but do use it as an weight factor within reason.
 
I never drop the ban when people start begging or post rudely on the forums, due to the fact they learn nothing from it. My goal is for people to learn from their mistakes and not commit anther offensive. If offenders take the time to nicely make an protest on the forums and acknowledge what they did wrong, I'm more than willing to reduce an major sentence or drop an minor sentence.

I don't know what the hell is going on here but its closed until further notice.

Redstone has an zero tolerance policy for harassment. (which is clearly labeled on the MOTD when you connect) Consider treating players with more respect next time.
 
Clipped this from your own personal chat log located here. Xeno Gamers - Player Chat History

> Nov 11, 2014 12:12:59 pm STUPIT CUNT [xG] Redstone #1 | Frankfurt | 10P/20Bots Nov 11, 2014 12:12:53 pm PLEASE BUILD MORE SPAWNS! [xG] Redstone #1 | Frankfurt | 10P/20Bots
 
Personally, I like clearing these things up before they become much more serious offensives, that are often bans for weeks at an time. Because you posted on our forums, I'm removing your three day ban one day early.
 
Xeno Gamers
 
~closed~

yah yah, just let people spam chat all they want while admins are offline. Like who cares right? Someone can just pop on an key binding and start advertising their server so fast and frequently that it overpowers everyone else. (at an rate of 1 chat message per second)

Would be simple to make an server plugin that automatically gags the person for repetitively using the same message.
 
Also, there's an anti-flood plugin which comes with sourcemod which enforces an set delay between chat messages. The sm_flood_time cvar can be increased to enforce an higher delay to combat key bindings. One second usually works good instead of the default 0.75 seconds.

Would be simple to make an server plugin that automatically gags the person for repetitively using the same message.
 
Also, there's an anti-flood plugin which comes with sourcemod which enforces an set delay between chat messages. The sm_flood_time cvar can be increased to enforce an higher delay to combat key bindings. One second usually works good instead of the default 0.75 seconds.

Got some suggests to improve the new layout. Would be nice if...

The emotions (ratings) were merged with the status bar. (ie post time, post # etc). Possibly with the checkbox, name and post time on the right and emotions on the left.
 
The profile picture and/or name could have an toggle option for either steam or forum default.
The forum tags (ie. member, donator etc) were placed bellow the name.
The 'Forums' sub-menu (ie. mark read, search etc) disappeared when the client isn't hovering over it. Maybe at-least just an scroll feature.
 
The green bar was merged with the black one. Maybe with the profile pic setup like twitter but with the mailbox, flag and credits bellow the name.
 
The about us (at the bottom of the page in black) was moved to the far right. (makes more sense)
The facebook, twiter, youtube, home, contact, help, terms etc was merged with 'about us' in the black (at page bottom)
The style chooser put on the copyright bar. (remove the need for anther bar)
 
The client status was placed bellow to name. (remove the need for the top bar)
The 'XenoGamers' logo was moved to the top right corner of the screen
The ad(s) were placed on the side of the page. (allows for 2 or more and reduces scrolling)

p.s. I just used AdBlock on chrome to construct an more organized forum layout. Its as simple as right clicking on the form features you don't like and blocking them. If you think this looks good, it can be made even better with suggestions above.

Dropbox - Screenshot 2014-10-30 19.11.36.png
Dropbox - Screenshot 2014-10-30 19.16.20.png

Got some suggests to improve the new layout. Would be nice if...

The emotions (ratings) were merged with the status bar. (ie post time, post # etc). Possibly with the checkbox, name and post time on the right and emotions on the left.
 
The profile picture and/or name could have an toggle option for either steam or forum default.
The forum tags (ie. member, donator etc) were placed bellow the name.
The 'Forums' sub-menu (ie. mark read, search etc) disappeared when the client isn't hovering over it. Maybe at-least just an scroll feature.
 
The green bar was merged with the black one. Maybe with the profile pic setup like twitter but with the mailbox, flag and credits bellow the name.
 
The about us (at the bottom of the page in black) was moved to the far right. (makes more sense)
The facebook, twiter, youtube, home, contact, help, terms etc was merged with 'about us' in the black (at page bottom)
The style chooser put on the copyright bar. (remove the need for anther bar)
 
The client status was placed bellow to name. (remove the need for the top bar)
The 'XenoGamers' logo was moved to the top right corner of the screen
The ad(s) were placed on the side of the page. (allows for 2 or more and reduces scrolling)

p.s. I just used AdBlock on chrome to construct an more organized forum layout. Its as simple as right clicking on the form features you don't like and blocking them. If you think this looks good, it can be made even better with suggestions above.

Dropbox - Screenshot 2014-10-30 19.11.36.png
Dropbox - Screenshot 2014-10-30 19.16.20.png

Theme has some nice new features, but one thing i'm not really an fan of is the background on the 'Xeno Gamers' text.
 
Also, bans.xenogamers.com and rank.xenogamers.com almost feel detached from the website because the top header stuff doesn't carry over.

Near the bottom of page where it says "Xeno Gamers v8", you can change that to "Default Style". This will restore a lot of the older layout functionaility.

Bringing this back to the actual point of the topic before the bombing started...
 
My take on this is that anyone who joins an clan server should feel respected, regardless of who they are. If they don't immediate administrative action should be authorized. (far beyond just kicking the person if required)
 
Harassment and discrimination is ban-able for long periods of time on all the clan servers I run (Nuclear Dawn, Natural Selection 2 and GMOD Morbus). Major offensives I often ban for at-least an week, repeat offenders are permanently banned.
 
For Nuclear Dawn in particular, I'll usually look over the chat logs daily and ban directly from there. This can sometimes be more effective than moderating for hours at an time.
 
I'll usually just flat out say to someone who's doing this "I can drop you from the server if you're going to treat people like this". From there, they'll ether stop (which is good) or tell me to fuck off. (which I'll ban them for an week or 2)

Bringing this back to the actual point of the topic before the bombing started...
 
My take on this is that anyone who joins an clan server should feel respected, regardless of who they are. If they don't immediate administrative action should be authorized. (far beyond just kicking the person if required)
 
Harassment and discrimination is ban-able for long periods of time on all the clan servers I run (Nuclear Dawn, Natural Selection 2 and GMOD Morbus). Major offensives I often ban for at-least an week, repeat offenders are permanently banned.
 
For Nuclear Dawn in particular, I'll usually look over the chat logs daily and ban directly from there. This can sometimes be more effective than moderating for hours at an time.
 
I'll usually just flat out say to someone who's doing this "I can drop you from the server if you're going to treat people like this". From there, they'll ether stop (which is good) or tell me to fuck off. (which I'll ban them for an week or 2)

Bringing this back to the actual point of the topic before the bombing started...
 
My take on this is that anyone who joins an clan server should feel respected, regardless of who they are. If they don't immediate administrative action should be authorized. (far beyond just kicking the person if required)
 
Harassment and discrimination is ban-able for long periods of time on all the clan servers I run (Nuclear Dawn, Natural Selection 2 and GMOD Morbus). Major offensives I often ban for at-least an week, repeat offenders are permanently banned.
 
For Nuclear Dawn in particular, I'll usually look over the chat logs daily and ban directly from there. This can sometimes be more effective than moderating for hours at an time.
 
I'll usually just flat out say to someone who's doing this "I can drop you from the server if you're going to treat people like this". From there, they'll ether stop (which is good) or tell me to fuck off. (which I'll ban them for an week or 2)

Bringing this back to the actual point of the topic before the bombing started...
 
My take on this is that anyone who joins an clan server should feel respected, regardless of who they are. If they don't immediate administrative action should be authorized. (far beyond just kicking the person if required)
 
Harassment and discrimination is ban-able for long periods of time on all the clan servers I run (Nuclear Dawn, Natural Selection 2 and GMOD Morbus). Major offensives I often ban for at-least an week, repeat offenders are permanently banned.
 
For Nuclear Dawn in particular, I'll usually look over the chat logs daily and ban directly from there. This can sometimes be more effective than moderating for hours at an time.
 
I'll usually just flat out say to someone who's doing this "I can drop you from the server if you're going to treat people like this". From there, they'll ether stop (which is good) or tell me to fuck off. (which I'll ban them for an week or 2)

Unbanned because you left the steam group. You're however subject to re-ban if you rejoin that group.
-closed

+1 It can vary depending on the division. Not to mention, people shouldn't be making rules for servers they never step foot on.

+1 It can vary depending on the division. Not to mention, people shouldn't be making rules for servers they never step foot on.

Jealous? Why do you go make an WoW server... Oh yeah forgot you can't :(
 
So, there's an l4d2 server floating around that's full of bug fixes and connected to the ban-list. If you ever get tired of playing with greifers, can always just patch an entire best available lobby to it. (available for anyone to use) Think there's about 100+ permanent bans I casted from it. These bans are comprised of idiots who like to ruin people's games and have never reached our other servers. (intention is clear as only 3% protest their ban and get it removed) Not costing an dollar extra to run. (shared hosting with other servers)

Jealous? Why do you go make an WoW server... Oh yeah forgot you can't :(
 
So, there's an l4d2 server floating around that's full of bug fixes and connected to the ban-list. If you ever get tired of playing with greifers, can always just patch an entire best available lobby to it. (available for anyone to use) Think there's about 100+ permanent bans I casted from it. These bans are comprised of idiots who like to ruin people's games and have never reached our other servers. (intention is clear as only 3% protest their ban and get it removed) Not costing an dollar extra to run. (shared hosting with other servers)

UltimateX was permanently banned for death threats, player harassment and massive chat spam.
 
You were banned for 3 days. Section iv) of the Redstone Code of Conduct was violated. Your chat logs can be found here. Furthermore, all caps were used in chat which amplifies the issue.

"Someone with a new botnet is launching many DDoS attacks against customers at most of our locations right now, likely attacking the top servers for some game(s) in turn. These are very large attacks from a large botnet and we are seeing bursts of packet loss while the automatic null-routes are implemented. "
 
Honestly I'm starting to wonder if these notifications are just an load of crap. This month it's apparently botnet issues, last 3 months it was Internap having router issues. Seems like NFOServers is oversubscribed in chicago and lacking the needed bandwidth to stop small spikes. There's 3 of these in Chicago for every 1 in New York and Frankfurt, Germany is like completely unheard of.