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XenoGamers is very strict in its policy against punishing players who choose to abuse their position in game as a CT; especially when it involves intentional mass freekilling. Not only is it disruptive to gameplay, but it can also deter players from wanting to continue playing in our Servers. We have rules in place to foster a fair game that is meant to be taken as a roleplay, for a lack of better words. Prison guards have rules that they must follow, and this includes not shooting up the prisoners just because they don't happen to like them. With that being said, if you are being harassed ingame and are genuinely taking offence, then I recommend contacting Staff who are on at the time to take action. However, I will remind you that this is merely a game and that anyone who talks smack against you holds no weight. It is your choice to personally take what they say to heart, but I would strongly suggest that you gain a tolerance level as this sort of thing is incredibly common anywhere and everywhere on the web; especially in a game that is intended for a Mature audience which involves "online features that may explose players to unrated user-generated content". You most likely won't get an immediate unban for intentionally mass freekilling, I can tell you that. It may be difficult to have your ban time lowered, but your best bet would be to show our Staff that you are level-headed and that it won't happen again by playing on the T side and demonstrating an improvement in behaviour or an improvement in xG's CS:GO Jailbreak rules. After this period of improvement, open up another Ban Protest and Staff will see then whether you are deserving of an unban from CT.

What he's saying (correct me if I'm wrong Chrono) is that if you're using your mic prior to the next round, that is just as the round ends and the next begins, you'll automatically get Warden which is considered 'micspam' to gain Warden at the start of the next round (against the rules). If this is the case, then Warden would be passed from whomever spammed to obtain it and the round would go on from there. It's more of a safety precaution to pass the first instance of someone getting Warden if they were using their mic at the end of the round prior to the new round to ensure that other CTs have a fair chance to get Warden. @ShortJuan were you aware of this taking place? It's semi-understandable if you either didn't hear or weren't aware, but if there was a message stating that it was a Freeday in Admin All chat, then that takes precedence and you should have stopped trying to control the situation. It's important to pay attention to chat during times like this to prevent any mishaps (such is the case here) or freekills. That all being said, if you were in fact disrespecting and refusing to co-operate with our Staff as Chrono presented, then maybe it's best that you serve out the time issued for this CT ban as this may just be a case of refusal to follow the Server rules. My recommendation to you (along with brushing up on Server rules) is to give this at least a week where Staff can evaluate that A); you have improved your behaviour, B); you have a better understanding of the rules and C); that you are deserving of either an immediate or lowered unban [time] from CT.

@Chrono for perspective on ban. Personally, if you were banned by a Higher-Up (which you were) it must have been for a valid reason. That being said, judging by your ban history, it looks like you could brush up a bit on the rules we have set in place for xG's CS:GO Jailbreak Server. To be honest, if you did mass freekill, you would have been permanently banned so either you did but were shown leniency, or you didn't but whatever you did warranted a lengthy CT ban time (will be waiting on Chrono for info). Whatever the case may be, I'd strongly recommend checking out the rules (which you can find Here) since it doesn't hurt. If the ban sticks, having a deeper understanding of the rules could save you from a permanent CT ban in the future. +/-0 until further notice

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For the sake of anyone else who wants to draw up some lovely Valentine's Day related pictures, a winner will be determined by the end of this week. Prize has yet to be determined, but as of right now it's leaning toward a cash or game of the winner's choosing prize (probably the value of a 50$ game, give or take).

^ I noticed that we no longer have a "Forms/Applications" tab at the top of forums, was this recently removed @Rhododendron ?

On this joyous day of love and affection, I welcome one and all to draw/write your beautiful pictures of L U V to that special someone here, or just to XenoGamers in general! Let's fill this thread up with wonderful MS Paint pictures, Happy Valentine's Day! (tackiest drawing/poem/letter will receive a game of his or her choice with a 50$ value [after taxes]!!) @Rhododendron Because this has caught fire I'll post a couple of the rules and guidelines: 1. Terrible drawings, sappy poems and love letters are all welcome here. The cringey it is, the better! 2. Feel free to post as many of your own drawings/poems/letters as you wish, but your first picture that you upload will be your submission to the contest itself! 3. The contest will end this upcoming Friday (February 19th), where winners will be selected at random and announced via Steam Group and in this thread upon which the contest will come to a close. !!!UPDATE!!! Additional prizes have been added to the prize pool for 2nd and 3rd best drawing/poem/letter. The prizes will consist of a "FT Sweet Dreams Grenade Launcher" and a "FT Balloonicorn Sniper Rifle" courtesy of @SnowyMinion for 2nd place, and a "MW Nova | Candy Apple" with a "FT Galil AR | Rocket Pop" for 3rd place! Prize Pool: 1st. 50$ Game of the winner's choice 2nd. FT Sweet Dreams Grenade Launcher and FT Balloonicorn Sniper Rifle (TF2) 3rd. MW Nova | Candy Apple and FT Galil AR | Rocket Pop (CS:GO)

Banlist @Bleed dealt it.

Don't think this is worth the hassle of issuing a CT ban. It's common for Ts to misinterpret (albeit intentional or unintentional) the warden's orders, and this seems to be one of those scenarios. In 90% of these cases, when the Warden instructs Ts to go to the bottom of the ramp, it's heavily implied that he/she means the bottom edge of the ramp, not a few feet away from it. While it's important for the Warden to specify orders, it can also be too much to have to define each and every one specifically when everyone should get the gist of what said-order was. Now, if the Warden had merely said "go to the bottom of cell ramp" without a freeze or any sort of order telling the Ts to remain stationary, then yes; I would consider those freekills. That being said, I didn't watch the demo (currently at work, basing this off of the screenshot) so all that I've said may be a moot point.

^ Though before doing so I would strongly suggest familiarizing yourself with the rules of the Server to prevent any future mishaps.

Before going through any sort of actions as a CT (without any prior knowledge of the Server rules) I'd strongly suggest weighing your options. If you're unsure or are unclear of a certain rule(s), it is far better to just die and look it up later than it is to risk being slain/banned by possibly freekilling. That being said, I would also strongly suggest playing as a Terrorist to gain familiarity with the rules before jumping straight to CT. As with most other game modes, there's a learning curve that comes with it and you should take it slow rather than risking it for the biscuit. For reference, you can find our rules for CS:GO's Jailbreak Server here.

I imagine this only applies to any Member Submissions that were submitted before the creation of this thread, not to any current Members. The only reason for activity on TeamSpeak is just to foster a sense of community. It also greatly helps with the vouching process when you get to know people and users are far more likely to receive a vouch from someone they try to connect with on forums or on TeamSpeak rather than simply asking for vouches ingame.

Won't lie, I partially agree with what Bach brought up. While this will make accepting Members a much faster process, it seems like the main factor here is being overlooked; this being that once someone gains Membership, they represent XenoGamers even more-so than an xG-Rep. My point being that it's crucial to have community input on someone before they gain Membership. The easier it is to get in, the easier it is for that person to potentially damage xG from the inside (through either wrong representation or to extremes such as gaining a Staff rank and abusing). 10 vouches wasn't impossible, you just had to actually try to get them. Whether that be actively playing on the Servers and making a name for yourself, or by getting involved in the community through forums or TeamSpeak (which is a whole 'nother matter as most people are confined within community channels). Now I know you could argue that by saying "Oh, but Forest, if they're so bad they'll just get -1 vouches anyways" but do keep in mind that it is incredibly easy to mask almost anything online, especially personality or behaviour. Just food for thought. I'm also curious as to how Membership will work now that we no longer have Division specific qualifications. It was mentioned that the guidelines/rules are currently being worked on so if the following comments/questions will be addressed later then ignore the following: If Membership qualifications are for a global Membership, will activity still work in the same way (IE. active in say, TF2)? And if this does go through, should the Division Manager(s) or Leader(s) really have a say in these new applicants? Seems to me that if it does go through, it would now fall under the jurisdiction of the Community Leaders. After all, Division Managers/Leaders are supposed to deal directly with content/issues/players that directly influence their Division. Seeing as how new applicants would not influence this any longer, Member Submissions would only be dealt with by Community Leaders (with community input of course). I get that 'segregation' is the biggest concern here, but I'm not so sure that altering the Member Submission guidelines will really influence things in the intended way, if anything it just creates more work, which brings me to my next concern. Monitoring forum activity and TeamSpeak activity sounds simple enough and looks good on paper, but keep in mind that Member Submissions are cumulative; that is, we don't just get one submission after the next so much as we get multiple in one day. That being said, monitoring all of these applicants may put a huge strain on the Higher-Ups, I mean I personally would not be able to keep up. Especially given that, as previously mentioned, these applicants would be monitored by the Community Leaders which are few in number as is. I may just be looking too deep into this, but it's still somewhat of a concern because chances are that if things do become too much to handle, these newly enacted rules will just slip back to the former lax ways of handling Member Submissions.

Sooo.. No more "+1 cool guy"?

Finally, somebody gets it!

I don't suppose you have any screenshots of the map itself that you could share here?

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Welcome m8. Welcome.

This Promo/Demo is wrong. I don't see @TurdWig getting CL in this, or @DeathGod for that matter. What's going on in here

Couldn't agree more. There's a reason why maturity is so often sought out for when looking for applicants. Though will this also be relevant to cases in which it's just Staff on during odd hours where no players are on? Reason I ask is that it wasn't uncommon for Staff to mess around every now and then when the Server wasn't active (and I mean very inactive, scarce amount of players), even on the late CS:S Servers.

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