Forest

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I don't mean to make this dumb or anything, but I'm on one of your servers running trade_goldenrod standing around in this radio tower. So a mod or whomever is a spy and is trying to dook all over my nest. So in retaliation I just stand on this single person slope to stop him from being able to do so. He said something along the lines of "cmon man, how am I supposed to do anything with you blocking the stairway" and then used his server console commands to kill me. Then he went on a rant about how he's a mod and he can do what he wants to. Now I know this is only an hour ban, but cmon man. We were the only 2 people on the server, him and myself. I was on just messing around for almost an hour by myself before he came along and decided that any sort of protest from me was "trolling". I'd appreciate if at the very least I could just get unbanned immediately, I'm a loser with nothing else to do but sit around in Tf2 servers. An apology would be nice to but I wouldn't expect it. And in any case I personally feel that some discipline may be in order, granted I don't really know how you people run your things so yeah. If nothing ends up going my way I'll gladly wait the hour, but still. If someone actually reads this like 2 paragrapsh thanks for your time.

Sorry @Bello, but if I may leave a bit of a word here. Even though there was no evidence left on OP's post, looking at player chat histories paints a much better picture:
Parasects:

Player Chat History | Xeno Gamers
 
Marshmallow DJ's:


Player Chat History | Xeno Gamers
 
Personally, I see nothing ban-worthy in the chat history, nor do I see much trolling. From what I can gather on the situation, player was blocking one of the stairwells in goldenrod tower, and Parasect had slayed him for doing so, which is not a slay-worthy thing. Players blocking a small pathway can easily be solved by killing them, so there's really no point in slaying them. To @HoneyTrousers I would recommend recording evidence later on the event this happens again, and instead making a Report Abuse thread, you can find the section for that here: Report Abuse. I'm going to leave this thread closed as OP was already unbanned due to expiration, but just thought I should bring more light to the situation.

I already have a vacation planned for September staying in the US, but after that in the next year I plan on starting to do a lot of world travelling. This thread is requesting all you international folk to state some things that hopefully can help me plan some fun vacation/travels.
 
Please state the following:

What country you are from (if applicable/you want to, your state/city/province) and just briefly list out your major tourist-y things that happen where you are from.
What time of year/season would be in your opinion the best time to visit your country/locale
Any local festivals/fairs that would typically happen annually, and when they are that you would recommend stopping by to see/experience
Any good sight seeing areas outside of the tourist traps (hiking areas, cliff sides, hills, lakes, etc.)
How the day/night life are
Good restaurants/food stands that are a must stop at (my gf and I love food and trying local cuisines)
(If of legal drinking age in your country) any good bars/pubs that you would recommend visiting

My personal list for those planning on coming to the US:
 

Southern California (Anaheim area, think Disneyland)
Obviously the major tourist things to do in SoCal at least are Disneyland, Hollywood (star walk, celebrity bus, clubs/bars, Universal Studios), Six Flags (Amusement park with all thrill rides, no kids shit.)
It's basically always summer here, so I would recommend coming during fall/spring if possible while school is still in session/starting to avoid major crowds (closing time for theme parks etc. does go down to an earlier time, but you will be able to experience everything a lot faster)
If coming around spring time, the greek church across the street from me hosts the OC greek fair which lets you try all sorts of locally made products and traditional greek food.
Personally I would recommend camping/hiking and that doesn't just apply to SoCal, but to the rest of the US as well. There are really nice national parks/forests that do get a lot of international travelers coming to camp and enjoy nature such as
Yosemite National Park in Northern California with amazing views, and with the recent rains the falls should be back to a great picture to keep
Zion National Park in Utah which is one of the larger areas in all of the US and hosts spectacular hikes ranging from easy/short 1-2 mile hikes round trip, to medium 4-5 mile hikes round trip, to intense 8-12 mile hikes one way resulting in 16-24 round trip but with some of the most amazing views you can find in nature.
Grand Canyon NP, which is pretty self explanatory, the hike down is relaxing and you just have to worry about not going too fast. The trip up is intense and takes the majority of your hike.

[*]Day life is pretty chill, most travelers/people off spend the days at theme parks like disney.
[*]Night life can range from nothing to bat shit crazy, notable areas are West Hollywood with all the gay bars/clubs, and then downtown fullerton with the not gay bars/clubs
[*]Most restaurants you will find here are chains, if you want the good food as you go down the streets if you see a hole in the wall looking place, it will have some of the best food you will find.
[*]good bars/pubs see above about night life. most are good but they will be packed.


Tagging some foreigners: @virr @Egossi @Ruby_da_Cherry @Aegean @Forest @Rejects
 
I'm personally going to use this thread to start planning some of my trips, and maybe it will be a good resource for some of you guys that may plan on travelling in the future, this is not just for outside of US homies to post in either, in US are more than welcome to post about their local areas for others planning to travel in/to the US

Er, not to sound judgmental as it's not really my place to say so (not to mention I'm unfamiliar with how the TF2 Division does things), but [if my understanding is correct] if Players are being given extended ban times based on any ban they previously had, regardless of the context of the ban, that seems a tad bit excessive. Mind you, this is assuming that the Player was previously banned for speaking another language (difficult to say since the previous ban was for simply "Breaking Rules").
 
Given that there is no static ban time for an offense via communication aside from the 4 hours that was previously put in place for mic spammers in the somewhat-obsolete admin handbook (please correct me if there is), I'm assuming that it's dependent on the Staff dealing the ban. That being said, to ban someone from playing on the Server for a week for speaking another language seems really out-of-place, especially if the previous ban was not relevant (again, assuming) to the Player speaking another language to begin with.
 
I understand that Staff have to deal with a lot of stress and it gets to that point where it's easier to deal a harsher ban time to get rid of a problem Player, especially after multiple warnings; but again, banning someone for a week for speaking their native tongue because they got excited or otherwise enthused over something is hardly a reason to ban someone for that period of time. Not implying that Staff aren't already doing so, but it's good practice to put oneself in the Player's shoes before enacting a subjective ban time on such a minor offense. Revoking the Player's mic/chat privileges would have sufficed just as well (for the duration of a round, map, whatever, don't know how TF2 works) and could have been just as effective without being detrimental.
 
To re-iterate, I'm not questioning Staff's capability to moderate so much as I am offering my perspective from the POV of a regular Player on something that seems harsh. For this reason, I'm not going to provide a positive or negative vouch toward this Ban Protest.

Er, not to sound judgmental as it's not really my place to say so (not to mention I'm unfamiliar with how the TF2 Division does things), but [if my understanding is correct] if Players are being given extended ban times based on any ban they previously had, regardless of the context of the ban, that seems a tad bit excessive. Mind you, this is assuming that the Player was previously banned for speaking another language (difficult to say since the previous ban was for simply "Breaking Rules").
 
Given that there is no static ban time for an offense via communication aside from the 4 hours that was previously put in place for mic spammers in the somewhat-obsolete admin handbook (please correct me if there is), I'm assuming that it's dependent on the Staff dealing the ban. That being said, to ban someone from playing on the Server for a week for speaking another language seems really out-of-place, especially if the previous ban was not relevant (again, assuming) to the Player speaking another language to begin with.
 
I understand that Staff have to deal with a lot of stress and it gets to that point where it's easier to deal a harsher ban time to get rid of a problem Player, especially after multiple warnings; but again, banning someone for a week for speaking their native tongue because they got excited or otherwise enthused over something is hardly a reason to ban someone for that period of time. Not implying that Staff aren't already doing so, but it's good practice to put oneself in the Player's shoes before enacting a subjective ban time on such a minor offense. Revoking the Player's mic/chat privileges would have sufficed just as well (for the duration of a round, map, whatever, don't know how TF2 works) and could have been just as effective without being detrimental.
 
To re-iterate, I'm not questioning Staff's capability to moderate so much as I am offering my perspective from the POV of a regular Player on something that seems harsh. For this reason, I'm not going to provide a positive or negative vouch toward this Ban Protest.

Er, not to sound judgmental as it's not really my place to say so (not to mention I'm unfamiliar with how the TF2 Division does things), but [if my understanding is correct] if Players are being given extended ban times based on any ban they previously had, regardless of the context of the ban, that seems a tad bit excessive. Mind you, this is assuming that the Player was previously banned for speaking another language (difficult to say since the previous ban was for simply "Breaking Rules").
 
Given that there is no static ban time for an offense via communication aside from the 4 hours that was previously put in place for mic spammers in the somewhat-obsolete admin handbook (please correct me if there is), I'm assuming that it's dependent on the Staff dealing the ban. That being said, to ban someone from playing on the Server for a week for speaking another language seems really out-of-place, especially if the previous ban was not relevant (again, assuming) to the Player speaking another language to begin with.
 
I understand that Staff have to deal with a lot of stress and it gets to that point where it's easier to deal a harsher ban time to get rid of a problem Player, especially after multiple warnings; but again, banning someone for a week for speaking their native tongue because they got excited or otherwise enthused over something is hardly a reason to ban someone for that period of time. Not implying that Staff aren't already doing so, but it's good practice to put oneself in the Player's shoes before enacting a subjective ban time on such a minor offense. Revoking the Player's mic/chat privileges would have sufficed just as well (for the duration of a round, map, whatever, don't know how TF2 works) and could have been just as effective without being detrimental.
 
To re-iterate, I'm not questioning Staff's capability to moderate so much as I am offering my perspective from the POV of a regular Player on something that seems harsh. For this reason, I'm not going to provide a positive or negative vouch toward this Ban Protest.

They sniped from spawn and spawnkilled.

Er, not to sound judgmental as it's not really my place to say so (not to mention I'm unfamiliar with how the TF2 Division does things), but [if my understanding is correct] if Players are being given extended ban times based on any ban they previously had, regardless of the context of the ban, that seems a tad bit excessive. Mind you, this is assuming that the Player was previously banned for speaking another language (difficult to say since the previous ban was for simply "Breaking Rules").
 
Given that there is no static ban time for an offense via communication aside from the 4 hours that was previously put in place for mic spammers in the somewhat-obsolete admin handbook (please correct me if there is), I'm assuming that it's dependent on the Staff dealing the ban. That being said, to ban someone from playing on the Server for a week for speaking another language seems really out-of-place, especially if the previous ban was not relevant (again, assuming) to the Player speaking another language to begin with.
 
I understand that Staff have to deal with a lot of stress and it gets to that point where it's easier to deal a harsher ban time to get rid of a problem Player, especially after multiple warnings; but again, banning someone for a week for speaking their native tongue because they got excited or otherwise enthused over something is hardly a reason to ban someone for that period of time. Not implying that Staff aren't already doing so, but it's good practice to put oneself in the Player's shoes before enacting a subjective ban time on such a minor offense. Revoking the Player's mic/chat privileges would have sufficed just as well (for the duration of a round, map, whatever, don't know how TF2 works) and could have been just as effective without being detrimental.
 
To re-iterate, I'm not questioning Staff's capability to moderate so much as I am offering my perspective from the POV of a regular Player on something that seems harsh. For this reason, I'm not going to provide a positive or negative vouch toward this Ban Protest.

Er, not to sound judgmental as it's not really my place to say so (not to mention I'm unfamiliar with how the TF2 Division does things), but [if my understanding is correct] if Players are being given extended ban times based on any ban they previously had, regardless of the context of the ban, that seems a tad bit excessive. Mind you, this is assuming that the Player was previously banned for speaking another language (difficult to say since the previous ban was for simply "Breaking Rules").
 
Given that there is no static ban time for an offense via communication aside from the 4 hours that was previously put in place for mic spammers in the somewhat-obsolete admin handbook (please correct me if there is), I'm assuming that it's dependent on the Staff dealing the ban. That being said, to ban someone from playing on the Server for a week for speaking another language seems really out-of-place, especially if the previous ban was not relevant (again, assuming) to the Player speaking another language to begin with.
 
I understand that Staff have to deal with a lot of stress and it gets to that point where it's easier to deal a harsher ban time to get rid of a problem Player, especially after multiple warnings; but again, banning someone for a week for speaking their native tongue because they got excited or otherwise enthused over something is hardly a reason to ban someone for that period of time. Not implying that Staff aren't already doing so, but it's good practice to put oneself in the Player's shoes before enacting a subjective ban time on such a minor offense. Revoking the Player's mic/chat privileges would have sufficed just as well (for the duration of a round, map, whatever, don't know how TF2 works) and could have been just as effective without being detrimental.
 
To re-iterate, I'm not questioning Staff's capability to moderate so much as I am offering my perspective from the POV of a regular Player on something that seems harsh. For this reason, I'm not going to provide a positive or negative vouch toward this Ban Protest.

Er, not to sound judgmental as it's not really my place to say so (not to mention I'm unfamiliar with how the TF2 Division does things), but [if my understanding is correct] if Players are being given extended ban times based on any ban they previously had, regardless of the context of the ban, that seems a tad bit excessive. Mind you, this is assuming that the Player was previously banned for speaking another language (difficult to say since the previous ban was for simply "Breaking Rules").
 
Given that there is no static ban time for an offense via communication aside from the 4 hours that was previously put in place for mic spammers in the somewhat-obsolete admin handbook (please correct me if there is), I'm assuming that it's dependent on the Staff dealing the ban. That being said, to ban someone from playing on the Server for a week for speaking another language seems really out-of-place, especially if the previous ban was not relevant (again, assuming) to the Player speaking another language to begin with.
 
I understand that Staff have to deal with a lot of stress and it gets to that point where it's easier to deal a harsher ban time to get rid of a problem Player, especially after multiple warnings; but again, banning someone for a week for speaking their native tongue because they got excited or otherwise enthused over something is hardly a reason to ban someone for that period of time. Not implying that Staff aren't already doing so, but it's good practice to put oneself in the Player's shoes before enacting a subjective ban time on such a minor offense. Revoking the Player's mic/chat privileges would have sufficed just as well (for the duration of a round, map, whatever, don't know how TF2 works) and could have been just as effective without being detrimental.
 
To re-iterate, I'm not questioning Staff's capability to moderate so much as I am offering my perspective from the POV of a regular Player on something that seems harsh. For this reason, I'm not going to provide a positive or negative vouch toward this Ban Protest.

Yeah our adult population is not a lot, but we definitely have quite a few! Hope you enjoy your stay!

HINT ITS WARRIORSFURY @Aegean

RIP.
 
I worked 15.5 HRS

Praying for @Cristo on this day though (insert obligatory picture here)

You're gonna be on the news REAL quick

Chilling out on xG's TinyChat :coffee:

Chilling out on xG's TinyChat :coffee:

Hey guys, I borrowed an account from a friend to use for a short period of time. I shall pay a visit this week to xg minecraft!

I'd imagine they could make it to where you can't receive credits in the AFK channel. Use your head, my dude.

Is there a way to implement credits for people who join teamspeakerinos? Make teamspeak alive since I always see the same group of people. Would be nice to see new faces in teamspeak.

Hey xG!
 
I'm james8470,
but you can just call me James (y)
 
I'm just some dude who really likes xG TF2 servers and have played them for the last three months mostly as Sniper with Lucksman :sneaky: >:).
I've actually been on the forums for a few weeks now, but forgot to introduce myself (better late then never lol).
My other main interests revolve around the natural world and conservation of it.
I've already applied to be a member of xG, and am currently working on a design project for xG too.
Meh, that's about all that's going on.
 
Hit me up if you wana play or trade anytime. :cigar:

Welcome to Xeno Gamers' forums m8, hope you enjoy your stay with our rather colourful community :coffee:

Hi!
I am new to the forums, but not to this community. I have been playing Trade Gaming History for about 6 months. I played about a year ago, and took a break. I think that you guys will accept me for who I am, or bully me day in and day out! Either way, somebody's having a good time.

Hello! I created this simple cover! The world map represents the gamers we have from all around the globe.

Oh shit I completely forgot! Sorry I haven't been on the ball lately @Forest, I'll make Promo Demos, Feb Update and a guide for new users before Friday. Thanks again for the reminder dude