Scootaloo

So, over the past few weeks, some of you may have noticed that my activity levels have reached an all-time low. Well, I just wanted to post this as a bit of an update as to why that is.

As many of you are aware, my wifey is very much pregnant again. It's getting pretty damn close to her due date, and these days money is pretty tight when it comes to our budget, so this has led to me seeking out employment over the summer while I am out of school. Said job is absorbing pretty much all of my free time. If I'm not at home taking care of my child and wife, or I'm not at work busting my ass, I'm usually sleeping.

That being said, I obviously don't get to game nearly as much as I was during the school year. I AM still pretty active on forums, dealing with issues that crop up every now and then, but my in-game and my Teamspeak activity have taken a dive.

That isn't to say that this is permanent. For the remainder of the summer, I may or may not be able to immediately answer calls for Admins in game, and I may not be on Teamspeak to talk with you guys, but I am available on the forums, as I am making sure to check here at least 2-3 times a day. So, if ever you need me, it's probably best if you send me a message through the forums, as that's where I'll most likely respond.

Sorry that it's come to this, but as you all know, family is the utmost important priority. Gotta do for them first.

Hopefully I'll have time free up and I'll be able to gallivant once again with you spergs on our beloved servers. Message me if you need me! :D

Death threats are an instant permanent ban. We do not take those kinds of threats lightly.

Thread closed.

All the other DMs okay with that? What seems best? 3 days or a week?

Thinking over it, I actually agree with Kypari. Perm does seem pretty heavyhanded. 3 days to a week is my final verdict.

Exploits = Big no-no. We've outlined this one pretty thoroughly. It gets my +1 for perm.

User has been permanently banned from all xG servers.

We do not take suicide and/or death threats lightly here. Nor do we care for staff impersonations. We know this individual isn't an admin because the Steam ID has been cross-checked with that of all our current admins. Unless, of course, it's an alternative account, but whatever.

If the user wishes to appeal the ban, they may do so in the appropriate forum.

~Closed.

Awww....Perhaps we need to have a Boston Tea Party in Moosty's keyboard.

Alright, it's 1:00am and these comments have me all pissed off when I should be asleep, as I have to be up in five hours.

First off, I'm pretty damn sure that when the DMs put a rule into place, it's put into place and everyone abides by it. Spawncamping has always been a touchy issue in our servers, but the rule about teleporting spawn camps was established quite a while ago when we had an issue with one of our mods breaking a camp without permission. We ironed out a lot of the details behind the rules when that happened. How it didn't make its way to the MOTD is beyond me, but that doesn't give everyone the green light to ignore the new rules.

That being said, I'm fully aware of the incoming "I didn't know it was a rule" claims that are about to be made, and because of the mess ups on our behalf, you're gonna skate by on this one. But HENCEFORTH, I have personally made sure the rules on spawncamping have been clarified in the MOTD, and EVERYONE will abide by them.

Also henceforth, if members have complaints or are needed to give input on a situation, there will be no more anonymous nonsense going on. You have problems to solve? Log in and handle them. I'm tired of the "keep me out of it" nonsense. No, if you're going to be part of this community, you're going to discuss things like a big boy.

Xerses, after reviewing the video again, even if you're intentions were not ill-conceived, you seriously set off a bad vibe to the point where someone escalated a complaint against you. I'd highly suggest you be more careful with your choice of words. I'll discuss this further with the other DMs and post our conclusion when we have time to deliberate.

Until now, nobody is getting the axe. We will reopen the thread when a decision is made.

~Thread closed. (Temporarily)

Death threats are NOT to be taken lightly, regardless of any instigations or anything of the like. I'm advocating for a permanent ban. I don't care what rules are being broken. Telling someone to kill themselves is NOT okay and we have no place for ANY individual who would do so in our servers. You don't verbally assault them until they stop. You get a mod/admin to fix the issue. For Christ's sake, we just put into place a bot for this very reason.

That being said, we DO have to also deal with the fact that this individual was clearly spawncamping in a spot where it is unallowed. This is a blatant breach of the rules that have been set regarding spawncamping a teleported exit. If it pleases the other DMs, I'm moving to ban Xerxes for his heinous comments for a lengthier time, up to and possibly including a permanent ban, and administer a minimum of a 24 hour ban on those responsible for camping the teleport exit.

I don't know how many times we have to repeat the same rules before people understand. It really is starting to become quite irritating. -_-

Sounds good. Let's see some efficiency! :D

Demoted

D-Mot confirmed.

You'll be missed buddy. I hope whatever you encounter in life goes your way. =)

Thread has been reopened because the OP posted the incorrect Steam ID, resulting in no results when you search the active Bans. His correct Steam ID is STEAM_0:0:58897473.

According to our records, the user was permanently banned back in March by @Matsi. Since he has a ban in place, the thread cannot simply be closed and brushed away. Matsi, will you be able to tell us all why this user was banned? We may have to hear what happened for him to deserve the permanent ban from you.

I always laugh internally for a good 5 minutes when I see posts like this.

You're not sorry for what you did. You're sorry you got caught. You've been teambanned for your inappropriate actions and now you are upset because you lose out on those privileges.

This is what we call a "Lesson hard learned." Perhaps if you'd been so adamant as to read the rules before you went on your tirade it would have never gone so far. Even Ohstopyou had contact with you amidst your rulebreaking, but still you persisted. And now we're suppose to say "Aww shucks, give him a second chance." just because you took the time to make a forum account?

I have no qualms about keeping you banned. None whatsoever. It's players like these that even make our servers require moderation to begin with. What, you think that just by graveling on the forums and saying that you've learned your lesson will revert the ban? I don't think so.

You're not banned from any other xG service. I checked. Your ban from Blu team on our Jailbreak server stays in place. Continue to be active, show some maturity, and contribute to our community here, and we can reconsider down the road AFTER you show initiative.

Thread closed.

User has been permanently banned. If he wishes to appeal his ban, he may do so in the traditional way.

~Thread closed.

I trust your opinion, Scoot. I'm go for a perma. No one should speak like that to another person just because of a game.

Sounds good. I'll see what the other opinions are, but odds are that it looks like I'll be putting the perm in sourcebans shortly.

file is to large to upload here i'm posting the direct link to the demo Dropbox - hl2 2015-06-04 03-44-43-215.mp4

Jesus, you weren't kidding. That's some very unnecessarily brutal backlash directed at him for no apparent reason other than salt.

@Moosty, @Rejects, @Ohstopyou, I've reviewed the video and I think it falls in line with what we are looking to keep out of this clan. I'm gonna say +1 for Perma on this one.

Just want your thoughts as well.

Checked the logs and AssaultAndVinegar never said anything over the chat window. Then I re-read the chat logs and it seems it was said over voice chat, yeah? Does anyone have a recording or a demo of said voice chat? It's necessary for any kind of action to be taken.

No new +1s for membership since Dethman presented his evidence. I'm just going to close this thread on the premises that extra accounts like this aren't needed.

~Closed

+1 for perm. Painfully obvious, especially with the track record.

All I'm saying is that if it were my servers, known scammers wouldn't be allowed in. Period.

Sorry @Kart, nothing personal. You're a great guy, but even though some get marked for a small mistake, many get marked for large ones. I'd rather be safe than sorry. =(

OFC, that's an extreme measure to take, and it'd be foolish to do it when our servers are used to us never having such restrictions.

I DO however like the idea of having a tag for scammers.

After extensive review with the other higher ups in the TF2 division, the conclusion has been made to permanently ban the user in question for the reason of death threats and harassment.

Let it be known that we still will NOT take these kinds of threats idly. It is a serious offense to threaten someone with death over something as trivial as a video game.

Thread closed.

Just gonna put this out there: SteamRep doesn't fuck around. If they even get a whiff of a server allowing known high-level scammers float about in their servers, they can and will mark said server.

I'm pretty sure we DON'T want that, as it'd be counter-productive to what we are trying to do, regardless if people actually trade on our servers or not. =/

Taking up what Matsi said and running with it. Guy's obviously a well-known and highly successful scammer. I don't want any of his ire contaminating our servers.

I nearly lose it when I see people trying to take advantage of our patrons for even the smallest amounts. Just the thought of this guy being on our servers makes me VERY uncomfortable.

I want to see what the other opinions on the matter are.

Bring some evidence next time.

~Closed.