Scootaloo

From what I understand, a rather large number of members and server-goers voted on the people they considered to be toxic to our community. That's where this list came from. The CLs, the DMs, and the other leaders of the clan are in agreement with the list. How exactly is it biased if so many people contributed towards it?

@Vector @GreyIgnis @Gr8_Butt_M8 @BANGINONATRASHCAN @SupremeWolf @Hachi @Bach @GottaGoFast =(

Sure, it breaks multiple rules, but you'll still get those randoms that don't think it does. Writing a rule specifically addressing the situation is a good way to ensure it doesn't happen.

I'll agree that it's pretty trolly. I'm all for enforcing a rule that teles cannot be in the Miltank area. +1

Noted. =)

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Guaranteed, I will be able to identify and ban anyone using LMAOBox in the future. It has benefited us tremendously.

I'd assume it was probably because nobody really thought it'd be THAT big of a deal to demo it for ten minutes, especially since all the staff that were present had no issue with it. It was also during a time in which there were no other randoms on the server. It was literally JUST xG members and staff. Where else would we have gone to test this out? Some other random server where people WOULD get mad because of the use of a hack? Why subject a different server to those unpleasantries when we could control it in our own spectrum? You also have to realize that the Dodgeball server was still VERY new. We were in the process of writing up the rules list for it and this was a question someone had. "How do we know if someone is hacking and what do we do about it?" It really isn't something you can describe to be honest. It's easier to understand to watch it in action.

Yes, it is. Bach will more than likely have to answer for his actions in that thread. The creation of a new account, the insults, etc etc. But, the actions specifically addressed in this thread are the accusations of the use of hacks. The only time I've known Bach to use a hack was under my supervision. As I said before, I'll more than happily support any punishment given granted that evidence of these claims is brought forward.

This.

I refuse to let him be punished for educating our staff on how to spot and recognize hackers on our servers. It was requested, by our staff, so that we could better understand how the hackers used their tools to gain an advantage in a new server that many of our staff/members hadn't actually even played before. Is hacking against the rules? Yes. Was he given permission to engage the hack? Yes. If you want to pursue a ban based on these actions, you just might have to punish the entire staff that was involved because they were allowing it to happen. Myself included. That scenario was contained. HOWEVER, as I stated earlier, if any evidence can be brought forward that Bach has been actively using any type of hack recently within our servers, I will fully support any punishment that needs be given. That situation, however, was contained and regulated by myself and many other staff members. It has nothing to do with the claim at hand and it was already handled.

It matters because I requested it. I wanted to know what an aimbotter looked like. As did a few other of our staff to be knowledged in dealing with future hackers.

The aimbotting account was actually more of a self-educating experiment conducted shortly after our Dodgeball server went up. The initial conversation began after a random user was banned from Dodgeball for very obvious hacking, and somebody pointed out that he believed the hack in question was LMAOBox being used. So, Bach did some research and downloaded the program, signed up for a new throwaway account, and hopped onto the servers to mess around with the hack a bit. We ALL knew that Bach was not trying to use a hack to gain an advantage, but rather to show everyone what the aimbot looked and acted like. It was very informative and we all had a pretty good time with it. Out of the silliness of the situation, I permabanned the alt account so that Bach couldn't use it in the future, and that started the #FreeBobbyWow movement, which is just another stupid inside joke among our TF2 division. Everyone who was involved were all in the Teamspeak channel at the time, and anyone who was there can attest that it was indeed done out of a fun nature, not to be maliciously cheating. The events that happened in the other thread, I feel, were Bach's attempts to try and get a rile out of the member in question, but he overstepped the line. He has had no serious accusations against him in the past and even served as our DM for quite a long while. I think he just made a poor choice and that he has most likely learned from it, but considering his background with us and that he has never had a REAL serious issue other than what happened the night prior, I cannot comfortably stand behind a Permanent Ban at this point and time. I still have not decided if that is the right course of action given his record with xG. That is, of course, pending that there is no evidence brought against Bach. If someone is reporting the use of aimbotting AFTER his alt was banned from Dodgeball, there should be some evidence presented to back up those claims. If the claims of use of aimbotting can be substantiated, we will have no choice but to act accordingly.

Ugh. I can't "ugh" enough at all of this. I understand that passions are high and people are mad. I get that. It happens quite often. But it gives no excuse to bring the argument to petty insults and nasty posts. I like to think that we as a clan are above such immaturity, but when it happens, I begin to have my doubts. I get it. I understand. Whyte is upset because of H0b0's hostility towards Hachi and Dethman. H0b0 is upset because he feels he was wronged in Jailbreak, and his encounters with those involved led to sensitive personal information about him being exposed, which he clearly did not want to be made public knowledge. What's worse is that AFTER this information was made known, some, (not all) of our members who CLEARLY KNOW BETTER begin to harass and insult him because of his lifestyle. This is completely unacceptable. As someone who heavily supports the LGBTQ movement, this REALLY hurts my heart to see happen in the clan that I call family. I understand that there were threats made. I understand that there were hostile things said, but, as I said above, that in no way gives ANYONE the right to be so cruel and malign. If this didn't end so horribly for H0b0, I wouldn't have been surprised to see an abuse thread made after these events. Nobody wins here. Absolutely nobody. Sure, H0b0 gets banned based on the threats he made towards other staff, but xG is successful in showing its ass when it went to handle the situation. I'm aware that those who instigated were dealt with, but come on. It NEVER should have came to that. I'm not advocating that H0b0 acted in the right, because there were things said that clearly shouldn't have been said. But I AM advocating that we as a clan SERIOUSLY need to reevaluate how we handle these kinds of situations. It goes much farther than just the individuals who were directly involved. If you check the shoutbox, the same posts persisted LONG after the thread was closed, and I'm sure people were still chuckling about it even more after. But don't get me wrong. I'm not frowning at all of you. I do want to take a moment and thank those who were in charge of damage control for acting accordingly. You guys did awesome at making sure this didn't get blown completely out of proportion. Thank you so much for that, at least. I implore you guys to handle things better in the future, because this was just appalling to read through. I know we push the envelope a lot, but when it comes to a serious issue, we need to learn to straighten the fuck up and handle things in a much more professional manner. End rant. I'm off to bed. tl;dr Shit went sour and Scoots doesn't like how people acted after the fact, on BOTH sides.

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I'm only +1ing this because of the Power Ranger picture.

10th +1 was about 12 hours ago. Still have half a day to wait. T.T

Love the map, hate the music spam. Lights could probably be restricted or disabled too. If we can fix those issues by editing the map, do so. But, I'm not going to advocate the map be completely removed because of those problems. Just deal, I guess. =/

I'm all for it. Loved those maps. Not really sure why they were even removed. Give us some variety. :D

Yup, definitely 10 of em now. We'll make it official 24 hours after the 10th +1, which should be in about 8-9 hours. I'll be at my daughter's birthday party though, so either @Moosty or @Rejects will probably get to it before me. Welcome to the clan! :D

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Disregard this. XD