OneGlove

There is no way to find a solution to this without it ultimately being unfavorable for some peoples. 
There's a lot here, so Im going to start with saying even though this was something worth bringing up, this was a very poor way to do so to say the least.  There are much better ways to address dissent about something other then getting a group of people together to prod and "test" someone, purposefully start up an argument creating a scene on the server, bloating it into an issue that occurred by your own actions and could have gone by without creating such uneccissary drama, all in a pseudo witch hunt. The situation could have been handled better by krampus, but I personally think people got off very easy here considering how intentional of a mess this was. Now that this rant is over....
This is (almost) the worst possible solution. Not to say it isn't a solution, but it is effectively just giving up on the issue. Comparing this to csgo is a very poor example because of the stark difference between the two games in regards to it. Custom images (as near as Im aware) effectively don't exist in csgo where as they are actually prominent in tf2,so it's pretty foolish to assume they would be treated the same across both games when they don't exist across both in anywhere near the same capacity. If we disable sprays, then with how this whole situation is treated by extension we can't allow objectors or other items with custom images as well.
All in all custom images are a notable part of the game itself and just disallowing that part in it's entirety creates a lot of alienation to it as well as a very unwelcoming outlook. We have two extreme options looking at it in this manner, either disallow all images and risk looking unfriendly, incredibly strict, and uptight as a community, or allow any kind of images, which I hope I don't have to explain why that would go south.
Before being able to come to an alternative to either of these though we have to just accept that there is no plausible way to find a solution to something so frivolous without there being some level of entirely personal opinion, vagueness, or however you want to word it as to where the line can be drawn.
There is no statement that covers everything because of how incredibly vast the subject matter is. The only way to do that would be to list every possible thing that would not be allowed, a list that would grow ever larger and make the jailbreak rules list look like a footnote as well as be so insanely strict it would be infinitely more suitable just to disallow custom images (which again is incredibly unfavorable in itself due to how prominent they are not just in the game, but on our servers). Trying to implement something a more "universal" ruling to cover everything unallowed such as pornographic, questionable, or pg-13 only will (and have proven to) make the attempts of loopholing and opinionated rulings far worse due to being incredibly vague in overall coverage. 
Now I honestly don't understand why one little word, explicit, has caused so much issue for understanding for so many people. Since it has though, ill try to lay it out as simply as possible here. Explicit-obvious-your mind immediately recognizes it as what it is upon looking at it. This is designed to still uphold the general idea of what should be allowed, but also give some amount of leniency due to again the significant variety of images that pop up because there is a substantial amount of people (namely from surf, but far from limited to) who prefer this lenicancy over strictness.
People do very often forget though that the rules don't just state explicit genitalia. Nudity is also included to cover these very borderline situations that should not be allowed even though they "don't show genitals so 100% ok fam" and by that reasoning, all of these images shown are in fact explicitly nude and therefore against the rules. This is something I myself have felt strongly towards but haven't strongly enforced due to the general level of leniency that people seem to have desired for some time now. I do want to push this fully at this point though because had it been then this situation would not have happened at all, at least not in the way it was conducted. 
No matter how we try to word what is and isn't allowed though, there will ALWAYS be people trying to loophole and edge what is allowed. That's not something that is exclusive to this rule. That being said, from my own experience the only time that we end up back in this situation (which doesn't happen anywhere near as often as some people are trying to state it does), its due to someone purposefully trying to make this be a problem, just like happened now. This is such a non-issue 99% of the time otherwise that it is painful people insist on doing so in such an overdramatic way it becomes far more of an issue then it should.
As I see it, we have two options here. Except that we are a bunch of nitpicky children that shouldn't be allowed to turn the safe search on google off and thus disallow all custom images, or grow up and realize that a gray area is absolutely necessary for something driven solely by opinion like this to be able to have the best middleground for everyone. If we can accept to go with the latter, then I would push for fully enforcing the concept of explicit nudity properly finally and attempt to get this to be a better understanding among staff. In regards to that, there is one very important thing I need to state.
We are people too. We are not perfect, and because of that there will always be at least some variance between us. There will always be situations where "one staff said this but another said this" but it is incredibly important to bring these up when they happen instad of just using them as reason to complain about in consistency. We NEED to know when this is happening so we as staff can come to better understanding of how to treat things amongst each other so we can better serve everyone else.
 

The tf2 higher ups have decided to not give @OneGlove the position of mod at this time.
Note:
Activity requirements
The activity equirement has been reverted to a set time of 14 hours biweekly. The higherups decided that leaving it up to "be as active as you can" left too much gray area, and they believe that the staff prefer set hours
 
~closed

Basically started working on void elf, i pre ordered the expansion and created a Pally and been rep grinding for days. just trying to look for buds to play WOW with. also, Horde lives don't matter @OneGlove
Yeah @Amymaniaci heard they nerfed and made questing a bigger pain in the ass to give people a sense of accomplishment and fun i guess? They reduced refer a friend exp from 300% to 50% and now Heirlooms don't stack with that bonus. 

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Team Fortress 2 In-Game Name
xg | theoneglove Identity
STEAM_0:1:60514992 Position
Moderator Time Active on Servers
Around 3 years. Information
Hey, it's THE OneGlove!
I've been in this community for quite a while, meeting so many familiar and friendly faces along the times. Being a Jailbreak kid really helped me form into who I am now, and I have these servers to thank for all of that. I've been waiting for about a year now to apply for mod, when I saw in the guidelines that I was somehow old enough to at least apply. Thinking that it couldn't hurt, here I am now. I'm not signing up because "the servers need more mods" or "i've seen alot of rule-breaking", but rather I would love to become integrated into the community in a much better way than simply being around, though being a member has its benefits. Know me or not, thanks for trudging through this and do know that I would love any kind of feedback. Again, seriously, thank you xG.

Division
Team Fortress 2 In-Game Name
xg | theoneglove Identity
STEAM_0:1:60514992 Position
Moderator Time Active on Servers
Around 3 years. Information
Hey, it's THE OneGlove!
I've been in this community for quite a while, meeting so many familiar and friendly faces along the times. Being a Jailbreak kid really helped me form into who I am now, and I have these servers to thank for all of that. I've been waiting for about a year now to apply for mod, when I saw in the guidelines that I was somehow old enough to at least apply. Thinking that it couldn't hurt, here I am now. I'm not signing up because "the servers need more mods" or "i've seen alot of rule-breaking", but rather I would love to become integrated into the community in a much better way than simply being around, though being a member has its benefits. Know me or not, thanks for trudging through this and do know that I would love any kind of feedback. Again, seriously, thank you xG.

attesting to the above issue, even though i've made more than 50 posts (unless the "50 points" means 50 positive ratings [which isn't the best idea, nevertheless] i can't locate the rules or access the post listing the requirements.
 
quick edit: thanks virr, that should help out a bit.

God, this is giving me flashbacks of the mental scarring caused by Scootaloo's fanfics...

my 9 year old brother approves of this.

ally XD

I had to get peoples hype meters filled ;););)
 
 

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not a public

No

still need to be closed

Try now should be fixed!

Then stay with the pills. Their bad enough as they are

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From what I'm gathering, this is a thread - without a vote to see any result mind you - that we can discuss for the idea of an extreme warn. If this is correct, then I believe it should be said that the warn implied is exactly what it seems: extreme. It takes up a major part of the players screen (in both parts and models), and tells the player strictly and in their face that they have broken one or multiple rule(s). This isnt a bad idea, at all. It gives staff the perfect chance to give information to even the most stubborn people who even turn off their chat and voice comms (the problems with this are too many, but alas). However, the defense of the system is coming across as poor, and I can see why. The system has nothing much hidden in itself, which is grand for when you're trying to get a player that refuses to look at chat or listen and keeps on thinking they are high and mighty. It tells them immediately that they are doing wrong and should stop before punishment is handed out. However. The problems also arise BECAUSE the player thinks that they can do whatever they want. We cannot, as staff, just think that if we follow the warning procedure as strict as possible, we will get or message across. Multiple warnings should be goven out to any player before any action is taken. And for the special players who turn off communications, sucks for them. It is their fault that they don't attempt to listen to anybody and do what they want. We shouldn't have or want to bend just for a small portion of our population. So in all honesty, the idea is cool and all, but who needs it? We should not be accountable because somebody closed out of the motd when they came in, or never read the rules that pop up when you come in, and think that the server is theirs to play in. Because its not their server for them to play in. Its our server, which we allow them to experience.

oh that reminds me
Me as of current

Since when did John(Obata) want anything to do with fallgame? He was all "QUICK GO TO THE ELEVATOR" or "Step in my garage and you are dead". Don't remember anything about him going apeshit over fallgame except him trapping lct in it. XDDDD funi meme

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you corrected yourself but you didn't add a +1????

Considering axactly how many guidelines and places this has been brought up, its mysterious how it never seems to cease to happen. I reccomend getting this to a higher up if it hasnt been solved already.
And as for the moderator thing, I also reccomend making your own choice on that.

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I'm not sure, I think it's some dude named ASublimePatriot or something..

I'm not sure, I think it's some dude named ASublimePatriot or something..