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you're right @sick41057. You're right
 

 
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Not only was the ban for a second, it was 100% valid. Stop being a baby
 
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Not only was the ban for a second, it was 100% valid. Stop being a baby
 
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Sure thing.
 
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No need to be so rude bro, i don't see anything wrong really with what they said, they just wanted something clarrified that reiki said that's pretty hurtful. Does he have every right to make a member submission? Yes, but everyone else has the right to point out the problems this individual conveyed. Throwing insults at others because they have a point and want it explained is sad. Also
 
with that said,
 
I've had problems in the past with reiki past but i do agree he has improved. I wouldn't mind him being a member, but i want Reiki to understand that what he says has consequences.
 
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update PLOP is not sunday!!! AND OPEN DOOOOOOOOOOOOR
 

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that is a big resolution hello??? type 1600 x 900 in a calculator...thats a lot. Are you saying 1,440,000 stupid Jacob and peppers are not a lot? the only reason I'm getting negative rates here is because the people who rate me negatively are insecure about themselves...hmm

.. If they're mic spamming or spamming via text, then gag/mute them before/after providing the necessary warning (regardless of it being bumped to hell). Obviously there are case-by-case uses of commands; if someone is outright flooding chat (literally copy+pasting something stupid like the 'lenny face' pandemic) then that is means enough to gag immediately and then warn. Likewise when someone is holding down their mic and speaking incoherently or is otherwise displaying an obvious intent to troll.
 
Otherwise I completely agree with what has already been said, being that Staff are there to maintain the Servers and to foster a healthy and fun environment for Players. If you aren't able to stop whatever it is you're doing in that particular Server during a round to settle a dispute because you want to keep a good score, or are having 'fun', then I'll put it bluntly and I'm not going to sugar-coat it: resign and do not be a Staff Member. I won't speak on behalf of the Higher-Ups, but ideally any gaming community will want Staff who take pride in what they do; those who are willing to put aside whatever it is they're doing to completely handle a situation in the correct manner. Staff Members represent Xeno Gamers more than the average Members do, and therefore should make an effort to maintain their integrity both in and out of the Servers when dealing with disputes.
 
Your top priority [as a Staff Member] should and always will be to fulfill your duty as Staff. To put this into perspective, it wasn't uncommon in the CSS Division to pass Warden or to slay/kill oneself in the middle of something in order to provide complete attention to a situation and to moderate when necessary.
 
TL;DR
- Text warnings are preferable (if not mandatory) to vocal warnings as no excuses can be made by Players stating that no warning was issued during a Ban Protest
- Staff Priorities take precedence over anything in Servers. Take some pride in what you (Staff in general) do and perform your duties as a Staff Member, or step-down. You weren't promoted to have fun, but that doesn't mean you can't have any on the side.

What I used to do is keep a file on all users I issue warnings/kicks to so I can follow up on the correct punishment if needed as well as have something to hand I can pass onto other staff so they can see past incidents and handle them accordingly It also helps in any ban appeals to have a record of rules broken with time and date stamps.
 
It's more work but since there is only a record of bans listed on xenogamers, having a personal file containing warnings/kicks is always a plus.
 
and yes a lot of people for various reasons do not have sound enabled so a warning in the chat is mandatory at all times followed by a verbal warning and that should be the correct protocol for dealing with all situations.

Regardless, if you feel like they didn't see it. Then type it again. They have the ability to scroll up through chat if they're curious.
 
1 - If you're staff and playing the role as warden, then the players should have their volume on to hear the warden give orders.
2 - This one somewhat makes sense, but is it really a big deal?
3 - The Saxton you're playing as has a large amount of HP. Taking a couple hundred off to type out a warning isn't really a big deal.
 
You are a staff member. I understand that having fun is your goal, but when you willingly accept the responsibility to uphold rules on the servers, you don't always reach the goal of fun.

So apparently staff doesn't know how warnings work on the servers based on recent incidents, so I'm going to go over how warnings should be issued.
 
A normal warning: You tell the player through All Chat (which is just a single @ before your sentence in public chat) OR Voice what they are doing wrong. If the player does not acknowledge when using voice, give them another warning through All Chat, before punish them for their first punishment.
 
Quoted from the staff manual: Warn, then slay/mute (sometimes optional), then kick, then ban [WSKB]
Players should know why they were punished
When you punish a player, make sure to let them know why they were punished so they can improve.
Example: Person Y freekilled person X, you slay person Y and respawn person X. You need to tell person Y why they were slain. Something like "You were slain because you freekilled person X." works.
 
How past warnings work: If you warn a player for something in the past and they do it, don't immediately jump to banning them. Depending on the amount of time it has been since their last warning for the incident, you may need to warn them again to remind them not to do it. 1 warning per week is good enough for someone who is repeating the same offense. If you feel the person has committed an offense too many times you can jump to a kick.
 
Now keep in mind, you can skip warnings for certain things. An example of this would be: Hacking, micspamming music, exploiting, etc. Generally if you are unsure what to do about a situation, feel free to ask a fellow staff member. If you're still unsure, please look at the staff manual here: TF2 Staff Manual (Everything you need to know!)
 
@Bello @Sesh @mrnutty12 @Rejects Feel free to add on to my post if you feel I left something out.

I've discussed with rejects quite extensively in the past about the issues, and he promised me issues like this won't happen again, and he knew he was on his last straw. We will discuss among the other higherups and make a decision asap.

I agree, lets get @Rejects side of the story before we sharpen the pitchforks.

Yikes, that should not have happened!
I will be waiting for a response from Rejects first before commenting any further, though!

Talking to him 1 on 1 is probably the best way to go about it. Him being snarky or bad mannered to our players is not ok and if he doesn't improve his behavior i think it could potentially be grounds for a demotion (in my opinion, it's ultimate up to you guys)
 
On a completely unrelated side note; @Vexx and @Sesh, you guys have been on point so far. Keep it up <3.

Something I did when I was bored over the last couple days.

and progress sketches..

Have you ever felt that the TF2 servers are losing their energy? Or that your beloved, precious inventory just wasn't cutting it one way or another? Everlasting boredom that just creeps up on you unannounced and makes you feel... Overall depressed to some extent...?
 
Well say no more!
 
Thanks to the lack of "sv_pure" in xG servers, I am proud to announce that I am now building an occasionally updated pack of skins and sound packs just to give your game a little more spice so you can have just a little more fun getting those dank ass head shots or just fooling around with friends on the daily. Since there weren't many weapon-based materials implemented in the servers' list of small whatsits and whatnot, I decided to do everyone a favor by making these skins I am using just a little easier accessible to the group.
 
BUT, this pack is still in the works as I am testing these skins and sound packs out for any bugs and potential threats before adding them to a list which will be updated at least once a week with anything I can find by my leisure. Anyway, enough chit-chat. Here's this week's batch.
 
1.Splatoon Soundpack V.2
Splatoon Soundpack V.2 (Team Fortress 2 > Sounds > Packs) - GAMEBANANA
 
2.Blundered Rifle
Blundered Rifle (Team Fortress 2 > Skins > Sniper > Sniper Rifle) - GAMEBANANA

3.The American Dream REDUX
The American Dream REDUX (Team Fortress 2 > Skins > Multi Class > Pistol) - GAMEBANANA

4.Stream Shooter
Stream Shooter (Team Fortress 2 > Skins > Multi Class > Reserve Shooter) - GAMEBANANA
 
5.Raging Bull
Raging Bull (Team Fortress 2 > Skins > Spy > Enforcer) - GAMEBANANA

6.The Compensator
The Compensator (Team Fortress 2 > Skins > Sniper > Sniper Rifle) - GAMEBANANA

7.The Jury Rig
The Jury Rig (Team Fortress 2 > Skins > Packs) - GAMEBANANA

8.The Splatterscope
the Splatterscope (Team Fortress 2 > Skins > Sniper > Sydney Sleeper) - GAMEBANANA

9.COCONUT GUN
COCONUT GUN (Loose Cannon reskin + sound mod) (Team Fortress 2 > Skins > Demoman > Loose Cannon) - GAMEBANANA

10.Current Event AWP V2
Current Event AWP V2 (Team Fortress 2 > Skins > Sniper > AWPer Hand) - GAMEBANANA

11.Assault Cannon FIX
Assault Cannon FIX (Team Fortress 2 > Skins > Heavy Weapons Guy > Minigun) - GAMEBANANA

12.Lancer
Lancer (Team Fortress 2 > Skins > Medic > Crusaders Crossbow) - GAMEBANANA

All of these are to be extracted into the custom folder of your TF2 game. I am probably going to keep adding 12 at a time unless I can find more OR someone sends me links to more. Have fun, guys. ;)











 
 

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@mrnutty12 @Rejects @Sesh @Vexx
Yesterday YeEternalTuna and Kypari had an altercation about CPSaving and spawnkilling on surf. Rejects stepped in. I'd like to give my input on this.
On the graphic that I have attached, which is very bad I know, I marked the spots that Tuna does not consider spawn (i.e basically everything above the essential spawn area).
And I do think he is right, which may seem a bit abstract at first, but hear me out. Unless you are a scout or a soldier, you cannot get up there through spawn, you will have to use the teleporter which is on a completely different point on the map. But most importantly, we have never ever once treated these areas (i.e areas that are like right above the spawn) as spawns. Never. On no other maps, whenever I have played. We should at least discuss it.
Not only that, but Tuna and some other surf people are claiming the same, and I think it's really unfair of Kypari to just make that up, speak to Tuna in a very condescending way, mock him and compare him to Floppy.
I had multiple complaints about Kypari being condescending, but I think I never took them seriously enough.
On a side note, I think we should allow people to cptele anywhere, simply because the rule about that we have is almost impossible to enforce, so that could be discussed as well.

This is definitely something @Cristo would say lmao
 
Lets start out easy
 
"5 min"

Lets wait for the final verdict before doing this, buuuuuuut since you asked.
 
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Quoting myself from a previous thread (source) because this is somewhat relevant to the whole "make a new board" concept. Also, I'm not sure how anyone could possibly be "off-topic" when posting in the General section of forums.
As Silence so eloquently put it:
 
As for the whole anonymous board, it's pretty well exactly as Silence put it back in the day; a 'Bad Idea'. The concept was that it would allow Players to speak out against abusive Staff without fear of being judged or scorned. That being said, it just turned into a place where people would fling insults, flame each other, and just spawn racist or offensive shit-storms that no gaming community would want to be associated with. I don't think it would be the best idea unless rules were to be put in place that rule against any derogatory, offensive or graphic content; however, even then I would still be hesitant because we're a Gaming community, not a discussion forum for Politics/Religion/etc. If anything, see if you can convince @Rhododendron to create a separate blog or something for that kind of content. The Xeno Gamers' forums should remain focused around gaming and other creative interests in my opinion :coffee: