hongkongatron

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Team Fortress 2 In-Game Name
Donakonda Identity
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Moderator Time Active on Servers
3 years Information
I really want to become staff because I want to help xg catch rule breakers and also I've been waiting along time to become staff.

That's one weak ass wedding. Step your pussy up 

this is the worst wedding ive ever seen, mine and @Healix's was better

i dont think virr is real

i dont think virr is real

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i like de airstrip the mario he make the fooni noise
Mario-64-OOMPH.wav

EDIT: https://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?t=283948 (Dr. Eggman, Morshu and Mr. Game and Watch)

I know that a post similar to this has been made before in the past but it's pretty old so I'm making this one since our Freak Fortress server has been getting populated the past few days, so feel free to post your own requests!
Anyways, I found a couple of cool bosses and think these should be added to the server:
https://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?t=196846 (Aya Shameimaru)
https://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?t=263780 (Peacock) (All other bosses are cringy as fuck just ignore them)
https://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?t=305492 (All of these, they're amazing)
 
 

greetings.
 
ok so after much scrutiny I have decided we need to do something with the server, something big to reinvigorate it and take it forward.
 
The following polls in this thread will help myself (and the future DMs TBD) decide what we need to focus on, what we need to bring to you as a player and most importantly the core gamemode the server will be based upon.
 
Now I know we had a rather rough reset recently with staff stepping down, the store having its prices all over the place and bugs with the end among other things. I think with the upcoming aquatic update we need to focus on a brand new server prepared for launch of the aquatic update, this would be better in the long run than just expanding the map to allow new content to spawn because it would leave the majority of the map (which has already been largely discovered) and the spawn area not taking advantage of all the wonderful things the new update will bring to the world.
 
Also I have noticed much displeasure at Factions, many have stated they thought Factions would be fun and way better than towny but it has proven not to be and there has been demand for towny to be our core gamemode plugin for our next server build.
 
now this thread has lots of different questions in its rather large poll but please answer as best you can and if possible please leave some feedback below if you wish to add further points to the future of the server.

I should end by saying I am for having a server reset going into the aquatic update, we don't often get such large updates to minecraft, not only this but it will allow me to rebalance the economy because people having enchanted diamond armour and weapons in the first day was just ridiculous, diamonds should be and remain a rare and powerful resource when people have 20 stacks of them they lose their meaning and value, this will be addressed in the new server making it so when you find diamonds in a mine you are happy rather than just be like "meh more diamonds".

Also coming hopefully at launch will be a new improved spawn/quest hub, I was initially working on a quest town for the current server but having a spawn double as a quest hub will be the better option, the spawn will also be themed on a fantasy town there wont be just one big building with rooms leading off, you want that voting chest, you must find the voting chest house within the town ?

but enough about that for now, its early days, you voice your opinions and vote away and we will see what happens!

Post a picture of yourself holding a piece of paper that says 'I ❤️ XENO GAMERS'
You also must donate $10 or this won't work!
 
OR
 
This doesn't require you to donate $10, for you cheap people!
All you gotta do is memorize the lyrics to this song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d22GfAudDfc
And sing it on video while eating a piece of pizza as fast as possible. The pizza must be 15cm in width (not including crust)
If you do not finish the piece of pizza by the end of the song, you won't get unbanned.
 
OR
 
Watch this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrctMvIWpG0
And learn everything you see in this video. Then apply your knowledge and record a 1:30 second video of yourself doing as many of the dance moves thought in the video as you can. Make sure to watch the entire video and practice.
 
OR
 
Watch the movie `The Buttercream Gang` and write a two-page review on it. Document must be 12pt font Times New Roman with 1 inch margins and it can be double spaced.
 
You only get to be unbanned once! Good Luck!

Had to get up close since the pen wont appear as much from far away

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Team Fortress 2 In-Game Name
Caribou Identity
STEAM_1:0:54233698 Ban Type
Server Ban Information
I've donated 10$ in order to get unbanned, I've caused way too much problems that can be atoned for by just a ban protest without punishment; I still don't think donating 10$ is punishment, I'll be more than happy to pay the 10$ for xG as I really do love the community, there have been plenty of bumpy rides but still.

I'll try my best to keep my temper at bay, and if my best isn't enough punishment again is the only action which is right, I'm done hiding around and being as toxic as I was. I grew rather than changed, I admit I still have some moments where I relive my character of "ManlyDuck" but regardless I'm more or less different.

If a picture is necessary I'll gladly take one

I'm leaving xg for good. This is my only and last formal goodbye. In case you didn't know what happened I'll sum it up. 7 months ago now I took a break from being staff for personal reasons that I chose to keep to myself. Tf2 wasn't fun for me at the time. The drama in xg was unbearable at that point. There were several decisions being made that in my opinion weren't in the best interest of the clan. No I'm not going to go into detail about them because I can't be bothered.
I came back roughly a month later 2 weeks after pyro update dropped and it took a lot of time an mulling over to forgive tf2. At this point I was hearing a lot from community members that missed me being staff(not just other staff) and eventually I was convinced to come back to staff. Now since I stepped down quietly I was expecting the process to be easy. It was not. Instead of resuming my position as staff I'm put unfairly into a probationary role solely because of 1 higher up's bias against me. I was being punished for no good reason.
I was assured that it's no big deal I'll most likely get admin back as long as I keep staffing well. I got mod quickly and ended up staying mod for the last 5 months. To say I'm disappointed is an understatement. In fact multiple times I even considered just giving up entirely, but I decided to stay for the people in the community who actually appreciate what I do. I stayed because the servers liked having me.
I don't know what the accused hold up is now and quiet frankly I'm over hearing lies and excuses like I have since I first got staff. From the beginning it was "who the fuck is ms. spooks?" "You need to be more established with the community" "you need to do more." "I never see her online so I can't make a good opinion on her" etc. Now keep in mind since I was considerably new staff at the time it wasn't a big deal. However time started passing by and I've watch many staff (you know who you are) go from member to admin before me, and now they're dms before I've even gotten admin back. I kept asking what am I doing wrong and keep getting the same run around. "Nothing, why?" just to be followed up later with some half attempted accuse "Oh you just need to do more." As time went on that clearly didn't end up being the full truth getting comments like "If you did more you'd already be admin" "You're not entitled to admin" "You're too passive" etc. It's not fair that I do the same amount of work as an admin, spend more time than a majority of the mods, and have been an established community member for 2 years without even a blemish.
Now some of you will take this as an outcry because I didn't get a rank that's just slightly better than mod, however my problems run deeper than that. It's not fair that I had to harder than other staff the entirety of my time of being staff. It's not fair that I keep getting pushed aside for other staff who are better at sucking off the higher ups than I am. I'm done playing the charade of "work a little harder" "Do a little more" Because even with the backing of multiple staff and plenty of recommends it clearly doesn't mean jack to you. It's incredibly disrespectful not only to me but other people who have gotten this treatment to string us along like a grunt. I'm not your lackey. I didn't become staff to do your job, and I most certainly don't see anywhere that says I'm supposed to suck you guys off in order to even get looked at. It's beyond hurtful to continue to be punished for things out of my control and more importantly I didn't do.
This is my only request of all of you staff. If you're not my friend and you're only friends with me soley because I'm staff. Get the F U C K off my friends list. Get out of my servers. Get out of my life. I have enough garbage I have to deal with in my life and I don't need more fake people around who don't care about my feelings. Stop pretending to care about what I have to say then just doing the same garbage I'm complaining about. I have rooted for and defended most if not a majority of you even if we haven't been the best of friends. I've stood up for you and I tried to be there when you're down. It's funny to me how people forget the people who rooted for them when they get power.
I have been mulling over for the last couple days what all I'm going to say when inevitably I say goodbye after being shafted again for no good reason. So I'm going to finish this with a list of what xG should improve on.
 
1. Staff are volunteers not lackeys
This "do more" mentality and backwards logic of having more mods than admins is part of a huge issue that doesn't respect your staff equally. despite all staff volunteering their time and efforts to improve the servers and the community. Treating admin as some mystical, magical, special role that's Juuust out of reach feels really really shitty for all the mods who have to work harder than other staff to prove themselves.
 
2. Stop using probationary for no reason.
This is a punishment role. It's used for staff who don't deserve a full demotion but still want to make things right as staff. Likewise It's used for people who have a dirty history. Stop slinging it around for every person who you don't feel like fits the personality mold even when they've done nothing to deserve it. Stop using it as a compromise because 1 higher up doesn't like the person. It should be used to establish wrong doings not "We just trust you a little less."
 
3. Majority matters.
It's been a huge problem for a while where higher ups have to make unanimous decisions. What this means for all the other staff is that if 1 higher up disagrees despite everyone else agreeing on said thing. It won't go through. The voice of one is too strong in this community specially for higher ups who don't go on servers enough to see what is going on or that just choose to disregard the intent of the community and more importantly the other staff. To fix this, it should be that majority rules. It should be that the community or staff vote count for 1 higher up in of themselves, because giving the people no say is what's going to kill the community.
 
4. Be transparent.
All decisions should be clear, concise, and have good *valid* reasons. It should be your goal to be as unbiased, well informed, and clear as possible. This under the table garbage that's been going on is just sleazy. You don't want your real opinions out there and you don't want to be held accountable which quite frankly is an embarrassment to your role. Be open and honest with your staff and not just string them along with excuses everyone knows are lies. If you make a decision you're accountable to that decision. Don't just keep letting everyone else have to figure it out.
 
5. Stop only caring about people in your respective group.
This is a big clan with large divisions and even in tf2 large sub divisions. Its been an issue for a while that surf staff only favor surf staff and tgh staff only like tgh staff. Unfortunately it has even gone as high as the higherups. Just because you haven't played on the servers (which isn't a good idea anyways) doesn't mean you should give only people in your respective server the special treatment. If you want to be taken seriously you have to take others seriously as well. It's ok to get more information to form your own opinion, but it's not ok to say it's not your problem because it's not your server.
 
6. Witnesses matter.
I'm all for innocent until proven guilty, but some of you take this as an opportunity to ignore issues all together because no tangible evidence. Staff witnesses have just as much say as a normal witness, none. It doesn't matter how many people say a person did an action because without proof you're never going to confront the issue. You make no effort to gather more information. It doesn't help when you expect people to be recording EVERYTHING that goes on, and to be honest if you are wanting people who record everything just to nail one person it's a pretty sucky, bandwagony mentality.
 
7. Stop treating other staff like dirt.
This is to all staff. Stop staffing over each other when someone else has it handled. I'm not talking about you both get on at the same time or accidentally warn at the same time. I'm talking that another staff handled the call, they're already trying to resolve the issue, and you jump in gung hoe and start shafting them. It's not acceptable. Trust the staff members to do their job. Unless you have to make a decision that involves perms only you have as staff it should not be happening that staff are stepping on each others toes. Likewise, Mods are volunteers. Means they donate their time and energy into the servers just like you. Stop talking down to staff who are a lower rank and stop kicking them around because you can. Stop rubbing your rank in their face. They get it. It's not acceptable to disregard another staff as a whole just because they're a lower rank.
 
 
8. Share the interest of the community not just yourself.
There has been many times where higher ups have made decisions under the table that are looked at negatively by the community or ultimately effected them negatively. Yes we get you like this one plugin idea and the other higher ups are all for it, but when you implement it out of nowhere and it effects the players to the point of complaining about it that's not in the interests of them. Part of making the community a better place is by making it unified, and when you keep making decisions that effect a mass in the community you create division.
 
With all of that in mind I want nothing to do with this community anymore. If you're really my friend you'll accept that. I'm not going to keep getting a run around, doing your jobs, and investing time and energy into a clan who doesn't care about me back. I'm not looking for a debate here. I'm not justifying any of my points. I'm not going to bother responding so don't bother baiting for a response. No I'm not changing my mind. I don't know if I'll ever come back to xg after all that it's put me through. I don't want your excuses so don't bother sending them to me. I may still come on the servers once in a while but you're not going to get much out of me here. Goodbye xg.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_lkDkEpcUk

Oh you were responding to me. Ok then, let me explain myself because I think you missed the point of my post.
 

I can't ignore the only notable point of reference I have.

BIAS??? Really? Did you not pick up that I was saying I don't know him at all? How can I ignore how he has been recently if we have never talked in the first place?
The entire point I was going for was that I have literally no other point of reference as to his character based on my experience. Tell me how I can be biased against somebody I don't even know?
For all I know that could be an advantage, a blank slate minus one dated event.
As for how he did as staff, well to be frank I didn't play on either of the trade servers quite often at that time so I didn't see all that much from him, and I am sure you are well aware of how that term as staff ended (the cause for my concern).

Of course you think he should have a chance at mod, he is your friend.
Also the question was not of his capability in the first place...
 
In as simple of terms possible; I was telling Sesh that if he wants me to change my vote he better well try to at least help me get to know him.

I may go on a bit of a rant here so feel free to disregard this as the ramblings of a madman.
 
When it comes to how people are on the servers, some people seem to forget how their own attitudes affect everyone else. Our members and regulars form the backbone of this clan and it's servers. As such, they are the people new comers look up to as the posters boys (and girls) of sorts of the place. Because of this it is the behavior of our more prominent members on the servers that is seen as the norm to everyone else, which leads to them interpreting that however they act is the way to be around here. So when people are "shittalking" and often acting unfriendly or even flat out rude, it only encourages everyone else to do the same.
It is rather irritating to see people behave in such a careless mannerism themselves but quickly jump on anyone seen as less prominent when they act in the same way.
As a community, we set the example of how to interact on the servers.
As a community, we are responsible for improving our own act if we want the greater population to improve as well.
 
tldr if people want the servers to start having more positive attitudes about them then they need to take initiative to have more positive attitudes on the servers themselves.

I feel like this is something that needs to be said because it's happening way too often.
A joke is only funny if everyone is laughing. There is a lot of times when people are being quite rude or intentionally trying to make certain people angry. Unfortunately the jokes have gone from the occasional playful teasing to outright making fun of certain players.
Now I'm not going to tell you that you can't shit talk each other all together. Sometimes it's in good intent as long as both parties are content about it. It's been getting out of hand recently though. It's gotten to the point where multiple people start bandwagoning against one person even though they don't like it. So to get to the point, I want to write this reminder that disrespect is NOT allowed on the servers. When someone asks you to stop or is clearly getting upset please do not continue to heckle them. I'm sure I'm not the only one who wants a friendly environment for everyone. I would like it if you all would consider how you effect everyone else on the server so noone feels alienated. I'm not trying to say you need to be on good terms with everyone. All I ask is that the playful shittalking is consensual or at least acceptable.
I hope we all can keep enjoying the server!

I'd hope you wouldn't get flak for it, I'd hope no one would get flak for anything. I did make this thread because I wanted to see people's thoughts and because of a bit of convincing from some others.
 
I did go off insulting you before since admittedly I'd always had my own issues with you here or there, unfortunately at the time I didn't opt to go talking them out and instead just lashed out instead.
 
People are free to say what they want here, I'll be fine with either result, I just hope it doesn't go devolving into a big argument.

It’ll be great if we can switch every couple of months to different Game modes.
 
I’d like playing either Koth or payload.

-1 Hating on people while they're not on the servers with very silly reasons, such as "being british", Doesn't seem too nice to me.

+1 yes please because stock maps are a fantastic alternative to 24/7 masscc

Nether Update:
 
Nether and End portals are now FIXED and working perfectly. As always though if you ever find an error with them please report it ASAP.

nether when

Update: He just got access!

When I get access to the folder with the server in it. :(