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I feel like this thread slowly derailed.

Depends on where you look, its very clearly mentioned in the TGH MOTD but not so much in the surf one. Elaborating below
I kind of agree with this. The idea in theory is good but if its used to censor people thats obviously not ok. However, I would recommend to not try to take those discussions on servers and instead do it on forums or in dms as servers easily get messy and a bit too much when all you wanna do is play the video games.
This is actually something that has been brought up and is on our radar. Just looking at jb, tgh and surf for example there are clear differences in the "general" rules and it makes it a bit awkward when transitioning between servers if they arent consistent. It WILL get adressed, we just need to find a time and place to sit down and discuss what we actually want to do with them. Depending on what the others think i wouldnt be opposed to having a thread open with feedback and what people would like to have changed in the future.

You know, (while I'm not a big fan of desks in general) that's actually a pretty clever design (nazi symbol aside). Seems like it would be useful for state exams.

Will be gone the last week in July or longer for vacation. 

Anyone remember that highlander event that never happened? Well we still have a server set up for it, which I think would be neat to change into something. Suggestions would be great, but here's a few ideas I had:
BHOP Skill Surf (no fighting-based surf, not to be confused with combat surf which is what we currently only have) Dodgeball MGE I would be happy to have any of these, but am definitely open to suggestions. Would like to make a poll in the future but for now this will just be a thread for suggestions.

Spray rule has been very slightly re-worded:
Sprays, avatars and items that are able to be customized cannot contain the following: genitalia/explicit nudity whatsoever, racism, hate symbols, gore, derogatory content and images of sexualized minors (this includes drawn images) There is also a section in the staff manual that will specify points of sprays that are controversial.

Idealistically, yes. That being said when these accidental interruptions begin to happen several times in a row and there is nigh consistently multiple people talking whenever anyone uses the mic it becomes necessary to give these kinds of warnings as a reminder to everyone to be more courteous and aware of what is happening. The fact that it is often not intentional is why these warnings often don't have proceeding punishment, most the time no one is doing anything particularly wrong. A level of self-moderation is required to avoid these disruptions from happening though, and it's not uncommon people need a reminder to that. If someone is not going to have self control and continue to be disruptive in this manner whether or not intentional then there is no reason everyone else should have to suffer.
It's the same as having a terrible quality microphone. It is on you to try and fix your mic or in this situation try and not talk over someone else. If you aren't going to fix it or you continue to interrupt people, be it intentional, due to being oblivious, or any other reason, you're going to get muted for everyone else's sake. 

this rule is absolutely and indubitably pathetic and retarded, especially when it occurs in a populous server (surf and tgh at this point). it disappoints me when everybody talks at once and many of staff go apepoop, and as time passes it gets crazier. it happens all of the time when a discussion is currently taking place. either everybody talking at once comes to the epiphany that they're all talking over each other and they all hesistate, which stops the talking, or the people will commence the talking, and in this case, it wreaks havoc. better to not have it as a server rule to give people more freedom while talking on the mic, which brings a more social and friendly atmosphere, and to further shun the staff from having such a hard time with the ongoing issue. it occurs almost every single day i come on surf, but i'm not sure about tgh regarding the issue. a rule where people are not allowed to talk over each other only makes things worse. let them talk, regardless of the amount of people talking. i don't want to hear "don't talk over people" every minute, which not only pisses people off, but it also delays most of the conversations that the server has, this delay being (x) admin giving a poop and talking in (y) tone that talking over people is not allowed.
imagine going to a huge party. you hear everybody around you talk, the music is loud, and everybody is having a fun time. you're hearing all of this noise, and if people are going to complain about people talking over each other, then maybe you should go outside. some others can view this controversial topic as a "lack of respect" for talking over somebody about to say something, but in a video game, latency exists, and it can't be compensated for when people are talking. this "lack of respect" can be intentional and non-intentional, and i'm sure the most of you guys can tell whether it was on purpose or completely on accident. otherwise, the victim is just being sarcastic.
i understand that servers have their own rules and it's equivalent to going to a night club or any other local area with a myriad of people, but i've never been to any other server that enforces that rule, and if i see any reason being because the server is more unique that way, i'm going to cry.

Thank you Bone, that’s exactly the point I was trying to make

I doodled this out real quick. Red/Blue lines are sniper sight-lines Assuming spawns are placed on the far left/right, each team would have way too easy a time camping the choke just outside each spawn, as there are no alternative routes or flanks. This could be easily solved by converting each of the buildings by each spawn into a sort of "teleport station", for an alternate route to the middle of the map. Even if you don't want a teleporter because it gets people there too fast, consider making maybe underground tunnels or something, because the camping situation would be really bad with only 3/9 classes being able to make it over the trees and avoiding the choke easily. The casino would be a great place to hide secrets and whatnot, as it's close to the middle of the map, and therefore people would naturally fight for it.
 
Anyway, this is just a basic idea of what I was thinking, tell me what you think etc.

I was thinking about having two spawn huts actually. Yeah, it would make a slight deviation from the original layout, but which is better, accuracy, or playability? ALso may add some type of obstacles or something to help block the road and make clear sniper lines less clear. Also most of those sniper lines you drew seem pretty avoidable with slight cleverness, none of them really cover any unavoidable terrain.

If you've witnessed a staff member abusing his/her powers, don't be afraid to tell another staff member about it. If no one comes to help, gather evidence and confront the staff member. We don't need abusing staff members going around making things a poor experience

Typically, people use the music to annoy the server. Its sad that it has to be addressed in the first place, though.

Strawberry Dragon: There's about nine, ten if someone can find Duketown because I couldn;t, first off
Strawberry Dragon: Rotunda Verde (Team Fortress 2 > Maps > Trade) - GAMEBANANA Rotunda9
Strawberry Dragon: trade_houseofchaos (Team Fortress 2 > Maps > Trade) - GAMEBANANA Hourse of Chaos
Strawberry Dragon: trade_psykopat2_fix (Team Fortress 2 > Maps > Trade) - GAMEBANANA Psykopat2
Strawberry Dragon: trade_kfbd_nightclub (Team Fortress 2 > Maps > Trade) - GAMEBANANA Nightclub
Strawberry Dragon: trade_scp (Team Fortress 2 > Maps > Trade) - GAMEBANANA SCP
Strawberry Dragon: trade_minecraft_alt3_v3 (Team Fortress 2 > Maps > Trade) - GAMEBANANA Minecraft map of some sort, but seems neat
Strawberry Dragon: trade_portal2_rev2 (Team Fortress 2 > Maps > Trade) - GAMEBANANA Portal29:58:24 PM
Strawberry Dragon: Dark Disco (Team Fortress 2 > Maps > Trade) - GAMEBANANA Dark Disco
Strawberry Dragon: trade_what_fix (Team Fortress 2 > Maps > Trade) - GAMEBANANA What

Here's a link to a version of Abstract, still has music, but I believe it shouldn't be much of an issue.
trade_abstract2 (Team Fortress 2 > Maps > Trade) - GAMEBANANA
A Medieval map might be nice for some folk.
trade_medieval (Team Fortress 2 > Maps > Trade) - GAMEBANANA
Here's a cool looking map as well.
trade_sunset_saloon_r2_2 (Team Fortress 2 > Maps > Trade) - GAMEBANANA
 
I'll keep an eye out for some more maps, and post em here.