Author Topic: So Many Newbies... (Read 38144 times)

BobTheJanitor · January 17, 2004, 03:28:48 PM

Or is it possible to make it that only res slots votes count? Or is this too complicated? Or is it possible to only make it take a percentage of those that actually bothered to vote? I hate trying to votekick an idiot on a full server and getting 7 for and 0 against and still getting the 'not enough votes' message. Just because the other people didn't bother or didn't know how to vote...

Isamil · January 17, 2004, 05:19:23 PM

That might work, but if you did that, and a person is the only one with a reserved slot on the server, it gives them the power to kick anyone.

Satiagraha · January 17, 2004, 08:02:10 PM

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That might work, but if you did that, and a person is the only one with a reserved slot on the server, it gives them the power to kick anyone.

that is true, but everyone that has a res slot is pretty resonable, power in the hands of them isn't necessarily a bad thing. The regs are the ones who know LM well and know how the atmosphere should be, i dont see a problem letting them have the power to decide if a disruptive player should be kicked. Besides, it is just a kick, they're not being BANT or anything...

Cheez · January 17, 2004, 09:15:57 PM

This entire topic is pretty much a summary of why i'm taking time off from NS, and Half-Life in general. Plus, you play the same game for a year, you need a break :p

Satiagraha · January 18, 2004, 02:11:13 PM

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Plus, you play the same game for a year, you need a break :p

hmm... maybe something's wrong with me...

I've been playin HL + HLmods for 6 or 7 years straight... back before CS... o_O

JHunz · January 18, 2004, 06:41:09 PM

wow, you're truly elite. Since HL is less than six years old and all.

Satiagraha · January 18, 2004, 10:00:36 PM

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wow, you're truly elite. Since HL is less than six years old and all.

Interesting, considering that my HL CD is from when HL was simply a single player/multiplayer game, no mods, no plugins, nothing. The CD is from 1998
My WONID was 4 digits :p

Uranium - 235 · January 19, 2004, 01:54:49 AM

Hmm November 1998 HL went Gold.

It's January 2004...

I only count 5 years and 2 months, not '6 or 7' :p

lolfighter · January 19, 2004, 05:36:59 AM

Yah. We're in EARLY 2004. HL came out in LATE 1998. Makes a big difference.

Four digit WONID? So what? I bought CS retail, mine was five digits.

Dubbilex · January 19, 2004, 07:37:44 AM

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Hmm November 1998 HL went Gold.

It's January 2004...

I only count 5 years and 2 months, not '6 or 7' :p

Jesus - cut him some slack for a small mistake, you packhunters. :rolleyes: :p

Cheez · January 19, 2004, 08:02:38 AM

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Plus, you play the same game for a year, you need a break :p
hmm... maybe something's wrong with me...

I've been playin HL + HLmods for 6 or 7 years straight... back before CS... o_O

Actually I was talking about how long ive been on NS, not HL.

esuna · January 19, 2004, 09:34:04 AM

Pfft HL nubs...

*Gets all nostalgic for the Doom editing days*

But anyway, yeah, the influx of nubs is just getting unbearable. I find it hard to play an entire game without having to shout at some smacktard or just leave the game because it's getting ridiculous. It's not that i hate new players, it's just i hate new players that think they know everything, but are obviously new.

Is it possible to make a plugin that autokicks on certain words? I mean, it'd be cool to see people getting kicked for saying "nub comm", "f*g" or "dougan".

Isamil · January 19, 2004, 09:55:52 AM

One example of noobness I found was this.

Beginning of game, Crack was comm, and hes setting up his IPs, when some noob says he is a noob comm for his IP placement. Crack leaves for some reason after that, I get in the CC. Noob asks if he can be comm, I let him(I'm not a very good comm anyway). Noob isn't a very good comm(Not a total noob, but not very good). We lost the game(And they had sens first, not sure if it was agreed on that or not). Just found it a little stupid that the guy calls crack a noob comm, when he is a lot worse then crack.

Also, I have been seeing a fair ammount of people who have no idea how to play, and are general idiots.(Yesterday I had to report 2 idiots to LB for exploiting and complete rudeness).

Uranium - 235 · January 19, 2004, 12:14:43 PM

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Is it possible to make a plugin that autokicks on certain words? I mean, it'd be cool to see people getting kicked for saying "nub comm", "f*g" or "dougan".

Racist slang (I'm sure we can all guess what I mean) and remarks like f*g should be an instant ban. But I don't want to see LM turn into one of those 'scrubbed with bleach sesame street servers' where you say 'sh*t' more then once and you get kicked.

(BTW LB while we're on this, can you change the auto censor on the forums to '****'? ###### is big and ugly :p

Seth · January 19, 2004, 01:59:40 PM

be then again you gotta remember that most of the nubs are so nubbular because most of you regs with your years of wisedom have to much ego under your belt to help the nubs out...

i wont even begin to count the times i've seen hvy armor fall because someoen was to uptight to ask a nub for a weld, or show the nub around the map... these little things make a world of difference, and you will often win the round because the nubs will follow, its what their good at.

if you can lead, then lead, and if you are incompitant i'm sure you will be well aware of that fact in a short matter of time, or you will be smacked down to turret welding biotch by your comm.

BobTheJanitor · January 19, 2004, 02:20:10 PM

I try to help the poor nubbets out. I really do. Ask crack about 'the professional'. Voice spamming, singing, annoying 11 year old sounding kid. But he was asking questions about how to play, and I was trying and trying to explain things to him. He didn't seem to be listening though, and eventually I had to give up. I'd LOVE to have a newbie ask how to get around the map, or how to build or evolve when it's actually useful. It's the ones that two minutes into the game are asking 'how do I become the big rhino alien!' and refusing to learn how to drop RTs and chambers, and then singing, badly. Those are the reason god gave us admin_vote_mute.

Satiagraha · January 19, 2004, 02:27:34 PM

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I try to help the poor nubbets out. I really do. Ask crack about 'the professional'. Voice spamming, singing, annoying 11 year old sounding kid. But he was asking questions about how to play, and I was trying and trying to explain things to him. He didn't seem to be listening though, and eventually I had to give up. I'd LOVE to have a newbie ask how to get around the map, or how to build or evolve when it's actually useful. It's the ones that two minutes into the game are asking 'how do I become the big rhino alien!' and refusing to learn how to drop RTs and chambers, and then singing, badly. Those are the reason god gave us admin_vote_mute.

wasn't that "AzN Gh3TT0 PR3p" (or something like that)? He was in the server for like 3 days and then i guess he decided it was too hard or something. He kept spamming over the voice comm and following me around the map (he turned into my little underling minion

) He kept yelling "I'm 12 years old!". Poor kid probably didn't even know what was going on... :blink:

Isamil · January 19, 2004, 02:30:32 PM

No, differant person. Didn't azn say she was a 7 year old girl?

BobTheJanitor · January 19, 2004, 02:34:35 PM

Seven year old asian girls? WHAT KIND OF SERVER ARE YOU RUNNING HERE?

JHunz · January 19, 2004, 04:13:04 PM

a hawt server