There's a cheater on the server! What do I do?!

[Wyzcrak]

Most important is what you don't do: do NOT speak publicly (no voicecomm, no "say", and NO "say_team"). If you publicly accuse someone of cheating, you'll likely be removed from the server.

1. Speaking publicly alerts the cheater that admins are trying to determine whether or not he is cheating. This is bad, as the suspect will disable his cheats for the duration of the time he suspects he is being watched, regardless of whether or not he really is being watched.

2. Speaking publicly creates drama, which has no place on the server.

3. Speaking publicly makes you look like an idiot if you're wrong (don't mistake our concern for your image as an invitation to use discretion -- don't speak publicly, period).

4. Don't spectate. Play the game. If a couple games get ruined because there's a cheater on the server, so be it. If there's no admin around, you're just SOL until there is. If you must observe a player, use HLTV, NOT spectator slots on the server, to do so.

Now, having not spoken publicly, and not having spectated using the server, here's what you CAN do:

1. Notify an admin (temp is not best, but it's better than nothing) privately and immediately. This doesn't mean "team say".. this means privately. Use @chat (team chat begun with a "@", which only admins see), even if it goes to temp admins as well (that's fine). Give the admin information. Do not tell the admin how (or at what pace) to act. You're finished now. Continue to play until something is done, or leave in disgust. It's your call.

2. If no admin (full; ''temp-admins are never required to act'') is around: begin a private discussion with an admin (forum PM, email, IM, Teamspeak, etc) regarding what you'd like them to look for in the demo, when the game happened, and on what map, and the playername (and SteamID; we can find it if you don't have it) of the suspect. Admins already have server-side HLTV demos of every game played on the server. You needn't submit a demo.

Players accusing a player (cheater or not) of cheating in any manner which makes that concern known to other players will likely be removed from the server.