Re: Rules, Rules, and more rules....

**flik2142** · 02-02-2009, 02:28 PM

i should probably stop wearing the tags until i clean up my language...

**spiff913** · 02-02-2009, 05:50 PM

Admins are awesome!

I assume from Fubar's latest post that there was another incidence of rooftop camping. I was present during the round that prompted the original post, and I'd like to comment. This is IMO, so take it as such.

The reason the rooftop beacon rule was implemented in the first place was to discourage rooftop camping. Now it <is> possible to place a beacon immediately adjacent to a building and have some people randomly land on the roof. This was stated by people in-game at the time - "our beacon was not on the roof".

It's also possible for one of the people randomly landing on the roof to be a squad leader. It's even possible for someone to then destroy the beacon, and for the SL to resupply it so that the squad can then spawn on him, on the roof. None of this is explicitly against the rules, but it sure as hell violates the spirit and the intent of the rule.

Don't be a loophole-chasing, rules-lawyer. Stay on the ground and fight.

**Lorax74** · 02-02-2009, 06:16 PM

Originally Posted by spiff913

The reason the rooftop beacon rule was implemented in the first place was to discourage rooftop camping. Now it <is> possible to place a beacon immediately adjacent to a building and have some people randomly land on the roof. This was stated by people in-game at the time - "our beacon was not on the roof".

It's also possible for one of the people randomly landing on the roof to be a squad leader. It's even possible for someone to then destroy the beacon, and for the SL to resupply it so that the squad can then spawn on him, on the roof. None of this is explicitly against the rules, but it sure as hell violates the spirit and the intent of the rule.

Actually...

If an SL beacon is destroyed and the SL gets supplied with a new beacon, in order to become spawnable again, s/he would need to drop the beacon and either leave it there (SMs spawn on the beacon) or immediately pick it back up. If you drop the beacon on the rooftop, even if you intend to pick it back up, you are BREAKING OUR SERVER RULES.

Thank you for your time.

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