There are a few issues that have been on-going for months here and came up again last night on password night. I would like to address them here and begin the process of bringing them to a halt.


First is the issue of complaining about how one is killed in all-chat. Things like complaining about H-AT on infantry (or using about any other weapon other than a rifle or a knife). This does nothing positive to the atmosphere on the server and serves only to bait a response from the other team. From there, tempers flare and the war of words begins.

The bottom line: You died. If it was not in a way which directly violates the rules then please just suck it up and wait for your medic or respawn. No one cheated, you just got killed, that's all. It is a game, and you've killed plenty of people in the game, too.

So, stop whining. If issues like this continue, particularly on password night, the player doing the whining will get a warning and then be removed from the server if it continues for griefing the server and disrupting play.


The next issue is complaining about teams. I know this is going to open up the whole "teamstacking" can of worms again. I don't want to do that, because teamstacking can be a problem on the server, whether it is intentional or not doesn't matter. The point I want to get across is that there is a right way and a wrong way to address these type of concerns. The wrong way is to complain over and over in chat about it. This is, again, only going to start a war of words with players on the other team, and we'll consider it griefing the server and remove you regardless of whether you are right or wrong about the balance of the teams.

The right way to go about it would be to ask in either global chat or to approach the other team in teamspeak and ask if the teams can get balanced out on the next round. Don't keep harping on it, just ask and let it go after that. I'm positive people will switch over to help between rounds, because it is near impossible to do so during the round because of the auto-balance on the server.


Lastly, I'd like to discuss the usage of assets. We have this problem all the time so it bears repeating: Don't use the same assets every time you play! Don't call assets on teamspeak for the next round before the current round has ended, and as a matter of fact don't call them at all. It is entirely unfair to the players that aren't on teamspeak and have no idea you've called them. Mix up your repertoire a little bit and try something different. Let other players, especially those that are not TG tagged players or regulars, use the assets on the map. Play infantry for a change. Share the wealth.


So, I'm basically asking people to be mature. Read the tag line on the graphic in the upper left of this web page:

"The PREMIERE online community for mature gamers"

Let's start living up to that, please.

Thanks