Originally Posted by Doktor Goku

I'm not arguing your server rules (given that it's YOUR server), but philosophically, I really don't see how either one of those are bad sportsmanship, given the reasons that I stated above for both of my points. I would consider "bad sportsmanship" to be cheating/exploits/etc., such as building sentries underneath the map, or finding a spot where you were invulnerable (such as on a few old HLDM maps). However, I qualified both of my points by stating how unlike exploits, etc., both of the "issues" are no more difficult to overcome than a few sentry guns. It's a matter of teamwork. As such, implying that somebody is a bad sportsman for finding those rules unnecessary (at least on the server that I admin, which is irrelevant to this scrim, but we're speaking philosophically) is really quite unnecessary.

When I used to be very active in Airsoft, a teammate of mine frequently accused another buddy of "cheating", when the latter would merely hide and shoot, rather than run out into the open, Rambo-style.

Yah but it is kind of a cheap kill when you kill someone right out of spawn. They don't have time to get acclimated to the battlefield, they go in with no knowledge of the battlefield. Same could be said going into your own spawn room when it's being camped. It's a place you don't expect to be occupied unless the intel is there, noted by the indicator on your UI.

Intel rooms and spawn rooms are not expected to be occupied by players just waiting to kill you. They're not technically the battlefield. There are rules of war and we're playing simulations and games, often times whose architecture depends on the integrity of the player (ie spawn rooms).

We here at TG and presumably at TFR want to provide the best playable experience for everyone. How does a player taking two feet out of the spawn room after respawning have a great time? I don't know about you but that makes me frustrated.