Re: Black Sheep/Bawb
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2020 4:01 pm
assassin...I wasn't posting for myself. I was posting something that I overheard between players in game while obs'n them. Yeah, sorry, maybe should have made a new post on what I brought up, but it was on my mind at the time and I didn't want to forget any of it.
Now...this is for myself. I've seen new players join trying to learn the mod, but with players already on and knowing the mod, and what armors, and deployables do....the new players don't stay on long enough, due to consistently getting killed. So they drop and some don't return. They try another server, like LT, and due to not having to learn a bunch about what's being hosted, they continue to play something easier to learn. I've seen many of times when a newbie is on, get's placed in a jailhouse, and they have no clue what's happening. They try to get out, but don't understand the jailhouse. So they drop from the server, and usually don't return. If they do return, it's due to either someone told them more about the mod, and they now understand they have a lot to learn, or other server's just don't have anyone in them and Anni does, so they reconnect and try again.
As for the autofunction...assassin, if you re-read what I posted, I did mention as you relayed "legit" players even BK'ing accidently. Which is the reason I relayed if you BK "too many times" something happens. A "legit" player as you call it, will only have a few BK's in game, but someone doing it on purpose will have multiple BK's in which the server will see this and action taken. What this does is make an admin's job who is playing in game, easier, or due to them playing, might make a mistake by kicking someone.
Example: Troll joins, starts BK'ing immediately, non-stop, server see's this...they are immediately blinded, frozen, or stripped from all weapons for the remainder of the map (if any of these are in place, a "legit" player would know this, and understand this can happen, but they only have a couple of BK's listed that are time separated in the game, not showing a consistent BK'ing). Now they can't BK anymore. What do think they will do? They will drop from the server and try to rejoin and BK again. They rejoin, the server see this happening again, and they are able to do some damage, but the server see's it again, and it happens to them all over again. See...no need for an admin to take the time to watch messaging in the chat, or move to obs to watch these people. The server does it for them, and they can continue to keep playing. Once these trolls keep seeing this, they now know they can't get away with consistent BK'ing on the server, due to the server automatically putting a stop to it. Then hopefully, they don't join the server anymore to try. Problem solved. You don't have to do anything to IP's.
Now, as for your statement about teaching someone how to do certain things in game. When have you honestly seen that happen these days? Due to the smaller community now, most people join cause they want to play the game, not spend time teaching others, like was done back in the older days. The most I've seen is someone in open chat say something quickly to someone on how to do something, that's it. I remember back when an experienced player would actually tell one or more people to meet them in an empty server and "show" them certain particular's they can do in game, even better ski routes. They would even relay their own secrets they do while they play the game. You don't see this anymore being done.
And as for just playing on the "main" server....it's better to play on ANY server that is up "supporting" the game, keeping it ongoing, no matter what it's hosting. I relayed in the past that I was a Tribes lifer, and will support the game as long as it's still running.
Now...this is for myself. I've seen new players join trying to learn the mod, but with players already on and knowing the mod, and what armors, and deployables do....the new players don't stay on long enough, due to consistently getting killed. So they drop and some don't return. They try another server, like LT, and due to not having to learn a bunch about what's being hosted, they continue to play something easier to learn. I've seen many of times when a newbie is on, get's placed in a jailhouse, and they have no clue what's happening. They try to get out, but don't understand the jailhouse. So they drop from the server, and usually don't return. If they do return, it's due to either someone told them more about the mod, and they now understand they have a lot to learn, or other server's just don't have anyone in them and Anni does, so they reconnect and try again.
As for the autofunction...assassin, if you re-read what I posted, I did mention as you relayed "legit" players even BK'ing accidently. Which is the reason I relayed if you BK "too many times" something happens. A "legit" player as you call it, will only have a few BK's in game, but someone doing it on purpose will have multiple BK's in which the server will see this and action taken. What this does is make an admin's job who is playing in game, easier, or due to them playing, might make a mistake by kicking someone.
Example: Troll joins, starts BK'ing immediately, non-stop, server see's this...they are immediately blinded, frozen, or stripped from all weapons for the remainder of the map (if any of these are in place, a "legit" player would know this, and understand this can happen, but they only have a couple of BK's listed that are time separated in the game, not showing a consistent BK'ing). Now they can't BK anymore. What do think they will do? They will drop from the server and try to rejoin and BK again. They rejoin, the server see this happening again, and they are able to do some damage, but the server see's it again, and it happens to them all over again. See...no need for an admin to take the time to watch messaging in the chat, or move to obs to watch these people. The server does it for them, and they can continue to keep playing. Once these trolls keep seeing this, they now know they can't get away with consistent BK'ing on the server, due to the server automatically putting a stop to it. Then hopefully, they don't join the server anymore to try. Problem solved. You don't have to do anything to IP's.
Now, as for your statement about teaching someone how to do certain things in game. When have you honestly seen that happen these days? Due to the smaller community now, most people join cause they want to play the game, not spend time teaching others, like was done back in the older days. The most I've seen is someone in open chat say something quickly to someone on how to do something, that's it. I remember back when an experienced player would actually tell one or more people to meet them in an empty server and "show" them certain particular's they can do in game, even better ski routes. They would even relay their own secrets they do while they play the game. You don't see this anymore being done.
And as for just playing on the "main" server....it's better to play on ANY server that is up "supporting" the game, keeping it ongoing, no matter what it's hosting. I relayed in the past that I was a Tribes lifer, and will support the game as long as it's still running.