JFF echo

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What server were you banned from?: Freezetag + DM2 When did you get banned?: It was around April 30th What was your in-game name?: JFF_echo What is your game GUID (if known): Why do you think you were banned?: I am not aware of the reason behind why I was banned.
Once I am aware of the reasoning Ill do my best to provide my own side of the story etc.

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This happens on cod 5 xi servers for me. Makes using single shot weapons like snipers difficult unless they are  not moving.
With spray guns I just shoot a meter in front of whatever direction they are in and it usually kills them. I figured it was due to my ping and got on with it but seemingly not.

Okay DM2 Fans,
Here's your next rotation set (pending a server restart...)
Small Map Rotation 
mp_agx_shinu, mp_breakout, mp_crate_yard, mp_cw_abandoned, mp_dome, mp_hhk_yokora, mp_killhouse, mp_meatgrinder, mp_radiorelay, mp_snr_kassel, mp_yuko
Medium Map Rotation 
mp_78stalingrad, mp_82ab_panzerwerk, mp_agx_depot2_night, mp_all_out, mp_blood_island, mp_chateau_xmas, mp_cw_dawnville, mp_ddd_wet, mp_deadwood, mp_downtown2, mp_feba, mp_haguenau, mp_kalsville, mp_kneeriver, mp_makin_day, mp_myths_farm, mp_opcenter, mp_railyard, mp_streets, mp_vm_maichau, mp_yomi, mp_byalistok
Large Map Rotation 
mp_82ab_erdol, mp_assembly, mp_bentys_depot, mp_byalistok, mp_cabanatuan, mp_communique, mp_cw_saintlo, mp_farmhouse2, mp_hangar, mp_kwai, mp_lyon, mp_nuenen, mp_prague, mp_rocket, mp_siege, mp_snr_flatdeck, mp_sps_station, mp_sturm, mp_tunnels, mp_winter_war
 
It's come to my attention that some of you aren't hearing enough Noises.  Well keep calm and listen to Pale Waves.
 

Since the server is just getting started, we limit teams to two players... until the server has more regular players... there's 250 slots... so there's plenty of room for growth.  I didn't set a team limit back in November when the server first went online... people were grouping up in raid parties of up to 5, discouraging solo players from staying.. so the team limit has been set at a max of 2 to encourage solo players to stay & even the playing field...it has resulted in more pvp & an overall increase in happiness to the players that are on the server.  As the population increases, the rules can be changed accordingly.

Stop sabotaging this post, make your own Rust post! ?

Hello DM2 Players,
Here are your maps for the coming week:
Small Map Rotation 
mp_agx_castle, mp_bridge, mp_hgy_c, mp_kauten, mp_little_town, mp_maquina_viet, mp_pmcod, mp_remagen, mp_xi_arena
Medium Map Rotation
mp_78outpost, mp_agx_depot2, mp_alcazaba, mp_ax_neuville, mp_bgate, mp_byalistok, mp_chateau, mp_cw_burgundy, mp_db_snowypark, mp_downtown, mp_falaise5, mp_gits_terminal, mp_jungle, mp_makin, mp_murmansk, mp_nvabase, mp_psycho, mp_reichattack, mp_snr_vimyrd, mp_stream2, mp_turm, mp_xi_jordan5 
Large Map Rotation 
mp_78townville, mp_agx_psel, mp_assault, mp_beltot, mp_byalistok, mp_claremont, mp_cw_pacific, mp_ederdam, mp_gustav, mp_kursk, mp_lsb_gloomy_moor, mp_normandie, mp_panzerschlacht_02e, mp_river_09b, mp_shrine, mp_snr_arnhemwt, mp_stronghold, mp_trenchville, mp_vm_jungle, mp_winter_crash
 
You know, after all those frags, the one thing I can say is I'm Still Standing.  It's Elton John.
 

If they created a server for more competitive players it would struggle with population. The players made/told to play there would get bored of playing against 1 or 2 other players and would go back on the original server this would annoy a minority of the players on there then it would be back to this.
 

If they created a server for more competitive players it would struggle with population. The players made/told to play there would get bored of playing against 1 or 2 other players and would go back on the original server this would annoy a minority of the players on there then it would be back to this.
 

Everyone here so salty.

Man I have to read all this shit eye balls burning really did some of you really say some of that  

Hi all!
After mine and Echo's server has folded (JFF-Just For Fun) we are looking at new pastures. Your server (and gametype, FFA) is great! ?
IMHO only cheaters should be banned, you can still have fun with others whilst someone owns your butt (am I getting the Americanisms correct ).
I like playing with better players, it improves myself and gives a challenge, otherwise constantly pwning would get boring (another problem I have, get it? Cos' I pwned so much!).

Hmm, this will be the only post I write here but I will say I can understand the anger certain play styles can cause and Im sorry if my play style annoys certain people. I don't always go all out when I play so that players can also have their fun but please understand that when I am called hacker, scumbag and the endless list of immature insults certain players and members of XI say to me, it only makes me want to play better against you. The majority of the people I see on these servers seem like really nice people and the servers are fun to play on and as you know there are not many active servers left on this game.
Surely if someone is playing better than you it makes you want to beat them, I don't understand why it has to go straight to hes hacking etc.. it's just immature. When I have played and there has been a player doing better than me it's always great fun to try to get a higher score than them it's what makes you better at the game.
I am always happy to provide recordings of my games if people want to see them so that they can see Im not cheating and as for this config and settings tweak I am just playing with everything at it's lowest setting to remove unnecessary blur effects and to boost fps.
 

Well, let me correct you on one point here.  The player is not disrupting the server, all the people who don't like that they are getting their asses kicked are disrupting the server by calling the player a hack, a cheater, making comments about how he doesn't exist in the server and the #2 player is actually the winner.  Then half of them decide to leave because they just can't fathom how anyone could be so much better than they are and simply must be cheating.  Then they start berating the Admin team for not doing anything about the fact that there's someone in the server that's way better than they are.
This isn't about "the player".  All they want to do is play.  No, this is about all the >XI< rule violations that members and guests commit in the presence of someone better than they are.  Good players get banned while people breaking >XI< rules have no consequence at all.  In the end, that's what this is about, as I see it.

Hello DM2 Fans!
It's your weekly rotation change announcement, and so here are the maps you can shoot at your friends in for the coming week
Small Map Rotation
mp_78bathroom, mp_asylum, mp_egn, mp_hospital, mp_killhouse, mp_koshiki, mp_little_town, mp_opera, mp_trainingcamp, mp_get_lost_3, mp_give_up
Medium Map Rotation
mp_78hellcatraz, mp_agx_depot1, mp_agxstlo, mp_beuvron, mp_byalistok, mp_cassino5, mp_crossroads, mp_cw_trainwreck, mp_docks, mp_eindhoven2, mp_ict_stone, mp_kneeriver, mp_line_of_fire, mp_mohdv2, mp_nachtzug_2, mp_nightmare, mp_pds, mp_ravine_v1, mp_ship_n, mp_snr_carentan, mp_toujane, mp_wolftown
Large Map Rotation
mp_78lolv2, mp_agx_algiers, mp_anzio, mp_barracks, mp_bridgefthunt, mp_byalistok, mp_chokepoint, mp_cw_farm, mp_dumont, mp_great_escape, mp_kharkov, mp_lolv2_codwaw, mp_newsicily, mp_panzerfact_winter, mp_rhinevalleygits, mp_sfss_castle, mp_southside, mp_stlo, mp_trainstation, mp_vm_caen, mp_waw_caen, mp_xi_titanic
 
Given all the drama on the site today, one can only ask Can I Play With Madness - it's Iron Maiden
 

Hmm, this will be the only post I write here but I will say I can understand the anger certain play styles can cause and Im sorry if my play style annoys certain people. I don't always go all out when I play so that players can also have their fun but please understand that when I am called hacker, scumbag and the endless list of immature insults certain players and members of XI say to me, it only makes me want to play better against you. The majority of the people I see on these servers seem like really nice people and the servers are fun to play on and as you know there are not many active servers left on this game.
Surely if someone is playing better than you it makes you want to beat them, I don't understand why it has to go straight to hes hacking etc.. it's just immature. When I have played and there has been a player doing better than me it's always great fun to try to get a higher score than them it's what makes you better at the game.
I am always happy to provide recordings of my games if people want to see them so that they can see Im not cheating and as for this config and settings tweak I am just playing with everything at it's lowest setting to remove unnecessary blur effects and to boost fps.
 

I've played here a very long time. I have seen some very good players come and go but at the end of the day they make me a better player cuz it makes me want to beat them.... I suck at the games but I play 4 fun not for the BS ... Hell I get told I hack and all I can say is check my score and get back to me on that

I'm working hard to find a way to end this stupidity and keep everybody somewhat happy. Right now I have a server so if the members do not want to play with somebody they have a place to run and hide. I don't like that anymore than banning people for no reason. Being to good is not a reason to ban somebody never has been. Its always run the course to the point of disrupting the server and we do ban for that. Its almost policy in the cod5 dm server to drive the people they do not want to play with nuts to the point they do become disruptive and then the head admins have to step in and yes members before guests. Shitty shitty way of handling this. So when I figure out how to manage the problem I will have a server for both types of players. I just at this moment do not see how I can do it and have it work. But I want a safe server for good players to play in where they will not get run over by the XI bus. But then it will be a lonely server maybe we can mail out eye patches to the better players we do not ban pirates last I checked  @JFF echo

Hmmm if I would make a comment on that one line I bet I could make you type another post LOL hahahhahahha

Welcome to XI servers, come on in and play, but hold on fella if you are to good you are not welcome here

Amen brother,
Without those highly skilled players the games would have no substance in my opinion. What drives a person more then to try and overcome or match the skill of another. Is that not why we do this. As satisfying as it is to come back and kill a player sitting in a closet that never moved once killing you---Nothing compares to shooting that person that is killing your whole team. Then when you have that great day in which you shoot that skilled player 3 times in a row, oh boy time to go get that frosty mug from the freezer and drink a cold one in reward!!!!!  Then without the skilled players we would not have that entertaining drama that unfolds ----just boring same old same old? Games will always attract those cheaters and we all feel sorry for those types but when peeps have just straight skill, it is what it is.......My suggestion is do what I do, when that crazy good player gets you, just give them the old?which means nice shot you ass!!!!

I’m going to disregard the response above because it is full of the typical bashing of the Admin teams that always comes up in these threads.
I don’t favor kicking or banning someone simply because they are too good. I actually enjoy playing against good players because I get great satisfaction out of killing them when I can. 
There are always those that aren’t happy with anyone being better than them and constantly complain loudly. I think that sort of thing makes the game much less enjoyable than someone with a high score or great K/D ratio. 

Second time I've been asked that this week, so a bit of knowledge for across the pond, it is a north/south thing in uk. The two main meals in the south are lunch (luncheon) and dinner cos they are posh, up north we have dinner (their lunch) and tea, I have tea.

Just like his daddy!!
 

Benji and Rocco  They were puppies then, I will load some more picture later