Reality check
Umm pardon my ignorance, but I have followed this thread with vague interest for a few weeks, and have noticed a disconcerting trend among the complaints. While we all face the occasional mingebag who is a pain in the ass, recent 'contributors' to this thread appear to have taken whining to a new level. No doubt this thread was created with the best of intentions to provide a feedback mechanism to administrators to deal with the worst elements from the servers, but after personally witnessing the exaggerated events on public servers which usually lead to one of the usual suspects complaining in this forum, I believe there is room for a neutral voice.
As an example of how low we have sunk, lets examine a recent complaint from the recently prolific wordsmith 'Chrisspitz'
Originally posted by Chrisspitz, post: 14451:
Dark killer is a very active player of facewan.. Yet he is German.. He is on more than me during the week.. Which is alot.. Yet he does get on my nerves at times... Killing a few people but then saying sorry in english etc..
But im just saying he is an extremely active player.
Keep him banned if you wish.
What exactly is this guy trying to say?
He has a problem with germans? Annoying people is ok as long as you use the server more than 'Chrisspitz'? Germans speaking english? Killing people (obviously other than the author or we would
still be reading the complaints) (maybe the german guy was fooling around with friends - who knows?) He then goes on to advise us that the guy is an "extremely active player" and permits the administrator to "keep him banned if you wish".
I guess my point is that surely nobody wants to be left with a server full of professional whining pussies like this guy, "dark hero", or "chocolate thunder" to single out a few. You only need to watch the server chat for an hour or so before someone pops up proclaiming "I am friends with espeon", "I can get you banned", "I have a hotline of some kind to an administrator", "I have had xx people banned within hours" blah blah blah...
May I suggest that closer investigation be carried out before applying bans etc. based on the testimony of a 10 year old with an axe to grind? If these people are encouraged they will only multiply...