crux abusing !pass
Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2022 7:55 pm
Player crux is elected as "puppet admin" and is supposed to keep the peace and fairness on server with his daily loitering.
And to that end you would expect him to:
1) move players who are AFK to spec so that teams stays even
2) !warn players when he sees them teamkilling
3) ask players to remain calm (or even give them a temp mute) when words get too heated
However, crux now ignores these 3 key duties completely.
It's a complete 180 turn from how he refereed the server 2 years ago.
Nowadays, the only ref command that crux cares about using is the !pass command.
So let's talk about that for a minute:
Whenever you're up against crux on server, you have to add 3 minutes to the clock.
That is the amount of time you can vote to extend the timelimit.
And crux will !pass that vote every time (as long as it's his team losing and they need more time).
I haven't seen a more shameless and pathetic use of ref commands since VELTINS was allowed to ref the [fP] server.
Just who does crux think he is?
We like this server for its competitiveness.
Wins and losses actually matters to some.
But here you have crux with his own stopwatch making up his own rules.
Before any of you dare claim that Monty is overexagerating:
Have a look in the chatlogs and see just how many times crux writes !pass in one week.
He does it several times a day.
I wouldn't be surprised if he writes !pass more often than all other refs combined.
All so that he can get an extra 3 minutes on the clock for his team.
The final straw for me came tonight:
We were playing Radargate, and my axi team were in complete control against crux's allied team.
At the end of the demo you see allies running out of time.
The vote then comes in to extend time with 3 minutes.
The last I saw the vote was 9-8 in favour of not extending the timelimit.
But crux just can't help himself. He does !pass.
This was the second or third time he abused this command the same night.
3 minutes gets added and crux's allied team miraculously wins.
I am sure crux was chuckling like a little girl when he got that victory.
The vote system is there to promote democracy.
Players who give their sweat and tears to this server are supposed to have their voice heard.
If the majority of players don't want to extend a round with 3 minutes, then that has to be respected.
This crux has been getting away with this meniacal behaviour for far too long.
It needs to end now.
I propose the following changes:
1. The !pass command gets removed completely. As I showed you with [!!!]Pun!* last week, there is the temptation to use this command in order to be abusive.
2. The !pass command gets removed from crux's repetoire. Just as there are some players on server who are not allowed to call mute & kick votes, there should be some refs who are not allowed to pass votes.
3. If you're going to insist on allowing crux to !pass then at least make it transparent that he does so. Most of the time this little trick of his flies under the radar (you have to check the chat to see that crux did indeed write !pass). Make a big announcer that says "[player] extended the timelimit for the [x] time in the last 24 hours, maybe try not to go overboard with it?"
And to that end you would expect him to:
1) move players who are AFK to spec so that teams stays even
2) !warn players when he sees them teamkilling
3) ask players to remain calm (or even give them a temp mute) when words get too heated
However, crux now ignores these 3 key duties completely.
It's a complete 180 turn from how he refereed the server 2 years ago.
Nowadays, the only ref command that crux cares about using is the !pass command.
So let's talk about that for a minute:
Whenever you're up against crux on server, you have to add 3 minutes to the clock.
That is the amount of time you can vote to extend the timelimit.
And crux will !pass that vote every time (as long as it's his team losing and they need more time).
I haven't seen a more shameless and pathetic use of ref commands since VELTINS was allowed to ref the [fP] server.
Just who does crux think he is?
We like this server for its competitiveness.
Wins and losses actually matters to some.
But here you have crux with his own stopwatch making up his own rules.
Before any of you dare claim that Monty is overexagerating:
Have a look in the chatlogs and see just how many times crux writes !pass in one week.
He does it several times a day.
I wouldn't be surprised if he writes !pass more often than all other refs combined.
All so that he can get an extra 3 minutes on the clock for his team.
The final straw for me came tonight:
We were playing Radargate, and my axi team were in complete control against crux's allied team.
At the end of the demo you see allies running out of time.
The vote then comes in to extend time with 3 minutes.
The last I saw the vote was 9-8 in favour of not extending the timelimit.
But crux just can't help himself. He does !pass.
This was the second or third time he abused this command the same night.
3 minutes gets added and crux's allied team miraculously wins.
I am sure crux was chuckling like a little girl when he got that victory.
The vote system is there to promote democracy.
Players who give their sweat and tears to this server are supposed to have their voice heard.
If the majority of players don't want to extend a round with 3 minutes, then that has to be respected.
This crux has been getting away with this meniacal behaviour for far too long.
It needs to end now.
I propose the following changes:
1. The !pass command gets removed completely. As I showed you with [!!!]Pun!* last week, there is the temptation to use this command in order to be abusive.
2. The !pass command gets removed from crux's repetoire. Just as there are some players on server who are not allowed to call mute & kick votes, there should be some refs who are not allowed to pass votes.
3. If you're going to insist on allowing crux to !pass then at least make it transparent that he does so. Most of the time this little trick of his flies under the radar (you have to check the chat to see that crux did indeed write !pass). Make a big announcer that says "[player] extended the timelimit for the [x] time in the last 24 hours, maybe try not to go overboard with it?"