Disrespectful and insulting players: Page 5

skynet · 2024-03-27T12:29:22+00:00

Hi! I usually don't mind what's being said while gaming as we all get mad from time to time...but I see some frequent players going a few steps above just r...

Disrespectful and insulting players

jerc

Giving out hardware IDs and IP addresses is just wrong 99 percent of the time. SnowGuy takes the privacy of players very seriously.

destro

jerc cough cough TimTim

high

OK, I will admit to overdoing it. And I'm willing to stop starting now, just keep in mind I also had to suffer players with provoking nicknames like Free_Palestine who calls me a murderer and child killer (Palestinians, the same ones who on Oct. 7, unprovoked, raided Israel and murdered a family of a friend of mine (after raping his daughter), and so began this war they're now crying about), not to mention players that the moment I enter give out racial slurs immediately (I won't give names here), so it's not like I'm the only one doing it. So, I shall too report them it happens hoping a fair treatment is given. Thanks.

snowguy

high OK, I will admit to overdoing it. And I'm willing to stop starting now, just keep in mind I also had to suffer players with provoking nicknames

high not to mention players that the moment I enter give out racial slurs immediately (I won't give names here), so it's not like I'm the only one doing it. So, I shall too report them it happens hoping a fair treatment is given. Thanks.

Enough said with the above two quotes.

Everyone is aware of the recently increasing tensions all over the world and should have compassion for each individual's plight.

I am leaving your post unedited for now but if it inflames some huge political arguments/fights on this forum I will be forced to edit it and lock things down. This forum is mainly for UT players to help each other.

Since in-game chat is mostly temporary, usually ignored, and because of the aforementioned increasing tensions in the world, I have taken a lenient stance on what is allowed there. I do not want to go down the rabbit hole of censorship and over moderation that the big tech platforms have been forced to take (mostly to please their advertisers).

UT allows us all to step aside from the real world problems we all face and forget about things, at least for a brief period. So, let's not bring those same issues into the game.

skynet

snowguy

While I am skeptical of his reasons, the last few times I've played with him he was actually ok with no such outbursts, so looking good. He's otherwise a good CTF player so I hope this behavior sticks 🙂

I'm not sure if that's possible or if you or others would agree but ... I would suggest that the voting system for kicking players be changed from 50% of the votes to a lesser number since most people never bother with voting regardless of what's happening during the game. It's very hard to actually kick someone for his behavior.
In all my time spent on the server I think I've seen just 2 or 3 successful kicks. And even if a player gets voted out (at the end of the game), he can just rejoin when the next game starts...so what's even the point? Most of the same same players get voted, never reaching majority and ofc it's hard to expect someone to change their ways if they know nothing happens to them.

So perhaps keep the current majority system, but have the kick be applied for longer (5, 10mins so rejoins are not possible) or lower the voting system from majority to smth like 30-40% ?

destro

annabella Your experience and my experience are totally different. I played when the UT Demo dropped and man., the Demo community was always toxic. I joined a good group later on and it was always hate and spite. Then came to the full version around 2005, played TurboIG, LGIG, 100 speed Ig and it's been that way ever since. Maybe it was just the IG community as a whole but name calling, death threats and everything was always on the menu. Then the constant being harassed by people with Admin powers was a thing back then too. At least the latter is not a thing anymore.

annabella

destro we talk for the same game ? Never heard 99 to have demo. I start play the first game Unreal and Unreal return to napali and short time after came UT 99. Start play online since 2001. Please trust me everywhere players was tolerant even with all 10k servers at this time. Have players who I know for maybe 17-18 years ago and still good friends, and I'm sure isn't just because of gender because I'm female.

andstaydown

TimTim would regularly ddos players who were better than him. Guy's a fucking sore loser

destro

andstaydown True story

cyborg

Would be good if there was a way to mute repeat offenders server-side, 'some' people really do not have a pause button. It's less about what they say but the constant repetition of it, nearly every map/day even after being ignored every time. Though I'm sure not many have the same experience as I do. As for the political BS, it's clearly there just to get a rise out of people, best ignore it if a mute isn't an option for people who try and bait others at the end of every map.

Jacey

skynet It's very hard to actually kick someone for his behavior.

What are the criteria for kicking someone? It's for everyone different i guess. For one it's the flaming, the other just for playing and moving well. That's why not all people kick. It's different as well when names are revealed of the ones who do the kicking, some servers have something like that. The anonymity disappears so noone kicks a player anymore.

jerc

I play at night mostly now so I'm not seeing to much trash talk but day players might be different.

Snakefinger

jerc

Just last night some guy called me gay. I told him I'm not gay, I'm deeply closeted!

skynet

Jacey

I have no problem with removing anonymity, not even sure why that would be anonymous.
Usual suspects include saboteurs cosplaying as dEfEnsIvE campers or players that come and DM all match long and won't pick up their own flag even if its right next to them. But that's a separate topic 🙂

skynet

Snakefinger

Ah yes, I know the guy. It was Andy Richter, the swedish german!

smiec

Snakefinger YOU GAY

jerc

I hope no one thought it was me because it would gay if they did.

Snakefinger

skynet

He don't go for that funny business!

destro

annabella Holdup (Holdr) is from the demo community. There are a number of top players who play insta on passionate gaming who are from the demo community as well. I can't tell you what you've experienced but from playing on insta servers people have always called names or worse. I'm glad you've had a better experience than I did.

jerc September 15, 1999
The demo version of Unreal Tournament 99 (UT99) was released on September 15, 1999. This demo was about two months before the final game was released. I had a 28.8k internet connection out on the farm at that time and I could barely hold my own with a avg of 400-500 ping on U.S. servers. No newnet or anything to compensate for most of it. Didn't want to go to the full version because of lag. That and Coret facility is still one of the best maps ever.

jerc

I don't remember a demo for this, maybe there isn't because back in 97 most people myself included bought it for the offline play. Way back in the early 2000 people were already playing the full version for free since there is no cdkey or login.

annabella

jerc exactly. I also don't remember 99 to has demo.

jerc

I guess I came up with 97 from the documentary thing I watched on YouTube but even in 99 people were clueless to online gaming. I paid like 55 or 60 bucks at Circuit City or Best Buy even back then new games weren't cheap. I played mine til the end and then it sat til it go thrown out. Since I paid then It's cool that I've been pirating it since 2017.

destro

jerc Yup like you I've had multiple copies of Ut99. I got a few from Ebay when my brother used to play too and since it was no install key we could share a copy for both of us. Half the time you would max out on ping and people would get really mad if you killed them while they were shooting your after image while your connection was trying to catch up to the server. Running flags was the easiest thing because you would skip all the time when you took off the jump pad overhead. This area didn't even have cable or dsl until 2007 and being able to shoot people in one shot was a game changer. I remember trying Tubby's Insta server (they used to run fatman mod), Tammy's, and the 44oz turbo gib. I stuck with the latter.

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