"i think something should be done about this..." got locked? probably by Mr.Tea, altho im not sure how the permissions on this site work so dont flame me.

the topic had nothing to do with him if thats how it seemed, it was more of a suggestion topic about how afkers shouldnt stay in the server and take up slots for other ppl to play

i think that topic had some good discussion and we were actually getting somewhere altho the admins where getting angry about making something out of nothing, altho that was not the case. We are trying to better the servers and to close a topic that had much interest was wrong. Maybe u could unlock it? or continue the discussion here. Done hate.

I think you guys beat the topic to death and Anubis gave you an answer why the topic was closed.

Good day sir

For clarification, Anubis closed your topic and not Mr. Tea.

Seeing as the topic was closed, I'm more than willing to discuss with you on other forms of chat on why I believe that it was an unnecessary fix.

Seeing as the topic was closed, I'm more than willing to discuss with you on other forms of chat on why I believe that it was an unnecessary fix.

I don't think that will be necessary... Mr.tea's response in the other thread, pretty much sums it up perfectly:

Wow.  My gasoline soaked reply caught fire.  ;D A whole page. 
My non-sarcastic response:
If you have problem with Mr.Tea ask Tea. Mr. Tea abides.  If you leave passive-aggressive confrontation post about Tea then he will have fun with it. 

Still, if Mr.Tea does or doesn't do something and you post a thread.  Then everyone and their mom decides to add commentary and get into the head of Mr.Tea.  You won't be able too and you give the Tea more to have fun with it.

Morale of the story- As the wise Rabbid Rabbit once said, "At the very least you could ask nicely of him privately if the server is full and he is not playing to leave the server. No reason to make an entire thread with the title " I think something should be done about this"."

Now I will filter my sarcastic response:

At the very least you could ask nicely of him privately if the server is full and he is not playing to leave the server. No reason to make an entire thread with the title " I think something should be done about this".

ask admins politely achieve eas(i)er and greater results.

I agree something needs to be done about this. ;D 
I think it is funny that the way I see this is, by randomly reading a confrontational thread title.

Let me see my inbox to see if I have a message from either one of you....Nope. 

All you had to do is send a message to me, but oh wait that would be easy and non-confrontational.

Next time I'll announce it to the server when I am spectating for a hacker 8)

RESOLVED

How about before we start limiting or anything with Mr.Tea we maybe ask him. Or you can go on a random tangent and speculate what I am doing.  Wow.

He should idle in Deathmatch with me .

It's a bug with SRCDS.

No he shouldn't.  Ewwwww.  :-[  I'll be in the perpetually empty Full RotationI could have been straight forward and highlighted this, but that is no fun.

I dunno, it's a simple solution really. Just ask Mr Tea Simples

It is since the whole point is not to catch the random hacker. Its the one that I already have rnds of demo's of and know that I am an admin. That's how I caught a few regulars hacking.  I was setting in SPEC for 4hrs and looked at my computer, auto-spectated and caught them when they were complacent with walling.  It's OK I won't do this anymore.  I do dunno it is a simple solution.  Why don't we ask Mr.Tea instead of having a awesome debate about it.

They have found us out. Rabbit and Mr.Tea are one in the same.  I too leave and record or sadly patiently watch the person a map or two depending on what it going on, but once again.  Rabbit brings up a good point.  He would...... :o.....ask me.

Now let me put some ammo near the gasoline soak thread. 
------Spoiler Alert--------
If you have a problem with me, ask me.

Any who, back to page 3 of my thread. :-*

From what I've experienced, Mr. Tea leaves his computer on over night while he's asleep.  Note that he cannot check CS:S for hackers while he's asleep.  Also note that the #4 server, the one I see him in Spectator the most, is full during a large portion of this time.

I appreciate Mr. Tea's effort in catching the (undisclosed amount of) regulars cheating.  However, his method, although not completely, is in conflict with the issue at hand.

Method at hand. Isno one voiced a concern. Still checking my pm on steam or inbox on war-lords and nothing. 

Further I have over 240hrs game play in a three month time frame.  That fairly sad and pathetic when I see how I have allocated my free time, but your whooping 48 hrs in 5 months really doesn't put much weight in your analysis.

I think you guys are making this a big problem then it already is. Regardless of Mr. Tea being AFK or not, he's turning away one person, who will have to wait to connect to the server. It demonstrates the server's popularity and provides incentive for players who want to play here to buy a reserved slot.

It is just one slot. We have 3 other servers, and more importantly 2 popular maps server, they're rarely full at both times.

Having an admin in spec, afk or not, is a deterrent to potential hackers and is helpful.

Again, it's one slot. It's not a big deal, I'm sorry you have to wait to get into a popular server, but hey, if you want to play here, you do what you have to do.

Damn...Reasonable.

It does only turn away that one person that tries to connect. At the wee hours of the morning, it is useful to have a hard to get into server as people will typically wait to connect to that server. If the server is continuing to remain full, as it has, I still don't see a problem with it.

The reserved slots vary, I'm not quite sure how it works as I do not have one, and I do have to wait to get into the server.

Seeing as Mr. Tea does ban throughout the night, I think it is working and there have been a good reduction in hackers on the server.

Again, it's one slot, the servers are still full. There shouldn't be a large problem with this. If you want to play that badly, then buy a reserved slot.

Okay, I didn't think I had to clarify this before, but I understand only 1 person tries to connect to the server at a time.  Now imagine multiple (single people) trying to connect to the server when the server is full.  This is what I mean by "turning players down."

Don't you have a reserved slot because you're an admin?

If Mr. Tea bans during the night, that means he's not AFK asleep, which I have said before; it is not the problem.

The reserved slot point is incomplete.  Am I able to join a full server, that is, with both reserved slots full (42/42), after purchasing a reserved slot?  If not, then buying a reserved slot does not solve the issue at hand.

Man we only have one popular maps server?  Shoot...I always thought it was weird that its name was #2. 

Damn...He claimed earlier I come in periodically and check but he knows I am sleeping.  I should just join, go to spectate when I am demoing someone, and then continue playing.  I'm sure people won't notice that.  I am not trying to quantify spec hours to bans.  I have banned 2x regulars who subtle hacking after watching them over a 2 week period on and off and with help from regulars.  Anytime I tried to demo them while I was active/slight inactive I wouldn't get anything, but when I lurked WHAMMO.

That person is going to reconnect and get kicked and told that he is in a reserved slot.  He's going to find out that it's more work trying to get into the server and go somewhere else, thus losing a potential regular.  People that have never joined the server before will see that the server is full and not even bother connecting, thus losing a potential regular.  People with the server list filter on to filter out full servers will not even see it, thus losing a potential regular.

This is where I disagree. At the wee hours of the night when Mr. Tea is seemingly AFK, and the server is full, very few servers are populated at that hour, and even less that are available to the non-steam CS:S.

I've been running and admining servers for the past 7 years. I know what it takes to keep a server populated, and especially one throughout the night. From my experience, as I have stated before, having one to two slots taken up by an AFK isn't as much of a big deal as you're making it out to be. In fact, it actually helps a server out. People, at this time, and with the server being 42 shots, like playing in bigger servers. They are willing to wait to connect to such a server because it is popular.

Players aren't quitting because Tea is in spectator, and when Tea does catch and ban a regular for hacking, it's well worth the slot. Even if it takes hours of AFK time for Tea to catch that person, that's one less hacker, and the servers are still full.

So you're telling me when I see a server at 42/42, it means the server just hasn't kicked the most recently connected non-reserved slot holder out of the server yet?  Because, from what I've seen, no one, while playing, gets kicked to make room for a reserved slot.  I only notice I get kicked when I try to join at 40+/42 because I joined in a reserved slot.  If the former is false, then you contradicted yourself because, "technically," since you cannot join a server while it's full, no one will get kicked to make room for you.

From my understanding of the server, the 41 & 42 slots are reserved slots. If a reserved player (This is quite rare) tries to connect when the 41 & 42 slots are taken, the most recent player in the 42 slot will be kicked. I believe there might even be a "hidden" slot as well which allows for 43/42 players.

I'll state my original point. I don't see why this is a big problem. The servers are still full, and Tea is still catching hackers even if he is AFK at these times. The pattern of regularity of "being afk" lures regulars to believe that he is AFK, and therefore allowing them to be more blatant with their hacks.

In the end, it's just one slot on a 42/42 man server, of which we have 3 42 man slot servers active. Our servers are still full, and people are still having fun. If you want that slot Mr. Tea is in, and the server is full, then that person should donate and receive a reserved slot.

Edit: Zenk. I disagree. In such a large pub, having a 21 v 20 isn't going to magically stack the teams, and it's not a problem you should be concerned with. Should we be concerned when the server is 16 v 15? Is that unfair? Should we not let that 1 person play until they can balance the team's out? The point is valid to a degree, but doesn't hold much weight as it happens often.

You're taking "fairness" too far. Many admins don't bother with making teams fair, and they'll just switch themselves around, rather than other players, or they accept that "getting rolled" is part of the game.

Can we end this thread please? I'm very tired of people complaining and bickering of everything and everyone in this community to better suit their own personal needs.

Noooooooo! More reason.....Stop that you.  Get out of this thread.

I understand what you're saying, but my point is, at THAT time, it's only turning away one person, and more likely than not, that person is going to wait to reconnect.

That person is going to reconnect and get kicked and told that he is in a reserved slot.  He's going to find out that it's more work trying to get into the server and go somewhere else, thus losing a potential regular.  People that have never joined the server before will see that the server is full and not even bother connecting, thus losing a potential regular.  People with the server list filter on to filter out full servers will not even see it, thus losing a potential regular.

I must be the only person that has "Connect as soon as a slot opens." In my joined game options.  Man we need to start a thread to inform people about this.  It could build even more potential regulars.  Are you seriously making this an argument.  What crackpot marketer told you this?  Your really trying to marketing strategy to a server being full....Man there is so much demand.  I'll talk to the higher ups to see if we can make a Popular Maps Server #1.  It makes sense.  Its weird that we only have a Popular Maps Server #2.  Better yet, maybe we should make a way to link all the war-lords servers.  For example, you could type "!servers" and then magically transport yourself to another magical place.

the point is u can only ever have 21 vs 20 with some1 afk in spec
which is unfair, and u guys are all about fairness

maybe make 43 ppl max ppl allowed in server? and only 21 per team? then an admin can spec all he wants without making teams unbalanced

So you're telling me when I see a server at 42/42, it means the server just hasn't kicked the most recently connected non-reserved slot holder out of the server yet?  Because, from what I've seen, no one, while playing, gets kicked to make room for a reserved slot.  I only notice I get kicked when I try to join at 40+/42 because I joined in a reserved slot.  If the former is false, then you contradicted yourself because, "technically," since you cannot join a server while it's full, no one will get kicked to make room for you.

u can join the server now when its 40+/42... i think they removed that

The point is you were upset you couldn't join a server when it was full because I was in spectate.  It happened again, and you began stalking me. (Don't worry I won't get a restraining order.)  Then you probably were unable to join again.  Finally, when we played on the same time.  Hearing my voice on the mic or reading "Oh noes!" set you off and " i think something should be done about this...."

That person is going to reconnect and get kicked and told that he is in a reserved slot.  He's going to find out that it's more work trying to get into the server and go somewhere else, thus losing a potential regular.  People that have never joined the server before will see that the server is full and not even bother connecting, thus losing a potential regular.  People with the server list filter on to filter out full servers will not even see it, thus losing a potential regular.

This is where I disagree. At the wee hours of the night when Mr. Tea is seemingly AFK, and the server is full, very few servers are populated at that hour, and even less that are available to the non-steam CS:S.

I've been running and admining servers for the past 7 years. I know what it takes to keep a server populated, and especially one throughout the night. From my experience, as I have stated before, having one to two slots taken up by an AFK isn't as much of a big deal as you're making it out to be. In fact, it actually helps a server out. People, at this time, and with the server being 42 shots, like playing in bigger servers. They are willing to wait to connect to such a server because it is popular.

Players aren't quitting because Tea is in spectator, and when Tea does catch and ban a regular for hacking, it's well worth the slot. Even if it takes hours of AFK time for Tea to catch that person, that's one less hacker, and the servers are still full.

So you're telling me when I see a server at 42/42, it means the server just hasn't kicked the most recently connected non-reserved slot holder out of the server yet?  Because, from what I've seen, no one, while playing, gets kicked to make room for a reserved slot.  I only notice I get kicked when I try to join at 40+/42 because I joined in a reserved slot.  If the former is false, then you contradicted yourself because, "technically," since you cannot join a server while it's full, no one will get kicked to make room for you.

From my understanding of the server, the 41 & 42 slots are reserved slots. If a reserved player (This is quite rare) tries to connect when the 41 & 42 slots are taken, the most recent player in the 42 slot will be kicked. I believe there might even be a "hidden" slot as well which allows for 43/42 players.

I'll state my original point. I don't see why this is a big problem. The servers are still full, and Tea is still catching hackers even if he is AFK at these times. The pattern of regularity of "being afk" lures regulars to believe that he is AFK, and therefore allowing them to be more blatant with their hacks.

In the end, it's just one slot on a 42/42 man server, of which we have 3 42 man slot servers active. Our servers are still full, and people are still having fun. If you want that slot Mr. Tea is in, and the server is full, then that person should donate and receive a reserved slot.

Edit: Zenk. I disagree. In such a large pub, having a 21 v 20 isn't going to magically stack the teams, and it's not a problem you should be concerned with. Should we be concerned when the server is 16 v 15? Is that unfair? Should we not let that 1 person play until they can balance the team's out? The point is valid to a degree, but doesn't hold much weight as it happens often.

You're taking "fairness" too far. Many admins don't bother with making teams fair, and they'll just switch themselves around, rather than other players, or they accept that "getting rolled" is part of the game.

Again...stay out of this thread with your sound logic.....

I look forward to the additional page to follow...On the way!


BTW......Read either the first paragraph or under the "red Spoiler Alert" text if you missed the point of anything that this thread may provide.

Anubis "closed" the thread yet Mr. Tea and Bison continued with it even though non-admin couldn't respond to it.

The issue:
* Mr. Tea being AFK in Spectator while server is full and 3+ reserved slots in the server.

Mr. Tea offered that he'd leave if we ask him but he cannot read the message when he's AFK.

Also, Mr. Tea made an ignorant remark about the auto-retry feature on his server list.  The auto-retry feature connects to the server once it has a slot open.  If that slot is a reserved slot, then a kick happens once the player joins.  I didn't think that I'd have to dumb down clarify my statement so much earlier but now that it's clear, he can move on.

Anubis "closed" the thread yet Mr. Tea and Bison continued with it even though non-admin couldn't respond to it.

Bison is a root admin, and while he does not need permission to post in a locked thread, he explained why he did... so I fail to see why you even bring his name up. While Mr. Tea is new as an Admin, he was told by Joker today in the shoutbox, that he should not post on locked topics, Though I'm pretty sure he was typing that lengthy reply while the thread was still open, and it happend to be locked when he pressed the send button.

The issue:
* Mr. Tea being AFK in Spectator while server is full and 3+ reserved slots in the server.

Mr. Tea offered that he'd leave if we ask him but he cannot read the message when he's AFK.

You're correct, but I don't see how that has any effect on preventing him to do it in the future then making a fuss over a thread about it.

Also, Mr. Tea made an ignorant remark about the auto-retry feature on his server list.  The auto-retry feature connects to the server once it has a slot open.  If that slot is a reserved slot, then a kick happens once the player joins.  I didn't think that I'd have to dumb down clarify my statement so much earlier but now that it's clear, he can move on.

*sigh* None of Mr. Tea's remarks were remotely close to being ignorant as you two blowing this topic out of proportion.

ownage why must you always feel the need to point out irrelevant things in other people posts? you were "that kid" in school I assume

Yes, the mayhem continues!  Yes!

FYI, if you haven't gotten it yet.  I now occupy the almost always vacant rotational server. I did this per ignoring your tone and seeing the simple request it is.

The whole issue, isn't an issue.  That was a lot of "Angry Admins" points.  Before you post something that is an issue, ask one of us.  Indeed as I was writing my response, three more posts were added and the apparent locking.

Wow, that is an unheard of...you have a problem with me; talk to me about it.  If I throw a temper tantrum you then post it in forums or talk to a more senior admin.

I was messing with you guys in a very sarcastic way.  I see Zenk quite often playing and Ownage is in my steam friends.  Not once did u bring the issue to me and I stumble into a topic 18 replies into it.  So, I am going to amuse myself and stir the pot up on your thread. 

If you are trying to improve the server, why not post a suggestion, in the suggestion areas?  If I am abusing something, then post a hostile comment at me, but the smart way would be talk to a senior admin.  I don't understand why the vibe from all your posts are martyrdom related, ownage.  No one is trying to do any injustice to you.  Why would I have helped you in the past in-game?