What Ever Happen To Good Gaming?
Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2004 4:33 pm
[First i must apologize because this will sound like a rant, and in most casse it is, but this has happen to me much to often to just let it go]
-PROBLEM
OK first the problem is this...i have currently been banned from 7 different servers (permanantly) for as far as i can tell JUST for being "too" good. I'm a good sniper and i went into a server today and it just happen to be set on snipers only (pistols also) with no shields (easy right?), so becuase sniping is my speciality i take them out one by one by one...if they played me longer they would know that i suck with pistol so i can easily be beaten. But no the server admin banned me permanantly without even as much as a notice for why. OK next problem I join a server and say "hello" like i always do...i play for a bit and continuely notice that my ping jumps form an average 67 (cable modem) to 180. Which for halo 180 isn't that bad but for certain spikes so quickly i can't play that well, so i say "im getting some lag spikes weird". The server admin then says "our servers don't have lag...asshole" so of course i was dumb founded as to why the disrespect...so i said "...all servers have lag unless your running an lan game...and why am i an asshole?" he then calls me an asshole again and bans me.
So im just wondering where did all the good gaming go? I mean back in the day (half-life teamfortress classic and counter-strike) i could waltz into a server be greeted and have a fun time and leave with happy thoughts and would like to come back to the server again. I mean what happen to people who WANTED people to join their servers and have a large server following? Everybody now thinks that if the player is better then the admin he must be cheating....everybody is to busy calling out "HAXOR" or "CHEATER" or "HES USING A MOD" that nobody is taking in consideration that HEY maybe he IS a good player? I know this is the downfall of playing on pc's but am i doomed to have this problem on EVERY PC game i come in contact with? If so im sticking to consoles...which worries me ...when halo 2 come out will people say that i am cheating because im a good sniper or because i killed a very good player? Gaming is becoming sader and sader.
-SOLUTION?
I think everybody just needs to chill...seriously...to all you guys hosting an server or is and admin to an server how about completely making sure some guy is cheating first before you ban him? OH and how about a warning or some kind of clue as to make him/her know that he/she is suspect? How about greeting players when they come into your "home"? Or saying "nice shot" and not "LUCKY NOOB". What happen to that? I mean i know its online and there is bound to be some asshole, and maybe he is using a cheat (which is VERY rare), then you may kick him (dont ban until your absolutly sure). Give them a reason why you are going to ban him or kick him also just to make sure he/she isn't cheating. Im only saying this because im running out of low ping good servers to play on...(bloodgulch, ctf with -100 ping).
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-OH YEAH!
While im on the subject of "noobs", whats with everybody calling everybody noobs? Most of the time is for some dumb ass reason also...he ran you over with a hog...so he must be a noob right? WRONG get the hell out the way...its not hard to kill someone in a hog/tank/banshee...ghost are pretty tricky tho. Im just saying STOP calling people n00bs because they killed you...get over it its part of the game. As long as they aren't using some kind of hack or exploit (like out of the map) then all is fair right? I mean if bungie didn't want people to be run over by hogs they woudln't have written the script into it. If they didn't want people to use rocket launchers then they wouldn't have put them into the game. Its all part of the game....for example..i hate pistols (they are to accurate from such a far distance and to powerful), but i know its part of the game...so i just deal with it...if you call some one a noob because they used a rocket launcher to kill you and not a pistol or somthing they your exposing the real noob. I mean skill isn't what weapon you use..skill is LIVING (and of course scoring). I would say everybody who uses a weapon is a noob...everybody should melee...(see how silly that sounds?), nobody would want to really just melee attack on sidewinder it would take FOREVER...so don't call out n00b because some one killed you...say good kill, and try harder next time.
-PROBLEM
OK first the problem is this...i have currently been banned from 7 different servers (permanantly) for as far as i can tell JUST for being "too" good. I'm a good sniper and i went into a server today and it just happen to be set on snipers only (pistols also) with no shields (easy right?), so becuase sniping is my speciality i take them out one by one by one...if they played me longer they would know that i suck with pistol so i can easily be beaten. But no the server admin banned me permanantly without even as much as a notice for why. OK next problem I join a server and say "hello" like i always do...i play for a bit and continuely notice that my ping jumps form an average 67 (cable modem) to 180. Which for halo 180 isn't that bad but for certain spikes so quickly i can't play that well, so i say "im getting some lag spikes weird". The server admin then says "our servers don't have lag...asshole" so of course i was dumb founded as to why the disrespect...so i said "...all servers have lag unless your running an lan game...and why am i an asshole?" he then calls me an asshole again and bans me.
So im just wondering where did all the good gaming go? I mean back in the day (half-life teamfortress classic and counter-strike) i could waltz into a server be greeted and have a fun time and leave with happy thoughts and would like to come back to the server again. I mean what happen to people who WANTED people to join their servers and have a large server following? Everybody now thinks that if the player is better then the admin he must be cheating....everybody is to busy calling out "HAXOR" or "CHEATER" or "HES USING A MOD" that nobody is taking in consideration that HEY maybe he IS a good player? I know this is the downfall of playing on pc's but am i doomed to have this problem on EVERY PC game i come in contact with? If so im sticking to consoles...which worries me ...when halo 2 come out will people say that i am cheating because im a good sniper or because i killed a very good player? Gaming is becoming sader and sader.
-SOLUTION?
I think everybody just needs to chill...seriously...to all you guys hosting an server or is and admin to an server how about completely making sure some guy is cheating first before you ban him? OH and how about a warning or some kind of clue as to make him/her know that he/she is suspect? How about greeting players when they come into your "home"? Or saying "nice shot" and not "LUCKY NOOB". What happen to that? I mean i know its online and there is bound to be some asshole, and maybe he is using a cheat (which is VERY rare), then you may kick him (dont ban until your absolutly sure). Give them a reason why you are going to ban him or kick him also just to make sure he/she isn't cheating. Im only saying this because im running out of low ping good servers to play on...(bloodgulch, ctf with -100 ping).
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-OH YEAH!
While im on the subject of "noobs", whats with everybody calling everybody noobs? Most of the time is for some dumb ass reason also...he ran you over with a hog...so he must be a noob right? WRONG get the hell out the way...its not hard to kill someone in a hog/tank/banshee...ghost are pretty tricky tho. Im just saying STOP calling people n00bs because they killed you...get over it its part of the game. As long as they aren't using some kind of hack or exploit (like out of the map) then all is fair right? I mean if bungie didn't want people to be run over by hogs they woudln't have written the script into it. If they didn't want people to use rocket launchers then they wouldn't have put them into the game. Its all part of the game....for example..i hate pistols (they are to accurate from such a far distance and to powerful), but i know its part of the game...so i just deal with it...if you call some one a noob because they used a rocket launcher to kill you and not a pistol or somthing they your exposing the real noob. I mean skill isn't what weapon you use..skill is LIVING (and of course scoring). I would say everybody who uses a weapon is a noob...everybody should melee...(see how silly that sounds?), nobody would want to really just melee attack on sidewinder it would take FOREVER...so don't call out n00b because some one killed you...say good kill, and try harder next time.