SERVER RULES (Revised 1/14/11)

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SERVER RULES (Revised 1/14/11)

Unread post by {DOU}Cygnus »

These rules are subject to revision.

We are a CAMPING server, not a FREESTYLE server. There are a lot of really great freestyle servers you can visit if you are looking for that style of play.

Below is a list of our server rules, if you want to play on our server, you must follow these or you will no longer be welcome.

1) No running - this is a camping server. It's ok to run to a place to hide. Do not run/trans from one place to another looking for kills, that is freestyle and not allowed here.

2) No Teaming Up - You are not allowed to co-ordinate or team up with another player.

3) No assaulting - DO not rush another players position to shoot them, kill from a distance. Sometimes you will enter an occupied room accidently or spawn close to another person, the close kill mod was added to avoid close kill fighting, leave the area do not back up to get out of the no kill zone then shoot the player or you will be kicked.

4) No spawn killing - everyone has 7 seconds of spawn protection coming in to the game, use it to find a place to hide.
a) DO NOT use spawn time to sneak up behind/beside someone

b) Close kill mod added because players continually break (a). If you back up from a player to just get out of the close kill area of the mod then shoot the player you will be kicked and or banned from the server.


c) DO NOT shoot at someone while YOU are spawning, you will die.
d) DO NOT shoot at someone else who is spawning, you will die
e) If you are spawning and you enter an occupied area/spot YOU are reponsible to leave and find another spot, NO exceptions
f) If someone who is spawning enters an area you are in THEY must leave. LET THEM! Do not chase after them for an easy frag, let them go.

5) No camping in teleporters, elevators, or lifts - Do not even camp near them unless the teleporter, elevator, or lift leads to an area that has no other exit and even then the player is not to be spending the entire time with his crosshairs on the teleporter, elevator, or lift.

6) ALWAYS listen to ALL server Admins and speak to them respectfully. Failure to do so will result in being kicked, or even permanently banned from the server.

7) Spamming/Taunting - This is where someone continuously displays the same message or they are continuously using their voice menu to be a nuisance. This applies not only during game play but between matches too. Some people say 'nice shot', n1, ty, lol and so forth and there is no problem with this. But hearing 'yeah bitch' or 'lets' get our flag back' over and over is annoying as well as rude to many players. An occasional taunt is fine but don't abuse it please.
The only exception to spamming is when an Admin is issuing a warning for a rule violation.
These are our rules, Learn them, you are responsible for knowing them, especially now that we have made you aware of them. If they don't agree with you there are plenty of other places you can play.

8) No dropping trans to hunt or otherwise get a frag. This has come up many times recently and been the cause of many problems. Players that drop their trans disc to hunt will be kicked. If you want to run a few steps to get some boots or recover some health, fine. If an admin decides you are doing otherwise you will be booted. This is a camping server and we do not want that type of game play here.

I'm sure everyone who reads this will run into someone else who is doing one or more of the no-no's listed above. DO NOT start doing the same thing back!!! First, politely ask the player to refrain from that activity. If the player does not comply, step out of the game and put up a post in the complaint dept. Be sure to include the Date, Time, Map Name as well as the name of the player and a detailed description of the infraction.
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Unread post by Evil »

Thanks for defining that. Pretty must what I have been going on. I would like swirly camping/assault further defined.

Say you are at one of the elevated positions that you got to with a swirly, one of the ones where there is very little room. You are looking down for targets not really camping it but it's right there at your back, you can't get away from it. So if someone pops through what are you supposed to do? I've gotten shot in the back enough times this way that if I hear someone come through I whip around and pop them because it's them or me and I got tired of getting shot in the back.
Conversely if I come through a swirly and someone is there I usually jump back through if I can rather than assault them there. Or typically fall to my death... :( Gotta work on that part...

I really try to not assault anyone by accident, when I run for cover and someone is where I run into I run right back out. Too often that results in me getting chased down and popped as soon as the spawn protection comes off. :x You really do play different depending on who it is. I've had Tanner run into where I was hiding as he was spawning and I turned my back on him and kept looking for targets because I knew he wouldn't kill me when he got done spawning. Lots of times with non-regulars they come in, sit there and pop you when they are spawned... Man that pisses me off...
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Unread post by {DOU}Cygnus »

Swirly kill is camping at a teleporter for the sole purpose of shooting anyone who comes through. In a situation like you described where you are in a small area with a teleporter there is no problem shooting anyone who comes through as long as you're not spending your time looking at nothing but the teleporter.

Assaulting is knowing where someone is and running or teleporting at them to get the kill.

As far as those who are spawn killing goes, just do what the last part of the rules state and let us know who is doing it.

Hope this helps,
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Unread post by Moon »

About Spawnkilling :

As you know I used to play on UT99 SAS server and when someone was spawning at the same place than a player already there OR running while spawning to this occupied place, the spawner had to jump to SHOW HE WILL LEAVE and the player already there knows he can let him run.
Also, the player already there CAN JUMP HIMSELF to let the spawner know that HE CAN GO AND WON'T BE SHOT.

This works well and it's a good way to surely know that both WILL RESPECT the spawnkill rule
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That sounds like a good idea but I think something would have to periodically message on the server as well as having it posted on our forum.

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{DOU} Cygnus X-1 wrote:That sounds like a good idea but I think something would have to periodically message on the server as well as having it posted on our forum.

-JB
or a teaching period from all DOU members... :roll:
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Thanks for clarification!
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Unread post by SoulRipper »

We used to have alot of problems over at FCS when me and Pete were members . We pretty much had to have someone on the server all day and night to control it. Thats pretty tough to do , as far as noobs go they really just need to be shown the way. But unfortunatly there are plenty of regular players that dont follow the simplest of rules , and these are peeps from respectable camping clans. I have a major issue with players spawning and coming into a occupied area and even though you let them pass they still shoot you in the back. Pretty crappy play in my opinion . I like playing on DOU, but now i look for a member that has kicking power to kind of regulate the server , cause i dont want to sit there and bitch about things that are either stated as rules or are at the least a little respect factor when playing with others. I am sure some people will not agree with me and state that if thats not in the rules then tough. Well respect goes along way , even in the small world of U.T. ...................... :roll:
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Can these rules be placed in the game as announcements that pop up in chat every so often?
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Using the mapvote, you can have a window pop-up that is linked to a custom Html file of your creation.

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Unread post by Evil »

That's a good idea Moon.

It would be nice to have that pop up like the other rule stuff. However there are still a ton of people that evidently never notice those, because how often do you see a person time and time again killing themselves while spawning? Some of those people just keep shooting while they are spawning, so they must never read the chat thing that mentions it. That amazes me, unless they can't read english, but I don't think that's usually the case.
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Unread post by Moon »

Evil wrote: That amazes me, unless they can't read english, but I don't think that's usually the case.
On SAS 2k4 site, you can find the rules in 10 languages like English (of course), German, Dutch, French, Hungarian, Finnish, Portuguese, Spanish, Polish and Romanian. Obviously necessary on an European server.
Have a look here

We could have at least English, Spanish, German and any language that you've already seen or heard from players regulary playing on our server.

They you only have to display a message like No freestyles allowed here. Read our rules at http://www.clandou.com

Idea... :wink:
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}{BwA}{SoulRipper wrote:We used to have alot of problems over at FCS when me and Pete were members . We pretty much had to have someone on the server all day and night to control it. Thats pretty tough to do , as far as noobs go they really just need to be shown the way. But unfortunatly there are plenty of regular players that dont follow the simplest of rules , and these are peeps from respectable camping clans. I have a major issue with players spawning and coming into a occupied area and even though you let them pass they still shoot you in the back. Pretty crappy play in my opinion . I like playing on DOU, but now i look for a member that has kicking power to kind of regulate the server , cause i dont want to sit there and bitch about things that are either stated as rules or are at the least a little respect factor when playing with others. I am sure some people will not agree with me and state that if thats not in the rules then tough. Well respect goes along way , even in the small world of U.T. ...................... :roll:
I remember Bob the patron saint of snipers keeping watch on the nite shift at ol FCS. I used to play some late games in those days. I agree with you Soul, a little bit of respect would go a long way. Players have become so frag hungry that's gone out the window for many. Anymore if they're crouched, I'm firing. Been back shot too many times giving the benefit of the doubt to players I don't know.

Good to see you still visit, come by anytime 8) .

... and BTW, you can come to me if there's a problem here, I'm an admin :wink:


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Unread post by .:Isabella:. »

READ.

VERY EXPLICIT AND CLEAR...
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Unread post by opahcrash »

:shock: If there was a must read file ,prior to playing the game on our clan server , with the end results being ,banded or ejected from the game for not following the rules would get them to play by the rules . live or die It's how you play the game . :smash:
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