Server Etiquette

[SICKSIX6_FCI]

Sorry to start a whole new thread to address this issue I'm having, but I didn't see any other topics to put this under. As alot of you know I host a server quite frequently, almost every night as a matter of fact. I seem to have run into a problem lately with people arguing and fighting and challenging each other to 1 on1 matches, or simply calling each other names, arguing about who's better at what or complaining to me about each other and asking me to boot a person blah blah blah etc. What this does is put me in a situation where I have to choose between friends and that's not fair to me. It also makes the room zero fun to play in. Monday afternoon I had a room of 10 and we all got along fine and we had a blast playing numerous games. But then last night was a disaster again. It makes me feel bad when all this goes on because people join the room randomly and hear all this and we sit in the lobby for 5 minutes waiting for everyone to clam up so we can play, and people start leaving the room and we end up going from 10 players to about 5 in a matter of seconds. And with it being MY server, it makes me look bad and possibly makes people that see my name online not want to join my rooms to avoid listening to it. Unfortunately my good friend Maxprey joined my room last night just in time to hear some of this and left before I even really got a chance to say hi to him, and again that makes me feel bad. I am a good host, I try to play whatever maps people want, whatever gametypes people want, and I encourage good teamwork and strategy. But none of that can work if I hear 4 or 5 voices at once yelling back and forth and saying, "SICK boot him! SICK play my map, SICK go to my _________ map so I can play ________ 1 on 1. I'm not mad at anyone, nor am I trying to single anyone out. I'm simply saying that if you're on my friends list, and you want to play in my rooms, please show some courtesy and respect for me and don't put me in a situation where I have to choose between friends. This is the first game online I've ever played where I have this many people to play with and that I actually really like and I don't want to lose any of you. So please, start using some manners and think of your host when you enter a room, whether it's mine, Mambo's, or ANY room that you go into. Show the room host the same respect that you would if you entered their home. Afterall, it is THEIR server. Sorry for this thread, and for sounding like I'm whining, but I don't want Far Cry to become Halo 2 for me. And I fear that it's starting to head that way. Let's stop the problem before it gets out of hand. Remember, respect your hosts please! Later my friends and family.

SICK

[mambonuts]

I agree 100%...very well said, Sick

[DasKulThomas]

your to late sick, go to optimatch, its halo2 community...

but when i read this i get emotional, mostly because i see much of those servers and i was there the monday, we had a blast on that small map where we played pred. while that was mostly not recommended, and people if you got a fight hereâ´s the solve: muting

and if you dont know how this how:
go to the start-menu, press Y to acces your friends list,
pull right/left trigger, select the player talking trash,
then select Turn off voice, Voila! easy as pancake...

[Maxprey]

Yeah sorry I left Six, I saw you online and got excited to join and get some real action going as you always have a good room going (not sure what map I jumped into - but it was pretty darn sweet!) and it was fun until that the arguing started. I generally let it slide off of me but I was really itchin' for a gun fight and I got the feeling you were fed-up and about to close the room anyway. What I have done in the past is give a slap on the wrist in these situations - boot a friend then re-invite with a voice message saying that they needed a time-out for bad behavior and that they are welcome to return as long as their attitude changes. This is how I deal with my kids (3 and 8 yrs old - although there is no slapping of wrists) and appearently I have to use the same tactics with some players out there - act like a child get treated like a child. It is a shame though and I felt pretty bad about leaving on you - but I just couldn't take it. Hopefully we can try again soon, I don't seem to get to play along side of you enough.

To everyone else - Try to remember: You are a guest when you join a server, just like going over to your friend's house, try to show some manners or you'll get sent home. Oh and to the Braggarts and Complainers: actions ALWAYS speak louder than words! http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/16x16_smiley-mad.gif

Later.

[SICKSIX6_FCI]

It's no sweat Max, I don't blame you for leaving and I'm really embarassed that you had to be there to see me get that angry, I usually keep control pretty well. That map you joined was my newest one called Stigmurder, and I wish you could have seen it played in its full glory rather than that way. We'll hook up tonight or soon and get a room going and run it again so Mambo and some of the other guys can see it. And I don't want anyone to think that it's just the group I had in the room last night that is the problem, because it's not. If they were the only ones causing this they would not be on my friends list any longer. It's just random nights and random people that can't get along or just feel they need to trash talk or criticize other players. That's not what this game is to me. Trash talk among friends is common, but we know we're just kidding. This goes beyond all that and these people usually aren't friends. They just happen to be on my FL. As childish as it may sound, this game is very important to me and only because of this community, this forum, and the friends I play with online. I don't want all that jeopardized by jealousy, ignorance, immaturity, or gloating. WHEW!!! Now with that all said and off my chest, let me just say, "LET'S GET IT ON!!!"

SIX

[WretchedDrake]

Sick I only 1v1 Bronco twice and those were the only times I 1v1 him, and one time was on your server a while ago. The only time you kick people is little kids or people who don't cooperate. Everything is just fine man it's always been like that you must have been just too drunk to realize http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/partyhat.gif

[SICKSIX6_FCI]

http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/51.gif UGGGGHH!!! Wretched, I'm not talking about that specifically, I'm talking in general that it's been happening alot lately. It has happened several times in my room when you weren't online. I wasn't too drunk to notice that I wasn't having any fun playing and that no one was really trying or concentrating on the game. Don't think that I'm referring to you or the 1vs1 that you and Bronco had last week, I thought that was fun to watch, I just wish we had a better arena to watch from. We should have used your football stadium map actually lol. If you think you're being singled out, you're crazy. You know you're one of my best buddies on here. That's why I stated over and over that I'm not pointing fingers, it's just been something that is happening alot more often than it has in the past, and some of the ones I'm referring to are my friends from here in Iowa that I went to school with and have known since you were in grade school bro. They've been just as guilty of some of it. And no, I'm not talking about Burg, he just stands there acting tough http://forums.ubi.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Later all,

6

[claybacca]

I know that claybacca is a trouble maker, he gets an insta-boot any time I see him in my server.

[WretchedDrake]

Originally posted by claybacca:
I know that claybacca is a trouble maker, he gets an insta-boot any time I see him in my server.

I'm not suprised, who would want a 7 foot dog smelling and barkin' it up in the room? Not me http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/59.gif

[claybacca]

8 ft, thank you very much.

[WretchedDrake]

http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/1072.gif http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/35.gif

[IgniterRC]

I agree with Sick. Respect your host and the players. If what the host is dishing out is not to your liking, slip out and play some where else for a while.
I don't allways like what's being hosted, but I roll with the punches. That's how I met you guys. Some drunk (or was it a Wretched Drunk? http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/16x16_smiley-very-happy.gif ) kept launching crazy games like 4 Preds in the Warehouse. People whined like babies, but I had a blast.
Sorry the Pred/Evo split keeps me from bringing sunshine to your games http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/16x16_smiley-tongue.gif (thats all i can bring since my gaming skills suck! http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/34.gif )

Oh, and if people are acting up, ask them to host. Sometimes the threat of responsibility shuts people up!

[WretchedDrake]

Originally posted by IgniterRC: I don't allways like what's being hosted, but I roll with the punches. That's how I met you guys. Some drunk (or was it a Wretched Drunk? http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/16x16_smiley-very-happy.gif ) kept launching crazy games like 4 Preds in the Warehouse. People whined like babies, but I had a blast.

Oh yeah I remember that day. Those games were awesome, I just hid under the truck and layed a trap in front of the truck where the tree was. That map ruled, too bad Evo has crappy premade maps. http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/sadeyes.gif

Watch it with the Drunk, I can't afford to get Drunk on my Gotham Shift. Sick is the king of Drunks as far as I know, to be honest. Every day I hear the word "Voodka/Vodka" from him all the time I play with him. http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/16x16_smiley-very-happy.gif

[DasKulThomas]

wretched... your, going, way... http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/353.gif

[thabow]

six,

I've been hosting games for over a year and I know exactly what you're talking about, but the problem isn't you dude, it's people (young boys) that make the mess that we as the hosts have to deal with. There's not much you can do except go along with it. So here's my one bit of advice. Boot'em.

If they start talking ****, boot'em, if they start a fight with someone boot'em, if they do anything that puts you in a place where you don't want to be, then,..... yeah that's right, boot'em. If they are friends of yours and they play with you often then they should know better, if they're just some raddom person, then that's all the more reason. It's not that I like having to kick people, especially when I'm trying to fill a room, but numbers don't mean anything if you're not having fun, so yes again, just boot'em.

Cheers.

oh, and if they come back again, boot'em.

[WretchedDrake]

Originally posted by G36C_Legend:
wretched... your, going, way... http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/353.gif

Your unofficial moderating isn't helping solve that problem, now is it? I'd stick to your own buisness when it comes to those kind of things, Legend. Sometimes I think you just say things to get your posts up http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/51.gif

[claybacca]

Wretched, you better respect Legend's authority, or he'll make a useless post about it. http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/shady.gif

[DasKulThomas]

or ill suprise you with my hacking skills,
http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/1072.gif now i made you scared...

::EDIT:: im just trying to get you on the right path, and dont let my age fool you

::EDIT - PS:: i told you we where driven to foes?

[claybacca]

Driven to foes? Are you my arch-nemesis? If so, prepare to be smited and such things.