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(Sage)
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 886
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Offtopic
Whoever is handling the PM's between players is doing a **** job at it. I had also been banned for swearing at another player through private messaging, whom I had blocked after arguing, so he continued the harassment from an alternate account and then reported me(which the staff had probably decided to overlook due to me swearing). On a side note, I agree with some of the posts mentioning how the arena shouldn't be moderated 24/7. I've been recently sparring from time to time, and have probably only encountered a hacker once + there was barely anyone that was excessively lagging during the times I had sparred lol. |
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Should be fixed.
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 6,359
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Don't break the rules, even if someone else does it. |
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Paris
Posts: 270
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all for victory
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Townsville
Posts: 4,222
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Also there are tons of hackers in the mornings afternoons and night. Just when your not on, or not sparring. They also show up more in the mixed room. The rooms shouldnt and should be moderated. |
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(Sage)
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 886
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@Livid - I never replied to the alternate account since I tried being the bigger person. I had also been getting random harassment messages from this player for months so I usually never reply to him, so it was the first time I actually did reply, and slipped a few words.
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 4,468
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Well, I mean AFAIK you're kinda new to the game so there's a lot you're not going to understand. But something they look for in hiring GPs is experience. (Although I'm not going to lie, I do question a few of the recent hirings. But It's not my place to do so) Either way, when hiring a GP and allowing them to moderate a specific part of the game, it should be expected that they are trained in fully understanding how the mechanics work, and what to look out for. If this isn't happening, then I think we have an entirely different problem. Although I totally agree that a seasoned sparrer is going to be better at calling out these things, you can't deny that a lot of sparrers have a really poor attitude. I don't blame anyone for not trusting them with authority. Because being a GP requires you to give prompt, and full answers to any genuine question you get with as grammar as perfect to your cabalility. And yes, some sparrers like Fulgore are very capable of doing this, I don't want to call out any names on specific sparrers. Personally I never remember perceiving any mechanics it as hacking. I don't exactly remember if there was a time I realized there was blink, but I remember it as far back as when I started playing. Just recently I learned the techniques to keep my blink up as long as possible, thanks to Thallen.
I've always been bad at games that require split second decisions. I remember my friends used to make me play that one life defuse game in Modern Warfare 2. I was almost ALWAYS the first to go. I'm pretty sure they liked me playing with them because of how **** I was at making split second decisions. I eventually just used the RPG since I can try to take them out with me. Although I want to clarify that I'm not saying every GP or every player understands spar. I'm trying to say that being bad at spar does not mean they don't understand it. Maybe it's possible I could get better at learning what to do in a spar, but it's just not something I want to invest more time into. And yes, I already have invested time into it. I've done more than 1000 spars (not including guild spars) which yeah, is kinda small for 6 years (although I've been on and off a lot) it's still enough to learn the difference between hacking and techniques. |
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 724
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Albie, I appreciate you being cool-headed about the situation. Not all admins are experienced sparrers, no. Speaking for myself, I put a good amount of time into pking, towering and such back when I enjoyed it. My team won fourth or fifth in an early GST. Sure, it may not look like I have much time into it (I have like 17k kills, which doesn't seem like much anymore) but I did it all at a time when there were less players around to kill and such so I think it's pretty excusable. Have I put as much time into these activities as others? No. But that doesn't mean I don't understand when someone is lagging or cheating. It's fairly obvious 99% of the time, and if it isn't beyond a reasonable doubt, I'll leave it alone. |
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Verified ✔️
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: M.I.A
Posts: 3,408
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A GP told me that they have tools to determine if a player is exceeding their speed and/or lag. Do you folks take into account where the player is located? Also do you base your decision on the (number of reports the player has accumulated or observations meaning just by looking at the player)?
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 4,468
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Graal is the only game I think of where you have an advantage with 1000ms, so I don't really see it as unfair to cut them off from spar tbh. Although I do understand that a decent connection to the Graal servers (and a decent connection at all) is something rare to get. |
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: earth
Posts: 331
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Spar monitors 2k16
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Banned
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Australia
Posts: 3,255
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You should actually read the posts before you find one you think is right to quote and rant on.
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Baron of Bad News
Join Date: Dec 2015
Posts: 378
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Seems that you misunderstand the second part, I'm not implying the staff are incompetent, just saying that I understand why so many of them have quit in the past that were competent. Can you explain the link between not needing 10,000 spar wins to moderate the arena and fulgore being hired? Are you hiring people? For the record, the word "abusing" makes no appearance in my post, yet you quoted it. Maybe you should read the post? I'm honored that out of all the posts, you chose to respond to mine, o supreme og |
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Scotland
Posts: 172
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Verified ✔️
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: M.I.A
Posts: 3,408
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Well if you trying to have a conversation without GP's all up into your business, use different social networks (Kik, Facebook, Skype, etc). In a way it's both bad and good. Both a safety precaution but you also can't deny that a GP will now know your personal life.
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cute frog
Join Date: Mar 2012
Posts: 1,644
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Yup, I now know everyone's phone number, address, favorite food, where they work/go to school, how tall they are, their grandmother's phone number, and so much more.
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