Greetings,
I would like to throw my two cents in on spawn camping, spawn kills, and consequences. The never ending battle on a crowded server is the control of people relentlessly killing at the spawn. It is a continuous battle and neverending saga that not any one person has yet to solve. There have been several approaches to the sickness:
1. Ban them and lose your server population because at least 30-40% participate in the practice.
2. Continuously warn them and threaten.
3. Temp Ban or Kick them from the server for a short period of time.
Gentlemen, none of the above work in my opinion. On a crowded server such as S1, there will be spawn killing of some sort. Now please do not get your feelings hurt when I say my next statement. I, as well as you, have spawned killed players. I see KKK players spawn killing just as much as those that you are constantly complaining about. I do believe that it comes down to the defintion and the obscurity in its meaning. Is it spawn killing or spawn camping that we wish to rid ourselves of? And, is there a real difference other than the spawn killer can discreetly gather the cheap kills as opposed to the radical spawn camper?
I do have a suggestion for those on a higher paygrade than myself. The reduction in spawn killing must be set by example. It is not a good precident to set for KKK members to even occasionally be able to spawn kill and then turn about face and put such strigent commands on others. It does not hold any value.
On another note, calling the spawn campers out with vulgarity does not hold up well either. This just makes them more resistent to what you wish for them to do.
In conclusion, there is no accountability for continuous spawn campers. They are occasionally booted but more times than not come back to do the same thing repeatedly. I have a suggestion of banning oblivious spawn campers, and others immediately. The bans can be lifted every 15 days. This would help to see if the lesson was being learned. The hackers stayed banned. The temp banned players have learned that their crime is payed for in a few short hours.
As I stated earlier, spawn camping has been a dilemna since the beginning of multiplayer gaming. To some extent, we all do it. You would be lying to say otherwise. I actually do not know if there is a solution to the problem on S1. It actually is not a big concern to me, but I see that it is to others and I wish to be part of the solution to the problem.
Porky
I would like to throw my two cents in on spawn camping, spawn kills, and consequences. The never ending battle on a crowded server is the control of people relentlessly killing at the spawn. It is a continuous battle and neverending saga that not any one person has yet to solve. There have been several approaches to the sickness:
1. Ban them and lose your server population because at least 30-40% participate in the practice.
2. Continuously warn them and threaten.
3. Temp Ban or Kick them from the server for a short period of time.
Gentlemen, none of the above work in my opinion. On a crowded server such as S1, there will be spawn killing of some sort. Now please do not get your feelings hurt when I say my next statement. I, as well as you, have spawned killed players. I see KKK players spawn killing just as much as those that you are constantly complaining about. I do believe that it comes down to the defintion and the obscurity in its meaning. Is it spawn killing or spawn camping that we wish to rid ourselves of? And, is there a real difference other than the spawn killer can discreetly gather the cheap kills as opposed to the radical spawn camper?
I do have a suggestion for those on a higher paygrade than myself. The reduction in spawn killing must be set by example. It is not a good precident to set for KKK members to even occasionally be able to spawn kill and then turn about face and put such strigent commands on others. It does not hold any value.
On another note, calling the spawn campers out with vulgarity does not hold up well either. This just makes them more resistent to what you wish for them to do.
In conclusion, there is no accountability for continuous spawn campers. They are occasionally booted but more times than not come back to do the same thing repeatedly. I have a suggestion of banning oblivious spawn campers, and others immediately. The bans can be lifted every 15 days. This would help to see if the lesson was being learned. The hackers stayed banned. The temp banned players have learned that their crime is payed for in a few short hours.
As I stated earlier, spawn camping has been a dilemna since the beginning of multiplayer gaming. To some extent, we all do it. You would be lying to say otherwise. I actually do not know if there is a solution to the problem on S1. It actually is not a big concern to me, but I see that it is to others and I wish to be part of the solution to the problem.
Porky
I'll post more later.