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Title: Admins shouldn't be allowed to use !passvote on admit defeat votes
Post by: baybal on May 31, 2011, 08:09:04 am
Shoud I tell that it's an obvious admin rights abuse?
Title: Re: Admins shouldn't be allowed to use !passvote on admit defeat votes
Post by: Tremulant on May 31, 2011, 11:09:59 am
You could mention who's been doing it and provide evidence.
Title: Re: Admins shouldn't be allowed to use !passvote on admit defeat votes
Post by: Ingar on May 31, 2011, 02:23:02 pm
Shoud I tell that it's an obvious admin rights abuse?

Abuse depends on what you're hitting with the hammer.
Title: Re: Admins shouldn't be allowed to use !passvote on admit defeat votes
Post by: Plague Bringer on May 31, 2011, 04:31:17 pm
Shoud I tell that it's an obvious admin rights abuse?

Abuse depends on what you're hitting with the hammer.
This is more misuse than abuse, as, far as I know, it's not against any rules. That being said, I can agree that it should be, at the very least, discouraged as much as !passvoting a map vote or nextmap.
Title: Re: Admins shouldn't be allowed to use !passvote on admit defeat votes
Post by: janev on May 31, 2011, 04:50:34 pm
(http://dc338.4shared.com/img/rHpCjP6j/s7/animated_thor_spinning_his_ham.gif)
Title: Re: Admins shouldn't be allowed to use !passvote on admit defeat votes
Post by: Qrntz on May 31, 2011, 05:04:19 pm
(http://dc338.4shared.com/img/rHpCjP6j/s7/animated_thor_spinning_his_ham.gif)
Is this a banhammer or you meant to post here (http://tremulous.net/forum/index.php?topic=15740.msg224040#msg224040)?
Title: Re: Admins shouldn't be allowed to use !passvote on admit defeat votes
Post by: Undeference on May 31, 2011, 05:10:50 pm
Alien team gone but for 1 dretch hiding in a vent the stage 1 humans can't get to, admitdefeat vote is failing. Passvote, or putteam the lamer.

Without knowing anything it's hard to know anything.
But I did ass a passvote bit to Lakitu7's "common sense (http://tremulous.net/forum/index.php?topic=12896.msg217041#msg217041)" post in the rules thread, because common sense isn't.
Title: Re: Admins shouldn't be allowed to use !passvote on admit defeat votes
Post by: janev on May 31, 2011, 05:18:42 pm
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Is this a banhammer or you meant to post here (http://tremulous.net/forum/index.php?topic=15740.msg224040#msg224040)?
It goes either way. I just really like that gif.
Title: Re: Admins shouldn't be allowed to use !passvote on admit defeat votes
Post by: Lecavalier on May 31, 2011, 05:28:13 pm
!Passvote is almost exclusively used to abuse.
Title: Re: Admins shouldn't be allowed to use !passvote on admit defeat votes
Post by: kharnov on May 31, 2011, 07:24:44 pm
Shoud I tell that it's an obvious admin rights abuse?

Right, because as we all know, you're very reliable at determining what abuse (http://tremulous.net/forum/index.php?topic=15678.0) is.

If someone wanted to abuse, they could just, you know, /mute or /kick or /ban or /denybuild or whatever someone. Does that mean we should take away those commands too? Maybe we should take away /spec999 because it performs the unconscionable action of moving a non-responding laggy player to the spectators without having to ask them for permission. But why stop there? Maybe we should take away /adminhelp so that admins don't even know how to use any of those horrible commands. If we take away /listplayers then admins won't even know which slot to use commands on! If we take away /namelog then we won't be able to see your aliases, baybal. All those lovely aliases you like to use when pissing us the fuck off. Because that's all you do. You're even currently banned for two weeks and you're posting about admins abusing their rights. Absolutely incredible.

On-topic, here are some legit uses for /passvote:

Here are some legit uses for having baybal around US Main:
Title: Re: Admins shouldn't be allowed to use !passvote on admit defeat votes
Post by: CreatureofHell on May 31, 2011, 07:27:53 pm
But I did ass a passvote

Ass those passvotes!
Title: Re: Admins shouldn't be allowed to use !passvote on admit defeat votes
Post by: 1337-Kynes on May 31, 2011, 07:31:45 pm
I don't think anything needs to be done about this unless it becomes a problem. Even if somebody does abuse it, I think it makes more sense to demote that admin instead of writing code just for this issue.
Title: Re: Admins shouldn't be allowed to use !passvote on admit defeat votes
Post by: baybal on May 31, 2011, 08:45:35 pm
Shoud I tell that it's an obvious admin rights abuse?

Right, because as we all know, you're very reliable at determining what abuse (http://tremulous.net/forum/index.php?topic=15678.0) is.

Do you think that if you sabotate a human team twice by destroying their repeater that prevents nodes from self destroying and then evades kick using your admin priviledges is not an abuse? You are a senior chronic abuser.
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If someone wanted to abuse, they could just, you know, /mute or /kick or /ban or /denybuild or whatever someone. Does that mean we should take away those commands too? Maybe we should take away /spec999 because it performs the unconscionable action of moving a non-responding laggy player to the spectators without having to ask them for permission. But why stop there? Maybe we should take away /adminhelp so that admins don't even know how to use any of those horrible commands. If we take away /listplayers then admins won't even know which slot to use commands on! If we take away /namelog then we won't be able to see your aliases, baybal. All those lovely aliases you like to use when pissing us the fuck off. Because that's all you do. You're even currently banned for two weeks and you're posting about admins abusing their rights. Absolutely incredible.
^1You piss me off, not I. You grief my game, now it's my time to grief your game a bit. Sooner or later, you will loose your privedges if you will continue to do so. So shut up please and don't cover that guy. Btw I don't know about which ban you are talking about, I'm still playing.

The abuse I'm talking about happened yesterday at thermal. I didn't remember the name and probably the guy wasn't even playing under his default nickname.

Kharnov btw, should I take it as an attempt to blackmail me to shut me up? What do you define as being a big jerk? Being vocal about gang of bad admins covering each other or just reporting about everyday admin abuse?
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You have a choice.
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You can keep going down your current path and see where that gets you. Or you can apologize and stop being a gigantic jerk to the administration of US Main.
Title: Re: Admins shouldn't be allowed to use !passvote on admit defeat votes
Post by: kharnov on May 31, 2011, 08:54:10 pm
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Btw I don't know about which ban you are talking about, I'm still playing.

(http://i.imgur.com/wcuAw.png)

Actually, I'm pretty sure that you're banned.

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Kharnov btw, should I take it as an attempt to blackmail me to shut me up?

I give every troll one chance at peace. You have a choice. You can end up like dobruiyyk or Tokai or Outflanked, or you can be a positive member of the Tremulous community, one that contributes and doesn't interpret every single admin action as abuse. I'm not trying to "shut you up", I'm just telling you the path you're going down. This could have been resolved outside the thread (preferably), but you chose to bring it here.

If you end up as a pariah, that was your choice. People use admin commands on you because you break the rules. It doesn't have to be this way. You could stop breaking the rules.

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now it's my time to grief your game a bit

 ::)
Title: Re: Admins shouldn't be allowed to use !passvote on admit defeat votes
Post by: baybal on May 31, 2011, 09:02:02 pm
(http://i.imgur.com/wcuAw.png)

Actually, I'm pretty sure that you're banned.

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Kharnov btw, should I take it as an attempt to blackmail me to shut me up?

I give every troll one chance at peace. You have a choice. You can end up like dobruiyyk or Tokai, or you can be a positive member of the Tremulous community, one that contributes and doesn't interpret every single admin action as abuse. If you end up as a pariah, that was your choice.

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now it's my time to grief your game a bit

 ::)
Yes, I'm a completely positive member member of Tremulous community, but who r u. I wouldn't apologise for reporting abuse. I don't know how this guy "Pissed off" warlock, but "pisses me off" is not even a valid explanation for ban. I will report any further abuse and ban me if you want though. I see no further purpose trolling with you here.

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If you end up as a pariah, that was your choice. People use admin commands on you because you break the rules. It doesn't have to be this way. You could stop breaking the rules.
So you edited your post and added a small mentioning of rules. I think you should follow these rules first if you remembered them out of sudden.
Title: Re: Admins shouldn't be allowed to use !passvote on admit defeat votes
Post by: kharnov on May 31, 2011, 09:19:12 pm
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Yes, I'm a completely positive member member of Tremulous community

Let's see.


Maybe you think that by constantly changing your qkey, that we don't know it's you doing all this shit. But we know who you are, and you're seriously annoying us. These are all minor offenses, but repeated to the point that they're daily occurrences, and this has been going on for months. Mutes don't work on you. Renames don't work on you. Ample warning does nothing. Eventually, you crossed someone's breaking point. I don't know what triggered Warlock to ban you, but I'm not going to be the one to remove that ban.

And how does this all relate to the topic on hand? It's just more of baybal's knee-jerk reaction that every single admin command is abuse. baybal is rapidly establishing himself as another person crying wolf with pointless abuse threads.
Title: Re: Admins shouldn't be allowed to use !passvote on admit defeat votes
Post by: baybal on May 31, 2011, 09:26:02 pm
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You have this odd obsession with stealing tags.
Can you present a screenshot? :angel:

2 Baseless allegation

3 Present a screenshot

4 Screenshot
Title: Re: Admins shouldn't be allowed to use !passvote on admit defeat votes
Post by: kharnov on May 31, 2011, 09:33:21 pm
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You have this odd obsession with stealing tags.
Can you present a screenshot? :angel:

2 Baseless allegation

3 Present a screenshot

4 Screenshot

http://stats.tremulous.net/tremstats/us1/player_details.php?player_id=19762
http://stats.tremulous.net/tremstats/us1/player_details.php?player_id=3188
http://stats.tremulous.net/tremstats/us1/player_details.php?player_id=18352

Those are just from a few of your qkeys. There are more of them out there. Many of them. All have the same IP and connect from the same location with the same exact ISP. Don't try to play around with me here.

I don't condump for lesser rule breaking, but anyone with access to the game log can just grep your names and see all the bullshit you've done over the last half year or so.
Title: Re: Admins shouldn't be allowed to use !passvote on admit defeat votes
Post by: baybal on May 31, 2011, 09:41:03 pm
I used to play under a nick of iam30fpsatnetbook, and some admins didn't like it and abused !changename a lot. Others are not related to me at all.
Title: Re: Admins shouldn't be allowed to use !passvote on admit defeat votes
Post by: kharnov on May 31, 2011, 09:42:15 pm
Others are not related to me at all.

Are you blind?

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All have the same IP and connect from the same location with the same exact ISP. Don't try to play around with me here.
Title: Re: Admins shouldn't be allowed to use !passvote on admit defeat votes
Post by: baybal on May 31, 2011, 09:52:06 pm
Stop spoiling my day, do you know what isp wide nat is?
Title: Re: Admins shouldn't be allowed to use !passvote on admit defeat votes
Post by: Undeference on May 31, 2011, 09:53:03 pm
Ass those passvotes!
Yes, like butting something, and I was very arsed by it.

3 Present a screenshot
Re: this thread. Anything, a screenshot, condump, demo, anything.

do you know what isp wide nat is?
Evil.
Title: Re: Admins shouldn't be allowed to use !passvote on admit defeat votes
Post by: kharnov on May 31, 2011, 09:57:23 pm
Stop spoiling my day, do you know what isp wide nat is?

You're spoiling your own day. You're the one choosing to be a gigantic jerk. This can all be solved by just apologizing and not shitting on the US Main administration. You keep thinking you have some sort of magical information that's going to make all of us disappear, and yet you consistently come up with nothing. All you do is make yourself look like an idiot.

And don't think for a second that I'm going to believe that someone with the same binds, names, play style, IP and ISP is not the same person.
Title: Re: Admins shouldn't be allowed to use !passvote on admit defeat votes
Post by: Qrntz on May 31, 2011, 10:27:06 pm
(http://stashbox.org/1122922/drama.png)
Title: Re: Admins shouldn't be allowed to use !passvote on admit defeat votes
Post by: Aviator on May 31, 2011, 11:58:18 pm
Baybal you realize you aren't going to get anywhere if you keep trying to feed them bullshit (does that sum it up?).

I'm still stuck at the "everybody doing exams" phase :(
Title: Re: Admins shouldn't be allowed to use !passvote on admit defeat votes
Post by: Heli on June 01, 2011, 12:42:21 am

On-topic, here are some legit uses for /passvote:
  • Like Undeference said, passing admit defeat when there's someone hiding in a vent and they can't be reached.


I respectfully disagree on this.  If it is stage 1 and humans can't kill the alien, then it should be a draw.  Like chess, sometimes it is a tactical decision to force the draw which is a better outcome than admit defeat.  If this situation arises, then passvote on a draw vote would be the more appropriate decision.
Title: Re: Admins shouldn't be allowed to use !passvote on admit defeat votes
Post by: Plague Bringer on June 01, 2011, 01:26:12 am
But that begs the question: is hiding in an inaccessible vent to force a draw legitimate? Does it depend on the situation? Why is everyone having pissing contest with Kharnov? Next time, on Tremulous.net.
Title: Re: Admins shouldn't be allowed to use !passvote on admit defeat votes
Post by: Undeference on June 01, 2011, 02:23:33 am
I respectfully disagree on this.  If it is stage 1 and humans can't kill the alien, then it should be a draw.  Like chess, sometimes it is a tactical decision to force the draw which is a better outcome than admit defeat.  If this situation arises, then passvote on a draw vote would be the more appropriate decision.
The humans won; the fact that they can't get the "win" is most likely attributable to bad map design rather than some deficiency of the human team. Forcing a draw serves no purpose other than annoying the other players, the worst sin committable on a public server.

But that begs the question
That doesn't mean (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begging_the_question) what you think.
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is hiding in an inaccessible vent to force a draw legitimate? Does it depend on the situation?
In a tournament, it depends on the tournament rules. On a public server, it's just stupid.
Title: Re: Admins shouldn't be allowed to use !passvote on admit defeat votes
Post by: Plague Bringer on June 01, 2011, 02:46:25 am
But that begs the question
That doesn't mean (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begging_the_question) what you think.
I think I was looking for "raises".

is hiding in an inaccessible vent to force a draw legitimate? Does it depend on the situation?
The humans won; the fact that they can't get the "win" is most likely attributable to bad map design rather than some deficiency of the human team. Forcing a draw serves no purpose other than annoying the other players, the worst sin committable on a public server.

!!!

Agreed, though.

My earlier statement was made without knowing why exactly the !passvote was happened. People either need to stop bitching or start being actually wronged by admins. I swear, people will go after any excuse to take a jab at authority around here.
Title: Re: Admins shouldn't be allowed to use !passvote on admit defeat votes
Post by: kharnov on June 01, 2011, 03:05:38 am
People either need to stop bitching or start being actually wronged by admins. I swear, people will go after any excuse to take a jab at authority around here.

If I could paint that statement on every single one of these threads, I would.

But I can't, so I'll put it in my signature.
Title: Re: Admins shouldn't be allowed to use !passvote on admit defeat votes
Post by: vcxzet on June 01, 2011, 01:06:03 pm
Admins shouldn't be allowed to admin
Title: Re: Admins shouldn't be allowed to use !passvote on admit defeat votes
Post by: Dr. A. Goon on June 01, 2011, 04:42:48 pm
Admins shouldn't be allowed to admin
I support this 100%.

baybal: If you're having so many problems, play on another server. You're not going to get kharnov banned. ever.
Title: Re: Admins shouldn't be allowed to use !passvote on admit defeat votes
Post by: RAKninja-Decepticon on June 01, 2011, 10:54:08 pm
i dont really care about the current discussion, but that banlog screenshot brings a bit of the backseat admin out on me.  it really really bugs me when i see kick/ban things passed (either by admin or callvote) with invalid reasons.  things like "pissing me off", "moron" and "enjoy the ban!".  just quote the rule broken and be done with it; "kick: griefing", "ban: repeat griefer" "kick: spamming text".

other than that bit, it's not my server, if i dont like the rules or admins, i can always run my own.
Title: Re: Admins shouldn't be allowed to use !passvote on admit defeat votes
Post by: ziplocpeople on June 02, 2011, 12:33:20 am
i dont really care about the current discussion, but that banlog screenshot brings a bit of the backseat admin out on me.  it really really bugs me when i see kick/ban things passed (either by admin or callvote) with invalid reasons.
Agreed, good reasons should be given for kicks/bans. "Moron" hardly gives anybody an idea of what happened, but if it's a legitimate reason I think the server may just see a decrease in players.
Title: Re: Admins shouldn't be allowed to use !passvote on admit defeat votes
Post by: c4 on June 02, 2011, 02:16:28 am
Warlock bans people for 'Moron' all day haha
Title: Re: Admins shouldn't be allowed to use !passvote on admit defeat votes
Post by: F50 on June 02, 2011, 05:52:41 am
i dont really care about the current discussion, but that banlog screenshot brings a bit of the backseat admin out on me.  it really really bugs me when i see kick/ban things passed (either by admin or callvote) with invalid reasons.
Agreed, good reasons should be given for kicks/bans. "Moron" hardly gives anybody an idea of what happened, but if it's a legitimate reason I think the server may just see a decrease in players.
Absolutely
Title: Re: Admins shouldn't be allowed to use !passvote on admit defeat votes
Post by: Plague Bringer on June 02, 2011, 06:10:57 am
i dont really care about the current discussion, but that banlog screenshot brings a bit of the backseat admin out on me.  it really really bugs me when i see kick/ban things passed (either by admin or callvote) with invalid reasons.
Agreed, good reasons should be given for kicks/bans. "Moron" hardly gives anybody an idea of what happened, but if it's a legitimate reason I think the server may just see a decrease in players.
Absolutely
Fuuuuurthermore, should legitimate kicks with illegitimate reasons be seen as abuse? I understand that sometimes admins need to be quick with kicks and will give a short or completely bullshit reason, but isn't there a way to change kick/ban reasons after the fact? Shouldn't admins be required to give a legitimate reason right away (read: does the player have the right to know exactly why he's been kicked, or does griefing mean you don't have that right)?
Title: Re: Admins shouldn't be allowed to use !passvote on admit defeat votes
Post by: Qrntz on June 02, 2011, 12:13:17 pm
isn't there a way to change kick/ban reasons after the fact?
/adjustban?
Title: Re: Admins shouldn't be allowed to use !passvote on admit defeat votes
Post by: WarLock on June 02, 2011, 01:21:51 pm
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Warlock bans people for 'Moron' all day haha

I never ban people for nothing .... and i only ban 2 stupid in all gpp testing (1 hacker, and 1 spammer) so when you tell that i ban guys all the day it make me laugh.

I know that sometime i dont have patience with noob that always make the same error , ex: move the the reactor without build a foward base with repeater. For all noob that wanna be better, plz spec good player play and learn form it.

So plz stop the drama with the admin abuse and learn to play nice
See you online
Title: Re: Admins shouldn't be allowed to use !passvote on admit defeat votes
Post by: Kasofa on June 02, 2011, 04:10:18 pm
So you, Baybal, are that racist jerk who constantly spams that "allahu akbar" crap. You are now lower than Outflanked on my list of horrible people.


-K
Title: Re: Admins shouldn't be allowed to use !passvote on admit defeat votes
Post by: Qrntz on June 02, 2011, 05:48:28 pm
Outflanked
horrible
lol.
Title: Re: Admins shouldn't be allowed to use !passvote on admit defeat votes
Post by: RAKninja-Decepticon on June 03, 2011, 06:01:42 pm
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Warlock bans people for 'Moron' all day haha

I never ban people for nothing .... and i only ban 2 stupid in all gpp testing (1 hacker, and 1 spammer) so when you tell that i ban guys all the day it make me laugh.

I know that sometime i dont have patience with noob that always make the same error , ex: move the the reactor without build a foward base with repeater. For all noob that wanna be better, plz spec good player play and learn form it.

So plz stop the drama with the admin abuse and learn to play nice
See you online
"denybuild: newbie builder"

newbie is one letter more than moron and makes for a more "legitimate" reason.  "griefier" "spammer" repreat griefer/spammer" is a lot shorter and more concise tha most of the "witty" reasons that i have personally seen.  not that i disagree with many/any of the bans/kicks with "invalid" reasons. 

i'd guess that you MAY get less of these bullshit "admin abuse" threads if the admins conducted themselves in their duties in a more "professional" manner.

but again, its really small beans.  just as i can, if it bothers someone excessively, they can always run their own server.  then i/they can be the admin and use any command they want for any reason!
Title: Re: Admins shouldn't be allowed to use !passvote on admit defeat votes
Post by: Tremulant on June 04, 2011, 12:55:34 am
they can always run their own server.  then i/they can be the admin and use any command they want for any reason!
Absolutely, think we're tyrants? you should have seen some of the 1.1 server admins at their best(thankfully i had admin on satgnu myself for a long time), be very grateful for the existence of official servers and admins who actually give a shit, even if it is just a small one...
Title: Re: Admins shouldn't be allowed to use !passvote on admit defeat votes
Post by: ziplocpeople on June 04, 2011, 02:22:44 am
Absolutely, think we're tyrants? you should have seen some of the 1.1 server admins at their best(thankfully i had admin on satgnu myself for a long time), be very grateful for the existence of official servers and admins who actually give a shit, even if it is just a small one...
To be completely honest, I don't think you even want to compare us to the 1.1 admins of old. Just bringing it (1.1 adminning) up brings a shiver to my spine (okay, I'm exaggerating a bit here.) I do however believe that certain admins (http://tremulous.net/forum/index.php?topic=15777.msg224219#msg224219) should give better reasons for their administrative actions, no matter what they may be. Constructive criticism is a great start.
Title: Re: Admins shouldn't be allowed to use !passvote on admit defeat votes
Post by: janev on June 04, 2011, 02:36:09 am
I wholeheartedly believe that tyrants should be smitten wherever they choose to rear their ugly heads. Let us never forget the teachings of the good book.

The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who would attempt to poison and destroy My brothers. And you will know My name is the Lord when I lay My vengeance upon thee.
         ~ Jules 1:9-94 ~

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