Fire For Effect Clan/Server (FFE) Ridiculous Admins: Don't play on this server!

[Akeno]

I've been unnecessarily banned twice from this server. The first time (about a week ago), it was because I couldn't see the enemy supply drop and didn't dismantle it. Banned.

The second time, I was on artillery. Less than 20 minutes left in the game. I accumulated about 400 points. Only accidentally killed 1 person from the entire game. I was staggering shots. Fired. Waited for my kill. Fired again. So, about every 30 seconds. Banned for "wasting resources". Contacted their admin (Ajax). They initially said, "You were vote banned by at least 20 people". Nope. BS. Never saw a vote ban. Again, only killed 1 person accidentally. No one in chat said anything about artillery needing to stop. Then admin says, "You were wasting resources". Nope. Over 400 points. I was making sure I was shooting at enemy point and was waiting for kills to come before I shot again. Banned.

Don't play on this server.

[Roovka]

You can't see votebans against yourself for the latter thing.

[TheCrazyCanuck]

Perhaps you were not on comms on the arty. Quite a few servers require a squad lead to be on arty to ensure command chat can talk to them (especially to stop their firing).

The wasting resources thing is another reason they want you on comms. The commander needs munitions for things like recon planes and bombing runs and so if you are constantly draining those command chat is not going to be happy with you.

I'm not saying this is what you did, but if it was I would have kicked you as well.

[Akeno]

Originally posted by Roovka:

You can't see votebans against yourself for the latter thing.

I guess my point was that no one said anything. I've heard some stories of others regarding this server and it seems to point to a general feeling of, "If the admins don't like you, they're quick to just ban you rather than tell you, warn you, or anything of that nature". It's just annoying to have been nearly finished with the match only to get banned without warning.

[Ж | wildcard.NS]

I'm curious why you think the admin lied to you about being votekicked (which usually has a temp ban component)?

[Gibber1sh]

For the first - I don't believe you - I haven't seen anyone get kicked/banned for 'just being bad at the game'.

For the second Roovka is correct - you won't see a vote against yourself.

On the other hand, if you are on arty you should probably be playing as a squad lead.
Often if a player is doing something egregious, there is some kind of discussion about their offense on command chat (typically before a vote is started).

Alternatively if the vote comes out of the blue, often someone will say something like: 'Why are we kicking x ?'

Until you understand the mechanics of the voting system, I would recommend you stick to playing on the official servers - that way you won't get upset with the Admins - since their aren't any admins on the official servers.

[KingKickAss]

Originally posted by Akeno:

Originally posted by Roovka:

You can't see votebans against yourself for the latter thing.

I guess my point was that no one said anything.

Some people really will just fire up a votekick for the most petty things, and I think in most cases, the rest of the team don't actually know what the vote is actually for and will either say yes/no to quickly get the box off their screen, or just vote yes because they don't want someone who is apparently a problem to be on their team anymore.
I was playing with a friend who did nothing wrong at all, and I saw a votekick go up for him. I told command chat to say "No" to the vote because it was a total false report and the kick failed, but yeah.
Its just an unfortunate part of the whole system.

[Gibber1sh]

Originally posted by KingKickAss:

Its just an unfortunate part of the whole system.

TBF, I don't see any value to having the whole team vote.
I would restrict both the option to start and cast a vote to command chat only.

Further I would suggest that you have to key the mic (command chat) to even get the option to start a vote - thats just an encouragement to say something before starting a vote.

[KingKickAss]

Originally posted by Gibber1sh:

Originally posted by KingKickAss:

Its just an unfortunate part of the whole system.

TBF, I don't see any value to having the whole team vote.
I would restrict both the option to start and cast a vote to command chat only.

Further I would suggest that you have to key the mic (command chat) to even get the option to start a vote - thats just an encouragement to say something before starting a vote.

I would like that change. Then the officer actually has to make their case on why someone should be kicked, and a random player that has the grievance has to actually say what it is.