ArkUTD wrote:As i'm aware he administrates the server better than i do, yet plays in a different fashion to a 'normal' Squad leader. Now before you all hate, hear me out, most people what the play the objective, on our server we encourage it, but the visible objectives are what most people see. Vats and me play the hidden part of the game, where we attack supply lines and spawn points, so that it is easier for people attacking a flag to get in and hold it. (Of Course not everyone sees it like that).
I'm fairly certain everybody who's played the game for more than 2 years knows about the importance of supply lines, backstabbing and neutralising secondary objectives. The difference between your average player *cough* Mats *cough* and the PRTA admin team is that one gets kicked for Recon or Free Kit-ing or not-holding-his-Squadmember's-hands-tightly. The other does not and makes excuses why they just so happen to be excluded from the rules.
Hey viirus, first off nice info, like it, hope what i say can help;
1. You say our main focus is to do 'Minor' issues. As admins we have to make sure people on our server have mics, Squad Leader kits and such to give the in game hierarchy a chance to work. Yes we do look into this issue a lot but its part of our rules and a fundamental part of the game.
Don't kid yourself into thinking the officer kit has any bearing on whether or not your squad leader is capable or not.
Seeing as you mention it yourself, I have to say that the INF-SL-has-to-take-Officer rule in particular is one of those which gets enforced only selectively. If your Admin is chill you can play as you normally would, if the Admin doesn't like you he tempbans you before you have a chance to grab a kit. We've had SLs get kicked without any warning while they were shovelling FOBs or after the original SL disconnected mid-game and they were stuck in No-Man's-Land with something else. Compare that to when I reported a no mic - sniper SL soloing a logi a couple days ago on Marlin a few times over the span of a good 10-15 minutes to ensure eventually the message would be seen - and no action was taken whatsoever. I'm aware Vatsug and pals were busy playing, but I don't even know if he got the message in the first place because nobody said anything and nobody did anything - or if he ignores me out of spite. On other servers I could at least !admins to know who else I can talk to in times of need but not on PRTA where I'm at the mercy of whether or not the admin gives a shit. And before you say it, even if I were to report an issue on the forums it'd be dealt with without my participation and without any notification. This procedure includes issues relating to admin wrongdoings as well and in particular.
2. The other issues you state is that we don't deal with assets being stolen, switches and such though. I'll personally say that when assets have been stolen i have taken action, and i Apologise if this hasn't happened in your case, but we do have to investigate these things. False reports are always coming in and we like to look into it so that we can make sure we get the right guy warned, this would be why you see a delay.
True, but most members of the community(us veterans) are far more mature than what you see in any given modern FPS. When I report something on, say, Merk, Bluffer doesn't ask twice in most cases because he knows he can trust my word and should I happen to be wrong, it was an honest mistake on my part and I'll admit it if I have to. Only then can people trust each other, and I'd be retarded to risk my reputation, which I've build over literally years, to get somebody removed for not liking him or some other random nonsense.
3. On the switching note, its not easy to switch people when the server is full, kind of hard sometimes with trying to please everyone, we have to find a balance sometimes. I recommend switching at the beginning of rounds as most times there will always be room to cross teams.
PR is meant to played with others. If you can't play with your buds playing is pointless. Ask Vatsug how he felt being denied switches on Merk a week ago, doubt it was pleasant since they high-tailed off the server afterwards, so how about you put yourselves in our shoes for a change?
And to those here that complain about PRTA, thats fine, im sure you'll all have fun seeding other EU servers, because as its been said before, we are not the only server in the EU cluster, and others like Area 94, DPRC, have different rules that im sure youll find to your liking. This game has choice, and you are free to chose what do in terms of what server to join.
PR isn't a massive community. Like FFG said to others a while ago people are NOT at liberty where they can play,(some more than others) but have to go with the tides, with whichever server has people to play with on.
And it's not the rules that I personally have a problem with - however silly some are - but the lack of administration at times, over-administration at other times, apparent double standards, cherry picking which rules to enforce and the non-accountability of everybody on the team. And despite my criticism and how rebellious I am in the eyes of the PRTA administration I've only had one tempban so far - for saying "#riot" and "#downwihtPRTA"(complete with spelling error to make the joking nature more obvious) in an light-hearted all-chat conversation. So you tell me where I'm not abiding to the rules or out to grief you/the server/other players?
