saXoni wrote:Arc pretty much said it, but I've got a couple of things I'd like to comment on.
It looks to me as you think team-stacking is okay, and if the non-Hardcore members wants to try and beat you, they need to join you on Ventrilo and start communicating. Why are you not using Mumble, which is downloaded with PR, and is something that requires so much less from a person than Ventrilo?
As both Arc and Ledo said; Don't like it don't play is not a valid argument. You need to stand for your actions, and let the community give you feedback - whether it's negative or positive doesn't matter. There's a reason why the community is unsatisfied, and you should learn from it.
Maybe you should take this as a hint? Again; there's a reason why the community is unsatisfied. Fix your server and policies to prevent this from happening. Neither the DEV's, nor the Mods or the PR community are the problem. You are.
EasyAlpha; there's another example of how horrible you're at defending yourselves. Come with some arguments, instead of posting useless stuff making you look like a idiot.
Out of interest, what happened with the guy telling the banned person to pay $5 to get un-banned?
EDIT: Maybe you should start everything by reopening the feedback-thread for this server?
A couple things:
1) People in a clan want to play with each other. They've got the right to play together.
That said, I have seen plenty of pubber teams beat the "stacked Hardcore team" before. Lately, however, I have also noticed =]H[= been mixing up their "distribution", maybe 60/40 (if not 50/50), with increasing frequency.
And they do use Mumble. I have seen plenty of them on Mumble and I have seen plenty of them encourage using Mumble. They've even offered help, creating "MUMBLE" squads, and then explaining or offering assistance in setting up and using Mumble, for people who are interested who join their squad for help.
2) "Don't like it? Don't play there" is a perfectly valid argument.
I don't agree with Tactical Gamer's "kicked for Supporting Member" policy which "encourages" you pay money so you can play uninterrupted, so I don't play on Tactical Gamer. Never until today have I complained about this, and I have only done so as an example.
I think you've got this view of the server which isn't accurate anymore, or maybe you've got a problem with certain Hardcore members so you've decided to make it a problem with the entire clan. Whichever it is, I've seen nothing but positive changes since I started playing on their server years ago and I think while it was a great place to play then, it's an even better place now.
You claim "the community is unsatisfied," yet the Hardcore server is often populated, which is an indication you're wrong. I see people complaining about things every now and then in-game, and they're usually people who don't understand the rules or are unaware of the rules.
I'm simply another player, not a member of the Hardcore clan, and I'm satisfied. The players who populate the Hardcore server, too, appear satisfied.
I would have expected they would at least post constructive feedback and valid complaints on their Hardcore forum if they are unsatisfied, but I haven't seen feedback beyond map rotation feedback myself.
PricelineNegotiator wrote:I urge you not to ask anyone else to signup on your dumb forum. Seriously. Why in the hell would anyone take their extra time to help your server out when it is obvious that you guys won't change?
"You need to change, but you're not going to change, so I recommend people don't post feedback on changes they want, or things they dislike!"
Why do you consider it worth your time to go on about how "nothing will change, they won't listen, our feedback will be ignored, etc." but not to actually take the time to come up with actual constructive feedback? You've got no right making complaints about the way something is, if you aren't going to make an effort to change or improve it, because you're obviously not really interested in it being changed or improved.