Wicca wrote:[..]However they have come to this practice because quite a few people hate PRTA and want nothing more than to see it die, and thus user who report serious issues and problems are treated as if they are attacking PRTA.[..]
The Wacco has spoken. But to be honest - the cited opinion is exactly as mine (and lots of other people, including most of PR vets that have ventured into this same exact topic share it as well). The main problem is that they are not dealing both with the bigger problems that tarnish the reputation of the server. The funniest (and also the saddest) part of it is that even if they perform the famous ostrich move and hide their heads beneath the sand. It would be ok with me if this wasn't the only popular EU server that has regular seeders and playerbase.
Although ... no, it wouldn't be ok even then as it really shows the worse part of PR community to newer players. Imagine yourself in their shoes - you DL the game/mod for the first time, read the manual, read the PRTA rules and start playing there, and you see admins not implementing the MAIN rule of swift dealing with lone wolfs and free kit squads which are quite common, especially nowadays. Some may think - maybe 'tis because PRTA is lacking a big palyerbase, but it's like a catch 22 if one thinks like that (as the playerbase has mostly lost their best players - the ones that have experience - and it has happened, IMHO, mostly because admins are afraid to be more aggressive/zero-tolerance against lonewolfs/freekiters (seeing that they're that many maybe?).
Eh, I feel that I'm repeating myself throughout the years. But maybe they'll listen and understand one day (sadsmileyface).
EDIT: As the racis ******* Frontliner mentioned - it's the baby liberal attiudes that are ruining everything. Seriously, look at how old DEV team dealt with 99% of people. "Fuck off if you don't like something, we're not here to explain you stuff." Of course, I feel like now the (newer) players are too spoiled and used to the fact that admins/DEVs are too gentle in their attitudes.
A bit of an offtopic: I really wanna thank MERK and BASED admins for being, well, based enough in the era of SJW's and snowflakes. Also I can't say anything bad about DPRC admins (except the fact that they're not dealing with lonewolfers and freekitters with enough mental violence, but as they're the newer generation someone needs to let them understand that this game can be a lot better if you deal with the bad apples with swift justice). Can't say anything about other servers as I haven't really visited them that often.
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