TF2 switching teams

[mrcool]

Hey, I got a in-game PM from an eg/ego (don't remember) asking me to hop in spectator so he could join blue. I didn't have a problem with it cause I had just been auto balanced a few minutes ago and didn't mind going back to red. I was just wondering if there was anything wrong with him asking me or my doing it. I don't know if there's some kind of policy or rule against that.

 

[Frank Booth]

The reason he might have, and only reason he should have, asked you is for admin purposes. Perhaps there was a problem on your team that needed to be addressed.

In general, depends why you are switching to determine if it should be done. If two players want to switch i do not know of a rule against that. But, regardless of circumstance, you should not try to force team balance to get on a team.

 

[sokO]

As far as I am concerned:

If he asks you to move because he has admin things to take care of, it is fine. What I usually do is psay someone and tell them to please go to spectator so I can take care of the situation at hand. Once I take care of business, I give the slot back to the player on his/her team.

As far as admins asking you to move teams just because there friend is over there, they are not allowed to do so VIA admin. However, kindly asking someone in all chat "Would anyone like to switch teams with me?" is alright. Assuming that the admin is on the winning team and they are trying to help out the losing team, that is also fine. Admins cannot force other people to leave/join a different team. There is absolutely no rule that says you must change teams because an admin says. If there is, please point it out to me so I can learn something.

 

[mrcool]

Ok, well I have no idea why he wanted to. All he said was "Can you join spectator so I can join blue." Not exact quote but I'm pretty sure there was nothing more than that. I had been on red for a while and had been auto balanced to blue for maybe 10 minutes. I'm not aware of any problems that needed an admin on either side, and I wasn't offered the slot back, but like I said, it didn't bother me. It just had never happened to me before and I wanted to be sure I wasn't breaking some kind of rule.

 

[Frank Booth]

Like we have said, you would not be doing anything wrong. But the admin if he was using his admin privileges to score a better spot he would be doing something he should not.

If you have any issues or questions do not be afraid to talk to one of us in private.

 

[mrcool]

ok cool. well I doubt it will happen again any time soon, but thanks for taking the time to inform

 

[sokO]

ok cool. well I doubt it will happen again any time soon, but thanks for taking the time to inform

That's what we are here for!

 

[b0bfath3r]

Hey, I got a in-game PM from an eg/ego (don't remember) asking me to hop in spectator so he could join blue. I didn't have a problem with it cause I had just been auto balanced a few minutes ago and didn't mind going back to red. I was just wondering if there was anything wrong with him asking me or my doing it. I don't know if there's some kind of policy or rule against that.

Hey Sorry about that. I was the admin that asked you to switch. There was no admin on the blue team, and a nurse from texas asked me to switch to watch the team. Sorry about not explaining it all the way, but thanks a lot for doing so with out questioning me. You deserve a pat on the back.

 

[mrcool]

Ok, well, there you are I knew it was you, I just couldn't remember if you were eG or eGO. I guess that concludes this mystery.

 

[50centricher]

Lol dang you guys beat me but pretty much above it what is told of us

 

[sokO]

As far as I am concerned:


Admins cannot force other people to leave/join a different team. There is absolutely no rule that says you must change teams because an admin says.

Let me rephrase this, blast, on myself!

Admins can tell someone to switch teams if he is team switching to join the winning team. Forcing Auto-balance on the other team is not allowed!!

I felt this was very important, as this just occurred in the server I was playing on. So important, in fact, I left the game I was playing in.