Guide for =(e)='s to deal with punks

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Every now and then you might see a full server but no admins present. And sometimes these are situations where punks crawl out of their holes and join our servers to make the game unpleasant for all of us. This is guide telling you what you need to know how to help us keep the servers punk-free.

In a situation where a non-eGO member breaks the rules i.e. curses, disrespects other players, has an inappropriate name or uses map exploits (boosting to the roof in Dust2 for example) but there are no admins to set him straight, then you may let him know that what he/she is doing is against the server rules. For example player named Random player says:
Random player: F**k this s**t, gtfo noobs.
At this point you should warn him firmly yet respectfully. How do you do it, here’s how:
=(e)= Member A: Random player, please watch your language and be respectful to other players thank you.
It is important that you use please and thank you, and saying the players name will surely get his/hers attention more effectively.
The best thing to do is to let an admin know that on this server there is trouble maker.
While the admin is joining your game you want to get the punks Steam ID down in case he/she does not stop breaking the rules regardless your warnings or leaves before the admin can cool things down. And this is how you get players Steam ID:
Open your developer console and type in “status” without the quotes. This will bring out all the players names and their Steam ID’s. Then type in “condump” again without the quotes. This will save everything on the console to this file: C:\Program files\steam\steamapps\<your name>\insurgency\insurgency\condump###

Also we do not accept certain names. Any racial, offensive or insulting names are not accepted.
For example any names referring to one’s skin color is not allowed. Also any drug reference are not suggestable.

If the admin for some reason did not manage to get the Steam ID let him/her know that you have, so he/she can take care of the punk with elder admins.

If you are not sure is the suspected punk cursing ask yourself two questions:
(1) Is it offensive?
(2) Does it disrupt game play?

If you are having troubles opening your console, here is a guide to get it working:

1st launch Insurgency
2nd go to options and keyboard
3rd select advance settings and check the “allow developer console” checkbox
And now that the checkbox is checked, when you press “ ~ “ it will open your console

If you happen to have European keyboard and thus your “ ~ ” button does not open the console, then here’s what you do:

1st open your Steam My games
2nd right click on Insurgency
3rd select propreties
4th select Set launch settings
5th type in: -console

When correctly done console should be open when you launch the game. But do not exit the console because you cannot reopen it once exited. It will be there when you launch the game next time.


If you get into a tight situation where the punk/punks do not respond to your warnings or they respond with rudeness, the first thing to do is to contact an admin in your Steam friends list in Vent or IRC. Do not hesitate to ask for help, that is what we admins are here for: to maintain order in the servers and to help you in any situation. If you do not have any admins on your friends list fell free to add as many as you can to ensure that help is available whenever you need it.


Now you know how to deal with punks without admins present. If there are admins in your game, it might not be necessary to warn players, let the trained admins do all the “dirty work.”
Now go and enjoy our server and don’t be afraid of punks, they should be afraid of you.
 
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If I may add a couple things...

Along with what the boss says, I would actually recommend binding "status" to a key, i.e. F2. The first sign I see anything on anyone's server that's in question, i hit F2, at least that way you have the requisite steamID....a tad quicker than pulling down console and allows you to view the current situation a bit longer without having to leave it to type things. I imagine the same can be done with the condump thing, though i've never used it.

I would like to inquire as to whether the =e='s could be given "admin text" abilities, you know, the text warnings admins put on screen. I know =e='s typically aren't granted any admin abilities, but I've witnessed a greater response to "admin text" as opposed to just telling them over mic or chat text. I think when most mature pubbers see admin text, they "know" they could get kicked if they violate rules and such, besides the fact that the text is in the middle of the screen.
 
great post hammer and jorzonator and also hammer i 100% agree with adding as much admins to your steam friends as you can. there has been plenty of times i have needed a quick ban or just some help admining. never ever ever be scared to ask for help, help can be the diffrence from someone joining the clan and someone hating the clan
 
This should probably be stickied and added to the checklist for new =(e)='s. Very necessary, I think. This is essentially what I was told when I was an =(eG)= before I got my admin powers but it's also helpful to anyone who doesn't have admin powers.
 
More than half my friends list is eG's and eGO's :D No worries I know how to do this stuff, but great post especially for newer members.
 
:D No worries I know how to do this stuff, but great post especially for newer members.

Yeah. I agree with Crusader . I got stuck like this in tf2 and i called in an eG and left so he could have a slot then i re-joined right after he cleared things up.
 
This should probably be stickied and added to the checklist for new =(e)='s. Very necessary, I think. This is essentially what I was told when I was an =(eG)= before I got my admin powers but it's also helpful to anyone who doesn't have admin powers.

2nd everything you said here.
 
im glad i saw this cause ive been on the sinjar server several times with no admin on and there was to much tking and language. now i know what to do. oh and how do i set a hotkey for the console/status and take a screen shot if necessary.
 
Thanks for this informations, this should make things a lot more easier for non-admins.
 
Hammer please do not call people punks, its very rude, thank you. AmIdoingitright? 0_o

But yea this is helpful thanks!
 
To open enable console start Insurgency and go to Options. Then go to Keyboard and then click on the advance tab. Click the box for the console to be enabled and it looks like this ~. The key next to the 1 key.
 
To open enable console start Insurgency and go to Options. Then go to Keyboard and then click on the advance tab. Click the box for the console to be enabled and it looks like this ~. The key next to the 1 key.


As he said, but he forgot the screen shot part, hit the "prnt screen" button which on a standard keyboard (for a desktop) will be directly above the 'Insert" key (Ins) which is next to the home key. then you can open paint and paste said picture into paint it will be a bmp file so you will want to go to file-> save as-> picture.jpg to save space. As well as its good for e-mailing .bmp pictures can sometimes take 2-3 megs of space. not very e-mail friendly. Atleast for some it isnt.
 
...In a situation where a non-eGO member breaks the rules i.e. curses, disrespects other players, has an inappropriate name or uses map exploits (boosting to the roof in Dust2 for example) but there are no admins to set him straight, then you may let him know that what he/she is doing is against the server rules...

I'm glad i found this sticky, because i have come across this situation in INS. However, i was hoping there was a sticky/guide somehwhere for how to set up peripheral programs like ventro. I currently don't know how to contact any admins.

Also, are you supposed to sign up for each game? i signed up for TF2, but not for INS.

[Edit:] I did find the 'how to install ventro" tutorial on the sidebar.

Thanks,
Arc
 
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I'm glad i found this sticky, because i have come across this situation in INS. However, i was hoping there was a sticky/guide somehwhere for how to set up peripheral programs like ventro. I currently don't know how to contact any admins.

Also, are you supposed to sign up for each game? i signed up for TF2, but not for INS.

[Edit:] I did find the 'how to install ventro" tutorial on the sidebar.

Thanks,
Arc

>HERE< is the guide to install Vent, and one of the best methods to contact an admin, is to add as much as those to your steam friends list as you can and telling the situation there.
You can do that easily by going >HERE< The admins names are hyperlinked to add them to steam friends.
I hope this has been helpful :)
 
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