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@Nirv: Who's gonna stay in spectator all map counting the amount of time passed everytime someone spawns? I'm not :P
Spawnkilling is just a quite controversial topic and it's always hard to judge cases of it. Often people are just screaming SK for the sake of screaming it. It's a good thing that this was posted on the forum but there's no need to start a witchhunt on anyone. Everyone is equal here and nobody should act like they are more equal than others. Sky is throwing a little wood on the fire, so why not lower the pitchforks and stop paying attention to him?
If you're shooting at people from your own spawn, then surely you are going to deal with forms of SK. If you're gonna camp in a corner all game long killing multiple people from behind they surely will be increasingly more wary of the area you camp and they'll try to kill you just for the sake of killing the camper. The amount of people trying to kill you tends to increase based on the amount of time spent in your corner.
Noone can perfectly control the feelings of wanting revenge, what goes around comes around. That's how our brain works. Saying it simply counts as spawnkilling is too easy, try explaining it to a guest that's driven by feelings of revenge. You probably won't manage without making someone upset, that's why this situation is so peculiar.
A possible solution? There's no easy solution. There is a certain way of looking at things though. That way is a relaxed way, there's no need to instantly start screaming someone is spawnkilling. Yet you should enforce the rules, but in a calm way aswell. You have to think rationally; "What makes this person spawnkill me?" "Did he have a reason to do so?" "How does this case compare to the standard situations?" "Is there a way of preventing him doing it without the offender getting upset?" Both admins and members should have a thought process like this.
You'll possibly reduce the amount of hate generated on the server by acting the way I described, while ensuring the guests are playing in a bit of a chilled environment.
Disclaimer: Being too chilled isn't good aswell, being too strict is even worse. Find a way of behaviour that suits you best, preferably somewhere in the middle, but don't forget you're playing this game for fun.
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Spawnkilling is just a quite controversial topic and it's always hard to judge cases of it. Often people are just screaming SK for the sake of screaming it. It's a good thing that this was posted on the forum but there's no need to start a witchhunt on anyone. Everyone is equal here and nobody should act like they are more equal than others. Sky is throwing a little wood on the fire, so why not lower the pitchforks and stop paying attention to him?
If you're shooting at people from your own spawn, then surely you are going to deal with forms of SK. If you're gonna camp in a corner all game long killing multiple people from behind they surely will be increasingly more wary of the area you camp and they'll try to kill you just for the sake of killing the camper. The amount of people trying to kill you tends to increase based on the amount of time spent in your corner.
Noone can perfectly control the feelings of wanting revenge, what goes around comes around. That's how our brain works. Saying it simply counts as spawnkilling is too easy, try explaining it to a guest that's driven by feelings of revenge. You probably won't manage without making someone upset, that's why this situation is so peculiar.
A possible solution? There's no easy solution. There is a certain way of looking at things though. That way is a relaxed way, there's no need to instantly start screaming someone is spawnkilling. Yet you should enforce the rules, but in a calm way aswell. You have to think rationally; "What makes this person spawnkill me?" "Did he have a reason to do so?" "How does this case compare to the standard situations?" "Is there a way of preventing him doing it without the offender getting upset?" Both admins and members should have a thought process like this.
You'll possibly reduce the amount of hate generated on the server by acting the way I described, while ensuring the guests are playing in a bit of a chilled environment.
Disclaimer: Being too chilled isn't good aswell, being too strict is even worse. Find a way of behaviour that suits you best, preferably somewhere in the middle, but don't forget you're playing this game for fun.
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