You can try and think of a horrible defense all you want Tydeus, but the fact remains you were out of line, and your name can be construed as offensive. I've seen names force-changed for much less than that, and your following hardly even provoked responses were entirely uncalled for coming from an Admin who is elected to serve as a pillar of the community and uphold the rules. You also failed to do anything in terms of admin of the server even after being asked many times following this incident, especially pertaining to removal of Dr_Zoidberg from the server after he continuously team-wounded and team-killed.You're seriously an idiot if you think something like having the name "my old friendottini" and jokingly saying I would tk you, would get me deadmined. As to the Dr Zoidberg thing, which actually is a legitimate complaint, I don't recall anyone even using i chat about him or any teamwound for that matter while I was playing.
Your days of being a spergadmin I hope are over after this incident, but I doubt it. You'll most likely be able to continue on badmouthing players, having borderline offensive names, and banning people after they leech for 1 minute.
..Did you really take offense to this? Obvious trolling by Tydeus
Next map, still continues harassing..(click to show/hide)
..Did you really take offense to this? Obvious trolling by TydeusIt actually wasn't even related to tanken, I was making fun of someone that used the word 'nerd' as an insult while playing a very nerdy game. This pretty much sums up the whole thread, honestly.
..Did you really take offense to this? Obvious trolling by Tydeus
You're dense. It was a joke because your ignorance(I'm just going to assume it's ignorance as the only other alternative requires you to be an idiot) was irritating. I also have/had the characters: Farfalle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farfalle), Bigoli (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigoli), Campanelle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campanelle), Gigli (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigli), Bucatini (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucatini), Croxetti (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croxetti), Angel_Hair, and others that I'm sure I have forgotten. It's just the theme I chose to use for my alts nearly 2 years ago.
Please pull your head out of your anus.
Like when they say no n-words allowed, they aren't talking about the word being off-limits. You'd know this if you play NA 1 and see how often it's thrown around.
No, but really, who is/was Adam_Lanza_Fan?
I always joked about NA being special but now it's a fact. Being offended by pasta is kinda wow. Maybe start a petition that his names get changed to burgers because he actually has all kind of (about a year old) axis of evil pasta alts. And no, my old friendottini is not the oldest of them.
If your pasta name offends people, is it really that hard to pick a different variety and make a name change?Difficult? It would take me a total of 15 seconds. Will I? Not unless chadz or cmp demand such(Ha Ha!). I've actually become quite irritated at how eager everyone in this thread is to censor things. Yes, the word contains the sequence of characters "my old friend" and looks similar to "bundle of sticks", but to censor my old friendottini is to censor the word black in spanish and many other legitimate words. So I refuse.
I always joked about NA being special but now it's a fact. Being offended by pasta is kinda wow. Maybe start a petition that his names get changed to burgers because he actually has all kind of (about a year old) axis of evil pasta alts. And no, my old friendottini is not the oldest of them.
Shame on you Tydeus, you were more well-respected than this, at least by me.Then don't go down the easy road by taking things at face value and make assumptions and instead, start analyzing the situation properly, perhaps by questioning the intent.
I like how you mentioned how you'll stay an admin since chadz and CMP have to say otherwise--you're basically hiring behind your power and not admitting to any wrong doing.I mentioned that because we have had similar discussions about the word "black in spanish" due to past bans dealing with "borderline offensive" matters. So I believe I know very well what the outcome there would be.
ITT oversensitive internet peopleI am going to have to disagree here, since do not feel that this is about sensitivity of players. I do however feel this is about how an admin represents the community standards in the game, and this what they are : representatives of the community with tools to enforce and ensure a certain behavioral norms on servers, and thus should act accordingly on an adequate responsibility level - as an positive role model, at least in the majority of the time on servers - with naturally comming different behavioral restrictions than common player folks, since seeming is pretty much being in the internet.
As I see it, people are complaining that players that did nothing wrong are getting muted/kicked/banned for no reason whenever they say things that could be interpreted as racism by someone that wants to see it everywhere (read : lunatics like partyboy or smoothrich). Then when they see any admin with a similarly "borderline" name, they immediately assume it's because the admin hivemind applies a double standard.
I do however feel this is about how an admin represents the community standards in the game
It actually wasn't even related to tanken, I was making fun of someone that used the word 'nerd' as an insult while playing a very nerdy game. This pretty much sums up the whole thread, honestly.
You could always try to ask the devs to tighten up the rules on offensive names/language, but they're too busy putting on their grandfathers' SS uniforms in their basement muttering about something rising again.
EU should get off the internet.yes, yes, we know that.
But then we can't snoop on them. Can't trust those tricksyWhile we cant trust the hobbits to run the shire without good ol America to finance their stupidity I can tell you what is going on at any given time in the worst country of EU. The state of France is surrendering state of England is having tea and crumpets and the state of Russia is plotting to spread their BS for the people policitics which is really hey if we're all equal we will all suffer with a few at the very tip top controlling everything. But I digress. as for the rest of the states in EU they dont really matter cause they are all so small and haven't ever done much.hobbitsEU.
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It's NOT racist! If you think this name is anything other than an ice cream bar, you are a chocolate chip cookie!
Wasn't Tanken the one who got super duper butthurt when Miley said some shit about him too?
People who get offended on the internet should get off the internet.
I like how 2 years later, this will still haunt me. Yet Miley received a ban for saying it because it was real life information, as others have received bans for saying.
I've made my case Tydeus. Nothing you said was taken by the server as playful gestures, no matter how you try to spin that web. The only person on your side the entire time was Dreadnaught, which, is a nobody anyway.
I hope for your sake you straighten up and realize what you say, and display in game has an impact on the community and it's up to you to uphold the rules and standards that are meant to be in place--not weasel your way around them with borderline offensive names and harassment of other players. My argument was never "moral high ground vs. moral high ground" as you seemed to point out a few times. If that's what you thought this was about, you are ignorant. This whole thread is about YOU and YOUR actions and YOUR words that were said and the position YOU hold which you think gives you a shield to stand behind.
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I've made my case Tydeus. Nothing you said was taken by the server as playful gestures, no matter how you try to spin that web. The only person on your side the entire time was Dreadnaught, which, is a nobody anyway.
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it is a good point though. we've got badmins running around like tydeus abusing the double standard that exists between players and admins.We are also hundreds of hot-headed, drama-loving heroes with a latent anti-authority tendency running around on servers for way to long, accumulating steam from getting killed by another OP-class :wink:. We are people, who tend to get way to involved in online-gaming-worlds, often forgetting why we are playing in the first place, giving us the nerdy laugh at ourselfs a few days later :mrgreen:
As I see it, people are complaining that players that did nothing wrong are getting muted/kicked/banned for no reason whenever they say things that could be interpreted as racism by someone that wants to see it everywhere (read : lunatics like partyboy or smoothrich). Then when they see any admin with a similarly "borderline" name, they immediately assume it's because the admin hivemind applies a double standard.Replace Smoothrich with Shik or BADPLAYER.
Hey I like people who suck, I actively seek them out..why do people say it like it's a bad thing?
And you're a somebody? Is that it? You feel like you're above other members and because you're a somebody, you decided to make a thread about being slighted?
This has fuck all to do with how the community represents itself. It has much more to do with how butthurt you are.