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Title: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Keshian on October 27, 2014, 06:17:31 pm
So after asking for enforcement of blatant item bombing that many of the NA admins inputted as "definitely" getting a permaban - cmpx and harald refuse to even look at the matter.  Their responses were as follows:

Cmpx has this to say about himself with regard to whether he wanted to enforce any rules, prevent cheating, or if he cared at all about doing anything to maintain strategus:
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I believe this may be his mother - if you see her in the streets please tell her son to get back into the basement and show that Melee:Battlegrounds won't be a piece of shit unenforced cheating haven.

Harald remained in silent support of cmpx with regard to this and especially future strategus.  More focused on patching and completely ignoring strategus.


So here are the new rules of strategus:
Caveat - some nosy minion admins may ban you from the server  (fucking plebs, actually giving a shit about a mod they didn't even make):

Use of siege equipment:

          1) Ladders
                    1.1) Floating ladders. You are not allowed to stay on floating ladders. If for some reason your ladder becomes floating, you are to get off it, even if it means suicide.
                    1.2) Ladderplacement. For now there are no rules on unrealistic ladders, so they are allowed. (as long as you keep the other rules in mind)
                    1.3) Siege-equipment on ladders is not allowed. This includes using siege shields, other ladders and everything you can make with a construction-site.
                    1.4) Ladders in open battles (anti cav) are allowed as long as the ladder is legit according to rule 1.2.
                    1.5) Cavalry is allowed to use ladders.
          2) Forward spawn
                    2.1) Spawning at enemy forward spawn is allowed. This means you are allowed to set your spawn at any forward spawn on the map, no matter who build it.
          3) Siege towers
                    3.1) Using ladders from siegetowers is allowed.
                              3.1.1 Using skyladders that are the result of a moved siegetower is not allowed.
                    3.2) Using siege shields on siegetowers is allowed
          4) Covering flags
                    4.1) covering flags with any equipment is not allowed. This includes ladders, siege shields, construction sites and anything you can produce with a construction site.

Battle/ siege
          1) Prolonging a battle
                    1.1) End battle, common sense rule. Feel free to troll around when the battle is over, but don't extend it too long, crpg no delaying rules *don't* applies here.
                    1.2) If the attacker is out of siege equipment, and no longer has any way of getting into the castle or town, he has to retreat *initiate a dance-off*("getting into the castle" means getting in the defender spawn zone. If defenders are in a place that cannot be reached from their spawns without siege equipment, they will have to come down).
          2) Spawnraping
                    2.1) Spawnraping the enemy is allowed. It's your teams responsibility to defend your flags, if you lose controle over an area you might get spawnkilled.

Strat map
          1) CMP's rules for not attacking your village to delay your enemy
          2) Multiaccounting. It is not allowed to own and use multiple more then 1 account on strategus.
          3) Accountsharing. It is not allowed to log into other players accounts.
          4) Night time. Night time is different for each player, therefore there are no rules to the usage of nighttime.
          5) Itembombing a fief. Dropping a lot of items in an enemy fief is not allowed. It causes incredibly *amusing* long equipment lists for the fief.


P.S.  Grey Order and DRZ - you guys finally even beat the devs in a war of attrition over Strategus.  Let the multi-accounting sperg commence!
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: njames89 on October 27, 2014, 06:24:25 pm
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Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: GOBBLINKINGREATLEADER on October 27, 2014, 06:49:06 pm
I made this picture to commemorate this occasion.

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Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Bjord on October 27, 2014, 06:57:17 pm
wat an shitte poste
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: CALAMARI on October 27, 2014, 07:02:34 pm
I'm going to have to side with Kesh on this. Cheating should be addressed as soon as possible. This is unacceptable.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Andswaru on October 27, 2014, 07:04:25 pm
Question is will cmp forgive and forgot the insults done to his familys honour...

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Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: vipere on October 27, 2014, 07:25:51 pm
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Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Molly on October 27, 2014, 07:30:17 pm
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Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Kalp on October 27, 2014, 07:33:06 pm
...


PS to admins

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Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Son Of Odin on October 27, 2014, 07:41:38 pm
diggity diggity
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: IR_Kuoin on October 27, 2014, 07:54:27 pm
Keshian_the_Grey :lol:
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: karasu on October 27, 2014, 08:04:47 pm
☐ rekt
☐ not rekt
☑ Tyrannosaurus rekt
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Bronto on October 27, 2014, 10:00:53 pm
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Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Dionysus on October 28, 2014, 12:09:36 am
I'm absolutely stunned that this is the response by the only administrator who could punish this sort of cheating. Regardless of your opinions of Kesh and his shit-posting, KbW broke the rules by item-bombing Kesh's fief, and so far the only person to receive punishment was Kesh on the forums. Between this and the developer's general lack of care for editing textures, aim assist, wallhacks, etc., I am astonished that such a team of talented developers could treat their community so poorly.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Sandersson Jankins on October 28, 2014, 12:31:39 am
ayyyyyyy lmao
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: CALAMARI on October 28, 2014, 12:41:33 am
Kesh should just part with the $30 - $100 to bring these guys to small claims court; Just to waste their time as they have wasted his.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Lt_Anders on October 28, 2014, 12:47:12 am
EU, doesn't work like that. :oops:

I was also about to say that item bomb wasn't illegal(I thought) and then I fully saw the last rule: #5: No Item Bombing. Not sure why it wasn't enforced except for GO/DRZ MAing and the SUPER BLATANT Fallen lockdown tactic.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: StonedSteel on October 28, 2014, 12:59:46 am
I'm absolutely stunned that this is the response by the only administrator who could punish this sort of cheating. Regardless of your opinions of Kesh and his shit-posting, KbW broke the rules by item-bombing Kesh's fief, and so far the only person to receive punishment was Kesh on the forums. Between this and the developer's general lack of care for editing textures, aim assist, wallhacks, etc., I am astonished that such a team of talented developers could treat their community so poorly.

no you aint.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: cmp on October 28, 2014, 02:00:23 am
Ever heard of a fable called "The boy who cried wolf"? This is it.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Harpag on October 28, 2014, 02:10:30 am
if not ask #rektman lel
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Son Of Odin on October 28, 2014, 03:09:17 am
Ever heard of a fable called "The boy who cried wolf"? This is it.

Apparently their memory needs refreshing.

Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Sparvico on October 28, 2014, 06:46:13 am
Ever heard of a fable called "The boy who cried wolf"? This is it.

I agree with you about kesh. But you have not a leg to stand on because you have never even so much as appeared to give a shit about this strat and the people that play it.

If you as developers are going to keep half-assing strat I'd rather you not put a new one up at all.

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Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: chadz on October 28, 2014, 06:55:13 am
cmp never had anything to do with strat development.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Smoothrich on October 28, 2014, 07:27:06 am
If the cRPG team will once again endow me with the powers of admin, which I lost for permabanning Kesh, my first new act as admin will be to permaban Kesh.

Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: AwesomeHail on October 28, 2014, 07:28:57 am
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P.S.  Grey Order and DRZ - you guys finally even beat the devs in a war of attrition over Strategus.  Let the multi-accounting sperg commence!

What did you smoke today, kesh?


and its not like Grey and DRZ are already multiaccounting ehe
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: BlindGuy on October 28, 2014, 08:15:44 am
Me reading title "Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned..."   :o Dis gon be gud
"... in Strategus both this one..."  :( Dis gun boring yank whoarethesepeoplewhogivesafuck shitpost
"... and the next one"  :wink: Dis joke good

Then saw it was by Kesh   :D Dis gon be pure virgin tears

THEN saw comment about CMP's mum and was like  :mrgreen: did I just read that, then  :| dis over now dat he gon dere
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: BaleOhay on October 28, 2014, 12:22:44 pm
Ever heard of a fable called "The boy who cried wolf"? This is it.

Elaborate. Our castle had so much garbage in it. Are you saying no item bomb happened at all? Or are you letting personal opinions of one player change the way you moderate the rules?
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Bronto on October 28, 2014, 01:28:43 pm
From what I've gathered following all of the threads kesh has made in the past week or so, there's been a few, they are just sick of going on these wild goose chases and wasting their own time looking up all the shit he's accused everyone of doing. First it was Aldog multiaccounting, then it was something else, now this (maybe just aldog and this, not sure, don't give two shits either way).

Whenever he posts though I always think:

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Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Son Of Odin on October 28, 2014, 01:47:25 pm
Quote
I'm not in charge of restoring characters, returning heirlooms or providing Strategus support.

 :lol:
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: BaleOhay on October 28, 2014, 02:29:52 pm
From what I've gathered following all of the threads kesh has made in the past week or so, there's been a few, they are just sick of going on these wild goose chases and wasting their own time looking up all the shit he's accused everyone of doing. First it was Aldog multiaccounting, then it was something else, now this (maybe just aldog and this, not sure, don't give two shits either way).

Whenever he posts though I always think:

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You could be right. However that does not excuse the fact that the item bomb happened and should be looked into. When the devs can decide how to police the game by their personal opinions of one group over the other what is the point in playing?

If I had posted that ban stuff instead of Kesh would it have been looked into already? I have never requested a ban before? Is this seriously how we want things to work?
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: BlindGuy on October 28, 2014, 03:08:22 pm
what is the point in playing?



None, none at all, it has always been a badly made, boring, spergfest followed by at best a 50/50 lagfest and the worst warband experience you can have, administrated at random and ad hoc by people who have no admin themselves, they aren't organised or scheduled, and rule enforcement has always been a case of admins grenade fishing the north atlantic. So sit back and stop playing it, when everyone finally stops flogging the dead donkey, maybe something useful can be made from the corspe.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Balikar on October 28, 2014, 03:40:18 pm
Look, I wasn't going to comment publicly on this... and I think everyone knows Kesh dislikes me, and I dislike forum Kesh (Might be every Kesh, but I have to give him the benefit of the doubt)... but you need to unban him.  He said some things you didn't like.  Boo hoo.  He says a lot of things a lot of people don't like... but it's not something to ban him over.  I'm sure there may be more to the story, but from all appearances... he called you out.  He said do your job.  And though he may cry wolf a lot, too bad.  It's your job.  Deal with it.  Do the investigation (if there is one), mark it as complete, complain about him, drink a beer, and call it a night... or appoint someone else who is willing to look into it, and step down.  If you don't want to step down, then your only other option is to uphold your responsibilities and look into it.  It's a sad truth.  You may be working on other projects, but the bottom line is this is still on your plate. 

Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Bjord on October 28, 2014, 03:47:01 pm
"Do your job"

Why, do you pay them?

The moment someone starts demanding the developers that gave you a game for free to do their "job", as in heeding the demands of every inconsiderate fuckwit, is the moment you lose all sympathy and good will.

Learn some fucking humility, you cheap fuck, or make your own mod and do your "job" there.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Balikar on October 28, 2014, 04:15:36 pm
Or on the other hand, dont make rules if you wont enforce them?

There are a team of admins who have the ability to handle the ingame ban requests and server bans, they are willing to impartially view requests and take action. Unfortunately these same people do not have the access to investigate rulebreaking in Strat outside of server stuff like skyladders.

You can appreciate then, i'm sure, how it may frustrate some people when it looks like one hand is saying 'obey the rules or be banned' and the other is saying 'pfffff, who cares'. You must appreciate that rules exist to make the game fair and fun for everyone, there are plenty of admin-set unban essays that confirm this point and that it's something the mod values.

At the moment we have the situation that any offences committed in-server can be punished and reported, and you can expect a fairly uniform response on those. At the moment any offences committed on the map, can be freely made cos i dont know who's able or willing to handle them. And clearly without a clear or consistent area to report these, a public appeal is ignored or handled with an excellent level of maturity if it's inflamatory enough to not ignore. That's not consistent or fair

Fuck you Status Quo, if that's the case and you just want everyone to do whatever the fuck they want, then remove the 'ban/unban' section for in-server rule-breaking too. Let's just do whatever we want, let the devs and admins get on with their busy lives. Ooooooor, appoint a team who *can* and is willing to enforce rules on the ingame map, not just in the servers.

What he said.  ;-)

Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Bronto on October 28, 2014, 04:45:49 pm
You could be right. However that does not excuse the fact that the item bomb happened and should be looked into. When the devs can decide how to police the game by their personal opinions of one group over the other what is the point in playing?

If I had posted that ban stuff instead of Kesh would it have been looked into already? I have never requested a ban before? Is this seriously how we want things to work?

I think he went about it in a distasteful manner, much like all of his posts. Forum Kesh (maybe even real kesh, but I hope not) has a very abrasive way of discussing anything on the forums at all without getting his panties in a bunch and jumping off the highest wrung of the insult ladder in a matter of seconds. Would you want to help someone who just slammed you and your family? Probably not. Now it has taken some time to get a response out of the strat admin team (if there is one) but who's to say they weren't looking into it? How do you know they weren't? Just because they didn't post in your thread doesn't mean Harald isn't looking at 1's and 0's on the interwebs, sweating and eating cheetos, while he tries to decipher where the guilt lies. Maybe you should've done it Bale, you wouldn't have gone overboard so quickly. Now it is what it is.

Also, as other people have said, it's a free mod, it isn't there job to babysit a bunch of nerds. Why does it matter so much that this happened in the first place? Isn't it just a game?
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Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: BaleOhay on October 28, 2014, 04:46:51 pm
you can not choose how to help based on who needs it and remain impartial.

in the time it took both of them to respond to the post they could have looked at the logs and handled things the correct way. Enforcing the rules they created. Kesh's post style should not make any difference at all.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Bronto on October 28, 2014, 04:49:10 pm
You can say that all you want but don't be blind to the fact that the way he went about it was a little cuntish. As the saying goes, you'll catch more flies with sugar than vinegar.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: CALAMARI on October 28, 2014, 04:52:02 pm
The reply from cmpxchg8b was the only thing "cuntish" that I've seen.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: BaleOhay on October 28, 2014, 04:52:50 pm
this thread was not the first he posted. Have you read the original in the global ban section? I will paste it below. It was not bad in any way i can see. Gives the pertinent information and the link and time line. There was also a spoiler with the gear that got added to help things along. Let me know where he went wrong to cause undo bias? With no response he went full kesh and created this thread, no response to the reasonable thread, two admins respond to this one... Now what does that tell you?

 kesh original ban post
http://c-rpg.net/index.php?page=strategusbattlesarchive#!?page=strategusinfobattledetail&id=2685  It likely was done 19 hrs to 36 hours before the abttle.  The castle was New Ergellon Castle on NA side.  Admin please look into this.

One of the MB players threw hundreds of broken item types into the castle 40-50 of each type into the castle before they attacked with 4000 troops.  Strat bannable offense - can an admin please look into who was the MB player that did this.  Thank you.

We couldn't even see our item types and we were blocked all the way from even using shields for a while.  Decent chance they added the gear during the 5 hour window of reinforcement when they found out we had a lot of amazing gear inside from battle listing for mercenaries.  So we wouldn't have been able to remove it even if fief owner was present.
We tried to use up as many items as we could but here is the loot list i got in my messages to give you a guide (im not in castle so its all i can do):

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Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: GOBBLINKINGREATLEADER on October 28, 2014, 04:56:10 pm
So the question to take away from this soft-lipped manchild babbling is;

Should we have a strategus team just like we have an item team?
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: chadz on October 28, 2014, 05:01:02 pm
The answer is
Yes


in the time it took both of them to respond to the post they could have looked at the logs and handled things the correct way.

If it would be that easy don't you think we would have done it already?

The thing is: Kesh asks/calls out cmp even though he has in his SIGNATURE that he has nothing to do with strategus. What's the point of that? Apart from trolling? cmp wouldn't even know where to start, I'm not even sure he has access to all the stuff needed. He's a good scapegoat though, I give you that.
All the M:BG devs are busy right now. Like sleep-work-don't-do-anything-else kind of busy. I could do it, but it would probably take me a full day. I don't have a full day right now. Frankly, I dont even have 15 minutes right now. We will look into it when we have the time. Or appoint people for that, and give them the appropiate tools.
Also, it wasn't anyone of the devs who warned/muted him.

Stuff will be done in due time. When we have time. There is no point in demanding stuff when there is simply no time to do it. So yes, we need a strategus team.




Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: BaleOhay on October 28, 2014, 05:06:01 pm
If you need time to look into it, all it takes is a response saying we will look into it and respond accordingly. You have professed several times to want to communicate with your community better. Start with something simple like an acknowledgment?

Him calling people out is not right, however him being an ass seems to be his only way of getting people to respond... for good or ill.

I appreciate you taking the time to respond to my posts and I thank you for it.


Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: CrazyCracka420 on October 28, 2014, 05:07:23 pm
Okay fine you twisted my arm, I'll join the strategus admin/oversight team. 
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: CALAMARI on October 28, 2014, 05:08:59 pm
Kesh, BaleOhay, and Jack1; Strat team '15
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Balikar on October 28, 2014, 05:14:33 pm
The answer is
Yes


If it would be that easy don't you think we would have done it already?

The thing is: Kesh asks/calls out cmp even though he has in his SIGNATURE that he has nothing to do with strategus. What's the point of that? Apart from trolling? cmp wouldn't even know where to start, I'm not even sure he has access to all the stuff needed. He's a good scapegoat though, I give you that.
All the M:BG devs are busy right now. Like sleep-work-don't-do-anything-else kind of busy. I could do it, but it would probably take me a full day. I don't have a full day right now. Frankly, I dont even have 15 minutes right now. We will look into it when we have the time. Or appoint people for that, and give them the appropiate tools.
Also, it wasn't anyone of the devs who warned/muted him.

Stuff will be done in due time. When we have time. There is no point in demanding stuff when there is simply no time to do it. So yes, we need a strategus team.

My initial response was... Awesome.  At least it's acknowledged.  The more I thought about it however, the less it felt 'good.'  In fact, it's a piss poor answer.  Here's why:

1)  Kesh should be unbanned.  He wanted a response.  Any response.  It took a few minutes tops to type up what you just wrote.  That should have been done pretty quickly as this topic has been going on for what, a week?  An official response was needed.  Instead, he had to go over the edge in order to get one.  That's bad customer service.  That's on you.  That's on your forum warriors.  I do agree about the trolling... but again, he was looking for a response.  Think about the time lost now with several people having to respond multiple times, when all it would have taken is one response.

2)  There isn't a strat team.  We're five rounds in, and we don't have a team.  That's a pretty glaring issue.  It's one of the things that Crpg is built around.  It's one of the things that separates it from the pack.   A team should have existed several rounds ago. 

3)  I understand 'time.'  I often tell people 'Time is a commodity of which I do not have.'  You acknowledged the problem, and came up with several solutions (Creation of a team).  Yes, you should make the time to implement them.

4)  Last point.  A company is judged by all of its products.  If one is forsaken, but still on the 'payroll' if you will, and is used as a bragging point (Like 'Follow all the updates on Crpg and M:BG on my twitter...')  Then you still need to take care of it. 

Kesh, BaleOhay, and Jack1; Strat team '15

Might need a few more, and the community should vet the individuals.  Not all will make it.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: chadz on October 28, 2014, 05:35:13 pm
My initial response was... Awesome.  At least it's acknowledged.  The more I thought about it however, the less it felt 'good.'  In fact, it's a piss poor answer.  Here's why:

I agree with a lot that you said, it just was very very bad timing overall. I didn't know of it. cmp doesn't have anything to do with strat. everyone was super busy. etc etc.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Bronto on October 28, 2014, 05:51:24 pm
Okay fine you twisted my arm, I'll join the strategus admin/oversight team.

I got your back Huseby. We can nerd this out together. Hand in hand, into the tidal wave of complaints that are going to drown anyone who dives into this cesspool. I'll be your life preserver.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Teeth on October 28, 2014, 06:20:28 pm
Wait, Strat still exists?
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: GOBBLINKINGREATLEADER on October 28, 2014, 06:24:15 pm
Hi can I trade my item advisor position for strat advisor now thanks
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Smoothrich on October 28, 2014, 06:40:55 pm
I agree with a lot that you said, it just was very very bad timing overall. I didn't know of it. cmp doesn't have anything to do with strat. everyone was super busy. etc etc.

You know I'm sure everyone appreciates an actual response from you and cmp, but people need to give Kesh credit where credit is due, for this hilariously alarmist headline getting you guys to respond. Sure cmp isn't responsible for Strat issues, and we all know the core dev team doesn't have time or resources to handle much of anything for a free, mostly now community-supported mod.

But the Strat game simply cannot function or exist without some administrator oversight, because obviously anything that has the potential to be abused for advantage will be done by someone eventually, and with no consequences for doing stupid shit, ppl will become base animals, raping their neighbors daughters IRL and item bombing Kesh's castles on the internet.

No one wants to play a game that requires relatively enormous time investment for fun payoffs if things are arbitrarily ruined by bugs or exploits.

You know item bombing is one of the biggest problems in Strat, whether intentionally by players or accidentally from engine limits in usable gear + your damaged gear system. That's a thing that would be much more efficiently handled by removing all circumstances that can cause item bombing to begin with design/coding wise instead of banning people after the fact.

Basically I think it'd be best to focus more on improving Strategus itself, let some people with more spare time get a crack at hotfixing Strat bugs or even changing major mechanics while drawing on the years of player frustration (and enjoyment) that many of us are all too willing to share about.

The last thing Strategus needs is more admins and bans, because all of that is one of the worst parts of this or any mod/game.

But diverse builds, community-driven content, epic week long sieges with functional siege equipment and flexible defensive fortifications that don't result in 99 percent of your inventory inaccessible after the second battle, and large clan-based events giving hundreds of spergs a reason to be in teampeak raging or laughing but actually playing and having fun?

Strategus needs its own "rebirth patch" to make it more accessible, streamline the confusing, undocumented, bugged or exploitable mechanics, and give the opportunity for some of our talented community modders to get a chance to work on the most interesting and compelling part of the mod, IMO.

FREE KESH 2014, FIX STRAT 2015, TED CRUZ 2016
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: CALAMARI on October 28, 2014, 06:42:45 pm
Daruvian, you did little this strat but complain. I'd feel more comfortable with people that don't throw in the towel when faced with small obstacles.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: chadz on October 28, 2014, 06:48:05 pm
And just when I thought all hope is lost for Smooth.. he comes back with a post that is intelligent and makes sense, from the beginning to the end.

Yes, I agree entirely.

It's partially what I had in mind, but less of a "rebirth" and more of a "back to the roots"
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Harpag on October 28, 2014, 06:54:01 pm
Cool! If yes, unban this moron Kesh and make fix strat team  :)
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Jack1 on October 28, 2014, 07:03:54 pm
I just want to say that Kesh_The_Grey really gave me a chuckle but he didn't deserve a mute.

Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Balikar on October 28, 2014, 07:04:10 pm
Daruvian, you did little this strat but complain. I'd feel more comfortable with people that don't throw in the towel when faced with small obstacles.

I dare say that makes him a good fit.  He's a lot more impartial than some of the people you'd like... and if it's a big enough obstacle to make him want to quit, then it's probably a big enough one to make others want to quit.  And thus, worthy of notice by a strat team.

Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: CALAMARI on October 28, 2014, 07:05:38 pm
Or he's just a huge trolling crybaby.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: BaleOhay on October 28, 2014, 07:32:50 pm
I dare say that makes him a good fit.  He's a lot more impartial than some of the people you'd like... and if it's a big enough obstacle to make him want to quit, then it's probably a big enough one to make others want to quit.  And thus, worthy of notice by a strat team.

oh good lord could you imagine a strat world moderated by daruvian? Seriously? haha Have you seen his posts?
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Balikar on October 28, 2014, 07:35:11 pm
oh good lord could you imagine a strat world moderated by daruvian? Seriously? haha Have you seen his posts?

Never said it would be a one man team.  ;-)
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: BlindGuy on October 28, 2014, 07:57:48 pm
Kesh is scum, but if he has been banned ingame for forum actions, thats not right tbh.

If what you are worried about is his 100% warn level: that drops in time and isnt a ban.

Side note: why would anyone mess with CMP? have you learnt nothing from me? CMP is a cunt, but he is Cunt Overlord and there is no point angering him, right or wrong, this isn't a democracy, there is no duty of care if we are honest, now is there? If there was some warband issue and you wanted responsibility and accountability from talewords or paradox or something is one thing, but crpg is free...

As for strategus team: take veteran players who know rules and have no interest in strat, I'm sure you can find couple each from EU and NA, I'm guessing you have a compartmentalised system, give them what they need and a forum section/title. Then we solve two problems: Developers of MBG, who owe me a finished game quite frankly, can get back to what they are PAYED to do, and we all trust them to do, and we keep this mod inside active community, with a clearly visible person to direct grief at. Then they can deal with it for as long as they can.



Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Smoothrich on October 28, 2014, 08:14:57 pm
I dare say that makes him a good fit.  He's a lot more impartial than some of the people you'd like... and if it's a big enough obstacle to make him want to quit, then it's probably a big enough one to make others want to quit.  And thus, worthy of notice by a strat team.

Personal bias is everything if you're deciding who to ban or when to enforce rules, and there are countless examples of people actively using admin powers that way. Hell one time some GK I think admin mass banned the entire side of my faction Hero Party from the server at the end of a battle for "delaying" on defense by running around in a gear-bugged battle trying to cause a win by drawing out the timer and fistfighting, so the admin's strat faction could take our trade goods.

We lost because of the mass banning, the admin was removed by cmp I think for blatant abuse (despite pages of the offending EU faction and their allies arguing otherwise), and I'm sure many people involved quit playing Strat regardless afterwords, because of bugs, abuse, and time wasted.

Kesh for example is obviously biased as shit, and would ban a thousand others before once admitting to him or FCC breaking, or violating the spirit, of "the rules." But he still can have good ideas that even bitter Strategus rivals could agree with, and constructively contribute to a discussion of making Strat a better game.

I was an admin and active Strat player myself, and did my best to salvage many bugged or broken maps or mechanics, usually by convincing admins to NOT ban the opposing side over an arguable, biased interpretation of rules. The amount of shit you'd hear from just about every Strat player opposed to you over any meaningful decision was hilarious, but probably real distressing for lots of the community volunteer admins.

I also experienced the flipside, of being told my years old, dozens of looms, 20+ gen level 34 main character account was going to be globally banned because I let a friend attack a city I owned in Strategus in order to pull out broken gear. After three or four nights of feeling real bad about how little fun my team was having in battles where no ranged players could use ammunition until 90 minutes into 2 hour long sieges, even though FCC fairly attacked me to keep me from managing the city, it didn't seem right to force everyone else to suffer hours every night for my mistake, and Blackzilla attacked the city with the intent of fixing the gear and taking over the defenses. Blackzilla even was also plotting behind my back to keep the city or negotiate more power in Hero Party with it as leverage, but misplayed his hand and everyone called him an usurping my old friend, and Hero Party was eventually restructured as Semenstorm and the city given to Rohypnol or something as a compromise.

I thought all of that was real cool and the kind of personality-driven emergent gameplay in spite of bugs that Strat should have, but it ended with me burning out and quitting. The stress of handling the Strat webpage vs a machine like the Kesh-led FCC and dealing with "shadowy admin debate" over globally banning my account cuz of a vague fief transfer rule, made me lose my enthusiasm for this mod and Melee Battlegrounds. FCC immediately stopped all battles demanding I be permabanned for cheating to win, when I just wanted to make the Siege of Ahmerrad something fun instead of something broken, and a bunch of community clowns entrusted with kicking teamkillers off a server were ready to delete my thousands of hours account for it.

We can hate and criticize each other endlessly, but deep down everyone would surely rather rally their friends and allies to own rivals in the game with pitched battles or cunning diplomacy, than circle jerking over the ethics or "rules" of shitty exploitable mechanics.

Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Horns_Archive on October 28, 2014, 08:21:42 pm
Can someone TL;DR this for me I don't want to wade through the titty high radioactive feces that is this thread.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Lt_Anders on October 28, 2014, 09:14:55 pm
Can someone TL;DR this for me I don't want to wade through the titty high radioactive feces that is this thread.

Kesh wants Mcdeath banned. Made post insulting CMP, draws out the real strat dev and info is given. Smooth wants admin back.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Smoothrich on October 28, 2014, 09:39:45 pm
Side note: why would anyone mess with CMP? have you learnt nothing from me? CMP is a cunt, but he is Cunt Overlord and there is no point angering him, right or wrong, this isn't a democracy, there is no duty of care if we are honest, now is there? If there was some warband issue and you wanted responsibility and accountability from talewords or paradox or something is one thing, but crpg is free...

I'd argue many of us have learned that calling out cmp with hyperbole is probably the easiest and sometimes only way to get him to respond haha. I always figured he "gets it" speaking the language of ragers, trolls, and sarcastic gamers, or else many more people would've been permabanned from cRPG by now for shit like this thread. chadz is too friendly and Harald too professional to get mad at, but cmp doesn't have those flaws imo.

Fact is all the admins use his rules as a guide and he's typically the one that would ultimately handle shit like multiaccounts, Strat abuse, global bans, or at least seemingly the maker and keeper of the tools needed for it, on top of god knows how much work programming behind the scenes. So you're gonna want CMP if you want anything done, even if he rightfully does not give a shit about you and your bitching over some stupid issue.

No one blames him, chadz, Harald, or anyone else in the core dev group for using their time productively but I certainly don't trust or expect anyone else to be able to handle any of those issues the way things are, and I think everyone gets that.

I'd say this strat is too old and dead to worry about, but a Strat reboot definitely could use a few game moderators or w/e to address reports and complaints. Hell I can even picture a system where you "report a bug" on the webpage and a few maybe anonymous people can look at it and address any real shitty bugs or failures with compensation like directly giving gold or troops to replace whatever is lost, or directly take away duped items or gold. I've always thought some sort of GM that could do random events like spawning armies to attack and dislocate AFK campers or add funny lighthearted crap during otherwise dead months (like we saw that one glorious time when Fallen was literally carpet bombed) would be good too.


Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Horns_Archive on October 28, 2014, 09:40:58 pm
Kesh wants Mcdeath banned. Made post insulting CMP, draws out the real strat dev and info is given. Smooth wants admin back.

10/10 anders would def give run k thx
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: HarryCrumb on October 28, 2014, 09:51:50 pm
#bringbacksmooth2014
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Sandersson Jankins on October 28, 2014, 09:52:42 pm
oh good lord could you imagine a strat world moderated by daruvian? Seriously? haha Have you seen his posts?

If I COULD imagine a strat world moderated by Daruvian I would rest easier at night, and be blissful during the day.

Truly, it would be a wonderland of spergish delights never before seen.

oh and

SMOOTHRICH
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HEAD NA ADMIN 2014
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: BaleOhay on October 28, 2014, 10:30:01 pm
frank the tank for head strat admin
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Taser on October 28, 2014, 10:31:02 pm
When people that otherwise give kesh -'s and outright hate his guts ingame say he shouldn't have been muted and banned (if he was), you know you done fucked up.

Shit son.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Lt_Anders on October 28, 2014, 10:33:23 pm
10/10 anders would def give run k thx

You're Welcome.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Bjord on October 28, 2014, 10:39:27 pm
Wow, Smooth, you're actually a decent guy behind all that misanthropic trolling.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Smoothrich on October 28, 2014, 11:19:38 pm
Wow, Smooth, you're actually a decent guy behind all that misanthropic trolling.

You know when I was admin I ended up chatting with dozens of constantly banned or about to be permabanned people who all ended up being pretty similar. They really liked cRPG, typically got really good at the game, but would abuse people or rules in the small community cuz of silly shit like being bored by, yet obligated to playing by routine, griefing others to vent stress, or just not caring but ending up amazed at how admins could demand people to write essays about degrading things like "WHY TEAMKILLING IS BAD" or permaban you for being mean in the toggable server chat.

It was stupid but still funny to be like a cRPG Social Worker with repeat offending trolls coming into my Steam chat office to explain themselves, my admin uniform barely concealing the BORN 2 TROLL tattoos up and down my arms and understanding them pretty well.

I think the main thing is that its hard for many people to take a videogame seriously, but cRPG by its nature sucked some people into wasting embarrassingly large amounts of their time on it, becoming attached to their looms and levels as something that was theirs. The idea of permabanning anyone but malicious hackers or unrepentant repeat autoblockers and such is crazy to me, cuz you are taking away something that has meaning or value to someone else, for no purpose but to make yourself feel powerful on the internet. Its stupid. And its something the devs themselves have never done, but the "NA admin team" circus certainly has since I (deservedly) got the boot, and wouldn't want to see people with Strategus oversight powers doing the same thing.

Ironically I banned Kesh for the same reason Kesh made this thread, to basically troll the devs into using their tools to look at an issue in Strat that I felt was sucking out all the fun, but impossible to moderate on our own. Multiaccounting and account sharing in my case. But ideally instead of impotently trying to treat the symptoms, you recognize the causes and fix those instead.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: GOBBLINKINGREATLEADER on October 28, 2014, 11:44:59 pm
no but seriously make me a strat admin

I am impartial.

and professional

so professional im texting this at my job
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Sandersson Jankins on October 29, 2014, 12:52:01 am
It was stupid but still funny to be like a cRPG Social Worker with repeat offending trolls coming into my Steam chat office to explain themselves, my admin uniform barely concealing the BORN 2 TROLL tattoos up and down my arms and understanding them pretty well.

oh god i can't contain my laughter at this image
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Bronto on October 29, 2014, 01:17:08 am
Seriously, even I want to see Smoothrich as admin. I haven't always seen eye to eye with him but goddammit the man makes sense. He understands our community of shitlords, tryhards, and trolls better than most people I've seen post in these forums. The best part is he knows he has flaws but we all do. Go Smoothrich, admin of any sort 2014/2015.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Butan on October 29, 2014, 01:33:34 am
Go Smoothrich, admin of any sort 2014-2388, long may he live.


fixed
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Bjord on October 29, 2014, 09:51:26 am
When he was an admin, I never saw or heard anything bad.

He permabanned Kesh, which was all. And I mean, it's Kesh. He gets over it, as he otherwise would not have the autistic energy to keep going and creating epic battles and drama (thanks Kesh).
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: xxkaliboyx on October 29, 2014, 04:56:21 pm
I just want to point out that Kesh in TS is very calm and cool. He doesn't out burst or cry while in TS. He is a very good leader and knowledgeable. Pretty much what I'm saying is, don't paint a complete picture of him just by his forum post. Idk why he seems like such a asshole on his post, but really is not.

Unmute Kesh 2014
Smooth NA Strat Admin 2014
Lord Dark Vader empire takeover 2015
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: NejStark on October 29, 2014, 05:09:08 pm
Lel imagine typing all that shit and expecting people to read it.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Bjord on October 29, 2014, 05:15:50 pm
Lel imagine typing all that shit and expecting people to read it.

I often read shit.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: polkafranzi on October 29, 2014, 05:28:25 pm
The answer is
Yes


If it would be that easy don't you think we would have done it already?

The thing is: Kesh asks/calls out cmp even though he has in his SIGNATURE that he has nothing to do with strategus. What's the point of that? Apart from trolling? cmp wouldn't even know where to start, I'm not even sure he has access to all the stuff needed. He's a good scapegoat though, I give you that.
All the M:BG devs are busy right now. Like sleep-work-don't-do-anything-else kind of busy. I could do it, but it would probably take me a full day. I don't have a full day right now. Frankly, I dont even have 15 minutes right now. We will look into it when we have the time. Or appoint people for that, and give them the appropiate tools.
Also, it wasn't anyone of the devs who warned/muted him.

Stuff will be done in due time. When we have time. There is no point in demanding stuff when there is simply no time to do it. So yes, we need a strategus team.

You better fucking spin some magic time on the 13th Dec though :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Butan on October 29, 2014, 08:18:11 pm
You better fucking spin some magic time on the 13th Dec though :mrgreen:

Or delay it forever, because releasing a new strategus round without a massive overhaul would be borderline criminal in the actual metagame  :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Smoothrich on October 30, 2014, 04:12:34 am
I just want to point out that Kesh in TS is very calm and cool. He doesn't out burst or cry while in TS. He is a very good leader and knowledgeable. Pretty much what I'm saying is, don't paint a complete picture of him just by his forum post. Idk why he seems like such a asshole on his post, but really is not.

I've known and liked Kesh since I started playing cRPG.  He's well known for being friendly and chill in TS, maybe a bit of a rager if things go real bad during a Strat battle but many people trying to lead are.

What you need to do is get into a major Strat war with a Kesh led faction, represent your faction in the Diplomacy forums, and play on the Strat map against him. Then you'll understand why anyone who likes him can also easily hate him  :P
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: BlindGuy on October 30, 2014, 04:32:46 am
I just want to point out that Kesh in TS is very calm and cool. He doesn't out burst or cry while in TS. He is a very good leader and knowledgeable. Pretty much what I'm saying is, don't paint a complete picture of him just by his forum post. Idk why he seems like such a asshole on his post, but really is not.

Unmute Kesh 2014
Smooth NA Strat Admin 2014
Lord Dark Vader empire takeover 2015

Erm.. I think maybe you are easily led. Kesh is slimey, controlling, a whiner, very passive aggressive, has a very annoying accent (That's most US citizens to people who speak English though, so I don't blame him for that). Many times when he came Eu for battles I had my finger over that ban button, but opted for muting him instead, since I'm not actually an arsehole.

I think Kesh would do very well in corporate management or US politics, maybe used car sales. He has all the skills and no morals.

EDIT: thinking back I wish I had recorded the stuff like when he is an a battle, will not stfu on TS, then starts trying to shout down an active and competent leader because in his warped mind he thinks he can do it better, despite having no grasp on the limits of the players on his team, no clue as to the goal of the faction he was fighting for, and no connection to them whatsoever.

TBH, what he needs is unmuting, because I would probably go full aspergers like too if I cared about something so bad, so inherantly broken, abusable, and boring as strategus. There are faction vs faction largescale organised games out there that are built to purpose. Strat is not built to anything. If you really care at all about cRPG you would delete your strat bookmark and never go back to it, don't click the battles tab, dont read diplomacy section, let it all die, and let everyone concentrate on something that isnt such a fucking waste of space.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: GOBBLINKINGREATLEADER on October 30, 2014, 05:12:51 am
Kesh is slimey, controlling, a whiner, very passive aggressive, has a very annoying accen

I really don't think I could have put it better or more concisely myself.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Dionysus on October 30, 2014, 09:00:31 am
"Do your job"

Why, do you pay them?

The moment someone starts demanding the developers that gave you a game for free to do their "job", as in heeding the demands of every inconsiderate fuckwit, is the moment you lose all sympathy and good will.

Learn some fucking humility, you cheap fuck, or make your own mod and do your "job" there.

If the "© 2010-2014 donkey crew" wants to be taken seriously for their future endeavors with M:BG, then yes, I think they should treat their small fanbase with respect and act professionally to its players...


...which I should say chadz has now definitely done. Really, your reasonable attitude and professionalism has restored my faith in you and the other devs. I hope we as a community can work together to fix the kinks in cRPG to create a great experience for it and eventually M:BG.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Molly on October 30, 2014, 10:14:55 am
Just turn strat off and use the freed up time to work on M:BG...
As a positive side effect, people like Kesh might just leave with it.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Smoothrich on October 30, 2014, 10:24:10 am
Just turn strat off and use the freed up time to work on M:BG...
As a positive side effect, people like Kesh might just leave with it.

Wow nice "Event Manager" here making us pumped up for some cRPG/Strat events lol
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Bjord on October 30, 2014, 11:26:04 am
Wow nice "Event Manager" here making us pumped up for some cRPG/Strat events lol

Wow, indeed. :|
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Molly on October 30, 2014, 11:40:46 am
Wow, so cuz I am Event Manager I am not allowed to state my personal opinion that Strat is utter crap and a waste of time?
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Umbra on October 30, 2014, 11:44:28 am
Was there ever a strat event outside of the sandbox? I dont recall one, might be wrong since i didnt play it much.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Umbra on October 30, 2014, 11:56:14 am
Would official events be viable tho? I could see people getting buthurt from the event disrupting whatever own plans they might have
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Bjord on October 30, 2014, 12:22:45 pm
Wow, so cuz I am Event Manager I am not allowed to state my personal opinion that Strat is utter crap and a waste of time?

Your hostility and disposition to Kesh, as a player, was more of what amazed me than your opinion about Strategus.

He isn't that bad, really. He just shitposts sometimes, but he does contribute to some good things, like making Strategus competitive and fun.

You need people like that, Molly. We don't need them to leave.

You should choose carefully what you say, with your position in this community.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: BaleOhay on October 30, 2014, 12:24:11 pm
Wow, so cuz I am Event Manager I am not allowed to state my personal opinion that Strat is utter crap and a waste of time?

want to know one of the best things about strat? You can opt not to play it. Look at all the time I saved you in both playing and complaining! I need to reach out and let daruvian know that this is possible as well.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Molly on October 30, 2014, 01:26:18 pm
Want to know one of the best things about this forum?
I can choose to have an opinion about something and/or somebody and freely state it.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: GOBBLINKINGREATLEADER on October 30, 2014, 01:51:25 pm
want to know one of the best things about strat? You can opt not to play it. Look at all the time I saved you in both playing and complaining! I need to reach out and let daruvian know that this is possible as well.

some1 clearly isnt aware that i afk'ed outside of New Tamnuh without even opening the strategus page for like 8 months of the current strategus. i have been in like 8 battles and launched none lol. That doesn't mean I can't lobby for changes to strat 6 that i would like to see so that i would actually have fun, and create some factions or battles or roleplay that are actually solely based on fun and obscenely ridiculous stylised roleplay like THE REALM OF THE GOBBLIN KING or The Holy Order of the Gay God.

honestly bruh your comment here was downright pants on head shittarded
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Bjord on October 30, 2014, 02:29:47 pm
Want to know one of the best things about this forum?
I can choose to have an opinion about something and/or somebody and freely state it.

Sure, I agree.

But why alienate a player which contributes to a somewhat fun place, namely Strategus.

Battles are mostly fun in my opinion, but yes, it's generally a bore fest.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: BaleOhay on October 30, 2014, 02:54:02 pm
You certainly can have and state your opinion Molly but telling someone to quit for part of a game you think should be cancelled just seems odd. How has kesh ever impacted your life?

Daruvian even people who never heard of crpg and strat know you did not play this round because it sucks. You state it in nearly every thread. I worry that you scream it randomly at people in the street.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: xxkaliboyx on October 30, 2014, 02:57:04 pm
Erm.. I think maybe you are easily led. Kesh is slimey, controlling, a whiner, very passive aggressive, has a very annoying accent (That's most US citizens to people who speak English though, so I don't blame him for that). Many times when he came Eu for battles I had my finger over that ban button, but opted for muting him instead, since I'm not actually an arsehole.

You come off real self righteous. You Grace us all with your mercy. But seriously  You seem like you make real quick assumptions of people if you think I am easily led. I wouldn't hold any water on you judgement of character based off your post. I mean how many times have you been on TS and spoke to him? Hand full of times maybe? Every Debate has two sides. Please tell me your not a admin. 
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Balikar on October 30, 2014, 03:00:33 pm
You come off real self righteous. You Grace us all with your mercy. But seriously  You seem like you make real quick assumptions of people if you think I am easily led. I wouldn't hold any water on you judgement of character based off your post. I mean how many times have you been on TS and spoke to him? Hand full of times maybe? Every Debate has two sides. Please tell me your not a admin.

Hey hey hey.  I'm the self righteous one on the forums... please reserve those words for me. 
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: GOBBLINKINGREATLEADER on October 30, 2014, 03:56:13 pm
Daruvian even people who never heard of crpg and strat know you did not play this round because it sucks. You state it in nearly every thread. I worry that you scream it randomly at people in the street.

even people who have never heard of you know that your gay LOL
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Molly on October 30, 2014, 03:57:29 pm
You certainly can have and state your opinion Molly but telling someone to quit for part of a game you think should be cancelled just seems odd. How has kesh ever impacted your life?
[...]
Whenever I read something that Kesh wrote, it's alienating, arrogant, demanding and way out of line. That is hardly contributing in a constructive way. I think he acts like an asshole and yes, I wouldn't mind to not ever read anything again coming from him. That is my opinion about his forum appearance and that is all I have to go by. And since this is a forum, it's all I need to know.
I couldn't care less if he's the nicest guy on Earth in real life. That's simply not relevant in here.

Same for Strategus. In my opinion, it's a great idea which simply doesn't work, at all. All it brought was drama, cheaters, abusive behaviour and more drama. Granted, some drama was entertaining but overall, nothing of value came ever out of Strat... that's how I see it.
And I'd rather see the devs spend time on their future product then wasting time beating this dead horse.


And all this is my personal opinion, completely unrelated to my "position" - if you can even call it that - as Event manager. I'll treat everyone the same during an event in my responsibility, even Kesh. Same for anything I use my admin rights on the server for. I am impartial in everything I do "officially". If you doubt that, please make a thread about it somewhere and ask the higher ups to investigate.
Though it's beyond me why anyone with half a brain would even mix that up. Strategus is no event, I am in no way related to that, not my business in any way. As a player, I think it's "not good".

As long as there is Strategus, I'll say that it's not working and should simply stop. As long as Kesh acts like a gigantic asshole, I'll tell him and everyone else.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: GOBBLINKINGREATLEADER on October 30, 2014, 04:16:23 pm
recent developments of the thread summed up:

1. we need a strategus team (smoothrich 4 president, daruvian 4 vice president 2015)
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2. chosen1 got what he deserved
3. 85% of ppl dont like kesh, 15% are his friends so stand up 4 him, overall the same forum drivel of the last 3 years
4. strat 5 was pretty bad
5. generally very low qual shitposting
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Smoothrich on October 30, 2014, 04:43:28 pm
I'll treat everyone the same during an event in my responsibility, even Kesh. Same for anything I use my admin rights on the server for. I am impartial in everything I do "officially". If you doubt that, please make a thread about it somewhere and ask the higher ups to investigate.

Replace Kesh with "friends" and you have the perfect NYPD or LAPD officer.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: BlindGuy on October 30, 2014, 04:59:15 pm
You come off real self righteous. You Grace us all with your mercy. But seriously  You seem like you make real quick assumptions of people if you think I am easily led. I wouldn't hold any water on you judgement of character based off your post. I mean how many times have you been on TS and spoke to him? Hand full of times maybe? Every Debate has two sides. Please tell me your not a admin.

An admin. And sure I have admin rights in teamspeak, why would I not? As to crpg, you KNOW I'm not an admin: there are still people with crossbows and bows running around :D

As to my being self rightous: no, I don't see that. I see that of the dozens of times I've had the displeasure of being in TS with Kesh, not once has he stfu for 2 consecutive minutes, not once has he not been condescending, self rightous, and a fucking muppet. If you cannot see that Kesh is a manipulator and a slime-ball, then I really don't care what you think of me, since your ability to judge others is very fucking bent :D

As to gracing anyone with my Mercy... No, I have never done that, since I have never banned anyone as a punishment (Well, clanmates for a few seconds as a joke, and received same), if I was tempted to ban Kesh from TS it was out of respect for the actual leader of the battle who accepted Kesh as a merc in good faith and ends up with a fucking backseat boss trying to shout down and snidely undermine whatever his hosts are trying to achieve because he hasn't considered for a moment the fact that he isn't an all knowing gift from god.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: xxkaliboyx on October 30, 2014, 05:04:16 pm
The misinformation in this thread is mind boggling. I have been in a Kesh led battle maybe twice and I would not considered us friends. We do not even game together unless we are on the server at the same time and we are not even on the same banner. I'm pretty sure most of us laughing at the Kesh hate is the same way. We aren't his friends, your bias opinions just make us laugh.

You guys should work for the misinformation war department. The propaganda is real.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Bjord on October 30, 2014, 05:38:26 pm
Man, calm the fuck down guys. This is way too serious considering the scene.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: BlindGuy on October 30, 2014, 05:38:42 pm
Huh? I don't hate him. I just don't think he should think he is god's gift, and if you have less experience of him than others, why would your opinion be so much more accurate?

AS to propaganda... I dont think you know what that word means. I don't have any aim, I dont stand to win or lose anything, and I am not trying to convince anyone of anything. Why would I spread misinformation about him in a negative light anyway? he is already muted and apparantly, unless earlier posters used the wrong wording, he is banned ingame. All I have written about that situation is that if he IS banned ingame for something that happened on forum, then that's wrong... reguardless of what I think of him, I don't think the rules are greyscale, and I don't think fairness is either.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: xxkaliboyx on October 30, 2014, 07:03:12 pm
My post was not directly releated to you, it was a broad generalization of the thread. Look up propaganda, that is exactly what is going on here. Biased misinformation opinions being spread on a public forum where anyone can read. If that is not propaganda, you might not know what it means.

That guy is right though. It's not that serious. Btw I have been on TS with kesh many times and observed or creep. Whatever you want to call it

Huh? I don't hate him. I just don't think he should think he is god's gift, and if you have less experience of him than others, why would your opinion be so much more accurate?

AS to propaganda... I dont think you know what that word means. I don't have any aim, I dont stand to win or lose anything, and I am not trying to convince anyone of anything. Why would I spread misinformation about him in a negative light anyway? he is already muted and apparantly, unless earlier posters used the wrong wording, he is banned ingame. All I have written about that situation is that if he IS banned ingame for something that happened on forum, then that's wrong... reguardless of what I think of him, I don't think the rules are greyscale, and I don't think fairness is either.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: BlindGuy on October 30, 2014, 07:15:24 pm
Stop creeping on ppl in TS you phreak!  :twisted:
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Molly on October 30, 2014, 08:35:45 pm
My post was not directly releated to you, it was a broad generalization of the thread. Look up propaganda, that is exactly what is going on here. Biased misinformation opinions being spread on a public forum where anyone can read. If that is not propaganda, you might not know what it means.

That guy is right though. It's not that serious. Btw I have been on TS with kesh many times and observed or creep. Whatever you want to call it
You should have looked up "information" instead of "propaganda".
People stating their opinions is hardly something you'd normally call information. But whatever rocks your boat...
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Leshma on October 30, 2014, 10:16:35 pm
Your hostility and disposition to Kesh, as a player, was more of what amazed me than your opinion about Strategus.

He's not the only one who dislikes Kesh. When I was fresh and unknown player, I noticed Kesh suicide leeching on EU (not sure was it him doing it personally or someone else playing on his account) and tried to report it to an admin. Was ignored because he was Kesh and I was nobody. Few days after that he stopped doing it and admins placed firm rules against suicide leeching. As Sun Tsu said:

Quote
Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small; Though with patience stands He waiting, with exactness grinds He all.

Four years later, there is no respect left for Kesh in this community. Just a boy crying wolf, as cmp said.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Jaren on October 30, 2014, 10:18:44 pm
I have a dream...


A future, not far from now... And a moderately-detailed 2D overlaid map of Calradia chadzia.

One Administrator
(click to show/hide)
, overly-familiarized with the scum and depravity the Community can muster from its guttural depths.
(click to show/hide)

One Donkey, or a body of Donkies also known as a horde of ass, that can determine said individuals.

That Administrator should pull from the Gems of the Community, those both capable of wielding: rationality
(click to show/hide)
, reasonable sense
(click to show/hide)
, and forthright with plan and action
(click to show/hide)
that could pull from a roster of moderately informed Strat Managers
(click to show/hide)
that could then notate, react and be the eyes and ears of the Administrator. As to their direct powers, leave that to GM's or Admins within game.
(click to show/hide)

Since this round is basically a camp session, I'd strongly advise the piecing together of this team as soon as possible.

Strat entails all the greatness of a progressive campaign with the Battlefield-esque ticket source. I love it. I want it to work, shit I even wanna lead clans in the madness it provides.
But to watch it slowly but surely, groan and bog itself down with exploits, bugs, and mechanics that aren't necessarily needed over the past few years really hits me in the feels that make me feel helpless.

TL;DR: 2 wo/men hopefully of good standing, Administrators... And a flock of enthusiasts/QA.


If post looks like garbage, I blame work.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: BaleOhay on October 30, 2014, 10:29:51 pm
to much work for 1 eu and 1 na honestly. would also give to much power to those individuals.

Likely 2-3 per map side honestly with 1 donkey crew (likely would be there to help but not day to day stuff)

keep it separate from the reg battle server admins because what is done on battle should not bleed over into strat stuff.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Jaren on October 30, 2014, 10:52:31 pm
to much work for 1 eu and 1 na honestly. would also give to much power to those individuals.

Likely 2-3 per map side honestly with 1 donkey crew (likely would be there to help but not day to day stuff)

keep it separate from the reg battle server admins because what is done on battle should not bleed over into strat stuff.
Steep request I know... Unfortunately that's the only way I see it becoming functional in an effective way.
All this sitting on our hands while other projects are handled is understandable, but unnecessary.
I'm sure someone amongst the Horde of Ass can determine a few suitable candidates, I just fear those unfamiliar with powers furthering the taint.
So... Accountability is my big thing.

I enjoy typing horde of ass as a reference.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Bjord on October 30, 2014, 11:36:47 pm
ITT: SHIT STORM

WARNING, IF YOU ARE A NORMAL USER, EVACUATE KEBAB FROM PREMISES IMMEDIATELY
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Swaggart on October 31, 2014, 02:52:50 am
This thread is pretty much the reason why I won't play strat again. I always tried to get into it but I never could. I could get past the mechanics, and the fact that it's browser based and you literally have to be attentive to it at a moment's notice (this part is probably the worst, there's times when I can't look at a computer for days because I use one for work extensively). I can get past having to stay up to 2AM to get to a battle when I have to wake up at 6:30AM every morning to make my commute to work. I can get past having to do math to calculate how much silver I'll make, how fast I will move, upkeep and all that shit.

What I can't get past is how fucking retarded people get over this. It's literally mind boggling how seriously some people take it and the lengths they go to. The shitposting, abuse of mechanics, and general ass-hattery makes strat beyond off-putting. This community was much more chilled and relaxed before strat came along. Now it's just split into several camps of people that hate each other over pixel castles and villages.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: GOBBLINKINGREATLEADER on October 31, 2014, 03:08:25 am
Swaggart maybe you should look to an alternative lifestyle. The Gay God accepts all and will bathe you in his Holy Gayness if you will but take the first step on his Righteous path.

http://forum.melee.org/faction-halls/the-holy-order-of-the-gay-god-now-recruiting-na/
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Swaggart on October 31, 2014, 03:13:11 am
Nah dude, IRL gay > Strat Gay, and I'm already living the dream.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: GOBBLINKINGREATLEADER on October 31, 2014, 03:14:31 am
"And then Gay God sayeth unto the flock; why not be both gay in real life and on the internet?"

So it was said, so let His will be done.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Macropus on October 31, 2014, 04:03:29 am
This thread is pretty much the reason why I won't play strat again. I always tried to get into it but I never could. I could get past the mechanics, and the fact that it's browser based and you literally have to be attentive to it at a moment's notice (this part is probably the worst, there's times when I can't look at a computer for days because I use one for work extensively). I can get past having to stay up to 2AM to get to a battle when I have to wake up at 6:30AM every morning to make my commute to work. I can get past having to do math to calculate how much silver I'll make, how fast I will move, upkeep and all that shit.

What I can't get past is how fucking retarded people get over this. It's literally mind boggling how seriously some people take it and the lengths they go to. The shitposting, abuse of mechanics, and general ass-hattery makes strat beyond off-putting. This community was much more chilled and relaxed before strat came along. Now it's just split into several camps of people that hate each other over pixel castles and villages.
I read that imagining the guy from your avatar speaking it, was really cool.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Smoothrich on October 31, 2014, 08:29:48 am
This thread is pretty much the reason why I won't play strat again. I always tried to get into it but I never could. I could get past the mechanics, and the fact that it's browser based and you literally have to be attentive to it at a moment's notice (this part is probably the worst, there's times when I can't look at a computer for days because I use one for work extensively). I can get past having to stay up to 2AM to get to a battle when I have to wake up at 6:30AM every morning to make my commute to work. I can get past having to do math to calculate how much silver I'll make, how fast I will move, upkeep and all that shit.

What I can't get past is how fucking retarded people get over this. It's literally mind boggling how seriously some people take it and the lengths they go to. The shitposting, abuse of mechanics, and general ass-hattery makes strat beyond off-putting. This community was much more chilled and relaxed before strat came along. Now it's just split into several camps of people that hate each other over pixel castles and villages.

Yep that's a real prevailing attitude over Strat, and honestly lots of games like it. So much time you need to invest in getting anything done, esoteric knowledge needed to not make mistakes, and level of commitment to getting everyone to deposit troops, coordinate PP spending in every fief, anything involving goods.. takes a specific kind of person to not instantly get burnt out after a single war campaign. The same kind who make all the shit posts about it. Spergs.

Strategus as is should be called Spergagus. Who wants to sperg the hardest, the longest, and who wants to have the least amount of fun at the end of it all.

Of course spergs will rise into power in any persistent game, but ideally most casual but interested players who prefer fighting over trading and diplomacy will get more than enough self-sufficient gold/troops to continously and worthlessly send well geared 500~ ticket armies into the territory of those spergs to make them rage and give us battles. Make it easy for any Strat player to make or rebuild their own.. warband.. and maybe it won't turn into mega alliance spergdom and afk wasteland.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: pepejul on October 31, 2014, 12:08:50 pm
my mum agrees this topic :

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Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Casimir on October 31, 2014, 12:20:22 pm
i like turtles
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: BlindGuy on October 31, 2014, 08:23:16 pm
esoteric

Nice. Didn't read your post tbh nor anyone's here before I just shittalk, but nice, first time I've seen esoteric used in AGES.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Dutchydave on October 31, 2014, 10:18:50 pm
The funny thing is the strat admins cheat, just like Tydeus did at the beginning  of this round. http://forum.melee.org/strategus-general-discussion/who-is-incharge-of-strategus5/msg994743/#msg994743
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Bjord on October 31, 2014, 10:54:46 pm
Nice. Didn't read your post tbh nor anyone's here before I just shittalk, but nice, first time I've seen esoteric used in AGES.

Or you just Google'd the word and were impressed that a Native English speaker was fairly proficient in their language, unlike you who cannot even spell "comedian".

http://forum.melee.org/general-discussion/kidduis-the-commedian/msg1088819/#msg1088819 (http://forum.melee.org/general-discussion/kidduis-the-commedian/msg1088819/#msg1088819)
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: mcdeath on November 01, 2014, 07:08:35 am
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Niggas gettin tyrannosaurus rekt up in dis bitch.

Real talk doe. If you is a bitch ass nigga den you probably on the crpg dev team. If you is a crying wolf all damn day, den you is probs dat bitch ass nigga kesh. If you is a straight up bundle of sticks den you probs daruvian or sandy. If you is a piece of shit scum of the earth douchebag den you is probably McDeath aka McBan dat mofo masshole and give em dat sweet sweet Raw admin D and go to town on em.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Holiday203 on November 01, 2014, 08:28:15 am
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Niggas gettin tyrannosaurus rekt up in dis bitch.

Real talk doe. If you is a bitch ass nigga den you probably on the crpg dev team. If you is a crying wolf all damn day, den you is probs dat bitch ass nigga kesh. If you is a straight up bundle of sticks den you probs daruvian or sandy. If you is a piece of shit scum of the earth douchebag den you is probably McDeath aka McBan dat mofo masshole and give em dat sweet sweet Raw admin D and go to town on em.

You sunk pretty low doe rofl personally the dev's should just fuck themselves for making a shit game.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Dutchydave on November 01, 2014, 01:36:03 pm
The funny thing is the strat admins cheat, just like Tydeus did at the beginning  of this round. http://forum.melee.org/strategus-general-discussion/who-is-incharge-of-strategus5/msg994743/#msg994743

Just to clarify, when I say "strat admins" I just mean Tydeus.

PS. Who the fuck unlocked my thread that was linked?
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: mcdeath on November 01, 2014, 08:35:01 pm
I gave up on the devs doing anything to help support the game or the player base. I just decided that I should focus on my career as a professional fantasy football player and just continue to be in the top ranked players for NHL 14.

That being said I will humbly decline any further comments on any actions that have taken place in crpg.
Next question please.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Switchtense on November 02, 2014, 11:36:11 am
Makes me glad I don't care about Strat anymore, so I don't have to read through all that shit :D
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Gnjus on November 02, 2014, 12:14:20 pm
And just when I thought all hope is lost for Smooth.. he comes back with a post that is intelligent and makes sense, from the beginning to the end.

Even a blind hen sometimes finds a grain of corn.   :wink:



You should choose carefully what you say, with your position in this community.

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Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: elvis1325 on November 02, 2014, 06:25:49 pm
*Devs wake up and switch on computer, opens up crpg forums*
"I wonder how my people are doing today? Hopefully still pledging thier lives to CRPG."
*Clicks Strategus part of the forum*
"Oh dear, those blasted colonials are complaining again. Ever since 1776 those damned Americans have only been causing trouble. Sometimes I wonder why we even bother to have servers in North America."
*chadz forms an idea*
"I say old beans, I have formulated quite the plan. What if....."
*The devs talk long into the night and decide that next patch shall contain the remedy for crpg.*

What was chadz' idea to make crpg better once and for all? Do they make the ultimate balance? More items? Make strat better? Or shut down NA servers?
You decide.

Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: mcdeath on November 02, 2014, 06:34:45 pm
Squids are still attacking KbW fiefs #lawl

If I had a dollar for every fuck I gave I would be begging for money on the street. The only thing I care about is that you are attacking on the lord's day. #BradyVsManning #BradyIsAGodInHimself #FuckTonyRomo #WorstFantasyDraftEver #INeedPeytonToGetHurtToWinToday #Hashtag



Edit: Holiday remains my favorite squid that plays crpg. Alec comes in second. I don't even know what angello is doing anymore but he would be third.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: dreadnok on November 03, 2014, 05:02:34 pm
It really doesnt take much to get banned on these forums. But fuck, i even know not to call out a developers lineage. Seems any random twat can mute and ban you. I was banned for bringing up a historical fact about native americans, for like 3 months!

    THERE IS ONLY ROOM FOR ONE CRPG GOD THAT'S ALDOGALUS!!!!
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: dreadnok on November 03, 2014, 05:51:53 pm
I have emmanual sanders , demeryious thomas , mohammed sanu,and julian edelman
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: dreadnok on November 03, 2014, 08:17:32 pm
Erm.. I think maybe you are easily led. Kesh is slimey, controlling, a whiner, very passive aggressive, has a very annoying accent (That's most US citizens to people who speak English though, so I don't blame him for that). Many times when he came Eu for battles I had my finger over that ban button, but opted for muting him instead, since I'm not actually an arsehole.

I think Kesh would do very well in corporate management or US politics, maybe used car sales. He has all the skills and no morals.

EDIT: thinking back I wish I had recorded the stuff like when he is an a battle, will not stfu on TS, then starts trying to shout down an active and competent leader because in his warped mind he thinks he can do it better, despite having no grasp on the limits of the players on his team, no clue as to the goal of the faction he was fighting for, and no connection to them whatsoever.

TBH, what he needs is unmuting, because I would probably go full aspergers like too if I cared about something so bad, so inherantly broken, abusable, and boring as strategus. There are faction vs faction largescale organised games out there that are built to purpose. Strat is not built to anything. If you really care at all about cRPG you would delete your strat bookmark and never go back to it, don't click the battles tab, dont read diplomacy section, let it all die, and let everyone concentrate on something that isnt such a fucking waste of space.

Shut up you pompous asshole jerkoff slimeball. Go burn your mouth on some chai tea bullshit garbage twat drink
Title: Strat 5.0 end date
Post by: Jack1 on November 04, 2014, 01:10:35 am
The don't fuck with cmp-O-meter

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1 dick=20% mute
2 dicks=50% mute
3 dicks=100% mute
Dickfinity= the keshining
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: mcdeath on November 04, 2014, 05:38:21 am
I have emmanual sanders , demeryious thomas , mohammed sanu,and julian edelman

FUCK YOU. I have Steve Smith Sr., Mohammed Sanu, Allen Robinson, Marques Colston, John Brown, and Calvin Johnson. THEY ARE ALL SHIT Except for Sanu.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: dreadnok on November 04, 2014, 01:20:58 pm
I have a connundrum every week on who to start mcdeath!! Oooo1st world country problems
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: mcdeath on November 04, 2014, 11:35:34 pm
I think Kesh is the new Chosen1 because he is literally down voting every one of my posts.

Guy complained about how he had no life because he downvoted all of his posts meanwhile he does the exact same thing. #Lawl
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Sandersson Jankins on November 05, 2014, 05:58:00 am
I think Kesh is the new Chosen1 because he is literally down voting every one of my posts.

Guy complained about how he had no life because he downvoted all of his posts meanwhile he does the exact same thing. #Lawl

THIS IS A PUBLIC SPERG ANNOUNCEMENT

Mentioning upvotes/downvotes on the forums is very silly, and shouldn't be done. Also, mentioning the perceived fact that someone has no life is also stupid. We're all my old friendlord nerds here.

However, calling someone a gooch-smooching cuntmuffing is perfectly fine, and should be encouraged.

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Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Harpag on November 05, 2014, 11:46:45 am
Smoochcuntmuffing sounds hahacool but wtf is gooch?
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Jack1 on November 05, 2014, 01:17:58 pm
Smoochcuntmuffing sounds hahacool but wtf is gooch?

The piece of skin in between your balls and asshole.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Harpag on November 05, 2014, 01:44:23 pm
Wow what a precise definition hehehe  English performed by a native speaker is extremely rich. Surely you could be a poet, or at least a writer  :D
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: pepejul on November 05, 2014, 02:16:15 pm
didn't know there was a specific name for this part of my body....  :mrgreen:
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Post by: Jack1 on November 05, 2014, 03:12:20 pm
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Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: dreadnok on November 08, 2014, 09:13:46 pm
The piece of skin in between your balls and asshole.

its a taint
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Jack1 on November 09, 2014, 01:05:42 am
its a taint

there are a lot of words for it.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: mcdeath on November 09, 2014, 02:11:58 am
Correct me if I am wrong but I believe gooch is the term for a male while taint is the term for a female
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: njames89 on November 09, 2014, 02:39:31 am
Correct me if I am wrong but I believe gooch is the term for a male while taint is the term for a female

Quite an honorable attempt old chap. In fact the term is used interchangeably. Gucci Taint.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: BlindGuy on November 09, 2014, 03:40:18 am
Shut up you pompous asshole jerkoff slimeball. Go burn your mouth on some chai tea bullshit garbage twat drink

you think I'm Indian or something that I drink Chai?

Correct me if I am wrong but I believe gooch is the term for a male while taint is the term for a female


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Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Jack1 on November 09, 2014, 04:06:53 am
Quite an honorable attempt old chap. In fact the term is used interchangeably. Gucci Taint.

you have not yet earned your right peasant.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Jack1 on November 09, 2014, 08:16:21 pm
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Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: QuisUtDeus on November 10, 2014, 02:21:27 pm
guys quick, I need a TL;DR version of this collection of words
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Switchtense on November 10, 2014, 06:28:51 pm
guys quick, I need a TL;DR version of this collection of words

Bumhole.

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Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: njames89 on November 11, 2014, 02:57:03 am
you have not yet earned your right peasant.

lol one day ill be a real boy

Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: mcdeath on November 11, 2014, 07:17:31 am
guys quick, I need a TL;DR version of this collection of words

What I got from this thread was lel or lawl. Take your pick bud
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Sandersson Jankins on November 11, 2014, 07:01:07 pm
What I got from this thread was lel or lawl. Take your pick bud

what I got was an

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Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: dreadnok on November 17, 2014, 03:45:08 pm
there are a lot of words for it.

i dont uderstand your bullshit attitude anymore jak. we arguably had the tightest and most professional tourney team and now all we do is argue
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Jack1 on November 17, 2014, 03:49:01 pm
i dont uderstand your bullshit attitude anymore jak. we arguably had the tightest and most professional tourney team and now all we do is argue

You were one slow ass shitcock. When you RP online you aren't supposed to RP yourself.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Balikar on November 17, 2014, 05:31:09 pm
Any updates on the strat team formation?  Will there be a new strat after this one?
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: dreadnok on November 17, 2014, 09:34:06 pm
You were one slow ass shitcock. When you RP online you aren't supposed to RP yourself.


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Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: GOBBLINKINGREATLEADER on November 18, 2014, 02:44:49 am
dreadnok how about you go back home to your hut on Autism Atoll, ok pal?
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: dreadnok on November 18, 2014, 04:43:42 pm
dreadnok how about you go back home to your hut on Autism Atoll, ok pal?

christ, what is it with you jerkoff kids and autism jokes? they are atrocious! im disappointed in darcuntian.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: GOBBLINKINGREATLEADER on November 18, 2014, 05:22:39 pm
you're right
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Bittersteel on November 19, 2014, 11:20:10 am
lol fun thread
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: kasMVC on November 19, 2014, 11:50:34 am
christ, what is it with you jerkoff kids and autism jokes? they are atrocious! im disappointed in darcuntian.

Dread you are the fucking BEST, man. I always loved you, because it's so fucking easy to. You have the most amazing way of insulting someone and making them feel good about it simultaneously. Seriously how do you do it man? You must have a fuck ton of friends I honestly wish I knew you in real life.

When someone insults me they'll just say "You fucking queer" and somehow THAT get's to me. Makes me angry. It makes me angry because its not substantial at all. It's fucking lazy. They didn't take the time to acknowledge my weakness and exploit it. Whether it being I look like a banana or whatever.

You, on the other hand- you come up with such lovely shit right off the bat. Maybe these aren't the best "dread" examples. But the shit I've witnessed you say is a fucking class act man. You do it in such a good way- you insult without making it personal or even pertaining to them. And it's over whatever medium: Ts, in game, or on the forums.

You just ooze coolness You are bad ass bro. And when you "tell someone off" I never think "oh shit that guy got told". No one does. We all just laugh and enjoy the fucking genius that is dread.


I'll forever remember the one time we were all in frisia ts getting ready for a strat battle. There was some annoying SS 16 year old british kid (and yes he ACTUALLY WAS 16) yammering on about some stupid bullshit. He was a right pompous douche. The second you came in you had everyone cracking up. He HATED it. He kept trying to make fun of you and bring you down (because before you came in he was leading the conversation) but you just kept deflecting the shit out of him. You turned around everything he said and did it without really being a dickbag. You had us all laughing.


That's what makes the community great. People like you. Keep it up man. And seriously autism jokes are over played. More than half of you assholes would be lucky to be considered autistic. You have no mental disease and are still sorry excuses for human beings (myself included).


There are a few characters from this mod I will always remember- Dread you are one of them. I was going to pm you, but this is a shit thread and deserved another shit post.

On the off chance a mod is reading this post: I have no feelings one way or another for you.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Sandersson Jankins on November 20, 2014, 12:36:43 am
Not being able to interact with dreadnok on a regular basis is probably the single strongest regret I have for this strategus round being dead, and not playing this game much.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: ArysOakheart on November 20, 2014, 04:44:15 am
Dread is my only close friend on facebook.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: mcdeath on November 20, 2014, 04:59:44 am
Dread is the only person in crpg I trust for fantasy football advice. But then he acts like a huge cock and tells me what a fucking good team he has. Fuck that guy
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: HarryCrumb on November 20, 2014, 04:52:00 pm
dread introduced the tommy toughtits complex. i owe him my virgin bumhole
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: traxits on November 20, 2014, 05:54:02 pm
dread can fuck my bitch
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Smoothrich on November 20, 2014, 06:14:04 pm
Dread you are the fucking BEST, man. I always loved you, because it's so fucking easy to. You have the most amazing way of insulting someone and making them feel good about it simultaneously. Seriously how do you do it man? You must have a fuck ton of friends I honestly wish I knew you in real life.

When someone insults me they'll just say "You fucking queer" and somehow THAT get's to me. Makes me angry. It makes me angry because its not substantial at all. It's fucking lazy. They didn't take the time to acknowledge my weakness and exploit it. Whether it being I look like a banana or whatever.

You, on the other hand- you come up with such lovely shit right off the bat. Maybe these aren't the best "dread" examples. But the shit I've witnessed you say is a fucking class act man. You do it in such a good way- you insult without making it personal or even pertaining to them. And it's over whatever medium: Ts, in game, or on the forums.

You just ooze coolness You are bad ass bro. And when you "tell someone off" I never think "oh shit that guy got told". No one does. We all just laugh and enjoy the fucking genius that is dread.


I'll forever remember the one time we were all in frisia ts getting ready for a strat battle. There was some annoying SS 16 year old british kid (and yes he ACTUALLY WAS 16) yammering on about some stupid bullshit. He was a right pompous douche. The second you came in you had everyone cracking up. He HATED it. He kept trying to make fun of you and bring you down (because before you came in he was leading the conversation) but you just kept deflecting the shit out of him. You turned around everything he said and did it without really being a dickbag. You had us all laughing.


That's what makes the community great. People like you. Keep it up man. And seriously autism jokes are over played. More than half of you assholes would be lucky to be considered autistic. You have no mental disease and are still sorry excuses for human beings (myself included).


There are a few characters from this mod I will always remember- Dread you are one of them. I was going to pm you, but this is a shit thread and deserved another shit post.

On the off chance a mod is reading this post: I have no feelings one way or another for you.

Move to New Jersey and just be yourself. I guarantee you will have dozens of dreadnok types insulting you to your face while everyone laughs at you within a couple days. You probably will think everyone is a huge dick and get scared by hearing all the "mafia accents" and the wild hand gestures people while any "posing" on your front is ripped apart and ruthlessly mocked and you will never want to visit New Jersey again. Or laugh and insult them back and everyone calls you a bundle of sticks anyways but they like you more for it.

Realize that outspoken NJ people like dreadnok and myself just call people out and insult them as a way of peer motivation and shit. Something I realize a lot more after moving from NJ to Minnesota which is disgustingly passive-aggressive and people don't speak their minds and act all reserved. Lots of managers and coworkers are basically just like dreadnok and say funny mean shit criticizing you and you can't help but laugh and maybe agree. Chris Christie the NJ governor and probable 2016 Republican presidential candidate has tons of viral youtube videos of just shit talking people who disagree with him while everyone laughs. He's real "jersey" and everyone wonders if it will work on a national scale or if everyone will think he is a gluttonous raging blowhard prick. I think both are true.

NJ culture is all about bluntly communicating your feelings in a harsh but funny way. So people openly criticize each other while making each other laugh, emotional bursts of "telling it how it is and saying how u feel" all considered normal. NOT calling people out on bullshit or bad manners is what is disrespectful. Everyone in Minnesota thinks I'm a psychopathic retard probably and they are probably correct''


Here's Chris Christie recently I just saw now. He treats a heckler like a ruthless stand up comedian and turns it into how great a leader he is while ripping into the outmatched heckler the entire time. He's hilarious and is going to tear shit up in Republican debates with his Jersey put downs.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: Jaren on November 24, 2014, 04:12:27 pm
Dread's been there for a lot of hard times in our lives, but also the good times...

He's seen it all, through thick and thin and made it out like a beached whale.

I remember when he taught me how to ride my bike, he'd say 'Okay, kid bundle of sticks, here ya go down the hill' and gently tie the pink streamers from my handle bars around my neck for safety.

I remember when I finally was going to lose my v-card, dread callled me a 'pathetic fuckedface achne ridden waste of oxygen' but patted me on the back.
A New Jersey accent explaining busting hymens, now that's a memory I'll cherish.

Honestly, the guy deserve a monument to his cantankerous fun. It will have the metallic form of him leaning over small children in a grocery market probably sticking his fingers through donuts.

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Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: ArysOakheart on November 30, 2014, 11:31:16 am
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How dare you try to bond yourself to Dread, you are nothing compared to him.
Title: Re: Cmpx & Harald - Cheating sanctioned in Strategus both this one and next one
Post by: mcdeath on November 30, 2014, 06:25:52 pm
This thread is still a thing?

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