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Oh, I'm sorry. You're not done trolling then? Okay. Well, cheers.

My apologies for getting worked up, but I think you might as well close the thread. It is obvious this kid knows he's in the wrong. He's simply trolling. He falsely accused an admin of being abusive, then got told why his accusation is wrong, now he's trolling the shit out of everyone. I think I speak for everyone when I say this thread is done.

I'm not even going to bother. This kid is a total moron. His parents must be so proud.

Now you're just trolling. GTFO.

You're really an idiot. You get called out on being ignorant and having no idea how running a server works, your entire argument becomes void, so instead of apologizing for being an ignorant asshole, you insult us. Good going, kid.

Being logged into the game server is not the same as accessing the server console from the physical server. Educate yourself, or GTFO. He logged into the game, then he had to minimize and use remote desktop to log into the physical server so he could restart the server.

OP, it's people like YOU who sours the server admins. I do it out of the kindness of my heart. Most people understand that. Then you get people like yourself, who want to act like entitled little brats and give server admins a hard time. Stop being an asshole and rather be grateful we run servers in the first place.

Yeah, this sounds like a hacker. Why immediately jump to blame the admin?

Rocket's solution wasn't working, the last time I checked.

Those servers are probably still on the old mission file' date=' or they edited it. If you can, let the admins of those servers know there is a new mission file out. If those players are too lazy to go check the control screen, they can google it. There's no need to enable an immersion breaking feature so that a few noobs can learn how to vault fences.

Exactly my point.

And there's the issue. The rule set is pathetic at best. It basically says players can get away with anything aside from outright hacking or malicious talk.

The rules say we are allowed to ban for disruptive behaviour. DCing to avoid death is an exploit and therefore disruptive behaviour. We are fully within our rights to ban DCers.

And I still disagree, because there's nothing wrong with going somewhere safe quick, minimizing the game and googling something or checking the DayZ forums for it. You make it sound like a chore. It isn't. BTW, the removal of Side is also part of the Alpha test.

Let's put it this way then. You want to encourage a friendly atmosphere, and you're saying that the removal of Side chat hampers this. I can only assume this is because players don't know what to make of other players they spot in the distance and simply assume they're hostile. I say in the distance, because if they were closer you could use Direct comms anyway. Now let's put it this way. You see someone in the distance, and assume he's hostile (which you should be doing regardless of Side chat or not). You're trying to encourage a friendly atmosphere, so why should being unable to communicate with him be an issue? If you're not sure whether someone can be trusted or not, why not just sneak away? There's no need shoot him.

Also, I'd like to point out that this is nonsense. A communities' friendliness is not dependent on the ability to telepathically talk to each other. People treat each other as hostile because they want to shoot each other. If they wanted to avoid shooting each other, they would. I respect your vision for your server, Greyson, but it's not dependant on Side chat.

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No, not sigh. Why should a feature that shouldn't have been in the mod in the first place be returned simply because you do not have proper avenues to communicate with your players? We've got a forum for our server. If anyone has issues on the server, they can take it there and people are bound to respond to it. You can do the same. There are bajillions of free forum hosting sites available to you. Use them. No need to bring back a feature which cheapens the game experience just because you think people should be able to scream halfway across the map for help if they're bleeding out in Berezino or want to discuss bugs you encounter in-game. A friendly atmosphere does not come from Side chat. In fact, Side chat was one of my most important tools back in my bandit days.

I'll just state my objective observations here. My server has been emptying at night. Most nights, I'm lucky if there's 5 people online. This was previously a bustling server. Now for the opinion bit. The night is too damn dark. I've never, in my life, experienced a real life night where I couldn't see my hand in front of my face. And I practically grew up on my grandparents' farm out in the country at one point. People don't want to play when the screen is so dark they might as well turn it off. And I don't blame them. And fuck the flares and NVG suggestion. Flares attract zombies and other players. And NVG are incredibly rare besides. I bet all these so called 'Hardcore' players will be bitching the loudest of everyone about the darkness if they get killed and lose their NVG.

So the removal of side chat now means that if you spot a survivor in the distance you've got no way to talk to him and/or don't know whether he's friendly or not? Good. This is the zombie apocalypse. The mod is right on track then.

Au revoir.