Fri Jun 27, 2003 7:51 pm
For the record - Elite server
We've been at this for over 3 months now on Elite server and I figured it time to clear the air about what may be some misconceptions/misinterpretations. Consider this a state of the server address if you will. This isn't designed to do anything but clear the air. Flames will either be ignored or simply deleted.
Since DA released the patch to stabilize the servers (among other things) there has been an enormous amount of pilots being auto-booted for "possible cheating detected." Reasons include the use of ANY mods, ANY cheats, and MOST hackers. Depending on the severity of these auto-boots, players may have been banned permanently. The rules of this server are right on the server news. People continue to try to break the rules and that's fine, but please, do not be surprised when you're banned because you chose to ignore the rules.
After this long, we've gotten pretty good at identifying the pilots that try to fly under the radar in the hope we don't catch them doing something wrong. PK'ing is still off limits in Liberty space and if you're busted doing it, you're gone. We do reserve the right to engage in a conversation with you if you PK in Liberty space (also clearly noted on the server news as off limits) and have in the past unbanned a few kind souls that have pleaded their case very well and not broken the server rules since. We do have many many many "spys" on the server watching for rule breakers. These spys have the utmost integrity and do have only one thing in mind, to keep the server clean and friendly.
Since the release of the cloaking mod, we've been banning people daily, that's a fact (also clearly noted as against the rules on the server news). We use all resources to keep them off the server and so far have been fairly successful. We have several server tools that aren't exactly public domain at our disposal. I can honestly think of only one time in over three months where someone was banned mistakenly. That was a simple typo mistake and it was quickly rectified. All other bannings have been for a darn good reason and after research, not just by word of mouth all the time. It doesn't make any sense to ban everyone on a quality server like this and we know that.
We have some ideas up our sleeves for our community to make things a bit more exciting. Stay tuned, but please, don't come on Elite with a MOD or HACK, or CHEAT of any kind and no PK'ing in Liberty. Keep these simple rule in mind and you'll always be a welcomed family member of Elite.
Since DA released the patch to stabilize the servers (among other things) there has been an enormous amount of pilots being auto-booted for "possible cheating detected." Reasons include the use of ANY mods, ANY cheats, and MOST hackers. Depending on the severity of these auto-boots, players may have been banned permanently. The rules of this server are right on the server news. People continue to try to break the rules and that's fine, but please, do not be surprised when you're banned because you chose to ignore the rules.
After this long, we've gotten pretty good at identifying the pilots that try to fly under the radar in the hope we don't catch them doing something wrong. PK'ing is still off limits in Liberty space and if you're busted doing it, you're gone. We do reserve the right to engage in a conversation with you if you PK in Liberty space (also clearly noted on the server news as off limits) and have in the past unbanned a few kind souls that have pleaded their case very well and not broken the server rules since. We do have many many many "spys" on the server watching for rule breakers. These spys have the utmost integrity and do have only one thing in mind, to keep the server clean and friendly.
Since the release of the cloaking mod, we've been banning people daily, that's a fact (also clearly noted as against the rules on the server news). We use all resources to keep them off the server and so far have been fairly successful. We have several server tools that aren't exactly public domain at our disposal. I can honestly think of only one time in over three months where someone was banned mistakenly. That was a simple typo mistake and it was quickly rectified. All other bannings have been for a darn good reason and after research, not just by word of mouth all the time. It doesn't make any sense to ban everyone on a quality server like this and we know that.
We have some ideas up our sleeves for our community to make things a bit more exciting. Stay tuned, but please, don't come on Elite with a MOD or HACK, or CHEAT of any kind and no PK'ing in Liberty. Keep these simple rule in mind and you'll always be a welcomed family member of Elite.
