My logic is garbage? Your words a little strong there. I agree, there are things that a cheater can do that can ruin the game for other people... but again, the rules of my organization do not include those people as targets.
Do they deserve it? In my personal opinion, yes. But there is a certain level of control that must be excercised in this. I've tried not to allow rules that can be abused, and being "Anti-Cheater" or "Anti-MOD" has potential for abuse. And I'll be the first to admit that the VAST majority of cheaters are also PKers (The AI can be so ridiculously easy that the only need to cheat would be against other players). But I feel that it is the responsibility of the server admin to ban these people. Almost every MODder gets kicked at least once by the 1.1 patch. If the admin didn't delete them, then obviously they don't really care about them being there. I would LOVE to see a crack down by server admins everywhere against the MODding community. But let me explain further. MODs can be great. I love playing the Rebalance MOD on my LAN because I feel it adds a great new dimension to the game. But like all things, people like to use them to bully other players.
We will attack those that bully other players. Those words of hatred coming from Magnumfire are the spiteful words of a member who received a Dishonorable Discharge from the service of The Elite for being insubordinate. I hate it when people accuse TE of being hypocritical, because it's simply not the case.
The Elite has chosen to play the game in a different fashion than other people. Like I've said in almost every other post, if you don't like us, you're free to ignore us. Because if you don't PK, we won't target you. And IF my members do attack you without provocation, then please e-mail me at
[email protected] and I will investigate the situation, because in The Elite this is simply not acceptable.
I want to address another issue... some people have been saying we're a "Quantity over quality" group. Yes, we will accept everyone into our ranks. Even former PKers (One of my Majors was on our Most Wanted List for a short time). I believe that people change. I also believe that people get better. When a "clan" turns down a young applicant with not much skill, they may be throwing away a great pilot in the future. So I do accept everyone. (Just thought I'd throw that in there for those who have said something to me).
---Marshall Apollo "FlashFire" Melo
"De Oppresso Liber"