AA - ZMod - TheFallen

[xx-DeCiMaToR-xx]

Admin's INGAME name: TheFallen.ibis.a
You're INGAME name: xx-DeCiMaToR-xx
Server: ZMod
Map: Zm_Littlecity and Ze_MakoReactor
Date & Time: 5-6PM EST August 13th

How did he/she abuse (See TOS): Kept cancelling RTV votes and mapvotes, switching the map to either Littlecity or Mako Reactor. While on Littlecity would slap himself into the best cading spot in the beginning of the round. While on Makoreactor would change his gravity to virtually nothing and float around the map to descend upon the CTs and tag them all. This also occured on August the 11th, sometime between 9AM and 3Pm EST, although I can't remember the specific times.

[TheFallen927]

Only slaped my self to that spot one. The rest of the game i was in the crate at ct spawn. Also when my gravity changed i did not get any kills from it.

[ZERO]

Demo....

[Rage]

He clearly just admitted to it! Thats like having a murderer confess to the crime and still trying to prove he did it...

[KɅΞW]

Quick question, are admins allowed to change personal gravity?

[Hitman]

Like Zero said, Demo or it never happened.

ftp://208.43.70.233/

Look for it there

[acolyte_to_jippity]

Quick question, are admins allowed to change personal gravity?

they're not supposed to. i mean, once in a great while it might be funny, but obtaining any benefit from it is bad. i would say don't fuck with gravity unless it is broken, in which case you reset it to normal and that's it.

[Link]

Changing one's own gravity to gain an advantage over other players is easily against the rules, imo.

In the past, I have manipulated my own gravity, but not to prevail over other players whose gravity is standard. It's used, sparingly, on fun occasions...not to help me beat out the other players.

Look at the intent. Just changing gravity is and of itself not necessarily abuse (except when you do it and the whole server dies, every round, because gravity is 9999....evil...:P). There must be a context to the abuse.

If what the OP said is true, and gravity was changed so humans could be tagged by a zombie, then yes, that qualifies as abuse imo. If it was meant as fun and in a joking way, that lessens it only slightly. I'm sure there were people who'd be pissed about getting tagged because an admin changed his own gravity to do so. A demo is needed so the truth can be determined. Without it, there is no case.

[ZERO]

But unfortunately we can not know the context without a demo being provided...

[Evil]

I would say changing one's gravity to gain an advantage from other players would be admin abuse.

"You are only allowed to use the slap command on other people If it is for admin purposes only."

You can't abuse the slap command unless it is for a legitimate purpose. Trying to get to someplace while the game just starts and others are still looking for a place to go could be considered admin abuse.

@Hitman That's the link for Gungame.

ftp://208.43.70.234/ That's the link. :wtg:

[gin]

don't know if you can call this admin abuse, but have a look at the beginning of the game

[xx-DeCiMaToR-xx]

If that's about setting himself to be the 1st Zombie, I wouldn't call that Admin Abuse, because it's a map necessity. Mako Reactor should seperate the first spawn from the rest of the CTs, but it doesn't since CTs have seperate spawn sections. The CTs trapped with the zombies have virtually no chance of defending themselves from getting tagged, and the end result is that there is a crapload of zombies right from the get go that makes the map very hard to win. An admin zombie can prevent this from happening, as long as you don't try and shoot to kill him in the first few seconds.

EDIT: Should be in here -
ftp://208.43.70.234/auto-20110812-182230-zm_little_town.dem
ftp://208.43.70.234/auto-20110812-135148-zm_little_town.dem

[Rezel]

If the map has an issue it should be fixed, no admin should have to turn himself into the first zombie ever..

[acolyte_to_jippity]

If the map has an issue it should be fixed, no admin should have to turn himself into the first zombie ever..

agreed. but, that's kinda like saying that a smart car has right of way at a stop sign, when there's a hummer sitting there. in theory, yes, the golf cart gets to move first. in practice, since the golf cart would barely even dent the hummer, the hummer gets to move.

[maynard]

admin abuse = not following the TOS, server rules and using your admin powers 2 give your self an advantage over others by using admin commands.