Quote Originally Posted by maynard View Post
but my point is that hacking is about as bad a thing you can do on CSS.
This will probably bring fire and brimstone down upon me…but, I've always been a straight shooter and have already prepared my soul for hell, so here it is:

Hacking is more annoying than anything. It's about as annoying as admin abuse, but neither of them are the worst possible thing that could happen to the server.

Hacking is annoying but rather simple to fix. You can just jump into spectate or get the attention of an admin. But at the end of the day, we all know these hackers are usually some random fucktards who couldn’t go head-to-head with any of us legitimately. But, more importantly they don’t represent the server.

Admin abuse, on the other hand, is as equally annoying as hacking but much harder to fix, as you can’t just jump into spectate to avoid them as they’ll kick ya from there too. You can’t call another admin to ban them either, but I’ve seen many more people get picked on by admin abuse on this server than hacked. They’re those guys that think having a video game admin gives them a bigger penis. But, in the end, it’s still that microscopic flagellum it’s always been ever since they first picked up the awp 5 years ago after “lawling” from the Boom! Head Shot! video. But the worst part is because they represent the server as admins they leave everyone with a bad taste in their mouth about the server, which leads me to my next point.

The worst possible thing that could happen to the server is if people stopped consistently playing on it. That’s the regulars who come day-in, day-out. A lot of them don’t have admin but whatever be their compulsion, they come to fill this server every day. Without the regulars the server dies faster than stage V lung disease. I’ve heard from many regulars on this and have sort of taken on the role of representing their voice in this discussion.

Speaking of this discussion, this really isn’t a debate whether he was hacking or not. I think the evidence is clear. He was definitely hacking. It’s now a discussion of how to pass judgment. If the server wants to mindlessly go about implementing draconian measures, so be it…end of discussion. On the other hand, if reason and logic have any sway then all the evidence needs to be considered when passing good judgment.

All that the regulars are saying is, Rice was a different type of hacker. He was like Omar from The Wire. Yes, he’s gay as fuck, but he’s also cool as fuck. What I mean by this is how Omar only robbed people “in the game” such as other drug dealers, from what I saw there at the end, Rice tended to only hack others “in the game” i.e.) other hackers and abusive admins. I think a lot of the regulars respected that about him, if not “respected” they at least acknowledged him as one of the regulars. The problem was, because HE was hacking he became paranoid and suspected EVERYONE else was hacking too…which is blatantly not true. For all of this he needs to be punished.

But, most of us regulars think that Rice needs to be punished but not perma ban’d. Give him a chance to learn from this mistake. His skill set has now improved to the point that he can face us legitimately, man-to-man if he makes that choice. I think this could be a good, “Take-the-training-wheels-off” moment for Rice.