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[MaximusPayne]

Granted, this doesn't happen very often but when it does, I quickly reach for the logout button...
This one time, in puglandia, my team of mech misfits tried (again) to win by splitting up into separate groups. Even though I tried in vain to rally the troops to a common point to engage the enemy, our numbers quickly dropped to 10v12, then 7v11, then 3v10 before I went down with guns blazing. As I went to spectator mode, I notice one of our survivors was fighting the good fight by himself. When he fell, we all switched to spectate the final team mate who was critically damaged and running away from the fray. He jj'd up to a high point on the map and then powered down
...with 7 minutes remaining. For some reason, he thought it necessary to make us all wait out the rest of the match in order to avoid racking another D in his K/D count. This has happened once before and the cowa- player admitted to "hiding like a btch" (his words, not mine).

Guys, I'm here to play a game by swapping laser fire with fellow mechwarriors. I seriously doubt anyone gives a crap about your personal stats, even if you do. Thankfully, the solution to this problem can be remedied with the game's built in tools. I suggest, for every second a player powers down, he loses a point from his score. This way, he keeps his precious K/D from dropping and, in exchange, he drops out of my tier so that we never cross paths again. See? A win-win for everyone.

/pats self on back

[Master Pain]

This is why i don't play skirmish.

[Kira Onime]

Blue Boutique, on 17 September 2015 - 05:31 PM, said:

If he played and you call him out, that's against the TOS.

http://mwomercs.com/...nduct-expanded/

Never once mentioned you cannot call a player out.
Only thing remotely close to what you are saying is "Persistent non-participation in core game mechanics."

Also want to point out how shutting down and waiting for the match to end can be considered greifing, especially during this event since you are punished for leaving a game early.

Edited by Kira_Onime, 17 September 2015 - 05:39 PM.

[Mystere]

Kira_Onime, on 17 September 2015 - 05:37 PM, said:

http://mwomercs.com/...nduct-expanded/

Never once mentioned you cannot call a player out.
Only thing remotely close to what you are saying is "Persistent non-participation in core game mechanics."

Also want to point out how shutting down and waiting for the match to end can be considered greifing, especially during this event since you are punished for leaving a game early.

Because you and many others insist on looking at the wrong thing. Here is the relevant rule.

[Kira Onime]

Mystere, on 17 September 2015 - 05:40 PM, said:

Because you and many others insist on looking at the wrong thing. Here is the relevant rule.

Indeed, I was wrong.

Still gona call out a player purposely shutting down in a hard to find area when the score is 2-11.

[Mystere]

Kira_Onime, on 17 September 2015 - 05:47 PM, said:

Indeed, I was wrong.

Still gona call out a player purposely shutting down in a hard to find area when the score is 2-11.

Then you would be in violation, and shouldn't complain when reported and banned, especially because the rule clearly states what you can and cannot do in such a situation.

Edited by Mystere, 17 September 2015 - 05:49 PM.

[Davegt27]

Well let’s not jump off the deep end

We have enough deductions already
Stop sitting around thinking of ways to make the game worse

[Kira Onime]

Mystere, on 17 September 2015 - 05:48 PM, said:

Then you would be in violation, and shouldn't complain when reported and banned, especially because the rule clearly states what you can and cannot do in such a situation.

I back myself up taking screenshots of the situation when/should it happen.

[Pjwned]

Mystere, on 17 September 2015 - 05:48 PM, said:

Then you would be in violation, and shouldn't complain when reported and banned, especially because the rule clearly states what you can and cannot do in such a situation.

I've reported a player's position in that sort of situation at the very least a dozen times, and I've yet to be punished or even warned a single time, so whenever somebody says to be wary of being banned my response is that it's an empty threat. I also think that either the rules or the game mechanics should be changed so that they're against the hiding player and not in favor, but that's a different issue.

That said, I don't judiciously rat people out just because they're taking a little while to die, so naturally it doesn't happen very often--and no I don't care if people still get buttsore about it when considering that.

Edited by Pjwned, 17 September 2015 - 06:47 PM.

[Mystere]

Pjwned, on 17 September 2015 - 06:45 PM, said:

I've reported a player's position in that sort of situation at the very least a dozen times, and I've yet to be punished or even warned a single time, so whenever somebody says to be wary of being banned my response is that it's an empty threat. I also think that either the rules or the game mechanics should be changed so that they're against the hiding player and not in favor, but that's a different issue.

That said, I don't judiciously rat people out just because they're taking a little while to die, so naturally it doesn't happen very often--and no I don't care if people still get buttsore about it when considering that.

That's because you have not been reported ... yet.

[Pjwned]

Mystere, on 17 September 2015 - 07:08 PM, said:

That's because you have not been reported ... yet.

I've had people whine about it once or twice in-game before, so I would think it's happened at least one time.

[Kavoh]

Pjwned, on 17 September 2015 - 07:17 PM, said:

I've had people whine about it once or twice in-game before, so I would think it's happened at least one time.

"I've not been caught for this crime, so clearly its not illegal!"

[Vlad Ward]

What makes you think the people that do this give a **** about their KDR?

Whenever we hear from people like this in other threads, it's made abundantly clear that they're just awful sports who want to throw a big middle finger at the other team (and many times their own team, who they have decided are awful and deserve it just as much for not carrying their machine gun spider).

Edited by Vlad Ward, 17 September 2015 - 08:09 PM.

[Alek Ituin]

Lets be honest here: You should be able to give the location of AFK's and DC's to the enemy team without fear of reprisal.

[Kodyn]

Meh, I see this constantly...usually someone calls out their location, so I don't have to do it and risk the report, but it's irritating either way.

The other end of this is when you have teammates who call out your location when you're alive and fighting, just because they assume you could hide, and want the match done. That happened to me today, and really pissed me off, especially since I was in a light and had a chance to get a kill if I could have played it out.

I wish there were consequences to both...reporting 3-4 guys who all call out your location takes too long and is too much work for probably zero gain, and apparently no one reports shut-downs, or the guys calling out those locations either. In game reporting would be a useful feature here.

[Mechwarrior Buddah]

Kira_Onime, on 17 September 2015 - 05:24 PM, said:

Feel free to press F9 and get the coordinances of his mech. The first 2 sets of numbers you'll see.
Give out said position to enemy team.

As ghosting isnt against the rules.

Its against the spirit of the rules

Alek Ituin, on 17 September 2015 - 08:23 PM, said:

Lets be honest here: You should be able to give the location of AFK's and DC's to the enemy team without fear of reprisal.

you can

[Mechwarrior Buddah]

Actually, dunno. This was the first mail I got about this:



lol fixt after 2.0

then I got



Then most recently I asked and they said

Edited by Mechwarrior Buddah, 17 September 2015 - 08:43 PM.

[FupDup]

Mechwarrior Buddah, on 17 September 2015 - 08:43 PM, said:

Actually, dunno. This was the first mail I got about this:



lol fixt after 2.0

then I got



Then most recently I asked and they said

Which one of those is supposed to be their position at the time?

[Sarlic]

FupDup, on 17 September 2015 - 08:44 PM, said:

Which one of those is supposed to be their position at the time?

All of them.

Allthough Reppu was a nice guy. Perhaps changed name?

[Mechwarrior Buddah]

FupDup, on 17 September 2015 - 08:44 PM, said:

Which one of those is supposed to be their position at the time?

Im assuming the most recent one oh I forgot to put in the time on that one

I think he's gone as I havent gotten a message back from R in forever

Edited by Mechwarrior Buddah, 17 September 2015 - 08:51 PM.