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The Mind Games™ Server Rules spelled out for you.
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No Cheating:
Any attempts to manipulate the game world or use external programs to gain an unfair advantage will result in immediate and permanent ban from our playing community. You will be kicked and banned permanently if at any time any cheats or cheat files are detected, no matter if you are using them or not, no matter if you feel they are not cheats!
What we consider to be cheating is according with HLGuard, WWCL, CAL and OGL. Config hacking is cheating and will get you permanently banned.
Counter Strike is a game designed to be played between human opponents on a level playing field and any unethical conduct will not be tolerated.
We highly recommend that all players play the game without modifications. Buy scripts are acceptable as long as they have no console spam to them (announcing in console what you bought) - these types of buy scripts are very n00bish and are unacceptable.
Any game modifications are at your own risk. Player skins and custom models are acceptable for public play but are discouraged. If at any time a modification you have made is detected as a cheat you will be kicked and banned permanently!
Ghosting:
Chase cams are locked to a first person team view to help stop LAN cheating. LAN cheating is where one player, after dying, passes information about the current round to another player in the same room or via a voice communication program. No use of third party voice chat programs (Ventrillo, TeamSpeak, Game Voice, Roger Wilco etc...) will be tolerated regardless of your intent. Since these types of programs can assist LAN cheating, the use of these programs is forbidden here and will result in you being banned.
Map Glitching:
You will be kicked and/or banned for using map glitches. Map glitches are bugs in maps that enable players to get from one place to another that you would not normally be able to get through. Any boosting through solid surfaces will result in your permanent banning.
Safety Banning:
The anti-cheating programs are always a step behind the cheating community. As such, we will ban a player who we determine is just too good to be true. Either the player is a professional level player or is cheating in some way. In either case, they do not fit into the intermediate level of play on our server and will be removed. These types of bans are rare and can be disputed in the ban inquiry forum.
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PG-Rated Environment:
The Mind Games™ server is a PG-Rated environment. Our server is not for kids, although we have a number of young players that play here. That being said, we will not tolerate immature behavior regardless of one's age. We expect everyone to conduct themselves in a clean and positive way.
Swearing will happen, but it is discouraged. We have a word filter and its main purpose is to stop comments that lead to players disrupting the server and game play. Going around the word filter will get you kicked. There is no need for trash talking or name calling - just play the game.
Racist, religious or bigoted remarks of any kind will not be tolerated. You will certainly be kicked and most likely banned for such remarks.
There will be no political talk in the server. Any attempts to provoke other players will result in permanent ban. The use of pornographic or otherwise unacceptable decal sprays will not be tolerated.
Be aware that our Admins will ask you to change your name if your name is unacceptable. To change your name you must leave the server as our server blocks name changes.
Team Play and Game Objectives:
Bomb Maps
Terrorists:
When you spawn with the bomb, use either voice chat or team-only text chat to tell your teammates which site you are heading to. If no one knows where you are going, or worse, if you aren't going anywhere, your team will have an exceedingly difficult time completing its objective. This is not a deathmatch game - get the bomb to a site and plant it. The result of not calling a bomb site or not heading towards that site is no different than the result of other actions that impede the progress of your team.
Stick with your team. If you are protecting the flank while your team advances towards its objective, notify your teammates of your plans. Once your team has secured the site, or if they encounter stiff resistance and require your assistance, get up there and help them! You may pick up a couple garbage frags on the flanks, but if it is done so at the detriment of your team, you are not helping. Don't be a sissy and always guard the flank, get up front and really help your team. If you become known as a flanker or a frag-whore, your time with us will be brief.
Do not camp spawn! Keep moving with your bomb carrier, secure the objective and get that bomb planted.
Counter-Terrorists:
Keep your teammates informed if you see the bomb carrier. When a teammate tells you that the bomb is at a different site, hurry up and get there! When the bomb is on the ground, defend it! When the bomb is planted, get there and defuse it! If you are camping one site, and you see all of your teammates die at the other site, you are almost certainly in the wrong place! None of our maps is so large that you cannot traverse between the two sites in time to defuse the bomb. React to the information from your teammates and help your team win the round. If you do not make an effort to get to the bomb to defuse it, you will not be long for our server.
Hostage Maps
Terrorists:
Do not intentionally wound or kill a hostage.
Counter-Terrorists:
The objective is to rescue the hostages. Deliberate hostage killing for the purposes of winning the round will at the very least result in a temp ban. We understand that the preposterously poor AI of the hostages can make the rescue process more difficult than it should be. You need to factor in the hostages' stupidity in your tactics. If you take most of the round time to just reach the hostages, you will almost certainly not have enough time to maneuver them to the rescue point. To reiterate, the objective is to rescue the hostages. Do not camp. Get to them with enough time to get them out.
Other Maps
Do not spawn camp on maps that don't obviously allow for it. These maps are fast-paced deathmatch maps. No one wants to watch you crouch in a corner for 2 minutes when you are the last one left. Get out there and get shooting!
Unsupportive of your team:
Your team's objective is your goal here, work with your team or you will be removed. If you are playing without sound or listening to music while playing you are in no position to help your team. The same goes for being on the phone or eating. If you need to listen to music, use the phone or have something to eat, please leave the server until you are able to help your team. Sound is an important aspect of the game, both for tactical and communication reasons. If you cannot hear, you are not being adequately supportive of your team and you will be removed.
If you are off doing your own thing and do not attempt to help your team when backup is called for, you will be kicked.
If you are playing for frags and not in pursuit of your team's objective, you will be removed.
If you have plans to be a diversion or guard the flank, it is your responsibility to let your team know what you are doing.
If you need to be AFK, leave the game and come back when you are ready to help your team. You will be kicked if you are AFK; habitual offenders may find their stay off the server to be even longer.
Ditching the bomb:
You will be automatically kicked by the server if you drop the bomb. Intentionally ditching the bomb in places your team cannot recover it from will get you banned. There is no good reason for not carrying out your turn to be the bomber. If you refuse to run the bomb or plant after a warning you will be kicked and banned. If you do not want to be bothered with planting the bomb when it is your turn, go find a server that runs like a death match.
Deliberate suicide:
Deliberate suicides, whether intentionally damaging yourself or hitting 'M' to suicide will result in a kick. If you are not here to play the game and help your team accomplish its team goal, then you are on the wrong server. This includes suiciding to avoid a TK punishment.
Stacking:
No team stacking or clan stacking. We run this server to have friendly games and not so that players can frag hunt and beat down an overmatched team.
Playing your clan or group of friends against the others on the server will not be tolerated in any way; all players must hit Autojoin upon entering the server. We restrict outside clans to no more then 2 players during any high traffic times to stop outsiders from displacing our Regs. All players in clans are expected to represent that clan and wear its tag. Removing your tag to get around the clan restriction will result in a perm ban for that clan. We will not tolerate clan raids or stacking parties - keep that crap to your own server. Don't waste our time or server slots with your childish antics.
Mind Games™ is not run as a competition server, league server or as a Pub server. It is for our members and our community - we allow others to join in play only if they are able to comply with the rules and conduct themselves in an appropriate manner.
We run our server as an objective team play server, meaning your team's objective is your goal here - work with your team or find another server.
The level of play would fall into an intermediate class. If you are a professional caliber player you will be asked to find another server that would give you a challenge.
Player Names and Player Accountability:
Smurfing is the use of multiple names to play on our servers. There are many reasons why Admins and Regulars should know who they are playing with. If you want to play on our server pick a name and stick with it.
Names that match or are derived from names of Admins or known Regs are reserved, if you are told that a name is already taken by am Admin or Reg, you will have to get another name or find another server. Failure to comply will result in a temp ban to get the point across, if a player refuse to comply they will be permanently banned.
Smurfs may see the server list all of their previous aliases in-game, their names changed to JustAnotherSmurf or receive a kick and temp ban. These are all warnings that you may find yourself permanently banned if you cannot stick with a name.
Our Admins have better things to do than check up on some league player hiding who he is because he is ashamed of his league team, himself, or the league he plays in. We do not care why you are hiding your league name - our server is not a Pub and you are not here for a pug. Treating it as if it is a Pub will get you permanently banned.
Names that scream that a player is a prepubescent child, number names as well as Unicode names, #irc channel names, 'I need attention names' and 1 and 2 letter names are a sample of the kinds of names that are not acceptable here. We use a plugin that works as a doorman that will auto-kick for a variety of unacceptable names; any 3 kicks from our server and the server automatically issues a 24 hour temp ban.
Once you have been put on notice that you are a Smurf, you ought to go to the Forums, introduce yourself to the community, and declare the name that you will be sticking with from that point forward.
Database:
Our server has an extensive database that automatically adds all player info for tracking players on our server, including names, Steamid's, IP's and any Admin-related actions taken against that player. Our server also logs all console chat for the purposes of settling any disputes.
Stats:
We have the stats as a reference only; everyone knows that a lot depends on your team. If you think you are good, prove it! Help the weaker team, make the rounds a challenge.
Many who think they are good just bail when their team is not doing well, or jump to the winning team - that's a sure sign of a weak player.
You will be banned from stats for team stacking, playing for stats or team jumping. Your task is to complete your team's objectives, not to run up your kill totals. If you are playing for stats, you will find yourself banned from the server.
Disruptive Players get Permanently Banned!
Deliberate team attacking, team flashing, door or hall blocking, team attacking at end of rounds or at the end of maps will get you banned. This is a friendly fire server and there will be no deliberate team attacking. Anything that is being done to deliberately disrupt the game play will result in you being permanently banned. Sending recorded sounds over your mic will result in you being permanently banned. Using voice communication to be disruptive or to annoy players will also result in you being permanently banned.
Again, if you are not here to play the game and help your team accomplish its team goal, you are on the wrong server.
Attitude:
Trash-talking, taunting or any other forms of disrespectful conduct are not tolerated. We expect all players to compete with honor and be both a gracious winner and a good loser. The majority of the Internet gaming worlds you are familiar with may not require this, but on Mind Games™ we expect everyone to help us maintain the positive attitude and atmosphere that has earned us our reputation. If you feel someone is not conducting themselves in accordance with our policies, please feel free to use the Server Issues forum to bring this to our attention.
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No Advertising:
If you want to plug your site, clan, IRC channel or products, then get your own
server to do it. You will be kicked and/or banned from our server for doing it
here.
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No Recruiting:
If you need to build your clan, do it on your own server. You are in sad shape
if you have to join other servers to look for players to join your clan. War`Cry
does not recruit its members, we add to our membership by invitation only. Most
of our members were Regs that we had gotten to know over time on our server.
Cooperation with Admins:
The Admins are there to help maintain the positive atmosphere in the Mind Games™ server. All players are expected to comply with requests of Admins. Failure to comply with requests will result in that player being kicked and/or banned.
If you feel an Admin’s requests are unreasonable, or feel that you have been unfairly abused by an Admin, please use the Server Issues forum to bring this to our attention. Disrespecting the Admins, players or the rules of our server will get you kicked and can get you banned.
The Rules are Nonnegotiable in game:
If you have a problem with our rules or expectations of players in our gaming community, please address your concerns in our Server Forum. Admins have clear instructions to enforce the rules, not debate them. Any attempt to debate server rules or War`Cry policy in-game, can and most likely will result in a ban.
Admin Accountability:
As long as a player is playing the game in accordance with the server rules, the player should be free from any Admin action. If you feel that you were unfairly targeted, it is your duty and right to report any Admin abuse using the Server Issues forum. It is not acceptable to take issue with an Admin in the server. Please leave the server and make a report without fear of reprisal by that Admin.
Note: Making any false statements or outright lies about an Admin or any false statements in an attempt to be unbanned will result in a permanent ban. Please make note of the time, date, Admin's name and any players in the server at the time of the incident when making a report, so that we can use the logs to verify your claim.
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