Other [Issue 2] Battle Etiquette

[Tommy60 406]

It is too often that one finds players of all types swearing, flooding, multing, scamming, cheating, and taking advantages of unfair circumstances in games. The material provided in this article is intended to help reduce the frequency of these problems in the game. I will go through each of the above mentioned offenses, providing a definition, reasons why one should not do it, and how to fix these problems if you encounter them in a game.



Definition: n ; Abusive, vulgar, or irreverent language, generally intended to degrade another being.

Why not? Swearing, being the most common offense in the game, is apt to get any player an hour-long ban or longer. Once banned, a player cannot post any messages to the main chat lobby or any battle chats for the duration of the ban. The ban is automatically recorded into one’s permanent record. Having a bad ban history will make it very difficult to work for Tanki. (Reporters, moderators, consultants, and testers must have amazingly good records.)

Solution: If you happen to come across a player who shows no respect in the chat, just take a screenshot [how to do that?] and send it to a moderator who speaks your language through a PM. List of English moderators Hopefully, he or she will respond to your message within a few days, and ban the offender. Once you send the screenshot, I would recommend to politely inform the ‘swearer’ that he has been reported, and go to a different battle to avoid his whining.



Definition: v ; The act of sending a pointless, repetitive message to the chat box any number of times.

Why not? Though it may be tempting to put a nice, long “Aaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!!!!!!,” into the chat a couple of times, just for the fun of it, be warned that this can result in a ban ranging anywhere from five minutes to a week. Again, this will be put onto the offender’s record immediately and irreversibly. Flooding will also give you a bad reputation around the community, if you do it often enough.

Solution: Again, one should take a screen shot and send it to a moderator through the PM system on the forums. Since the moderators will not be able to respond to your problem immediately, I would recommend blocking the flooder for the time being. To block a user, one must enter the code “ /block xxxxxx “ into the main chat lobby, with the x’s being the flooder’s name. Once blocked, you will no longer receive messages from the person. To view how many people are on your blocklist, simply type in the code “ /blocklist “ into the chat. Lastly, to unblock a user, use “ /unblock xxxxx “.



Definition: v ; The putting of one or more accounts onto an enemy team to hinder their success in battle.

Why not? Multing is a terrible thing to do, regardless of the circumstances. Having a reputation as a mult-user will often keep you out of clans and away from most sane people. Multing, if even for a clanmate, can result in either a week, month, or permanent ban / blocking of your account.

Solution: If you are in a battle where there are one or more completely inactive tanks on your team, then you have a serious mult infestation. (Also, mults may move around your side of the map, but not doing anything to help the team.) This problem cannot be properly punished unless you create a video of the mult tanks and upload it to a video hosting sight, such as YouTube. [How?] Once that is done, embed the video into the forum in a topic in the Complaints section. Your problem should be resolved the next time a moderator checks the Complaints section. I would recommend leaving the battle where the mults are, seeing as your problem will not be solved soon enough.



Definition: n ; The attempt of a person or persons to gain access to another person’s account through the pretext of profit (crystals, points, weapons, and hulls) or by hacking.

Why not? The rules of the internet abide here, as they do everywhere. Henceforth, scamming is wrong. If you are caught asking for accounts or offering “free crystal,” services, the ban can range anywhere from a few days to a full month. If it is determined that you have used many people’s accounts, all the accounts, including your own, will be blocked, regardless of the real world money spent on it.

Solution: If you see someone asking for passwords, or offering “free crystals,” and a link to another website, take a screenshot immediately and send it to a moderator. Even if you are only curious about the site whose link has been posted, I would recommend to NOT click on it; there may be a virus that can do a lot more damage than just steal your Tanki account.



Definition: v ; The exploitation of a programming loophole to gain an unfair advantage within a game, usually by the means of specially designed software.

Why not? How would you like it if you were working hard on the battlefield for ten hours, when suddenly, a hacker comes and completely ruins your game, taking your crystals within minutes? Assuming that most people would not be pleased with this occurrence, I highly recommend not doing it. Your account will be permanently blocked if you are found guilty of cheating.

Solution: Since it is difficult to capture a cheater in only a few screenshots, it is recommended to take a YouTube video of the cheater and his actions and post it as a topic in the Complaints forum. Once there, I moderator will watch the video, checking your charge’s accuracy, and block the player for a month. Once tech support receives a messages about the cheater, the account will be blocked.



These are not as much as offenses in the game, as it is just some common courtesy that all tankers should keep in mind while on the battlefield. Following these guidelines will give you respect in the community.

Definitions: A situation in which one team or player has no hopes of winning due to an unfair advantage obtained by the opposing team or players. [This mainly applies to CTF matches.] There are many variances over which an “Unfair Battle,” can be justly titled.

1. One team has five or more members than the enemy team.

2. One team is using all in-game supplies (also known as ‘drugs’) all the time, while the opposing team has none to use.

3. Shortly after a long, hard battle finishes, members of one team go and capture eight of the ten flags needed to win, leaving very little time for an actual battle to take place, thus ruining the game for most of its players.

4. You post a link in the chat lobby for a friend to click on, so he can play with you in a battle. Once you join the battle, you realize that somebody else clicked the link first and took your friend’s place in the battle.

Solutions:

1. The more populated team should wait for more players to join the opposing team, as to ensure a fair, good battle. If you are trying to convey this to a team full of Russians, just say “ Подождите несколько игроков. ” (Wait for more players.)

2. Though there is nothing illegal in drugging all the time, it can be very annoying for the losing side of the battle. Your best hope in this scenario is to kindly say that you have no supplies to use, and that you want them to stop, as well. In Russian: “ У меня нет наркотиков. Пожалуйста, никаких наркотиков! .”

3. Again, there is nothing ban-worthy in doing this, but it can certainly ruin the fun battle you are looking for. If the flag capturers are Russian, copy and pasta “ Не захват флага! Подождите, для борьбы с чего начать! ” (Do not capture flags! Wait for the fight to start!)

4. Once in the battle, kindly address the spot-taker in the battle chat with “XXXXX (Name) , пожалуйста, оставьте так что мой друг может присоединиться. .” (Please leave so my friend can join.)






*Discuss any of the points I made here!*

Edited September 23, 2017 by Hexed

[r_MrPARD0 0]

Tommy, some of the russian words are wrongly translated, sentences are wrong, I doubt players will understand what are you trying to say. :mrgreen:

[Contaminated 129]

wait wait is this some sort of "rules 2.0"? lol

 

i actually will read it later today, i have no time right now though

[Tommy60 406]

Tommy' date=' some of the russian words are wrongly translated, sentences are wrong, I doubt players will understand what are you trying to say. :mrgreen: [/quote']

 

I suppose that my translator was... incorrect. Please, could you PM me the correct sentences?

[chriswu 25]

Do I detect a little redundancy in the solutions to these various problems? :P

[r_sclam0 3]

About the cheating: Solution: Take a video. Why not? Videos can take up space on your computer, and may not even capture the hacker if you are lagging a lot. Video is generally only used for things such as speed hack, which cann't be taken as a screenshot. Sclam is working with another player to create a chat room that players can go to if they see a hacker. They give my trained team the battle link, and we dispatch one of our members to go and screenshot the hacker. With this quick response, players who do not know how/cannot take video and are bad at taking screenshots, can still get their hackers reported. Sclam hopes that when he figures it all out, tanki will post it as news on their homepage.

[r_sclam0 3]

but other than that, great work Tommy :D

[Tommy60 406]

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Take a video, upload it to YouTube, then delete it from your computer. If you are lagging so bad that you can't catch an obvious hacker, you probably shouldn't be playing Tanki at all. :roll:

[r_chaimk0 1]

Hey,

 

Good job on the article. It was very informative. Thanks so much!

 

I have noticed that there is a glitch in the firebird tank. It makes it go super fast making it very easy for the firebird to capture the flags.

 

What should I do?

[r_sclam0 3]

What tank is firebird tank? And you mean paint? And anyone can do it? If its something that everyone can do, then report it in a new topic and hope a Admin or Developer looks at it and fixes the problem. If it/you is a hacker/cheater, then try to take a video of it.

[r_Otto_I0 0]

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Take a video, upload it to YouTube, then delete it from your computer. If you are lagging so bad that you can't catch an obvious hacker, you probably shouldn't be playing Tanki at all. :roll:

and this guy writes about "Battle Etiquette" ... sorry but he just proves himself of having none etiquette at all here...

[Lieutenant_Me 65]

1. One team has five or more members than the enemy team.

 

You know that i have Topic for this problem. In small maps one player less is enough to disrupt balance.

Just played Farm and i had to go out from game becouse someone call me on phone and i need to do something that requires more than 5 minutes (pause time). I said "Time Out", yell STOP but they didnt stop. I exit and in one minute they cap 3 flags. Then 2 more player exit which not prevent them to continue to take the flag. I dont know, obviosly, too many stupid kids without proper (home/school/life) education in game and only New Rule can help in situations like this.

[Tommy60 406]

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Take a video, upload it to YouTube, then delete it from your computer. If you are lagging so bad that you can't catch an obvious hacker, you probably shouldn't be playing Tanki at all. :roll:

and this guy writes about "Battle Etiquette" ... sorry but he just proves himself of having none etiquette at all here...

 

If you want to flame up the forums, you picked the wrong guy.

 

I love you, too, Otto. :)

[draken_p 0]

Now, how on earth am I going to be able to write those cyrillic letters in-game? :D

...not that I ever would use those sentences. If my english is ignored, I leave the battle.

 

You propably should make an article in russian about a few "useful" english sentences, like "Please, the players with no score, change to the weaker team"(in 10 vs 1 battle), or "is someone recording the hacker?", or "COME ON, STOP PUSHING ME" ....right? :P

[65536g 20]

Reporters' date=' moderators, consultants, and testers must have amazingly good records[/quote']

 

As far as the reporters are concerned I find the abovequoted fact nothing short of appalling. Tanki is a highly emotionally engaging game. If the feelings of the reporter never get the best of him, he is either a very cold blooded manipulator, or just an unsympathetic personality :blink:

Edited October 5, 2012 by 65536g

[nuclearbom2 1]

^Wow, that sounded pretty smart U_U

[r_sclam0 3]

No it didn't. The ability to logically control ones feelings comes from their mind, and the flow of their Chi. If balanced right, and if one is logical, they can control feelings and emotions to the enth degree. If the Vulcans played TankiOnline, they would do the same.

[Tommy60 406]

Reporters, moderators, consultants, and testers must have amazingly good records

 

As far as the reporters are concerned I find the abovequoted fact nothing short of appalling. Tanki is a highly emotionally engaging game. If the feelings of the reporter never get the best of him, he is either a very cold blooded manipulator, or just an unsympathetic personality :shock:

 

One must be able to control his (or her) emotions, and not let them get the best of himself/herself.

 

One can show his or her emotions in a controlled manner, and not by swearing and flooding the chat in a desperate attempt to degrade others.

[Lieutenant_Me 65]

Tommy, typical example for bad ethics... Few names known to everyone

 

http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/6887/ethics1.jpg

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/5893/ethics2.jpg

and they stay in game for red team

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/701/ethics3.jpg

[Lieutenant_Me 65]

oh, of course, red 'brave warriors' won

 

http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/5762/ethics4.jpg

[r_AdvocatusDiaboli0 861]

http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/6887/ethics1.jpg

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/5893/ethics2.jpg

 

Oskarl, G, and datie are friends, we were on skype call, same clan (except datie)

And he could've asked them on chat ) No offence but that's not bad ethics

 

About the staying in enemy team, it was datie's choice. I don't why but stop thinking like noob clans who say that playing against your friends is stupid.

[Lieutenant_Me 65]

when you have all weapon and lots of drugs and marshal rank, its bad ethics to join for winning team. they dont need help at that time... so...

[r_AdvocatusDiaboli0 861]

when you have all weapon and lots of drugs and marshal rank' date=' its bad ethics to join for winning team. they dont need help at that time... so...[/quote']

 

Bro, it was my clan, you're forgetting one simple thing, people can't play 100 flag games all the time, we had to finish it fast because Snyper and the others were in there for a couple of hours.

 

EDIT: I used hornet to finish

[Lieutenant_Me 65]

their choice to play only Flag battle... still, thay dont need 'help'... ok, read again Script

[Alkline 16]

Oskarl doesn't have any respect for other players, you should see the uncalled for stuff he said to me when I joined this match. Koolwalky, you should give him some of yours, seeing as he doesn't have any. One more thing, try to control these kids of your clan, they'll give you unwanted issues.