[SA:MP] Developers Answer: Give Examples

[StrikeFreedom]

That's not for you to decide.

Technically it is as it is my identity.
The developers have better things to do than answer common sense questions that other players, or admins, can answer.

[Kent]

Recently there was an issue with a hacker and no admin was able to come get in game as they have been either AFK or asleep. One member of the community decided to say, "Turn your hacks off, or else I ban you. I am UC Admin.". After a while, a real administrator came in game (Ben). I reported the user who was impersonating, but no action was taken against the user as he/she was an old member. The same situation happened a while back, but a new user said that and he got a punishment for it.

Is this fair? Shouldn't all rules apply to all members of the community?

(I am not a owner nor a developer nor an admin, but I think I know the answer)
Admins should have solid proof in order to punish players, cause most likely players are raging: "I DIDNT SAY THAT!"

[Nathan]

(I am not a owner nor a developer nor an admin, but I think I know the answer)
Admins should have solid proof in order to punish players, cause most likely players are raging: "I DIDNT SAY THAT!"

Logs aren't solid proof? Plus over 30 other people in the server witnessed it.

[Altair_Carter]

Technically it is as it is my identity.
The developers have better things to do than answer common sense questions that other players, or admins, can answer.

Yet they made this topic to answer questions.

[Vince]

How does an admin determine whether my message was CAPS ABUSE OR NOT?

Because I was writing something really long, and in the middle around 30% of my message was CAPS Locked, everything else is properly sized but I still got warned for abusing caps.

I hope you do not take complete and utter offense by me responding to this message, but there is a large difference between "/p LOL" and "/p WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU YOU FUCKING IDIOT!@!!!!". or even "/p HI" "/p OH MY GOD" and "/p LOL THAT WAS SO FUNNY I WAS LIKE LOLZ AND THEN I DOLZ ON SKOLZ".

I hope you see what I mean.

[Gandalf]

How does an admin determine whether my message was CAPS ABUSE OR NOT?

Because I was writing something really long, and in the middle around 30% of my message was CAPS Locked, everything else is properly sized but I still got warned for abusing caps.

Depends on the tolerance level of the admin, and if he feels you could have avoided the capslock from happening.

[Gandalf]

So like ''I was walking down the road and I was like HOLY CRAP A TURTLE'' is that allowed?

Did the turtle pass you ? 

[Gandalf]

Recently there was an issue with a hacker and no admin was able to come get in game as they have been either AFK or asleep. One member of the community decided to say, "Turn your hacks off, or else I ban you. I am UC Admin.". After a while, a real administrator came in game (Ben). I reported the user who was impersonating, but no action was taken against the user as he/she was an old member. The same situation happened a while back, but a new user said that and he got a punishment for it.

Is this fair? Shouldn't all rules apply to all members of the community?

If there is no admin online, and a loyal member tries to help out by threatening a hacker, the best you can come up with is reporting him for impersonating as soon as an admin comes online ?
You would have been a treasure in WW2 or in the USSR....

[Dutchy]

Did the turtle pass you ? 

Yea I wus drivin my Infernus and I saw him pass me..

I managed to take a pic of him.

[Nathan]

If there is no admin online, and a loyal member tries to help out by threatening a hacker, the best you can come up with is reporting him for impersonating as soon as an admin comes online ?
You would have been a treasure in WW2 or in the USSR....

But this "loyal" member of yours has cussed me out after.

[Gandalf]

But this "loyal" member of yours has cussed me out after.

and he was right to do so, though flaming is not allowed.

[Nathan]

and he was right to do so, though flaming is not allowed.

Okay got it.

[Altair_Carter]

Depends on the tolerance level of the admin, and if he feels you could have avoided the capslock from happening.

Still, example of a message i got warned for:
/p AND THEN HE GETS AWAY WITH IT. I mean, what kind of retarded storyline for a game such as XXX is this?!

I mean, I used it to a certain degree, not abused it.

[Gandalf]

Still, example of a message i got warned for:
/p AND THEN HE GETS AWAY WITH IT. I mean, what kind of retarded storyline for a game such as XXX is this?!

I mean, I used it to a certain degree, not abused it.

I do not get why you would write that in public chat at all....

[Leon.]

Grammatically, abbreviations should be capitalized. In this case, would typing caps with the abbreviations (like LOL) be warn-able or not?
I ask, as I've been warned and kicked many times just for going LOL alone in main chat.

I could understand by your logic, Gandalf, that typing something like "/p LOLROFLOMGWTFBBQIDKLOLWTFIDGAF" is completely unnecessary, and completely punishable. But something like "/p LOL IDK"...?