(08-16-2019, 10:58 AM)Tedgp908 > Wrote: The issue is that it’s a balancing act between having comprehensive enough rules and making them short enough that a new player will actually read. With the current state of the rules 99% of new players aren’t going to read them.

(08-16-2019, 12:29 PM)matt_st3 (Strongrule) Wrote: Also cough active admins needed. Cough not inactive. Thank you for coming to my rant.

(08-16-2019, 09:51 AM)MilkManFromMars Wrote: I think he makes a good point. Some parts of the rules aren’t really explained well. It leaves too much to the vocal explanation which could get newer users in trouble because they wouldn’t know. Too much in some cases, like constant rdm, is just left to staff determination for the time being. That leaves a lot of room for bias. 1. If a staff member didn’t like someone and that guy just happened to accidentally kill the third person on the last round of a map then he could slip it off as “constant rdm”. 2. I think it should be better defined as X amount of rdm in Y amount of rounds, or per map. 3. Things like room claiming or spam rules are even foggy. 4. People can spam a bind like 4 times before they get told to stop, and kos messages are practically bottomless. 5. I think the rules should be reviewed and some of them better explained to be more user-friendly

1. That is something that should never happen. Staff are supposed to remain unbias when it comes to reports/bans/etc whether they are a friend, foe, or random. Everyone is treated equally. In the event that this did happen there is always the Staff Abuse section and would be handled by Admins.
   
   
2. I explained this above.
   
   
   
3. As for claiming, the rule as stated in MOTD says:  "A valid claim requires that the room not be an intersection needed to move through the map, and the claim must be called out with a description of the space being claimed.  The claim is in effect only while the claimer is within its bounds" as well as stating that "Owners of a claim may kill any non detectives that tries to enter or open the door to the claim"
   
   The definition of a room is "a partitioned part of the inside of a building" and an intersection is "a place or area where two or more things intersect(to meet and cross at a point)." So basically what this rule means is that you cannot claim places that are needed to move throughout the map or entire sections of a map. It must be a room.
   
   So I'm not quite sure what's foggy about this rule, it seems pretty clean-cut to me if a person actually reads it carefully or even just asks a staff member to clarify it verbally.
   
   
   
4. In MOTD it says Chat and mic spam are never allowed which also implies that it isn't allowed post or pre-round. Spamming adminchat, binds, random stuff, radio commands, and whatever else are all things that can fall under spamming and should be enforced that way. So I'm not quite sure what's so foggy about this either seems clean-cut to me if a person were to take the time to read it or ask a staff member to clarify verbally.
   
   
   
5. Tbh in my experience rules from TTT server to TTT server are generally around 90% the same while having server-specific rules for some things. Sure, somethings can perhaps use a bit of tweaking/re-wording in the explanation and maybe some of the bigger issues/loopholes can have something added, but we can't possibly cover every specific situation and spell out everything in the MOTD, it would just make it unnecessarily long and just give people another reason not to sit there and read it. I also feel that even now with the MOTD people don't take the time to read it and then suggest that we should add a rule or specify it more even though it is already there or specified enough that it can be verbally clarified by a staff member.