This was definitely an adventure in mismanagement. Played for four or five hours, had lag the whole time, but the server was interesting in terms of geography so I kept at it, to the extent that I could. While in game, I observed at least three players confronted in the chat by the admin over cheating; not a one was banned, just asked to stop. There were folks banned, however; one for cursing, one for disagreeing with the admin that jokes should not be taken too seriously, and two (myself included) for trying to figure out lag issues.
When lag was brought up by Breck, the admin dismissed it out of hand that 'no one else was experiencing it' (though I had seen others complain already). Promptly, over 1/4 of the server chimed in that they were also experiencing lag. Admin (Monofuel) dismissed them, only replied to Breck, insisted that over 1/4 of his server wasn't connecting right, or had bad connections, or had the wrong ISP, or whatever else could be rambled on.. the particular "bad ISP" allegation came last, which was refuted by a player that had the same ISP and no lag issue, and banning ensued.
The lag might be secondary to the admin's tendancy to permit cheaters to stay on and giving unlimited opportunities to correct themselves, then banning jokers and laggers.. but I was banned for the lag, so it is more on my mind. Interestingly, now that I've looked at this thread, he mentions a bad server on -his- end. Never once was brought up in game.
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When lag was brought up by Breck, the admin dismissed it out of hand that 'no one else was experiencing it' (though I had seen others complain already). Promptly, over 1/4 of the server chimed in that they were also experiencing lag. Admin (Monofuel) dismissed them, only replied to Breck, insisted that over 1/4 of his server wasn't connecting right, or had bad connections, or had the wrong ISP, or whatever else could be rambled on.. the particular "bad ISP" allegation came last, which was refuted by a player that had the same ISP and no lag issue, and banning ensued.
The lag might be secondary to the admin's tendancy to permit cheaters to stay on and giving unlimited opportunities to correct themselves, then banning jokers and laggers.. but I was banned for the lag, so it is more on my mind. Interestingly, now that I've looked at this thread, he mentions a bad server on -his- end. Never once was brought up in game.