by HULKSMASH » Sun Dec 15, 2013 6:52 pm
I'm appalled by the attitude and rude comments towards admins in this thread.
Nevertheless, my opinion on these proposals:
1) Nomics. I can see where this comes from, as it is rather annoying when there are multiple nomics per team. It also usually means (generally speaking) that the pugs take longer to fill, they are of lower quality, people who can mic get set D and it is just less fun.
But having said that, it also doesn't seem to bother everybody so I don't think it should be 'banned'.
I would rather propose that the 3rd nomic'er can only join if the people that are already added don't mind. (I.e. The 3rd adding nomic'er asks if it would bother the added players). If the (majority of) the already joined people don't mind, he/she is able to join.
If not, the 3rd nomicer should not join (or can be removed by an admin with a pugban).
The reason why I feel like it shouldn't be a 'rule' but more of a guideline is because a) opinions are divided on nomics (not everybody minds), b) people are biased when it comes to nomics: a rain/unrealshots nomicing would receive different treatment as say a Hermione (thus meaning that it is OK for certain people to add, regardless of mic), c) it is dependant on hours -> you can't expect people to mic at say 3 am their time, when they perhaps do want to pug and have proper binds, d) it would (contrary to your belief) be difficult to admin.
2) What about adding to the bot that exactly after 10 minutes it asks: "Is there anybody missing from server?" If three (or more) different people who were in the pug highlight a name that person gets a 24 hour ban by the bot. (In case there are no admins around). This so that the rules can automatically be enforced. People who would abuse it would naturally receive a ban themselves.
3) I personally don't see any harm in adding this gametype to see how it works. I disagree on a 'join an ITDM if you don't have the time' - not everybody wishes to be spawnkilled for 20 minutes. If it's unsuccessful then it can always be deleted again.
Based on this thread and the fact that some suggestions are simply overlooked in the sea of posts, I have created a for exactly these types of possibly useful suggestions (see main forum page).