Sorry yeh..
My take on it..
nomics,
It's very hard for admins to enforce this unless someone complains about it
during the pug, For a few reasons
a) People tell porky pies after the pug XX PLAYERS DIDNT USE HIS/HER MIC .. XX PLAYER did you use your mic? Yes ofc.... WHO DO YOU BELIEVE??
b) "JAJA PLAYER" has bad english and didnt speak very much.. but did speak a small amount where he/she could
c) A lot of new players come by and they get a couple of pugs leeway to get the jist of how things work and how teamspeak/pugs work.. work past their shyness etc, I've seen several occasions where people have been whining and qqing to ban people on their very first pug which = stupid
d) Looking at why the rule is there at all? So the captains know whatsup during the picking of the teams.. so should the guy who's picked last for the red team be exempt? it didnt effect the captains in a negative way and its usually just people looking for an excuse to why they lost that they want someone banned.
Limiting nomics shouldnt be an option.. in all honesty its really not a big problem at all, very few pugs have more than 1 or 2 nomics and most have 10 mics in them.. Theres really no point changing anything imo.
1 map pugsI dislike this.. joining a pug is a committment, if you don't have the time for a full pug hop on a public server and shoot the guns or .j itdm,
Also don't like the possibility of splitting ctf options ..having 5 people idling in ictf and 5 in 1mapictf.
10mins ruleI honestly don't get why everyones so ban horny over this, BAN EM ALL FOR 3DAYS .. We're here to play the game and pug, the worst offenders get banned relentlessly and repeatedly .. sometimes first time offenders get let off for various reasons first ever pug etc.. We try to keep a kind of record on people to see the repeat guys.. and they get dealt with more severely..
Generally im not going to idle in a server waiting to ban people the second it ticks passed 10minutes, if someone reaches out and complains about it then ill look into it, which i think goes for most admins.. they wont do anything until someone has a complaint or a problem over something If you guys dont bring it to our attention nothing will be done, which i dont think is unreasonable..
Ok for improving the rule..
The problem = People getting impatient while waiting for that last player or 2 to get in
A proposal .. The 10mins and not in rule =ban remains perhaps enforced a bit better, 6h first offenders.. 12h .. 24 etc etc .. but after 5 or 7 minutes if that one player is still not in either ts or ut .. the other players are free to search for a substitute and the late player loses his spot in the pug , Generally people subbing in are much faster at getting into the server, If the teams then need adjusting then so be it..captains should work this out between them selves, if said late player returns within the 10minute period they remain free.. if they return afterwards ..they be gone..
Personally i wouldnt be oppose to a 7minute rule, but i guess people should be careful what they wish for with this