Hopped on their server just now and was confused by a message about "no armor or ban!".
I mean, I don't like vehicles so I can see the logic...but why play a Battlefield game if that's your attitude?
Anyway, long story short, I took 'armor' to mean, uh, ARMOR, y'know.
Tanks n' stuff.
So I hop in a dune buggy and go tearing up the hill to get into the mix, ignoring the walker parked invitingly by the spawn exit (since it was Armor, by any definition).
I get to a contested flag, kill some {tcb} guy with the turret, hop out and kill another one with the SCAR (in spite of his spirited impression of a Mexican jumping bean)...and get booted, with the message "NO ARMOR read the server rules nub".
Checked their site, was unsurprised to find out they're a CS clan...hah!
This is probably karmic payback for all the doadfags I've banned over the years who are their spiritual brethren.
I did get a couple of laughs out of the experience:
before booting me for the hideous crime of driving a jeep in a Battlefield series game one of the admins was whining about how he barely had time to play because he had to kick so many people.
Helpful Hint:
if you'd rather game than babysit, don't make ridiculous rules that you explain very poorly.
And I found these nuggets of brilliance in their recruitment form (yeah, they're that kind of clan, they have 'junior members' and everything- the really l337 ones get to have a + in their tag, loser recruits wear the R of shame and 'junior members' have a -):
We are looking for players who demonstrate the following:
* Broadband Connection
* Mature personality (Ie. We do not want people who opening abuse people on public servers or chats)
* Enforce our rules in the server !
* No Cheats !!!!
The bar is real high when they have to specify No Cheats with a handful of exclamation points. =D
(And how would you demonstrate a broadband connection? Turn your head and cough?)
Anyway, everyone is advised to avoid the {tcb} Ranked server, unless you want bad CS flashbacks to those unhappy times when South was down and you had to play on random pubs with the unwashed.
Oh, the irony...just checked out their Server Rules.
Check rule #1:
1) Maintain the spirit of the TCBClan server.
This includes quality teamplay, good sportsmanship, even teams, and a newbie-friendly environment.
HAH.
What dictionary do you figure they're getting their definitions from?
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In the interst of fairness, maybe I just ran across a couple of bad apples. It's possible that the main CS branch of the clan actually does adhere to their stated principals of fair play and open arms to new gamers. But I'd still suggest steering well clear of their 2142 server, because it's run by infants.
