{"id":529,"date":"2018-12-18T02:56:04","date_gmt":"2018-12-18T02:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rust.ars-insolitus.com\/?p=529"},"modified":"2018-12-18T02:56:35","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T02:56:35","slug":"good-grief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rust.ars-insolitus.com\/?p=529","title":{"rendered":"Good Grief."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In the last 2-3 months, there has been a major escalation in the amount of situations where people will push the absolute limits of these rules and try to see just how hard\/far they can push the boundaries of the rules. Let me just tell you: That shit is exhausting.<\/em> Seriously, it\u2019s kind of like being on year 3 of a 3-year-long roadtrip with two kids in the back pointing their fingers millimeters from each other\u2019s eyes, yelling back and forth, \u201cI\u2019M NOT TOUCHING YOU!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stop that. I\u2019m pretty much sick to death<\/em> of having to amend the game rules on account of either rules lawyers that find one specific and ridiculous set of circumstances that I\u2019ve not specifically written about and then they want to moan, \u201cOh, but it wasn\u2019t in the rules,\u201d or the people who just expect to get a second or third or fourth chance\u2026? No.The server runs on good faith. The people who donate or subscribe to keep the server turned on do so in good faith that the staff and I will keep the peace. The people who play do so in good faith that they will have a fair and relatively stable gaming experience. People who play for free do so in the good faith that those of us charged with running the server will do so in an equitable and transparent manner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, that\u2019s goes two ways. We also put forth the community guidelines in good faith that people won\u2019t try to be dick-nosed little weasels that will try and worm their way into any and every advantage with people, and, \u201cYou know, people can just complain, and the admins will sort it out, and if I went too far, I\u2019ll say sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No. Not any more. Not ever again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the rules. Take some time to grasp the subtext. Play to the spirit<\/em> of the rules, and DO NOT BE A FUCKING ASSHOLE TO OTHER PLAYERS. Seriously. Play the game, raid each other, kill the hell outta folks, but there\u2019s never a need to do things to intentionally push people off of the server and ruin their desire to play the game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you absolutely, positively MUST go super-hard and destroy any and everything around you, GO. PLAY. ON. SVRED.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seriously, I made a server where you can be just as hard and just as nasty to people as you want. There\u2019s even a monthly competition to see who can be the biggest complete bastard to each other. Do not make Main a hostile place to play.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0I will be watching the rest of this year very, very closely. In the event that the whole boundary-pushing crap continues, we will go back to, \u201cNo griefing,\u201d and the staff will be instructed to pursue it just the same way we go after hate speech. Likewise, someone claiming griefing when there was none will receive temporary bans. Yes, this server has an active admin staff. No, we are not here to hold anyone\u2019s hand. Y\u2019all need to consider trying to sort some of this stuff out between each other before<\/em> you bring us in to deal with it.<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"