Clanbase admins - what they do and what they don't?

Hello,
Nations cup has been on for almost 2 weeks and if we take a look on clanbase page http://clanbase.ggl.com/cupcard.php?lid=8339 then we can see an extreme amount of yellow/red cards. Lets take a look:


QuoteTeam Russia
Date: 7 February
Players always have to be easily identifiable to referees, opponents and spectators. Therefore, players must use easily identifiable nicks which are the same as (or very closely resemble) those registered on the national team's clan page both on IRC and in-game.

'moment-kley' played as 'slaw'

Quote Team Sweden
Date: 8 February
Each team must have 1 player or representative in the match channel 1 hour before the game

Quote Team United Kingdom
Date: 8 February
at least one representative from each team must be on the irc channel 1 hour before the gametime

Quote Team Austria
Date: 8 February
If a player is forced to use a different guid than the one he or she is registered with, he/she should inform the supervisors as soon as possible about that with as much information as possible (e.g. ip, guid(s), netcafé name). Sanctions: Red Card Red Card.
player Limbonic

Quote Poland
Date: 8 February
Players must be listed on the nation's corresponding ClanBase page before they are allowed to play. If they are not and play a match the national team and the player in question will be awarded a yellow card. There is no limit to the number of players in a national team, and players can be added to and removed from the team at any time during the season.

xanah

QuoteTeam Estonia
Date: 9 February
Players always have to be easily identifiable to referees, opponents and spectators. Therefore, players must use easily identifiable nicks which are the same as (or very closely resemble) those registered on the national team's clan page both on IRC and in-game.

'bff' played as 'Rocket'

QuoteTeam Canada
Date: 15 February
Using TheEnd from team USA as a merc for their country. he was playing under the nick Kaku.

QuoteTeam Austria
Date: 15 February
Players must be listed on the nation's corresponding ClanBase page before they are allowed to play. If they are not and play a match the national team and the player in question will be awarded a yellow card.

'blizzardx'

QuoteTeam Estonia
Date: 18 February
Players must be listed on the nation's corresponding ClanBase page before they are allowed to play. If they are not and play a match the national team and the player in question will be awarded a yellow card. There is no limit to the number of players in a national team, and players can be added to and removed from the team at any time during the season.

Player 'Sinnu'



As one red card doesn't mean Your team is out yet, but here comes the question:

Is it easier to an admin to add cards on the page or should the admins do their only job on server: check guids, if the players on the server have the same guids as they entered on the clanbase page, if they are on the roster and pause if it's needed.
2nd thing is that should admins talk to one team in any other language than english since as far as i know Clanbase is international site and english is the main language and i think both teams should understand what admin is trying to say.
3rd during CZE vs UK game i noticed admins acting very wierd by basically saying "stfu and play" during warmup... isn't it that players ready up when they are ready... it used to be like it.

So here in the list are:
3 times mentioned that a team had a player playing which wasn't on the roster. <-- Did in any of these games admin tell to team that please check or correct it. NO, none of these cases they did.
2 times mentioned that a player was not using other nick than on the clanbase page. <-- Did in any of these games admin tell to team that please check or correct it. NO, none of these cases they did.
1 times mentioned that a player had wrong guid <-- Did in any of these games admin tell to team that please check or correct it. NO, none of these cases they did.

related to this is team NL ronner "captain no more" post http://www.crossfire.nu/?x=journal&mode=item&id=78297

My point is that something has to be done, being an admin isn't about watching the game in the server and "glory" see me i'm on the ettv, everyone can see my nickname, i'm kewl now.
Comments
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to long to read :S
just tell me what i'm doing wrong as admin..
LET'S PROTEST
ESL Nation Cup pls!
image: gp
esl will rescue ET!
Parent
players must know the rules so all that is well done
and admins must do what they are there for ... aren't they?
Parent
Ah, where are the good ol' days where I was admin eh!

Not thát relevant but I find it hilarious that playing with a player who's not added to the teampage or playing with wrong guids results in only a yellow card while playing with a merc (which an sich is not different) results in a removal from the cup for that team and that particular merc being banned for life on Clanbase © KilL3rBoY
you mean the other way around?
merc (who were you talking about with lifetime ban anyway?) = yellow card
wrong guid = removal / red card
else it wouldn't be hilarious but completely logical!
Parent
TheEnd & anim.

And no, it's like I wrote it. And it remains hilarious. Both can be a merc as well!
Parent
well, wrong guid (if it's not another player just the same player with an old guid) is of course not as bad as playing with a merc, consequently only yellow card, that seems fine to me!
but it's weird since austria got a redcard for having a player with wrong guid (limbonic), dunno.
Parent
well about guids: guids can be changed when u install programs, they can change just themselves and you can switch hdds etc
playing with a merc: well mostly u see that gtv has the lu that will play but sometimes ppl just won't show up and u need a merc or a person that u have sometimes played with and sometimes u might have thought u added him but then something came up and u didn't and now if it was so then admin should fix it.
tbh eesti should have one more yellow card since i had also wrong guid from changing hdd and i noticed it later and changed it on the page but admins never even saw it
Parent
cya @ last place in the group
Parent
i have to agree with you :) it should be fun and a honor to play for your country at the nc but if you check whats going on atm it isn't
CB is just following their fail streak.
Admins atm there just join/being there for the name it seems, tho i think just every nab can join the crew ;) no pr00f like being good ref etc :(
no time to care
We were 7minutes to late, a bit harsh to be honest, but most of those cards were actually given out based on the faults of the teams.

But as you said, maybe admins should've taken some time checking up everything.
Quoteat least one representative from each team must be on the irc channel 1 hour before the gametime


Give me a break
all idiots
euruz for CB admin \o/
euruz for CB admin \o/
CZE vs UK

We had 3 admins on the server: Essah, Blazer, and B3ck.

With 1:22 on the clock, we had unpaused from a previous 999 only to find syK had lagged out so we asked for one of the admins to pause for us as we had used all of ours. With 18 seconds until our next respawn surely that would give them plenty of time to react. Unfortunately none of them seemed to be paying any attention to our pleas and it wasnt until 0:59 that one of them reacted, thus giving sYk yet another full spawn. I really do wonder what the hell they were there for, of course they were soon on the ball when syK reconnected with his fake nick, with B3ck immediately requesting that he put his correct nickname. I really didnt like their attitude, of course we complained and flamed, perhaps a little more restraint should have been used, but understandably we were annoyed. They didnt care about it, they gave no apologies, and simply responded with some sarcastic comments and 'stfu' type of remarks.
i was there just for the coverage tbh and i would like you to specify who said "stfu" or anything.. im pretty sure that every admin CB always do a GUID check of every match at least i do so.. and about the pauses isn't referees fault that u guys go constant 999 we're aware of what we can and its on our hands. are you gonna blame us for the pause at the crane part too?
Parent
I think You didn't get the beat.
What he was talking is that if teams run out of pauses admins should react and i'm not talking about oh "He has phone" admin pause or crane thing, ofc admin can't see that coming but if it's about 999 then can admin see it?
GUID check, so admins are on the server, it usually takes 10-15 minutes to start the match, why instead of taking guids and seeing whether they match or not and point it out BEFORE the match start admins just shit chat and take picture of guids and see if they matched who knows when.
If You want Cup to up punish teams then go ahead, i thought Clanbase stood for competitions, making everyone play fair and keeping cheaters away.
I think You agree with me that it's easier to check guids first and say it, than give cards and write reasons for cards and other shit, comparing 12 guids/lines won't take an hour and isn't too much to ask before game imo. And how can even happen a thing that a guy how isn't on the roster can play? Do admins compare gtv lu's with ingame, or how is it possible?
Parent
Wasn't there even a rule once that match shall not start before all guids are fine, which means also that players on the list are present not 3rd party people.
Parent
i understand the point of the guids i always work on that since the 12 players are on the server and i usually screen shot them just in case something like this happens. we're not the general supervisors we just report the issue and the cup supervisors work on the punishments. as a referee we try to make less scandal as possible in game cause a lot of people is watching and we gotta keep a neutral position in there. and about the pauses he might missed it he was focused in something else like IRC or anything, don't take it that personal is just we do the best as we can. mistakes happens, but its okay that you guys want to discuss this in a good manner i really appreciate it.
Parent
"and about the pauses isn't referees fault that u guys go constant 999 we're aware of what we can and its on our hands"

Yeah so if you were there simply for the coverage, that still leaves two other referees doing what exactly? I'm not here to whine about how we lost, we probably would have lost in the end anyway, either right there on supply or on a decider, but I think that if they sign up for something like this, they should do their jobs properly, and I think that includes things like pausing when someone lags or gets disconnected. We did plead for the pause before the previous one had run out, so it was pretty evident that no one was paying attention. I checked about the 'stfu' type of remark, Essah said "shut up and play" thats all, not so bad then. An admin is there to try and keep the game running smoothly and fairly, and I must admit alot of the time they have done without any thanks, but its at times such as this that they let themselves down.
Parent
Quote3 times mentioned that a team had a player playing which wasn't on the roster. <-- Did in any of these games admin tell to team that please check or correct it. NO, none of these cases they did.


2 times mentioned that a player was not using other nick than on the clanbase page. <-- Did in any of these games admin tell to team that please check or correct it. NO, none of these cases they did.

1 times mentioned that a player had wrong guid <-- Did in any of these games admin tell to team that please check or correct it. NO, none of these cases they did.


cb admins aren't the nanny of a team. People using mercs and random nicks, knowingly breaking the rules. And you want cb admins to kindly ask you not to do it?

yea right...
Maybe CB hasn't done the best possible job but still I partly fail to see your point.

CB clearly states their rules.
It can't be so hard to play a game with your own nick, so those are completely players' own fault.
The "mercs" or whatever guys that aren't in the roster could be added there at any time. So it's captain's fault if they aren't added there.
Another thing is the guid thing. At least my guid changes kinda randomly, so there's no way to know that (without checking it often) and that's a bit harsh in my eyes and shouldn't cause a card. Admins should check the guids before they let the game start.

Maybe u should try adminning yourself. It surely isn't an easy task. I've been admin in some earlier evu cups and eventhough it wasn't so serious back then, it was surprisingly much work.

I think we should be thankful that CB still organizes events for us crying kids that never do else but whine about their decisions (not to euruz in particular but the whole scene).
Well my point is not to whine out of nothing or something like this.
I just want to see that admins are going to act more.
I don't know how much admins have to do overall, but imo during the game their main objective is to watch the game: kick players that are not involved to this match and somehow got the server password, pause if there's someone 999, check guids before match etc. Maybe i'm wrong and admins do something else too during the game.
My point is that admins will start paying more attention.
If You look at the UK vs CZE game You can clearly see that if admins had paused on right time UK might of had chance, it's just maybe but we will never know it now.
I just want that there would be no such thing during the games i would play in, it would piss me really off. And i saw somewhere a comment like "maybe he was on irc" I can't belive anyone would even say it not being embarrased.

And i'm not saying that being and admin is easy, but if You take the job You also know You have to dedicate lots of Your time on it and do Your best.
Parent
Ofc the admins got their responsibilities and job, but when it comes to pausing, it's clearly the team that has the first priority, not the admins. The admin only should pause if the team has run out of pauses and there is some urgent need. And even then the players should ask for it..
Parent
Read my comment, we had run out and requested. :(
Parent
again:

players have wrong guids
players use the wrong nicks
teams run out of pauses

now seriously, do you want an admin or a nanny?

In most matches there isn't even a ref, when u run out of pauses: bad luck. same goes for this case when the ref was not paying attention or w/e.

On the other hand if u have a ref on the server that pauses the match every 30 seconds cause a player goes 999 that can't be the solution either can it?
Parent
So your point is that admins should not look up guids, not check if the player called butchji was butchji or some other guy and not pause if team ran out of pauses.
Why there is even an admin on server taking server capacity, we can also send them the screens with guids. problem solved. I'd rather take Your very loved word nanny than admin who does nothing and it isn't about every 30 sec admin pause but if it's needed.
I seriously didn't get Your point why should the admin be there then.
Parent
The admin is there to check the things you just mentioned and punish the players / teams who break the rules.

They did, so the fault is the player's not the admins.

I don't mean to attack you, it just annoys me in general how people whine about cb even though they made mistakes themselfes.

I can't recall someone writing a journal/column about cb when they were 100% right.

It's always like "oh yea we broke the rules and we know we did, but it's cb's fault they have to sort our shit out".

But it's not like that. It's the teams/players and especially the captains task to check everything if it's right.
Parent
An admin’s not there to ‘punish’, that’s an unfortunate last resort.
Parent
we all would want that admins weren't needed at all.

but it seems like there are too many people who aren't able to fullfill the easiest requirements from cb rules, eg. the nick rule.

To point out again what is the point of my whine:

If u made a mistake as team/player and broke the rules, do not blame cb for punishing it.
Parent
"In most matches there isn't even a ref, when u run out of pauses: bad luck. same goes for this case when the ref was not paying attention or w/e.

On the other hand if u have a ref on the server that pauses the match every 30 seconds cause a player goes 999 that can't be the solution either can it? "

So the game should be played 5v6 instead if there is a 999? That would ruin the game completely as it can take a few minutes for that player to reconnect. Its not that often that you get four seperate 999s in a single map, and its already bad enough luck that someone goes 999 and gets a full spawn in the first place. From previous experience, if there wasnt a ref on the server and a team had used their pauses, the opposing team would kindly pause for them. We play this game to compete fairly and have fun, not for internet connections to play a lottery.

I agree about a team using a merc however, they know they are breaking the rules, such as the USA and Canada.
Parent
well, in football they also do not make a break cause a player gets treated :P
Parent
So what? This is ET not football. Anyway discussion over, I've said what I feel is right for the game; there isnt really any good reason why we cant play in as fair a way as possible. Infact I can think of some improvements on how to make ET itself even better, such as saving the 999 player's velocity, position and stats(health, ammo etc) until they returned or a substitute replaces him. Perhaps even a referee bot that can be set up before a game? :p
Parent
Rules are rules, if they're broken then suffer the penalty I say. However, I agree that the attitude of a lot of the cb cup admins recently has just been terrible. The egoshow is completely unnecessary, particularly when they fail miserably at reacting to things like pause requests and kiddies joining the gameserver to spam polak rubbish.
If you don't like it don't play
Most of the admins, should act more as ones. I do see it as their job that they check the guids before the game, so the players can get a quick warmup & ready up sooner.
I don’t think the cards are necessarily wrong, though the approach probably is. It’s a lot easier to prevent something than to deal with the fallout – and so they should probably be more actively involved on the server, ‘ettv specs’ as admins blag my head too. But people seem to forget that the admins don’t mess up through spite, or intention – and the lynch mob doesn’t help CB’s bunker mentality. It doesn’t have to be “us vs them”.

There’s also a responsibility on the players. This isn’t 2004, this isn’t your first match. You’ve all played hundreds of competition matches, you’re playing NC, so by right, you’re the best / most experienced your nation has to offer, the standard rule set has little changed over the years so you should at least be familiar with it. You needn’t know the intricacies of every rule, just an attitude of general fair play would suffice. It’s a sad indictment that some teams cannot be relied upon to play fairly & honestly.

An admin shouldn’t be necessary to get twelve players on a server & a match played controversy free.

Also needs said that match admins are generally not ‘CB’.
typical Ronner, as soon as things don't go your way, resign
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