20 minute bans Options

[All Thumbs]

Ok guys, it's pretty sad when a guy cant go to the restroom without bring kicked from a server. I tried to play tonight around 1720 - 1730 EST on Barbarossa only to come back and find that I've been kicked. Being kicked probably wouldn't be so bad but the 20 minute ban is BS. All I did was load my game and take a trip to the toilet.

[T/A6Pak]

You were sitting in spec and Rommel had asked you to join several times. Sorry we didn't know that you were visiting the thrown...(LOL). People were waiting to get in and there was another player sitting in spec as well. No hard feelings buddy, we've all been there.

[HammaTime]

A kick was appropriate. The 20-minute ban wasn't. Please accept our apologies and come back often.

[T/A6Pak]

It wasn't a ban...all it was was a 20 min kick!!! I don't know why he thinks it was a ban. I don't even think we can ban for 20 mins. Never heard of that???
I didn't make it 20 mins...when you do the kick it does it automatically.
I think there might be some mix up!!!!!!!!!!

[Spectre]

Either way you didnt need to attack us like that i beleive. You should of just ask why did I get kicked? Well i think we will fix the issue.

[Old Man Mike]

6Pak is correct. Barb has a default period for a pbrcon kick and that is 20 mins. It was a kick, not a ban.

Old Man Mike

[Spartan]

I go afk quite a bit....soo Ive had my share of being kicked...In fact iam afk soo much that my nickname outta be "brb guys"

[Rommel]

You were sitting in spec and Rommel had asked you to join several times.

It's politically correct to kick people who spec for a long time. There was people who ask to join the server, but could not log in to the server because it was full.

[M@ster of Dis@ster]

6Pak is correct. Barb has a default period for a pbrcon kick and that is 20 mins. It was a kick, not a ban.

Old Man Mike

Is there a way for a person doing the "kicking" to override the default and put in a time amount? In case of people sitting in spec, it would be better for a 0-1 minute ban/kick (whatever the heck you want to call it). 99% of the time, a person sitting in spec for a few minutes is just afk, so no need to prevent them from gettting back in for 20 minutes.

As for the orginal poster, you sure could have asked more nicely. Catch mre bees with honey than with vinigar!

Still, spec kicks should be very short. We don't want to hurt the popularity of the server by over aggressive kicking.

[)--S@B0T-->]

It seems to me there is, but I'm not the expert here either. I kicked 6pak from the server back when I had {MOB} tags (I assume I had 100 pts) because she was AFK for a while, server was full, peeps wanted in. I input the time as "1" and she was immediately back in. I believe you could/can specify the time from 1 to 999 mins? Sound right, anyone? I think I will visit the PB website. I'm sure the answer is there - somewhere.

This post has been edited by )--S@B0T-->: 01/02/07 10:24am

[HammaTime]

I believe all of our servers have the default 20 minute Punkbuster ban period. But, we aren't supposed to use the pb_kick command for just this reason.

To properly kick someone we should all be using the pb_rcon pb_sv_kick command. This enables us to specify your name and the reason you are kicking the person, and most importantly, the number of minutes you are kicking. This rule for MOB members to follow was established long ago to make tracking down the events surrounding the kick easier.

Here is an explanation of the command:

pb_rcon pb_sv_kick # %% "Why you kicked the person & YOUR NAME"
replace # with the slot number the player is in
replace %% with how many minutes you want to kick them.

6Pak made an honest mistake. We certainly have all done it, but this is the first time I've heard the bathroom excuse!!

[)--S@B0T-->]

I believe all of our servers have the default 20 minute Punkbuster ban period. But, we aren't supposed to use the pb_kick command for just this reason.

To properly kick someone we should all be using the pb_rcon pb_sv_kick command. This enables us to specify your name and the reason you are kicking the person, and most importantly, the number of minutes you are kicking. This rule for MOB members to follow was established long ago to make tracking down the events surrounding the kick easier.

Here is an explanation of the command:

pb_rcon pb_sv_kick # %% "Why you kicked the person & YOUR NAME"
replace # with the slot number the player is in
replace %% with how many minutes you want to kick them.

6Pak made an honest mistake. We certainly have all done it, but this is the first time I've heard the bathroom excuse!!

Ahhh, yes, there it is. Saved me a trip. Thanks!

[T/A6Pak]

Thanks Hamma, I am going to copy that down right now. That does make alot more sense. Anyways, this error I made probably helped out alot more people with Hamma's response.
But correcting my error will save alot of problems in the future. Just another Blonde Moment....LOL
Thanks All
T/A6Pak aka Blondie aka Cudamom aka GIJane....(I'm only saying the nice one's....haha)

[M@ster of Dis@ster]

Thanks Hamma, I am going to copy that down right now. That does make alot more sense. Anyways, this error I made probably helped out alot more people with Hamma's response.
But correcting my error will save alot of problems in the future. Just another Blonde Moment....LOL
Thanks All
T/A6Pak aka Blondie aka Cudamom aka GIJane....(I'm only saying the nice one's....haha)

Not a blond moment on your part, though you do have many, many, many of them!!!

Hamma's detail is better than the initial instructions I read long ago. What I have written down on a scrap of paper was the more basic kick which defaults to 20 minutes. But I also remembered a long time ago you'd see DG kick people and it'd have that explanation plus the minutes would vary widely. Once she kicked herself for 2 minutes when I told her too...but everytime I tell 6pak to kick herself she thinks I'm joking!

[T/A6Pak]

LOL... I'll leave that to Sabot...he kicks me when I least expect it...LOL Like right when I'm going to snipe his butt or plant a base. MOD you're really kidding right??
Who would want to kick me???? OMG....LOL don't say everybody.

This post has been edited by T/A6Pak: 01/02/07 12:05pm