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.

[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

[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.

[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!!

[Old Man Mike]

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!!

Hamma,

Several points need to be made here:

1) The above information you copied is from the MOB Private section which the MOB Regs do not have access to. Posting this information is not only against MOB rules, it leads to lots of confusion about the commands since MOB has different capabilities than MOB Regs.

2) MOB Regs should use the commands pinned in the MOB Regs section. The default kick periods are fine. Also, it is not a 20 min ban. PBrcon bans are not temporary and remain in place until an unban is executed. You are confusing bans with kicks. In addition, all MOB server kick defaults are NOT 20 mins. The COD2 defaults are 5 mins. The kick times are appropriate for the length of the maps.

3) I think you are the one that should be apologizing to T/A6pak since she was following the correct process.

Old Man Mike