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by lordinfidel 1 view

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Since the rest of the discussions have been boring. I'd thought I would post my UT03 experience from last night.

I was in the mood to play capture the flag and found a server with low ping times and 3 players.
Figured they could use a fourth.
So i join in the game and I'm kickin ass. And then I start to notice that no one is even trying to play. And my own team member was trying to kill me.

It was on a board that I knew well, but I notice that everyone was waiting for me by the flag ans was trying to kill me.

So, on my last death I type in an expleritave "dammit". And someone types in Leave.

So i'm thinking, WTF?

They type in again Leave, Please.

So I type in ME?
>Yeah
>Leave
>Please
>Leave

First off, rude. So it dawned on me that maybe this was a private game.

me>PVT GAME?
>Yes
>Leave
>we are in team practice

So, (this is where the moral of the story comes in)
me>if you want to play a pvt. game, password protect your server.
me>did not know it was a pvt gam, sorry
me>have a good session and pwd your server

If you have not figured it out, If you are hosting any sort of internet game and you don't want outsiders to join in.

Friggin password protect it.

If you don't, then don't get bitchy and act like a girl if someone joins in and starts ripping you to shreds.

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by road-dog

scrimages and team practices on Tribes servers. Usually the folks there are pretty cool. They usually ASK me to bail because of private practice. Other times, they ask me to transfer to the opposing team.

I suspect that the UT ranks have a higherpercentage of whiners!!!!

by lordinfidel

I password protect it.

My feeling is, if you don't want other people on it, assign a pwd to it.

If you don't and someone joins your game, don't be a dick about it.

They can ask you to bail, but it is kind of sucky. Especially if you just spent the last 20-30 minutes playing and you have no idea that you are messing up their practice.

It's just etiquette in my eyes.

Or if you enter a game, they should automatically say, Hey , sorry but this is a pvt game.

Not >Leave. Like you are being made out to be some abusive dick.

by road-dog

Or were they squatting? If it WERE their server, they could PW or simply boot you. If they were squatting, contact the server owner and see if they will ban them.

Or....

I'm not familiar with UT (reactions too slow, I suspect), but that is a prime opportunity to mine the map.

Nothing makes a game more interesting than a visit from the mine fairy!!!!!!

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