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thanks for the info Toast. Like i said, I play, I don't really know how to spectate and I was trying to figure it out when people were screaming for admins.

I keep forgetting that admin mode on many servers is just a way to raise money. I was back on the same server and the same chaos was occuring. I went spectate, but unfortunately I PLAY not SPECTATE, so I guess there are tricks that I dont know. For example, when I spectate, I have to pick a person to spectate. That person gets fried and goes back to spawn. I have to then switch to console to try to figure out who killed the person I was using to specate or try to cycle through players to find someone who's still in the ring. By then, as I observed several times, people start to defend themselves or retaliate, and we end up with mass chaos. Based on digitalshot's reply. the rule about not shooting is not really a rule except for when players are gambling on the outcome. I guess, due to the years I spent in the military, I tend to forget that civvy regs arent necessarily adhered too, even by the people who are supposed to enforce them. Thanks to you both for taking the time to reply. I'll go back to playing and when there are people trolling the ring by shooting into the ring from outside, or just playing W+m1 pyro, and players are screaming for an admin to boot/ban someone, I'll let remind them that they need to be playing for items for no shooting to apply.

Some players wanted to melee in the boxing area but were getting killed by other players using flamethrowers, etc. I went to the ring to observe and warn, but I was fried as soon as I entered. I tried !god , so I could observe without getting killed, but that's not the proper format. I read the admin guide when I frst became and admin a while ago, didnt see any mention of HOW to get god mode, just a warning about not abusing it. In hindsight, I could have gone spectate, but I didnt think of that at the time.

Thanks! That's perfect.

On one server tonight, there was the usual question about spycrabbing for metal. I went to refresh my memory and check motd for rules on spycrabbing. Pinion has taken over motd and the rules weren't displayed. I went to the website to check the rules but I got "Under construction". Most servers forbid spycrabbing because there are so many scammers. The person who asked about spycrabbing lost and left without paying the person who won. Can we get the motd fixed so the rules can be checked in-game? Heck, maybe just have a permanent sign in each spawn with the rules.

What's the policy on the HG TF2 servers re: raffles and spy crabbing? Most of the time those actions are committed by scammers. Are they allowed?

Frequently there are trolls, spamming the mic with racist language, drowning out people trying to trade, abusing anyone who speaks. Is there a way to get admin support to join the server and handle it?