AFKS and Ignorant people in pugs

[Peyton]

The people that go AFK on a regular basis will now receive a ban duration of 1 day. This act is border line flaming, which results in a lengthier ban duration. So, if these people continue to go AFK then I will have no choice, but to extend their ban time after each infraction. I would rather have less players playing this game then have those select few slow down and ruin the game-play.

New players can be a stress. Last week someone thought it was okay to switch with me on defense and make me rush the quarterback. I banned him for the duration of the game because he went about it the wrong way. He was the weakest link on the team and he wouldn't rush the quarterback because he thought it was a demeaning position for one of his caliber. Only Shanks and I hold the right to ban these kind of players, but what I would suggest for others is to simply not draft them. The mod needs new players and the more we can rotate within the PUGs the better. However, if these players don't want to listen to more experienced players then there really is no upside in having them playing in the pick-up-games. This reminds me of when Craig was relatively new to the PUG scene as a quarterback and he was getting mentored by Blood and Funtastik. One thing you have to keep in mind is how you explain the game to these new players. If you bitch at them and tell them "you suck, you're so bad" then the chances of them getting better and understanding the point that you are trying to get across is unlikely. Psychologically speaking; more positive reinforcement, less negative reinforcement.

As for the speed command, itis not part of the football mod. It's actually my fault because I haven't reorganized the admin flags. I'm going to do this now so that instances of abuse with other plugins will never happen again. I was aware that one of the admins was using the speed command as a spectator, but I had no idea he was using it in-game as an advantage. There will be an update to the admin flags today and as a result the abilities of some admins will be altered.

Thanks for the posts guys.