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The plot thickens. I recently switched to a new laptop, and thought maybe I'd put in the wrong game key of the two I have, maybe one was still banned from the old days or something. I tried switching it, and they're both banned. I'm guessing I was banned by an individual while I was offline rather than something automated. So it would seem this is a ban appeal and not a lag-kick/autoban thing, maybe? I'll hang tight to see what develops. Thanks.

Server Ban Appeal Info
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Player Name: LoneWolf-McQuade
Date Banned: Banned while offline (Never banned, kicked, or warned in game)
Servers: All SiMPLE Servers
CD Hash: Upon request and I may need directions

The V-Sync change didn't seem to help but here is what I have been able to figure out...

I can load-in to servers from a laptop reboot. (and another condition I'll describe later on.) Once i'm in-game, when the maps change, if I exit to menu, or if I'm disconnected for any reason, I get a blank screen. If I'm kicked for lag, or accidental TKs, anythign really, I don't see a message or next screen. Just black. it seems that when the video formatting changes from game-play, that's the crash scenario. Then, I have to execute a shortcut I created to taskkill the app to get back to the desktop. Here's what I've found though... to restart the game without rebooting my laptop, I can change the Intel Graphics "panel fit" options like this, and reload into another server session/map.

center Image
(refresh screen)
Maintain aspect Ratio
(refresh screen)
scale full screen

Then I relaunch the game and can join again. I'm thinking maybe I need to find a Microsoft generic adapter driver, or a driver only version from intel.. and remove Intel Graphics software. I've tried downgrading from 2019 to 2017 drivers and it didn't do much for me. any thoughts or experience with this headache is appreciated. Maybe I need to go fix my old gaming box after all and ditch this newer laptop. 

That didn't seem to help - i'm looking at the other balckscreen thread here too and seeing similarities. Dell laptop here with second screen. it helps to turn off the laptop screen before I play, but game to game loads are still black death. :\

Jeez - who has so little other enjoyment in life that they're DDoSing gaming communities over a nearly 20 year old game? That's just sad. Good luck to you guys wasabi.

I don’t condone XPs messages at all. That kind of conversation is useless. By now we’re all used to Jazzy’s “where’s you proof” mantra (despite his own selective memory,) excessive retribution bans, or dead silence when he knows he’s guilty of doing something wrong.  Jazzy’s continued tenure as an “admin” here is increasingly problematic for the server. Many of us know what he’s capable of in game, and he consistently makes questionable/abusive decisions with his authority. It’s time to end his pattern of targeted unethical abusive behavior and return him to simply “playing” to entertain himself as opposed to using BRFM to disrupt people he doesn’t like.

ONLY ONE DAY? Isn't that quaint?! My super consistent, totally non-biased instant 1 week ban from Jazzy was for in-game-banter, arbitrarily called spam as a fabricated justification. This happened days after he deliberately team-wounded me in game and refused to answer for it in forums. 1 day vs 1 week. It's pretty apparent there is a lack of self-control and basic ethos about the admin "service" being volunteered by some here.

A few of the the LOP are fostering an environment at SiMPLE where they seem to continuously abuse admin authority with impunity. It's indisputably obvious with nearly every admin-abuse post in the forums that involves them. And whenever someone reasonably questions a decision, they all line up for a pile-on instead of addressing the merits of the issue. Predominantly, the complaints we see are about arbitrary selective enforcement and blatant disregard for the actual server rules. These are unacceptable, ego-based behaviors. If an admin here can't be bothered to be consistent, unbiased, fair, and respond to reasonable inquiries in a meaningful way, they shouldn't be an admin. Basic accountability comes with this volunteer job, at least, that's just how it should work.

Do you admin to help others? to help the game? Exerting authority in questionable pretexts and for one's own emotional benefit does a tremendous disservice to BF42, SiMPLE, and every player that still shows up to this great old game.

The original request was addressed directly by the server owner, despite your "efforts to help."

Again, I consider this matter closed.

Thank you for mitigating this excessive and abusive ban the other day, Tuia.

I was able to rejoin without issue and now consider the matter closed.

Bud, "Lone Wolf McQuade" is the film name. "LoneWolf-McQuade" is my gamer tag. Boolean web search is verbatim. Thanks for demonstrating that you are willing to deliberately misreport information. Facts matter. Remember that time in 2016 where you apologized for doing crap like this, and I accepted it without question? Another lie... I suppose.

Look what the pile-on dragged in... troll-posting lies about me, Dink, just like the lies that led to REMOVAL of your Simple Admin access for harassment, is a pretty good indicator of stalking! This 110% doesn't involve you, so go stalk & pretend to still be an abusive admin quietly from a distance.

Highlight Reel:
- Dink stalk-posting me here in 2015
"What you're doing here, because you have no interest in the actualities of this issue, is targeting me. It's unfair, spiteful, and completely transparent." -Excerpt from LoneWolf-McQuade's response

- More 2015 Dink stalk-posting
"Otherwise, we can dust this all off again next time I have to post about something and repeat the cycle for another 12 years."  -Excerpt from LoneWolf-McQuade's 2015 response...SEEM FAMILIAR?

- Dink stalk-posts another thread

- Dink stalk-posting again (He had no clue I was in TS helping a senior admin bust a maphacker who was perm-banned based on the footage I sent privately for Simple to review.

- More Dink stalk-posting

- Dink refuses to account for an abusive kick (later determined to be part of an abuse pattern resulting in removal of his admin access.

- Dink helping to hijack a player's thread to stalk-post

That's just pieces of stuff here. There's at least 2/3 other forums with this kind of "totally not stalking behavior" from Dink.

Gio - I didn't recall the phrase haven't watched the movie in well over 5 years. Seems to be an awfully insulting toned comment over something so simple. You're in the same clan as Jazzy, right?

Jazzy - Nice try. People will believe whatever they want. Some 5thMRC guys are still around who can attest to your ban and game antics there. Some other [JiF]ers are also still around that can attest to your glitch ban. You've been trolling me for a decade since I banned you as you are aware. You went as far as to server hop to tk me.  Instead of just owning that you deliberately team-wounded me here on SIMPLE, you remained completely silent. You're free to continue to try to hide in the fog of an old game and waning communities - But you and I BOTH know what I wrote is precisely true and it's the source of this excessive ban.

Jazzy unless you banned me, I'll wait for the banning admin. I was NEVER warned in game and was bantering with others who typed just as much. If Jazzy is the banning admin, I'd like to request a senior admin member please review this on a basis of retribution and harassment.

See previous post:
http://team-simple.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=6092