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This is true. I've banned him myself a few times but he seems to be able to evade. He never uses chat. He will play for a few minutes and then he starts his TK, SFV, ramming FVs crap. I never ask this but please ban him permanently if possible.
M10 is faster than tiger, hits harder (It seems). Doesn't have the recoil rock like tigers do.
Yes, I noticed the reload is fixed. I still think the game has been slowed by the repair change, but the reload is an improvement.
I posted this earlier under Server Administration but got no response so I have created a new topic here. Sorry for double posting:
Someone has changed the settings on Tanks-A-Lot Aberdeen and changed the whole character of the server/map. The repair pads have been modified to not reload the tank guns. The pad repair time has slowed considerably too. I understand that some players really dislike "Padders" but it's just a matter of team cooperation to distract padders from the front and kill them from behind. The no reload change has resulted in users with heavy tanks running back to the home base to reload every time they run out. Now padders spend even more time sitting on the pad waiting to repair and then drive somewhere else to reload instead of quickly rejoining the action.
Please return the previous settings.
My Windows 10 machine displays .TGA files in Picasa Photo Viewer just fine but this is an old and unsupported app that came with Picasa, also unsupported anymore. My TGAs are blank in Paint, Irfan View, GIMP and such but they do show up in VLC Media Player from www.videolan.org.
It's basically a video display app but it also works for these still shots in TGA format. I use it all the time for video but this might solve your problem.
Everyone who beats you is a cheat, right? Just like the guys with the M10s on the pad vs your wespe. Even after we test it you still think it's a cheat. You've also accused me before when I kill you. Who can believe you about someone or anything else?
Arrrrgggghhhhh!!! Please no...
I do play this server almost daily and I like it the way it is now. If there was a way to turn off the death zone when the game becomes a shooting gallery it might be nice. It does become boring when a team (Usually Axis) gets locked up in the home base, but the current set up stops the Drive-across-the-map-to-sneak-in-the-home-base trick. The result of that move is REALLY boring. I say that knowing that when I was a noob, it was my favorite trick from the Allied side. I quit that stuff soon but I just played another server recently where it happened. Tanks-A-Lot is much better with the current death zone setup.
So far I haven't been able to find out why ashfaqur was banned in the first place. He appears to be rather young and new to the game and didn't understand the rules. He had a bad habit of chat spamming for which he was warned and when I've seen him play he has mostly learned to refrain from chat spamming. It was a bit annoying but I have talked to him about that on PM and lately he's been asking me his questions on PM. I don't think he actually knows how he managed to log back into the game while banned. If that's why he got a perm ban, it seems not quite fair.
Since I play almost exclusively on Tanks-a-Lot, I haven't seen him play on the other servers. My understanding is he was TKing on the other servers. It's possible he was just too new to know how to avoid TKs. Especially if he started on Tanks-a-Lot where TK is off. He could be fooling me but he seems to at least be able to learn what not to do.
I hope I'm not making a mistake by speaking on his behalf and he hasn't asked me to say this here but maybe he could be given another chance?
When I had to leave at the end of the previous(?) round, Sepp was threatening to 'take matters into' his own hands over this alleged attack by Maks. I'd bet he didn't get banned for complaining about Maks. But I was no longer there. What is the actual ban for and for how long? Tk? Insulting the admin? Chat spamming? Bad language? Deliberately staying idle in a home flag bunker and taking up a slot? All trademarks of Sepp. If he was banned for every time he's insulted me over the years, the man would never play. I just ignore him if he's actually playing, even if he's just parking his wespe on the ridge and shelling the Allies with it. He brought this on himself.
In the last 7 days we have had a full server (24) players 5 times. This is a big improvement for Tanks A Lot. Let's not add any annoying bots.
I'm sure that Sepp is describing the situation as he sees it on Tanks-A-Lot since that's the only server he plays on, except for when he can convince someone to do a 1 vs 1 with him. I do agree with him on the points he makes, though. Still, who wins on that map depends on the skills of the players. Axis can end up locking the Allies in their base pretty much as easily as the reverse, based on my same number of years experience. Axis just needs to pay attention to the City and South flags. Occasional pot shots should be taken at the city whether you can see an enemy in the building or not. TK is off so this tactic is important to remember. South also needs to be watched more carefully than I see Axis doing far too often. The better players will know this and if playing Axis they will negate the terrain advantage that Allies do appear to have.
Sepp only plays Axis (with very rare exceptions) and he is often responsible for giving an advantage to Allies when he either quits altogether or relegates himself to a Wespe parked on the ridge leading South. Even though he is good with the wespe, this skews the round results in favor of Allies. If he would just use tanks he'd be much more effective. At least the Wespe on the ridge does contribute to Axis defense. Whack-A-Mole helps a bit...
A player calling himself some combination of "NOT BANNED" was chat spamming Tanks-A_lot today and came back repeatedly after kicking and attempted banning. I tried to get rid of him and whooopz was there, I think trying also but nothing worked. It was just a waste of time trying to get ban/kick him. I think I just wore him out kicking him and him coming back. This was happening around 1700 Eastern time today
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The only improvement would be in Gazala, if the spawnpoints are closer to the vehicles and perhaps some more vehicles, yes.
If you ask me, i would rather remove the planes completly at Gazala and replace it by tripple amount of tanks and jeeps.
Just imaging that epic battle on the ground with all those hidden ways to the contested area.
It would give real battles, changing from attacks to fallback, regroup and counterattacks with walls of tanks.
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I would love this! It seems every time I play Gazala I can't stay alive without a plane killing me before I have much chance to use a tank. No planes would be fun. For tankers anyway...
Rather than create a new topic I'll mention this here, this server is down(?) again. Same symptoms
I would prefer going back to 2 points per flag but not to 3 per flag. 3 points does make flag capture for points too attractive. Either way the pileups of teammates around the flags might be reduced with 1 or 2 for the capture. There will still be lots of flag runners, though.
On the other hand, flags on Aberdeen provide tanks and it's a tank map. Hold no flags and you play at a severe disadvantage. That's sort of what Sepp is saying about infantry maps but too few points for flags will turn tanks a lot into Tank Arena. Nobody wants that (or at least I don't)
El Duderino?
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Do we have full moon or something?
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Or did i miss something between the last week?
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Now I understand this whole thread. The 18th IS the full moon!
This is a complicated question that I run into all the time. I get complaints that 'stackers' should be kicked based on both talent or numbers. I've seen games where 3 good players can hold their own and even defeat more than double their number if the 'stacked' team is filled with lesser talent or experience. Most times the larger number will have the greater advantage. I seldom kick 'stackers' but often switch teams to try to correct the imbalance. Especially at the beginning of a round. I actually prefer to join the losing side. It becomes more of a challenge.
Odd situations occur with autoswitch. A couple of days ago I fired a kill shot against a smoking axis tank just as I was hit with a kill shot against me. I was autoswitched to axis and received a TK because my last shot from the allied side killed a member of my new team. Not the first time that's happened. I prefer manual balance correction...
It seems that Tanks a Lot! is not showing up in the server list when I click Update. Because I have it in my favorites, I can see it that way but I get nothing from it in Update. Anyone without it in their Favorites will think it's not running. Is there a way to fix this?
Darius is able to play on Tanks A Lot. He was asking me in-game if I could help a short while ago. Spieler (possibly deeko, according to others on the server) claims Darius's IP range is banned. Does that make sense if he can play on TAL but not other Simple servers?
Sepp wrote:It's actually a big thing when Sepp gets beat 1vs1 because it hardly ever happens as no one accepts the challenge. But when it does, I make sure to be honest.
I don't even think of Tuga like of someone who can play well with a tank. If a guy of this kind can beat you, what are you talking about then?
Tuga's play has improved considerably with tanks over the past year. However, this particular win happened because the rules Sepp has proposed in another post weren't being used. The mine kill wasn't exactly a tank skills victory. But Tuga did win and Sepp is being magnanimous (had to look that up for sure...) in posting his defeat here. That said, Tuga does tend to throw the 'loser' accusation around a lot but usually only at those who attack him in chat. Sometimes the chat flame wars become more heated than the battle
Because I play constantly on Aberdeen I feel I have a valid opinion. Oddly, (or not) I agree with Sepp on his rules and the value of the Aberdeen map. Within those parameters it would determine who is the best tanker, at least at the time of the match. Not taking ping into account, but what else can you do?
1 other factor could be the relative superiority of the tanks used. I know Sepp would choose a tiger pretty much 100% of the time. Agreeing to trade vehicles, likely M10 v Tiger might make for an interesting match. But that would not be an 'official' rule, just something to make it a more equal challenge.
"Badges?" We don't need no "badges!" We don't need no stinking "badges!!!!"
This same player was online again today on Tanks-a-Lot. Switching sides when the victims shoved him out of the base by grouping together. It still prevents the non-disruptive players from playing.
I have always refrained from reporting disruptive players in the 14 years I've played this game but today (and other recent days) has become too much to bear in silence. A player calling himself BiSoUsBiScOtO today shows up on Simple Tanks-A-Lot and damages empty tanks in his home base. He will switch to the other side and do the same thing to them. He's used other names over the last few days or even weeks but today, Tuesday October 3 he was using the BiSoUsBiScOtO name.
A permanent ban would be the best solution, though he is so determined to prevent anyone from playing he may just find some way around it.
A funny thread if I've ever seen one :-)
Much as it pains me to say so, I think Sepp has a point. I have 2 points to make myself.
1. Simon and Deeko: If you 2 are so honest and have nothing to hide, why do you always choose some name other than Simon and Deeko? At least then the rest of the players will know who you really are and we can decide for ourselves if Sepp is right.
2. Sepp: As for "standing and being counted", was Hotspur or Hustler or Wolf all standing up to be counted? Lately you have been using Sepp whenever I've seen you, but you can't claim you never use other names. I'm sure the excuse will be that you would get kicked on sight as Sepp, but since it only takes one time getting killed before you start in on using the banned words, we all do know who you are, different names or not.
But I don't understand any of you 3. Why use cheats if you're so good as you seem to think? No one wins by cheating. All they do is cheat, which anyone can do. And Sepp being disruptive has baffled me for as long as I've played this game. It's supposed to be fun. Either kind of unfair play is just stupid. In the immortal words of Rodney King (or Jack Nicholson if you prefer), why can't we all just........get along?
I have to say I think this is a bad idea. One of the main things that has kept me playing BF42 all these years has been that there has always been at least one server that stays Aberdeen all the time. If this goes away, I'm sure my playing time will go down precipitously. While I do like Bulge and Tobruk, I think there are enough other servers with those maps in the rotation to satisfy those who want to play those maps.
I also think that taking a vote on the forum isn't giving a fair vote for the regulars on the Tanks a Lot server. I scrolled through the forum users list and I see only a small number of the regular TAL users are members. Yes, I do know those on the forum users list could be using a different username from the name they use while playing. I believe the regulars on TAL are more likely to use the name they chose in the early days or some variation of that original name, in-game and on forums.
I would also hate to lose this perfectly set up (IMHO) Aberdeen server. No TKs so disruptive players are kept to a minimum, uncaptureable home bases with the death zone just large enough and extra tanks. What's not to love?
I know this is just my opinion but I think this change would disappoint many who really like Aberdeen and have played Aberdeen only servers for a very long time. I know I will be ... devastated. I might even cry a little... .... just a little..... or maybe a lot?
My ping is its same old crappy self 109 - 125 on Tanks a Lot. And now Tanks a lot shows up in the server list. Good job to whomever fixed that.