Starblaster64

@Killer_Awesome_Phantom

It has come to Killers and my attention that there is a few Admins that are abusing there commands. Having said, there has actually been a group trying to rid of our admins or scare them off. This means that people are generally not happy with the server.
I will take full responsibility as i made these people admins/mods although it was not in my thought that some of them would abuse to much content. 
 
The commands included are:
Re sizing to small proportions (To annoy people) Re spawning your friends/yourself consistently  Giving buffs to yourself Delaying (Not a command but an issue nether the less)  To all the Admins/Moderators your rules have been set as you applied for Admin if you do not follow them you will be demoted.

To the gamers of killers servers, i urge you to take screenshots, use the 'record' command in the console to catch the corrupted admins. I alone cannot just demote people from words. More proof the better. 
 
Hade ~ 

Regarding your first point, there is an  Admin/Player abuse, sub-forum, as I'm sure you're aware. You should encourage people on the Hale server to use it or tell them to PM an Admin/Staff member they trust if they want to be anonymous. Also inform people how to record .dem files if they don't already know, much simpler and faster than getting people to record footage.
It might be a good idea to compile a list of all the Admins/Mods on all of Phantom's servers (if it already exists I can't find it) and figure out who's doing what.
"i want the staff to abide by them.", the best Admins will know when to be strict in enforcing rules and when to be a little lax. Unfortunately I can't say I've encountered many of such Admins on PG's VSH server. A good Admin will also know how to handle a situation where the rules do not explicitly decide the outcome.
 
Second point, I fully agree. The Price Check plugin is extremely frustrating, especially for players with poorer rigs/connections (the 'freeze' tends to last marginally longer for them). If it's still seeing average use by players, then I would at least suggest changing the updates to happen less frequently or only on map start/end if possible.

What did I just read.
Anyway, minicrits on airborne targets is broken currently due to the fact that Valve decided to completely obliterate the weapon attribute that VSH uses for that. It literally does nothing, not even a description on the weapon it is applied to remains. There's already a fix developed for it by Chdata, but he hasn't released it yet. I would imagine he'll update VSH with that fix along with all the other fixes for the Tough Break update at the same time.
As for the Medigun vanity features not working, that's simple a side-effect of how VSH handles Mediguns. In order to ensure none of the attributes of whatever Medigun is being replaced stay behind, we just completely override the weapon with the new attributes. I've already suggested an alternate method that would preserve vanity features, however I don't know if it will be implemented, or when.

What did I just read.
Anyway, minicrits on airborne targets is broken currently due to the fact that Valve decided to completely obliterate the weapon attribute that VSH uses for that. It literally does nothing, not even a description on the weapon it is applied to remains. There's already a fix developed for it by Chdata, but he hasn't released it yet. I would imagine he'll update VSH with that fix along with all the other fixes for the Tough Break update at the same time.
As for the Medigun vanity features not working, that's simple a side-effect of how VSH handles Mediguns. In order to ensure none of the attributes of whatever Medigun is being replaced stay behind, we just completely override the weapon with the new attributes. I've already suggested an alternate method that would preserve vanity features, however I don't know if it will be implemented, or when.

As for my own suggestion on what I would change:
 
Add an Anti-Ping Mask plugin on the VSH server (Dodgeball doesn't really need it, but you should put it on there anyway to discourage ping masking). There's literally zero reasons to use a ping mask other than avoiding the ping limit. While it's not necessarily detrimental to other players to have a ping mask (or high ping for that matter) when you're facing off against the Hale, it is seriously annoying when you are the Hale. In addition:
You're hiding what your connection to the server is like, preventing other players from making a judgement of how far in advance they should make actions to account for your lag compensation. (i.e. 'range') You're screwing up your own lag compensation. (i.e. melee hitreg) If your connection is already bad, ping masking will just worsen your condition. Depending on particular factors, ping masking may cause you to appear to 'teleport' short distances as you move on other players' clients, making it extremely difficult to hit you at times.

Regarding your first point, there is an  Admin/Player abuse, sub-forum, as I'm sure you're aware. You should encourage people on the Hale server to use it or tell them to PM an Admin/Staff member they trust if they want to be anonymous. Also inform people how to record .dem files if they don't already know, much simpler and faster than getting people to record footage.
It might be a good idea to compile a list of all the Admins/Mods on all of Phantom's servers (if it already exists I can't find it) and figure out who's doing what.
"i want the staff to abide by them.", the best Admins will know when to be strict in enforcing rules and when to be a little lax. Unfortunately I can't say I've encountered many of such Admins on PG's VSH server. A good Admin will also know how to handle a situation where the rules do not explicitly decide the outcome.
 
Second point, I fully agree. The Price Check plugin is extremely frustrating, especially for players with poorer rigs/connections (the 'freeze' tends to last marginally longer for them). If it's still seeing average use by players, then I would at least suggest changing the updates to happen less frequently or only on map start/end if possible.

If their was one thing about phantom-Gamers you could change what would it be and why?

I'm guessing your not head admin status is worth congratulating...

It is real, i'll just slowly back into a corner and cry

Hi, you've inspired to become an Admin from Moderator.
 
You need to follow these steps for us to recognize your capability and also understand if you're ready. Why do you want to become Admin instead of Moderator? What have you done to make yourself recognized by the community? Age? Are you prepared to be yelled at? What have you learned about the server when your a moderator?  
Please fill out all the questions in detail and proper answers, if you make something up and caught you will be demoted. 

not bad this time

This application is decent, but there are some question(s) that needed more details.
For example, your "what time are you on" should include your timezones, you can't be on all day and night since you have other priorities besides TF2 (unless you have some sort of holidays but that's only temporary) and "why I should be admin" cant just metion that we/most admins arent active due to other players sayings also your saying "I'm a very respected person online and made a good impression on myself towards other online players", you're basically recommending yourselve to be an admin.
 
Other than that it's cool :3 see you in game Matt.
 
-GuardianSnow*

Good Morning/Afternoon
 
There have been some MAJOR changes in the server rules/guidelines. This is directed at the whole Phantom community.

Rules/Guidelines Update - Players
 
Yes rules are boring but they’re needed. If you have any questions about the rules please contact Phantom, Beesley or Hade.  Please do not force us to do anything it will only delay the inventible.
Direct link to the updated player Guidelines/Rules: http://phantom-gamers.net/topic/492-player-rules-and-guidelines/
 
Direct link to the updated admin Guidelines/Rules: http://phantom-gamers.net/topic/491-admin-rules-and-guidelines-updated/
 
Admin applications
 
We heard you guy complaining about the lack of admins on the server so we have opened up some admin positions. If you’re interested check out the link below
 
Direct link to applying for Admin: http://phantom-gamers.net/forum/40-jobs-and-admin-applications/
 
New Report System
There has been a change in ways of reporting and you can now report an admin quicker than ever! You might be able to catch the elusive Phantom.

Player Reporting: http://phantom-gamers.net/forum/37-report-an-admin-or-player-for-abuse/
Admin Reporting: http://phantom-gamers.net/forum/37-report-an-admin-or-player-for-abuse/
 
New Servers
We do occasionally change things up a bit. Minecraft server hasn’t been up for awhile to my knowledge but is great fun; please say something on the forum to let us know how many people are interested.

Ark Survival is new, sounds gay but I don’t know.
 
Minecraft server:  http://phantom-gamers.net/forum/39-minecraft/
Ark server: http://phantom-gamers.net/topic/485-ark-survival-evolved-server/?view=getnewpost
Is there any Servers you would like to see for the Christmas holidays: http://phantom-gamers.net/topic/479-is-their-any-servers-you-would-like-to-see-for-the-christmas-holidays/
 
 
Donations
We’re taking donations by keys again and yes it’s improved! All donations go directly to the server improving it as much as we can and giving it back to the community.
 
Donations Link: http://phantom-gamers.net/topic/84-donation-info/
 
 
Points
We now know the reason some players have been losing points and we have found a solution to the problem but we need players in put before changing anything. So check out the link below.
 
Link to changes: http://phantom-gamers.net/topic/478-losing-gameme-points/#entry2699
 
Suggestions & Feedback
We’re always open to feedback and please let us know of any suggestions
Feedback/Suggestions: http://phantom-gamers.net/topic/487-is-their-any-thing-you-guy-would-like-fixed-or-changed/


With all that said and done. I would like to say that killer is Awesome and beesley needs a better bike. I Hade on the other hand is the biggest scrub ever.
 
Contacts
Our website: http://Phantom-gamers.net
Killer_Awesome_Phantom: http://steamcommunity.com/id/Killer_Awesome_Phantom
Beesley: http://steamcommunity.com/id/beeslebub
Hade: http://steamcommunity.com/id/ilove666andilluminati

Admin rules and Guidelines

Admin Introduction,
Congratulations on, inspiring to be a admin/being an admin!
These are the rules, and how to use the commands needed.
Keep in mind, if you're a moderator, you can only kick, ban, mute ect.
Doing the right thing will assist you in being promoted.
 
IMPORTANT: Your job as admin/mod is to enforce the rules we have set in the community. But enforce these rules within our guidelines, which are shown below.
 
Please note, the people's SteamIDs listed below, are the people who are immune to these rules. If you're told to do something by one of these people, you do so.
 
1.0 How to use the commands needed.
1.1 KIcking and Banning
1.2 How to Target Players
1.4 Phantom-Gamers Admin Tool
 
2.0 Rules to Enforce
2.1 Saxton Hale
2.2 Dodgeball
 
3.0 Admin Rules
 
4.0 - Admin Infractions
 
5.0 Other
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1.0
These are some very basic commands, these will be all the commands you will mostly need to know as admin. The listed commands below are to be typed into the console or in to chat by replacing sm_ with a / or ! (i.e /slay killer_Awesome_Phantom) , although we have our own admin plug-in which is explained at the bottom of the 'Targeting Section'.
 
sm_beacon - Produces a ring of the corresponding teams around the  targeted player along with a sound. (See below on how to target)
 
sm_csay - [message] - A broadcast that is shown to players as 'Admin:[message]'.
 
sm_slap - Slaps a targeted player, (See below on how to target) dealing no damage, but moves there player model. Only use when the other player agrees to be slapped and it doesn't affect other players.
 
sm_slay - Slays a targeted player type. (See below on how to target).
 
sm_kick - Kicks a targeted player from the server. (See below on how to target).
 
sm_mute - Mutes targeted player from microphone. Use sm_unmute to unmute player (See below on how to target).
 
sm_pmute - Mutes targeted player from microphone permanently even if they leave and rejoin or the map changes. Please only use on the more annoying players the consistently avoid mutes. Use sm_punmute to unmute player (See below on how to target).
 
sm_gag - Removes a player's ability to use chat. Use sm_ungag to ungag player (See below on how to target).
 
sm_pgag - Removes a player's ability to use chat. permanently even if they leave and rejoin or the map changes. Please only use on the more annoying players the consistently avoid mutes. Use sm_pungag to ungag player (See below on how to target).
 
sm_silence - Silences targeted player from using chat messaging and voice chat. Use sm_punsilence to unsilence player (See below for on how to target).
 
sm_psilence - Silences targeted player from using chat messaging and voice chatpermanently even if they leave and rejoin or the map changes. Please only use on the more annoying players the consistently avoid mutes. Use sm_punsilence to unsilence player (See below for on how to target).
 
sm_ban - Bans targeted player. Use sm_unban to unban player (See below on how to target).
 
 
sm_timebomb - Gives a targeted player 10 seconds before exploding. (See below on how to target).
 
sm_vote - This is used like "[Vote Question]" "[Yes or anything else]" "[No or anything else]"
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1.1 KIcking and Banning 
 
Kicking - When kicking players you must give a reason for the kick
 
Banning - When banning player you must give a descriptive reason for the ban because when the player disputes the ban 6 months later no one knows why they were banned when the reason says "because"
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1.2 How to Target Players
@red - Applies to all red players.
@blue - Applies to all blue players.
@!me - Applies to all but me.
@me - Applies only to me.
@alive - All alive players.
@dead - All dead players.
@all - Applies to all.
"Player name" - Applies to that player (i.e sm_slay "Killer_Awesome_Phantom").
#steamid - Applies to that players steamid (i.e sm_slay #STEAM_0:0:48707494).
 
Sourcebans Examples
 
sm_ban <#userid|name> <minutes|0> [reason]
sm_ban  #STEAM_0:0:48707494 60 "being to Awesome"
sm_ban  Killer_Awesome_Phantom 60 "being to Awesome"
 
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1.4 Phantom-Gamers Admin Tool
 
This is a very handy plug-in which saves you from constantly typing in the console commands above. The reason I listed these is in case we can't update the plug-in, in time it is important for you to still know the console commands.
 
1. Type /admin into chat. This will bring up an interface.
 
2. Number 2 (Server Options) and Number 3 (Voting Options) ARE STRICTLY OFF BOUNDS.
 
3. Upon opening 'Player Commands'. You will be confronted with this lovely interface with all the information and commands you will need.

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2.0 Rules to Enforce
 
The general rules you should be looking to Enforce  for all server are as follows.
 
Mic Spamming - When someone makes a consistant/annoying noise, or continues saying the same thing over and over. Also counts as music, this results in a mute. If they continue to mic spam after being muted, feel free to kick them. If they continue after that, feel free to ban them for 1 day.
 
Mute Evasion - If someone leaves the server then re-joins in an attempt to continue mic spamming. Ban them for 24 Hours or permanent mute them.
 
Hacking/Aimbotting - Any form of hacking (i.e Crit Hack ect.) Results in an instant ban. No warnings.
 
Exploiting Bug - Any form of bugs/commands that give players an unfair advantage (i.e going under map) slay them and if they continue ban them for one day.
 
Camping - Players can't camp for long periods of time. If there are still 32 people alive and one person is camping then, don't go and slay them. But if there are like 4-5 then yes. The only exceptions to this rule are engineers and snipers.
 
 
Stalling - When players stall the round, dealing little/no damage to hale. Feel free to slay them.
(NOTE: This also applies to the dodgeball server, if someone is stalling the round, feel free to slay them)
 
Players asking for friendly - Warn them that this is off bounds and can be seen as free-pointing.
 
Admin Disrespect - Expect to get a lot of shit from players, it's what the life of an admin is. If it serious abuse, you can kick them and ban them if it continues.
 
Disrespectful or Abuse - While we don't mind a little trolling but we don't tolerate players being abusive or racist, this results in a mute/gag. If they continue to mic spam after being muted, feel free to kick them. If they continue after that, feel free to ban them for 1 day.
 
Advertising - If some one is Advertising of other servers on our server perm ban them.
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2.1 Saxton Hale 
 
The rules you should be looking to enforce on saxton hale
 
Free Pointing - If someone (I.E The Hale) allows a user to free point, feel free to kick them. If they continue ban them for a day. (Yes, both hale and the player)
 
First Round Rules - The only exception to the first round is, if anyone captures the point, you can ban them for 5 mins.
 
Friendly - If a player is being friendly for excessive period of time you may slay them.
 
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2.2 Dodgeball

The rules you should be looking to enforce on dodgeball
 
Stealing - If some one steals a rocket from someone that didn't agree it was ok to steal from then give the player one verbal and chat warning if they continue to steal then kick/slay them (e.i sm_kick Player "Stop stealing") if he continues then ban them for 1 day.
 
 
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3.0 Admin Rules
 
The rules you should be looking to follow as an admin.
 
Respawning - You may only respawn once the game is over or  if it's for admin purposes.
 
Rushes - If you want to do a rush you need to do a vote and the vote needs to have a %75 pass (I.e: sm_vote  "No rush" "class" "class" "class" "class").
 
Setting Class - To be use Sparingly if you abuse you may be demoted (Do not use to regain hp)
 
Friendly Fire - No you cannot turn on friendly fire. Doing so will result in you being demoted.
 
Friends - Providing any special treatment to a friend, will result in you being demoted.
 
Re-sizing - Resizing yourself or any other player is off bounds, as an admin you're not suppose to have an unfair advantage. resizing you head slightly is fine though
 
Gravity - Setting the gravity of yourself or any other player is off bounds.
 
Authority - Not following orders from Higher ranked staff, can result in a demotion.
 
Colour Commands - Changing the colour of people/yourself, as well as turning on disco mode. Is fine, but if players are disliking it. Stop for a bit.
 
Teleporting - Using sm_tele to go anywhere, is off bounds. Use of this will result in a demotion.
 
Use conmen sense - If other players do not enjoy what your doing you probable shouldn't be doing it.
 
Bugs -  As an admin/mod its you responsibility to report bug and exploits.
 
Suggestion - If you hear and think of some way to improve the server let Killer_Awesome_Phantom know
 
Set an Example - Part of your job is to set an example for other players and admin so if another admin abusing their powers that dose not give you permission to abuse.
 
Ignorants - Ignorants is not a defence so if you didn't know that was against the rules that's your fault because you have to read the rules to apply. If some one uses your account and abuses its still your fault your account is your responsibility.
 
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4.0 - Admin Infractions

If you break the rules of being an admin this is what will happen
 
Minor Infractions - If you for example abuse the respawn command then you will receive a warning if you continue after the warning or continue to cause problem you will be demote either completely or by one rank
 
Major Infractions - If you for example slay ever one multiple time for know reason your rank will be removed completely.
 
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5.0 Other
 
If you have any question feel free to contact killer_Awesome_phantom.
 
Missing Info - If you feel Like some thing is missing please make a post below or contact killer_Awesome_Phantom or beesley
 
Contacting killer - When you send me a message on steam i may take a up to 24-hours to respond if i don't respond with in a day please resend the message as i might have lost it when i restarted my computer or some thing.

Exploit bug on hale servers too
 

Player rules and Guidelines
 
Thank For joining our servers/community Below here are a list of our rules.
 
1.0 - General Rules
2.0 - Saxton Hale
3.0 - Dodgeball
4.0 - Admin Infractions
5.0 - Admin Infractions
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1.0 - General Rules
 
The general player rules you should be following for all server are as follows.
 
Mic / chat / command Spamming - When you makes a consistent/annoying noise, or continues saying the same thing over and over. Also counts as music, this results in a mute. If you continue to mic spam after being muted, you may be kicked. If you continue after that, you will be ban for 1 day and longer if you continue after that.

Mute Evasion - If you leave the server then re-joins in an attempt to continue mic spamming. You will be banned for 1 day or perm muted.

Hacking/Aimbotting - Any form of hacking (i.e Crit Hack ect.) Results in an instant ban. No warnings.

Camping - You can't camp for long periods of time. If you do you may be slayed. The only exceptions to this rule are engineers and snipers.

Stalling - When you stall the round, dealing little/no damage to hale or the other team. You will be slayed.
(NOTE: This also applies to the dodgeball server, if someone is stalling the round, feel free to slay them)

Admin Disrespect - Being abusive to admin may result in a kick or a ban.
 
Disrespectful or Abuse - While we don't mind a little trolling but we don't tolerate being abusive or racist which might result in a kick or ban.
 
Exploiting Bug - Do not exploit bugs/commands that give you an unfair advantage (i.e going under map) will result in a slay or a ban
 
Advertising - we don't allow Advertising of other servers on our server we all so don't allow Advertising in general you will be banned if you break this rule.
Use Common Sense - If other players do not enjoy what your doing you probable shouldn't be doing it.
 
Listen to the admins - The admin are in charge if they tell you to stop doing something then you should stop
 
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2.0 - Saxton Hale
 
Specific rules you should be following for saxton Hale
 
Free Pointing - If you (I.E The Hale) allows a user to free point, you maybe slayed. If they continue you will be banned for a day. (Yes, both hale and other players)

First Round Rules - The only exception to the first round is, if anyone captures the point, you can ban them for 5 mins.
 
Friendly - Being friendly for excessive period of time may result in a slay.
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3.0 - Dodgeball
 
Specific rules you should be following for Dodgeball
 
Stealing - If you steal a rocket from someone that didn't agree it was ok to steal from then you will receive one verbal and chat warning if they continue to steal then  you will be kicked/slay if he continues then ban them for 1 day.
 
No Exploiting Bug - Jumping onto walls or going under the map in country will result in a slay.
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4.0 - Other Info
 
Missing Info - If you feel Like some thing is missing please make a post below or contact killer_Awesome_Phantom or Bronte
 
Contacting killer - When you send me a message on steam i may take a up to 24-hours to respond if i don't respond with in a day please resend the message as i might have lost it when i restarted my computer or some thing.

Sorry i was supposed to change that the other day when you told me but i forgot to, thanks for reminding me. I have adjusted the values to 1500 damage and rebound to 1000 (super high). I think that's what it use to be.

Is their any thing you guy would like fixed or changed on the servers or the forum. I should be able to do a little work on the servers over the next few weeks.
 
Thing i'm currently Fixing
Trail Glitch (Investigating) Cloak 'n Dagger (Investigating)

more info mean more info

Gday Glaze and welcome to the forum. 

Today at 1.30PM 10/Jul/2015, I and zombi (fellow player on the VSH Hale Server) found that this player called "Katy Perry" maybe using aimbot in the server.
 
Evidence:
 
 
Note that his screen is shacking when ever he spins up his minigun and never mis aim on the hale when he jumps up in the video.
 
Witness: zombi
 
Update: He is on perma ban now for aimbot hacking

A reasonable application, except for:
 
Though it would be helpful if Phantom put some sort of date on it, like "...as of 29/5/2015".

Current Games And Jobs Availability: 
(If you submit a application when their is no available position it will be declined with out review and you may be banned.)
Dodge Ball Admin (2 Positions available) JailBreak Admin (4 Positions available) (Must have experience with jailbreak) Zombie Fortress Admin (4 Positions available) Deathrun Fortress Admin (3 Positions available) Saxton Hale Admin (No Positions currently available) Requirements:
You must be at least 15 years of age. Please make sure you have filled out the steam field on your profile page with your steam id. It is also suggest that you have at least 80 hours worth of time playing on each of our servers logged. Application template:
(PLEASE DO NOT MAKE YOUR ANSWERS SHORT)
Game / Job: Admin Your age?: over 9000 Ingame name and steam id: Kiler_Awesome_Phantom - STEAM_0:0:48707494 - http://steamcommunity.com/id/Killer_Awesome_Phantom/ What time do you normally play?: 6-8 pm Why should you be an admin?: Why the fuck not. Do you have a mic, if so how much do you use it? If you are applying, you need to use it frequently and be confident on the mic: I have a awesome mic but never use it. Do you know the commands for admin?: Fuck no Have You been an admin on another server before?: Yes Have you read and fully understood the admin and player rules(recently updated) (Link)?: absolutely not If you stop playing on Phantom-Gamers will you let us know so we can remove your rank and allow some one else your take your spot?: No i'm greedy  Additional info: I'm really to awesome to be admin you should make me owner Head Admin Requirements:
Must Have some experience with TCAdmin Must have at least some knowledge of how to run a TF2 server i.e. update plugins trouble shoot problems and configure plugins. Must have a mic. Additional Info:
If you have a question about admin contact killer_Awesome_Phantom via pm on the forums or on steam (Link) It is suggest you write your answer a line under the  Question rather then next to it and put the answer in a different color text. I highly suggest you follow the topic with the "follow this topic" left of the topic title. That way you get an email when some one replies. Create a new topic for your post don't reply to this topic. Submitting multiple application on purpose will get both your applications declined.  

What song would you like added to the jukebox
 
Template:
Song name:
Link to youtube video: