TBotV63
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At the present the following is shown at a regular interval or when you run the command sm_rules.
*** Please follow coming rules:
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1) No rocket stealing.
2) No blocking; leave space for others.
3) No orbiting for too long.
4) No continuous suiciding when you get the rocket.
5) No attempting to steal.
6) No breaking rockets or map abusing
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*** Have Fun!
I'd like to suggest two things:
First: A minor tweak to merge point 5 with point 1 as they are of the same nature. "No attempting to steal" implies "No stealing" anyway.
Second: I'd like to suggest disableing the rule broadcast at a regular interval. Everyone is prompted with the rules and forced to agree to them at the very least once when they first join the server. From this point we should be able to assume that the user is (at least somewhat) familiar with the rules.
Spamming the rules over and over again in my opinion isn't helpful as, due to their spammy nature, they're just ignored and read over by everyone anyway. There's always some new users that will steal, but often after an explanation what stealing is they will either stop (yay) or continue anyway. Then there's those who know what stealing is, know that it is forbidden, often even have several bans and still do it. Spamming the rules won't hammer the point in for this group either.
So in the end, all having the rules on an interval does is disrupt conversations and make important information from chat harder to read. The fact that they're staggered at a 1 second (?) interval makes them even more annoying and disruptive.
If you really wanted to spam something just for the sake of it you could also make the "sm_rules" command bring up the menu you are shown when you have to agree to the rules initially and then send a message along the lines of "to view the rules type /rules". That way you could reduce the 10 (!) lines of spam down to 1 or 2 and provide more detailed explanations of the rules to users who actually want to read up on them and use "sm_rules".
*** Please follow coming rules:
=============================================
1) No rocket stealing.
2) No blocking; leave space for others.
3) No orbiting for too long.
4) No continuous suiciding when you get the rocket.
5) No attempting to steal.
6) No breaking rockets or map abusing
=============================================
*** Have Fun!
I'd like to suggest two things:
First: A minor tweak to merge point 5 with point 1 as they are of the same nature. "No attempting to steal" implies "No stealing" anyway.
Second: I'd like to suggest disableing the rule broadcast at a regular interval. Everyone is prompted with the rules and forced to agree to them at the very least once when they first join the server. From this point we should be able to assume that the user is (at least somewhat) familiar with the rules.
Spamming the rules over and over again in my opinion isn't helpful as, due to their spammy nature, they're just ignored and read over by everyone anyway. There's always some new users that will steal, but often after an explanation what stealing is they will either stop (yay) or continue anyway. Then there's those who know what stealing is, know that it is forbidden, often even have several bans and still do it. Spamming the rules won't hammer the point in for this group either.
So in the end, all having the rules on an interval does is disrupt conversations and make important information from chat harder to read. The fact that they're staggered at a 1 second (?) interval makes them even more annoying and disruptive.
If you really wanted to spam something just for the sake of it you could also make the "sm_rules" command bring up the menu you are shown when you have to agree to the rules initially and then send a message along the lines of "to view the rules type /rules". That way you could reduce the 10 (!) lines of spam down to 1 or 2 and provide more detailed explanations of the rules to users who actually want to read up on them and use "sm_rules".
