As with my last post, this probably only concerns one server/set of servers (Hightower No Carts).
What is a slot waster?
Somebody who joins a game and intentionally wastes their player slot - running around in spawn, congaing around the map, or otherwise refusing to fight and play the game properly. AFK people don't fit this, an AFK timer is a separate issue that I want to bring up. Friendlies come under the umbrella of slot wasters.
Why is this so bad?
I've been on this server multiple times where an entire team was refusing to play bar around 2 people. This made a massive inbalance (8v2), making it unfun for the people who actually want to play properly.
Slot wasters are also pretty damn toxic - killing them or otherwise calling them out on their behaviour makes them hostile towards me in chat. Usually they get angry enough to fight back, but the damage has been done by then.
Nearly every time I play, I get around an entire team hating me because I play the game properly.
Simply put, this is an issue that I believe needs fixing. It's getting to the point where I can join the server and have nearly a 100% chance of encountering a slot waster or group of slot wasters, and about a 80% chance they are also toxic towards me too. I don't personally get offended by what the people say, but that doesn't make it not wrong or actually offensive, especially for other people.
You *could* argue that by virtue of them becoming toxic, it breaks rules anyway, but IMO they should be rooted out first so that the players who want to actually *play the game* can play without having to deal with people who refuse to play properly.
Of course, there's the argument of "people should be able to play as they wish" - It's a stupid argument. This isn't "piss about fortress 2" or "ruin the game for people who want to play fortress 2" - it's a deathmatch server and should be treated as such.
What is a slot waster?
Somebody who joins a game and intentionally wastes their player slot - running around in spawn, congaing around the map, or otherwise refusing to fight and play the game properly. AFK people don't fit this, an AFK timer is a separate issue that I want to bring up. Friendlies come under the umbrella of slot wasters.
Why is this so bad?
I've been on this server multiple times where an entire team was refusing to play bar around 2 people. This made a massive inbalance (8v2), making it unfun for the people who actually want to play properly.
Slot wasters are also pretty damn toxic - killing them or otherwise calling them out on their behaviour makes them hostile towards me in chat. Usually they get angry enough to fight back, but the damage has been done by then.
Nearly every time I play, I get around an entire team hating me because I play the game properly.
Simply put, this is an issue that I believe needs fixing. It's getting to the point where I can join the server and have nearly a 100% chance of encountering a slot waster or group of slot wasters, and about a 80% chance they are also toxic towards me too. I don't personally get offended by what the people say, but that doesn't make it not wrong or actually offensive, especially for other people.
You *could* argue that by virtue of them becoming toxic, it breaks rules anyway, but IMO they should be rooted out first so that the players who want to actually *play the game* can play without having to deal with people who refuse to play properly.
Of course, there's the argument of "people should be able to play as they wish" - It's a stupid argument. This isn't "piss about fortress 2" or "ruin the game for people who want to play fortress 2" - it's a deathmatch server and should be treated as such.