[quote name='Ledhed']Basically, Staff players need to be present for Clan games, be it Major or Minor. The current staff are:
Rocksolidaudio
Zewone
Me
Murcielago
Arikado[/quote]
And out of that list, rock was having connection problems, I wasn't sure Arikado was up to, and the other three were in the room playing Clan matches.
[quote name='Ledhed']ONLY clan members can play Clan games, and you can't mix and match teams and players. It's one clan vs another clan. Minor Clan games play just like Team Slayer and Team Skirmish. Major Clan games play just like Big Team Battle. The only difference is, instead of having an individual rank during these games, the rank you see is the Clan rank, which will fluctuate accordingly with your performance, just as your individual stats do. You also can't pick a team to play against; you simply go into clan matchmaking, and a team is picked for you.
I'd like to reemphasize that NOONE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES should ever play a Clan match without at least one Staff member present, preferably two.
As for who plays in a Clan match, it's going to be our absolute best players. I know we like to play around and have fun, but Clan games are not a joke. Please don't think that you have to be anywhere near as good as our top players; if you play with us alot and prove your meddle and reliability, than you'll get the chance to play, I promise. If you can't get your game together though, sorry. We need our best and brightest during a Clan game; it's that simple.[/quote]
No argument from me there on any of those points.
[quote name='Ledhed']Again, I apologize to whomever couldn't find a room last night. All the staff players (including myself) pulled a pretty shitty move and basically turned practice night into Clan match night. Granted, we did well, but it shouldn't be at the cost of everyone else's time and fun. I promise it won't happen again. Rock and the staff players are all trying to think of ways to better organize practice when we have a huge turnout as we did last night. It's by no means easy, but it shouldn't be.[/quote]
Apology accepted. Glad you guys were kicking ass and taking names.
[quote name='Ledhed']Also, a couple of players have brought to my attention that some people (I'm not going to say any names) were experimenting with exploits last night. I'm not talking the relatively harmless exploits like the "Flag-Thru-The-Floor" trick; I'm talking "Bungie-sees-it-and-bans-you-or-us" exploits.
I'm only going to say ths once: If a Staff player finds out you've been using cheats during practice or during games played with fellow clan members (be it Matchmaking, Custom, Clan matches, etc.) you're gone. I don't care who you are, what your stats are, or how integral you are to the team. You cheat, and that's it. Have a nice life outside of our clan.
Forgive me for sounding like John Q. No-Fun, but I'm dead serious. NO CHEATING.[/quote]
If we're lucky, the BEST case scenario for that is Bungie getting the person in question tossed. In the WORST case scenario (and the most harsh), they toss the WHOLE CLAN out the door, at least the members on the team who were part of the cheaters' party, if not all of us.
Anyone want to explain to me how they'd make it up to the entire clan if we're not able to play online? No, didn't think so.
If you think that cheats are something you should try and see how they work, go do it on someone else's time and XBox. I'm not getting tossed because someone thinks their skills need a little help from an exploit in the code. I know I'm not top-ranked among the clan, and the only way I'm going to do better is to work at it and practice. There's no shortcut in this process, cheating is cheating. And if caught, bare minimum, you're gone. Worse off, I'm gone by association with you. And I'm sure as heck not going to enjoy not being able to play online.
If you cheat and think you're just experimenting, think again. Don't do it. Don't think about it, don't say "I'm just trying to see how it works", simply don't do it. Code exploits are serious issues that Bungie is working to fix and ones they take VERY seriously with their flagship product. Some morons think that they're l33t in using them, they're just deluded.
Think long and hard before you decide to do something on an "experiment" that has much larger implications than just