IP Ban Options

[Eva]

Hello!
First I would like to ask what an IP ban is and how long it lasts and second I would like to discuss some other issues.
My steam profile is http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198202328987/ and I know I have been far from an exemplary player!
The ban was probably a couple of days ago, I imagine because of a teamkill although can't be sure.
It would sure be great if we could discuss this maturely, although at times I'm considering quitting the game all together due to the issues I mentioned earlier. (I can elaborate if you want but I don't know if this is the right place for that.)
Looking forward to any reply and thanks for taking the time to read this.

[Eva]

Good to know! But I hadn't been playing for that long to know all these things..And the vote kicking system had failed me more times than not so that was extremely frustrating for me as a new player! Basically, my experience was rather disappointing, even more so now that I see that no-one can be bothered to take some time and give me an answer! So, unless a miracle happens I won't have the chance to give this game another chance or try your advice, but I sincerely appreciate it!
Ps. No, I wasn't referring to you at all as far as different languages go...it was just a general observation. Personally I don't love it when I don't know what other people are saying but it doesn't bother me that much. Frankly there are way bigger problems with this community than that. Like I said in my previous post, I saw someone else saying that they got banned for it and I found it weird.

[The Malefic Trou...]

I see that no-one can be bothered to take some time and give me an answer!

Sorry for that - it sometimes happens that players comment right after each other in different threads and the first one slips under the radar. This doesn't mean we ignored you, hope you understand.

A couple of things:

Speaking in different languages in-game IS okay, as long as it's not excessive. Cases when players were actually kicked for that are extremely rare, and it usually happens when a bigger group of people basically dominate the chat by talking in a non-English language and they refuse to tone it down. There are two main reasons for enforcing it though, one is it often leads to a situation in which players stop chatting in English at all - the vast majority of players on the server do speak English, and everyone participating in a discussion or simple banter is what I believe is encouraged for the community's sake. And the second reason (though personally in my eyes - less important than the previous one) is that more often than not us admins can't understand what's going on in the chat, and as such it makes it impossible for us to enforce the rules properly. I assure you, a short dialogue here and there is absolutely okay and once again, situations in which it becomes a problem are really rare.

%TD is flawed - yes, a player accidentally hiting their teammate in the beginning of a round will often result in them being kicked from the server by other players even if they are sound players. Meanwhile you get this guy running around hitting teammates like crazy, but since for every teammate he kills he kills 10 enemies his %TD stays low - quite honestly unless there's an admin online AND someone actually report it to them, there's nothing you can do about such players.

If you have any other questions please don't hesitate to ask, even if you don't plan to play this game ever again.