Yesterday a handful of people were simultaneously banned for a short time for exploiting (with no warning as well)
They were a group of demomen/players on dr_trump_tower_redux, either charging to an otherwise unreachable safe spot in the lasers minigame, or standing in a specific spot that did not get them teleported to minigames.
Fine enough on its own, but it sparked a brief discussion today about what people were previously banned for, specifically using Demoman's charge in ways that you cannot easily conclude whether or not it is exploiting. Trimping, skipping small sections of the map, etc.
It would be really nice if the rules could be clarified for exploiting on DR. Specifically the following:
- Is using charge to skip short sections of the map (trimping over the 50/50 on Wintervalley, charging across the oil on Stupidity, charging around a corner to skip two traps on PQ) exploiting? I'd personally consider this to just be fun and clever use of mechanics that can be countered (activator sees or hears demoman charging, can immediately run ahead) vs. outright cheesing entire mechanics (like the exploit people were banned for on trump tower.)
They were a group of demomen/players on dr_trump_tower_redux, either charging to an otherwise unreachable safe spot in the lasers minigame, or standing in a specific spot that did not get them teleported to minigames.
Fine enough on its own, but it sparked a brief discussion today about what people were previously banned for, specifically using Demoman's charge in ways that you cannot easily conclude whether or not it is exploiting. Trimping, skipping small sections of the map, etc.
It would be really nice if the rules could be clarified for exploiting on DR. Specifically the following:
- Is using charge to skip short sections of the map (trimping over the 50/50 on Wintervalley, charging across the oil on Stupidity, charging around a corner to skip two traps on PQ) exploiting? I'd personally consider this to just be fun and clever use of mechanics that can be countered (activator sees or hears demoman charging, can immediately run ahead) vs. outright cheesing entire mechanics (like the exploit people were banned for on trump tower.)