on the other hand, I'll join your clan and when it comes time to the contest ill cheat and represent the whole clan good and proper icon_laugh
As much as I would love to have a player of your standard in my clan, I myself am not in a clan. I don't have the time to join nor run a group/clan. Maybe one day I will, who knows...
Respect IS earned, yet your telling us to "respect" other people, does putting up a server earn respect? In your book, yes. In mine....not at all. What has the Arma community done to earn my respect, other than a few mission devs (and the TKC / myg0t guys for what they do), not a great deal. So in your own words, they haven't "earned " my respect. How do you respect a community that believes they can file a lawsuit against people for cheating.
Yes you should respect other people if you want them to respect you back. Your actions are disrespectful and selfish, meaning you haven't earned your respect. I didn't say you should respect someone for putting a server up, you should however respect that person for granting you the privilege of playing on that server, also the most respect should be shown to the server itself, as the server is not yours, you have no right to abuse it, whether or not the admin on that given day is a prick.
What has the ArmA community done? Look around, try opening your eyes. If you have played OFP, you will realize that most probably 90% of the ArmA community have come from OFP, not ArmA. It is the community that has kept OFP going, not BIS. All the time and effort people put into making missions, addons and mods, yet you say these people are not worthy enough of your respect?
"How do you respect a community that believes they can file a lawsuit against people for cheating." Well sorry to break it to you, but I think its only the cheaters that don't respect them for trying to file a lawsuit, no one else. Whether they succeed or not, good luck to them. If they do succeed, and these cheats are classed as illegal, I'd be shitty myself right now if I was you, as you have admitted to using several of these cheats.
Contrary to popular belief, not all cheaters cheat because they suck, that's just a misguided idea that most anti-cheats believe. Its your security blanket. "id pwn them if they didn't cheat", yeah yeah heard it before.
Whats not true about that statement? Genuine players will kick the shit out of cheaters that don't use cheats "FACT". You either use the cheats for the attention, which you don't get elsewhere, or... Because you not good enough to compete, simple as. Make more excuses if you wish.
I bought Arma because of flashpoint. OPF had its share of problems, but no where near as bad as Arma. But again you misunderstand, You make it out that people are unhappy because they "spent all their pocket money" (which again, shows your ignorance, either that or you are obsessed with "kiddies"). You don't buy something and never use it, especially if there is a way to have fun (which is what cheating is to me). You don't seem to grasp this, and i cant be any plainer.
By the way, its "OFP" not "OPF" mister know it all...
I think most people bought ArmA because of OFP. Of course OFP had its fair share of problems, but how many games can you say was as good as OFP in its era? Apart from Farcry, I'd say none. Both OFP and Farcry was both ahead of its time. Thats why all the cry babies are so disappointed with ArmA, because they expected more.
Yes ArmA was poor on its release, but BI must have felt the pressure after releasing a game, that they most probably thought wouldn't of been as good as it is. What most people (like yourself) don't understand, is that BI are not EA, Sony or any other massive game developing company out there. They only have a small team, and they can only get better in time. They don't release games every week/month like all the other big gaming developers out there, hence why they come across so many problems. But they always release needed patches, which is more than i can say for other games out there.
"You make it out that people are unhappy because they "spent all their pocket money" (which again, shows your ignorance, either that or you are obsessed with "kiddies")" Ignorance? How? Im just stating the obvious, nothing more.
You clearly don't understand this method of cheating either, on arma, i don't cheat to win. Its pointless. I cheat to have fun. Calling artillery on people, car bombs, suicide bombers (which are awesome BTW), see how many people i can get kicked for cheating who are innocent. Its not about winning, its about enjoying the game. I don't cheat because people are better than me (which some people are, its natural, i don't care if I'm defeated in a game), i cheat to have fun whilst i play.
"You clearly don't understand this method of cheating either, on arma," Well... Errmm.. Thats why im here smart ass...
Whether you call cheating fun or enjoyable, either way its childish, face facts, and stop trying to prove a point to yourself.
Any while on the subject of me, if i wrote a book it would be an AUTO biography, dumbass. Oh and I'm not trying to prove a point, just poke holes in yours so hopefully you will see how little you understand, as you are oblivious to your own stupidity, yes i have a vocabulary too, and id bet my right arm I'm higher educated too, theres your "Kiddie" cheater for you.
Oops... I made a typo, slap my wrists. Should I now quote everyone else's posts, including yours with typo's? Grow up.
As for name calling, you wonder why I call you kiddies? lol... Theres your answer.
" id bet my right arm I'm higher educated too" Now, now, I don't really fancy exchanging body parts, but thanks anyway... You might be higher educated than me, maybe not. Hows it feel if I told you that I most probably earn more in a week/month than you do in a year? Thats with me sitting on my fat ass, and you working 2 jobs?
Where you say your building a new room, how do you not know im not building a new house? My point exactly, you DON'T. So quit with the assumptions, you know nothing about me, and it will stay that way. My personal life if for me to know, not you. If you wish to brag about your so called "life" so be it. But personally I think your living in a dream world, so wake up and smell the coffee.
To answer some of your questions, why i stopped owning servers : there are numerous reasons. Clans disband so the server is no longer needed, games die (or get horrible patches that changes everything you love about the game, like DoD 3.1 into DoD source), I moved to a different country, not as much time for gaming to justify a server. Did anyone force me to buy arma, no they certainly did not, you are correct there. But because i made a decision to buy a game that is broken (which i didn't know when i bought the game), does that mean i have to stop using it in a way i find fun?. The stock game is not fun for me, no where near as good as OPF was (which i never cheated in BTW, and my clan finished 2nd in the 2003 European flashpoint league, which is now called the European combat league), but add cheats to arma and you have one hell of a fun time. I bet you use mods, Scope fix, remodeled guns and new sounds, that's all "cheating". Anything that modifies your game and gives an advantage over others is a "cheat".
"But because i made a decision to buy a game that is broken (which i didn't know when i bought the game)" Love it!!! lol... Why didn't you take the game back to the shop if it was broken??? Or... Why didn't you check the game before you bought it???
I bought ArmA when it was at beta stages, maybe thats what you meant, if so you need to elaborate, because theres so much misunderstanding going on here its unbelievable. Anyway... When ArmA was first released, it was "STILL" playable, yes it had bugs, but what game doesn't? BI have released patches to try and squash most bugs, and have succeeded in doing so. ArmA is getting better and better, all we need is addons then you will see even more players joining the ArmA community.
In reply to your sentence about not cheating in OFP, you really expect people to believe that? You must thick as shit if you do. Once a cheat, always a cheat in my opinon. Their you go again with your so called bragging... You may of come 2nd, but only because the cheats allowed to do so. So stop trying to kid yourself and others...
As for addons and mods etc... Players have the choice whether or not to use them in their mission, or enable addons that overwrite default addons, without having to include them in a mission. Either way, the main server admin that has access to the server.cfg, has the option to whether or not he wants players to join on he's server using different kinds of modifications. All the modifications are released as .pbos if you haven't noticed. Which gives that choice to the admin whether or not he wants to allow those given .pbos.
"True, very true, if you owned a server before, why not get one again? Just for the TKC, that way you can all enjoy ArmA in a cheat filled environment. Or can you not afford it? Have you wasted all your money on ArmA? Awww..." See, here you go again. did you read my last post? at all? Yes i lied, i am broke, i live in a cardboard box (the one my PC came in) at the bottom of someones garden, all because i bought arma. Why don't YOU buy your own server, password it and never have to deal with cheaters again seeing as you hate them so much. You seem to like to tell others what to do with their money, so YOU buy a server, problem solved, or are you to tight fisted to pay for a server. You are the one with the issue here, I'm not telling you how to play the game, you have the problem. Why should anyone change the way they play just because you have a problem. If you don't like it, do something about it, really theres nothing more that needs to be said other than that : If you are not happy, do something about it. Find a way to play the game that makes you happy. If that means buying a server and passwords, so be it, but I'm happy with the way i play, so i don't need to change a damn thing.
Why don't "I" buy/rent a server?? How do you know I don't own a server? I don't need to be in a clan to own a server, and I defiantly don't need to brag my ass off, with what I do, and don't own, any 2 year old can work that out. All you can do is presume and make accusations. You know nothing, about nothing.
I have a number of public and locked servers that I play on. I respect both the admins and servers for granting me the privilege of using them, and they respect me for having a good "FAIR" game with them.
I have a very busy weekend ahead of me so i probably wont respond anymore, there you go , you have "Won"
Is that an excuse? Ah well, just as I was enjoying it. By the way, what have I exactly won? I didn't realize I was in-contention of actually winning anything. Just goes to show how much ive picked at your brain.
Edit: what just happened is a prime example why i dont respect server admins. An admin on FUIAA server (or something like that) just tked me 3 times. First time its because he wanted to pilot the blackhawk (which i had earned the right to fly WITHOUT cheating, sucky EVO), then when i complain he tells me to STFU (big talk cos he had 3 clanners on with him). So the guy waits in spawn and TKs me again for "complaining". So i let it go, took the next Heli and flew in to the warzone. Then im on a hill sniping with him and his 3 clanners nearby, he runs out of ammo. Boom im dead with a pistol shot for my weapon, i complain and he said "tough shit, i needed ammo". He then banned me. Quick ID change later and i decide to destroy his server. Promptly lock him and all his clans keyboards and annihilate the server with arty, carpet bombs, suicide bombs, throwing thim up 3 meters in the air. He relogs and comes back on, so i try out a script ive never used before. "BYE BYE i have to go to the TOILET!!" made me laugh so hard. His server with 34 players currently playing on it is reduced to 5 (all his clan quit too). Respect people just because they put up a server, THIS is the reason i dont. Server admins generally treat people like shit, unfortunately he picked the wrong person, as i had more power on his server than he did. I dont normally destroy a server like this, but this guy deserved it.
Nice story. Thats a prime example of why I don't like Evolution. It just attracts Noobs, cheats, scum and rambos. Maybe thats why you all love it.
As for the guys that banned you, yes he may have been the server admin for that day, but im sure he wasn't the main admin of that clan. I reckon if the main admin caught him doing so, he would get a bollocking, and you handled the situation in a very mature manner. (Thats sarcasm by the way, don't let it go to your head.) But thats my opinon on that matter...