Okay, now let's get down to dredging through the muck, shall we?
First off, I'd like to point out a (in my opinion, deliberate) factual inaccuracy regarding the account of events given by ParkRangerMoon (hereafter referred to in this post as "PRM" because I'm lazy):
Now, damage logs are kind of busted. Falsely attributing players who damaged or damage values is common. Today I faced the wrath of Lightning and was forced to serve a slay for this:
And here is the associated log:
[03:12] ParkRangerMoon (SPECTATOR) [innocent] has damaged [MZK]Lightning [detective] for 10 HP with models/props_c17/o
PRM actually damaged me 4 separate times during the round in question (Round 6 of the map Mirage) for a total of 25 damage which can be seen in the following 2 screenshots of the Old Logs section of the F8 menu:
Now damaging someone for 10 is one thing, but PRM actually damaged me for 25, or 1/4 of my allotted health during that round, and influenced the round from beyond the grave by forcing me to return to my health station. This also interfered with my ability to serve my duty as a Detective that round.
The other thing that happened that round that I don't like is that
@j3kawesome ("j3k"), a
LEAD ADMIN, actively participated in damaging me from beyond the grave as well, despite me calling for the staff online at the time to put an end to the props damaging me in VC. Last time I checked staff members, such as the
LEAD ADMINS, are supposed to
enforce the rules and not
violate them as j3k clearly did here by damaging me for at least 35 health. I am very disappointed in j3k's actions here, and quite frankly disappointed in myself for giving him the benefit of the doubt in this situation.
As for the report that I filed against PRM for the damage he caused to me, I will first bring up the following statement made to me by
@Titan:
This confirms that damage done to alive people by dead people possessing props is indeed punishable as RDM.
I, as Ted has stated above, am eligible to report anyone who I can confirm damaged me in this manner. Looking at the logs confirmed that PRM damaged me as a possessed prop, and I therefore filed a report. Enough said.
when it isn't as intentional as following someone as a prop.
Allow me to introduce you to an awesome new idea for how to follow someone without risking a report against you. There's this thing called 3rd-person spectation mode were you can follow whoever you want, without having to deal with those fidgety props or the damage that
they're known to deal. And, as a plus, you get to keep control of the camera so you can keep following someone and look wherever you want as well.
As for being toxic, I'd like to remind PRM that he received a citation for toxicity (and an extra slay to boot) for killing me 0:05 into round 3 on the map Waterworld (and on my T round no less) from the Senior Moderator
@Bonks. I would also like to remind PRM that he continued to damage me with his possessed prop after I'd asked for it to stop in VC on round 6 of Mirage. Finally, I'd like to remind PRM that he in all honesty should've been banned for Mass RDM via Spectator Propdamage for his actions on the map Roy the Ship (the map before Mirage) as evidenced below:
Now should I report PRM for Mass RDM? Yes! But will I be reporting PRM for Mass RDM? NO! The moral here is that you shouldn't be the kettle calling the pot black when we're both made of wrought iron.
Now, to deal with the real culprit here, the notion that those of us here at AHG who want to play TTT by the rules are being asked to inconvenience ourselves to preserve the "fun" of these rule-breaking spectators damaging alive people with props in the name of server pop. I've become increasingly frustrated of being accosted by every known troll on here, plus about 2-4 of their jumped up lackies, every minute of every round with their prop possessing antics because they think it's "funny" to bully the guy who doesn't like it and know that most staff wont do anything because its a drop in the ocean.
This mindset is even beginning to seep into the habits of the staff, the very people who are supposed to protect people like me from such nonsense, but are instead joining in on the "fun" because its considered "hilarious". That's the beginning of a dangerous slope into anarchy.
(Enter sarcasm) The way things are going, we might as well make Prop RDM legal as nobody takes it seriously anymore unless people like me make a stink about it and hold these trolls and their lackies accountable for the countless amounts of damage that they've already caused by now.(Exit sarcasm)
It may be a toxic response, but its a response to toxic people when all I and my other fellow rule followers want to do is play TTT, not TDM.
