DM server needs some admin attention.

[Mr Blizzard]

Okay. So the DM server is in desperate need of some admin attention. There's a moron who has been on there daily for a few weeks now just casually aim botting. Everyone knows the server has a dwindling, diminishing player base and this will only accelerate it. He's called out on it, doesn't deny it. Some classic signs in the demos, like you know, hitting a target he isn't even looking at. And then other times the auto aim shoots at a floor (player on the other side). Thought it was Residue, but it's someone else picking up where he left off. Of course he changes his alias every 5 minutes but I've got a bunch of demos here that show what I'm talking about.

Why would anyone ever bother playing there if some dickhead is just going to pick people off with auto aim all day long?

If you don't have the time to view the demos, this clip sums it up:


https://youtu.be/VO8WriPZ6AM

Or in this one, his bot mistakes the mh as a player lmao:


https://youtu.be/k65rpJB3Q2c

Been trying to reach admins on Discord but no luck so I'll just leave this here.

[XANA]

First video is absolutely suspect. The way their chain immediately snaps from one person to the next makes it obvious.

That being said, the DM server should probably be shut down and replaced with another server with more active moderation and clearer rules at this point. Over two weeks of dudes aimbotting on the server is insane.

[Mr Blizzard]

That being said, the DM server should probably be shut down and replaced with another server with more active moderation and clearer rules at this point. Over two weeks of dudes aimbotting on the server is insane.

Yeah, sad but true.  It isn't actively moderated at all and everyone there knows it.

[0rbisson]

This is what happens when you unban known hackers from the past. Cough Cough skyline cough

[XANA]

People like Skyline were never the problem. There are tons of people who cheated back in the day that still play and don't cause any issues. His problem was that he would spend hours calling people the n word and accusing others of cheating with no evidence and that went away when he was muted.

The real problem is that nobody who is in charge actually plays the game so they're just banking on the idea that someone will just reach out if there's a problem, but since nobody plays and there's no clear rules, everyone just assumes it's a free-for-all. The only people who actually speak up are people who are pretty much at their limit. Everyone is basically free to throw around cheating allegations and spam "fag" or "bot" for hours with no consequence. I would say I'm too old for this crap but I've found most of the people who do this are in their 40s.

Since there's no one around to tell them they're being paranoid, other people pick up on that and start to believe that the only reason they're losing is because someone else must be cheating, so they pick up an aimbot or a wallhack to try and make things more even in their mind. Every single person here that actually does know how to play this game is severely underestimating how ignorant your average DM player is and how much of a problem that's become compared to 15 years ago.

Just throw it all away and start over, man. This is a GAME. We need more people like Elysium in the drivers seat who are actually passionate about preserving the authentic Quake 2 deathmatch experience and less people who treat this game as a substrate for releasing whatever political bile they have pent up in their psyche.

[0rbisson]

There is also the other side where there has always been this attitude that quake 2 cant possibly have any cheaters. Head stuck in the sand syndrome and refusal to acknowledge it.  This is so dumb when you consider every single online game right now is plagued with cheaters even with anticheat systems in place. Cs go, cod, gta has a massive issue that's way out of control. The list goes on. You have to be an idiot to think there is no one cheating at this game. Its easier to ignore it than deal with it so it seems

[|iR|Focalor]

There is also the other side where there has always been this attitude that quake 2 cant possibly have any cheaters. Head stuck in the sand syndrome and refusal to acknowledge it.

Then again, when it comes to you specifically, you've always had the suspicion that lots of people were cheating, and you've posted lots of demos of lots of different players, and very very rarely do any of the demos contain anything noteworthy.

You people just need to come to terms with the fact that this is just how it is now. The admin staff is small and busy with life. You want someone who's hands-on and plays everyday and knows the climate on the servers. Sure, that would be best. But the fact is no one else is trustworthy enough to handle the job without overstepping, including myself, including elysium, including some of the admins who aren't admining (so be thankful for that).

I don't play anymore, but I look at the messageboard almost daily, and I can't really say that I've seen excessive amounts of different posts where people have been posting demos of suspected cheating or condumps of objectionable behavior. That's probably the best path to follow. Post it to the boards, an admin will read it, they'll do what they do with the admin process, they may come back and post about what they did (maybe not), and then it's done. If what's happening is you're repeatedly trying to get ahold of someone on discord and getting no response, well then maybe they're busy or maybe you're pestering them so much that they're ignoring you for some reason.

Thing is, I'm in the Tastyspleen discord too. I haven't seen a whole lot of people coming forward on there in any of the various sections posting about any problems they're having on the servers.

You gotta speak up. Best thing to do is, like I said, Post it to the boards. Make sure you include a demo or a condump or at the very least an accurate time and date and description of the problem so someone can locate it in the logs if they have to. Then maybe to raise awareness about the board post, post something to discord about it, if not in the regular old "tastyspleen" section/channel, then perhaps in one of the other lesser used sections to help it stand out more, like "suggestions" or "general" or "ffa". And it may be 2 or 3 days before anyone has a chance to get to it. Above all, just realize it's 2026 now, folks. King Quadz is gone and we all miss him. But this is how it is in 2026. The fact that we're still here at all is a gift.