I'm not sure. It almost seems like it could go either way. It says allowing users to gain access to csgo items that aren't in their inventory. I would read that to mean that skins that are not officially part of the csgo game/economy can be given on servers. But I don't know. It might "devalue" skins of there are better skins available off the market in community servers. On Jul 8, 2015 2:17 PM, "Wareya" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Sorry to whoever I'm quoting in advance; this is off-topic. > > Is it an alien idea for servers to run plugins that give people... Unique, > custom skins? Stuff that isn't part of the CSGO economy in the first place. > I remember CS 1.6 servers doing this for years. Do the new CSGO rules > disallow things this far? > > On 7/8/2015 2:04 PM, Matthias "InstantMuffin" Kollek wrote: > >> I wasn't implying that the community should review the reports and rate >> their validity. I was merely referring to the point-giving so players >> feel encouraged to keep the community clean. >> >> On 08.07.2015 19:55, Absurd Minds wrote: >> >>> I think this would be a horrible idea. Less-than-upstanding >>> communities could easily "vote brigade" a server and send their >>> players to report competing or more popular servers. We know Valve's >>> promise that "all overwatches would be reviewed while in beta before >>> any bans are given" was a lie, so I can only assume there would be >>> absolutely no oversight on this process as well. >>> >>> On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 1:46 PM, Matthias "InstantMuffin" Kollek >>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> A different idea: >>> Since overwatch is out of beta, it gives you rank points for >>> accurate reviews. Why not do the same for reporting servers? >>> >>> >>> On 08.07.2015 19:40, Matthias "InstantMuffin" Kollek wrote: >>> >>>> Give people a chance to flag their servers as inapplicable for >>>> giving out rank points. This should for example apply to idle >>>> servers. If they get caught not complying, they get blacklisted. bb >>>> >>>> On 08.07.2015 19:03, Absurd Minds wrote: >>>> >>>>> I think it would be incredibly difficult (if not impossible) to >>>>> implement, though. As Jack M. mentioned, there needs to be some >>>>> way to deal with idle servers. And XP is given out based on game >>>>> mode + points earned at the end of the match. Something like a >>>>> 1v1 server (which is technically generally run in a classic >>>>> casual game mode) issues you points based on what arena you're >>>>> in. Somebody who goes 35:10 for the whole map and happens to end >>>>> in the bottom arena would gain less XP than somebody who just >>>>> joined, goes 8:0, and ends in the top arena. Or somebody who >>>>> plays 10 minutes in deathmatch would get significantly less XP >>>>> than somebody who plays 10 minutes in a FFA deathmatch, just >>>>> because they have fewer targets to kill. >>>>> >>>>> It sounded like a good idea while I was typing it, but I think >>>>> in practicality, it would either be impossible or it would turn >>>>> into something like "You can earn XP on your servers if you have >>>>> such-and-such cvars enabled and you're not running this or that >>>>> plugin", which would probably upset the community even more. >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 12:56 PM, Geo B. <[email protected] >>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Definitely the best compromise ! >>>>> >>>>> 2015-07-08 17:00 GMT+02:00 Matthias "InstantMuffin" Kollek >>>>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>: >>>>> >>>>> That's a nice suggestion! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 08.07.2015 16:58, Absurd Minds wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Earning xp is simply just a barrier to entry into >>>>>> valve's matchmaking. It would be completely pointless >>>>>> if it were allowed on community servers. (However, if >>>>>> they made it so after rank three you could earn xp on >>>>>> community servers, that would solve both sides of the >>>>>> issue.) >>>>>> >>>>>> On Jul 8, 2015 6:27 AM, "L33TGaming" >>>>>> <[email protected] >>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> As a server operator myself, in my opinion the best >>>>>> way to go about this >>>>>> issue would be for Valve to patch the commands that >>>>>> server operators use to >>>>>> give weapon skins or knives or whatever they >>>>>> decide. That way, we know which >>>>>> plugin can be used without being worried about >>>>>> breaking the rules and >>>>>> running in grey areas. >>>>>> >>>>>> Alternatively, I suggest a compromise for this >>>>>> situation, where servers that >>>>>> run weapon skins or knifes plugins are unranked, >>>>>> such that players do not >>>>>> receive XP, whilst servers that don't run these >>>>>> weapon skins or knifes >>>>>> plugins and conform to an set of "ranked" rules >>>>>> will have XP drops for >>>>>> players. 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