Tension in servers...

[yeager]

Sometimes I find the tension in servers to be way over the top. I had spin today right bang in the middle of a chicane, it was caused I think by lag firing a tyre, like out of a shotgun, at the car. BOOM it just hit me from nowhere. Just as the car had come to a stop, I got whacked by another guy coming through the set of curves...

For the next two races this person then complains, insults, accuses... wow I was shocked, but it wasn't the first time i'd seen someone get so irate.

So come on guys... this is a GAME and sometimes people make mistakes, or the system causes crashes, lighten up already! If you need to vent, $report! I'm so often amazed at how people act like children, throwing insults and being offensive when in real life they wouldn't dare be so aggressive.

[Kaw]

I'm so often amazed at how people act like children, throwing insults and being offensive when in real life they wouldn't dare be so aggressive.


truth is people will do quite a lot for the points. and some people in lfs are children. :)

[March Hare]

For the next two races this person then complains, insults, accuses... wow I was shocked, but it wasn't the first time i'd seen someone get so irate.

Report him. The admins can do something about him. We can't.

[yeager]

Report him. The admins can do something about him. We can't.

I never report for someone who is just whining. I'll happily converse with them during the race, but it's not worth taking to court :D

[March Hare]

So why are you whining about it here?

[Christopher Raemisch]

Report him. The admins can do something about him. We can't.

:nod:

The CTRA breeds tough competition IMO, with that comes high tension and frustration when things go wrong. How people handles these stresses reflects on their maturity and professionalism. I am guilty of losing my cool, as is everyone, but =)

Send in a report and we will remind the driver/s involved that this behavior is not acceptable in any condition.

[yeager]

So why are you whining about it here?

Umm because this is a forum for discussion and not a race track...

[Joris]

For the next two races this person then complains, insults, accuses... wow I was shocked, but it wasn't the first time i'd seen someone get so irate.
This behaviour spoils the atmosphere for many racers. Reporting this is a favour to the community.

[SamH]

This behaviour spoils the atmosphere for many racers. Reporting this is a favour to the community.
:thumb:
:nod:
Send in a report and we will remind the driver/s involved that this behavior is not acceptable in any condition.
:thumb:

The mood of the servers is important. Our text filter is not even intended to be a language filter, but an abuse filter and mood adjuster. We want people to enjoy the racing, and if someone is interfering with that, often a friendly in their shell-like by the admin team is all that's needed. Report.. you're doing everyone a favour, including the whinger. :)

[chanoman315]

FFS Yeager, you won that battle of your crash, you kept whinning for about 2 races, and the other guy didnt said a thing. Yesterday at fe green reverse, i spun at T1 you rammed me, i said nothing. You said that i was in front of you. mm No, you were on pits, and i was on T1 crashing spinning etc, and like 5 secs later you ram me... :rolleyes:

[Joris]

Now it's getting nasty. A report from either side could have sorted this. :shrug:

[Christopher Raemisch]

Now it's getting nasty. A report from either side could have sorted this. :shrug:

Well the ultimate solution is a solution that comes not from the system, but from the drivers themselves and their ability to reason maturely :melting:

[Joris]

true

[SamH]

Word :thumb:

[yeager]

FFS Yeager, you won that battle of your crash, you kept whinning for about 2 races, and the other guy didnt said a thing. Yesterday at fe green reverse, i spun at T1 you rammed me, i said nothing. You said that i was in front of you. mm No, you were on pits, and i was on T1 crashing spinning etc, and like 5 secs later you ram me... :rolleyes:

First off i've no idea what race you refer to. I don't understand the second part of your post but I would guess this is because English isn't your first language. But it seems you are referring to an incident where you were spun out in the track and I hit you. I can say with absolute honesty that I try every effort to avoid a car spun out in the track and if I hit you thats just racing. I sometimes get frustrated with people doing a 5 point turn, right on the driving line when 10 cars at full race speed are heading their way... but I certainly don't get abusive about it.

The conversation that took place today was after somebody rammed into me after I spun and then progressed to abuse me rather offensively. I had a wee vent on the forum because i'm sometimes amazed at how angry and abusive people can be in the game.

The same sort of tension that's in your post... Let it go man, we all make mistakes and we are all learning how to have better, closer and faster races. I just wish people wouldn't be so nasty... I actually had one guy in a bump and jump server say... "i'll kill you for that!" which I thought was a little excessive ;)

[yeager]

Send in a report and we will remind the driver/s involved that this behavior is not acceptable in any condition.

Ok, I just feel a little petty sending in reports because of nasty language. But in real life i've seen drivers penalized for poor behavior off track. Didn't Ayrton Senna once have points removed for punching another driver? :D

EDIT: Ah ha!
http://www.f1rejects.com/hall/tyson/index.html

[chanoman315]

First off i've no idea what race you refer to. I don't understand the second part of your post but I would guess this is because English isn't your first language. But it seems you are referring to an incident where you were spun out in the track and I hit you. I can say with absolute honesty that I try every effort to avoid a car spun out in the track and if I hit you thats just racing. I sometimes get frustrated with people doing a 5 point turn, right on the driving line when 10 cars at full race speed are heading their way... but I certainly don't get abusive about it.

The conversation that took place today was after somebody rammed into me after I spun and then progressed to abuse me rather offensively. I had a wee vent on the forum because i'm sometimes amazed at how angry and abusive people can be in the game.


well.. a race today at 1am morning.. you remember? the one you wanted to restart, when 1 guy was racing to get points?
O/T:
And yes i know they crashed you, why dont use report? i know the guy who crashed you was without intention, because ive raced him and he's clean. But cmon you kept arguing like 2 races about a single incident, then he starts to talk with a friend of him in his language, and you start again "get over it", he didnt said a thing there, even like 3 ppl said to you to shut up.

[yeager]

well.. a race today at 1am morning.. you remember? the one you wanted to restart, when 1 guy was racing to get points?

I remember the race, but not the incident. Sorry if I hit you, but I definitely would've tried to avoid it and i'm sure I wasn't abusive afterwards.

O/T:
And yes i know they crashed you, why dont use report? i know the guy who crashed you was without intention, because ive raced him and he's clean. But cmon you kept arguing like 2 races about a single incident, then he starts to talk with a friend of him in his language, and you start again "get over it", he didnt said a thing there, even like 3 ppl said to you to shut up.
I don't care that he hit me, I had spun on the racing line and he was close behind, thats just life... it was unavoidable. What I didn't like was being called a newbie and an idiot because he hit me... I wasn't arguing with the guy, he continued to be rude and I retorted to say he should relax and get on with racing. I'm sure he then had a good old woman style moan and winge with his friend in another language, his friend who finally said this guy is always complaining and moaning...

I wish i'd never posted this thread, and i'm sure most here do to. I was only venting some disappointment at the uptight, over serious and aggressive nature of some people who race online. Sure we all get a little bitchy now and then, but I wonder what sort of up bringing people have had when they threaten to kill other people online. Such a foolish waste of energy... talking of which :D

[Dru]

FFS Yeager, you won that battle of your crash, you kept whinning for about 2 races, and the other guy didnt said a thing. Yesterday at fe green reverse, i spun at T1 you rammed me, i said nothing. You said that i was in front of you. mm No, you were on pits, and i was on T1 crashing spinning etc, and like 5 secs later you ram me... :rolleyes:



Actually i've just watched the replay of that race to see what all the fuss is about.....


Chano joins late after the start and Yeager to his credit asks for a restart (there is only a few drivers on the server)

Yeager then asks for about 10 restarts in about 7/8 laps.. during this time he is also racing and asks for a restart as 'they are not geting any points'

Yeager spins out a few times on his own (maybe his concentration is somewhere else) maybe hitting that restart bind :shrug:

Anyhow Yeager then crashes in the pit lane and starts reversing up the pit lane before spinning around and stopping in a box...

at that point chano then exits the pits and promptly spins on his own at t1. He is almost stationary slightly off line on the right hand side..... yeagar comes around the corner and hits him at a slow speed (yeageer was on a bad line) if he was on the racing line chano would not have been hit.... (typical init) anyhow yeager taps chano... chano then types '?' as he does not know why he has been hit..... then later in the lap yeager (whilst driving) replies... as he does this his car weaves about and he fails to notice PACman coming up his out side and making a pass... yeager then cuts up PACman who then spins and crashes out in avoidance.....


...... queue the Benny Hill music..... LOL

[yeager]

...... queue the Benny Hill music..... LOL

Ahh yes, there were 3 people in the race. I thought that because the race start with only 3 people nobody would score points, then someone joined the race to make 4. I was trying to get a restart so we could all score points. Oddly at the end of the race points were awarded, I thought this wasn't so?

I also had put a few gins in me by this time :) I was fine once the racing began, but clearly on this race I wasn't paying enough attention, i'm sorry about that. I wasn't even sure people were racing...

[Dru]

points can always be scored - regardless of the number of racers, its just the stats of wins and podiums and fastest laps are not recorded with less than 4 racers in the race. :thumb:

[JohnnyFX]

I was watching the race today that inspired this post. I had just joined the server when the incident happened. The other driver was wrong to curse you and call you a noob without even discussing what had happened first. And he should have let it go after you explained.
However, you made several unnecessary remarks as well, and probably provoked him into continuing his tirade longer then he would've otherwise. The whole thing became quite tiresome for everyone else on the server.

[March Hare]

All the servers would be much nicer places if people would just report or STFU. There is nothing to be gained by arguing on the server. You only distract other racers. Or as in this case run them of the road.

I type (not a bind) "sry" if I hit someone by mistake. After the race I try to remember to appologise properly.
If someone hits me I would like them to do the same. On Race 2 this is the case.

While racing on Race 2 I've used the report function more for getting the replays of good races then reporting incidents. Furthermore most of the incidents have been pure accidents where blame was about 50-50. Or a bit more on my side... :schwitz:

I wonder what an admin would do if I reported myself?

[Christopher Raemisch]

Ok, I just feel a little petty sending in reports because of nasty language. But in real life i've seen drivers penalized for poor behavior off track. Didn't Ayrton Senna once have points removed for punching another driver? :D

EDIT: Ah ha!
http://www.f1rejects.com/hall/tyson/index.html

Your right, it is petter IMO, but if the driver isn't getting the message we need to take action to correct the behavour.

With verbal abuse most it will be is a warning or a caution and only in severe circumstances will it be more. All we want to do is let drivers know that this is not acceptable behavior :tilt:

Ideally you should be able to get the person to realize yourself, but because of the nature of racers they tend to think they are right all the time and arguments tend to happen and we have to step in through the reporting process :D

[pauliaK]

Oh dear, the temperature is getting high here :D.

Well, I've seen you guys arguing there on server yesterday. The thing is that you both were wrong. I suggest to forget this, as you said, the track is for racing, message bord is for discussion, let the admins do the rest, use reporting system when you think it's necessary. This is the simplest and the best way solving this kind of problems. This thread or a word battle like yesterday won't change anything and that's for sure :tilt:.

[HVS5b]

:nod:

The CTRA breeds tough competition IMO, with that comes high tension and frustration when things go wrong. How people handles these stresses reflects on their maturity and professionalism. I am guilty of losing my cool, as is everyone, but =)

Indeed, no-one likes their points to be cut shy or the yellow flag/DNF stats on the rise thru' no fault of their own.

If it's a racing incident tho, then sh!t happens. Can be worth saving the replay and reviewing not only what caused the problem, but what else you could have done in avoidance, short of precognitive abilities :scratchch

A quick message bind is enough tho, or next step is raise a report.

Having a pop 2 races later in well out of order. I'd have reported the spanner.:really:

[SamH]

You raise a very valid and important point. Having a go during the same race as an incident occurred is wholly unacceptable. Until you have watched the replay of the event from an observer's viewpoint, you are absolutely categorically NOT in posession of all the facts. What you BELIEVE is the case, so often turns out NOT to be the case, and only after you've seen it objectively can you KNOW.

Once you've seen it, if it's bad then report it. If it's not bad enough to report, then woe-betide the person who has a go anyway. For having a go at all, in the server, even in posession of the full facts, and even being RIGHT, you have no right to disrupt everyone ELSE's races by having a pop, either verbally or on the track. Not when we have a reporting system in place, certainly.

[The Moose]

Having a go during the same race as an incident occurred is wholly unacceptable. Until you have watched the replay of the event from an observer's viewpoint, you are absolutely categorically NOT in posession of all the facts. What you BELIEVE is the case, so often turns out NOT to be the case, and only after you've seen it objectively can you KNOW.


What is it the youngsters say.....err....WORD:thumb: or summat like that :p

Always best to keep your mouth shut and review the incident. It prevents you from making a right tart of yourself.
I had one evening when i got in a bit of a tizz, only to watch the replays and realise the incidents had been completely different than i thought they were from the cockpit.
I felt like a right numpty.:nod:


EDIT....just read the whole thread only to find Sam used the expression 'Word' There goes my theory of the kids using it, innit.

[HVS5b]

What is it the youngsters say.....err....WORD:thumb: or summat like that :p

EDIT....just read the whole thread only to find Sam used the expression 'Word' There goes my theory of the kids using it, innit.

Lol, it's my 'Word' of the moment as well :)
Well, 'Kicking' has had it's time shirley ;)

Think I've got an 80's retro thing going on.

Not sure my boss understands tho............

Back OT I've raised a few reports only to find after review that there was absolutley no need to do so. Despite being sooooo sure at the time of the incident. Highly recommended and highly educational.

[dungbeetle]

EDIT....just read the whole thread only to find Sam used the expression 'Word' There goes my theory of the kids using it, innit.

Young at heart, eh? :D

[The Moose]

Young at heart, eh? :D

Fo sho :D


(I'm saving up my 'Shizzle' for later ):p

[dungbeetle]

(I'm saving up my 'Shizzle' for later ):p

Awesome. :cool:

Can't wait.

[SamH]

EDIT....just read the whole thread only to find Sam used the expression 'Word' There goes my theory of the kids using it, innit.
I think that means I'm younger than you.. at heart, anyway :p

[yeager]

Shizzle, Word... geez guys, these are SO like last year. You sound like old men trying to get with the kids :D

[The Moose]

I think that means I'm younger than you.. at heart, anyway :p

This week maybe. I'm having an old git week.

Normal childish service will soon be resumed :p

[The Moose]

Shizzle, Word... geez guys, these are SO like last year.

Ohh come on...I only learnt Shizzle today as i was looking up Fo Sho.

Urban Dictionary didn't say it was out of fashion already:shrug:

You sound like old men trying to get with the kids :D

I'm trying to sound like an old man taking the piss out of the illiterate little w****rs...err..i mean kids.

[dungbeetle]

Shizzle, Word... geez guys, these are SO like last year. You sound like old men trying to get with the kids :D

Bovvered?

http://www.backingblair.co.uk/images/blair_bovvered.jpg

Laters.

[Becky Rose]

meh

[mcgas001]

meh

Nice post :p

[yeager]

meh

Of all the atypical teenager responses... this is the most likely...

[March Hare]

What does "meh" actually mean?

Edit: Wiki is my friend.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manglish

[yeager]

What does "meh" actually mean?

pfft, meh... rolls eyes, sighs and leaves

:D:D

I believe "meh" is the height of apathy

[Motordirex]

Ohh come on...I only learnt Shizzle today as i was looking up Fo Sho.

Urban Dictionary didn't say it was out of fashion already:shrug:


That has to be the funniest thing I read on here for a while. Good on ya, dawg!

[dungbeetle]

Unfortunately, when I went to school, there was no option to study Urban as a second language.

We could only choose French or German.

Anyway, I've found self help videos to be useful:

Urban 4 Beginners - Part 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DR3vGUOVUA)
Urban 4 Beginners - Part 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3giFLnMzgI)
Urban 4 Beginners - Part 3 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kodCvu-RA5M)

Makes u larf, an' sh*t.

[Becky Rose]

w/e

[dungbeetle]

harsh

[Becky Rose]

isn'it.

[dungbeetle]

yeah, my balls well ache!

[yeager]

w/e

I'm pretty sure i've got better things to do than take photo's of my dumb ass signing out whatever sore loser, but hell... here goes :D

http://www.daftdonkey.com/external/photos/WSL.jpg

[Becky Rose]

ent bovvered

[March Hare]

Urban 4 Beginners - Part 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DR3vGUOVUA)

This video is not available in your country.
WTF?
I've watched some really sick stuff on 'tube but this is a first.

[dungbeetle]

This video is not available in your country.

bummer

[SamH]

www.ukct.net/dlfiles/airmen.zip (http://www.ukct.net/dlfiles/airmen.zip)

It's a flv file, not a zip. Right-click, save as. :)

[dungbeetle]

www.ukct.net/dlfiles/airmen.zip (http://www.ukct.net/dlfiles/airmen.zip)

It's a flv file, not a zip. Right-click, save as. :)

Respec', bro :cool:

[dungbeetle]

So anyway, I talks to 'S' the other day and tells him how it's so last year to be Copper, an' he's like hey, chill out bro', it's gonna be sweet.

Says he's gonna make a special car just for me an' I'm like, no way man, an' he's like yeah man, no problemo.

Says it's gonna be well hard-core with all the NOS an' sh*t, so I can be Platinum in like 3 weeks!

[March Hare]

Thanks Sam.

The dry British humour get's me every time.

[Christopher Raemisch]

Thanks Sam.

The dry British humour get's me every time.

You're telling me! =)