WX-44 Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 I'm rather new to DST, so bear with me. I joined a server and the ones on it were happy to let me join. I attempted to find them and ended up dying, and the host ended up banning me to prevent me from joining again. May I ask why that would be a valid reason to ban a player so I can be more careful in the future? While I'm on this topic, what are valid reasons to ban players on any server I host? It would be nice to know to keep troublemakers away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poopmaster189 Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 I'm rather new to DST, so bear with me. I joined a server and the ones on it were happy to let me join. I attempted to find them and ended up dying, and the host ended up banning me to prevent me from joining again. May I ask why that would be a valid reason to ban a player so I can be more careful in the future? While I'm on this topic, what are valid reasons to ban players on any server I host? It would be nice to know to keep troublemakers away. must have been a madmin but the only reason would be griefing / trolling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbeetle Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 Valid reasons are that they pay for it so they can do what they want. As for being a reasonable admin/host, it's really self explanatory. Don't grief, don't steal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J20hawkz Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 I can't give you a valid reason without saying something offensive if you are banned by a host for no reason. Take no notice and don't let things like this affect you. Take the advice by Jbeetle and you'll be fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueAlphaOmega Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 There's a fun mini-game in don't starve together... it's see if you can kill the admin and destroy their base before they ban you. You have to be crafty but it can be done. Usually you have to kill the admin last with a ham bat before he can ban you after convincing him a different player burned his base down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillPwn4Food Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 If you became a ghost, then he probably banned you to avoid the sanity drain (-3.3/min). Not sure why they wouldn't just resurrect you, though; it's not hard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RalphKastro Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 No reason required. Just hope the king is fair and kind.@TrueAlphaOmega,*shakes fist in air* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohhaithere Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 He banned you because you were draining his sanity by being a ghost. If it was Wilderness he did it because he saw you were a noob taking up a spot in the server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enragedcamel Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 I'd do the same. Noobs have no place in DST. Go play singleplayer and learn the game first before joining multiplayer. That way you won't be a burden on everyone else. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
applebottom Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 *quote* Sadly, there are a lot of "weird" (unreasonable) hosts like that. They probably did it because they can't be bothered to resurrect the ghost. Either due to lack of resources or talent or just general trust. Some trolls grief by dying on servers and just haunting things and draining people's sanity. There are lots of funny stories of random bans on forum. One guy got banned for making meatballs. I got banned because I was "a girl". There was a time when some servers banned you if you choose Willow. And most of us have also been banned at least once just by logging in. You can see how clueless some hosts are, as they don't even know they can create a password-protected server only for friends. Based on your story, it wasn't your fault you got banned. Just hop around and try to find better servers to play on. If you're the host, you can set any rules you like. Although I'm hoping you'd be more responsible and fair. (ie) Only ban those who are griefing and destroying other people's bases. Except in PVP where anything is fair, including destroying enemy resources. (If you're hosting PVP, please don't make it a Survival type server. Salty ghosts sometimes stay on and just set their enemy's base on fire for revenge.) PS I can't mention you on forums. I get an error that the name mentioned should only contain alphanumeric characters. O__O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Careless Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 On PVE I ban for excessive griefing, harassment/racism/sexism - general douchbaggery. On PVP I ban for harassment/racism/sexism - general douchebaggery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny5isAlive Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 PvE: Hahaha... I don't play PvE silly, I LIKE keeping my base alive. PvP: I ban for combat logging, and some cases of people being complete meanies, I kick people if they need an attitude adjustment or if they go AFK in character selection when the server is almost full. May I ask why that would be a valid reason to ban a player so I can be more careful in the future? Their server their rules, 9 times outta 10 that person made that server with a specific playstyle in mind, if someone doesn't fit that they might kick/ban you. Also a good rule of thumb is to not try to make the host angry! An interesting example / stpry of this is what me and my group do. We don't do it every time but if we're in the mood we will. We have worked out a clean and easy way to farm massive amounts of scales by day 5 on any server (About 5-10 scales a day depending on how dedicated we are feeling) Now when the majority of people see my walking around in scalemail on day 1-500 they hit tab and see the word Admin next to my name, they then put 2+2 together and throw in a massive heap of the mentallity that everyone is as bad at the game as them AND WHAT'S THAT EQUAL? You guessed it! They must be cheating!!! Lets call them out and piss them off so they have to explain for the 11th time that day that they are in fact just that good. Basically what I'm saying is, if they have Thulecite armour or something stupid, they're clearly cheating. But if they have something that is in the game faster than when you are used to getting that item, perhaps start by asking for tips? P.S It is 4:30AM here so if I make no sense then yell at me, I think that makes sense but I can't exactly tell... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asparagus Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 PS I can't mention you on forums. I get an error that the name mentioned should only contain alphanumeric characters. O__O Oh, so this was what you were talking about... this happened to me when I try to mention TheLetterW back then... I just removed the "_" and it got through... but I don't think it will show up on her notif O__O Also... *insert quote here* Welcome to DSTYou can also check out the server bulletins here in the forums to find a suitable server of your liking... or make a request yourself and ask for help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absimiliard Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 I always hate banning/kicking. It's the least pleasant, most sucky, part of running a dedicated server. Typically I don't see anything. So what I get is word from players that someone is griefing. If I'm lucky it's from a trusted player who I know and see around, often it's not. (because it's a big world and a lot of people wander through my servers) Sometimes it's obvious and a rollback plus a ban is the clear and correct answer. More often it's less clear, maybe they were just burning a forest for charcoal and it happened to be near some pig-houses, or someone built too close to the trees that are now smoldering. I usually hear from the person in question that they're new, or not trying to cause trouble. And at that point my decision gets ugly; I can ban or kick the person (in which case I'm ruining someone else's game if they're not trolling) or I can choose not to ban/kick them in which case I risk them burning and hammering everything down. (and I might not be present later to roll things back) There's rarely good proof of intent, and a good griefer will make motive a point of contention. In the end I usually end up angering someone. It makes me want to turn PvP on for my Wilderness server and let people take care of it themselves, but I don't want to run a PvP server, so not yet. (Survival servers I don't care about, griefers are just one more way in which DST can kill you, learn to adapt, the worlds on Survival servers never last long anyway so it's not like the griefer can do any meaningful damage.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thieverpedia Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 I'd do the same. Noobs have no place in DST. Go play singleplayer and learn the game first before joining multiplayer. That way you won't be a burden on everyone else. Hope this helps.(Yes, this is another account. I dumped the old one.) That's very rude of you to say. I've played this game for a very long time and am well beyond the point of a "noob." The reason I died was the fact that I had no armor when a meteor hit me. As it was winter and I kept freezing, my health was low enough for that to kill me. What wasn't helping was the fact that they were giving vague information on where their base was. But in any case, I'm past that, as now I only use servers with friends. The purpose of this thread is to help understand the game better, not to post flamebait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enragedcamel Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 (Yes, this is another account. I dumped the old one.) That's very rude of you to say. I've played this game for a very long time and am well beyond the point of a "noob." The reason I died was the fact that I had no armor when a meteor hit me. As it was winter and I kept freezing, my health was low enough for that to kill me. What wasn't helping was the fact that they were giving vague information on where their base was. But in any case, I'm past that, as now I only use servers with friends. The purpose of this thread is to help understand the game better, not to post flamebait. You say you've played this game for a long time and aren't a noob, but then go on to admit that you were freezing in winter and your health was low enough that a meteorite killed you. Does. Not. Compute. The only thing I can think of is that you joined the server in winter. Which is... how shall I put this... well, it's a silly thing to do. Hopefully you learned not to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RancorSnp Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Am I the only one who thinks that these guys were most likely playing a Role play server, where you only get one life to live? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave0522 Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 I'm rather new to DST, so bear with me. I joined a server and the ones on it were happy to let me join. I attempted to find them and ended up dying, and the host ended up banning me to prevent me from joining again. May I ask why that would be a valid reason to ban a player so I can be more careful in the future? While I'm on this topic, what are valid reasons to ban players on any server I host? It would be nice to know to keep troublemakers away. The ban isn't permanent. Don't put any energy into analyzing the actions of server hosts. The host probably didn't know the console command to revive players (I've come across this a lot). Play the game as best you can and have fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShnarfBird Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 (Yes, this is another account. I dumped the old one.) That's very rude of you to say. I've played this game for a very long time and am well beyond the point of a "noob." The reason I died was the fact that I had no armor when a meteor hit me. As it was winter and I kept freezing, my health was low enough for that to kill me. What wasn't helping was the fact that they were giving vague information on where their base was. But in any case, I'm past that, as now I only use servers with friends. The purpose of this thread is to help understand the game better, not to post flamebait. While it may have been a rude delivery, I am inclined to agree with enragedcamel on that. It's worth one's time to learn the game before interacting with others within it. But don't take that as an insinuation that I am against you. Explanations should be required before a ban. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyromailmann Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 There are jerk admins. I'd say put up with those types of admins who will just ban you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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