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[chaobreaker]

It was a high profile streamer breaking the rules. PU has been tweeting and posting about the rules of the game recently and needs to show he's not fucking around. Everyone needs to be on the same page about this while the game is still young or it's going to be a toxic shithole to play with randos forever.

 

[StayDead]

He was in a squad with randoms? Yeah, then that's a shitty thing to do for sure.
I thought it was just four guys goofing around.

Not only that, but my teammates (on discord) have crashed before and he always says kill him so we can take his stuff and leave him. I hope we don't get banned for that.

 

[CountAntonius]

Don't really get why Playerunknown is personally so vocal about it. Just ban the dude and be done with it.

Look at the name of the game. The guy likes to put himself into everything.

 

[Wardancer]

Not only that, but my teammates (on discord) have crashed before and he always says kill him so we can take his stuff and leave him. I hope we don't get banned for that.

Someone would need to report you anad send screenshots. Teamkilling can happen, griefing shouldnt.

 

[Twookie]

There IS a difference between an accidental teamkill and an intentional one - The doc's fanbase should realize this and stop crying, thanks.


Although I will say it seems a bit weird to me that a single teamkill can lead to a ban? Granted it was streamed for 20-30k people which is probably why he got the ban I'd imagine.

 

[Jangowuzhere]

Yo Playerunknown was apparently watching Grimmmz and Dr DisRespect stream together, saw the latter teamkill, and banned him from the game.

He tweeted about it too. Looks like he's taking rulebreaking seriously.

EDIT: added Twitch clips.

Good

Random team killing REALLY sucks in this game. I joined a random team once and one of my teammates killed me 15 mins. into the game just so he could steal my stuff.

This isn't like team killing in other shooters. When you randomly team kill, you are deliberately wasting other people's time.

 

[Lupercal]

There IS a difference between an accidental teamkill and an intentional one - The doc's fanbase should realize this and stop crying, thanks.


Although I will say it seems a bit weird to me that a single teamkill can lead to a ban? Granted it was streamed for 20-30k people which is probably why he got the ban I'd imagine.

Gotta show you mean business, otherwise all the shitty followers he has (not all his followers, just the shitty ones) will do the same.

 

[Final Spark]

There IS a difference between an accidental teamkill and an intentional one - The doc's fanbase should realize this and stop crying, thanks.


Although I will say it seems a bit weird to me that a single teamkill can lead to a ban? Granted it was streamed for 20-30k people which is probably why he got the ban I'd imagine.

Yeah i think it's more about setting a precedent, he's a high profile streamer and if he openly breaks the rules in front of 30k people and receives no punishment that doesn't look great.

 

[unrealist]

Why enable friendly fire when the dev doesn't want any team kills?

 

[chaobreaker]

Why enable friendly fire when the dev doesn't want any team kills?

Friendly Fire adds an extra layer of depth to team based combat.

 

[23qwerty]

it was a blatantly obvious intentional teamkill versus the possibility of unintentional ones

 

[MontyBrown]

Because friendly fire means teams have to play carefully and tactically. If it happens by accident, fine - but TKing as griefing should be bannable.

 

[insin]

Wish I'd recorded the teamkillers I was playing with last night, they weren't using in-game voice comms and waited until we'd looted all the buildings where we landed then 2 of them turned round at the same time and shot me me.

Just tell me to fuck off in the waiting area, don't waste my time.

 

[Åesop]

I dont care that its about the Doctor, but a ban for 1 teamkill, when the "rules" are not even visible in the game seems really stupid. Also, Playerunknown is handling the situation really poorly on twitter. Those tweets sound very childish and self-opiniated.

 

[SZips]

I dont care that its about the Doctor, but a ban for 1 teamkill, when the "rules" are not even visible in the game seems really stupid. Also, Playerunknown is handling the situation really poorly on twitter. Those tweets sound very childish and self-opiniated.

Doc's fanboys were immediately telling PU to kill himself because the Doc was temp banned for intentionally griefing. Yeah, I think PU can handle this however he wants to at this point.

Also the rules have been here for quite some time https://www.playbattlegrounds.com/rulesOfConduct.pu

 

[chaobreaker]

I dont care that its about the Doctor, but a ban for 1 teamkill, when the "rules" are not even visible in the game seems really stupid. Also, Playerunknown is handling the situation really poorly on twitter. Those tweets sound very childish and self-opiniated.

He's playing along with Dr. His fanbase are not having it, though. They suck is what I'm trying to say.

 

[grandwizard]

He had to make an example. Doc is watched by a ton of people and that kind of behavior being unpunished means people would just do it more and more. It was a shitty thing to do since it's not that guy's fault that they had matchmaking turned on.

A perma is way too far but a few days ban is fine.

 

[Åesop]

Doc's fanboys were immediately telling PU to kill himself because the Doc was temp banned for intentionally griefing. Yeah, I think PU can handle this however he wants to at this point.

Also the rules have been here for quite some time https://www.playbattlegrounds.com/rulesOfConduct.pu

It shouldn't matter what fanboys tell him. If stupid kids behave like stupid kids to you, that doesn't mean you should behave like a stupid kid too. Even if its his personal account, I would expect him to be better than that.

I know that the rules have been on that website, that's exactly my point. They are not in the game.

 

[SZips]

It shouldn't matter what fanboys tell him. If stupid kids behave like stupid kids to you, that doesn't mean you should behave like a stupid kid too. Even if its his personal account, I would expect him to be better than that.

I know that the rules have been on that website, that's exactly my point. They are not in the game.

Naw.

And what does it matter where the rules are? People wouldn't read them if they were in the game either. The fact that they exist at all is enough. Though if they didn't it's still his game and he is allowed to ban as he sees fit.

 

[Hoo-doo]

Why enable friendly fire when the dev doesn't want any team kills?

Isn't that kinda obvious?

Friendly fire means you got to be careful about how you approach combat when you're with a squad. It requires an extra layer of awareness.
Otherwise you could be just spam-throwing grenades down the stairs or blasting off shotgun shells close to your friends without consequences.

Friendly fire is a crucial part of the game. It reinforces strategic team play when it isn't abused because you have to be in constant communication.

I do agree that the rules should be somewhere in-game though. Let the world know that it's their accounts on the line if they decide to team-kill for no reason.

 

[Åesop]

Naw.

And what does it matter where the rules are? People wouldn't read them if they were in the game either. The fact that they exist at all is enough.

It matters when they ban people for minor stuff, just because they came up with some weird rules on some website nobody goes to. If it's build into the game, you can say ok it's really your fault for not respecting the rules. But how should a casual player know what's a bannable offense and what's not. Streamsniping for example is usually frowned upon in a lot of games, but I can imagine a lot of people don't even know what that is, let alone that in this game you get banned for doing that.

 

[Hoo-doo]

It matters when they ban people for minor stuff, just because they came up with some weird rules on some website nobody goes to. If it's build into the game, you can say ok it's really your fault for not respecting the rules. But how should a casual player know what's a bannable offense and what's not. Streamsniping for example is usually frowned upon in a lot of games, but I can imagine a lot of people don't even know what that is, let alone that in this game you get banned for doing that.

'Weird rules'?

Every one of these rules sounds like common sense to me.

 

[Lach]

I completly support this ban (wouldn't a permaban but a few days is ok).

In case of backstabbing it should definetly be a temporary ban, though it should probably have to be requested by the killed player. There are cases where I'm in a group with friends and we start hitting each other with pans. Those and accidental kills should not be bannable.

 

[patapuf]

He had to make an example. Doc is watched by a ton of people and that kind of behavior being unpunished means people would just do it more and more. It was a shitty thing to do since it's not that guy's fault that they had matchmaking turned on.

A perma is way too far but a few days ban is fine.

Exactly. There is more than enough griefing in online games, without big streamers advertising how "funny" it is.

A few days is nothing. And since money is on the line i assume it'll even correct the behaviour.

A win for everyone.

It matters when they ban people for minor stuff, just because they came up with some weird rules on some website nobody goes to. If it's build into the game, you can say ok it's really your fault for not respecting the rules. But how should a casual player know what's a bannable offense and what's not. Streamsniping for example is usually frowned upon in a lot of games, but I can imagine a lot of people don't even know what that is, let alone that in this game you get banned for doing that.

The rules amount to "don't be a dick!". While it may be unfathomable for some that this is a rule, it's not something that needs to be plastered everywhere. Just don't be a dick online.

 

[Sqwiggles]

Totally dick move by DisRespect. The random was doing their best to keep up and help the team as best they could. Then they got shit on. Disappointed in Grimmz and Kongphan. If I'd been on the team and witnessed that, I would have instantly blown DisRespect away and told him to go pull his shit together and sort himself out before the next round.

Wasn't funny at all.

Deserved ban.

 

[23qwerty]

did the server just go down or something? the game won't load up, just shows


LOADING


front.battlegroundsgame.com/index.html

when I try and open it

nvm

reload UI for the 5th time finally worked

 

[Åesop]

'Weird rules'?

Every one of these rules sounds like common sense to me.

The point is, the rules could change at any moment and people can get banned for whatever rule they come up with on that website without anyone noticing until its too late. Therefore they should be in the game so everyone is on the same page.

 

[MUnited83]

I don't know what's happening but ever since I tried to play with a GAF group two days ago I can no longer play, I always get a connection time out...

 

[chaobreaker]

I don't know what's happening but ever since I tried to play with a GAF group two days ago I can no longer play, I always get a connection time out...

Check if your still in the party. Apparently they doesn't disband automatically when you quit out.

 

[Nymerio]

Even if this wasn't explicitly stated in the rules the ban would've been deserved. You shouldn't have to have it spelled out for you to not be a dick.

 

[MUnited83]

Check if your still in the party. Apparently they doesn't disband automatically when you quit out.

I've left the party for a while now, still getting the timeout.

 

[Grassy]

Just won my 5th Solo chicken dinner. Another one that ended in the wheat fields south of Yasnaya Polyana with the other player in a ghillie suit. There were two hay bales in the last white circle and we both ended up behind one about 15 metres apart. Neither of us had nades, and I was down to 3/4 health with no bandages or first aid so it was just a Mexican stand-off for a minute or two until the white circle completely closed, he ran first and I got an easy kill in the end. Still tense though.

Yo Playerunknown was apparently watching Grimmmz and Dr DisRespect stream together, saw the latter teamkill, and banned him from the game.

He tweeted about it too. Looks like he's taking rulebreaking seriously.

EDIT: added Twitch clips.

Playerunknown was watching TSM_Smak stream yesterday too, he's definitely been keeping an eye on some of the streams. Can't say Doc didn't deserve that ban because it's pretty fucking lame to just TK a random like that. He'll have to go back to H1Z1 for a few days lmao...

Don't really get why Playerunknown is personally so vocal about it. Just ban the dude and be done with it.

It was a high profile streamer breaking the rules. PU has been tweeting and posting about the rules of the game recently and needs to show he's not fucking around. Everyone needs to be on the same page about this while the game is still young or it's going to be a toxic shithole to play with randos forever.

I get the sense there's been some underlying tension for a while as even though DrDisrespect is the biggest streamer of Battlegrounds(and a character of course), he's also talked a lot of shit about it with plenty of rage quits and meltdowns after dying, hell his twitter feed has plenty of "Battlegrounds is a game for pussies"-type tweets.

So I guess Playerunknown saw the team-kill and decided to put him in his place and set an example.

I've left the party for a while now, still getting the timeout.

Obvious, but have you been refreshing the UI by clicking the button in the top right corner? I have to click it 5-6 times for the title screen/lobby to show up after the last patch.

 

[deleted]

Yeah I feel like on my 970 from my first game a month or two ago to now I'm getting a much higher and more stable framerate most of the time. I used to hover around 47-50 and now I can get up to 80-100, though I have it locked at a mostly stable 60fps (lobby, plane and fast vehicle travel tends to dip it). The patch notes are consistently filled with optimization improvements and they've been very regular.

How did you do that?

I'd love to be able to limit frames to a steady 60. Do you force vsync through a tool?

 

[blurredvision]

DrDisRespect getting banned is pretty hilarious. It's not a permban so I think it sends a good message that TK'ing like this is not OK.

Game aside, I'm curious how this affects his viewership during his ban and afterwards when he's allowed back in (assuming he still will stream PUBG). Has any other popular streamers been banned from the game that is their money-maker?

 

[MUnited83]

Just won my 5th Solo chicken dinner. Another one that ended in the wheat fields south of Yasnaya Polyana with the other player in a ghillie suit. There were two hay bales in the last white circle and we both ended up behind one about 15 metres apart. Neither of us had nades, and I was down to 3/4 health with no bandages or first aid so it was just a Mexican stand-off for a minute or two until the white circle completely closed, he ran first and I got an easy kill in the end. Still tense though.



Playerunknown was watching TSM_Smak stream yesterday too, he's definitely been keeping an eye on some of the streams. Can't say Doc didn't deserve that ban because it's pretty fucking lame to just TK a random like that. He'll have to go back to H1Z1 for a few days lmao...





I get the sense there's been some underlying tension for a while as even though DrDisrespect is the biggest streamer of Battlegrounds(and a character of course), he's also talked a lot of shit about it with plenty of rage quits and meltdowns after dying, hell his twitter feed has plenty of "Battlegrounds is a game for pussies"-type tweets.

So I guess Playerunknown saw the team-kill and decided to put him in his place and set an example.



Obvious, but have you been refreshing the UI by clicking the button in the top right corner? I have to click it 5-6 times for the title screen/lobby to show up after the last patch.

The UI/Title shows fine, it's when I try to matchmake that the issues happen. I'll just get a long ass loading screen then the connection timeout.

 

[Helznicht]

Friendly Fire adds an extra layer of depth to team based combat.

Then it should not be "against" the rules. really cant have it both ways IMO.

Anyways just looking at this, if someone already has ARMA 3, is there really any reason to get this? What makes it a better game of BR? some reviews I read said it really leans closer to Arma that H1Z1, so question stands.

 

[Steel]

Yo Playerunknown was apparently watching Grimmmz and Dr DisRespect stream together, saw the latter teamkill, and banned him from the game.

He tweeted about it too. Looks like he's taking rulebreaking seriously.

EDIT: added Twitch clips.

That's actually kinda dumb. Had a couple of times my group killed each other for giggles. I mean, TKing a random is another thing, but still. Not like the guy was hacking.

 

[thejpfin]

Playerunknown just made a short note about this situation: http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sq1o2p

DOCs violence threat response on twitter, god damn. Even if it was a joke, fucking hell that's a shitty thing to say.

 

[Hestisdabest]

I got no problem with the doc getting a temp ban for that as I've been killed by teammates late game and its BS...

Also, they need to region lock the servers...I'm tired of getting matched with Russians and Asians who don't know English..These are the people who have team killed me for having NO clue wth they're saying..

I just don't get why you play on the NA server and don't speak English...

Playerunknown just made a short note about this situation: http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sq1o2p

DOCs violence threat response on twitter, god damn. Even if it was a joke, fucking hell that's a shitty thing to say.

I know he's a slick daddy club member and knows docs character, but I can see why his kick joke bothered him..I'm sure he'll apologize for it,he's not an ass.

 

[blurredvision]

Then it should not be "against" the rules. really cant have it both ways IMO.

There's a difference between accidentally TK'ing and purposefully TK'ing. Just because you can doesn't mean you should be able to ruin the experience for others by exploiting. Seriously, if you can't understand this, maybe you will one day when you make it past puberty.

 

[derFeef]

Playerunknown just made a short note about this situation: http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sq1o2p

DOCs violence threat response on twitter, god damn. Even if it was a joke, fucking hell that's a shitty thing to say.

Wo is everyone on twitter against him? They love his game but don't support him?

 

[Jobbs]

Then it should not be "against" the rules. really cant have it both ways IMO.

So because you can do something (grief your team by killing them on purpose) it should be allowed? I don't follow that logic. Friendly fire adds a layer of depth (Needing to avoid shooting your team mates in battles if they stand in front of you) and generally makes the game feel more authentic. This is a game with detailed ballistics where there's clearly an effort in place to make things react to bullets in as consistent a manner as is possible.

Playerunknown wants people to feel like they can enter random squads without being killed by their team for giggles or to steal from them. It's a fine thing to want. Being team killed is not fun at all.

 

[patapuf]

The point is, the rules could change at any moment and people can get banned for whatever rule they come up with on that website without anyone noticing until its too late. Therefore they should be in the game so everyone is on the same page.

You really think "don't teamkill" is a rule that could change at any moment?

or "don't team up in solo games" or any of the others.

 

[JDB]

It should just work like basically every other online shooter: have too many TKs within a certain amount of time and you'll get a penalty. The more you do it the worse the punishment will get.

 

[Helznicht]

There's a difference between accidentally TK'ing and purposefully TK'ing. Just because you can doesn't mean you should be able to ruin the experience for others by exploiting. Seriously, if you can't understand this, maybe you will one day when you make it past puberty.

ok, lol. There are multiple way to handle this in the game engine, going all the way back to the original TF on quake to the complexities of the dark zone in the division, and PU should pick and implement one. Or like quake, make settings server side and let server admins/owners decide.

On the video, there was 3 seats, 4 players, in a survival game. Guess it seems kinda grey to me.

 

[23qwerty]

On the video, there was 3 seats, 4 players, in a survival game. Guess it seems kinda grey to me.

they were on a team

probably don't just kill the odd man out

I'm guessing you haven't actually played the game

 

[Jobbs]

On the video, there was 3 seats, 4 players, in a survival game. Guess it seems kinda grey to me.

They're on a team. They all win or lose together as a team. There's no need to kill their team mate. At worst they could have just left him behind and let him hoof it or find his own vehicle.

Being suspicious of your team mates because they could turn on you at any moment to steal your stuff isn't the experience this game is going after. It really is a team based game (other than solo mode, of course).

 

[JDB]

Kinda grey fucking lol

 

[Daffy Duck]

Well this TK beef sure is something lol.

His Twitter feed is hilarious at the minute.

 

[patapuf]

ok, lol. There are multiple way to handle this in the game engine, going all the way back to the original TF on quake to the complexities of the dark zone in the division, and PU should pick and implement one. Or like quake, make settings server side and let server admins/owners decide.

On the video, there was 3 seats, 4 players, in a survival game. Guess it seems kinda grey to me.

It's not complicated. don't teamkill on purpose.

TF, CS and co ban you for teamkilling on purpose. Most BF servers back in the day did. If there was a reliable way to autoban griefers every single online game would instantly implement it.

It's perfectly fine to expect streamers not to grief.

also PUBG is not like the darkzone at all. The teams are fixed. You win as a team and you loose as a team. No changes, no ambiguity.