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    	    <title>Reply by caned</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/general/topic-8999/page-4/?recent=181636#post=181636</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA[<i>Quoted from Skyride</i>
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You've all got ego's over a video game</blockquote>

not me]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 21:06:06 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by zzott</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/general/topic-8999/page-4/?recent=181636#post=181597</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA[Very nice job!]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 19:12:55 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by adam-skyride</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/general/topic-8999/page-4/?recent=181636#post=181585</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA[<i>Quoted from exm</i>
		<blockquote>Anyways, I know that invite pickups didn't work that well, not sure of the reasons though. Mind explaining them to me?</blockquote>

Essentially, the problem was always that it works great for a while, but the player base eventually loses interest and goes stale. Then new players are brought in who previously would not have been allowed meaning the skill ceiling is effectively lowered, leaving you almost right back where you started after a couple of rounds of that.

Last pickup in pickup2 was nearly 2 days ago, its bassically dead.

Theres not really a way to 100% prevent bad players, I mean at the end of the day they will never get good if you don't give them a chance. A better way to manage it, imo, would be an active, approachable admin team and some kind of 3 strikes policy resulting in a temp ban (maybe a couple of weeks?).

An invite system is like a whitelist policy and a temp-ban system policy would be like a blacklist policy, and in the real world blacklists virtually always work better.

p.s. Nightbox, i'm genuinely intrigued. :)

Cut the ego though, its really not doing you any favours here.

To be honest though, EVERYONE needs to just cut the attitude in TF2 about everything. You've all got ego's over a video game, just think about that for a second. :)]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 18:24:57 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by Arnold</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/general/topic-8999/page-4/?recent=181636#post=181573</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA[Wow you people are officially retarded, i just tried to help nightbox what do you call flaming these days? On top of that it was related to tf2lobby. Your posts whining about this going off-topic aren't really "on topic" either.

Let the admins deal with it if it really goes "off-topic". christ...]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 17:48:19 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by Black_Bob</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/general/topic-8999/page-4/?recent=181636#post=181556</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA[Should the three pages of shite in this thread be delted and actually discuss tf2 lobby with all its new stats and figures?]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 16:43:24 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by Xzar</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/general/topic-8999/page-4/?recent=181636#post=181549</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA[just get the fuck out nightbox

ur a whiny attentionwhore who's annoying the shit out of everyone. k ty]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 16:16:06 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by Nightbox</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/general/topic-8999/page-4/?recent=181636#post=181540</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA[Its not a map, its not a skin, its not a weapon, its something directly related to the game without influence on the game play.]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 15:47:39 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by Randdalf</title>
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    	    <description><![CDATA[Yes, map makers get compensated $3000 when their map goes official - technically after that point, Valve own the map. I don't think I've seen Nightbox make a map before, except a broken modification of duel_duel2 which wasn't his map in the first place.

Community contributors through the website don't get anything, just a special version of their weapon and the knowledge of their awesomeness.

EDIT: I just re-read this thread, and I don't think he said anything about him making a map at all :S]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 15:39:47 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by Dr. Chris</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/general/topic-8999/page-4/?recent=181636#post=181534</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA[<i>Quoted from Nigh</i>
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no, its not weapons related, gtfo :)</blockquote>

it costs $3000 and a community weapon to give airheals... for two seconds]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 15:34:27 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by Mr Mugabe</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/general/topic-8999/page-3/?recent=181636#post=181532</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA[Ban ip's of people under 70% RQ ratio ? 
Ban all german ip's ? 
Ban all french ip's ? 
Ban all russian ip's ? 
problem solved ?]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 15:33:17 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by EXM</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/general/topic-8999/page-3/?recent=181636#post=181528</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA[<i>Quoted from Buffalo Bill</i>
		<blockquote>Could you all knock it off with that Nightbox map/$3000/etc bullshit and get back on topic already?</blockquote>
Finaly, someone with an actual brain came here. If you (chris, night, arnold) want to flame go to off-topic or something.

Anyways, I know that invite pickups didn't work that well, not sure of the reasons though. Mind explaining them to me? Also, maybe you could come up with some other idea, which would fix the lame players problem?]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 15:24:38 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by POEcube</title>
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    	    <description><![CDATA[<i>Quoted from Buffalo Bill</i>
		<blockquote>Could you all knock it off with that Nightbox map/$3000/etc bullshit and get back on topic already?</blockquote>
+1]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 11:39:40 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by Buffalo Bill</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/general/topic-8999/page-3/?recent=181636#post=181468</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA[Could you all knock it off with that Nightbox map/$3000/etc bullshit and get back on topic already?]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 11:24:45 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by Nightbox</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/general/topic-8999/page-3/?recent=181636#post=181458</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA[<i>Quoted from Memento Mori</i>
		<blockquote>[...]

It's not happening then.

 Plus you don't get 3 fucking grand for making a shitty reskin with weapon attributes swapped, if that's what you've submitted.</blockquote>

no, its not weapons related, gtfo :)]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 10:46:16 +0200</pubDate>
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    	    <title>Reply by Dr. Chris</title>
    	    <link>https://staging.etf2l.org/forum/general/topic-8999/page-3/?recent=181636#post=181405</link>
    	    <description><![CDATA[<i>Quoted from Nigh</i>
		<blockquote>I don't want to reveal something before its happening because i don't have full confirmation.</blockquote>

= 100% you are bullshitting about even coming close to 3 grand]]></description>
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    	    <pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 01:51:40 +0200</pubDate>
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