Voteban Suggestion (I'm mad)

[Ophly 0]

Okay, so I was just playing TF2 on a LotusClan server when all of the sudden a whole ton of people start getting votebanned.   I kind of get mad, because those people weren't doing anything wrong, and so I stand up and tell the idiot spammers to stop votebanning. Then we're in an argument and some idiot starts to voteban me. I wasn't even doing anything wrong, so the majority say no and I am kept on the server. Then he votebans again. And there was a majority vote and I was banned for spam. I wasn't spamming, I was arguing with the guy. If anyone should've gotten banned or for spamming, it should've been the idiot. I just wanted to know if each person could only have one voteban per hour, or no "double jeopardy" or just no voteban at all, and just reporting people. I really was pissed though, because I had done absolutely nothing wrong and wasn't even cursing. Which shouldn't really matter since TF2 is rated M. Not that I know if it is a rule or not on Lotus Clan. Thanks for reading... please consider my suggestion, because I HATE getting votebanned for no reason. BTW how long do votebans last?

[+Skaila 5,462]

Do you remember who did the voteban? Or do you have any steam IDs?

 

You can check here who you last played with: http://steamcommunity.com/my/friends/coplay

 

Also, do you have any screenshots of what happened? Maybe a demo?

[Tsunami 1,204]

 BTW how long do votebans last?

 

I believe 30 min.

[+Dracco 2,079]

BTW how long do votebans last?

... usually ~45 minutes ...

 

[+JB. 4,800]

Yeah, votebans last 30-45 minutes. So you should be able to play again by now, atleast.

If this happens again, there are a few things you can do:

1. Open your console and record a demo "record [demoname]"

2. Open your console, type "status" and take a screenshot of the names and steam ids

3. Use !calladmin to call one of our admins on the server

4. Get as much evidence as possible (demos [record], screenshots [F5; F12], console logs [condump; con_logfile]) and post a ban request on our forums. Even if we decide not to ban, we are aware of the player for future disruptions.

[fever 9,884]

Yeah, we can ban at a later date so as JB said get the evidence, as much as you can including things like others on the server saying the person being vote banned has done nothing wrong. This gives us a fuller picture of what's going on. A demo is the easiest way to do it but remember to either record the bit where you use the status command in console or get a screen shot of the results of using the status command.