G33ke
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As I'm sure you guys have noticed, BajanCanadian has been banned for Better Sprint hacking. Lots of his fans will understandably be upset and some have been posting threads bashing the staff and/or MCSG and our decisions. Don't do this. We have heard the same arguments over and over again, and quite frankly going through responding to each one is annoying and repetitive.
From now on, we will be straight locking/deleting threads we see like this. If yours is gone, this is why.
Some quotes from members and Bajan, and responses to them from staff:
I will add more statements as I find them or they are brought up.
Edit: Keep this thread free of flaming. Friendly mature replies are fine, but the last thing we need is everyone calling everyone else an idiot or heated arguments arising.
A Statement From the Desk of Gibbo:
Bajan has only got a TEMPBAN which means he's not permanently banned from our servers. He was more than welcome to come back with a non-modded client but he doesn't want to. We don't mind if he doesn't want to come back. We did fantastic before he was here and we'll do fantastic after he is here, we're not going to suffer a dent in our community from Bajan and his fan base.
From now on, we will be straight locking/deleting threads we see like this. If yours is gone, this is why.
Some quotes from members and Bajan, and responses to them from staff:
Staff response: We were successful far before Bajan came on our servers. We understand he donated money to us, that he brought us many users, and that banning him will cause some raging from his fans, but it needed to be done. We warned him numerous times about Better Sprint, but he never took it off. We dealt with him like we would any other user and tempbanned him. We don't need him for the servers to live on, we did just fine without him. It's only fair.Look MCSG, If you dont want to be spammed out of your minds until you unban Bajan, and realize your success is because of Bajan's success, then unbann Benja now.
Staff response: Optifine is nothing like Better Sprint - it helps people with worse computers do what those with better computers and no client mods can already do. Better sprint, no matter how good your computer, no matter what you do, is not possible without some sort of direct Minecraft modification. Better sprint also gives unfair advantages; Sprinting as soon as you hit people allows for two knockback hits in a row, allowing mass knockback that deals fall damage on occasion. That half a second faster that you can sprint, (it makes a huge difference - you literally can not sprint that fast with normal Minecraft due to "wobble sprint", the very thing this mod was designed to fix.) and even sprinting up stairs. We will not be changing this system. Better sprint is not allowed.OptiFine is allowed - that gives you an advantage over those who don't know how to set it up. Explain to me why it's not banned as well? It grants FPS boost, farther render distance and advanced graphical options. There is no reason for Better Sprint to be banned - it's banned purely out of stubbornness. I made my opinion on the subject very clear and offered a reasonable solution. Encourage players to use Better Sprint - problem solved! Another thing that really bugs me is the ghost fix command. Not many players know about it, but it can make a huge difference if you're character has gotten out of sync with the server. Explain to me why that isn't something well publicized?
Staff response: Better sprint is entirely detectable. We've banned numerous users for it, and many have even admitted to using it after the ban. It is possible to tell when, for example, the better sprinter sprints without letting go of the jump key during a chase, or when he goes up stairs and sprints the whole way up. (Other ways to detect it too; won't go into detail.) It is admittedly harder to catch than the regular sprint hacking you'd find from a Nodus user and gives nearly the same effect, although impossible to catch is a false statement.Better Sprint is an undetectable mod and therefore should be allowed. By the MCSG arguments the reason for it being banned is to create an equal playing field for all players - which is counterintuitive due to it being undetectable. Anyone could use Better Sprint and claim that they aren't. How can you prove otherwise? It's not fair to the law abiding players!
I will add more statements as I find them or they are brought up.
Edit: Keep this thread free of flaming. Friendly mature replies are fine, but the last thing we need is everyone calling everyone else an idiot or heated arguments arising.
A Statement From the Desk of Gibbo:
Bajan has only got a TEMPBAN which means he's not permanently banned from our servers. He was more than welcome to come back with a non-modded client but he doesn't want to. We don't mind if he doesn't want to come back. We did fantastic before he was here and we'll do fantastic after he is here, we're not going to suffer a dent in our community from Bajan and his fan base.