I just play tf2 and have done so for quite a while now. This seems really random? I'll ask my roommate about it.
Hey, I should point out that we are able to see a player's chat history, the time and date they last played/connected to our servers and also any alias/names that said players have used on the server.
Naturally it's probably not a good idea to either; let other people like roommates play on your Steam account if that's what you're alluding to, nor is it a good idea to put terms in your name if you're not sure what meaning they may have. Given that only you are responsible for either of these things, neither would be considered a valid excuse.
Have no idea bout either of these accusations. This is really odd because several times I have been called derogatory terms such as nigger by people on here and nothing happened to them. did I complain about this because I thought to 'let it go'.
I can assure you that if a player is reported for such behaviour, then it's alerted to the staff who are monitoring the IRC channel and obviously in any of the servers, not just the one the /report takes place in.
I'm not quite sure what you mean by the last part of your post but if you mean you "let it go" as in you didn't report the player, then I'm afraid that is part of the issue here.
If you had helped us by using the /report feature, it's extremely likely action would have been taken against that player.
Regardless of how unfortunate it may be that this happened, it shouldn't buy you any leniency if you yourself are caught breaking the rules.
We've had people in the past using NFSW sprays and then whining about being unfairly banned because others did it, but obviously if we started allowing people off the hook for such excuses then it just becomes a mess to uphold any kind of rules and keep track of who deserves what kind of action to be taken against them.
Whereas currently it's pretty simple:
You join the server.
The rules are displayed to you.
You either accept them and continue playing or you do not accept them and you disconnect.
If you decide to break them, then that's the risk that you've chosen to take that people only seem to regret once they're caught.
Pretty simple I'd say.
