Welcome To Rock'em Hard
Welcome
to the Rock'em Hard UT Demo Servers specializing in
Morpheus Rocket Arenas for over eight years.
Bring your skills, bring your questions, and bring a
beer, but leave the attitudes at home. Questions
or comments, drop by the community
or you can email me at rockhard@rockemhard.com
The Site's New Look
With
the v2.0.1 interface over three years old, it was
time for v3.0. Minor updates will come such as
new characters, a more interactive banner, and other basic
grafix. In the future, we will be populating the museum
as we go with various artifacts such as TOR demorec's
and interesting screenshots. It will be a work
in progress as we try and organize and gather material
from ReH's lengthy history. Please contact me
with interface bugs and/or enhancement requests. We hope you'll enjoy
the new look and layout.
Server Rules
The Rules
These are in place to make the game more enjoyable for all that
play. Please take a few moments to familiarize yourself with
them.
Language
Don't worry, there's no blanket prohibition on specific words
here. You won't be banned just for saying sh*t or f*ck. We've
all heard them before. It’s more of an attitude thing. In
other words, be a good sport. Don't call people names out of
anger.
Comments During the Game
Don't be a sore loser, or even a sore winner. Respect other
players, regardless of how good or bad they are at playing the
game. Most importantly, if someone tells you your words are
making them angry, just stop! Play the game. Don't call people
names or go around complaining because you think the strategies
they are using are cheap, even if they are cheap. Be sensitive
to the attitude of the people you are playing against.
Some players are in the habit of making the game the area to
start arguments with others. This is NOT the place for that
activity. Also, some will make scathing comments and only later
act as if they were joking. Admins will consider these comments
when first stated from the player it appears that they were
intended, and will act to stop the activity (kick or ban).
Political Correctness
We all know about this issue and should attempt to be decent
when playing the game. Making comments about sexual orientation,
ethnic background, race, color, etc. is strictly prohibited.
Anger
It’s just a game! If you get angry, maybe you should stop
playing until you calm down. Seriously. We're all here to have
fun. If the reason you are angry is because some other player is
breaking these rules, then let an admin know. If an admin enters
the game right in the middle of an argument between you and
someone else, you might actually look like the bad guy. Just
*calmly* tell the offender that he should stop, and if he
doesn't, tell an admin. If you stay calm yourself, you'll be
making sure that you don't appear to be the bad guy.
Silence
Silence is golden. When in doubt, when you suspect you might
have pissed a bunch of players off, apologize. And if you are
the type of person who can't bring yourself to apologize, then
just be quiet! It'll have been forgotten soon enough if you just
play the game.
Message Spamming
Anyone who has been on the internet for any length of time at
all should know that no one likes spam. Well, Rock'em Hard is no
exception. There is no need to repeat the same message over and
over again. This applies to sounds in voicepacks too. Too much
of anything is bad. Here are two prime examples:
Written Messages
If you write out a message, there is no need to fill the screen
with it over and over again! If someone didn't see it, wait a
while, then repeat it once - they were probably in a battle and
just couldn't look up to read it. Almost everyone finds it
annoying to have messages repeated over and over, so just don't
do it. Also, if you press the console key (often the ~ on a PC
which is next to the 1 key), you'll get a screen that shows
every message that's been displayed. In other words, people can
go back and see what you wrote, even after it has vanished from
the game screen.
VoicePacks
It’s okay to bind keys, and 'say' things with your voicepack
in the game. No problem there. It’s actually fun and very
useful, and most regulars do it. But when you repeat the same
sound over and over, this annoys people. And its annoying no
matter how funny that sound might be. Too much of anything is
bad. So when other players tell you you've gone over the line
and are doing it too much, then do it less often, or better yet,
just stop. Also, do not continually cut off what others are
saying with your own sounds, just for the sake of cutting them
off. If you do this, the only sounds anyone can hear in the game
are yours! This is bad.
Name Spamming
You
are not to change your name into really long and obnoxious names
(funny/clean and dirty/offensive names both apply). It isn't a
cheat, but its really annoying, makes dialog with other people
near impossible and the whole thing has no possible positive
results by doing it.
Squatting
Squatting is when a person does not play, but just sits in
the game. They usually do this to ensure that they have a place
when they come back from the kitchen or wherever it is they
went. Squatting it strictly prohibited and if are seen squatting
you will get booted. Continuing to do so is a bannable offence.
Spawn Killing
Whenever a player dies, they 'respawn' somewhere on the map.
Every map has 'spawn points' planned out and placed at certain
specific points in the map. Some players, "spawn
killers", thinking they are clever, find one of these spawn
points, then 'camp' right next to it with a powerful weapon of
some sort. Now, whenever someone suddenly respawns in this spot,
the 'spawn killer' instantly kills them before they can even
move or defend themselves. This is an unfair practice. Of
course, we are all guilty of spawn killing now and again -by
accident, or because the person who just spawned immediately
began attacking us, or perhaps we just happened to come across
them after they spawned, or many other reasons. But to
deliberately camp by a spawn point, intentionally waiting for
someone to spawn so as to get an easy kill, is unfair, and might
lead to you being kicked or banned if the right people notice
you doing it.
Team Killing
Newbies tend to shoot their own teammates by accident, though
most of the team killing is done deliberately by veteran players
that are just bored or frustrated and take their aggressions out
on other players. Its not allowed so don't do it.
Aimbots
The use of cheating software or aiming enhancers are STRICTLY
prohibited. Using such a device carries with it an instant ban
with "NO PAROLE".
Dark Skins
The use of black and very dark skins is not allowed on the
REH servers. On the
Museum page of this site
you'll find a list of acceptable skins complete with pictures
thanks to Little Jimmie. While this is not a complete list of
available skins in UT, it is the list of skins allowed on the
ReH servers.
Skins in Team based games
Since a skin will hide which color team you are on, skins are
strictly prohibited on any team based config. No exceptions.
Mass Suiciding
There are times where massive suicides are caused by changing
teams in a team game, or some players use it to return to base.
Others use it as a malicious way to crash servers. As Rock'em
Hard was victim to such attacks in the past, this malicious
activity is not allowed and with the addition of CSHP, violators
will be banned. Don't worry, non-destructive suicides such as
the examples I gave will not get you banned and are totally
allowed. You must generate a high number of suicides in a very
short time to get banned.
Catch All
If an admin joins the game and tells you to stop doing
something, *anything* at all, even if its not listed here, then
you better stop doing it! Disobeying an admin is easiest way to
get yourself kicked or banned. Admins are not here to play god,
we are here to assist with the flow of the game. If you want to
argue about it, wait until you are out of the game, then take it
up in an email. Our email addresses are clearly listed in the
game, simply hit F2. We ALWAYS answer email .
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