It will always be best to have an admin to mute players. Maybe someone  
also could make somekind of "votemute" function? I think that would be  
great, because also, sometimes the mute function doesn't work

On 17/01/2010, at 23.30, Josh Bost <[email protected]> wrote:

> @Ronny:
>
> Yes, however clinetside mute is still not a full solution.  Some  
> people
> don't know about it, some people forget about it, and I am  
> personally of the
> stance that every player in the server should not have to stop, go  
> into the
> menu and start muting, this becomes more of a problem when there are  
> seven
> players to mute, as if they are broadcasting together you won't know  
> if all
> of them are together or if somebody is legitimately trying to use  
> their mic
> to communicate, if they are not broadcasting at the same time then  
> it means
> several trips to the escape menu.  It's a double edged sword >  
> pressing
> escape and doing it while on the field and you risk your life, but  
> leaving
> it to play and you risk dying from various things (failure to hear
> teammates/spy decloaking/distracted/etc)
>
> @arg!
>
> I figured the context gave it away, I was on my phone at the time  
> and cbf
> typing the full thing :P
>
>
> Pretty much micspam is always gonna be a problem, and being  
> proactive and
> banning groups like this is probably better than letting them even  
> attempt
> to do damage,
>
> Cheers,
>
> Joshua 'Dislexsick' Bost
>
> On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 8:01 AM, Ronny Schedel <i...@ronny- 
> schedel.de>wrote:
>
>>
>> Every player can mute other players, you don't need an admin online.
>>
>>
>>> That too, but there are situations where a real cable is an  
>>> advantage,
>>> such as Win 7, where VAC is non-functional due to code/driver  
>>> signing.
>>>
>>> In any case, the cvar only stops HLSS or HLDJ, if they were doing  
>>> it and
>>> an admin was on the server I assume they would have been muted or
>>> otherwise dealt with.  Based on the rest of this thread they [and  
>>> the
>> rest
>>> of that group] are most likely banned.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Joshua 'Dislexsick' Bost
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Allan Button <[email protected]>
>>> Sent: Monday, 18 January 2010 07:09
>>> To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list
>>> <[email protected]>
>>> Subject: Re: [hlds] Group Banning And You
>>>
>>> Actually, the pros use virtual audio cable.
>>>
>>> But if you have an admin mod, you can just mute.
>>>
>>> Allan
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: [email protected]
>>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dislexsick
>>> Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2010 3:36 PM
>>> To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list
>>> Subject: Re: [hlds] Group Banning And You
>>>
>>> Ineffective, any 'pro' group would just use an mp3 player hooked  
>>> into mic
>>> in on the computer.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Joshua 'Dislexsick' Bost
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Shane Arnold <[email protected]>
>>> Sent: Sunday, 17 January 2010 14:22
>>> To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list
>>> <[email protected]>
>>> Subject: Re: [hlds] Group Banning And You
>>>
>>> Thankyou,
>>>
>>> Someone sees reason...
>>>
>>> On 17/01/2010 7:46 AM, w4rezz wrote:
>>>> sv_allow_voice_from_file 0
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