Are Mumble Crosshair Overlays bannable?

[Faraleth]

@laudatoryLunch I’ll repeat my earlier reply regarding Splash Damage’s stand-point on it.

While I agree that any “third party advantage” should be ban-able, Splash Damage have said themselves that crosshair customisation is a planned feature, just not on the list of priorities right now, and thus they have granted permission and stated it is allowed for people to use custom crosshair overlays as a placeholder until such a feature can be implemented.

Basically - it’s fine to use, because it’s a planned feature for the point. Don’t get me wrong though, I understand your point of view too, and I do agree third-party modifiers to the game shouldn’t be allowed…

But then, some people take it too far - such as the folks who say altering colours in the game for colourblind people gives them an “advantage”. Which is, as I’m sure you can agree, complete nonsense.

It’s just knowing where to draw the line, because for most people it’s a very subjective matter, due to varying opinions and degrees of scale. Right now though, considering the devs themselves have given this one the green-light, I think it’s safe to say it’s fine.

[gg2ez]

[quote=“gg2ez;90894”][quote=“laudatoryLunch;90790”]It should be. It’s a third-party-advantage = a cheat. And cheats should be bannable.

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It’s a crosshair. [/quote]

Yes. But everything starts with the smaller things. Know it from another game: Overlay crosshairs mutated into overlay radar and overlay ESP hacks. People will justify things with “it’s only a crosshair”, but why using a custom one? Right, because it’s better or more convenient than the default ones. Or do you get a custom crosshair only for the sake of haging a fancy one?
A built-in function to change crosshairs, yes. Third-party-shit, Nope.[/quote]

No chill whatsoever.

[Amerika]

[quote=“Szakalot;90938”]since anyone can tape a dot onto their screen (like people did in QW back when 3rd person vehicles view didnt have xhairs), this cannot be forced, so no point in banning.

And like someone pointed out: its a crosshair[/quote]

Back when CS:S first came out you could quickscope with an AWP and the bullet was 100% accurate before the scope animation would come up. So some players would stick a dot on their screen to aim with.

Some monitors actually put a dot on your screen for you as a feature.

[Jostabeere]

[quote=“Faraleth;91013”]@laudatoryLunch I’ll repeat my earlier reply regarding Splash Damage’s stand-point on it.

While I agree that any “third party advantage” should be ban-able, Splash Damage have said themselves that crosshair customisation is a planned feature, just not on the list of priorities right now, and thus they have granted permission and stated it is allowed for people to use custom crosshair overlays as a placeholder until such a feature can be implemented.

Basically - it’s fine to use, because it’s a planned feature for the point. Don’t get me wrong though, I understand your point of view too, and I do agree third-party modifiers to the game shouldn’t be allowed…

But then, some people take it too far - such as the folks who say altering colours in the game for colourblind people gives them an “advantage”. Which is, as I’m sure you can agree, complete nonsense.

It’s just knowing where to draw the line, because for most people it’s a very subjective matter, due to varying opinions and degrees of scale. Right now though, considering the devs themselves have given this one the green-light, I think it’s safe to say it’s fine. [/quote]

Well why can’t people wait till its implemented and stop using third-party-content?
That’s the thing. game devs can draw the line, and some players can do it too, for sure, but some can’t, and that’s the issue.

[gg2ez]

[quote=“laudatoryLunch;91041”][quote=“Faraleth;91013”]@laudatoryLunch I’ll repeat my earlier reply regarding Splash Damage’s stand-point on it.

While I agree that any “third party advantage” should be ban-able, Splash Damage have said themselves that crosshair customisation is a planned feature, just not on the list of priorities right now, and thus they have granted permission and stated it is allowed for people to use custom crosshair overlays as a placeholder until such a feature can be implemented.

Basically - it’s fine to use, because it’s a planned feature for the point. Don’t get me wrong though, I understand your point of view too, and I do agree third-party modifiers to the game shouldn’t be allowed…

But then, some people take it too far - such as the folks who say altering colours in the game for colourblind people gives them an “advantage”. Which is, as I’m sure you can agree, complete nonsense.

It’s just knowing where to draw the line, because for most people it’s a very subjective matter, due to varying opinions and degrees of scale. Right now though, considering the devs themselves have given this one the green-light, I think it’s safe to say it’s fine. [/quote]

Well why can’t people wait till its implemented and stop using third-party-content?
That’s the thing. game devs can draw the line, and some players can do it too, for sure, but some can’t, and that’s the issue.[/quote]

The devs have drawn the line where they see fit - and that line allows crosshair overlays, simples.