Feedback about some of the HELLO Desert Combat admins

[thecalmingclam]

Hi all, I’m sharing this message along with a video compilation that documents several interactions I’ve had with HELLO admins over the past few months. My goal isn't to create conflict or ask for sympathy - I simply want the server owners to have a clear & direct look at what’s been happening in-game. I recognize that I haven’t always reacted perfectly, and I take responsibility for the moments where I escalated situations out of frustration. That said, the video shows repeated instances of selective rule enforcement, unprovoked accusations, and inconsistent admin behavior toward me and other players. These patterns have made it difficult to feel like the rules are being applied fairly. I've seen known mini map hackers being allowed to play, people who go on racist or queerphobic rants without consequence, and players accusing me of cheating (including members of HELLO that openly hackusate me and others, which breaks their own server rules).

Being accused of cheating is something I take seriously. I care about BF1942 and its remaining community, and I would never cheat in any online game. When those accusations come from admins, it’s frustrating and sometimes leads me to react more strongly than I should. I’m usually a calm and goofy player, but feeling targeted has made that challenging at times. My hope is simply that the server owners review the footage and consider whether the behavior shown aligns with the standards you expect from your admin team.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNPQ7yH1WFk


Thank you,

TheCalmingClam

 

[Posi]

Admins are humans too. Roadie was checked in chat.

Listen fellas, I have never felt the need to grade Clam. Not once, I cannot say the same of all the power players out there. But, we need to keep those ideas to ourselves. Clam is an IS82 Admin which means that he is an adjacent Admin in this organization.

Also, he is a top IS82 player... which is a skill and honor based mod. It simply cannot be hacked.

Lastly, DC Admins, If you send a player to forums with their concerns. Please respond in forums to their concerns.

 

[Crash]

CLAM IS CURRENTLY ON A ONE MONTH BAN for the reasons mentioned in this artcle.

Ban: Calming_Clam

Player's Name: Calming_Clam Admin's Name: Crash Rule(s) Broken: Abuse, Trolling, Constant Spamming in server. He is asked many many times to post it on the forums, but instead he choose to disrupt serve with his ranting and raving. Homophobic rant. swearing at admins, ie "cocksucker" ...

forum.helloclan.eu

Before watching that video, read this article for context.
He got a 1 day ban. Then another. Then a week ban. He's since evaded the ban more than once, so he now has a One Month ban.
As for an admin (that is not me) accusing him of hacking, Ive asked that admin in discord to stop doing that at least twice, perhaps 3 times. I also asked Clam to bring it up at this forum for at least a year. Instead, in that time, he's engaged in arguments after arguments after arguments after arguments. If he had done what I asked him to do, the arguments would be here and not on the server causing disruption. He then simply could have put those accusers on ignore and be in a much stronger moral position, but clam loves drama. Since he's been banned for almost a week, many players have stated how peaceful the server is without him.

I started watching that video. Soooo the opening first incident is me trying to frantically stop the enemy from capping. (You can see me hitting the "get our flag back!" F buttons). That clearly was an accident and at the time I was unaware I had tk'd anyone. Instead of telling me, Clam gets emotional (so emotional he spells 3 letters wrong at first), chooses revenge as he often does and abuses the PTK function to "punish me" for what is clearly an accidental tk.

Clam has abused the ptk functioned on many other occasions. He's also been known to tk people on purpose when he gets emotional.

The position I and Bang take is that we are against abusing the ptk function. On many servers thats a kickable offence since the game's inception.

At that point, I stopped watching the video. I might watch the rest of it later.

 

[Crash]

Here is a sample of the constant swearing abuse Clam does to me either on server or through discord. For the record, I've never swore at him. But Remember in Calming_Clam's narcissistic mind, he's always the victim and never the instigator.

 

[Crash]

And I'm not the only admin, Dramacausing_Clam has swore at:

HelloClan - Chat Log Details

This "babe in the woods" I'm a sweet innocent victim is getting tiresome, Clam.

 

[CPAV]

crash there is a reason you are only admin trying to respond to this post...you are emotional and can't govern this server rationally...you perma banned me for saying you have a smol pp...you let tohsdamoob say stuff about ffing kids but now you just ban me for playing the game and not even talking about you...your administration of this server should be reviewed it's sad and killing a game that died years ago

 

[Melanin Blackson]

Hi all, I’m sharing this message along with a video compilation that documents several interactions I’ve had with HELLO admins over the past few months. My goal isn't to create conflict or ask for sympathy - I simply want the server owners to have a clear & direct look at what’s been happening in-game. I recognize that I haven’t always reacted perfectly, and I take responsibility for the moments where I escalated situations out of frustration. That said, the video shows repeated instances of selective rule enforcement, unprovoked accusations, and inconsistent admin behavior toward me and other players. These patterns have made it difficult to feel like the rules are being applied fairly. I've seen known mini map hackers being allowed to play, people who go on racist or queerphobic rants without consequence, and players accusing me of cheating (including members of HELLO that openly hackusate me and others, which breaks their own server rules).

Being accused of cheating is something I take seriously. I care about BF1942 and its remaining community, and I would never cheat in any online game. When those accusations come from admins, it’s frustrating and sometimes leads me to react more strongly than I should. I’m usually a calm and goofy player, but feeling targeted has made that challenging at times. My hope is simply that the server owners review the footage and consider whether the behavior shown aligns with the standards you expect from your admin team.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNPQ7yH1WFk


Thank you,

TheCalmingClam

I can agree with CalmingClam. Admins like Crash has been a detriment to the server and always banning for mostly unserious reasons. We all play the game by the rules and there's always a Karen like Crash ruining the fun with his femininity. An out of control man with an unforgiving heart. I tried to befriend him and apologized countless times but he's very arrogant and unbearable. He needs to be booted out of adminship.

Thank you,
Mel Black

 

[Melanin Blackson]

Also remove Roadies adminship.

 

[Blitzerkrieger]

Crash used to be a fun and reasonable admin but it has become clear he is very selective with who he applies the rules to. This is a game on its last leg and I dont believe the best approach is to drive more and more players away from the game.

 

[Big Chungus]

I want to play on Hello DC more, but I admit all the bans for light language and selective enforcement are quite the deterrent.
Drama aside, it just isn't as fun to play when many good players are banned and unable to join.
We used to flock to Hello DC because of the Moon and Simple admins, but now it all feels inverted.

 

[Blitzerkrieger]

Yes, i originally started on DC to avoid the tyranny of simple and moon admins. I stayed, cause DC gameplay is fun and the atmosphere was lively and engaging with players that liked to have fun. With Crash at the head there isnt a distinction between the light hearted atmosphere of DC and the other servers now.

 

[Posi]

Easy Crash, I'm glad there is a ladder and I read that ladder before responding.
I attributed the hackusation correctly and kept my insertion pointed and short.

Clam also exhibits humility and admits even in that video that he may be wrong on certain points.

A little bit of that would go a long way from staff also.