Hello DDNet Community,
It is in the admin's best interests to protect the health and well-being of our wonderful community. Due to the recent concerns regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, our team has come to a tough decision to make. We want to give our players the best possible experience on our servers but we are also concerned about the growing danger of the virus. It has come to our conclusion that we must make rules to ensure safety on our servers.
From now until further notice, it is forbidden to play on DDNet servers in teams of more than 4 tees. This does include team 0. If 5 tees are found within 20 tiles of one another, we will be issuing out kicks and temporary bans. This is to insure the safety of all our players. This also means that maps like "High Five" will be removed from the database until further notice. It is allowed to have more than 4 tees on a server, but no 5 tees can be near eachother at one time.
Our next provision is to remove the hammer. This was a tough decision - the hammer plays a central role in our mod. But, to avoid the possibility of contact spreading, we have decided to remove the hammer from the game until further notice. This makes sure that the virus cannot spread when tees hit eachother with a possibly infected wood hammer. Although this will make most maps unplayable, players can still play maps like "Barren" or team 0 cheat other maps that require hammer.
Finally, we have decided to add a new game mechanic. To replace the hammer, each player will instead wield hand sanitizer in their first weapon slot. To kill any trace of the virus, players will be required to fire the hand sanitizer bottle every 5 seconds. If a player forgets to use the bottle, they will be frozen indefinitely until their teammates sanitize them. This is our final provision to improve the health and well-being of our players.
Regards,
DDNet Admins (edited)
