pajaroZakMcRofli got permabanned for "cheating" as a mirror from a UGC ban which was not related to cheating at all. never had a tf2c ban prior to that (other than like the occasional lobby i left) and the admins' solution was to unban me from only non-mumble required lobbies, which have always been a tiny fraction of all lobbies. all because warpy decided to randomly check my UGC profile for some reason and contacted an incompetent UGC admin.pajaroGood. Hopefully better alternatives will be what introduces new players to competitive TF2. TF2Center was a shithole of admin abuse - I think a third of all high level players I know have been or are banned from tf2center, but not a single warning or ban on rglI only became a moderator on TF2center relatively recently and I know there were a lot of bans before me, so I may be biased. But what I observed is that there was a strong correlation between high level players and toxic behaviour towards inexperienced players, fooling around, offclassing etc. Probably because they took TF2center less seriously because "its just a lobby". The same players could suddenly behave in advanced lobbies on the same site where more was expected of them - as is probably the case on rgl.
5 bucks you was verbally toxic and they used that UGC ban as the excuse, despite it not being a proper reason, and with that in mind, it probably stemmed from them getting complaints with no evidence, recordings and even if they did, it was probably easier to mirror a shit UGC ban and just compromise with you being restricted to non-mumble lobs.
I can’t remember all the rules or how they are handled, but shit like this did happen a lot.