I think it is safe to say that majority (if not 90%+) of players find this to be an unimportant reason , if not a stupid one, to mess up how a certain skin should have actually moved like on server side.
If "90%+" of players find their appearance unimportant, then I don't understand why all VIPs aren't using fast skins. I mean, if (almost) nobody cares about appearance, as you say, then there isn't any good reason not to always use a beta skin, considering their competitive advantage.
Even if it is not a major advantage, keeping the smaller hitbox argument aside, it still has an affect on other players' aim because of how they would have 'expected' that skin to move like.
Skin mods were always allowed, even when that resulted in a slightly smaller hitbox. I know I sound very monotonous, but I'm going to mention Fares case again. He installed (on his client) a skin mod that looked like a little anime girl. That skin was noticeably smaller than the model it replaced, but the staff didn't take any action back then because it wasn't small enough. Today, this wouldn't matter, since we have
weapon-config and whatever happens in the damaged player's client doesn't alter the amount of damage. Back then, it did matter, since it was the player receiving the damage who reported the amount taken.
Moreover, players who notice you do this would be curious to achieve something similar and as you can see, might install something worse(fastped.cs) than what you use(skinchange.cs) or something that isn't allowed at all.
I never mentioned there were other mods beyond skinchanger, it was Menace who brought that infamous name to these forums. I didn't know about its existence.
Jonne made it very clear, one is allowed and the other one is not. If anyone wants to use the legal one to pick their favorite skin without giving up the beta skin advantages, I'm perfectly fine with it. About the illegal one, I think the difference is easily noticeable and Jonne has made it very clear, it isn't allowed and will result in ban after a previous warning.
We should not compare this cleo's effect(not comparing advantage here) to a simple client side modification like crosshair change.
What Altus meant is that other mods that also bring a slight advantage are allowed. Sniper crosshairs with a smaller dot are a good example. I think that the advantage of a small dot compared to the default, especially when sniping at very large distances, is undeniable.
So the question is again the same, why would you(or any staff) not share , or discuss, such (fishy)mods here? That was posted there in 2019 , no one bothered to clarify it since an year now but now we know a player has been using it for months without us being infomed about the leaglity of the same.
Well, I don't think anyone is required to share their mods with the entire community. Most people keep their mods for themselves or, at most, their friends or clan mates. I don't think I did anything atypical in this sense.
If anyone has doubts about the legality of a mod, of course it's an excellent idea to ask on that topic first. But, I insist, nobody is required to share their mods with all the community if they don't want to. Asking Jonne in private is just as valid as using that topic. It's Jonne who makes the rules, so the answer isn't going to be any different.
