Congrats Futeko and Osborne!Flaming my friends? None of my friends play on the ZM server, and those who do are nearly acquaintances. Again this is not my first rodeo don't get me wrong I like the suggestions, but I am 100% sure if I needed help with anything I can contact someone I know that is a admin or has experience.. I've been in the admin game for years, and I can't stand it when people tell me how to administrate and I will put out if I am a admin if people asked, like someone did earlier while asking me if I was a admin.. If I choose to go secret I will.. People will find out I am a administrator some way some how, it is just a matter of when, they can check the forums and my name is poofed..
Futeko summed servers situation perfectly: you need to be extremely careful. Listed rules sound good to me.
I dont know is this best place to give feedback to admins, but it is you to necessary hear whats on the players hearts.
I haven been mistreated or anything, just some notifications I made:
Osborne:
You really need to low your profile. Like I said earlier, good admin is almost invisible to other players. No one, even the most law abiding citizen, wouldnt want cop behind window watching steps you make. Would you?
I cant relax if I know someones watching my ass, and relaxing is reason why I play games. Could you?
I know its hard to be unseen, but least try to make the illusion of it. Last time we played, after 15min everybody certainly knew whos the boss. Or tried to be.
I dont want to get Admin vs. Players situation:
When admin is online, people keep focusing on him (by fooling and trying the limits). And when The Law is offline, players make all fun of it by messing around "yolo admins not around, lets block the map lol".
You know what I mean.
And for the last, I dont want to hear you flaming to your friends, how you can achieve gatling with your admin rights. Thats immature and putting yourself on a pedestal.
All above may sound bit harsh, but I really mean it. Im not tryin to smoke you out or something. We are on the same side, and I give you my 100% support. Forget your past admin experimence and handle ZM like special kid.
Every Player is weight value of gold.
- SPUTKIN 2000 [RUS]
1) Under normal circumstances:You need to avoid advertising yourself as an admin under any and all circumstances, for the exact reasons Sputkin stated. If someone asks you directly whether you're an admin, either ignore them or answer something like "Who knows" and move on. And nothing in your behaviour should indicate that you're an admin, unless you are correcting an offence (even then, discretion is key).
- Never display yourself as an admin; by all means you are a regular player, here to enjoy the game the same way as any other player;
- Don't abuse admin powers when it isn't to battle a gameplay-damaging behaviour or to enhance the game (e.g. avoid unnecessary use of the "admin talk" commands, random effects or "slay all", etc.)
Theres no need to flare up.
I think these must be talked in public, admins arent holy oracles who cannot be questioned or instructed.
You seem not really got the whole point of my last post. Now calm down and read it again later. Night changes many thoughts. :-*
- SPUTKIN 2000 [RUS]
Sputkin, with all due respect,
Unless you are an Admin with Conjoint Gaming, please refrain from trying to tell ours what to do.
This thread was fine, clear, concise, and already agreed upon before you came in commanding the troops.
I feel an apology to Futeko and Ozborne is in order.
If you were trying to be undercover, why did you speak out like that first things into the game? Just join the game and stay silent, no one will call you out. If you join a game and get very insistent about whether people knows there's an admin online, of course you're plainly exposing yourself. It's like asking people to hit you and then complaining afterwards that someone did.
In any case, Sputkin you shouldn't have called him out; that's still not okay to do regardless of the circumstances.
I suggest you two arrange some time off-game to have a calm discussion about this. Let's please handle this in an adult and mature way. If you really can't agree or sort things out, then just ignore each other and call it off. Right now, you're both turning this into a way bigger problem than it needs to be, and if you continue on that path, it will blow up one way or another, and that's in the interest of nobody.
Nice to have you in here. I really waited for your participation, so its really sad you ingore whole conversation by just shruggin your shoulders and saying I messed the threads good consensus.
Whats your opinion to admins visibility?
Do you play ZM? What you think about game's situation nowdays?