Why is it, that whenever any kind of admin action against known, regular or liked parties, everyone starts passing the buck.
For instance, the
pm i recieved informing me of my slot removal is from a 0 post admin account called
Lunixmonster Staff. Why do people have to do this?
Since i know for a fact this isn't a unanimous admin decision, why can't those involved with the accusation have the goddamned balls to stand up and say it's them? Hell, i don't even need you to do that, as i can pretty much guarantee this was spearheaded by Vinnie and backed up by at least GrayDuck.
You sit there and accuse us of not following the rules? Sure, we swear, sure we stand our ground and stand up to anyone being an asshole, guess why? We're human, we're not here to be treated like **** by people with "power" or "authority." Get over yourselves. But if the rules are really so important, why don't i see Vinnie, Zero7 or Temm losing their slots. All of whom i've seen "break the no-swearing rule" on multiple occasions. And what's more, none of whom actually got kicked for the offense. Double standards? Hell, a few days ago Temm managed to get the word cunt into about 10 lines in a row on IRC, did we see a kick or a ban? No, we didn't.
So how about some other rule breakers or those who are doing more damage to the server or environment we play in than either i or sonic are.
We have DHP, the dedicated spectator-actually-on-IRC-not-caring admin, who has, as far as i've seen, made a grand total of 1 admin action ever. Also the only admin i've ever needed to go to IRC and use !admin to get anything done.
Or there's Malevolent, the admin with such a keen eye that he failed to notice 3 people spawncamping the entire duration of a game and with the rest of
his own team screaming about them.
Or how about Vinnie, whose only admin actions i've ever seen were moving me to a different team twice in 2 consecutive games, entirely just because he knew it would piss me off.
How about GrayDuck, the nemesis to fun the world over.
Or finally, what about ebnar, the only person i've seen to break far more rules than he's ever enforced (Since he enforced no rules, not really all that hard i guess) by never listening to the comm, spawncamping, rambo'ing, flaming down team members and the comm, and the like.
You people have no ****ing idea what you're doing, you really don't. How can you claim that people that use the word "****" ever so often are damaging the server more than your negligent admins?
But hell, this is the end of my NS days, no res slot means with my 120-140 ping i'll be slotkicked most of the time, and since i've dedicated the last year and a half to a single server, i don't want to play elsewhere. Good job. Way to kill someone's enthieusiasm for the game.
EDIT: Also, don't jump down my throat about the ebnar comments, i'm fully aware that he lost his admin, but the guy deserved to be banned for the amount of rules he broke, hell, i've seen a lot of people banned for lesser things. It's entirely relevant. But hey, with favouratism running rampant, why ban the people that deserve it, let's just ban the ones you hold some petty grudge about.
And also, since it's somewhat relevant:
<Anonymous49 and 50> The way I see it, the server's not gonna die because a few people cracked a few jokes, the world will not end if one or two people are on the recieving end of a ribbing, but the server WILL end if "holier than thou" "SUPARADMINES" can't put a lid of their e-wangs for ten seconds to realise we're all human and pretty much all over 13 years old
<Anonymous49 and 50> Personally, I support rules and the enforcing thereof, but what I don't support is some people's pretention that comes with being given an @. You're an op, you're a forum mod, you're a server admin, you're not god, how about you get down in the **** with the rest of us. You were all once lowly runts like us, and except for your server icon or forum member group, you're still the same person. I won't bite my tongue bcause
<Anonymous49 and 50> you're an admin, I won't hold myself back because you have an @, and if you want to let loose at me, do it. You're in no position of power, just as I am no better than you, how about some of you take your thumbs out of your asses and realise that
<Anonymous49 and 50> There's a good few admins that are really a fun bunch to be around, Archi, Niteowl, ABS, and so on, you're down to earth and nice guys to deal with, but there are a few of you who need to take a step down off of your high horses. You're acting like this is your "job," it's not. You're invited to do it in your spare time, you're not being paid,
<Anonymous49 and 50> it's a hobby, ok? When I'm playing games, I don't want some little goddamn Hitler breathing down my neck ordering me to hold my tongue, no, I want someone who's down to earth to say "Hey, maybe you should tone down a bit." The human approach is 10x more effective than raping someone with the ban-ass-plug, and ontop of that, it generates like 10x the respect for that person. Respect is earned, just because you're an admin
<Anonymous49 and 50> doesn't mean it grants you instant respect. Yes we, as the grunts and the playerbase for this server, need you admins around, we need you to keep the ****tards and assholes well away to not ruin our games, but we also need you to be human for once, treat us with the same respect you'd like to be treated yourself, and how about the next time you're acting like a little oppresive son-of-a-bitch, you think to yourself "hey,
<Anonymous49 and 50> maybe I can resolve the situation and NOT further piss people off by just. being. human."
What i said in archi's crusade a while back.
