Change of server name. Knife Game!

[rjk83]

This post keeps going on. I actually agree with Shnarf on this. It gets carried away, and it gets carried away a lot. Some people love knife rounds (myself included) but I even start hating knife rounds when one of our admins puts up a vote on every map. It was fun at first, but it is getting a bit redonkulous.
More over though, I think it's more of a mentality shift that is behind the whole thing. When I started as an admin however long ago, you played, enjoyed yourself and used your "powers" when needed. It was fun, a good time was had by all. So what is different now?
The difference is that instead of admins being there to facilitate game play, the admins are taking an active role and dictating game play (knife rounds, 1hp glock matches, etc). I was taught and trained that as an admin, you sit and play the game and just basically keep it moving, get rid of hackers, bump people in the right direction (not literally w/ slap) when they start spamming or camping, and make sure that a bad apple or two don't spoil the fun for the rest.
What that translated to in the game was that the game goes on like it is meant to, and the regs have fun, we don't have all the issues we've seen lately in GG w/ admin abuse complaints (just because it's fun for you doesn't mean everyone likes it). Now we have brand new admins that are all set up on Admin B status and have abilities from the start that they need to "grow" in to. It's rediculous to me that a new admin on day one has the balls to use sm_slap @all with everyone, but at the end of the day, its indicitive of how it has been.


Lastly before I shut up I'll say that I have also seen a lot more admin applications for GG recently since this has happened. Take it for what it is worth, but when people love the servers, the community and the game, they will pay for Admin and enjoy it and do thier job the right way.. However, more people are intersted when they can dick around with their admin powers all day and slap people around and such. Take it for what it's worth.

I too just get a bit tired of coming to the boards and seeing something about admin abuse and having it be an issue on GG server again. And the unfortunate thing is that a lot of times, it's pretty accurate.

[siosios]

This post keeps going on. I actually agree with Shnarf on this. It gets carried away, and it gets carried away a lot. Some people love knife rounds (myself included) but I even start hating knife rounds when one of our admins puts up a vote on every map. It was fun at first, but it is getting a bit redonkulous.
More over though, I think it's more of a mentality shift that is behind the whole thing. When I started as an admin however long ago, you played, enjoyed yourself and used your "powers" when needed. It was fun, a good time was had by all. So what is different now?
The difference is that instead of admins being there to facilitate game play, the admins are taking an active role and dictating game play (knife rounds, 1hp glock matches, etc). I was taught and trained that as an admin, you sit and play the game and just basically keep it moving, get rid of hackers, bump people in the right direction (not literally w/ slap) when they start spamming or camping, and make sure that a bad apple or two don't spoil the fun for the rest.
What that translated to in the game was that the game goes on like it is meant to, and the regs have fun, we don't have all the issues we've seen lately in GG w/ admin abuse complaints (just because it's fun for you doesn't mean everyone likes it). Now we have brand new admins that are all set up on Admin B status and have abilities from the start that they need to "grow" in to. It's rediculous to me that a new admin on day one has the balls to use sm_slap @all with everyone, but at the end of the day, its indicitive of how it has been.


Lastly before I shut up I'll say that I have also seen a lot more admin applications for GG recently since this has happened. Take it for what it is worth, but when people love the servers, the community and the game, they will pay for Admin and enjoy it and do thier job the right way.. However, more people are intersted when they can dick around with their admin powers all day and slap people around and such. Take it for what it's worth.

I too just get a bit tired of coming to the boards and seeing something about admin abuse and having it be an issue on GG server again. And the unfortunate thing is that a lot of times, it's pretty accurate.

well spoken and thank you. as of today i am going through and limiting ALL admins cmds on gungame to just the very basics... map votes, slay,and last but not least admin chat.

got a problem with this then i suggest we have an admin meeting next sunday and ill start removing the admins and jr-owners that are not doing the right thing with the servers. just becuase you donate doesnt mean you have the right to do whatever you fucking feel like.

thats my end of it.

siosios

[Ryan]

well spoken and thank you. as of today i am going through and limiting ALL admins cmds on gungame to just the very basics... map votes, slay,and last but not least admin chat.

got a problem with this then i suggest we have an admin meeting next sunday and ill start removing the admins and jr-owners that are not doing the right thing with the servers. just becuase you donate doesnt mean you have the right to do whatever you fucking feel like.

thats my end of it.

siosios

That should be a big help.

I don't enjoy knife rounds, because it is basically gang bang city, but I tolerate it when a vote has been done. However, the vote for knife rounds has often been spammed every round until it passes (sometimes switching the order of the options, as to trick someone into saying yes), and I usually just end up leaving for another gun game server.

I even started creating a knife map so that it might be limited to only that map, and allow it to be less of a cluster fuck of gang-bangs.



Also, I think the ranking system has brought about some what of a negative change in the gun-game atmosphere. I even found myself caught up in it. I was so blinded by my attempt in keeping position 1 that I stopped even having fun! Players are often very angry at those who remove a large amount of points, and have even yelled at them. I am not sure if it is the most crucial element in a more laid-back style of play.