Also I appologize Russel, just a little upset today. Work, servers, and mailing list getting to me. On Aug 10, 2012, at 5:13 PM, Cameron Munroe wrote:
> Maybe I redirected my spat at the wrong person Russell, but as you can tell, > I am slowly getting attacked because I use an ad to keep my servers up. > > The reason I made my servers was because of lotus which I have repeated way > too many times already, but I did it is because the donator system at lotus > gave donators a semi-admin powers which is why I also went more and more to > ads instead of donators. Pretty much any donator if they wanted a friend in > the server immediately started a vote to kick a player. They also muted > people simply because the person was young. So when asked "can I buy admin" > for my servers I have repeatedly stated "No" because I know it will lead to > abuse, which I don't want. > > > On 2012-08-10 16:54, DontWannaName! wrote: >> Oh that's sweet Russel :) >> >> I didn't either. The more you get caught in the more you end up like >> just another McDonalds. Iv seen a lot since I started running servers >> 6 years ago, these types of ads are new and are being abused. >> >> Sent from my iPhone 4 >> >> On Aug 10, 2012, at 4:49 PM, Russell Smith <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Sorry, I didn't mean to seem like I was attacking you. I am just curious >>> what would bring you to the decision of setting up ads in the motd. Is >>> your goal to try and grow your community to the size of Lotus? >>> >>> Before I set up my servers I played on DWN's servers and modeled mine after >>> his. I didn't even know ads in the motd were a thing until this thread. >>> >>> >>> On 10.08.2012 16:38, Cameron Munroe wrote: >>>> Im going off on your topic since you seem to be attacking me. Lets >>>> talk about donations then. I used to play on lotusclan which had heavy >>>> amounts of donators. These donators were pretty much given semi admin >>>> rights on the servers where they could do what ever the hell they >>>> wanted and no one could do anything about it. I left and built my own >>>> servers because of lotusclan and the fact that donators were harming >>>> players that were fun, and enjoyable to have on the server. >>>> >>>> >>>> A successful [Owner]: provide an enviorment where any player, can >>>> join and have fun without fearing segregation because of age, race, >>>> location, or ethnicity. >>>> >>>> >>>> On 8/10/2012 4:33 PM, Russell Smith wrote: >>>>> How do you define being a successful admin? >>>>> >>>>> On 10.08.2012 16:31, Cameron Munroe wrote: >>>>>> Actually I don't. The way I have come to slowly realize is that >>>>>> people weren't going to donate in my bracket of players. i.e. the Free >>>>>> to Play Generation. >>>>>> >>>>>> For me to be successful I need servers with MOTDs. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>> please visit: >>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >> archives, please visit: >> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > -- > -- Cameron Munroe > > http://www.cameronmunroe.com/ > http://www.munroenet.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds
