People being able to vote obviously means they are all "semi-admins," following your logic. And with the built-in TF2 voting system, that makes every single player on Valve servers "semi-admins" because anyone can start a vote, right?
On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 8:13 PM, Cameron Munroe <[email protected]>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<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<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<https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds> >
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