My problem is that they can just spam it until they are done. Most servers use a process where x number of people have to vote and then they are prompted. In other words they just keep spamming the voteban until it is successful. On Aug 11, 2012, at 11:26 AM, Brian Simon wrote:
> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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
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