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Okay. I've been holding my tongue for awhile, but after tonight I'm just going to go out and say it: If you're an admin, please do your job. When you let people walk all over you, it reflects poorly on eGO.
For those who want to read my thoughts behind the above (everyone else can move on, it's not necessarily important):
I've noticed a painful recurrence of anywhere from 1-5 admins in a server at one time and people being blatantly disrespectful (swearing, racism, admin/server/eGO disrespect, intentional TKs, etc.) on the server and nothing happening about it. This isn't some one-time grievance, either. I've been noticing this for, well, since I joined.
Now, sorry to finally complain about this, as I really don't want to be that guy, but...
The straw that broke the camel's back:
Was playing on eGO server (as always) tonight and someone was yelling "fu***ing fa***s all of you!" etc in open chat. Nobody wants to hear that. So, as I always do regardless of admin presence or no, I tell him to watch the language. His response was something to the extent of "f*** you and your f***ing language, this is a rated M game you f***ing admins you can go f*** a sack of nails." 4 admins in server. I wait. Nothing happens. I actually speak up for the first time: "Wow, no admins are going to do anything about that?" Silence.
Now, here's the thing, and let me get something clear right now: I have thick skin. If you had any idea the life I've led... never mind.
But that's just the thing. I joined eGO because I saw a bunch of people who don't want to listen to all the kids swearing up a storm and being stupid and disrespectful. Didn't know any of you, had no personal interest in it other than "mature respectful gaming community." For the most part, that's what it is and it's great. The best online community I've been a part of for gaming. But what you're doing when you let this kind of crap slide is make a mockery of it all. It's insulting that someone can get away with that kind of behavior in front of four admins where everyone can see. It sends the message "we're not really serious about who we are. Go ahead, mock us."
I like this group. It's been a blast getting to know you. Some of you I've now even gamed with outside of BF3. A lot of you are really, really good admins. This is not about admins on the whole, because many of you are doing a great job. Really, the point of all this is as a reminder that whether you like it or not, with power comes responsibility. When you are in charge of managing a server and you let people walk all over you it reflects poorly on all of us as a community. No, I'm not going to name names good or bad because it's not about that. This is about maintaining integrity as a group.
That is all.
P.S. If you actually took the time to read all my thoughts, I owe you one cookie. Please include "cookie" in your reply, if you choose to reply at all, so that I know who to send them to. If you don't reply, just tell me "cookie" the next time you see me. :thumbup:
For those who want to read my thoughts behind the above (everyone else can move on, it's not necessarily important):
I've noticed a painful recurrence of anywhere from 1-5 admins in a server at one time and people being blatantly disrespectful (swearing, racism, admin/server/eGO disrespect, intentional TKs, etc.) on the server and nothing happening about it. This isn't some one-time grievance, either. I've been noticing this for, well, since I joined.
Now, sorry to finally complain about this, as I really don't want to be that guy, but...
The straw that broke the camel's back:
Was playing on eGO server (as always) tonight and someone was yelling "fu***ing fa***s all of you!" etc in open chat. Nobody wants to hear that. So, as I always do regardless of admin presence or no, I tell him to watch the language. His response was something to the extent of "f*** you and your f***ing language, this is a rated M game you f***ing admins you can go f*** a sack of nails." 4 admins in server. I wait. Nothing happens. I actually speak up for the first time: "Wow, no admins are going to do anything about that?" Silence.
Now, here's the thing, and let me get something clear right now: I have thick skin. If you had any idea the life I've led... never mind.
But that's just the thing. I joined eGO because I saw a bunch of people who don't want to listen to all the kids swearing up a storm and being stupid and disrespectful. Didn't know any of you, had no personal interest in it other than "mature respectful gaming community." For the most part, that's what it is and it's great. The best online community I've been a part of for gaming. But what you're doing when you let this kind of crap slide is make a mockery of it all. It's insulting that someone can get away with that kind of behavior in front of four admins where everyone can see. It sends the message "we're not really serious about who we are. Go ahead, mock us."
I like this group. It's been a blast getting to know you. Some of you I've now even gamed with outside of BF3. A lot of you are really, really good admins. This is not about admins on the whole, because many of you are doing a great job. Really, the point of all this is as a reminder that whether you like it or not, with power comes responsibility. When you are in charge of managing a server and you let people walk all over you it reflects poorly on all of us as a community. No, I'm not going to name names good or bad because it's not about that. This is about maintaining integrity as a group.
That is all.
P.S. If you actually took the time to read all my thoughts, I owe you one cookie. Please include "cookie" in your reply, if you choose to reply at all, so that I know who to send them to. If you don't reply, just tell me "cookie" the next time you see me. :thumbup:
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