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- Dec 3, 2009
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Hello my fellow mad hatters,
I would like to talk to you today about one of the many amazing facets of our community that promotes our amazing uniquity*. This quality I speak of is our social bond between junior members and administrators. In most communities, there is a gap between leadership and the average Joe, but not just in SourceMod rights. This manifests itself in an excellent community that can control itself the great majority of the time without the use of administration, and the ability for an e-ranking member to go to an admin and get immediate response and help on a server. I began thinking about this this afternoon when I was called by one of my recruits, GunslingerXiX, to the 32fort server. I had been working on the game logic for my JavaScript-based game for a competition at the time, but I hopped on the server immediately. I dealt with the situation, stayed a few minutes to make sure everything was still calm, and then departed.
32fort being the rowdy server it is, I was shortly called back. I once again dealt with the situation, politely telling a mic spammer to stop cursing and spamming. After kicking him, I waited a few moments to make sure he didn't come back. But these administration stories are not what matters. What matters is that when I came back to the server, some e's and pubs were excited to see I was back. For an admin, being appreciated instead of disrespected is possibly the best feeling (or second-best, permabanning racists is pretty fun too) the job brings with it. Pubs even started chiming in and helping me moderate the server, reporting inappropriate sprays and telling people to watch their language. I even inadvertently convinced Spykey75 to visit our website and register on the forums just by taking action on an inappropriate spray.
Long story short (TL;DR)... To the admins out there; Keep being awesome. Be polite, be efficient, and have a plan to reconcile every difficulty you may encounter. Additionally, to the e's and pubs; I appreciate your enthusiasm and zeal, and I look forward to seeing you grow into magnificent community members and, in time, administrators and leadership.
Signed,
Ezra "Zeu5" B.
* - Spellcheck is wrong, that is a word.
I would like to talk to you today about one of the many amazing facets of our community that promotes our amazing uniquity*. This quality I speak of is our social bond between junior members and administrators. In most communities, there is a gap between leadership and the average Joe, but not just in SourceMod rights. This manifests itself in an excellent community that can control itself the great majority of the time without the use of administration, and the ability for an e-ranking member to go to an admin and get immediate response and help on a server. I began thinking about this this afternoon when I was called by one of my recruits, GunslingerXiX, to the 32fort server. I had been working on the game logic for my JavaScript-based game for a competition at the time, but I hopped on the server immediately. I dealt with the situation, stayed a few minutes to make sure everything was still calm, and then departed.
32fort being the rowdy server it is, I was shortly called back. I once again dealt with the situation, politely telling a mic spammer to stop cursing and spamming. After kicking him, I waited a few moments to make sure he didn't come back. But these administration stories are not what matters. What matters is that when I came back to the server, some e's and pubs were excited to see I was back. For an admin, being appreciated instead of disrespected is possibly the best feeling (or second-best, permabanning racists is pretty fun too) the job brings with it. Pubs even started chiming in and helping me moderate the server, reporting inappropriate sprays and telling people to watch their language. I even inadvertently convinced Spykey75 to visit our website and register on the forums just by taking action on an inappropriate spray.
Long story short (TL;DR)... To the admins out there; Keep being awesome. Be polite, be efficient, and have a plan to reconcile every difficulty you may encounter. Additionally, to the e's and pubs; I appreciate your enthusiasm and zeal, and I look forward to seeing you grow into magnificent community members and, in time, administrators and leadership.
Signed,
Ezra "Zeu5" B.
* - Spellcheck is wrong, that is a word.
