I'm a little concerned...

[xenophek]

To tell you the truth, this most recent poll has me a little concerned about the health of Edge Gamers. As of this moment, "dropping the ban hammer" has 43.48% of the votes, and "punk free gaming" has 44.86%. Guys, this should be a no brainer.

Lately I've noticed a flood of over-admining and I've seen too many admins jump the gun on a kick or ban (eGO members included). That combined with this poll, and I'm wondering why people want to be an admin so badly. Is it because you truly want to keep the servers clean, or is it because you want to exercise your power and kick some punk ass?

"Power corrupts"
Gamers, while "Dropping the Ban Hammer" is super fun to say, it should only be a last resort policy. If we keep it up, we're eventually going to ban the whole world. There is a variety of admin tools other than kick or ban, so we should start using them. I've found that troublemakers look like any other pub when they're silenced.

This "ban hammer" mindset is starting to scare me. I think 43.48% of the community is taking it a little too far.

 

[Legit^]

i wouldnt say flood, ive only seen a couple people over-admining, and im sure ppl made the same mistake i did, when they saw that pole and read "which phrase do you like better" they chose one they liked, and didnt read the post that said which one should be our slogan.

 

[Iceman {Ky}]

Ok, there are several hundred thousand gamers, possibly millions of gamers in the world, with new ones on the way all the time, So There is no room on our servers for people causing problems. I have seen a little bit of over admining, You should always either ask or warn them first, kick second then ban, unless you see otherwise, Our eGOs have been chosen to be eGOs because they have shown they know when to ban kick warn so on. I promise we are not going to run out of people.

As far as the Dropping the ban hammer, It shows that we are not afraid of people coming in and trying to disrupt a server, If someone comes in and is causing problems cussing and saying server sucks or admins are bad I normally dont bother kicking, I always warn first, but I normally go straight to a temp ban for a week. So far I have only perm banned one person, because he was using an aimbot.

Using admin is to help keep servers clean, which in turn is going to help our numbers.

More ban people who dont follow rules = more people who do follow rules in our servers!

I like both sayings personally, I dont think there is anything wrong with either!

Thanks,
Iceman

 

[MrQ]

To tell you the truth, this most recent poll has me a little concerned about the health of Edge Gamers. As of this moment, "dropping the ban hammer" has 43.48% of the votes, and "punk free gaming" has 44.86%. Guys, this should be a no brainer.

Lately I've noticed a flood of over-admining and I've seen too many admins jump the gun on a kick or ban (eGO members included). That combined with this poll, and I'm wondering why people want to be an admin so badly. Is it because you truly want to keep the servers clean, or is it because you want to exercise your power and kick some punk ass?

"Power corrupts"
Gamers, while "Dropping the Ban Hammer" is super fun to say, it should only be a last resort policy. If we keep it up, we're eventually going to ban the whole world. There is a variety of admin tools other than kick or ban, so we should start using them. I've found that troublemakers look like any other pub when they're silenced.

This "ban hammer" mindset is starting to scare me. I think 43.48% of the community is taking it a little too far.

I doubt there is any real cause for concern, xenophek. Most, if not all, people in the eGO position are responsible, mature gamers who know when to "drop the banhammer." And as for the eG's, they are still learning, so I wouldn't be surprised if mistakes with kicking did occur occasionally in their quest to become a better admin and follow the rules.

However, your points on banning and kicking are well-founded and worth consideration when we bring up our admin menus.

 

[Dryft]

It's a poll. It is not policy.

Polls have been put up for humor before, and people choose replies that they think are funny, or just to be different. You can't read into people's mindset from their response to a multiple choice poll.

 

[vote for pedro]

I find this post a little ironic as your sig says " ban in a can! Try it today" with eGO logo on the can...

 

[GardenGroveVW]

I find this post a little ironic as your sig says " ban in a can! Try it today" with eGO logo on the can...

Good response, also i know this thread is locked.

But, next time you have concerns like this. Please tell it to your division leaders instead of making a post in general public. You might get further with your concerns rather then posting them in public.