An Admin's Experience

[Duel]

What a coincidence.

[SugarD]

This board comes in 5th sir

I mean in terms of server general discussion boards.

[[NP]Monte Montague]

A player's experience.  =) Pun intended.

For the tl;dr'ers:

- All /admins are there to help, but not for things that are easily solved without them
- We're human, so obviously can't be perfect all the time
- Admins are part of a team (which is pretty cool)
- Being an /admin can be stressful sometimes, so if we lose our cool, then forgive us! We get a lot of questions/requests, and sometimes it is hard to keep up
- We like being thanked...a lot of times we don't get any, but any time someone goes "Thanks" (not sarcastically), it makes our day worth it!

Some people think that becoming an /admin is for status...whilst other people think it is a position of helping, and keeping Argonath secure.

If your single post represents the whole team, please convey this message.

There may be personal views, opinions of which commonly arise from experiences that are mismanaged or misinterpreted by numerous sides and or where someone feels he is not getting sufficient fairness or decent investigation into a complaint and or concerns of which are perfectly good arguments / objections - something admins should look to address.

Examples:

"I'm an Admin and I said its abuse"  "Disobeying administration" "Comenting"

Some (Admins) refuse to discuss issues and simply say [email protected].
 Issues arising from this approach can lead to a lack of trust for a particular admin, and or a sense of an admin being unreliable as a source of help or guidance. 

Whilst originally the person may simply not understand or seeks to try sort out the situation post warn/kick or try explaining actions in an attempt of reconciliation or generally aiding the admin.

Now admins may not have the time to immediately discuss the issue however it takes less time / effort rather than to warn constantly or seek revenge than it is to say "Ok, I'm busy atm. Can we settle this later, I will be all yours."

"f**kING HELP ME ADMINS'! ID 69 NOOB DM ME"

A victim may do something arising from someone else's provocations or rule breakings - the victim is punished immediately whilst his complaint may just go unnoticed because he flamed.

Issues arising from this may include the same as above and in addition / similarly may lead to where in future the person avoiding reporting or any contact where as a personal attack on them has been done or on another or they feel something has gone down and it's totally not ok, they may not like the idea of a report or trying to raise an issue leading them to be silenced.
 

The administrators who have looked to deal with the above issues usually are noticeable and adored.

Post Script: With respect, you do not often see administration thanking players who do good, if only for themselves it still has an impact on the community as a whole. Lottos' / Events / Paydays should not be used for to thank players. Admins would not expect money from players.


Post Merge: May 04, 2012, 04:13:15 am

No matter if they are a new, old, mod, Admin, manager, Community leader or owner we are all players in Argonath, so give your respect to each other they way you want to be respected YOURSELF

This is relevant to my interests and relates to the point in my above post.
Post Merge: May 04, 2012, 04:15:02 am

This topic could we great and it can be, if others won't disagree or will start to moan like they already do, be aware.

Why make a thread in a mostly discussion based forum and something that relates to multiple people and not expect feedback?

[Kvinlan_Marr]

I do not understand your meaning. Could you explain?

Please check the other part of post instead of reading your name being quoted next time.

[Dexter]

Please check the other part of post instead of reading your name being quoted next time.

Thanks for nothing.

[Ted]

Thanks for nothing.

Tomer said people would disagree and moan. You didn't nor the other person that was quoted. So Kvinlan quoted yous two in reply to Tomer showing him that people will not disagree or moan.   

[Huskar]

Well wroten JDC , anyway ive never told some admin is abuser ive never got abused by any admin... I think they are doing good job. But most of criminals get abused ( or they say that they are ).

[Aldo]

Well wroten JDC , anyway ive never told some admin is abuser ive never got abused by any admin... I think they are doing good job. But most of criminals get abused ( or they say that they are ).

Stop asslicking, we get it you want to be an admin.

[Dexter]

Tomer said people would disagree and moan. You didn't nor the other person that was quoted. So Kvinlan quoted yous two in reply to Tomer showing him that people will not disagree or moan.

Thanks for explanation.

[Jack Rosso]

Intresting to see the view of an admin on Argonath, thanks for sharing.

[SugarD]

Stop asslicking, we get it you want to be an admin.

Stop flaming.

Two wrongs don't make a right. You know that.

[Aldo]

Stop flaming.

Two wrongs don't make a right. You know that.

[SugarD]

Aldo, that attitude is only pushing things towards negativity farther. It's not funny at all, so cut it out.

[Zaila]

Aldo, it's enough. Verbal warning given to you. Continue that shit attitude and heavier punishments will follow.

[SkyHawk]

It's stressful yes, but I do it for the sake of the community and helping create a better atmosphere for players to have fun in. I like having the satisfaction knowing that I helped someone who actually appreciates it rather then dealing with rulebreaking moaners all day who have nothing better to do then ruin other peoples day. However, you'll be amazed after a few stressful hours how much a "Thank You" truly means.