So before I start let me get some of the obvious and necessary qualifications out of the way:
-This is mostly about TDM servers, I could care less what you do in RP and Freeroam, I never play those.
-I know all sever admins are not guilty of the following offences, so please don't take this as an assault on all server admins. I know many of you are good admins that run good servers and are both fair and just in your admin-ing.
-I won't list any specific admins nor servers, you know who you are. And some servers have both very good admins and very obnoxious ones.
-Yes, it is your server and you can do anything you want it, you are essentially absolute monarchs in your domains, I understand that. This is a polite request that you contribute to making the experience better for everyone.
-Yes, I am perfectly aware that if 'I don't like it' I am free to leave. I often do, but more often than not, it's the only TDM server with more than 3 people in it, so I just end up quitting the game and coming back later.
Okay, with that out of the way:
There's a problem I've noticed more and more lately on the TDM servers that I've been frequenting. Occasionally, an admin or two will be present in the game. And there are certain obnoxious behaviors I have seen that ruin the game for everyone. Usually this involves as the admin using admin powers to make themselves invincible and they simply go and stand in the middle of all of the fighting watching everything or running around. (Nearly always as a dino on the time team). This is not helpful for us on the human team, PCE is a very fast paced game, and we play very reflexively. If I come around a corner and find a dilo right there, I'm going to shoot it without thinking. And if just so happens that this is an invincible admin just standing there, I'm distracted and I've wasted a shot and I'm immediately killed by another player.
Consider also that you're taking up slots on your team (I think), and having valuable team members being essentially AFK just skews competition. Other behaviours include joining the human team as a hunt raptor, being an invisible raptor and jumping around in front of people and starting at them so they will notice you and your lordly admin powers. Spawning random crap to clutter map. Haha, so funny. Increasing your size to be a giant ptera and taking up the entire skybox with your flapping motions. Decreasing your size to be a very small ptera and going around and killing human players while joking that you are a mosquito. So funny, har har har.
The list could go on. This can be all fun and entertaining in Freeroam and RP and chilling with friends and whatever. But my point is this: Please stop being ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥s while the rest of us are trying to enjoy a competitive game. It ruins the experience for everyone and honestly makes you look like an attention-starved introvert with no real friends who's been given power and authority for the first time so you abuse it at the expense of others to entertain yourself.
Now, if you actually are an an attention-starved introvert with no real friends. That's okay, the first step to becoming a well respected admin with many true friends, is to be a good admin. Talk to people, get feedback about your server, take requests on occasion, play with the players, ban trolls and hackers, and have a good time without needing to abuse your powers to get people to pay attention to you.
This is my humble request and I hope this general sentiment gets spread around so even admins who don't frequent the forums might perhaps be motivated to behave better.
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Originally Posted by Armonite
