[Titan]

I have been told recently in the past that I admin like a Nazi. I wish to explain why I use the methods I do to those here on Spawnpoint, both regular players and administrators alike...

Back when I first got admin privleges in 1976 on the Deathmatch server, I was a little wet behind the ears. I had come from another community where the administrator procedures weren't nearly as strict. Making the transition took a little bit of time.

My second day or so of administrating, there was a PHXX senior admin undercover. We had one person in the server with the name of "ownthisbish", or something along those lines. As well, we had another player saying "sh*t" every 30 seconds or so. Not being used to reprimanding folks for language as much, I let it slip by unconsciously.

This senior admin ( who was undercover at the time, monitoring my actions ) then sent me messages via admin only text, explaining I needed to start administrating according to the rules, otherwise my admin could be taken away just as fast as I received it. I said my peace of course, as thats just me.

On another occasion, I had a player on our Turbo GG West server using racist remarks, and just generally causing a huge stir. I told him to stop acting like a moron and play. Once again I was told by an undercover senior admin, that I needed to not call a player a moron. Funny thing is, he ( the player ) was spouting all kinds of garbage, and I got reprimanded.

Now, I just follow the guidelines according to the administrator guide. They are not allowed to bypass the curse filter. Alot of other admins allow the acronym "STFU" to slide by. I don't. I won't really say anything for WTF, although TECHNICALLY, that is against server rules.

I enjoy administrating the servers I have those privleges on. It allows us to maintain peaceful gameplay while we are on a particular server. Understand that we can lose our admin privleges, just as fast. I will not lose mine because someone does not have the ability to follow server rules. Am I personally offended by someone cursing or saying "STFU"? No, hardly. The morning meeting room at my place of employment can easily outcurse anything you see on these servers. I have much thicker skin than you would imagine.

On the SP servers however, I have agreed to have "thinner" skin, so I will enforce as necessary, likely making a few enemies in the process. So be it.