Admin Feedback Thread (Archived)

[Hannibal]

Moderating a forum is a much less involved job than administrating a game server.

One will be right to assume so..being an admin is an extension to being a moderator(enforcing ingame sanctions,enabling request from players and official factions alike,creating events + babysitting them{both created via flhook or faction events},discussions and votes regarding a wide variety of things,entertaining/helping different members of our community who seek something from them and last but not least important dealing with mundane things{as vague as vary it can get}..)

Additionally, both of those positions require different skills and qualifications one needs to have.

That's where you're wrong,learning to type a command or edit a file is not as relevant since it can be learn quite fast(most likely there's quite a few guides explaining them) but what's more important is gaining trust which can only be done in time

Plus, from personal observations, I've noticed that while being a moderator people become much less involved with the game.

as expected it takes time from your...'play time'? its more to it,being an moderator/admin, than just having your name in orange/green even though most will think we only do that..

I might have phrased it incorrectly. I meant that electing admins only from among the moderators is stupid

i beg the differ..as a moderator your performance can be evaluated during a certain time and then decided if that certain person can be entrusted with more access to handle more sensitive things(such as access to server)

and more involved people from the community should also be given the opportunity to become a part of the admin team

how do you plan to implement that? 'hire' 100 admins and pray to whatever deity you desire that next day there'll still be something to administrate instead of just testing a few peoples with limited access so they don't screw up?