I saw a post in another thread that I think needs considering. It said words to the effect of:
"Maybe admins should have to be voted in again every year." - Which I think would be good for easing the minds of those who feel that admins who havent fallen out of favour actually have (if that makes sense..).
Sanctions as well, are starting to be a bit of a problem. I see the precendence was set recently for swearers to be banned for 30 days. Fine, but then I saw a relatively recent sanction by Xoria in which the person was banned for 7 days for dropping the F-bomb..
EDIT: Fair enough Hood, I thought it might be something like that but I dont like to second guess people.
Its also true that I see the admins getting frustrated a lot with the volume of people they have to sanction, and can be seen to be very non-receptive to new players who are trying to make the effort. The rules are a very large handbook, and while the more accomplished members might be able to follow them all by instinct, its very mindboggling for a new person who cant be slowly dipped into it. I think that the rulebook plus the admins general frustration(at most people saying "omg ur stoopid admin u cant do ur job") makes this place very hostile to new people genuinely wanting to make a start here. I would've been driven off in short order if I joined at this time, as would many other people most likely. Generally, people dont have an interest in persevering with an entirely voluntary activity if its hard and unrewarding, and this applies to both admins and players. Since I assume the admin job is rewarding, and following the rules for accomplished players is easy, new guys are left out to dry finding it both unrewarding and hard... I'd like to see a bit of leniency applied to particularly receptive new people, rather than across the board.
