Posted by
Lord Archaleon on Saturday, August 11, 2007 8:07:06 AM
Back in the RTCW days
When I was a well-known player on a popular server, I learned the hard way what happens when kids turn adults against each other. I had started my own server, and enlisted a respectable friend as an administrator. This fellow had helped build a community out of the chaos known as Happy Penguin by starting a community forum, repeatedly challenging the punks, and creating gameplay videos for our entertainment.
I caved into a player's whining at the very first incident. My admin had bounced him repeatedly across the walls, and I made the mistake of taking away his administration privileges. I was a confused person at that point in my life. I didn't perceive how hard my admin worked as a person to add to the community. All I saw was what a snotty little kid wanted me to see: a reckless, out-of-control person with power who needs to be stopped. I made a bad choice, and it cost me a good friend...and for what?
Lately
Just the other day, I was moderating on my favorite ET server. One player under my authority interfered with my discipline, and I promptly took care of his business. What aggravated me so much about this situation was that this snotty kid who didn't know how to use power tried to turn a good friend in the administration against me. It was like repeating the past all over again; I knew~ the kid was going to try to get me banned.
And he did. The predictable cheeseball found an adult to take his side and ban me without even discussing the matter with me.
In response, I sent an e-mail to the server's dispute box with screenshots and an explanation of what was going on. I explained that I've explained to sub-admins in the past how important it is not to interfere with other admins' discipline. I explained that I expected administration to confront me when it has problems with my problems.
Lesson for the Day
This is a family value. A person cannot wield authority effectively if he or she has no concept of who to use power against. Bad kids learn to pit parents against one another in order to display dominance and give the appearance of power, just as a rat learns how to get cheese by pulling a lever. This is the same exact problem my family is having with my crazy aunt. She refuses to learn her lesson because she likes being a welfare queen. She enjoys badmouthing a couple poor people who try to influence her for the better because the fat ton of b*tch has given up on life. She'll die alone.
But I won't. I'm going to brag to every one of my friends that I got banned from this server, and all my friends will respect me for doing the right thing.