[Answered] What does it take to be an admin?

[All Ts]

Honestly it doesn't take much to be an admin but most importantly patience. Prepare to have your patience tested constantly. This thread is pretty much the epitome of needing to have patience as an SA.

[delirium]

@Minus holy shit bud I saw that already i wanted to know what the community thought and Caution doesn't speak for all the players here, lmfao.

 

Caution does actually speak for all of us as he has the final say on absolutely everything that has to do with this community.

 

And I for one welcome our alcoholic overlord.

[fib]

Tons of admins I know get irritated when they have to repeat something many times because somebody doesn't understand it, then act like they do anyways. @Minus Maybe for you generic things don't help, but I'm pretty sure this isn't your post, and you aren't me, so you don't know what I found helpful. If I wanted all of my Admin friends opinions, I would have asked them, but I didn't, because I didn't. I wanted the opinions of people I didn't know, because I only have like 3 admin friends, and I actually did want a broader view of admin perfection from people from all servers, since once you're an admin on one you're an admin on them all. Keep in mind originally you didn't even answer the question, you just rephrased what I said. Not sure why you had to make it more than it needed to be. @Stunningjam 1) he didn't give his opinion nor contribute to my goal of actually getting community response in general, not sure why you included thay sentence in there. Linking me to a thread that Caution wrote about the qualities an admin should have doesn't get my answer from the community. 2) You have been on the same time I have not more than 3 times the entire summer, so your opinion on my 'behavior' is irrelevant. The last time I chatted with you was over 6 months ago when you removed me because I playfully called you "bad" when you missed an awp shot on VIP in the mix or something, then proceeded to freeslay me twice the same week (although I don't have proof, I remember it quite well.) 3) Bashing me (once again) does not help my goal, nor answer my question. My question was not "what is wrong with me" it was "what do you think a picture perfect admin should be"

 

"I would feel you would be ok [with slaying and not investigating]" Biased opinion from you knowing me 6 months ago, irrelevant. You don't play PB enough to say you know me, so don't act like you do. I learned a lot more, know a lot more people, and am a lot more friendly, but I'm also combative when people challenge me on the rules, and especially on the way I carry myself on the server when they aren't around to have an opinion, or at least a credible one. I'd rather listen to BlackWhite, or, speaking of biased opinions, Brandon, since I've been friends with him and Hobos since before they were admin. Ty though.

[Black Rain]

@Minus holy shit bud I saw that already i wanted to know what the community thought and Caution doesn't speak for all the players here, lmfao.

 

The guy gave you a pretty helpful response in such a nice manner and yet you get a bit too hostile with his responses lol. Minus has still replied to you after that in a polite manner so that should really tell you where you stand in terms of your attitude towards others if you're actually considering to apply for admin in the future.

[fib]

@Black Rain yeah he linked me to the forums. Great. I know where to find that. I wanted to get the opinions of the players here, and linking me Cautions forum post helps about 0%, and after me explaining it to him twice, he still didn't understand, or was simply defiant to accept my reasoning for posting this thread entirely.

 

"I don't know what this thread is for nor what you seek to gain from it." Also helps about 0%.

 

@Delirium I stated earlier i wanted the opinions of the players here.

[delirium]

inb4 this thread haunts you in your future admin application.

 

might wanna cool it with the attitude before this becomes a shit on magic thread.

 

Also as for my opinion i wouldnt give you admin even if you were the last player left on our servers

[fib]

@Delirium My attitude is fine, Stunning is just judging me unjustly on my actions half a year ago. Then shitting on me over it, which is pretty piss annoying. I suppose I could have been less aggressive towards Minus but i was just getting annoyed that he didn't get the point of the post after i explained it so many times.

[All Ts]

@Black Rain yeah he linked me to the forums. Great. I know where to find that. I wanted to get the opinions of the players here, and linking me Cautions forum post helps about 0%, and after me explaining it to him twice, he still didn't understand, or was simply defiant to accept my reasoning for posting this thread entirely.

 

"I don't know what this thread is for nor what you seek to gain from it." Also helps about 0%.

 

@Delirium I stated earlier i wanted the opinions of the players here.

 

You have an awful attitude that you need to improve on if you EVER plan on pursuing SA. Accept help from anyone wherever you can get it and more importantly do not spit in the face of people being exceptionally fucking nice to you. If you play the servers you see what the SA's have to deal with on a regular basis, if you're getting pissy over someone trying to help you how are you going to react when 30 little timothy's are screaming about something incoherent over their microphone.

[fib]

how are you going to react when 30 little timothy's are screaming about something incoherent over their microphone.

 

You mute em all and tell them to pipe down before it gets too rowdy.

 

do not spit in the face of people being exceptionally fucking nice to you

 

"I don't know what this thread is for nor what you seek to gain from it."

 

After explaining to him (quite clearly) my reasoning in this thread, he proceeds to act as if i've asked what the qualities are for an admin to apply, which is unhelpful being as that's not what i was looking for. Even though i let him know, twice, he still didn't get it. Then i got shit on for telling him he wasn't helping. @All Ts You I know i haven't known for a long time, so i'm not looking for advice from you either, in fact, in no place did i ask for advice, i asked for people to paint a picture of the perfect admin in their eyes, but somehow they construed it to whatever they wanted the post to be about, which apparently, and universally, is "what's wrong with magic, and why he can't be admin". Very few comments have actually had the intent of helping me rather than adding to the 'roast of magic', which, while very comical, is unhelpful.

[delirium]

You mute em all and tell them to pipe down before it gets too rowdy.

 

 

 

"I don't know what this thread is for nor what you seek to gain from it."

 

After explaining to him (quite clearly) my reasoning in this thread, he proceeds to act as if i've asked what the qualities are for an admin to apply, which is unhelpful being as that's not what i was looking for. Even though i let him know, twice, he still didn't get it. Then i got shit on for telling him he wasn't helping. @All Ts You I know i haven't known for a long time, so i'm not looking for advice from you either, in fact, in no place did i ask for advice, i asked for people to paint a picture of the perfect admin in their eyes, but somehow they construed it to whatever they wanted the post to be about, which apparently, and universally, is "what's wrong with magic, and why he can't be admin". Very few comments have actually had the intent of helping me rather than adding to the 'roast of magic', which, while very comical, is unhelpful.

 

Heres the deal bud, there isn't a perfect admin because we're all human and all have our own flaws.

 

@Minus was pointing you to the best resource on the forums to point you in the right direction and you shit all over his help.

 

@Stunningjam gave you his opinion on how you act on the servers (and now the forums as well) and things that you do that is conducive of someone who will never get admin acting that way. Instead of taking the criticism and moving on you try and make it look like it's unfair and unwarranted.

 

This thread is going to achieve nothing because there is no perfect admin and all the advice is going to be tailored to you seeing as you're the OP. Either listen to their issues with you and fix it or don't, either way I can assure you we dont give a shit what you do at this point.