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  1. Alkain
  2. Ethics And Operations Guidelines for Administrators
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  5. This document is meant to set a standard by which Victor46 Server Group Administrators abide. Please abide by these guidelines if you are an Administrator. While it is understandable that conditions can become heated in a game, these guidelines are meant to make the process of Administrating servers much smoother. This will be accomplished by setting in place the proper mentality an Administrator should assume when dealing with actionable situations.
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  8. 1. The Purpose and Function of an Administrator
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  10. As an Administrator, you will be representing Victor46 Server Group. When you ban a player, they will say they were banned from Victor46 Server Group. When you kick a player, they were kicked from Victor46 Server Group. As an authoritative representative of this community, you are expected to uphold the standards that we have set. This means acting with discretion and a cool head. When acting as an Administrator, you should be an Administrator and not a player. Please do your best to put aside personal opinions of the player and consider what is appropriate for the community. The Head of Administration will oversee and manage all Administrators, regardless of position. All Administrators will have the same powers unless an exception is made in the case of Section 1.C.
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  13. Section A
  14. Your main functions as an Administrator are described as (but not limited to) : kicking (See Section B), banning (See Section B), muting/gagging, changing maps, general player management. Other functions may apply and this document will be updated when deemed necessary by the Head of Administration.
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  16. Section B
  17. When kicking and banning for serious and legitimate reasons, please try to use discretion and level-headedness. For each action, please notate the approximate time and date, as well as the name/SteamID of the Offending Player. Please include a description that details the events that resulted in the action. If multiple actions are necessary then you may attach them all to the same ticket. Whenever you have a ticket detailing what action was taken, please submit this to the Admin Forums ("Administrative Actions" subcategory).
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  19. Section C
  20. If an Administrator is willing and able to assume additional responsibilities (Such as being the Map Coordinator) then this will be decided by vote and/or the Head of Administration. If multiple people are skilled for the position, then there will be a vote. If there is no opposition, then the Head of Administration will assign the additional duties and responsibilities to the Administrator. For each Change in Duties, a ticket must be filed in the Admin Forums ("Administrative Actions" subcategory).
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  24. 2. Administrative Actions
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  26. As previously mentioned, sometimes tempers can become heated when playing a game. This can lead to certain conversations or people becoming more annoying than they really are. This may result in an urge to use your powers. Section 2 is a description of guidelines that we would like to see our Administrators observe as they go about using their powers.
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  28. Section A
  29. Before you decide to kick and/or ban a player, please place yourself in Spectate. This will allow you to view the game for a moment with a cool head and should allow you to fully decide if action against another player is necessary. Be sure to attempt to make the distinction between personal anger and rule violation. While this may seem like a simple task, it is this lack of distinction that will result in a player being banned for accidentally wandering by the Spawn Point one too many times. This is the thing we wish to avoid. Be precise with your actions. Be accurate in your assessments.
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  31. Note that the normal order of action should be a kick, a temporary ban, and if necessary, a longer (up to permanent) ban. You are not required to verbally warn a player before kicking - a kick is a warning.
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  33. Section B
  34. The Rules that players must follow are as noted:
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  36. No Racism - While some would say that calling someone a "Jew" is not racism, I am inclined to disagree. It is best to keep race out of discussion period. A little bit of dark humour is acceptable but this is a Judgment call. Please use the utmost discretion. If another player complains about the use of a racial term, it is your duty to make sure that the term is not used.
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  38. No Griefing - This Includes but is not limited to : Continual Counter-Productive Gameplay, Mic Spam, Text Spam, Starting Arguments (this is a Judgment call, however)
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  40. No Super Vulgarity - Since this is the Internet, it wouldn't be fun without a little bit of vulgarity and obscenity. However, there is a line that can be crossed. Please use the utmost discretion. If another player complains about the use of a super vulgarity, it is your duty to make sure that the term is not used.
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  42. No Cheating - This should be self explanatory. Exploits are considered cheating.
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  44. Hate Speech - While this would encompass racism, I list it separately as some players may be offended by gay-bashing language or anti-religious speech. While I would not recommend instant action, I would advise putting a stop to the conversation. If someone continues to broach the topic, action may be necessary. Please use the utmost discretion. If another player complains about the use of hate speech, it is your duty to make sure that the term is not used.
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  47. 3. Administrative Directives
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  49. This section will detail the means of communication for the Administrative System. It will also detail the Termination and Enlistment of Administrators. Most Administrative communication will be posted through the forums although you may check with the Head of Administration if they are available. Please be sure to post any tickets in the Admin Forums. Checking the board on a regular basis is highly suggested as there may be Callback Periods.
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  51. Section A
  52. Callback Periods are when we specifically request Administrators to contact the Head of Administration for a review of tickets and of the current state of the community/server. During this time there will be assessments of the Ethics Guidelines and therefore the document may be subject to change based on the feedback obtained through the Callback Period.
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  54. Section B
  55. An Administrator must achieve a regular presence in the Team Fortress 2 server (as that is the main server). If an Administrator is not planning on playing in the TF2 server for at least a month, it is required that the Administrator post in the Admin Forums ("Administrative Actions" subcategory) about the situation. Further criteria may be established on this subject so please refer back to this section in the future.
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  57. Section C
  58. The termination of an Administrator is not an easy thing to do. Termination of an Administrator will be decided by the Head of Administration, the Server Owner (if Available), and the Head of Maintenance (Crontab). In some cases, Administrators will be terminated based on the outcome of a vote of the current Administration.
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  60. Section D
  61. When a player is chosen to assume the role of Administrator, this will be based upon character Judgment, past history on the server, frequency of server usage, and character witnesses. In all cases, new Administrators will be selected with a vote by the current Administration.
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  63. Neo
  64. I didn't realize our rules needed updating.
  65. However let me state this since it seems to have been forgotten and anyone who has been in any administrative position should know it.
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  67. rule 1. of effective leadership. Don't argue in front of the children. Don't argue with the children, Don't argue with the children, and don't reason with the children. (established) Rules are rules and if they don't like it gtfo. Warn, mute, gag, kick, ban. Submit for Perma-ban.
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  69. I muted him, then unmuted him when I realized you weren't going to gag him or anything. I am not the ranking officer anyways.
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  71. you don't give out reasons. you don't explain yourself and you sure as hell don't have a goddamned yelling match over the mic while some of us are trying to play.
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  73. all the new members we had left, and a few regulars. Given the high ping everyone was receiving it wasn't helping but I'll be goddamned I wanted to server side mute BOTH of you. you DONT need the last word. Hell you don't need to have ANY words. you don't need to justify your actions to him and you sure as hell don't need to in front of the server. Tell him (over text and mic) that if it can construed as a racial slur its not allowed. I know they'll do what what they do but as I said, don't stoop to their level. He is thusly informed and if he continues to use them. Mute him. If he texts. Kick/gag him. He comes back. BAN HIM. Its simple. Its methodical and there's no malice involved. Certain as hell there isn't any point to argue.
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  75. I realize this is your server alkain and you can run it however the fuck you want but as I said a long time ago, when the FUN dies. the server dies. I am not having fun anymore here. It's a PAIN to start the server whereas before it was fun. I was embarrassed to be a part of this server yesterday and in that invited only the regulars on my friends list to play. Of which I might add only SlamJam said he wanted to play.
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  77. Alkain
  78. I hadn't done anything because as I stated, I'm not familiar with SourceMod and hadn't been briefed on the commands until most recently. You all had the chance to deal with it and to be honest, I asked that most of those guys be banned to begin with. I asked this before I had full admin in game and nothing happened on it, so they came back in.
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  80. Yes, I shouldn't have gotten into an argument but I said I would give these fucks a chance and I did. As far as new members, I'm recruiting quite a few on my own grounds. Thus far, I've just seen a bunch of you guys say that you don't want to start the server. Thus far, everytime I've started the server, there have been NO issues. But when BSM is hanging out in the server and a bunch of admins are already there, apparently there is trouble. You all saw the post saying that most of these guys were banned for being douches to Knightsofnee, so why didn't you act anyway?
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  82. Why did none of you admins act on the situation anyway? You all are far more familiar with the commands than I am at this time and you know this. I'm busy trying to establish internal processes and make sure all the shit behind the scenes is working. I also spend all day banning people so I'd rather like to avoid doing it for free. It's a fucking pain. Not to mention I've had one hell of a week as it is, so my stress level has been through the goddamn roof. If you wanted to do something, you should have. There were a few admins in the server before I even got there so if there was an issue, why were they still there when I came in?
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  84. In any case our internal rules did need to be revamped. The internal admin processes were a bit jumbled and I have straightened them out.
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