As for the godmode, we have never seen it, I've never seen it. It's why everyone stopped to stare while the Nr9 gunned us down. I guess we're the good kids on the block. If we never seen it, there's a possibility another regiment never seen it.
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if you want to recommend some guidelines on when it should be used and not used, feel free. might implement what you or other day depending on what is brought up and the points raised. currently, i dont have a problem with them killing those who are breaking the rules.(tho generally i would prefer it to be on those not in the middle of a melee or near combat if possible)
It is a pub event, you will see some rulebreaking. Warn them first. I don't care if it's the 50th time someone saying it. A pub could've just joined and don't know. If a regiment member is just trolling around, delaying, sapper towers, killing an arty horse, you should slay. They know better. I agree, regiments need to be a model for the pubs to look up to. If an enemy is breaking the rules, treat it as a pub. Every regiment should see one pub in their line, or at least we have. Most likely it's the pub. And the use of godmode should be used in the extreme cases. That is vague but I think everyone can agree that a pub who FOL twice, wasn't warned, and didn't kill anyone is not extreme. Godmode is a tool for admins to address something immediately and I don't believe that the case with Getty had to be fixed immediately.
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i will never ask my admins to just set in spec all game, or even for a while. at the end of the day, this is a game. they have every right like everyone else to play the game. we aren't paid, we are vol. now if an admin wants to sit in spec, they are more than welcome to do so.
I agree on no need to spec all game. They are just people, it is just a game, they want to have fun too, sitting in spec watching people isn't fun. I've been there. But I disagree with even for a while. Admins aren't players with some powers. Admins are admins. They have that responsibility on them. And everyone who applies to become admin should know this. They aren't applying just for some powers, but also applying for the responsibility on what it takes. If they need to go to spec, they should. You mentioned before about the use of godmode is the best way to handle the situation and get back to their lines. If they are focusing on getting back to their line to continue commanding, they shouldn't be admin. If an admin needs to leave their line, they should. The exception is you with the pubs.
it has been used in about all if not every lb for the last month and a half.(when i made it in june.) i left in the sound effect in for a reason, so it stands out. a brand new regiment may not know about it, but there are very few of those. almost all the regiments who attend are regulars to the event and many of them attend one of getty's events where my scripts are also used.(or use to attend) not counting extreme situations, it is used on one guy generally not near any friendly lines who decided to ignore the various warnings. it can be used on someone "near" friendly lines
there are times one needs to warn and try to corral people to the right place, and there are times when you just need to kill(slay). we do a lot of the former, even if you dont see it. there are a lot of message telling people(mainly pubs) where to go and what to do. these can be in ts, steam, team chat, all chat, or admin chat. some people, even after all the messages, decide to go off and do their own thing for one reason or another. some could be ignorant,and some believe they dont have to listen.
at the end of the day, the admin has to decide if that person can be "saved" or not. the entire time an admin is taking care of that one guy, they are neglecting everything else.(if you are lucky, you can multi task in said situation but that isnt always possible) they are spending their "resources"(time). there comes a point where you are wasting your time or you need to take care of something else more pressing. in the ideal world, there are many things i would like to do. in the real world, you have to make choices that you may not want to but have to. if someone is breaking a rule, ignorant or not of its existence, they can be punished. (we do warn way more often than we punish. we give a lot of breaks to pubs, sometimes more than we should)
and i will also make this one point. you need not fear an admin running up and mowing your entire line down with god mode.(unless your line is continually and blatantly breaking the rules. this hasnt happened as of yet) the staff we have are better than that. if someone on my staff does that unjustly, then action will be taken against them. if you seen an admin using it, it is because they feel it is necessary for whatever they are handling. if someone FOL twice, they can/should be slayed. i didn't see the incident first hand so im not going to go into it further.
admins are players. simple as that. They get to play the game just like everyone else should they want to. If something comes up, i would expect they do what they can to look into and take care of the issue. they are not required to sit in spec.(nor is sitting in spec required to admin properly) it has been this way since i was made an admin. if they feel they need to go spectator, they can. i will leave it open to my admins on how they should handle something.
your last line makes it sound like i should just remove all admins who also lead their lines. dk if that is your intent or not but the answer to that is no. never going to happen. majority of the admin staff are 3 years+ old in their na1 admining career.(i have been a senior admin for over 3 years now) this event was made by me with the help of some of the staff a few months ago. no where on the admin app did it say they had to do this event or the mini events i created. i only recently put a line on there, just to see if any future apps would also be helpful for the event(s). it is not required.(seeing as its regular na1 6 days and 23 hours of the week) the only admins i expect at this event are the lb admins, who signed up solely for this event.(they are also vol)
i will not nerf my admins ability to leave their line to handle a situation. if they feel they need to take care of something, they can. Part of the reason i made god mode was to allow the admins to go out, take care of something,(admining) then come back and play without being screwed out of their chance to enjoy the game. i did this the week before when i switched teams to babysit the USMC arty, then back to my team to be with the pubs.
like i said before, we are a vol staff. i will leave it to each admin on how they handle a situation.
And because the event went to all line, I will assume every regiment will want the same specialty role. So I will request Cav for the 11th.
they have to sign up to get it again. if they dont, they dont get it. you can trade with one of them should they want to.
Whenever I've used god mode to kill a rulebreaker, the idea wasn't that the rulebreaker needed to be punished. The idea was that killing him was the fastest way to make him stop breaking the rules.
and this^^ its more to stop them from causing more trouble than a punishment like say teamkilling.(slaying them is still a punishment for breaking the rules) if we can get them to stop fol or whatever without slaying, i prefer that route where possible.
ill do a glance over on wednesday for specialists. if you had it for the last event, showed up,and signed up for this thurs, you got it. if there are any open slots, ill assign them them on wed.