[Goto]

yeah, not all of us appreciate 'revealing' images (ie me), we should practice this thing we like to call comment courtesy, though where i live its an oymoron    (meaning it aint common). and bravo on getting some written rules up cspizzle, it should help lowering confusion with regards to bannings 

wheeeeeeee!

Hehe, an 'oymoron', eh? Does that include those that for a period of time went around saying 'Oy! as a greeting?

[Phieta]

Does that include those that for a period of time went around saying 'Oy! as a greeting? 

Well, if they were dyslexic they'd be saying "yo."

*Dodges tomatoes*

[Cspace]

Addition to a current rule:

A Member Breaking A Suspension Or Ban: If a member is suspended and posts with a different account to get around it (must be positive of this, please verify IP), that account can be suspended as well.  If the member continues to break a suspension, his/her suspension could be extended by a GMod.  This rule can be enforced on anyone in the given situation unless an exception is created by a GMod (such as if allowed in one thread if a subject there).  A SMod, after suspending the individual, should delete - not D.A. - the post (not thread, lol, unless they start it).  If necessary it can be recovered.

[ticktockclok]

I'm still not comfortable with S-Mods having these suspension kind of powers period.

[Bmatt]

well, its good to see this list hath not been forgotten about. and MR. Crazed Nutter, i guess all you need to do is have trust, but we all have our... uh.... whats the word? things that makes us uncomfertable? whatever, you get what i mean.

[Cspace]

Suspensions are very easily reversable, and so is one's SMod status. If they wrongly suspend someone their mod status could be in jeopardy, while at the same time someone can press a couple buttons to reverse the suspension. It isn't really anything to be worried about, SMods can do much more damage in ways other than suspensions.

I think the thing a few are scared of is the general severity of a suspension. Normally suspensions are over things which are major, and the thought of having an SMod do it could be scary because of that. Truthfully, however, a suspension can be reversed in 10 seconds. If an SMod tried to cause damage, it could be easily and sometimes irreversibly be done in ways other than suspensions. I would think that an SMod's normal abilities would be more of a realistic worry than suspensions, but that is just me.

[Raktor]

I'm still not comfortable with S-Mods having these suspension kind of powers period.

Me either... I think it should be completely removed, now that Star and MoS are admins.

[Ratty]

Why not? Dont trust some peoples Judgements?

Ok, so it has happened before, but they were quickly fixed... I think the S-Mods should keep the powers...

[Cspace]

Admins can't be on all the time, if something comes up we need to be able to handle it and not just delete it as it comes (as some would say).

[ticktockclok]

A few of them are known to have short tempers and blast out.

Meh, I don't have much input.

Oh well.

This post has been edited by Crazed_Nutter: 13 December 2004 - 03:33 AM

[Goto]

Any smod that does lose his temper and blast it is unlikely to stay a smod.

There are three (active) admins. They all have lives. They're all in an american time zone. That leaves an awful lot of time in which nobody is around to fix problems. Up until Smods and Gmods were able to suspend, it was a horrible situation. I'm pretty sure you never would have experienced it Nutter, but I was there during a few flamefests when there would be two or three smods diligently watching the boards for new posts they had to get rid of. They couldn't do anything to stop the fights, people obviously weren't going to listen to warnings. That doesn't happen anymore. If people really refuse to listen to reason and won't stop flaming, they can be given a couple of hours suspension until they cool down, or until somebody else arrives capable of doing more. Trust me, it's a big improvement. If somebody does get out of control, one of the three admins can easily reverse any false suspensions they might have made, and remove that persons mod powers. However they can't remove any negative feelings people might have for each other due to a fight that couldn't be stopped before it went too far...

[Cspace]

However they can't remove any negative feelings people might have for each other due to a fight that couldn't be stopped before it went too far...

... And boy have we seen that, lol. Now that the hostility is dissolving we wish to keep it that way. Mistakes and even failures do have a purpose; if anything like what has happened to start our year of turbulence happens again, we will know what action needs to be taken to prevent it. Part of this is allowing a larger group to be capable of directly handling these problems - if any of them create problems, we can remove their ability to cause anything else quite easily.

Besides, SMods/GMods are also capable of suspending each other if one goes on a so-called "rampage".

[Goto]

Sorry for (slightly) reviving, but is it possible for Smods to suspend Gmods? I seem to remember it wasn't, which is probably for the best. We only have one Gmod, and crazy as he may be I don't think he's going to be rampaging anytime soon.

[Cspace]

Sorry for (slightly) reviving, but is it possible for Smods to suspend Gmods? I seem to remember it wasn't, which is probably for the best. We only have one Gmod, and crazy as he may be I don't think he's going to be rampaging anytime soon.

Yeah, it's possible for a GMod to be suspended if necessary

[Goto]

You didn't answer my question!

Are the Smods capable of suspending them? Saying 'They can be suspended if necessary' could merely mean that You, Star or MoS could.

Oh, and I wasn't so much worried they're unsuspendable. I was kinda hoping they can't be suspended by Smods, that way that's a fourth person who we can rely on to be able to fix problems if somebody goes on a rampage and suspends the smod team.