Confusion Between Donor And Admin?

[Possum 10,776]

Maybe have an admin list on the server? E.g use !admin and a list of current admins online and offline pops up?

Darwin? You know what to do...

[fever 9,884]

But surely it doesn't matter who the admin actually is and if someone is being a pain and see's the admin join and then they stop being a pain....admin leaves, people start being a pain again, five minutes later admin gets a call to return, nothing happens, admin leaves, repeat, repeat. I think there is nothing needed to be done.

Edited October 20, 2013 by Fever

[- Mike - 2,728]

But surely it doesn't matter who the admin actually is and if someone is being a pain and see's the admin join and then they stop being a pain....admin leaves, people start being a pain again, five minutes later admin gets a call to return, nothing happens, admin leaves, repeat, repeat. I think there is nothing needed to be done.

Hand out kicks and bans,

[Kitten 1,813]

But surely it doesn't matter who the admin actually is and if someone is being a pain and see's the admin join and then they stop being a pain....admin leaves, people start being a pain again, five minutes later admin gets a call to return, nothing happens, admin leaves, repeat, repeat. I think there is nothing needed to be done.

That's when we break out the fake names and sneak back into the server.

[Mana 3,867]

Maybe have an admin list on the server? E.g use !admin and a list of current admins online and offline pops up?

Which is also something that hackers could use to avoid getting banned by admins.

[JMaster299 654]

Which is also something that hackers could use to avoid getting banned by admins.

Fully agree on this.

The benefit of not advertising that someone is an Admin goes beyond the times an Admin is just responding to a !calladmin request. Admins play for fun like the rest of us and just by being on a server they can catch the asshats who otherwise don't realize that there is an Admin present. If they can catch the random people who server hop and cause trouble, even before it gets reported, they can get them added to the ban logs and make the servers a more enjoyable place for everyone.

[Minia 1,211]

Fully agree on this.

The benefit of not advertising that someone is an Admin goes beyond the times an Admin is just responding to a !calladmin request. Admins play for fun like the rest of us and just by being on a server they can catch the asshats who otherwise don't realize that there is an Admin present. If they can catch the random people who server hop and cause trouble, even before it gets reported, they can get them added to the ban logs and make the servers a more enjoyable place for everyone.

Agree with both of you guys, didn't think of that. You got any opinion though on how to stop people thinking donors are admins? Not everyone can check the admin lists here on the forums.

[Sphagnum Peat Moss 748]

Which is also something that hackers could use to avoid getting banned by admins.

That's a really good point. Maybe NOT knowing is better. Then they never know if it's "safe" to misbehave. With mistaking donors for admins, I can't think of a good way to fix that. The colored name was all I could think of that ever made people think I was an admin when I was just a donor, but even removing colors probably wouldn't remove all the confusion.

[fever 9,884]

I think we're trying to fix a problem which doesn't exist.

[+Skaila 5,462]

I assume they'll figure it out as soon as you perm ban them that you're an admin