PolarTux

Me when I started playing on nerd... lmfao (age 13) Me 3 years later, pic i just took (age 16)

RIP

I like the plugin a lot, but I have a couple things I dislike about it. - The colored clan tags are pretty annoying and make chat look derpy - I would actually like to remove the k/d ratio. I feel like people become too concerned with their own kdr and that leads to less people being willing to risk dying in fights, and encourages spawn camping to boost kdr.

Didn't see your post, sorry - also, what I'm not really talking about 'voting to ban someone'. Apologies for being unclear, but my idea isn't for players to just cast a vote yes/no, but for there to be an open discussion about the ban on the forums/sub. Obviously comments like "He's a tool' would be ignored, but constructive, reasonable posts would be made and based upon the responses/votes on the comments we could get an idea of how the community feels about the ban, and move forward from there. Njord, sorry if I was unclear, but refer to my response to scher - the community would have a say in users that have already been banned by a staff member. It wouldn't be some sort of witch hunt where disliked players are voted to be banned by the community like you're implying, but rather a discussion about a controversial ban that has already been made by staff.

@ROCKONN: You're worried about bias if the community, I understand that. But (unlike you, perhaps) I really do feel like the community as a whole is fairly mature *overall* from the time I've spent on the server/mumble/forums. There might possibly be a handful of biased players that vote to unfairly ban someone only because they dislike them, but the rest of the player base's fairness would outweigh that handful. Also, it's perfectly possible for a mod/admin to be biased in a ban and unfairly punish a player, too, but in that situation there are no other opinions to weigh against them. If people are really uncomfortable with players having a say in bans, then at least let all of the staff have a say, rather then one or two people. @Njord: Part of becoming a headadmin would be to accept your new responsibilities, and I don't think any admin candidates would be biased towards players that voted them into the positions at all. On your second point, 'dragging players in' to decide on a ban isn't the right way to word the situation imo, because I know as a player myself and others would sure as hell wanted a say in issues like controversial bans. To be honest, one reason I was willing to become a mod was that i felt my opinion would actually be valid, and I don't think that's a good mentality for players to have. What you say about having other staff members deal with a ban is true, but I feel like others would be influenced by the banning admin/mod and are hesitant to take the ban in a different direction than the original staff member dealing with it, because they are afraid of angering the original banner. On the third point, do you think your opinion was considered just because you suggested it, or was it taken more seriously because you were seen as 'mod material'? My idea was more like an official nomination 'vote' where players would nominate others for mod and the nominations would be voted on, the top voted ones becoming mod candidates. On another note, I see a lot of people bringing up that 'it would become a popularity contest' with no real logical reasoning behind the statement. I think a lot of people are severely underestimating the community's maturity and fairness, especially of those who are dedicated players that use the forums/subreddit and would be the ones voting on these things. Sorry for the long post! :)

Just popping in here to post my opinion - Yes, I think Head Admins should be voted in by the player base. I think having admins that are supported by the community (and most likely voted for because of reputation for fairness, likeability, etc) would result in decisions made by said admins that are also supported by the community. YES. When I was a regular player I used to look through a lot of ban appeals. On controversial appeals, usually ones involving long-time community members, I would get agitated by some of the mods'/admins' decisions about the ban because I felt them to be unfair, and many others that I talked to would also find the bans to be unfair. Sometimes bias was apparent, or the banned player was disliked, etc. Letting players give their own input on the ban would result in a happier community overall. No, not exactly. Now this is where being popular would gain you more votes. There could be a perfectly deserving player that keeps to themselves more and isn't well known that wouldn't get mod for that reason. However, I think allowing the community to nominate players for mod would be a good idea.