Complains about TEF

[Richard]

Hi there,

TEF sent me a PM with his reply to this:

I would like for you to look at something, Rolf:

[07:00:58] <%Noweni> [21] RocknRolf: isnt this server supposed to let people have fun
[07:01:36] <%Nowuni> [21] RocknRolf: i do pay, so i also expect admins to not immediately kick me but also be reasonable

Now, not only is this extremely disrespectful, but it's also quite arrogant. Your attitude suggests that you are above everyone else simply because you donated a few bucks to Las Venturas Playground. Oh, and by the way, you decided to give LVP that money. You were never forced to pay in order to play on this server (not to mention this entire modification). Donations are quite irrelevent when dealing with absolutely any in-game rules. You are not above anyone, so I expect you to never act like you are again.

Moving on, though, let me inform you of what really happened with the CAPS situation. I use CAPS all the time, so there's very little point in denying this. However, when someone uses them repeatedly for over ten lines of text—almost as if they have their CAPS LOCK key switched on—I'll politely inform them of this and ask them to be wary of how they type. I would never—and I want to be very clear on this—tell someone to not use CAPS unless they're using an excessive amount of them. It would make me a hypocrite, and that's something I never want to be. You say that you told me "to be a bit more reasonable sometimes." Now, I would be fine with you suggesting something to me about my moderation technique, but that's not what you were doing. What you were doing is what I described in the first part of my response to you: You were being arrogant about how you "paid" to play, so therefore you "expect admins to not immediately kick ... but also be reasonable." Players never see a kick as a warning, but that's what it truly is. The kick is to inform you that if you keep up your behavior, a ban will soon be what comes of it. The first time I kicked you, I did so because I announced to the entire server that the chases were over and the next to ask about them would be kicked. You then decided to ask about a chase and, along with a few others, were kicked for it:

[06:18:12] *&Nuwini:%#LVP.echo* *** Announce: The next to ask about being chased will be kicked., By: TEF
[06:18:32] *%Nowani:%#LVP.echo* *** Announce: There will NOT be anymore chases this evening (as long as TEF is here), By: TEF
[06:21:07] *%Nowani:%#LVP.echo* *** [XT]Pedroo has been kicked by TEF:  I just said not to ask about being chased
[06:21:32] <%Nowuni> [34] RocknRolf: can we have another chase?
[06:21:43] *%Nowini:%#LVP.echo* *** RocknRolf has been kicked by TEF:  Stop asking about chases
[06:22:37] <%Noweni> [21] *** RocknRolf joined the game.
[06:22:37] <%Nowoni> [21] *** RocknRolf has logged in.
[06:22:53] <%Nuwoni> [21] RocknRolf: is that a reason to kick me? without warning?
[06:22:58] <%Noweni> [0 ] TEF: Excuse me?
[06:23:03] <%Nuwuni> [20] Ryder: You did have a warning
[06:23:11] <%Nowuni> [0 ] TEF: You decided to ignore said warning and ask anyway
[06:23:19] <%Noweni> [0 ] TEF: So don't push me, Rock.
[06:23:20] <%Nowini> [21] RocknRolf: i dont look at the screen every second..but okay
[06:23:38] <%Nowini> [21] RocknRolf: i didnt decide but sorry for asking it again.....
[06:23:54] <&Nuweni> [21] RocknRolf:

For what it's worth, I believed you about not seeing the screen, but you definitely could have been a bit less presumptuous about not receiving a warning. Again, the kick serves as a warning, and it was made clear with the two announcements that players who asked about the chase would be kicked. Rolf, the chat showed two announcements and a kick, all about not asking about another chase, before you decided to ask. I mean, I find it a bit hard to believe that you can gather all of this information about my moderation, and yet seldom look at the main chat. I personally don't see how one can miss two huge announcements and a kick, but I'll still trust you.

Although I find this complaint to be completely ill-founded, I do agree on one thing, and that's the fact that not once did I have a private conversation with you to discuss why your behavior was not appropriate. I simply kicked you. Now that's something that I'm generally quite good with, but what irked me to the point of forgetting to PM you was your arrogant attitude. You have got to try to be a little less expecting; it's just a gaming server, Rolf, and nothing more (but nothing less).

I believe that I've explained everything to you, however there's always the possibility that I've missed something. If you find that I've missed anything or want me to explain a bit further on something, please post back so I can properly do so.

Have a great evening,

Justin D.
Total Epic Failure™
Las Venturas Playground