Since admins don't get paid, sadly the only incentive to become a staff is feeling like a big boy with your powers over others. Onionzzz is smart; he's figured out that he doesn't NEED to pay staff members, because having exclusive administrating powers is enough of an enticement for the social degenerates that tend to crave them. Any semblance of democracy is fucking absent - the community who will be ruled over by them isn't consulted at all, it's a completely internal vote dictated by the same people!
Not only that, but when you're high enough in the AMAZING and COHESION-ENFORCING hierarchy of Domination Servers, no one is left to review any of your decisions. Hmm, how do I know that there isn't a review for operators/senior admins/whatever the new bullshit role is called? Because I was banned for over a fucking YEAR by operator Turtle for apparently "cheating" during a mass freekill, which is complete bullshit and he knows it. The reason stated on the forums for my permanent ban (after a SINGLE mass freekill offense, by the way) was "ok," so... cheers for the astounding professionalism and clear motive expression mate! I left for so long because I really couldn't be fucked sucking staff's dick to get an unban for my heinous crimes against humanity that I didn't commit. It's obvious that the only reason I was permabanned was because I called Turtle an eternal virgin on discord and he had a pissy tantrum about it, so he took great homoerotic pleasure in banning me and covering it up as a cheating rampage. Let me tell you, he KNEW that no one would review the demo and quell his lies. He UNDERSTOOD and EXPLOITED the ridiculous mechanics present in the staff team for his personal benefit. This inane level of depravity exhibited by an experienced staff member as an operator - which I'll remind you is the highest possible level achievable without being direct server manager - is fucking LUNACY! The only time that staff is questioned is when people are directly affected and understand the wrongdoing... what about a new player who experienced palpable admin abuse, but doesn't understand enough to know that he was a victim?
If I'm incorrect, and other admins actually did review the demo... well that's a whole other issue on its own about incompetence.
I've complained about stuff like this in the past. I've been lectured by Jas that the "staff are volunteers," as if we're supposed to EXPECT and NORMALIZE this level of competence. Well that's the issue isn't it? Staff SHOULD NOT be volunteers, they should be players elected by members of the community as representatives to our views and needs. There should be an elected communal body in defense of the actions by admins, rather than their decisions remaining unfacilitated and unquestioned by the people that it's impacting. I've been told by Turtle that I'm a Raymond wannabe, as if that's some sort of derogatory implication. I used to believe that Raymond was crazy. I mean I still do a bit, he is ridiculous sometimes. But at least he has the intuition to actually give a fuck about the community and the wellbeing of players within it. I mean the Player's Union nowadays is one of the few things preventing DS from devolving into an absolute totalitarian administration, with complete subservience under an iron fist!
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Not only that, but when you're high enough in the AMAZING and COHESION-ENFORCING hierarchy of Domination Servers, no one is left to review any of your decisions. Hmm, how do I know that there isn't a review for operators/senior admins/whatever the new bullshit role is called? Because I was banned for over a fucking YEAR by operator Turtle for apparently "cheating" during a mass freekill, which is complete bullshit and he knows it. The reason stated on the forums for my permanent ban (after a SINGLE mass freekill offense, by the way) was "ok," so... cheers for the astounding professionalism and clear motive expression mate! I left for so long because I really couldn't be fucked sucking staff's dick to get an unban for my heinous crimes against humanity that I didn't commit. It's obvious that the only reason I was permabanned was because I called Turtle an eternal virgin on discord and he had a pissy tantrum about it, so he took great homoerotic pleasure in banning me and covering it up as a cheating rampage. Let me tell you, he KNEW that no one would review the demo and quell his lies. He UNDERSTOOD and EXPLOITED the ridiculous mechanics present in the staff team for his personal benefit. This inane level of depravity exhibited by an experienced staff member as an operator - which I'll remind you is the highest possible level achievable without being direct server manager - is fucking LUNACY! The only time that staff is questioned is when people are directly affected and understand the wrongdoing... what about a new player who experienced palpable admin abuse, but doesn't understand enough to know that he was a victim?
If I'm incorrect, and other admins actually did review the demo... well that's a whole other issue on its own about incompetence.
I've complained about stuff like this in the past. I've been lectured by Jas that the "staff are volunteers," as if we're supposed to EXPECT and NORMALIZE this level of competence. Well that's the issue isn't it? Staff SHOULD NOT be volunteers, they should be players elected by members of the community as representatives to our views and needs. There should be an elected communal body in defense of the actions by admins, rather than their decisions remaining unfacilitated and unquestioned by the people that it's impacting. I've been told by Turtle that I'm a Raymond wannabe, as if that's some sort of derogatory implication. I used to believe that Raymond was crazy. I mean I still do a bit, he is ridiculous sometimes. But at least he has the intuition to actually give a fuck about the community and the wellbeing of players within it. I mean the Player's Union nowadays is one of the few things preventing DS from devolving into an absolute totalitarian administration, with complete subservience under an iron fist!
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