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[Dax]

Since the second thread had the flaming and shit, I supposed I had to make a new one.

[Akira101]

I think there should be some sort of power like admins have, but nothing to powerful, like nothing over an hour ban or something. Like limits to it or else its like buying admin, and those people are usually the worse, in my view.

[Guns Blazing]

I imagine people who donate are very much dedicated to the community and deserve admin powers. Just wondering if the ability to ban should be in there. By all means I feel they should get the fun stuff like gravity controls and rocketing. Perhaps even stuff standard admins don't. People who donate will probably be under consideration anyway, as in. If they don't appear trustworthy they may not receive the ability.

Just giving my opinion and more often than not it's greatly debated, but maybe the powers to enforce the rules of the server wouldn't fit with their inclination to donate anyway.

I'm positive anyone who donates is incredibly trustworthy though.

[Nibbler]

I'm trying to find someone that can code plugins for sourcemod, eventscripts or hardcode for donators but no luck in finding anyone yet.
Trying to get some sort of premium reward like special "admin" powers ingame and a own donator server for donators only.

[Dax]

I'm still leaning on a reserved slot reward. 

[Peacecraft]

I'm positive anyone who donates is incredibly trustworthy though.

Don't put it past the younger players stealing a parent's credit/debit card just for the sake of getting admin. It'd be best if you took an age limit on giving those more powerful rewards so you wouldn't automate giving a 10 year old kid admin because he got lucky while looking through mummy's purse.

Personally, I'd see the reserved slots as a better reward, the donators only server an even better one. With limited spacing available though, that could become a problem if there are more donators than the maximum slots available, but a donators only server would probably serve to buffer this a fair bit.

I, personally, have never been very keen on the idea of donator admin. I can only speak from a totally different angle here, namely MMO private servers like Maple, but with donator admin abilities, it just seems to feel like admin powers have become a fun gimmick to donate for, rather than actually being something to earn for dedication and loyalty. Plus, as I stated above, it can be very easy for lots abuse should someone get lucky with a credit card.

I can't think of any suggestions to add to the list of possibilities, seeings as we have pretty much all possibilites you can put forward in a Half-Life 2 mod...

[Legion]

I'm positive anyone who donates is incredibly trustworthy though.

Don't put it past the younger players stealing a parent's credit/debit card just for the sake of getting admin. It'd be best if you took an age limit on giving those more powerful rewards so you wouldn't automate giving a 10 year old kid admin because he got lucky while looking through mummy's purse.

Personally, I'd see the reserved slots as a better reward, the donators only server an even better one. With limited spacing available though, that could become a problem if there are more donators than the maximum slots available, but a donators only server would probably serve to buffer this a fair bit.

I, personally, have never been very keen on the idea of donator admin. I can only speak from a totally different angle here, namely MMO private servers like Maple, but with donator admin abilities, it just seems to feel like admin powers have become a fun gimmick to donate for, rather than actually being something to earn for dedication and loyalty. Plus, as I stated above, it can be very easy for lots abuse should someone get lucky with a credit card.

well said. i fully agree. the fact that someone is able to donate doesnt mean a damn thing about them. for all we know it could be some 7 year old begging mommy to put 10$ on their paypal. personally i think that donations should only be rewarded with a reserved slot. an exception though would be if the person  donates a small amount each month regularly for a time then they get more rewards etc. even if someone donates once in a fairly large sum (20-50$) i still think they should only get a reserved slot, earning privileges such as spawning items and getting admin should come much later. like after they have a few months of community under their belt and we all know how they act when other admins are on, and when they are acting alone.

realistically, you dont need tons of admins. if you have votes enabled then every player can just vote if there are no admins on to ban someone/ fix a glitch etc. in my opinion there should be about 5-10 admins that have special powers, a few top admins do do the necessary dirty work, and the rest of the players should either get reserved slots or just come and go as regular players.

I dont think that random donators should be rewarded right off the bat.

[Secretten]

I totally agree, donating for admin has to be one of the dumbest things I have ever heard. If you want admin then you should spend some time in the server/forums and get to know everyone. Make a good image for yourself. Then hope that you get recognized enough to get promoted. Donations should be limited to Forum only privileges like a donators lounge and a reserved slot in servers.

[Guns Blazing]

Perhaps I'm just going soft, I didn't want to pose a negative opinion because I didn't want to sound as if I was insulting people who donate.

Upon reflection, the "Incredibly trustworthy" statement was a mistake on my part. People can and will donate if they think it'll get them admin. What I wanted to ensure with the statement however, is that any money to help XeroCore is good. I didn't want people to get the wrong impression in that respect.

Anyway, yeah. I'm with you guys on this one, (Legion especially). Rewards should become greater over time.

[Uro]

Server crowded often. Reserved slot good for Solomon Grundi.

[Biohazard]

u know i just voted option #3 cause there is a smiley.

[Dax]

You know I just made you because the condom broke.

(Kidding!)

[Peacecraft]

Server crowded often. Reserved slot good for Solomon Grundi.

I'm calling you that from now on.

[Biohazard]

You know I just made you because the condom broke.

(Kidding!)

ya' wanna' go cunt now?