Rules for Admins on PureTremulous and other }MG{ Servers

The admin rights and commands on }MG{ hosted servers should be used sparingly, and admins ahould rely on player votes in most non-urgent situations which can be easily resolved without the use of admin powers. Please act with courtesy towards normal players: being an admin does not mean you are more important than any UnnamedPlayer. Failure to abide by these rules will result in your admin level being set to 1.

This command is only allowed for:
* Moving yourself to the spectators.
* Moving an AFK player to the spectators.
* Balancing the teams by number when nobody will do so voluntarily. As an admin, you are expected to move //yourself// before another player in this situation, out of common courtesy. Also note that this does not apply to the end of match scenario where teams will, of course, not be balanced.
* When requested and agreed upon by most of those present. In this case, the choice of player should be random to prevent offense.

This should be used only when a player is definitely no longer in the game: note that settings changes (such as resolution) can produce this effect for several seconds. Always ensure that the player is really gone to avoid removing all their funds in mid-game.

This should be used generally before a kick, mute, or denybuild to give players a chance to stop their inappropriate or disruptive behaviour. In extreme cases such as heavy deconning it does not require use.

Kicking a player incurs a 30-minute ban and should be used for:

• Removing spectators from a full server (warning them first in case they are not AFK.)
• Removing players who are behaving maliciously in the game AFTER you have warned them.
• Removing players for saying inappropriate things IS allowed in rare circumstances. It is advised, however, that you rely on your own good judgment.

Always provide a good reason for a kick.

Bans should be used in more extreme cases, such as:

• Removing a player who has been warned for their malicious behavior.
• Intentional Team Killing.
• Intentional Deconning of vital structures, such as the Overmind/Reactor.
• Intentional Deconning of many structures.
• Some cases of repeated rudeness warrant a short "cool-off" ban.

The length of bans is left to your discretion. If you feel that you have banned a player for too long/short a time, use !adjustban to change the length of the ban. Do not adjust or remove other admins' bans without agreeing it with them first. Always provide a good reason for a ban.

Muting is allowed in cases of:

• Spamming/bindspamming.
• Flaming
• Rudeness to other players
• Constant, needless repetition.
• Turning the game into a chatroom and disrupting play.

Rename should only be used for:

• Giving an UnnamedPlayer a proper player name.
• Renaming players who show religious, cultural, or racially intolerant terminology in their player name.
• Yourself or someone who requests it.

Use for hurrying the up end-game (if no-one is talking), if there are players who do not know to ready themselves.

• Use sparingly. Since we do not encourage chatting during a game, the brief period of time at the end of a match is the perfect time to allow this.

• Should NOT be used to force your will on the majority. Let the majority of players decide most matters. Your admin status does not make your vote any more important than that of an UnnamedPlayer.

• Only use on people who are not listening to your requests to stop building or people intentionally deconning or messing things up as builder.

• Only available to level 5 admins (Khalsa, Tuple) and should only be used to give full }MG{ members and allies admin rights.