This is either the most idiotic idea I've ever had (unlikely if you've heard some of my more idiotic ideas
)
or the most brilliant I've ever had. Clearly it is either insanely stupid or insanely beautiful, but there's an outside chance that it could work.
I'll start with the most basic change from most servers. Give everyone !setlevel on
PureTremulous!!
Thats right, you heard it, give everyone setlevel and clear all the bans! Maybe other servers have tried this (and if they have I'd love to hear how it worked out) but I don't know of any. Now for some background for those who don't mind my blathering
I've always been interested in self organizing and/or self regulating structures. The first server I ever set up gave every member of MG level 5 admin which gave them the ability as a group to create admins as they saw fit. Part of the reason that method had problems was that any level 5 admin (superuser) could turn anyone into another superuser. Strangely enough, this new concept may overcome the flaws of the earlier idea in that an admin that disagrees with any other admin of the same or a lower level's decision can change it! Or a higher level admin can promote another if they make a good decision! The beauty is that no admin can promote themselves or another admin above their level, they can only be promoted by a higher level admin.
I've always thought that rules are a poor replacement for a system that cannot care for itself. A cheap replacement for an imbalanced system of self regulation, as necesarry as rules often are. This is my experiment to see if such a self regulating system could exist for a game server.
This could fail in a most spectacular way filled with teen drama (no offense to you sensible teens out there
) and admin battles, but it could actually end up kinda working. I can imagine all sorts of scenarios that could explode into a mess, and a lot of scenarios that could fix them. The key is that almost noone will know who else on the server is actually an admin, so an admin who abuses their power could be busted down a couple levels by a higher level admin who's on or hears about it and thinks they're acting like an ass.
Ultimately I'll be the final say, with the ability to bust everyone down a couple levels or to add flags to any admin's account to add/restrict abilities which is the downside from my perspective
On the plus side, I tend to let things take care of themselves, so admins will have to get pretty bad in my view for me to start busting ass.
Am I doing this to populate
PureTremulous? Not really. I can't imagine asking Ozzy or an operator on a popular server to annihilate their present admin setup for an experiment that could explode spectacularly, and I have full control of
PureTremulous, so why not try it there?
In any event, if you !register yourself, you may get admin levels from anyone, or not, who knows. If it works, it could be a model for other servers to follow. If it doesn't, we'll at least get a good laugh out of it
