Admin - Rules of Conduct

[OldBloke]

MeatHook Professional CounterStrike

Admin Standards

PREFACE

This document provides the standards of conduct that all Admins of MeatHook PCS must adhere to. It's intent is to provide common conduct between the players and the Admins. Violations of these standards may result in removal of an Admin's access to in-server commands.  We would like to thank N42 for writing the original Admin & Player Standards that we have adapted for use here at MeatHook PCS.

1. Language

Admins should hold a professional level of conduct at all time. Please keep your language in the forums and on the server at a professional and mature level. If we sink to vulgarity and namecalling the players will see it and follow suit. What is acceptable for YOU to do is acceptable for them to do.

2. Warnings

Warnings must be given before ANY other form of punishment for ANY player who is violating the rules or overall code of conduct for MEATHOOK PCS. Warnings should not be given without FULL understanding of the events that occured. You must personally have VISUAL confirmation that a rule has been violated or proper conduct has not been followed. If possible, have another Admin confirm the event before issuing a warning.
First warnings must be given via the "Admin_tsay" command and should be issued YELLOW in color. The full command for this is:

"Admin_tsay yellow" (followed by the warning message.)

Second warnings must be given via the "Admin_tsay" command and should be issues RED in color. The full command for this is:

"Admin_tsay red" (followed by the warning message.)
 
3. PCS Development

All Admins should have a good and current understanding of both map limits and PCS rules.  Admins should endeavour to develop other player’s understanding of the MeatHook PCS style of play for the benefit of all players.

MeatHook PCS is a gaming community and members will have had a diverse range of prior CounterStrike experience.  Admins should try to actively welcome and assist new or less experienced players to adapt to the objective and team based style of play on MeatHook PCS.  This will benefit all MeatHook PCS players.

4. Player Kicks

In order for a player to be kicked they MUST have been given first and second warnings as outlined in paragraph 2. If a player is allowed two warnings without being kicked, a third warning MUST be issued in red before the player is kicked.
When the kick command is used, a reason and Admin name must be entered to justify the kick and also to notify the player when they are dropped to console. An example of this would be:

"Admin_kick Player Continued rushing after 2 warnings. (OldBloke)".
 
When a player is kicked, the Admin MUST follow up with a post in the Admins forums under a topic named after the player. If an existing topic exists, append the new kick information to that topic. This will allow all Admins to understand what is happening with each of the players. The follow-up post may be done when you are finished playing and does not need to be done immediately. These posts should not be based on personal judgements, merely the facts that led up to the kick.

5. Player Bans
 
In order for a player to be banned, they must have a history of rules violations. In-game bans should NEVER be issued for more than 24 hours (1440 minutes) on any player. Any bans put in place longer than that must be voted upon by all Admins.
Bans may be applied immediately for any player who is CONFIRMED with cheats on their system. Confirmation consists ONLY of a message displayed by the currently operating Anti-Cheat software or player actions confirmed IN-GAME by at least two Admins.

6. Map Changes

Some map changes will have to be made dependant on the number of players in the server at that time. In this case a map vote should be issued to allow the change.  However, maps should not be changed by an Admin simply because they don't like them. If a map is encountered that people do NOT want to play, issue a "nextmap" command to find the next map in rotation and create an "Admin_vote_map" for that map. This will keep the rotation in order and allow all maps to be played.

7. Forums

Admins are not to participate in forum-based flame wars. You are expected to set the standards for MEATHOOK PCS players. If you set a standard of engaging in flame wars then others will assume it's acceptable when it clearly isn't.

[TeaLeaf]

To the new TCS Admins:

This thread is old, but the spirit of what is said remains.  I'll post the new guide up shortly.

TL.