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Posted by Mephs on Tue Jun 14th at 9:15pm 2005

When I first came here, #snarkpit gave out ops to anyone who idled or wasn't an asshole. A few days later, these ops were revoked, reserving them for Azelito, Monqui, Scary Jeff and Gwil (and of course Snark). I was generally blamed for it, by Gwilmong, because of an exodus from TWHL which resulted in refugees kick-banning each other (quite unfair on me...). The channel has only had the same ops ever since, (except ssmmdd recently by the gwil)

Anyhow, is it time for mass ops once more? Considering how very few assholes ever pop in, and we all generally get along in the channel, should ops be given to everyone?

The main benefits:

Quicker idiot removal: Some morons take ages to get removed, though a rare occurance
The warm, fuzzy feeling of democracy: Most channels have an all ops situation
It looks tidier: Ok, I'm clutching at straws here

(note the lack of a comedy third option, a plague on polling society IMO)




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Posted by Myrk- on Tue Jun 14th at 9:20pm 2005

Stop being an ass face :P Ops are reserved for the few main stayers who can use IRC. However I do feel 1 or 2 more ops could be used as the ones that tend to be there tend not to actually be there.


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Posted by pepper on Tue Jun 14th at 9:25pm 2005

no.


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Posted by Orpheus on Tue Jun 14th at 9:27pm 2005

Is this poll asking for more mods or admin?

/me is confused.. and clearly shows that I am not a candidate for either cause of it.





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Posted by Mephs on Tue Jun 14th at 9:54pm 2005

Considering the fact I'm not an op, orph, no.

But I just felt it worked better when most people were ops. It would be different if #snarkpit had nasty element (other than monqui and fisheye) It doesn't REALLY make a difference, it'd just seem better somehow...




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Posted by fishy on Tue Jun 14th at 10:00pm 2005

? quoting Mephs
It would be different if #snarkpit had nasty element (other than monqui and fisheye)

wtf do you mean by that then? monqui is a really nice guy, i'll have you know.




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Posted by ReNo on Tue Jun 14th at 10:07pm 2005

I do feel we could use a few more ops (none are ever around on the rare occasions I need one around), but I'm not sure its really necessary to give them out en masse.




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Posted by Orpheus on Tue Jun 14th at 10:10pm 2005

Well, in most cases a "NO" answer would suffice, but not in this case. If an OP is not a mod or admin, what are they?

I have heard people say in IRC "Be careful Orph, So and So is an OP" but I shrug it off in ignorance, considering Damned few would ever even think of banning yours truly from anything I chose to be part of.

So, what is an OP?





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Posted by fishy on Tue Jun 14th at 10:19pm 2005

it's what you thought it was to begin with, Orph. i assume mephs thought you meant for the pit when you asked about admins and mods. an OP (operator) can kick, ban, set channel messages and modes etc. nothing worth having really.


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Posted by Mephs on Tue Jun 14th at 10:23pm 2005

Basically, in IRC an op (channel OPerator) has the @ symbol in front of their nick. They have the power to kick people out of the room, change the topic of the channel etc. Of course, not all ops are equal, some people only get opped when they join the channel from other people (so when they leave, it goes), whereas others get it from snark, or L the channel bots (this makes it impossible/difficult for people to takeover a channel, unless they own it)




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Posted by ReNo on Tue Jun 14th at 10:31pm 2005

Except for setting topics related to the HL2DM clan when many of our clan members check IRC but not the forums very often <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif"> Oh and kicking 2dmin when he goes on his crazy rants <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif">




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Posted by Cassius on Tue Jun 14th at 10:33pm 2005

Ops for me, nobody else.



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Posted by Orpheus on Tue Jun 14th at 10:42pm 2005

Ahh, thanx for the clarification guys. <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">



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Posted by Myrk- on Wed Jun 15th at 12:22am 2005

Well if we are going about this, how about we change the snarkpit server over to gamesurge? The ops commands are actually memorable on that server, and theres loads more people on it than Quakenet, or at least it isnt filled with mindless fools.


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Posted by Orpheus on Wed Jun 15th at 12:44am 2005

? quoting Myrk-
or at least it isnt filled with mindless fools.

Hey, I resemble that remark.. <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/heee.gif">





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Posted by DrGlass on Wed Jun 15th at 2:24am 2005

I'm just power hungery and want to kick people.




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Posted by Nickelplate on Wed Jun 15th at 3:34am 2005

I used to be on IRC all the time, but i found that everyone was at gwil's complete mercy, and he temporarily banned me for disagreeing with him. I found it rather ridiculous, so i stopped going. Also, Hugh googles on #triv.

Now that you've mentioned the IRC channel so openly EVERYONE is gonna join

we will ahve plenty of assholes to ban.




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Posted by Orpheus on Wed Jun 15th at 5:23am 2005

? quoting Nickelplate
I used to be on IRC all the time, but i found that everyone was at gwil's complete mercy, and he temporarily banned me for disagreeing with him..

Had to have been a joke on his part. If I had caught wind of that and it not been, I'd have had a bit to say about it.. Publicly flogging someone for abusing their power.. Yeah, I love it. Would have been a glorious week methinks.





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Posted by pepper on Wed Jun 15th at 8:17am 2005

Your probably right on that one, though this topic reminds me to set the frickin chat program to auto-join sp channel again. Aint been on there for a long time.



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Posted by ReNo on Wed Jun 15th at 1:28pm 2005

? quote:
Now that you've mentioned the IRC channel so openly EVERYONE is gonna join


Its not as if we've been keeping it a secret in the past <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif"> We tend to have a quarterly recruitment drive I reckon <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">




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