Just looking at player cycles...

[Cosmic Dolphin]

No, I am not talking about the cycles we play with on arma. I am talking about a certain cycle I see players go through.

We have all seen them a hundred times. A guy who comes in all the time, is really bad, makes fun of everyone, messes everything up. There seem to focus on a particular server sometimes. Some of them change their name every time they play, thinking that admins won't recognize them.

There seems to be a sizable population of such players. What I want to think about is there any way to get them to feel accepted in arma and become a little more responsible. I personally have been talking to one guy who has been like this for the past month or so at all Tronner servers, changing his name every time. Only takes a few seconds to recognize him though. Problem is, he might be a pain, but he has potential.

In fact, many of these annoying players do. I was one once too, and many of us were. Basic question is: Is it worth the time to help these guys fit in or just kick em out? Some cant be helped, but think of the good for arma we could have if we brought more of these types into respectable status. Just wandering what anybody else who has been playing arma awhile or has done admin work thinks. Could anything be done, or is it an individual effort?

[Word]

depends about which players we talk. do you mean swiss?

[Cosmic Dolphin]

No, I just mean people who come in just to cause trouble. If they didn't, that would be nice. Less people like that means less headache. And if some of these become responsible, they could help advance armagetron.

[Mecca]

Well, if someone comes in only to cause trouble, it is really easy to tell that that is their intent. Just use the silence option, problem solved.

[Cosmic Dolphin]

True, I do that a lot to people, and kick them even, but what I am asking is there any way we could accept them in and make them quit, make em responsible. I know someone did that with me, but how one would even do that is the question...Is this something anyone who admins for a server thinks about!?!?

[x3r]

I'm sure they're only like that because they illude themselves into thinking that they are really good players, and if they come across players who are better than them: they do not compute - and thus turn into a fucktard for a while. Eventually they gain something called a consciousness which implants reality chips into their brain, then they realise they're just another grain of sand in the desert of society... and that's it.

Nothing you can do but watch and attempt to enjoy the predictable way it occurs, like a film or something.