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Offline Sorcer

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« on: December 27, 2007, 01:29:13 PM »
i heard that the people who took over for lev on the site and such like that actually suck at the game :/ kinda curious i am. is it true?
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Offline Highlander

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« Reply #1 on: December 27, 2007, 06:35:33 PM »
Don't know who "took" over..

But if your referring to the Mods in IRC, they don't play too often..
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« Reply #2 on: December 30, 2007, 12:45:34 PM »
Im not on alot, nor do I reply to many posts on the forums, although I do read them (except the OP3~ ideas forum).

P.S. Not someone who did the takeover, but supported it/recognised that it was needed.

I play OP2, I'm okay at it, no where near the best, but im good enough to play against providing its not 1 on 1.

Other Mods/Admins: Nope they don't play very often, are busy people, have real life and all of its "fruits" to manage, girls and many other projects to work on.
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Offline Arklon

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« Reply #3 on: December 30, 2007, 01:17:09 PM »
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i heard that the people who took over for lev on the site and such like that actually suck at the game :/ kinda curious i am. is it true?
On the other hand, is Lev any good at anything other than Pie Chart or the maps he made...?
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Offline Mcshay

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« Reply #4 on: December 30, 2007, 01:48:00 PM »
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i heard that the people who took over for lev on the site and such like that actually suck at the game :/ kinda curious i am. is it true?
If by that you mean the people who actually own the server and thereby all of the content on the forums and IRC, and always have regardless of Levi having a useless rank, the answer is mostly no: they just don't have time to waste on games. However, last time I checked being able to play a game had absolutely nothing to do with being a competent administrator.

PS: Levi never solely controlled OPU anyway, the other admins had always been here in one form or another.
« Last Edit: December 30, 2007, 01:49:51 PM by Mcshay »
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Offline BlackBox

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« Reply #5 on: December 30, 2007, 09:34:42 PM »
I guess it depends on how you define "sucks."

If sucks means, we don't like to play rush games that last <10min then yes, I suppose it is true. At least for me.

If it means, we just aren't very good at the game the answer might depend on a variety of factors. Yes, I'm probably not the greatest at the mash-the-buttons types of quick games, and certainly don't claim to be the best OP2 player ever (I know I am far from that) but I can hold my own in various situations. I'm sure this is true for other people as well.

I think the most important factor is not whether one is that skilled with the game but whether the game means anything to them / whether they enjoy it. I help run this place because I still find the game enjoyable. If I didn't, I wouldn't show up anymore.

Finally, to administrate a site you do need certain skills. I have many years' experience in setting up all of the different parts you need to make a website / webserver operate. (Unix administration, Apache administration, PHP / database programming, etc) as do many of the others. Without someone possessing these skills it would make the site very hard to run.
« Last Edit: December 30, 2007, 09:35:03 PM by BlackBox »
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« Reply #6 on: December 30, 2007, 09:35:23 PM »
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i heard that the people who took over for lev on the site and such like that actually suck at the game :/ kinda curious i am. is it true?

Took over how?

Why would it matter if some one sucked at the game if they took over the site?  What if they are better at running a site then playing a game it seems like a good trade off.

If this is about Levi being a old player and the new players like myself being made ops and mods.  Then I have to ask why is it necessary to only have old people in the "higher ranks".

I am not that great at the game and i rarely play.  But when i do i enjoy it.  And that is all that is important about play a game to me is that i enjoy it.
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Offline Leviathan

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« Reply #7 on: January 02, 2008, 06:33:19 AM »
I am still one of the staff here at OPU but not very active currently. Its a joint effort for all the staff to be in charge.

I am the only serious player who is also a admin.

Playing often is not a requirment to be a admin.

Welcome back Sorcer.
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Offline greytrains

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« Reply #8 on: January 02, 2008, 03:41:20 PM »
Running a website like this takes a lot of time.  You can't expect the admins or monitors to run and maintain a site like this and be great at Outpost at the same time.  I am sure they have a life beyond OPU and the game.
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« Reply #9 on: January 03, 2008, 09:26:00 PM »
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life beyond OPU and the game

LIES!
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Offline greytrains

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« Reply #10 on: January 03, 2008, 09:41:24 PM »
Hey I figured you had other things going on in your life.  I guess not.    ;) :P
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