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Outpost Series Games => Outpost 2 Divided Destiny => Topic started by: Sorcer on December 27, 2007, 01:29:13 PM

Title: Something I Heard
Post by: Sorcer 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?
Title: Something I Heard
Post by: Highlander 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..
Title: Something I Heard
Post by: Mez 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.
Title: Something I Heard
Post by: Arklon 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...?
Title: Something I Heard
Post by: Mcshay 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.
Title: Something I Heard
Post by: BlackBox 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.
Title: Something I Heard
Post by: Freeza-CII 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.
Title: Something I Heard
Post by: Leviathan 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.
Title: Something I Heard
Post by: greytrains 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.
Title: Something I Heard
Post by: Freeza-CII on January 03, 2008, 09:26:00 PM
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life beyond OPU and the game

LIES!
Title: Something I Heard
Post by: greytrains on January 03, 2008, 09:41:24 PM
Hey I figured you had other things going on in your life.  I guess not.    ;) :P