Grazzum, I just checked the number of DC Points you have, and its a nice round number.
Zero.
Zilch.
Zip.
You don't earn points by just spamming in the forums, you've actually gotta do stuff Reviews, Previews, Downloads and Articles. Bedding admins also gets you 10 DC points.
"Say you're hanging from a huge cliff at the top of mt. everest and a guy comes along and says he'll save you, and proceeds to throw religious pamphlets at you while simultaniously giving a sermon." - Dustin G
Darkman, don't ask why I'm getting so defensive about this issue, but admins can download stuff without adding to the counter. In fact, anyone can. Anythings possible, so lets not judge lest ye be hit with a hammer.
Show me the power child,
I'd like to say,
That I'm down on my knees today,
Gives me the butterflies,
Gives me away,
'Til I'm up on my feet again,
I'm feeling outshined.
Hey, being admin ain't as fun as it sounds. Sure, you get to delete whatever comments people make about you and stuff. And you get to look at the Pending page long before everyone else does. And you get access to the news page to do post whatever you like.
But after a few months, all the glory kinda wears off. You'll end up having to keep the Pending page empty of well.. pending stuff, though like most admins in my time, you could just wait for someone else to do it >:/.
The real problem would be all the trouble you'd have dealing with the fools once you get popular enough. People will know you have power. And they'll try to get you to use it to their advantage. There'll be all these DC-mails asking you to delete stuff, asking about the unwritten rules that've been laid out a hundred times, asking you to put in polls, put their games on the front page, lawyering on why their games haven't been accepted on the front page (For God's sake, the download link on that game needed a password!), really poorly animated bribes and trying to trade stuff for DC points, and a bunch of other crap I'd rather not mention.
Point is, if you're gonna be a DC admin, you'll need more time than most of you have. Sure, if you're like me, Circy, Ashman, Pete, and those other guys and do nothing but hang around the DC all day, it's fun. It's rewarding. But I'm sure most of you wouldn't want to spend about half an hour online every day answering mail from idiots, a few hours downloading 20 MB worth of newbie uncompressed junk, and even more time putting some of the better stuff on the front page AND making it look nice with pure HTML.
In one short sentence...
Be grateful for what you have... or don't have.
Disclaimer: Any sarcasm in my posts will not be mentioned as that would ruin the purpose. It is assumed that the reader is intelligent enough to tell the difference between what is sarcasm and what is not.
On a side note...
Anyone out there think I should try and ask for my adminage back from Mike? It'll probably mean I have less time to spend on games, but heck, I spend a few hours online every night for reasons I'd rather not mention.
A few people have been asking me about it a while ago, but at the moment, my ISP cut me off for reasons unknown, so I gotta wait till I get a new account or new ISP.
Disclaimer: Any sarcasm in my posts will not be mentioned as that would ruin the purpose. It is assumed that the reader is intelligent enough to tell the difference between what is sarcasm and what is not.
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Reviews, Previews, Downloads and Articles. Bedding admins also gets you 10 DC points.
