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Server Moderator Handbook
By: David™ Date: May 16, 2012, 5:23 am
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[center]Server Moderator's handbook[/center]
Preface
This handbook is aimed at Server Moderators who have never held
positions as admins before, and it is their first time accessing
commands like /kick and /mjail. If you fall into this category,
it is your responsibility to adhere to the policies and
guidelines in this handbook. For Server Moderators who have been
admins before, this should be second nature, but it's always
good to refresh yourself a bit, and there are some major
differences between admins and server moderators. A quick read
through wouldn't hurt you either.
Commands
/kick - Usage: /kick [ID] [Reason]
The kick command is perhaps the lightest punishment anyone can
receive on the server. This disconnects the player's client and
they are forced to restart SA:MP and reconnect to the server.
When you use this command on someone, everyone can see your
name, the player's name, and the reason for the kick.
Proper usage of /kick:
-Spamming Chat (any type)
-A player is clearly bugged in a way that relogging will fix it
(usually they are de-synced in some way)
-Deathmatching (For Newbies)
-Randomly Punching
-Metagaming
/mjail - Usage: /mjail [ID] [Reason]
The /mjail command is the Server Moderator's version of the
Junior Admin's /jjail command and the General Admin's /prison
command. This command automatically throws someone into jail for
20 minutes and announces your name and the reason to the server.
This command is likely the command you will be using most often
as you are on the server while playing the role of server
moderator. Keep in mind that for new players, it is frequently
far more effective to explain to them what they are doing wrong
than just throwing them in jail with an acronym for one of these
offenses.
Proper usage of /mjail
Non-RP Behavior
Deathmatching
Car Ramming
Car Parking
Metagaming (if they are clearly new players, explain to them
first)
Driver Driveby
Alt-tabbing to avoid death/arrest/RP
Repetative spam
Repetative Non-RP Name
Revenge Killing
Kill on sight
Chicken Running
Powergaming
Blatant Quick Swapping or Crack Shooting - Only if you are
absolutely sure
Excessive spam in keybinds (more than 4 lines without any delay)
/togadvisor
This command simply allows you to see the Community Advisor
chat, where you can quickly communicate with other Server
Moderators, Community Advisors, and Admins. To speak on this
chat, you will need to use the /c command.
/new
While everyone has access to this command, as a Server
Moderator, your name will be prefixed with "Moderator" instead
of "Newbie," and your cooldown time has been decreased, allowing
you to speak more frequently via this chat.
Authority
As a Server Moderator, you are considered as a Staff member of
SGRP What does this mean? This means you are a regular player
who has been trusted to have the /kick and /mjail commands
bestowed on him or her. You have been recognized as being a good
player and are trusted with these commands to assist the staff
that the roleplay server runs correctly.
Your position on the server is under every other type of Staff
member who has any form of in-game privileges (Administrators,
Community Advisors), and your position in the rest of the
community. Is equal to a regular user. Do not expect your word
to be taken against the word of a regular player, or anything of
that nature.
The bottom line to remember in terms of authority is that you
should consider yourself a "trusted player," and not much more.
In-Game Expectations
When in game, you, as a Server Moderator, should behave like a
totally normal player. It cannot be emphasized enough that you
are NOT to look for rulebreakers. You are supposed to deal with
them as they come to you.
Your official expectations are simply to do the above with the
tools you are dealt (the commands listed earlier in the
handbook).
Things to AVOID as a Server Moderator:
Looking for rulebreakers (such as hanging around in high-DM
zones just to /mjail people)
Obessively looking through the player list for Non-RP names
Flaunting to other players that you are a Server Moderator (this
can get you removed from Server Moderator or worse)
Asking about every single possible instance of rulebreaking on
/c - if you have been chosen for this position, you probably
know what you should and shouldn't be kicking or jailing for. If
you have to ask something like "Is ____ a non-RP name?" then you
may be trying too hard.
Taking the word of another player and jailing someone for it
("so-and-so DMed me I'm telling you"). It doesn't matter how
well you trust the person telling you this, or how nooby the
player being accused seems, if you don't see it, you don't
punish for it.
Remember, you are a player first, moderator second.
Abusing Your Position
Abusing your position as moderator in game will probably get you
removed on the second if not first offense if you are caught
doing it, depending on the severity. If it is bad enough, you
may even get some sort of additional punishment as well.
One of the biggest concerns for yourself as a Moderator is to
think twice about using your commands when you feel someone else
is breaking a rule that is affecting you. If someone randomly
comes up to you wearing a noob skin and shoots you with a
shotgun, sure, /mjail them for DM, but there are going to be
situations where it isn't this obvious where you will have to
decide whether to use your privileges as a moderator to punish
them or not.
This guide won't tell you what exactly you should and shouldn't
do, as it is your experience that should be what makes you act
correctly. However, as a rule of thumb, simply ask yourself the
simple question of "If there was a third player here, would he
view this as rulebreaking?" Your job is to stay impartial and
fair even when it is difficult to do so. Make sure you try your
hardest to do so.
Am I going to be an admin because of this?
There's a simple answer - no. Being selected for the Server
Moderator program is not even a preliminary step for becoming
admin. Don't ever expect that your moderator status will
eventually get you to the admin team. While it is a step in the
right direction, it certainly is not a guarantee like some other
positions (Comm. Advisor, Beta Team, etc.).
Remember, you aren't considered a staff member, you are a player
with a few extra privileges to enforce the rules. Keep this in
mind as you are in game while acting as a server moderator. Your
ability to do this well will likely lead to a further
acceleration to becoming an administrator than how many people
you /kick or /mjail or anything else.
With that, good luck. If you have any further questions, feel
free to ask in the Server Moderator forum, on /c chat in game,
or you can ask virtually any admin nearly anything and they
should have an answer for you. But don't worry, if we see you as
a good Moderator and following /rules, the maybe you'll get the
chance of it.
SlimShady
Goodluck!
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