Rules are for *everyone*

[Emily]

Okay, so, I'm on this site(I won't put it on here because I don't wanna put the admin in a sticky spot) where the members are at all different levels of roleplaying. The members are active but the admins are purely incompetent. I admit, I give them some credit now that I have a site of my own, but what the head admin is doing is absolutely outrageous.

First off, she has banned advertising by:

Private Messages
Chat box
Anywhere else BUT the Advertising Board

Seems reasonable, right? Perfectly reasonable. I thought so.

Until... she mass-pm'ed every single member to join her new sites. I believe her words were something like 'I've been asked to help out on these sites... and I'm really proud of them... so please join.'. My friend(who's also a member) and I were just like shocked.

I mean like, come on. Okay, I let that one go, but I have a staff position on that site and never have I even thought of mass-pm'ing the members to join my site. I mean, it is so wrong. The head admin blatantly breaking her own rules whereas the rest of the members can be scolded for posting a link in the chat box.

That's not even it! Since only 50 of 300 members are active, she emailed people about her sites. That was when I just had it with the site, the admin, everything. I sent her a PM explaining my actions, said my good-byes to the members, and deleted both my accounts(I was a teacher and student).

Funny thing is... when some members asked me why I was going... I told them and they left too. I didn't mean to take her members, and I did try to sound as respectful as I could in the PM, it was just too much.

Gah, sorry for the long rant... but I just HAD to get that over with >.<

[Ellewhy]

That would annoy me as well.

[nom]

I fail to see the point. If it's not the way you want it... Move on. Plenty of choice out there

[Feud]

I see the point. The rules themselves were fair, but the fact that the admin herself was breaking them was unacceptable. As an admin myself, I would never dream of being so disrespectful to my members. And e-mailing them? That's plain rude, in my opinion, whether there is a rule against it or not.

[amber]

I think that sort of thing happens quiet often but I also think that to break your own rules is rarther stupid.

[Robin Hood]

Emily I totally understand your frustration. I've been in a similar circumstance, and it's very annoying.

This one GM (admin/game owner/whatever title?) banned the mention of other RPGs in public OOC chatting, only to always be posting links to her games on there! Very unfair in my view.

RH

[starflower]

I think that you should bring this up with the admin. Politely ask her about it, don't yell or that'll put you in a as you put it "sticky spot". I would quietly remind her/him over PM about their own rule and tell them politely that it bothers you and you think it's wrong that they are breaking their own rules.

[sterlingsilver]

Oct 29, 2007 17:33:22 GMT -5 Feud said:

I see the point. The rules themselves were fair, but the fact that the admin herself was breaking them was unacceptable. As an admin myself, I would never dream of being so disrespectful to my members. And e-mailing them? That's plain rude, in my opinion, whether there is a rule against it or not.

^{You took the words right out of my mouth. It is unacceptable; you are an example to all of your players, and if you break a rule you made, your players loose respect for you.}