Tekz08

So this comment below, deleted by you from Youtube, was 'attacking you personally'? >Just for the record, admins on TLM servers were given these abilities two days ago. This was a one-time thing where an admin was testing out his new powers. >Prior to that, we had access to RCON to ban people as well as a shit admin map that took forever to update and never worked well enough to rely on. We mainly used it to see >who was in Cherno for glitch spots and trying to track teleporters/inventories with bad items. Also: In common usage, blackmail is a crime involving unjustified threats to make a gain or cause loss to another unless a demand is met. You had the possibility of causing TLM servers loss by diverting players away from the server. You had something to gain by having your ban lifted. You demanded to talk to us and threatened if we didn't, you were going to post more videos. That's attempted blackmail in my book, as well as anyone else who has an inkling of common sense. I'm done with this and you. Carry on this vendetta if you wish, but it will get you nowhere. As stated above by TLM, the situation is being addressed/monitored by the server owner and the powers have been removed.

You came to me ONCE, and as a fellow admin, I told INS to knock whatever he was doing off. I have no authority over INS or what he does as an admin. I also don't profess to care what he does with his time as I dedicate most of my time as an admin to catching hackers/scripters/spawners. Continue lying about your actions and the things that have occurred. Continue deleting my posts on the Youtube videos you posted that said nothing more than I've said above. (censorship) Continue lying about threatening to release more videos that contain other admins if we don't talk to you. (attempted blackmail) Conveniently forget to tell anyone that even though you had such a moral objection to this entire issue that you fully participated in and profited from this event. (hypocrisy) You are not a beaming pillar of morality here. You also are in no position to attempt to dictate what a server owner does in regards to his own environment and the powers he gives to his administrative staff. DJ: As I stated in my post, almost ALL private hives have administrative capabilities. The difference on TLM lies in whether the admin can do it in-game or has to do it out-of-game. If you don't want anyone to have any of these capabilities, then I highly suggest you play on the main hive and stay away from private hives.

First off, it appears as though many in this thread have the misconception that server 'admins' on TLM have access to the database and SQL functions. This is not the case. As such, typing a 'simple command' to fix player locations/debug spawning/etc. is not something we are capable of doing. These powers were supposed to help admins (not the owner) deal with these issues. Second, it apparently needs to be said again and again - this was an isolated incident that happened once, and will not happen again. Third, this is a private hive. Last I checked, most private hives have admin consoles that allow direct access to player inventories as well as the ability to spawn vehicles and access the DB. It's a joke that this is even an issue. Fourth, TLM servers have been #1 for so long because the admin staff has been attentive to player needs and our anti-hack capabilities are second to none. Find me a valid complaint and I'll show you 100 other players who have had a good experience. As Xianith said, this incident didn't directly affect -anyone- and we have put out a call to anyone whom it did affect to make it right. Lastly, as for the availability of these tools, we were able to help multiple people during the time they were active that we would have not been able to help before these abilities were implemented. These issues included the items in my first paragraph above. Each of those players was extremely thankful that we were able to help them at the time and that they were able to continue on with their gaming experience.