I am officially resigning as war2 admin as of today effective immediately.
I joined the admin team about 2 years ago in the winter of 2015. I became admin in order to help grow the server community due to its dwindling numbers. It's been a good and fun ride these past 2 years however due to differences with the current admin team and player base I believe the time has come for me to resign.
The current admin team consists of IL, Blid, mousetopher, and myself.
IL- Il is the one who created this server. He is the one who has released all the patches and bug fixes up to this point. He is decent guy however he is extremely busy and has been unable release any patches of fixes in the past 2 years. I have pmed Il on multiple occasions asking him to let me hire a programmer to help him get things fixed more quickly. He has refused all my inquires and has been unwilling to hire outside help.
Blid- Blid is the longest tenured admin on the server. Many admins have gone MIA and disappeared but Blid has never done that. In 2015 I msged Blid and let him know how I felt about the state of the server. I requested he help me host monthly GOW tournaments to help boost the player base. Shortly afterwards he told me I should become admin which I accepted. Since becoming and serving as admin for 2 years it has been made plain that Blid is part of what is wrong with war2.
Blid insists on smurfing every time he logs on the server and refuses to ever play on his actual name. The guy never hosts games for the community and never talks to anyone on the actual server. In the past 2 years since I have become admin his contributions have been extremely minimal and have done virtually nothing help the player base. His main contribution and the reason he remains as admin is because he is "smart, mature, and responsible." Unfortunately intelligence isn't enough of a contribution to remain in such a high position for such a long time. Blid essentially has the ability to veto any decision I or anyone else makes without consultation from the community.
Example: Recently Ripe[Eur0] posted some garbage in the general section about attacking immigrants in Finland. Blid perma banned him over it and refused to lift the ban despite Ripe apologizing for it and saying he wasn't thinking clearly and he didn't mean it.
There are other examples as well but the bottom line is i'm currently not getting along with the admin team.
It makes no sense for me to be working with people who have limited vision for the future, do basically nothing, and yet insist their way is the right way.
Mouetopher- I like mousey she has made great contributions and her positives far outweigh her negatives. Which is why I will refrain from saying anything ill of her.
The player base- The war2 player base is extremely loyal to the game. It takes a certain kind of person to continue to play the same game for over 20 years. The player base is are very passionate about the game however they are highly flawed in many areas. The majority of the player base is unwilling to play with newer players. They scream they want war2 to be the way it was back in the early 2000s however they refuse to sacrifice their own entertainment to achieve that goal.
Bottom line is I joined this admin team to try and increase the player base and improve the server. To an extent I do believe I achieved that goal, however the current vision for the future of the server is differing from my own. Which is why I am now resigning from my current role as administrator of warcraft 2.
