Close Admin Applications, Stop giving rogueadmins power back

I agree 100%, ZeKurt put it very well.

vouch

I disagree with the idea that a free op server is bound to have this problem. We've only really seen freeop servers that happen to copy TF's system, so there is really no basis for the idea that this is the only way it will work. We have been talking about needing admins more and more for specific timezones for so long, but nothing has actually been accomplished from that, except having more admins than players. Like I said in the original post, my ideas won't work as well if we don't fully commit to them, and from how many people are agreeing with the suggestion, I think people are ready for drastic changes. No half measures. 

Off topic, going to ping markbyron and Windows for visibility

Please stay to the topic or take this to PM, blackedout and Polaris Seltzeris

ONT: Honestly don't know why we still need admins in US and EU timezones. Before i was one, i used to pull all-nighters a lot, so i saw there where no admins online mostly at the time and made sure to keep an eye on players for reports so once admins came they took care of it. And sometihes now adays it's still the case; I join late at night and i see no other admins online.

I think if we do make it so that we need to make applications stricter, we NEED to make timezones more important. We could try getting more admins in the opposite ends of the timezones. We already have some from the EU and US zones, but we dont have many between them.

We can't rely on admins who stay up late, so i think that not only should we make a system that we only open requestion when we really are low on admins and not enough are joining, but we should make a requirement for people from timezones where we don't have any admins online that can join.

A way to help players know what we want from an admin while applications are open could be to make a post in the admin application section saying something like "Admin requirements for [date] onward applicants" or something like that to let players know what we want in the team.

I think people are vouching because we have been trying to achieve that ideal 'admin always online' idea for years with no success under this system. I honestly have no faith in any small change fixing the current system. I honestly just think many people (admins and ops included) are just starting to realize that big changes are needed, and that clinging on to this current system is just doing more harm than good. It's starting to feel like, imo, that every single admin and player could vouch on this (almost definitely not lol), and the owners would still find a way to refuse the suggestion.  

Vouch.