Dear Knights, Donators, users and guests.

As always i love trying to push the limits of our ZM servers, trying to be more than "just an avarage ZM server"

Obviously thats a lot of work and a lot of decisions, so I'd like to hear your thoughts on a couple of subjects. (I've made a rather large 'to do' list and would like some input)

MAPLIST:
I've been digging around for some new maps and found a few, but theres also a few maps on our current cycle which are ever really used or just plain bad, (zm_fort_howard springs to mind) so which maps would you like to have removed/added and why?

RE-WORK FUN-MAP OPTION:
Currently we have votes which Donators/Adv. Members/Admins can use to start a "Fun Map" but it does not seem optimal, so... what to do? Keep it as it is? Manually change the mapcycle on weekends like we used to? Or do you have some other idea?

REWARD FOR HARDER/LONGER MAPS:
As some might know, we can make custom configs for maps (Which is how funmaps have no upgrades and some maps have noblock) and the idea is that we'd like to increase the points won on harder/longer maps to 2 instead of 1, just a handful of maps really, so which maps do you think are REALLY hard or take quite a while (and skill) to win?

EVENT VOTE OPTIONS:
Currently we only have 1 'event vote' which is the tripmine vote admins can start, I'd like to make more like these but could use some ideas, so do you have any ideas with the current plugins? Or have you found some plugin we could use for events?

ZM HUGE ARSE FAQ:
I'll be making a huge FAQ since all our tidbits on "how to" and so on seem a bit scattered around the forum, if you have anything you'd like to add feel free to drop a line or 2.

So, if you have any feedback just use the code and write what you have to say:

These are a bunch of guidelines for zGrabber, Death sent me the base for this, I fiddled with it and made it pretty :3

1. NEVER EVER, use the zGrabber as ZM to help yourself
2. Refrain from picking up a props larger than a couch
3. If you kill a player, apologise and either ask an admin to respawn them or give them 2-3 points
4. Drop ALL props before you look around, this is to avoid people near you getting hit with a home-made golf club
5. Warn people in the vicinity before moving a prop, just so they know what's going on
6. Walk backwards with biggish props, it'll glitch with you and more than likely kill you
7. You can do a fun event with a custom vote or an admin's approval on weekends, like on basin with the WAGON OF DOOOM
   

1. Refrain from using the zGrabber in spectate, grabbing lost, required items in spec is fine though
2. Picking up blockers is alright, report them to an admin if they're doing intentionally
3. Do not pick up props from a distance, someone could be trotting along but then be sideswiped by a prop you're grabbing
   

So Donators have been stealing the show lately and not in a good way, so lets make this painstakingly clear.
THE ZGRABBER IS NOT A TOY! IT IS NOT SO YOU CAN PLAY ADMIN AND IT IS NOT SOMETHING YOU SHOULD GREIF WITH!

Its general use is for barricading, reaching that special item thats fallen in the water, getting that key item some idiot threw away.

We're getting tired of things going tits up becuase you cant control it and we're all very tired of people playing admin with it, we have admins who can handle problems, theres even custom-votes to mute/gag/kick/ban.
So the bottom line is: You're not an admin, You're a donator, and we're all very happy that you donated and thank you for it, but you are NOT an admin and using it to play admin is seen as greifing!

We even have a nice thread stating exactly the same, we tell people not to abuse it nor play admin, and if this continues you'll either be stripped or we'll remove the zGrabber from donators all together!

Celebrate it and stuff.

Having a signature too big can stretch the page too much and having a one lined post and a massive signature is a bit silly anyway, so here's the guidelines of a signature, I might change some myself if I think they're too big.

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