Gamers-Cy

Looking back till 2004 that I brought down Gamers-Cy for redesigning I can find a handful of excuses for why I never finished it; one excuse for its own time period.  The truth of the matter is that there are really just excuses but not a single valid reason.

Today I relaunched the site expecting this to be the beginning of a more professional effort for creating something bigger out of gaming.  I have a fascination for gaming and for that since my teenage years I dedicated a lot of effort into creating and maintaining an environment where everyone could enjoy it for free.  This effort was not mine alone, but was met and supported by many enthusiasts within the community that had the power and will to offer.

We are no longer teenagers.  We are adults, professionals in many fields such as computer science, marketing and law and our passion for gaming has never disappeared.   On this foundation we hereby launch today we hope to expand to build a gamer’s heaven.

www.gamers-cy.com

Our first DotA competition is taking place this Sunday 7th of March at KINX Gaming Lounge in Nicosia.  It will be 5v5 -cm mode and all the money received from entrance fees will be awarded as prizes.  If anyone reading this is interested you can read more information and the rules at Gamers-Cy web-site.  Registration finishes on Thursday.

A lot of people have been asking me lately why KINX has closed.  All the rhumors about maintenance or renovation, or whatever for that case are wrong, so take them lightly.  The real reason is that Lambros has terminated his partnership with the previous owners of G-Spot and by legal enforcement KINX should remain closed until all legal procedures are done.   As a matter of fact, if you see KINX open next week then bare in mind that it is illegal and it won’t stand long.

There are 2 myths widely believed regarding what the job of in-game admins is:

1. To ensure that all people who missbehave in any manner are denied access to our game servers, thus keeping the game servers for the part of the community that knows how to behave and show respect.
2. To show and teach gamers how they should behave and punish those who refuse to learn.

Both are incorrect.  About 10 days ago I made some big changes to the list of in-game admins for Gamers-Cy’s Counter Strike servers.  A lot of admins that went inactive or just wouldn’t cut it for the position were removed and I added a few more under a trial period.  I then gathered everyone and over coffee gave them some directions as to how they should be administrating when they are in game.

Possibly the most discussed issue of what I said is that I demanded from them to ban anyone without hesitation whenever he or she gives them a reason, even if that reason is something as small as a single line of light swearing.  I also demanded that noone hands out bans that are longer than 4 days each.  The result was that over the last 10 days a total of 34 bans were made with the average ban duration being 26 hours and 41 minutes.

What I have been asked numerous times over the last 10 days is why did I decide on this course of action?  The reason for that is that I believe that in-game admins are not there for the 2 reasons that people believe so, that I gave above.  In a small community, of a small country such as Cyprus where everyone knows everyone, we are not here to be picky and choose our market, rather than we are here to serve and allow everyone to enjoy high-quality, professional gaming services for free.  Having said that in arguement of why we are not handing out permanent bans to people, the problem comes down to being able to provide these high-quality services while still allowing access to to people that interfere with our quality.  There is no doubt obviously that someone that cheats or constantly swears does not allow other players to enjoy their game to full extend.  This is why I decided to flood people with temporary bans of small duration.  In-game admins are not here to teach “bad people” what their families and teachers failed to do so, but are here to show people that we don’t care who or what you are in your life outside the game, but when you are using our services then we demand a certain set of manners and respect to other gamers that will allow everyone to equally enjoy the game.  What I expect from this is that in the long-run, after all these “bad people” have been given temporary bans a few times, most of them will learn to control themselves while in our servers.