[size=120]Here I am, playing on the server, and truly enjoying myself. I took place in some wonderful Plaza RP, made a dear friend out of a low-level metrocop, and engaged in work cycles, all to be culminated with a tasty ration. It's raining, and I am quite cold. I take the logical route and inquire about civilian housing. My smile and enjoyment only grows as I am finally issued my own apartment. A warm place to sleep at night!  But wait, my smile quickly fades, this apartment is empty! And administrators seem to either not see, or possibly ignore my requests for temporary building priviliges, or even the request to place my name on top of the door to mark permanent residence, like other players have. Why is this? And why was I assigned an apartment with no props or decorations? Nothing to give roleplay with. Sure this, can be solved through an administrator decorating the apartment for me, right? But this too creates problems. Administrators decorating player houses, without tangible building skills, only creates a uniform sense of conformity, and only offers a bland back drop for civilian roleplay. Isn't this normal, you ask? Bland city should have bland apartments! Of course! But, what about the little touches? The small personal items which mark a character's unique story, or pots, pans, a scavenged painting or water heater. Luxuries in a poor man's asylum that uniform admin prop placements cannot aid. It is with the aforementioned statements I hereby request that all administrators should take and accept requests of trusted, or good players to provide temporary PET flag access, so that players may improve the bland, empty streets, personal apartments, or hard earned shops. This is not a simple request by a player, I have experience in server administration, server management, and ownership, but most importantly, playtime. This would improve the lives and atmosphere of civillian life immensely, and keep the administrators on check with further duties. Sincerely,  [i]Trufflez,[/i] (Walter Bennett, George Costanza, Xavier Dawson)[/size]

[size=150]+Support[/size] Or at least to have an admin decorate for you and perma prop it all.

[size=150][color=#16a085]+Support[/color][/size] Solid idea, been put into place before and isn't really prone to problems as long as the admin does their job of watching them

[size=200]+Support[/size] When the server was in its first few days, most people got PET flags to build, then they would be taken away afterwords, but after a few abusive events, including some head crab canisters, and some lights, he's been more strict on who gets what, but I'd like to see people get PET temp, as it would allow them to make the most of their time here, and put there own little touch on the apartments.

+Support This, all the way.

I agree that this as a concept is a fantastic idea. [color=#f39c12]Please attempt to see my response as not pessimistic but realistic.[/color] [u]The policy you suggest used to be our policy the first week of the server.[/u] However this quickly became an issue as the server crashed twice due to two different people decided to crash the server with their pet permissions. We also had to ban three other players (for a total of five) for abusing these PET. You may say [i]"Well if they abuse it they deserve the ban"[/i] however this isn't reasonable. I plead the case of the fact that it is tantalizing to hold such power which, in most people (especially if they haven't played on the server for long), leads to minging with the PET. This leads me to the reason why PET is donator and trusted only is because people are exponentially less likely to minge with something they've paid for. This is not a money-grab scheme, simply a precaution. "Admins can watch the players while they decorate". In a perfect world, sure. But truth is no admin wants to sit in observer for 15 minutes while you add cans to your desk. I also want to mention it would take three seconds for someone to crash the server with PET if they knew how to do it quick. It take about 6-7 to type out a ban message at full-speed. Also decorative props (and really props in general) are a significant factor of the server FPS lag. Increasing the amount of props and allowing people to decorate their apartments independently would contribute to this greatly, lowering total FPS. Ask any of my administration, I am constantly bitching about the number of props and deleting them around the server. Thank you, I apologize for the executive decision but there are simply too many reasons that contribute to lack of server-health to see this through. I appreciate the suggestion nonetheless. Devil  

An excellent response, this brought up some crucial things which I forgot to address in my opening statement, but I have rethought my original position, and have come up with the following retorts; 1. It is a shame and terrible reality in the case you provided during the first week of the server. The amount of minges is appalling, but still, expected. It is, or at least should be, an administrator's task to handle these sorts of events regardless of cause.  2. They are PET flags, the majority of individuals, quite contradicting to your original statement, don't feel tantalized by the "power" which they provide. Especially not when under admin supervision. 3. It is quite commonplace for servers to have temporary PET available not simply for building, but for other events, circumstances, or reasons as well, and administrators should be ready to handle any possible minges, not ready to complain about them. 4. Admins [b]can and should [/b]watch the players while they decorate. An administrator does not like waiting in noclip for fifteen minutes, an administrator does not like dealing with minges, some administrators do not like instructing new players on the proper usage of flags or roleplay commands. It does not matter, I think I can ask every staff member and player here, and they could agree, [b]it is the sole duty and responsibility of the administrator to handle and execute his or her duties regardless of time consumption, labor cost, or personal investment required. [/b] (Cans on the desk? I think I can give myself a bit more credit than that when it comes to building! :D) 5. Decorative props are indeed a factor, but as long as they aren't spammed, or outright abused, they do not cause lag that becomes so unbearable even players who have their settings turned to low cannot handle them. This is proved evident by just about every server out there, and this wouldn't be a major problem or concern if there were some props, but most are outright abandoned, except of course, "special" player homes, or rebel and combine bases. The Medical Hospital has more props than 75% of the plaza, including the Terminal, Cafes, Shops, and Stands. (Props to that decorator though, it's sweet! And not too FPS-consuming!) 6. The executive decision is welcome, and it pleases me greatly to find your reply in a professional and respectful manner. It's very realistic, and all of the points you make are reasonable, I simply believe they are minute factors, in comparison to other problems staff and players face. These are only things I base off of other servers, and you're the owner. If it doesn't work here, it doesn't work here. I simply think the other staff, and a majority of the playerbase would find some agreement in adding this small duty to the admin list, even if they have to put in an extra fifteen minutes in observer. (P.S: Not to mention, you could just have someone decorate the main player apartments with basic props like other servers and persist them.) Sincerely, [i]Trufflez[/i] (Walter Bennett, George Costanza, Xavier Dawson)

[color=#2ecc71]+support[/color] on the addition there.