YCMaker, you are a Sad Failure of a Admin (Tips on how to be a Decent Admin inside)

[J-Max]

The Yugioh Card Maker Forums have been experiencing a lot of Outages and Down Time recently. But where is our Admin YCMaker to sort things? Nowhere. Just face it, the YCM Forms have a very lazy Admin who does absolutly nothing to sort these increasingly frequent Downtimes. We have just recovered (or am still recovering from) a 2 Day Outage.

 

This is unacceptable. Most other Forum's I frequent have a Admin that is usually right on the scene to sort it. YCMaker is not..... Sure he may pop in from time to time but he does nothing. I suggest that YCMaker considers either handing the reigns over or assigning a Admin as backup. Sure, the easy excuses would be Server Downtime or YCMaker forgot to pay the bill. I say no. If this keeps up then YCM is toast. Dare I say it, we had better Servers and the like on our previous host. Has YCMaker changed it to cut on costs? I have no idea.

 

My suggestions are as follows.

 

1) If YCM was recently taken down by a DDoS attack, find a way of upping the security. These Timeouts stink of a possible attack.

 

2) For the love of all things Cute and Fluffy, APPOINT A NEW ADMIN! I can't stress this enough. We had Falling Pizza but he pretty much dropped off the edge of the world as well.

 

3) Increase Server Capacity. Consider maybe investing in another TB of Server Space as this should calm things down in YCM's hungriest sessions.

 

4) Consider upgrading your server. We may have had a move 4 or so Years ago but obviously it has not worked for the best. Consider a Server Provider with more generous allowances and also consider a Backup Server.

 

5) Come back to YCM. You make a mint with the Card Maker so why not return the favor to us by being a decent Admin.

 

Of course all of this will fall on deaf ears and you will be swimming about in your Money Bin like Scrooge Mcduck. I am sorry for calling you a Sad Failure in the title but this is how I look at you. Other members feel the same.

 

EDIT: I apologize for the slightly iffy Grammar. I am typing this while a bit drunk. But yeah... Come back to us YCMaker....

[Aix]

And wherefore is the money for all this?

[J-Max]

And wherefore is the money for all this?

Donation Drive? But yeah, I know that YCMaker makes a bit of cash each and every time someone uses the Card Maker. Problem is, now we have Yugico and MSE to choose from as well, taking the thunder out of the Card Maker here. YCMaker needs to catch up by including Pendulums (don't worry, I am not going htere today) and at least make the Servers 100% Stable.

[Simping For Hina]

Clotheless Car Wash. 

[宇佐見 蓮子@C94]

Clotheless Car Wash.

I volunteer myself for this job

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

Definitely agree with #2 and #5.

 

YCMaker needs to be around more to do updates. If you all remember, Xyz weren't added to the generator until this time last year; or more specifically, the generator wasn't updated until that point. Granted, it's not really an issue now, considering Zex has released his template for Pendulums in Graphics [heck, I even did the GIMP version for those of you who lack Photoshop] along with other members; though there are a few who don't like using an image software to do cards. 

 

Granted, we do need a new admin to run updates and so on while our two active ones are who knows where. I know Night gave himself admin status to fix some things in the CP; I would have no problems with him getting promoted as such.

[J-Max]

4 Days. This was roughly how long it was until the Forum Stabilized. I noticed that YCMaker HAD been online by his last Online Status but that was only once. I agree that one of the current Super's should be given a chance at Admin Duties. I am sure that YCMaker is probally a lot more nervous now however after what Crab did in the past.... (Demoted YCMaker)

 

The Forum is more stable now but how long before it happens again? :/

 

EDIT: Just double checked and yep. YCMaker was on 2 days ago. So just to clarify. The Forum fixed itself on its own. YCMaker did absolutly nothing. How does that feel YCM Members? To have a bone idle Admin?

[Simping For Hina]

WE NEED MONEY! 

 

I would seriously be okay with this site dying if we had to pay to keep it alive.

[Cin]

He has a life outside this forum. I've known a worst admin than him. I was a mod on a forum for 4 years and never saw that admin once. And that had a few porn involved attacks.

We have tried to get a new admin to fix these problems, but one has never been promoted, although we have more powers now than we had previously.

[.Rooster]

I never even knew he existed until I went to the update thread. He doesn't even socialize!

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

His brother Falling Pizza doesn't show up either.

As Yin mentioned though, mods have more powers than when YCM was still on MyBB. At least we can handle things outside of our sections, rather than be confined to assigned areas.

 

Night, evilfusion and LZ are essentially pseudo-admins if you will (tbh, all mods have some degree of access in the ACP, just that regular mods like Yin and myself have less access to things; but generally enough to essentially run the forum while YCMaker is gone).

 

He has a life outside this forum, though it would help if he check in on his own site from time to time. I mentioned earlier that Night gave himself admin powers to clear stuff involving some glitches with mod permissions; I personally wouldn't have a problem with him self-promoting self, as I can trust him to run things properly.

 

(Come to think of it, the same could be said to another admin on a site [or more appropriately, a Pokemon RPG] that I was moderator on prior to getting promoted here [still have the position]; barely shows up and/or socializes with the community, and there was constant lag until recently. But I'm digressing right now; this is about YCMaker.)

[- Minimania -]

When is the clothless carwash I'm busting out my warehouse.

 

But yeah I agree with the OP. I understand, I wouldn't want to be here every day of my life, but at least put a little more time into this

[LordCowCowCowCowCowCowCowCow]

First I want to say, is there a point to keep this open?

Second. Isn't there some people (or at least one person) that's a member who knows the admin? Could someone contact them about asking the admin to come here and explain himself/officially pass the torch as it were?

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

At this point, there isn't much reason to keep this open.

We already mentioned that YCMaker should interact with the rest of us a bit more, or find a replacement to take over.

 

Unfortunately, none of us know YCMaker off this site as far as I know, so getting him to come back is iffy. Most we can do is probably email him through here or something.

 

 

Anyway, I'm locking this.