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Originally Posted by Cloven
This post of yours pretty much exemplifies why although well-intentioned, the testbed server probably shouldn't exist as it currently exists. It's like anything else: If you can't take care of it properly, why create it?
Many server managers just opt on a personal level not to manage properly, in many cases even with ample assistance to do so. That's a personal problem and is not justification for not properly moderating testbed (see the misinformed argument: "Everyone else does it this way so we'll just call it a standard even if it's wrong.")
And I really don't see where your theory of unlimited rights comes from. More folder rights than a person would normally get -- yes, without a doubt. Unlimited rights (whereby classifying everyone as an administrator) -- certainly not. If this is how it is currently being done on testbed, then again, that amounts to being managerial inadequacy (no offense intended of course).
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Scripting can yield pretty much more rights than most of the rights RC does. Hell, a single person with a level can use scripts to do a lot more than a person with RC can. So while they might not have rights on RC, they certainly have the power to do more than the average GP has the power to do. Everyone also get personal folders for just about every thing(levels, heads, graphics and so on).
And Testbed, from my knowledge is being managed fine. Yes, people abuse it. Yes, people waste space with silly staff scripts. But all of that stuff is moderated as soon as possible. Immediately? No. But what server can do such a thing? Testbed hasn't blown up and it was a huge benefit to me, and I'm sure many scripters.
I don't understand where you get the idea that testbed isn't being taken care of properly, especially if you have never used it? If anything goes wrong, Tig has always been just an IM away(or on GK) and he usually gets on immediately. I haven't used it in a while though, so I'm not sure how many people were put in charge of moderating, however.