Well here is my first and maybe my last attempt at a blog lets see where it takes me. As the title of this blog explains i am one of the older generation of gamers on the spawnpoint network, who just happens to admin on the five uk servers. I came to online gaming kinda late in life ,not owning a proper pc until i was living in my own place and getting married ,around 1994 to be exact. Even then i was kinda frightened of the internet , well people told me many scare stories of bank accounts being emptied , relationships being destroyed and gambling, phew with all that going on no wonder i was worried. lol Still those problems only happen to other people right ? Well back to the explanation i didn't find spawnpoint until i had finished hl2.then i found this strange game on the disc that said it was internet based only.Well i thought why not and stuck it on, mind you i was still a bit apprehensive about playing online as i didn't want to appear too much of a noob.(didn't work) Anyways i found common grounds a de_dust2 server full of guys having a good time ,playing away , not too serious which allowed me to pick up the basic game controls.Furious george and sturmbann were the only admins around at that time and to be honest they were learning how to do that as i was learning to crouch, defuse, plant and so on.Six months on and i am not the complete noob anymore i join a group of guys who call themselves THE LEGENDS and we have a bit of fun , still on the common grounds server. I get to know furious george a bit better and he notices that i tend to control the server when i was on , asking people not to abuse others or use foul and rascist language.He thought i was quite good and along with skydavo asked if we would both like to apply for admin on that server . After thinking about it for a few days i decided to go for the admin position only on the understanding that Furious george helped with all the commands, the admin for dummies booklet and generally covered all my mistakes for the first month. I have to say he was as good as his word and is still helping me out lol. This blog title is life as an aged admin well i am 40 next month and have been admining for just over a year now.My real life experiences help me keep css in perspective. I know some of the players get a bit excited especially the young ,they shout scream swear, all the above but in general most of them are well behaved and once you point out their errors i na nice way they usually apologise .Thats feels good , lets me know that they respect me even if they don't always agree. Off course when you see,demo catch and then ban a hacker that is when a well done admin or cheers admin lets you know that all the other abuse you take from time to time is worth it.(well thats what i tell myself) Ok i have rattled on for far too long so it's time to end my first and maybe my last blog .. cya davie...................................
