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Confess · Zone Hoster Joined: Feb 10 2004 Posts: 532 Offline

Me and a fellow server owner got into a debate. The question was "As far as zones go, should you A. Have a friendly and curtious bond between you and a zone you host? Or B. Have a Superiority and Respect bond (IE host-->zone owner-->player)?"

What do you guys think?
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Gus. · Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 3:50 am *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

i went with the latter. but it was hard to chose. it should be like a teacher student relationship. You both can be friends but you still cant go to your teacher and slap her or call her a bitch (without reprecusions). You should be able to have a friendly relationship with your host but you shouldnt take advantage of their friendliness without expecting punishments!

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Confess · Zone Hoster Joined: Feb 10 2004 Posts: 532 Offline

Just because you have a friendly bond, does not mean that you cannot say "hey this isnt right, <slap>"

Gus. · Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 4:29 am *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

but stepping out of line will slowly destroy that bond and stop any future one. i will say that it is nice to be able to tell the other person what is up but you shouldnt be able to walk over your host.

Confess · Zone Hoster Joined: Feb 10 2004 Posts: 532 Offline

agreed, you shouldnt be able to walk all over the host, but you should still maintain a friendly bond. Just because you say "hey, a file of yours is stolen,
take it down" doesnt mean that it will destroy your bond. If it does, then that zone owner isnt exactly a good zone owner, and should be kicked off the server immedietly!

Contempt+ · Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 2:35 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Even if the zone owner did steal files, the host should give the zone owner a certain amount of time to get files that he/she created, or something that his/her dev. team created.

But yes, a friendly bond between the host and the zone owner is a big factor with hosting. It's like a job: If your boss (host) and you (zone owner) do not get along, you most likely won't get a raise, and possible will get fired.
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Cyan~Fire · Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 4:59 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

My history teacher told me to suck his dick today when I asked for an extension on my essay due date.

But obviously the hosts are superior to the zone owners, but that doesn't mean that you can't be nice to them. Just don't put up with crap, I don't see why this merits 8 posts.
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Sercit · Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 5:28 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Hosts, Zone owners, Staff and Players should be friendly to one another and respectful. Its a two way street.

LearJett+ · Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 6:20 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Isn't it really a hybrid of both?
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Wtf do these mean anyways:

You should you have a friendly and curtious bond.
You should you have a Superiority and Respect bond

You one too many you?

newb · Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 1:35 pm *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

I voted for the first option. Power and being superior encourages hate and arguments, and even in extreme cases - Jealousy.

Have a friendly curtious bond, and things should go much more smoothly.
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wEaViL · Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 12:25 am *Post maybe stupid* Post subject:

Personaly I think you should have both... a friendly relationship but still with superiorism for host so the ocasional anal zone owner will realize you wont be walked on.