Features
Handling Toxic Players Without Killing Your Community
Toxicity is a moderation problem, not a personality problem. Publish a short rule set, run a five-step ladder from warning to permanent ban, log every action
SweetMask · · 18 min
Longer pieces on the games, the people making them and the scenes around them.
Toxicity is a moderation problem, not a personality problem. Publish a short rule set, run a five-step ladder from warning to permanent ban, log every action
SweetMask · · 18 min
Cut your rules to five to seven. State each one as an observable behavior rather than a virtue, and attach the consequence to the rule itself.
SweetMask · · 15 min
Nothing you can install prevents cheating on a community server. VAC bans on Valve's schedule and ignores your plugins.
SweetMask · · 17 min
A domain is portability, not decoration. An A record maps a name to an IPv4 address, a CNAME aliases one name to another, and an SRV record is the only type
SweetMask · · 15 min
Finding the right community rotation means understanding how these specific game types function, what server commands to anticipate, and where the mechanical
SweetMask · · 4 min