lion the tiger

My calves hurt like hell. On Saturday ran up a staircase of 147 steps, back down, then half way back up and then back down. Part of a leg intensive workout. Now my calves don't work.

First to post to the blogs on the new host! I win!

Sometimes I really hate my job. Other times, not so much.

Today is just one of those days.

The problems with BFBC2 from a server admin point of view.

1. No first party admin tools. DICE said they were not going to provide admin tools since the community always came up with better ones. While this is true to a degree, it doesn't give DICE a free pass from providing a way for us to run our servers.

Without a first party solution, there were no day one tools that worked, and with each update we run the risk of the tools we do have breaking.

Another...

There are basically three types of Rule Breakers:

1. Those who don't know the rules
2. Those who don't care what the rules are
3. Those who know what the rules are and break them on purpose just to piss people off.

Losing your temper doesn't help in any of these situations.

1 is best dealt with by calmly and patiently explaining the rules. Losing your temper just puts them on the defensive when all they need is a little education to become...