As far as the three "suggested" candidates are concerned I haven't seen much, if any activity from any of them but Prox in the past month or so. What I don't want most of all is to have an inactive admin get promoted when there are plenty of viable candidates whom are extremely active. Of all the problems an admin could have this is the worst to me because it only punishes the community. If an admin abuses we can simply ban, if an admin breaks the rules in someway so drastically that it calls for a ban we can, but if an admin is inactive that admin "slot" has 0 usefulness what could have gone to someone enforcing the servers daily now belongs to someone who gets on the forums twice a week MAYBE. Regarding earlier concerns about the way Ipounce handles situations that call for it, I've also never seen him deal with any situations requiring a vips touch, and haven't seen Deacon on the servers period in about a month. To sum that portion up of the three proposed candidates in my personal opinion the only one who seems ready for the position as of now is Prox. The only problem I have with Prox occurs adversely in most people, where as they're afraid to act, I feel like he makes snap judgements and acts far too quickly before even taking the time to figure out what happened. That being said there's also the possibility that he could be talking to someone behind the scenes I'm sure we all do it from time to time, I know the regulars have been a boatload and a half of help since I obtained the position but that's still just a quality I've seen overall.
I haven't played much with Alkaline lately but I know I've seen him on a decent amount, I don't feel qualified to give an educated opinion on his potential in being an admin candidate.
tl;dr: Prox = viable candidate but can be a bit quick to act which concerns me Deacon = Really inactive recently plus all the aforementioned issues others have posted about short temper and stress and such Ipounce = Decently inactive on the actual servers however gladly plays with the other vips/admins on l4d2 just doesn't seem like an admin to me .
The thing is, we have promoted people we considered trustworthy to VIP and they have abused it...
imagine if that happens with an admin?
New players in rNd would just leave the server if they get abused the first time they are playing or one of those.
Pretty much, with the time, Deacon, Prox and Ipounce has shown us that they're trustworthy people, and each one of them have got really good pros.
Deacon: He will ever give out and unfair punishment... Never. By saying this, i wouldn't care if he got short temper with assholes and/or minges and just ban them right away when they break the rules.
Prox: I have see prox playing since i joined rNd, I believe he is pretty much ready for admin, since he have faced shittons of situations with rule breakers he know which is the best.
IPounce: From what i have experienced, cool headed, really friendly, only kick/ban when someone is fucking the game for others.
Well this is from what i seen, in gmod and mc servers, maybe is not 100% ok for some people but heck this is what i think.