Drunk Drivers Club

Resigning and leaving...

11. December 2020, 14:52:21 by Ludi
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Hello friends.

I'm sitting here about to write something I thought I would never do, but the time has come. After a long 13 years of me in DDC community, I'm saddened to announce that I'm leaving. This means I'm giving up my ownership, all my forum and server rights, as well as DDC clan.

My years in DDC have been nothing but amazing, I grew up here, I was only 9 when I found this amazing community, I'm 22 now. I met so many amazing people, friends I chat on a daily basis and a lot of those I wish that some time in the future, I could meet in real life.

My decision might come as a surprise to some, but this is something I've been considering for quite a long time. I do strongly believe that all good things have to come to an end, and so has my time in DDC.

I'd like to thank Stieg and KITT for trusting me with a lot of stuff these past few years. In my time as an owner I gave my best shot to fulfill this duty, although some may consider it has been unsuccessful. I cannot deny the fact that I have failed to bring DDC to its heights, that it once had and I can only blame myself for that. Looking back now, there are a lot of things I would've done differently, but one cannot rewind time.

I would also like to thank no1se for trusting me with managing the most legendary clan this community has ever had, the one named after it. I love everyone in the DDC clan, they have been and will continue being people I look up to everyday.

I could write so many names I've met in here, but it would take too long. I'm sure everyone that I've interacted with in here knows that they have my full respect forever, even those who I've had different opinions with, have had banters and incidents. My intentions have never been to give someone a bad time, if someone felt that way I apologize.

That being said, I'm confident I'm leaving DDC in good hands. The people that take care of this community are all amazing, and I wish that the future of it looks bright.

DDC will always be my home in MTA, but its time to explore something new. I'm sure I will keep playing and interacting with everyone over here, as I couldn't imagine myself completely leaving DDC community, but from now on I'll be here as a regular player.

Once again, thank you DDC for the amazing memories in the past 13 years, there are stuff and people I will not forget until the end of my life. Cheers to many more great years.

News #30: Admin System Rework

21. July 2020, 19:19:14 by Ludi
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Recently, we have been getting a lot of reports from members of the community about the admin system stating that it is "outdated" and needs an update / rework as proven by the topic that @Er1k made. Majestic and I have been discussing the topic with the current arena leaders and have reached a decision to completely rework our admin system.

First of all, we decided that there will no longer be "leaders" for each arena. Instead, we will be reverting to late 2015/ early 2016 were we had crew members for each arena. Crew members will offer their opinions and information regarding server matters and admin requests, then Majestic and I will be making the final decisions.

Next, we decided to globalize the entire admin system to make sure that there will always be an admin online to help with any situation on any arena. This means that getting a level will be a lot harder since each level is more powerful than before.

Third, we have concluded that 11 levels is simply way too much and there are a lot of levels that are completely useless from a point of "management". The difference between these levels and other levels is simply what has been called "Abuse commands", so we decided to distribute the commands among 5 levels only. (Check this topic for the new admin commands) Level distribution will be as follows:

Level 5 - Owners / Developers
Level 4 - Prisonguards / Abuse Reports Moderators
Level 3 - Crew Members
Level 2 - Server Admins
Level 1 - Server Moderators

Finally, let's talk about how current admins are affected by the new admin system. Due to the increasing inactivity of a lot of the admins and the fact that getting an admin level is now more exclusive, we decided to cleanup the admin list once more.
Admins that had level 1 and 2 have been completely removed. Then, Majestic and I have re-evaluated all the level 3+ admins and have decided to keep a small portion of them based on the new requirements that can be found here. Level requests will also be made through that topic. Here are the current admins with their updated levels:

Level 2(Server Admins) : Cefi, Bans
Level 1(Server Moderators) : backflip, jathushan, Censor, Lukas, Rayo, John

-Removed Herobrine

News #29: Player's Choice Awards 2019 Results!

25. February 2020, 12:48:11 by Majestic
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Results

Well, guys, here it is! Through quite brilliant scripting and handling in Excel (thanks @Cat.Master), we finally have the results for 2019 Players' Choice Awards in our hands. We received a total amount of ~~disappointing~~ 21 players who voted, just more than half less than last year.

The intention of organizing Players' Choice Awards is to give merit to players who truly deserve it. For this we have put up a few categories with a pragmatic description to it. Players would then choose up to three players who best suit each category. This has since become an annual tradition in our community, and it has even led to some quite interesting drama shows, as we say here on DDC. So at this point I just want to thank everyone for your continuous support!

Having said that, I will now proceed to announce the winners. Beneath is the list of categories you had the opportunity to vote in.

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So here are the results...

Category	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
Mr.Pro	Monster	ShokkZ	Robert_M, Fox.Master
Mr.Sunshine	NoHear	Bronx	Skema
Mr.Clever	NoHear	Michael	Ludi
Mr.Admin	Neon	NoHear	Zuni
Mr(s).Good Looking	NoHear	Ors	Ludi, Majestic
Mr.Keeping You Alive	Sweed	NoHear	Michael
Mr.Annoying	Ice_eyes	xLion	HalfScoper
Mr.Funny Man	Bronx	NoHear	Fox.Master, Bonsai
Mr.Change G	NoHear	Majestic	Bronx
Mr.Change B	Ice_eyes	CzB	Fox.Master, Ludi
Mr.Missed	Bonsai	Tiger	Stieg
Mr.Awesome	Majestic	NoHear	Bronx
Mr.Abuser	Ludi	Majestic	Bonsai, Cat.Master

Awards

The following awards will be given to the top-3 players of each category.

Every winner (first place) of each category except for Mr.Annoying, Mr.Abuser and Mr.Change B will receive the following award until the next PCA (2020).