[Dr. Greg House]

Originally Posted by psychonic People on all sides need to just grow up and act like adults.

Interesting you say that in exactly that way.
I don't see that happening for some people, however. What I am trying to say is that currently what you offer is just for those scammers to profit from, nothing more, and not for the community.
That's quite a shame and I would like to change that.
If you do not want to offer a hint of moderation, don't have moderators. Don't have unapproval sections. I don't want to babysit every single weirdo out there, I want the platform you offer to remain open and offer a freedom of information so people can make decisions. Right now server ops are nothing more like potential victims. They don't know what to look out for (as previously explained), how could they?

Originally Posted by r3dw3r3w0lf So you're against turnkey plugins and not work-for-hire ones or both?

I'm against scamming people and drama.
People can sell what they want, however currently the buyer does not have the possibility to make an informed decision. If this was a corner-case, I wouldn't give a shit, but since a buttload of people are actually affected by this (and thousands of dollars are being made by single entities), a sense of responsibility kicks in.
The way it currently is is that people are being conned by those scammers. False reputation is being used, and an alliedmods account is considered as a certificate of trust.
With your account you would have no issues selling a bunch of shit to pretty much every community out there, make a bunch of money, and get server access either directly from the ops or by the means of backdoors (without and with source).

[Potato Uno]

They can do their homework/research on their own? Ask/search for past works the coder made? Ask for recommendations by other people?

Or take the route I did and learn plugin writing on their own, and utilize the scripting forum for any help they need.

[psychonic]

Originally Posted by Dr. Greg House If you do not want to offer a hint of moderation...

That's an interesting twist of my words.

Originally Posted by Dr. Greg House I don't want to babysit every single weirdo out there

Don't worry. We didn't have any plans to make you a moderator. Your burden is lifted.

[Dr. Greg House]

Originally Posted by Potato Uno They can do their homework/research on their own? Ask/search for past works the coder made? Ask for recommendations by other people? Or take the route I did and learn plugin writing on their own, and utilize the scripting forum for any help they need.

That's currently absolutely not working. You're one of the few exceptions. You've actually been here for a while, you know what is going on. I don't know how much you know about what happens outside of these forums though.

Originally Posted by psychonic That's an interesting twist of my words.

Seeing how you twist my words into a formal request to babysit people, it is somewhat a low-fat version of your cuisine.

Originally Posted by psychonic Don't worry. We didn't have any plans to make you a moderator. Your burden is lifted.

Don't worry, I don't intend to.
I must say however, your responses are leaving the (hopefully false) impression that you're just trying to flamebait me here.

[psychonic]

Originally Posted by Dr. Greg House I must say however, your responses are leaving the (hopefully false) impression that you're just trying to flamebait me here.

Who's baiting whom?

I take issue with your claims that the sky is falling and some of the ridiculous methods proposed to "fix" it.

You've however proven many times that arguing with you is a waste of time, so I'll not waste mine by going into detail, repeating things that have already been pointed out multiple times anyway.

[Dr. Greg House]

Originally Posted by psychonic Who's baiting whom? [...] You've however proven many times that arguing with you is a waste of time, so I'll not waste mine by going into detail, repeating things that have already been pointed out multiple times anyway.

Ditto.
This is where my sense of responsibility ends.

[tousif]

Originally Posted by psychonic Don't worry. We didn't have any plans to make you a moderator. Your burden is lifted.

Any plans to make me moderator? :p