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With all the proper scripts in play, and all the security precaution implemented (From the competitive DDOS throwing rival communities). We shall start off fine in my opinion. I forecast long tedious hours to whoever is coding all this though, and of course the best regards.

Simply* I cannot edit comments? Fine? ♥♥♥♥ you too, Valve!

Agreed. The Trusted List is decidedly archaic at this point, so it may be prudent to implement an entirely different system. I am not especially keen on the idea of rewarding players simply for donating money (assuming we even start taking donations), but there is certainly no harm in considering it. Like you said: it will undoubtably bolster our traffic. Still, I do not think we want players to simple log on and idle their way to sweet, sweet cargocontainer glory, so that sort of system would undoubtably need an auto-kick script to compliment it. An hour sounds pretty reasonable to me. Yes yes.

Well, from what I've experienced on Garry’s Mod, and the numerous communities I’ve administrated on, it seems that the majority of the successful servers use time based rank systems that increase the privileges the more you spend time on the server. It's demanding on part for staff to monitor and grant access to only people that they feel are "trusted" or have proven themselves towards the majority. People actually tend to play more when a rank system is incorporated. Although something similar to the trusted list can be added to the higher ranking individuals that play a larger role in the community such as "Patron" rank or "VIP" Ex: Granting them higher prop limits and/or character design skins. The old Trusted List idea would have to be completely different to have a lasting community that's more open to new players.

I am sure the feeling is mutual, U.S.S.R. Cold. Speaking of which, I do not know if the traditional Trusted List structure will be very practical in Garry's Mod. We should probably come up with a few ideas on how to balance accessibility and inclusiveness, and some safety.

I find myself nostalgic sometimes thinking about Phoneburnia. It's great seeing the remnant of the once vast community still gather up and remember such great times. After all, we the humble few that were considered the "Trusted" among the community were bound by a comradeship that still holds meaning to hopefully most.