Can I call an admin to the server when none is playing?

[Wyzcrak]

Pokerface has authored a solution which allows players in the game to ask admins who aren't in the game to come to the server. It allows regulars to send messages to remote admins instantly and as they play.

To use it, you send "page_admin" using the "say" command and then follow in the rest of what you say with what you want remote admins to see. Everything you say in your message following "page_admin" is sent to the NS admins who are online and available.

The keyword is "page_admin". So, to call admins to the server, simply "say": "page_admin JoeyTheTKer is rushing and he won't stop." Admins will get the message about Joey and come deal with him swiftly.

Do not tell an admin how to solve a problem. Tell an admin what the problem is and let him solve it as he sees fit.

No, it won't work if you say this to your team. You must say it to everyone.

When you use this, be clear in your message. Offer a brief reason why you need an admin.

Like any other privilege we go out of our way to give players, there will be consequences if this is abused. Do not abuse this privilege. Use it when you need it, but don't "cry wolf". We wouldn't release if we didn't want people using it, but we don't want it abused.

A player sending a page will be given acknowledgement regarding the success or failure of the page being sent. This doesn't tell you that an admin is coming: it just tells you that your page was sent. It's kind of like looking at your empty mailbox: you know that the mailman came to get your letter, but you won't know that the recipient got it.

The same process is now listening to CSS1, CSS2, and the NS servers.

As a known bug/"feature", the script is deaf while processing a page, so if CSS1 pages followed immediately by CSS2, CSS2 won't be processed at all (no feedback). Therefore, if you don't see any feedback after about 30 seconds, assume your page was not processed and try again. If you're not seeing any feedback at all after a couple of tries... well then it may be broken.