Monthly GM Update Log - November

[Thomas 3014]

 

Introduction

Greetings, friends of Malinor. (God I hate that). So hey, we just got through November, and we’re heading on into December. With holidays in tow, and the wonderful smell of garlic bread littering our forums (Matt Damon next month), I’ll settle the dawdling and jump straight on into it.

 

Just like last month, we’re going to give a quick update on how each Manager, and Lead, feel the team has been during the previous month. So here they are:
 

Spoiler

 

Thomas:

This month, for me personally, was a little difficult. With my promotion to Administrator, I was unfortunately rather swamped through various portions of the later month. This caused a certain absence from me in regards to direct and constant interaction with the members of the GM Team. With that in mind, I feel as though the members of the Team performed exceptionally well despite the fact that month was certainly not our greatest month. Modreq wait time has unfortunately gone back up, though I’m hoping that following our talk during our meeting, that the time will correct itself.

 

Beast:

This month was pretty full of surprises. It started off quiet and then we were suddenly hit with a bunch of work around Thanksgiving. Despite the Holidays, the team performed extremely well. Modreq times started to increase again but we are working on bringing them back down. Our November trials did very well and have integrated nicely into the team. We've taken in our first new wave of trials and plan on bringing in a second shortly. So far everything is running smoothly and we hope for a relaxed month during the upcoming  holidays.

 

 

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Trials

Once again, the first order of business is the announcement of our new Trial GMs! Selected for their desire to drive the team forward and engage with the playerbase, the Trials this Month are as follows!

 

 

With every new batch of trials, an announcement must follow in regards to the status of the Trials of the previous month. So below are the Trials who passed the November Trial, and will be joining us on the Team fully!

 

To give a run down. Here is how the trial selection process works:

• The GM Managers look through the current GM Applications and write down all of the names onto a Google Form, which is then linked to the GM Team to vote on who they would like to see interviewed.

• The GM Managers, and Lead, take each and every one of these applicants into an interview room, either Discord or Skype, and ask a few questions regarding who they are, what their desires are and question them verily on both their attitude on the server, and their application.

• Following this, the Management put each of their interviews into google docs, which are then linked in a compiled thread in the GM Forum for the GMs to look over, analyse and provide feedback on each member.

• After taking in the feedback, Management discuss and make their picks from the batch, and submit those names to the GM Team for a final round of feedback.

• The GM Team provide feedback on the final pick, if no one objects, the Trial is taken on and inducted during the Monthly meeting. If objections are made, the trial is placed back into the pending section and a new pick is chosen.

 

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Resignations

Every now and again, we unfortunately must accept that we have to say goodbye to some of our  staff here on the Game Moderation Team. A sad time for all, we must wave farewell to the colleagues we’d come to enjoy. We wish them luck on their times following their resignation, and hope they look back on their time with us with fondness.

 

Freema5:

Having been a member of the GM Team for as long as anyone can remember, good ol’ Carlitofriendo has given up countless hours for the progression of the server and handling of the server. We’ll never be able to thank him enough, and while he now comfortable sits as a member of the LT, having resigned from ET Lead also, we will still miss his contributions to the GM Team. o7

 

Harrison:

As many at this point are aware, Harrison unfortunately left us around the middle of this month. Poor sod had been overworking himself and needed a break, and so he took it. We’ve appreciated his work and his time on the team. While he has since reapplied, we wish to allow him a little more time to ensure his break is worthwhile, and he is fit and ready to return to the Team. [*]

 

Cruzazul8:

Running the Orenian Empire and being a member of the GM Team is no easy task, both require a lot of patience and time to effectively handle either, let alone both. We cannot express our gratitude more for the work he has put forward for the server during his tenure, and we wish him well in his future endeavours.

 

FinalHazard:

A strong member of the community and a strong member of the team, we regrettably had to say farewell to Final a little earlier this month. We’ve seen this coming for a while, though as server and staff alike, we hadn’t wished to admit it. We thank him for his tenure, and we hope he enjoys his time away from mineman.

 

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Modreq Data

Just as we had last month, we are happy to bring forth once again the data for the modreq count. As noted by players last month, putting forth the numbers isn’t all that conclusive as statistics such as time spent and specifications of the modreq are unfortunately unavailable. However, given the fact that any and all players have access to finding this data out for themselves, we figured we’d continue to release the numbers for an all inclusive post. I have worked on documentation for a new Modreq plugin in the past, and hopefully at some point the Developers will get around to it sooner or later. This will include statistics, severity and all other neat information that will come out with this data in future.

 

This month we had a total of 3311 Modreqs. With our quota set at 3%, the total number of modreqs a GM would require to reach quota this month would have been 99 with a margin of error being 96-98. Last month we had around 2452 Modreqs, giving us almost 1000 more this month. This can be attributed to the LC Purchasing that was introduced, and other smaller regioning modreqs which have come through. We’re of the understanding that next month (December) will be a little slower given the holidays, so the prospected amount for such is roughly around 2400, similar to last month. Here are the people who did not meet quota, accompanied by reasoning behind such:

• TauFirewarrior: Only just falling behind quota, falling into the margin, Will had a difficult start to the month, and as such declared a short hiatus which lasted a few days.

• Spoduminister: Having declared a hiatus early in the month, Spod has been handling some issues on the server and real life which led him to request a short break, he should return in full force next month.

• SteelTemplar: Dealing with some certain issues in his real life, SteelTemplar was unable to meet quota this month, should you wish to know more you are welcome to contact him yourself.

• Freema5: Freema was not required to meet quota due to his resignation this month.

• Cruzazul8: Cruz was not required to meet quota due to his resignation this month.

• Harrison: HB was not required to meet quota due to his resignation this month.

• Moosehunter and Zhulik: Both are obviously new trials, and as such are not counted to this months quota. They will be expected to meet next month’s, however.

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Projects

Although projects are not a necessary working point for the GMs, we’re constantly looking at ways to benefit our server and overhaul certain parts of our server for the betterment of the playerbase.

 

1. Make Axios Pretty Again

A continued project, MAPA is something that was started by i_am_Ricky and continued by ShadowedOblivion. Due to the nature of this project, it will continue to be a part of our workload for a while. To find out more about this project, check our last Monthly Log. Roads is a part of this.

2. Newbie Retention

Similar to the previous mentor system, staff from various teams have come together to work on a system to enable new players to get situated into the server much easier than before. This should hopefully enable and increase player retention. Attached to this, for a long time, players have complained about our spawn island, Mali, and due to this we have been working to make it easier to navigate.

3. War System

Following our release of the War Rules, we understood that they weren’t entirely received positively. Because of this, we will be working on a new System not only in regards to the rules, but in the way we handle future Warclaims and Wars themselves.

4. Map Research

A project run by myself, I will be researching the feelings and thoughts in regards to the maps, past and present, on Lord of the Craft. We with to accurately gauge the opinion on what players look for in maps, as to ensure we make the correct choice in future.

 

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Additional Mentions

So, just a heads up for staff and player alike. This month will likely be a little slow for us. December is generally slow all over, and given many of our GMs are currently university students and will be returning home to see their families for the holidays. We may find ourselves low on GMs towards the later parts of this month, so we formally apologise in advance for slow response rates towards the end of December. We will try our hardest to keep everything active and smooth, and alls hoping that you’ll not even notice a difference but just in case, here’s a notice. Let’s hope that it’s unneeded!

 

 

Current Member List:

Lead:

• Tahmas

Managers:

• Beast720

Members:

• Josh3738

• ShadowedOblivion

• Taufirewarrior

• Lego_XBOX

• Wrynn

• Tsuyose

• CaliforniaRocket

• FlamboyantSoup

• Thatpyrodude

• Spoduminister

• SteelTemplar

• GusanoArentonio

• Nekkore

• BrokenHelix

Trials:

• Zhulik

• moosehunter123

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As always, we urge you to ask questions should you have any. If you have any concerns regarding the server, the GM team or anything else, please feel free to contact a member of the GM Team and will do our best to help.

 

-Last month we stated that we would not be taking on more trials GMs  following this month’s batch, and we hope to stick to this in the new year. However,  should the unfortunate resignations of our staff members affect us more than expected, we may take an additional two in the new year.-

 

-Thomas.

<3

[Nekkore 641]

gucci

 

FIRST

[GodEmperorFlam 3447]

Grr.

[Angmarzku 1251]

-1

[Thomas 3014]

pls

[herculean_wud 3662]

freewud?

[Ducklingator 795]

Well done, everybody.

 

I'll become a smurf just like you, you'll see.

[Kaelan 1918]

Just now, Jaeden said:

I swear there's never anyone who doesn't pass their trial.

Except Leo. We all remember Leo. :D

 

Didn't Rickey fail their trial last month or so?

[KeatonUnbeaten 1103]

Just now, | ZipZapMan | said:

Didn't Rickey fail their trial last month or so?

rick got kicked off the team for 'creating tensions' - aka telling them to get into gear and start doing ****.

[mitto 2312]

1 hour ago, keaton9011 said:

rick got kicked off the team for 'creating tensions' - aka telling them to get into gear and start doing ****.

thats a funny way of saying being slapped by heerozero

[SpodoKaiba 612]

gonna have to steal gus' modreqs to stay in the game 

[garentoft 9265]

modreqs on fleek

[JEEGK 1367]

Cool.

[KeatonUnbeaten 1103]

17 minutes ago, mitto said:

heerozero

who

[Thomas 3014]

Just now, keaton9011 said:

who

mitto