Monthly GM Update Log - December

[Thomas 3014]

 

Monthly GM Log

 

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Introduction

Hello there, it’s that time of the Month again (scree). As previously stated in the last months, we bring these Logs to try and give an eye in on what the GM Team are currently doing, who is on the team and who is not to help players new and old get the information they require. We’re constantly looking at ways to improve or expand upon these logs, so feel free to offer your input if you have any!

 

Thomas:

Josh is a try-hard. Yeah this month was hard, we had our ups and downs but at the end of the day we’re still here. I have some ideas for the coming months, and we’re forming a very strong team. I’m confident with the people we have and I’m greatly looking forward to next year. 2017 should be pretty fun, and we’re ready to go. Happy new year, to all of you.

 

Beast:

This month was a hard one for everyone. With many of our team being home for the holidays it made it difficult to obtain the response times we wanted. Things should start to return to normal in early January. Happy new Years.

 

Josh:

December is certainly the hardest month of the year when it comes to activity and keeping organized. As can be expected with any month loaded with holidays, we had quite a few people out on hiatus and off on vacation with family. We are fortunate, however, to have one of the best versions of the GM team we’ve had in quite some time and with the perseverance of our fantastic GMs we got through without everything blowing up. Yay! In the coming month we’re looking forward to working with some really good candidates for trials and I expect great things to come from their induction into the team. As a side note to GM trials and applications, we still plan to work through more applications and interviews for those of you who have put their name forward for the job. Overall it’s been a rough month but we’ve pushed through and we’ve got a lot of promising things coming up for the new year.

 

 

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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 December 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/Removals

As with most months, we must unfortunately say farewell to some members of our Game Moderation Team. While we bid farewell, we are thankful for their tenure on our team, and are grateful for the work they provided to the server.

 

Wrynn:

Once again we bid our goodbye to a friend of ours. Wrynn, during his second tenure, worked as diligently and as gleefully as the first. We are thankful for his service and will miss him with all of our waffle hearts.

 

Spoduminister:

After a very short tenure, Spod unfortunately decided to leave us. While we are upset that he abused my Modpack server.. He still did a great job and provided an enjoyable atmosphere for all around during his time. We thank him for his service.

 

ThePyroDude:

Steady decline in performance as a GM, further information can be found via talking to an Administrator or GM Manager directly.

 

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Modreq Data

Following the data from every month, we gather and collect the count from Modreqs that have been done over the span of the month. I’m going to keep this short, like the rest of the post, because it’s the end of the month and I may or may not be partially hungover. We had a bit of a mess up with the numbers today due to a quick reset in the ReportRTS, so maybe 10-20 modreqs have been lost in terms of stats.

This month we had a total of 3545 Modreqs. With our quota set at 3%, the total number of modreqs a GM would require to reach quota this month would have been 106 with a margin of error being 104-108. Last month we had around 3311 Modreqs, giving us a little over 200 more this month. We estimated to receive around 2400 d ue to the December month, however we appear to have majorly miscalculated, and instead received about 1000 more than estimated. Here are the people who did not meet quota, accompanied by reasoning behind such:

 

It says that Ambduscias did not meet quota, but he did meet quota. 

 

It was Christmas...

• ShadowedOblivion: Like really?

• Beast720: Spend time with your family..

 

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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. 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.

3. 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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Current Member List:

Lead:

• Tahmas

Managers:

• Beast720

• Josh3738

Members:

• ShadowedOblivion

• Taufirewarrior

• Lego_XBOX

• Tsuyose

• CaliforniaRocket

• SteelTemplar

• _Leric_

• GusanoArentonio

• FlamboyantUsopp

• Nekkore

• BrokenHelix

• Zhulik

• moosehunter123

• HB

Trials:

• Nalatac

• Sky

• Luka

• Sidmmvv

• Cablam

 

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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.

 

-Whew laddy. That was a hard month, a very hard month for you lot and us. A lot happened and there were a lot of difficulties, but we’re looking forward to the new year. We hope everyone enjoyed their Holidays and are excited for what 2017 may bring!-

 

-Thomas.

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[Angmarzku 1251]

@Gusano Arentonio

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[Thomas 3014]

Ambduscias met quota because I forgot his other account idk idc. 

[SpodoKaiba 612]

19 minutes ago, Tahmas said:

While we are upset that he abused my Modpack server.

you what

i'm an innocent man

[Harri 4815]

can t belive a toxci player like zhulk passed..

[Guest]

Modreqs have improved significantly, just make it so that they're claimed quicker. Otherwise, good work guys.

[Vaynth 3005]

Congrats on surviving December everyone. 

[Cooliomafia 399]

Just now, Vaynth♡ said:

Congrats on surviving December everyone. 

Speak for yourself. 

[Cat Evocation 3728]

15 minutes ago, Tahmas said:

 

• Ambduscias: It was Christmas...

• ShadowedOblivion: Like really?

• Beast720: Spend time with your family..

 

 

******* died lmao

[Kvasir 1121]

7 minutes ago, HB_ said:

can t belive a toxci player like zhulk passed..

look into a mirror

[Weabootrash 412]

"inb4 Zhulik 'fails' his trial"

thanks adam barnett for these wise words 

[Zhulik 3559]

i did it reddit

[OzYmandi 647]

7 minutes ago, Weabootrash said:

"inb4 Zhulik 'fails' his trial"

thanks adam barnett

My boy.

[lawnmowerman 3040]

I can't believe that an alt-right, borderline deranged, /pol/ praising Trump supporter was made GM,  do you upper echelon staff have no morals?