Our Path Forward, Together

[Telanir 4,057]

Hello folks,

 

 

Some have recently permitted themselves to drop any standards for acceptable behavior. I remind you now, just once, that we will enforce our rules and ban for such garbage conduct.

 

The community guidelines were founded to promote a healthy and robust environment. One with healthy friendships in a fair and enjoyable setting. When the guidelines come under attack, it is not only those who are involved which suffer—it deteriorates the experience of the entire community.

 

Ever since I stumbled upon Lord of the Craft in 2011, fresh and naive, I have found it to be a place of wonder. A charming and defining quality of our server has always been how we blend a serious take on roleplay with a laid-back and friendly attitude. I can’t call us a strict hardcore fantasy roleplay—and I can't see us as a medieval simulator, but in practice, you can go to any place on our server to find any spot in-between these extremes.

 

And we’ve always had hardcore roleplay fanatics interweaving with war/conflict addicts—that’s just the way of an open world server. And we’ve always debated the best way to handle over-the-top or lacking staff professionalism. When two divergent interests clash, there is always an amiable path to solving a dispute. My point here is, we should not be looking for a way to wrangle out what we personally consider to be the “proper” opinion out of everybody, but rather, we find ways to coexist with one another—despite our differing attitudes and expectations.

 

 

From the moment that we sign on after our first application, we acknowledge an unspoken duty—to preserve this experience and to help each other enjoy our time here. To support a stimulating, encouraging, and jolly environment—a community that you can grow and develop in.

 

I believe that LotC is worth preserving. Our server is full of the most diverse and fascinating roleplay; countless distinct ambitions, connections, and feelings; and curious, imaginative, and dedicated people.

 

We, on the staff, have looked past toxicity recently—but this isn’t sustainable. As a community, this is not the kind of LotC that we want. It is not the OOC squabble that connects us, but our true focus—the journey, the remarkably unique IC LotC adventure.

 

It’s time we go back to our roots.

 

Thank you for reading,

 

Telanir.