Admin Update: January

[Paleo 298]

G’day denizens of Atlas and the interwebs!

 

Today I come to you all with the first Admin update since Wrynn left the server’s administration team. Our focus was more on getting 6.0 off for a good start and making sure everything was in order to offer the best possible experience to all players. Now everything is settled and we all have a bit more time on our hands, it was about time to get a word or two out to the community about what happened to the administration in the meanwhile and clear things up.

Since last update, Wrynn and Harold left the Administration, Vaynth and I joined, Harold came back, and Vaynth left. Leaving our current administrative lineup to be Harold, 501warhead and myself with Telanir in the seat of chairman. To make all of you familiar with our precise roles:
-501warhead is in charge of server strategy, development and doing research into potential ways to help and improve the server.

-Harold supervises all Moderation that takes place on the LotC medium and makes sure staff teams that are involved around the topic function properly.

-Paleo takes care of the staff teams that revolve around content and content creation, the creative part of the server, and makes sure that the teams involved in content creation function properly.

-Telanir, as the Chairman, oversees administrative operations, monitors legal & financial matters, and ensures protocol compliance.

 

Without further ado, here come the personal statements:

 

501warhead:

 

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This month has seen less direct activity for me. I have taken a bit of a backseat right now after the twelve months of work that went into Atlas to see how it is going to progress. It's been wonderful so far and I must send out a sincere thank you to everyone who has already been contributing such amazing builds to fill this world up and make it lively. Right now one of my prime concerns is making sure that Atlas is going to be something that we can all be proud of four, five, or twelve months into the future and that is an ongoing struggle with rules and plugins to ensure that the map will be viable for a while now. In addition, one of my primary concerns moving into the future will be addressing the poor state we built CT in and considering revamping oppertunities to improve the spawn layout to improve navigation. There will be more coming from me soon on a variety of fronts so stay tuned!

 

Harold:

 

 

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Well, well, well. You may be wondering how I got myself into this again. Me too. However, now that I’m here, I hope this update will help explain a little bit of why and what I’m doing back in Red.

 

I am a seasoned Administrator, one who left with his reputation intact with the rest of the Administration and with some of the player-base. That’s quite rare for someone who ultimately was the end of the line with deciding on bans, appeals, and staff blacklists.

 

Now I’m back, it’s been decided that my oversight remit will cover the Moderation of the community within the game, and the forums. This is nothing new to me. I’ll be working closely with the Directors to ensure that the Moderation of the server remains on course with the expectations of the community.

 

Moderation on LoTC is the backbone of the server, and often times difficult for all involved. People expect the staff within Moderation to understandably be some of the best members of our community, and I agree with this sentiment. Our job is two-fold, on one hand we must keep the rules of the server enforced at all costs but we must also make sure that the wishes of the community are upheld throughout the server as a matter of principles. This means ensuring that rulings are fair and without corruption, that everyone is listened to on issues they may have in an open manner without malice, and most of all we have clear and concise rules for every area that the server offers or needs them for so when issues arise, fault can be attributed to one party or the other.

 

So the goal for me then, is simple. Firstly, get the rules squared away, and onto the server for everyone to enjoy. This would include War Rules. This is something I’ll be prioritizing ASAP as it will take us back to the status quo we once enjoyed. Secondly, looking into and hopefully aiming to reducingthe amount of harsh punishments for little issues that have occurred in the past month or two by looking into creating guidelines on bannable offences and/or rules in the near future. I’ll also be working closely with the Development team on some exciting updates coming our way soon, and ensuring that the impact on the moderation of the server is minimal at best by working with the Directors and their teams to benefit everyone involved, and the rules are clear and released ahead of time for review.

 

If anyone wishes to contact me about something they wish to discuss, or something I’ve mentioned, or maybe something they want me to focus on, please add my discord.

It’s good to be back.

 

Cheers, H.

 

(Harold#4045)

 

 

 

 

Paleo:

 

 

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Hi there guys, Paleo here for my first Admin Update.

With the way everything turned out as, I am in charge of the creative aspect of the server’s staff teams and for that reason am expected to set a clear direction and work closely with the Directors to make sure everything runs smoothly. I am also going to pick up writing out some of the admin-player communication that takes place, so expect more of that in the close future!

 

 

In the past month I was in the position of Game Director and spent a lot of time tending to troubleshooting and the like, but now, because I have stepped down from that position a bit ago, I have been able to pick up my normal Admin duties again.

Next month I will be offering a focus on the Lore Team and will be working alongside them to blow life into inactive creatures and help them give a new twist to lore. I also plan on reworking the Staff protocol in general and putting in place a Director handbook, which wouldn’t affect players directly as much. Other than that I have been working to help the Media Team getting a status as an actual team once more and have ensured that they were able to enter the trial state, I am hoping we’ll be able to pass the trial before the next Admin monthly update. All in all, working on all the creative stuff the LotC community is fond of.

Other than that, if you want to discuss anything that is related to LT, MT, Media, AT or ET, or even just want to have a debate with me about some random topic you came up with,

hit me up on discord @Paleo#3834

Paleo out

 

 

 

 

Telanir:

 

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I took January off this year as typical of my annual habit. I return to a handful of unfinished projects, namely to address our outdated community guidelines and mission statement. Beyond this, I predict nothing of what will drive my hand this month as my work as Chairman is, by and large, derived from my observations (circumstantial). If you have sent me any messages please refresh them once again and I will provide you with a proper solution if I can.

 

All the best,

([email protected], Telanir#7632)

 

 

 

 

 

 

[firegirl7894523 247]

+1

[Harri 4815]

you guys should try get response time down from 3+ months to a week in my opinion

otherwise keep up the good work

[Stag 3231]

You all need a HumanResources Administrator. I can be that guy.

[_Sug 2809]

Paleo why're you such a handsome man

[Adelemphii 1766]

Amen m'lords!

[shortchangehero 4217]

paleo is the best admin

[Zacho 2177]

Moved to The Great Library. It shall be sorted into the appropriate category shortly.

 

If you feel this is a mistake, please contact myself or any FM and we'll restore it.