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THE SAFETY TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT


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Dear friends of LotC,

 

In Telanir’sWe have a Crisis post, he described a new initiative that he would take regarding the safety of its players within this community. This came after a series of incidents within our layers of staff and players alike, shaking the server and its trust in the staff team to its core.

 

From this initiative, after two months of extensive conversation and brainstorming, we can now proudly announce the birth of LotC’s Safety Team. We will now proceed to answer the relevant questions:

 

First things first:

We are aware of the thread made by Harrison regarding the ban of Narthok, Swifty_Sam and Ggteixeira, and we are investigating the case mentioned. We have already engaged with both Harrison and Ggteixeira in what we experienced as a productive and good conversation. Updates regarding the case will be given privately to those involved. We just wish to express: we hear you. 

 

In response, we are going to speak with Hunwald and Dibbo9 regarding their decision to ban the players involved and see if everything has gone according to procedure and if all the information was applied correctly. This, however, does not dispute their great contribution to their server as diligent staff members, who, just like any human, do their jobs with the risk of making a mistake once or twice. We will look at the bigger picture of this case and resolve it accordingly.  

 

What does the Safety Team do?

We ensure that all community members can feel safe when playing on the Lord of the Craft, with safety defined in its abstract sense. This can vary from harassment between players and groups, racism, sexism or more heavy topics such as grooming or pedophilia. 

 

Victims of any of the above can contact our team (contact details below) and initiate an investigation, from which the team shall decide how to proceed. The gravity of the situation will determine whether a Moderator or the Safety Team will handle the situation, if the victim hasn’t approached the Moderation team in the first place. 

 

After investigations conclude, the Safety Team decides what type of sanction or reform is necessary to not only bring justice for the victim(s): but how such a situation can be avoided in the future.

 

Who is on the Safety Team and why?

The initial recruitment process was done by Telanir through his personal E-mail, where applicants shared their real life resumes, credentials and experiences that justify their presence on this team. The focus was heavily put on finding members outside of existing staff teams to avoid bias and implement a form of community representation within this team. After Telanir’s selection, the following safety team members are recruited.

 

Draeris

Draeris#4899

Safety Manager 

 

DoctorD

DoctorD#6351

Safety Team HR

 

Xalid

Xalid#7248

Safety Administrative Team

 

Hedgehug 

Hedgehug#2111

Safety Team Member

 

ArborGold

ArborGold#7019

Safety Team Member

 

Future additions to the team will be mentioned in the Safety Page, which is a w.i.p. For the LotC website. If you wish to join, please contact the Safety Team Manager (Draeris) or Telanir.

 

Will there be persecution?

Often when teams announce policy surrounding ERP, harassment, et cetera, a large portion of our community fears that it would mean in practice that being a controversial player, making politically incorrect jokes or participating in memeing means flirting with a ban hammer. Although we will not stray from the conventional guidelines that are enshrined in the rules, a general clarification would seem in place considering this existing sentiment.

 

When we judge players over abstract and subjective things such as harassment, racism, et cetera, we look at the whole picture surrounding this player. For members of any community or any staff team to feign innocence as an individual, is an unsustainable model if we wish to actually enforce sanctions for the reasons stated above. In the end everyone at some point to someone would probably have stated something offensive, controversial or politically improper. We will take these words into account, but only in the context of the situation given. 

 

We will be extremely communicative in what details we have taken into account and will provide arguments for our verdict. Furthermore, every verdict will be made collectively as a team: personal bias or history with any member of the Safety team will not influence a verdict. We hope that due to our strict enforcement of neutrality and high standard of communication with the community, we can terminate the sentiment of arbitrary punishment or the staff being the fun police on this server once and for all.

 

What are your next steps? 

We expect to finalize our handbook soon, in which we transparently structurize how we deal with certain situations and how we maintain proper functionality within the team. 

 

Furthermore, we will properly integrate this team into LotC: establishing a Safety page with our contact details, better visibility, proper permissions on the server necessary for investigation and establishing communication with other staff members. 

 

At last we will prepare for a new round of recruitment for this team, which we hope to have completed by the end of january. 

 

We will do our best to maintain a high standard of safety and social quality on this server. 

 

We wish to thank Telanir for understanding the severity behind the need for safety in an online community. We also wish to thank that community in advance for its cooperation and mutual dedication to make this server a place that is fun and safe for all of us. 


 

Yours truly,

 

The Safety Team 

 

 

 

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just hope its implemented carefully and thought through carefully as was requested on the initial post 

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i feel safer already

 

edit: having now read it, im fucked

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I just want a gm team. 

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DAYCARE MODE

 

Edited by Plasma
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l m a o

 

you can dance if you want too..

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1 minute ago, obreeni said:

how in the world were these players selected with zero input from the community 

 

Zero input from the moderation team as well, nor any other staff team to my knowledge.

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This can only end horrible

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