Backup Lago

Have you changed your name? Because I don't recognise it.

When did that happen? mustresisturgetosayItoldyouso

Is that 1.9 vanilla PvP sucks outright or 1.9 vanilla PvP plus whichever plugin LotC is trying to redesign it with sucks?

Figured I'd check in after, what's it been, two years? Looks like a lot's changed, a lot of new names, a lot of names that had gone are back, a lot of names that were there have gone. I guess my question is, how's it been folks? What's happened over the past two years? Good stuff? Bad stuff? Stuff that somehow fits into both categories? Has the server got better or gone downhill? Are the staff more professional now or less? Do we have a map in a glass case or can people interact with it again?

A dwarf merchant reads the notice and shakes his head. "Carbarum gems? Ah suppose he's got iron gems and gold gems tuh. Aneh gud master of their trade knows carbarum beh a metal. 'e's mixing it up with diamonds."

I could work something out with Connor.

Who's in charge these days?

How badly do you need LMs?

As I said, petty draconian revenge which GMs should be above rather than acting like children.

It still lacks a leg to stand on. Their reason now is "halfling leaders were rude." GMs are meant to be above petty revenge.

It's because of the way LotC's moderation is structured. GMs are the ultimate authority, not the server rules. You're not enforcers of the rules, you're in a sense vigilantes: you enforce what you think is right rather than what is written, and some of the rules are intentionally vague to assist this. And because there are so many of you, this results in inconsistent, opaque and terrifyingly personalised moderation and enforcement. Most of the GM enforcement rules are hidden from the players. As a result, the players as a whole don't trust you. These calls of bias and "pocket GM" are not unfounded: even if that's not the case it's how it appears. This is easily fixed by changing the rules in a manner I've been suggesting for years, starting with axing the rule the that a player must immediately obey any GM command (whether it's breaking the rules or not) or face banning. End the "unwritten rule" nonsense and require any ban for a rule not on the server rules to be added to the server rules within 48 hours or to be overturned. Cap on the spot bans where the rest of the GM team has not been consulted at 1 hour. Create a second, public GM ban report forum where copies of every ban along with their reasons must be posted (I understand the need for the second one due to particularly graphic chatlog evidence not being suitable for public display). Drop this "cannot appeal for X hours" silliness: the whole point of a ban appeal is to protest the ban as wrong: all that serves is to claim infallibility and give you the power to ban freely without consquence. Operate transparently and make the rules thread the ultimate authority rather than yourselves, and players will be angry at you far less. And give the halflings their plot back. Seriously, this is just GM Team saving face and being angry at the loudmouth halfling leaders. You're talking about the right answer, and I can hardly see how obliterating the halfling's plot serves any right whatsoever.

So you destroy their whole town for a few loudmouths? Come on, this one's fairly obvious. You're putting not being seen to be undermined and getting one over a bunch of insolent halfling players over doing the right thing. Space is not at a premium on this map. So what if the halfling village is wildly inactive? Do you think destroying it will boost their activity? Giving their perms to some active halflings, sure, that I could understand. But worldediting their village to dust? That's not trying to help their activity, that's an act of vengeance. This isn't about fairness (as laughable as that word is on LotC) or activity, not any more. It's about saving face.