Wrynn

Damn, he really just put it right in there

Yo! What's been your best experience on the server?

Great effort! I for one have always thought that even though smaller maps create issues with not enough land being around for people to claim, it brings about a bigger issue of scarcity of roleplay. The map should probably correlate to the size of the current active playerbase, and if an expansion is needed - go for it. It's great to see that community members are putting in a lot of work like this to try and back suggestions for the server c:

I've not played on the server for a while now, but these days I'm quite different to the person that I used to be when I spent time on lotc. I joined the server when I was 14 and in those 7 years have changed a lot! Instead of playing minecraft now, I'll usually be spending time with my friends, taking care of my plants, studying for uni or just partying! Hope you're having a good day though man c:

damn, I’m put in twice but under different names ?

MC Name: Wrynn Discord: Luke#5154 Character Name: Tedyn Age: 134 Race: Dark Elf Reason For Joining: I’ve always been interested in Botany, and as an extension of that alchemy. I feel that learning these skills will not only help benefit the guild, however my city and people. Affiliation (Include if you are banned from any cities): The Iron Uzg, Renelia

How you been?! Also happy birthday ?

I don’t play the server much anymore and it’s probably highly likely that I won’t be in attendance at this meeting, but I do checkup on the forums every now and again to see how you’re all doing. I think rather than asking a specific question about a section of the server and how the administration plans to tackle it, I’d like to ask you, the administration, what problems that you think the server currently faces. When you’re in a staff position it can be very hard to relate to and share the same perspective that players of the server have. So although it’s quite a broad question, I feel like it’ll accurately portray your current vision of the server. Therefore I ask: What current problems do you see with the server, and how would you plan to tackle these problems? It could be interesting to see what priorities are shared among community and staff and in what priority they are in.

To be fair, I’ve seen the rules rewritten probably about 10-12 times now whilst I’ve been on the server, and with each rendition nothing seems to actually get solved in the long run. Whilst I appreciate seeing an effort to try and solve the problem, a simple rewrite is a temporary fix to a problem that the server has faced for year. Perhaps it would be a good idea to look at how the rules can be done differently to cover the needs of the player base instead of how they can be rewritten.

Speaking from my own experience and opinion as well as extensive time on the moderation and administration team: In most cases bans should be a last resort, you can get through to a player much more extensively by simply sitting down and having a chat with them rather than straight up banning them. I’ve seen so many moderators in my time on the server that fail to see the server as a bigger picture and instead just see themselves as ‘blue tag boys’. The server needs moderators who don’t just care about their own role as a moderator but rather the health of the server and it’s community as a full picture. I’ve seen a lot of moderators who don’t and aren’t willing to take the time to sit down with someone and talk with them because it takes much much longer than simply handing out a ban. The entire idea of a ‘protocol’ for bans is entirely stupid to me; each moderator should be able to reliably judge a situation themselves and decide whether a ban should need to be handed out or not. At the end of the day, this is minecraft server where kids go on after school to have some fun, and running around acting like the police and banning people for choice decisions doesn’t solve anything. Sit down and have a chat with trouble-makers if you actually care about the server and want it to go somewhere. same goes for the admins; however it’s much harder for admins because past a certain point you simply become out of touch with the server.

ooh a drug plugin with the totally cool botany plugin the server has now would be cool

Ooh these are really unique! Often times when I see people doing chibi art it looks quite similar to everyone else’s however I really like your style. I’m sure you’ll get loads of people wanting to buy your art!

Whenever I was creating my botany plugin I needed to get a lot of input from the Story Team as to what plants were going to be added etc, and it was like trying to make a stone bleed. I don’t think anyone on the ST is currently focused on alchemy at all and if they are they’re not doing much work about it. But side note ? I like the lore, I think alchemy has some real promise – perhaps you could even expand on the ideas and make something much bigger!

It’s great that we’re speaking up about the situation – after all the server is a big community and I recon it’s right that everyone is aware of any threats that exist within the community as well as knowing about what’s being done to combat them. Although sadly this isn’t the first iteration of paedophilia that the server has seen and this isn’t the first type of response to a situation like this that we’ve seen. Realistically at the end of the day it’s all well and good to make a post and try and bring some clarity to the situation however it’s the action that matters. We, as a community, have seen this happen before and to see it happen again is the conclusion of broken promises and heavy idleness within the higher-ups on the staff. I doubt that this message will reach the community in the way as it’s intended as administrator word doesn't mean much now, and I don’t blame the community who thinks that. Having to email someone when you feel that your safety is at risk because the person who is supposedly keeping you safe won’t take the time to listen to you if you’ve sent a message over discord? It doesn't sound very caring to me, and it doesn’t sound like these actions are being taken out of care for the community, instead taken out of a need to make a response. In essence; **** or get off the pot and let someone who has a deep passion for the community sit on the pot.