Wrynn

Old Blah isn't really spoken among orcs unless they're Shamans - it's a language that's used to communicate with the spirits.

When I played an orc I actually really enjoyed giving my orc a broken accent. It let me sink a bit deeper into the character I was playing and I felt more like the brutish humanoid I looked like. The main thing that stopped me from playing an orc (at the time) was simply because some places were more active where I could be roleplaying. Often the Goi would be empty and I'd simply be jumping around. - I'm not sure if this is still the same now as I don't play an orc anymore, but that was the main reason.

Glad to hear an introduction ? Hopefully we'll get a chance to speak sometime.

I always find it best to make a character with little pre-determined events or interests in their life, and simply let the roleplay decide it. Perhaps one day he's struggling for bread on the streets and is starving yet sees a small strange boy skulking around pickpocketing people which gives him the idea to do so too. He might not be good at it at first, however he develops over time etc

Don't worry atall ? To answer your question, in the short - yes! Currently the admins have created a new role called the "Community Manager" in hopes to try and mend the relations between the community and staff. Nobody has yet been chosen for the role and what will come of the role is yet to be seen by the person who takes it up, however we can only hope whoever does take up the role cares about the community and wishes to see the issues fixed. However that being said, just because we find someone for this role doesn't necessarily mean all of the problems will be fixed, because at the end of the day it's giving 1 person the opportunity to do so. I'll try to be as helpful as possible with my role and that's something every staff member can do without much effort, simply saying "Hello" or going that extra mile for players can really help mend attitudes.

Hey there! It's completely normal to be feeling somewhat disorientated when you join a new community, I certainly was when I first joined the server! Anyways, I'll start answering your questions and if you have anything else you'd like to ask, don't be afraid to contact me on my discord Luke#5154 Answer 1 So, every team has it's different roles and responsibilities and I'm sure you can guess what some of the teams are in charge of. For example the Event Team is in charge of writing, building and running events for the community on a daily basis and the Application Team is in charge of the application process that we have on the server as well as also helping new players transition easily into the server. However with teams such as Administrator and Game Moderator their roles and responsibilities aren't quite as obvious! The Administration are basically the managers of the server, they'll make executive decisions based upon the server's general direction etc and also sometimes intervene in situations that arise within the staff teams. Game Moderators are in charge of moderating the in-game side of the server and making sure it runs smoothly as well as helping out players in-game if they're in need of help. Forum Moderators are in charge of moderating the forums and making sure they're staying clean as well as making sure old threads are filed or even helping people if they would like posts etc hidden/moved to other sub-forums. Every single one of these teams can technically ban players, for example a Global Moderator may ban a player if they break a rule in-game and a Forum Moderator may ban a player if they're capped out on warning points on the forums. Administrators being the managers of-course are able to ban people, and sometimes as a team make decisions to do so. If you feel a ban is unwarranted or unjust; you can always go to the lead of the team that banned you. For example if you were banned by a Game Moderator and you feel it was unjust you can always go to Fireheart_ (The Game Moderator Lead). Answer 2 I know that a good team lead will foster a safe environment within their team and if a member of their team is feeling unsafe or perhaps even feeling that they can't speak up without being trampled over they should be open to allowing that member coming to them and speaking to them about it. If you do visit your team lead and you feel that suitable action hasn't been undertaken you can always go to the administrators about the problem. Answer 3 So, as I've mentioned in the two above points you can always go to the team lead if you feel you are being mistreated by a certain member of that team. The team-lead should take action if you are truly being treated unfairly and once again if you feel that suitable action hasn't been taken you can always visit the administrators about your problem. Answer 4 We do hold community meetings, and have done so in the past; I myself have even lead some. Currently it is up to whoever runs the community meetings as to how they will be structured and what will be talked about during them. However I do really like your idea that we'd address issues that we had talked about in the last community meeting and address if any action had been taken regarding them and if not, why not. Answer 5 I 100% agree with you on this. If someone ever messages me I will certainly try to respond to them as soon as I see it. I know that there are some members of staff teams who will perhaps ignore members of the community which personally grinds my gears. In my eyes it's an issue with a simple fix. Answer 6 I'm honestly not too sure if I understand this question... Mind if you perhaps elaborate on it a bit more? ?

I've been pretty good, how about yourself? ? and we'll have to find eachother irp sometime!

It did happen a few times. I tried to make sure community opinions were being taken into consideration as much as possible whenever decisions were being made but other admins sometimes shrugged it off. Which is honestly something that annoyed me, and I feel now that I was probably just not confident enough to argue my point across. Recently I've been becoming more confident, and I suppose that's something that simply comes with age, and if I had the chance again I feel I certainly would. 501 really does however care about the server so much, and he'll fight tooth and nail for it; which was clearly evident from his work in the admin chat. Telanir is a really nice guy, and he was pleasant to talk too - however I feel his inactivity did more harm for the team than good. If someone with much more time and motivation to put into the server could take his position it's more work being done with the same amount of members. Also yes Telanir also had to give approval on every action to be taken, and due to his lack of understanding of the server's climate due to him pretty much never logging on it could've made his votes skewed. I really enjoy getting feedback from you btw Wendigo, thank you ?

Yeah! Have a good time away ?

I did actually PM showing interest in the position, however I didn't get a response. Which is one of the things that annoys me about some staff. Also how is your magic plugin going?! I've been watching those sneak peak videos over and over again. I do believe, (I could be wrong though) that Sporadic had made a lot of polls regarding nexus, however you'd probably have to dig through his activity to find them.

Honestly, I agree with you. Looking back on it now I feel sometimes I wouldn't have argued as much as I should have due to perhaps fear of being stepped over.

Honestly Teegah, I can't remember ever talking **** about you - personally I don't have anything against you and I don't believe I've ever **** talked you. I'm sure your name probably was thrown around in the chat a few times but nothing comes to mind. I'm also sure there are other players who think it - I know even in GM chat some people are slagged off and it's an issue.

___ Introduction Hey there! I'm sure a lot of you know that a while back I was in-fact an admin on the server and for those who don't I'll explain a little bit more about my role. I was introduced to the server as the 'Community Admin' and to be quite honest I was pretty excited about it. I had really enjoyed helping out the community as a GM and I felt that joining the Administration would allow me to be of even more benefit to the community, which was the main reason I joined, however not the only one, I was also simply excited to become an Admin, just as how I was simply excited to be first joining the Event Team back in 2016, and on that note, I'd like to be as truthful as possible in this post so that you guys can really see what it was like for me being on the team; even if it means I drag my own name through the dirt at points. Now that we have the formalities out of the way, we can get onto the real stuff! Joining the Administration Usually when an Administrator leaves the team, 501warhead or Telanir will post in the #staffannouncements channel in the LotC staff discord announcing that they are on the lookout for another Administrator and if anyone is interested in the position they should contact either of them. Nevertheless Telanir had contacted me and said I'd be fit for the role and asked me to fill out a google form called "Administrator Package", which was simply a google document that gathered information about myself and also asked questions such as: "What do you think the Administration currently lacks?", "What direction do you feel the the server needs to move in?" and "What do you feel an Administrator's role is?". They're all pretty vague questions however I think they're simply used to get a feel of where you'd be taking your position and what you'd be focusing on. Nevertheless, I had finally submitted the google form and was added to the Administration discord channel as well as every staff chat we had in the discord. The Administration channel mainly consisted of two chats, the first being the actual Administration chat channel where we would discuss certain topics that had been brought up or ask questions to one another. The second channel was called something along the lines of 'Admin-Approval', I can't quite remember the exact name however this was the channel we would use to request approval for actions we were going to undertake, so for example if I had drafted a new warclaim system I would have to ask the other admins for approval before I could implement it, and this was the channel where we would do so. I was then given quite a few google documents to read over, the main one being the 'Administrator Policies', I believe it was called, where outlined in a rather formal fashion were a defined list of polices that all of the Administrators had to agree to and abide by during their time on the team - I'll talk about this a bit more further on down in the post. Next I was sent in-game to be given my permissions by Kowaman (Llir). He gave me a rundown of the commands I hadn't used before and also explained a few menus etc. There however weren't too many commands that I hadn't used before seeing as I had been a GM for a large amount of collective time before hand. My First Few Weeks My initial experience on the Admin team was honestly really fun; I felt driven to undertake projects and fix systems that I felt needed some touch-ups or perhaps even complete overhauls, and to be quite honestly I liked feeling important, I liked being able to work with the community more and being able to have the opportunity to do that made me pretty happy. I'd regularly check discord on my phone to see if I had received any notifications (which I usually did) and I'd give my input if any discussion was going down in the Admin chat. It took me a while to actually get to terms with how the team ran due to it being so different to how the other teams I had been on went, there was nobody leading the team which was the main difference and is where the Administration Policies came into big effect. The Policies outlined things such as how you should interact with other members on the team and what types of approval you needed for certain actions. Honestly it was hard to get to grips with at first and it felt rather intimidating to have this long document telling you how you should do things correctly and as a new member I didn't want to break any of those policies accidentally, in fear of perhaps being removed or the other administration members judging me. The Members During my time as an admin, the members were myself, Harold, 501warhead and Telanir. I'm sure you'll garner an opinion of me just from this post but I'd like to give you my opinion on the rest of the members simply from my perspective and I'll start of with Harold. I had worked with Harold before on the GM team and knew his work ethic pretty well already, due to this I felt a little more relaxed when talking with him and I enjoyed having him on the team. He seemed to care about the server and wanted what was best for it and other than that I don't have much to say about Harold - he was pretty active within the chat during my time there and I enjoyed working with him. Next I'll move onto 501warhead! In my opinion 501 really cared about the server; 501 always wanted what he thought was best for the server and if someone disagreed with that he would argue for it. Now although I'm sure there are some of you reading this going "This doesn't sound like 501," however in my opinion that's how I had viewed him. 501 fought for what he thought was best, and sometimes that annoyed me. One of the sayings that I had heard from 501 a few times was "The community doesn't know what they want. One moment they are shouting for nexus to be removed and the next they want it back?" When I had given input on the community's stance on certain topics which kind of annoyed me a little. From my role as a Community Administrator I noticed that 501 put a large amount of emphasis on the community when speaking to the community however never really seemed that interested when it came to making actual decisions. Nonetheless 501 put a great amount of work into his role as an Administrator whilst I was on the team and for that I think he should be thanked, he really cared about his position and indeed was trying to make the server better. And finally I'll mention Telanir. Honestly Telanir was not around much during discussions and actually hasn't logged onto the server in so long it no longer recognises him as a player that has joined before. Telanir was made the 'Chairman' of the Administration which basically meant he was appointed to take on new Admins when current ones left or making sure that other administrators obeyed the policy that they had agreed to. However Telanir being as inactive as he was became simply a hinderace to the team, getting full approval for certain actions took much longer than they needed too, the community was upset that Admins were becoming inactive and the position could have went to someone who could have had so much more motivation to actually log on and do things! Telanir also once chatted to me about my 'inactivity' within the community which I thought was rich coming from him. Administration Approval I've mentioned Approval a few times now, however I'll explain it a little bit more in detail so that you guys are certain of what it is. In my opinion Approval is one of the main reasons that decisions take so long to be made and handed out from the Administration; it requires most often that every single admin on the team give approval to an action. Once again for example If I had drafted a new warclaim system I would have to request approval from all of the other Admins before I would be able to execute the action. Getting approval from every single admin could take up-to a few days even though it was only 3 more people that you had to get feedback from. Now after I had been on the team for a while this system became strange to me, because you would have to request approval for almost anything you would do as an administration - whereas coming from a GM position, I had just implemented a Heist system without really having to get approval from anyone. I found that I was having to ask for approval to make [Your View] posts which I would simply do by myself back when I was a GM. I will also admit that sometimes I simply agreed to things without actually looking into them or giving them a good think before I reacted which is something I regret. I feel that if I had the opportunity again I would be more careful about what I choose to approve, as a lot of the actions coming through the channel regarded players. In summary I think that the approval system helped keep the team stay on track with each-other I do feel that it slowed down our progress a lot of perhaps ended up being even more of a hindrance. My Role and Me I'd like to talk about my role as the Community Administrator and where I feel I perhaps didn't do as well as I intended to. Firstly I don't feel that I was actually spending enough time with the community, although I intended to make sure people's feedback was looked at by the respective teams and people were being heard etc I feel like I didn't sit down and just simply talk to the community enough (which is something I regret) Now I'll stay in OOC and simply ask how everyone's day is going, not because I feel I have to however but because I genuinely care. I'd like for anyone to be able to come and chat with me even now if I'm not an admin and even if in the future I'm not in any staff teams! I regret not doing more with my position. Sometimes it can perhaps be hard to see areas of concern when you're in a certain position and that's something I regret, although I handled a lot of feedback I should've been involved with people's opinions and I should have been doing something regarding them! Nevertheless I certainly feel I could have done more with my position and looking back on it now I can see points where I would simply change my attitude towards things and do certain things that would've ended up benefiting the server so much more. I also stopped performing modreqs when I became an Admin (another thing on the list of regrets). In my opinion they're a great way to get talking to you guys, and as a GM now I really enjoy doing them... I'm not sure why I stopped doing them. This was the first ever post I made in my time as an Admin and looking back at it now it doesn't impress me. I will however say that I did certainly enjoy being the Community Administrator. I enjoyed setting up efficient systems that made sure player's feedback was being listened too, being read and also being given detailed responses. I enjoyed making sure that the community was being heard when we were making decisions in admin channel and I of course enjoyed getting to work with all of you guys <3. The Workload I'd often hear people say that an Administrator role is an extreme amount of work and you'd be "torturing yourself" if you'd agree to take upon the role. However to me I didn't think it was, it was fun at the start and I left whenever I felt I was becoming more inactive. I hear admins say they have 20+ players message them over discord each day asking for things however I never had that to my recollection, which is honestly something I'm rather jealous about. If people were going to other admins instead of me (the community admin) it made me feel like I wasn't doing my job right if I didn't seem like a good contact between the administration and the community. I will however say that yes of course the role is obviously more intense that being an ET Builder is; however you're not going to be loosing loads of sleep over it. Why I Left I suppose you could perhaps say that I became 'Jaded' for lack of a better word, with the server. Things that I enjoyed became routine for me and I began roleplaying less and less, I started to forget that I was a player and simply look at the server from an Administration perspective. Yet I am still glad I left, because If I was still an admin now I feel that I would be a shitty one - one with little motivation and little care. A break for people once in a while is always good and it helps refresh your attitude towards certain things. I announced that I intended to leave within the admin chat and later that day my pex on the forums, discord and ingame were removed and I was gifted a free Aether VIP for my contribution, which I'm really thankful for. Closing Statement I feel like there have probably been areas I've missed out and forgotten to mention, so if you feel that I have send me a message or even comment and I can perhaps add it for you if I have much of an opinion on it. I'd also like to ask you guys for your opinion on my tenure as admin and my role as a GM now. I'm always looking to improve myself and talking to you guys is one of the ways I can do that. So thank you for reading an have a good day! ?

If you modreq we'll exchange the heads for minas for you!

Welcome back!

I remember asking your age Jandy, and you were only 17. That was 3 years ago. Anyways, how are you?c: Happy birthday aswell.

An Immediate Ancestor A rustling is heard all throughout the air as a light breeze passes through what seems to be the endless fields of wheat and as grains rub against the bodies of those trampling through. Whilst not much else was to be heard, faint whispers call at the ears of the two, “Skaat-izg-û.” As the pair continued through the field the whispers began to worm their way into their ears, growing louder and louder. Suddenly the whispers abruptly stop; a transparent mist forming in front of them. The mist swirls and tumbles before settling into a solid shape, resembling an older dark elf with light grey tattoos covering his skin in patterns including swirls, ridges and the like. The dark elf remains motionless before slowly making his way through the wheat towards Tedyn. “It’s really you.” He’d call out as he’d move his hands to clasp at Tedyn’s face in disbelief. The younger and clearly more confused elf, Tedyn, looked to Shagarath with disorientated eyes before he’d gaze back. “I’m sorry Tedyn.” The ‘Ker stuttered; a few tears beginning to form in the corners of his eye as he’d step back to get a good look at his son. “I should’ve taken better care of you… both I and your mother.” “You are my father?” Tedyn uttered as he’d affirm his gaze towards his dad. “That’s why I’m here?” He’d question once more. “Indeed.” The ‘Ker sung, his eyes hazily drifting over towards Shagarath before moving back to Tedyn. “We have much to speak about…” He’d mutter. The two seemed to speak for what seemed an eternity as the old orc beside them twiddled his thumbs. Tedyn began to learn more about his past before he moved to the Dominion and a father was reunited with his son; however as for all things, the meeting came to an end. Tedyn approached his father and wrapped his arms around him tightly before he moved to Shagarath, now beginning to awaken in a cave to the sound of water splashing against the vibrant corals that he had fallen asleep to.

@The King Of The Moon Garb Type (Armour, Clothing or Accessory): Clothing Race (if relevant to request): Dark Elf Gender (if relevant to request): Male Description of item (include as much detail as possible): A shamanic garb, featuring leathers/clothes draped over to cover yet loads of trinkets dangling from the clothes, such as animal teeth, coloured beads etc! The concept art will show more of what I'm looking for, but feel free to be creative with it! ? However please do try to make it so he's covered up (aka no chest showing etc) however no hat/helmet please! OH! And please try to make it colourful, like pastel blues, reds, yellows, greens etc! Thank you! ((Reference art if applicable)): Something along the lines of this! Feel free to add your own flare ? https://gyazo.com/51d0d385484cd96466e094f4dca9084d https://gyazo.com/dcdb9405069c27bb549de05d4a0d11a0 https://gyazo.com/d84e8eedbf25fe464314af3fa399a859 https://gyazo.com/edecabaf9d5812feaa8a8554d5db2a71 https://gyazo.com/283dd8da11bdcca5ffe4b55ee1bbec62  Preferred Tailor (Alwin ((TheKingofTheMoon/ Mordew)) or Aerenna ((Aerenna/ Bunemma)) if applicable: Modrew!

We have an amazing community on the server, and you'll always be able to find a group that you fit in with. There are people who at some times may make you feel down or upset but everyone cares and even if at points you feel that you have made a mistake everyone is able to forgive, and if not I'm always able to talk ?

I'll be claiming this one. Player has been banned for 6 months, thank you for pointing this out to us.

An Introduction It might seem rather strange to some that I'm only introducing myself now, after all I did join the server over three years ago now, however I'd like to introduce myself to the newer players and perhaps also players that just haven't had the chance to get to talk with me yet. I'll simply start of by saying hello and introducing myself. My username is Wrynn however some also call me Luke and you've probably seen me around the server in some form or another, perhaps you've seen me in OOC chat or I talk to you on a regular basis. Currently I'm a Game Moderator on the server, as well as a World Developer and an Event Builder so if you're ever stuck and need any help be sure to modreq and if I'm online I'll be able to offer you some support, or even if you'd like some advice on building I'm also here for that too. I also live in the UK, so I can be mainly caught in the GMT/BST afternoon. I joined the server back in February of 2015 and initially I had some misconceptions as to what the server and what it's community was going to be like. As I continued to play I gradually began to meet new people and made some really good friends who I'd spend nights with on Skype just talking and having fun, and I also met a broader spectrum of people (through the help of OOC) who I perhaps wasn't a close with however still enjoyed talking to. These connections that I made throughout my time on the server have really developed me as a person, and I no longer feel that I'm the same person that I was when I joined the server. Not only am I different because of the 3 years that I've aged, but my personality has changed and I think that's for the better. I'm extremely happy with the person I am at the moment and I have you guys to thank for that as without you guys I wouldn't have had a community that I could talk to. I'd like to extend the favour to old and new players alike - If you ever would like to chat to someone or simply want to have a conversation I'm always on hand and will be willing to offer any support I can because I know that sometimes everything isn't always happy and cheerful, and I'd like to help however I can. Equally I'm always up for a laugh if anyone wants a conversation, all you have to do is get to know me. I'd love for people to see what I see in the community we have; a passionate and ardent player-base that very much cares about our server. Nevertheless, if you ever see me around be sure to say "hi" or if you ever want to talk I'm always here! My Discord is Luke#5154

MC ▫ Name ≎ Wrynn Sprite ▫ Type ≎ Complicated Sprite Character ▫ Name ≎ Tedyn Isilioleth Character ▫ Race ≎ Dark Elf Reference ▫ Picture(s) ≎ https://imgur.com/a/Upiyqog Just to say! I think these sprites are really cool, reminds me of old games I used to love playing like Aveyond.