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Post by Shadow on Nov 1, 2017 22:44:10 GMT
Hello again! So I know not everyone had a chance or wanted to fill out the surveys so I've decided to compile the major complaints so we can really dig in and just have a chat. I'd like something I can bring to the team so we can address these issues effectively. This poll will close on December 1st.So to get the conversation started, what are your top issues you'd like to see change and how would you suggest improving them? For reference, our Official Rules (updated) are listed [here] and our Forum Rules are listed [here]. Since I cannot edit the poll, I'd like to clarify what was meant by player interactions. By this, I mean how staff interacts with the players. One of the recurring comments was regarding players feeling disliked by staff or disrespected. Sorry 'bout that!
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Post by Wolf lover on Nov 1, 2017 22:51:04 GMT
I personally think we need more events. SS is getting kinda boring. Also as I have come to see, the mod team needs to have a undisputed universal strategy for dealing with rule breakers. Currently eatch mod has their own strategy so doing something could be Ok to mod A but not okay to mod B.
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Post by Thomas5200 on Nov 1, 2017 22:51:29 GMT
I feel like the event team should have less moderation to do and more event creating. Or there should be more people on the event team. The rate of progress right now is very slow, and it would be great if there are more events created, and less moderation done by the event team! Additionally, I feel that a warp should only be added/replaced if it is not used very often/isn't very popular. Also, this shouldn't be decided fully by staff, but also through a community survey. E.G. staff member creates poll saying do you use this warp? Answers would be: Rarely/Never, Sometimes, Often, A Lot.
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Post by gurleegurl on Nov 1, 2017 22:58:53 GMT
You guys have to take into consideration the server did just restart one month ago. They have to fix all the permissions, claims, rebuild everything, do the command blocks(which only Schaum can do that) and do quite a lot, and without an admin, Schaum cant be on 24/7 to be at the mods beck and call every time they need something set up such as command blocks or certain permissions and such. Not to mention some of the event staff hasn't been on too much lately which also slows progress down when you dont have 4-5 people working on it.
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Post by Thomas5200 on Nov 1, 2017 23:05:51 GMT
You guys have to take into consideration the server did just restart one month ago. They have to fix all the permissions, claims, rebuild everything, do the command blocks(which only Schaum can do that) and do quite a lot, and without an admin, Schaum cant be on 24/7 to be at the mods beck and call every time they need something set up such as command blocks or certain permissions and such. Not to mention some of the event staff hasn't been on too much lately which also slows progress down when you dont have 4-5 people working on it. If they are inactive due to whatever reason, no need to demote them, just get more event staff. The more the merrier. Also, Schaum has actually been on quite a bit!
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Post by Kydog on Nov 1, 2017 23:10:05 GMT
My thoughts on each option:
Improved player interactions- I can’t really see any way for mods to change that. Also, people generally talk with their friends on the server and that’s probably the root cause- again, no way for the mods to fix it.
Rotating/changing warps- Don’t. Seriously, just don’t. People spend weeks building shops at warps and to arbitrarily take that away is a terrible idea. You end up with situations like how SWC got its business cut off, not to mention my mushroom warp shop I was about to open. New warps I don’t see a problem with, as they’d give more shop accessibility. (Side note- please lower warp expiration times)
More events- this isn’t a mini games server. The event staff don’t need to constantly have events running.
Toxicity- good luck trying to eliminate that lol, anything online will have toxicity.
Progression- I like the idea of quests and long term games. Personally, I think players should be able to help if they want to on these even if they aren't staff.
Gameplay- spawn rate buffs would be great and the server could always be upgraded if this becomes an issue (plenty of donations). No huge issues with commands, however, /afk and /realname for everyone and /hat for epics would be a nice touch.
Clarified rules- YES PLEASE! Everything is so subjective and wishy-washy right now as far as what’s banned or not banned. What one mod says is allowed can get you banned with another. A universal staff rulebook would be nice.
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Post by Shadow on Nov 1, 2017 23:13:22 GMT
I see improved player interactions is a poll option. However, I can’t really see any way for mods to change that. Also, people generally talk with their friends on the server and that’s probably the root cause- again, no way for the mods to fix it. Rotating/changing warps- Don’t. Seriously, just don’t. People spend weeks building shops at warps and to arbitrarily take that away is a terrible idea. You end up with situations like how SWC got its business cut off. New warps I don’t see a problem with, as they’d give more shop accessibility. (Side note- please lower warp expiration times) More events- this isn’t a mini games server. The event staff don’t need to constantly have events running. Toxicity- good luck trying to eliminate that. Progression- I like the idea of quests and long term games. Gameplay- spawn rate buffs would be great and the server could always be upgraded if this becomes an issue. No huge issues with commands, however, /afk and /realname for everyone and /hat for epics would be a nice touch. Clarified rules- YES PLEASE! Everything is so subjective and wishy-washy right now as far as what’s banned or not banned. Gonna wait for more responses before I start going through and commenting individually but by player interactions, I meant more along the lines of staff-player interactions. Completely forgot to specify that, my apologies.
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Post by Kydog on Nov 1, 2017 23:16:27 GMT
I see improved player interactions is a poll option. However, I can’t really see any way for mods to change that. Also, people generally talk with their friends on the server and that’s probably the root cause- again, no way for the mods to fix it. Rotating/changing warps- Don’t. Seriously, just don’t. People spend weeks building shops at warps and to arbitrarily take that away is a terrible idea. You end up with situations like how SWC got its business cut off. New warps I don’t see a problem with, as they’d give more shop accessibility. (Side note- please lower warp expiration times) More events- this isn’t a mini games server. The event staff don’t need to constantly have events running. Toxicity- good luck trying to eliminate that. Progression- I like the idea of quests and long term games. Gameplay- spawn rate buffs would be great and the server could always be upgraded if this becomes an issue. No huge issues with commands, however, /afk and /realname for everyone and /hat for epics would be a nice touch. Clarified rules- YES PLEASE! Everything is so subjective and wishy-washy right now as far as what’s banned or not banned. Gonna wait for more responses before I start going through and commenting individually but by player interactions, I meant more along the lines of staff-player interactions. Completely forgot to specify that, my apologies. Just assumed old and new meant old and new players
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Post by Kydog on Nov 1, 2017 23:18:52 GMT
One other thing- the level of censorship is getting to be a bit extreme. People warned for saying unisex while talking about names and for saying dumb in german? Really?
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Post by Wolf lover on Nov 1, 2017 23:44:24 GMT
I've been thinking, could we have a hunger games event? Maybe even cool prizes for the top 3. It would be cool if like say EVREY Saturday we got to compete in a walled off area everyone had trust to (no sethomes Of course) and Pvp evreyone, maybe even building bases. And afterwards a mod just pushes a botton and it resets.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2017 0:03:57 GMT
You guys have to take into consideration the server did just restart one month ago. They have to fix all the permissions, claims, rebuild everything, do the command blocks(which only Schaum can do that) and do quite a lot, and without an admin, Schaum cant be on 24/7 to be at the mods beck and call every time they need something set up such as command blocks or certain permissions and such. Not to mention some of the event staff hasn't been on too much lately which also slows progress down when you dont have 4-5 people working on it. If they are inactive due to whatever reason, no need to demote them, just get more event staff. The more the merrier. Also, Schaum has actually been on quite a bit! Will likely be getting more event staff, also considering giving the new ones I have in mind more specific roles than in the past. One other thing- the level of censorship is getting to be a bit extreme. People warned for saying unisex while talking about names and for saying dumb in german? Really? Completely disagree with the restriction of the word unisex. Don't know why it was done. The German... I would suspect it was more likely a warning for not using English that was misinterpreted as a warn for saying "dumb"... but I was not there so I don't know what exactly happened. I've been thinking, could we have a hunger games event? Maybe even cool prizes for the top 3. It would be cool if like say EVREY Saturday we got to compete in a walled off area everyone had trust to (no sethomes Of course) and Pvp evreyone, maybe even building bases. And afterwards a mod just pushes a botton and it resets. I intend on releasing a build PVP arena which would be open at all times, periodically reset. A hunger games could be done, but we have several other events which would take priority in development.
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Post by strongmamabear on Nov 2, 2017 0:19:58 GMT
I think that we really need an admin (or two) again.
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Post by Burr on Nov 2, 2017 0:28:32 GMT
I don't think we need events yet? It's been a month. Players need time to build bases and do projects before saying we are all bored
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Post by munchausen on Nov 2, 2017 2:26:26 GMT
I'd like to propose the creation of a new staff position - Engineer. This person would be responsible for creating new machines/builds for public use, without the responsibility of moderating the players. They can also affect repairs on broken existing server mechanisms. (I'm not proposing responsibility for command block modifications - this is probably best left in owner/admin hands.)
As an example of the kind of projects I mean - a world-wide railway, perhaps? (drool, drool, drool....)
They might require some limited ability to create materials (as opposed to having to mine for everything), as the server gods dictate.
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Post by poogan on Nov 2, 2017 3:04:27 GMT
There's a lot of cool ideas going around on the server such as paintball, Bow Battles, pvp arenas and hooked and I'm sure there is many more.
I think players that are tying to create those things should be asked to help event staff or to maybe staff to ask use said game designs.
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