Well as the person who started this thread I think finally having input from a good range of people makes it needed for me to do a follow up to the original post.
First off to the staff: Awesome, I'm glad to hear you realize the lack of activity by the current staff members. Also the fact that some of you want to consider adding a few pre-mods is even better. It makes me glad to see leadership that is willing to change and grow. Also personally I hope the current staff do become more active. All of them are awesome people and wouldn't have become staff if it were otherwise.
Also in response to Tim and Slime about this "pointless thread" and how only you know "what is best for the server", the fact that this topic has appeared in multiple threads over the past month or so, started by several different people, and has gained lots of attention from the community means one thing. We want a change and we need a change. When a large portion of posts on the forums is about hackers, bug abusers, spammers, etc. it shows that the server is struggling a bit in regards to enforcement.
We as players are the ones who get to enjoy the fruits of your labors. However, due to those who hack, spam, abuse bugs, etc. they ruin your hard work and make the server unappealing and rather annoying sometimes to play on. This lack of enforcement also shows to newer players that our staff is not as active as other servers to which they are more accustomed to.
Also in regards to why or why not the Staff are inactive, like Slime said, only the staff really truly know why they can't be on. We all get busy and sometimes you can't get online. However, since the staff is put in a position of leadership and greater responsibility, they should notify the community if the next week, month, or several months they will be farely inactive or questionable in their ability to be online. I say this not as criticism of you as people, but rather as someone who likes to know what is going on. If the community knows that a certain staff member isn't going to be very active, we will be less likely to rant about how they are never on. This doesn't mean you guys have to tell your life story, but just give us a little heads up every now and then.
So since this thread's lifespan is probably only a few days before some tries flaming at someone else let me say this.
TO THE COMMUNITY: Get off the staff's back. Enough complaining, enough whining, enough groaning and moaning, bellyaching, and being complete turds. Seriously guys, like the Staff is amazing and we all know it, but we often jump to quickly to grab our pitchfork and torch and start a riot aimed at the staff. I know the past few months have been rough in terms of rule enforcement, but this is a difficult time of year for people to be active with school starting, and life schedules changing. After this thread dies, try and keep the topic of new Staff on the down low. Just record and report like always.
TO THE STAFF: Don't become angry at the community. We love you guys, but it's a tough love. We have our ups and downs, differences of opinions, and in general we'll argue. In the end however, we really do appreciate a lot of the work you guys do. We may not notice it, but looking back I know personally you have done a lot to make my experience on the server amazing. I hope you guys can keep being active on the server and that maybe you could add a few to your ranks, but like you guys said, you know what's best for the server, well at least most of the time
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So if you made it to this point in this post you get a
cookie. Thanks for reading this and hope the server and community keeps getting better.
