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Ehh. Tbh though, he should be game master... like, he organizes all sorts of things: Elytra fun, boat races, and we got locked in a glass cage with people and couldn't get out which was alright... meh, he's better than many of the Mineplex mods I've seen ;P
 
So after reading this thread - which is rather unusual for me since I stopped being active on the forums ages ago - I would like to state my opinion on this matter.

It seems to me that Riku spends a lot of time on Siege, predominantly PvPing. While that would without question be a good thing if he was actually playing as RikuMaru, it seems rather useless in terms of moderating if he plays on alts, though that is his decision. But if he plays on an alternative account, that has not been granted Moderator rights, I would say that he isn't technically active as a Moderator. So what use is it to the community if a guy, who is supposed to have an eye on the chat while he plays on Siege, decides to play on a possibly unknown alt so he can evade this duty?
Now the points stated by [user avatar="https://cravatar.eu/helmavatar/m4rine_semperfi/74.png" name="m4rine_semperfi"]6137746[/user] are arguably subjective to an extent, but one thing that most people can agree on is that getting 400+ killstreaks as Nazgûl ruins the game experience for many other players. Obviously, it is not against the rules to do such a thing and if one feels the need to do it, then let him go ahead. But as a Moderator, one should obtain a certain image. If someone does commit an act of such ignorance and selfishness, he openly shows how little he cares about the other players. Now some might be fine with that, but if a MOD gives players the expression that he doesn't care about them... well perhaps he shouldn't be a Mod after all.
And finally, there are the people who say things like: "Well, it always ruins the fun if someone gets 400+ killstreaks as Nazgûl, that doesn't only apply to Moderators. What are you even talking about m4?"
Well, believe it or not, m4 STILL has a point. So it does apply to all players... but how does that make doing it any better? Of course it sucks if ANYONE plays all selfish and the game is no fun because you get spawnkilled by Nazgûl players. But as a Moderator, you have a certain status. Your job is to look out for the server and its players, that's what that little "Mod" tag is for. So OF COURSE it's way worse if a person that is supposed to KEEP fun and fairness to the server does something like 400+ killstreaking.
In conclusion, RikuMaru is, at least in my opinion, not quite fit to act as a Mod in terms of behavior and characteristics. Although it is his job to maintain peace and fun on the server, he clearly does things that lead to the opposite. He seems to care little about other players and even uses alternative accounts to evade his Moderator duty.

To close this up, I want to say that I am not biased in any way. I have not been spawnkilled by Riku, nor have I seen him act bad or insult anyone. I made this statement on the basis of objective conclusions.
 
Schnitzel200 said:
So after reading this thread - which is rather unusual for me since I stopped being active on the forums ages ago - I would like to state my opinion on this matter.

To close this up, I want to say that I am not biased in any way. I have not been spawnkilled by Riku, nor have I seen him act bad or insult anyone. I made this statement on the basis of objective conclusions.
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So, you're defining Riku and his ability to moderate, purely based on m4rine's opinion -not your own experiences, nor Riku's story- and on one, literally one, event that occured? Sorry, but that is being biased. And because of that, I don't feel like this is in any way useful to us. You're just repeating what m4rine already said, but just making it slightly worse.
 
Right so from what it looks like people are complaining about me for two reasons:

1: My ability to moderate.

Well I constantly am on the look out for hackers and have convos for possible hackers on the server. I also regulate the chat often if I feel it gets too toxic. I help people out when they need help and when they ask for it. As for playing on alts, I play on Nik's account to play Nazgul and I still regulate chat there. If someone is complaining about someone hacking I look when flying around with Nazgul. If this isnt good enough for you please tell me what else I need to do.

2: Me killing teams with Nazgul.

Just because I am a moderator doesnt mean I am restricted to not being able to play Nazgul properly. When there are fewer players online I often do not try my hardest to kill the enemy team and I allow them to push, to prevent people from quitting. As for targeting people I target those who often target me constantly while I play (not with nazgul but with normal account). If you are going to target me expect to be targeted back.
 
Mr_CookieSmurf said:
[quote user_id="12682803" avatar="https://cravatar.eu/helmavatar/Schnitzel200/74.png" name="Schnitzel200"]So after reading this thread - which is rather unusual for me since I stopped being active on the forums ages ago - I would like to state my opinion on this matter.

To close this up, I want to say that I am not biased in any way. I have not been spawnkilled by Riku, nor have I seen him act bad or insult anyone. I made this statement on the basis of objective conclusions.
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So, you're defining Riku and his ability to moderate, purely based on m4rine's opinion -not your own experiences, nor Riku's story- and on one, literally one, event that occured? Sorry, but that is being biased. And because of that, I don't feel like this is in any way useful to us. You're just repeating what m4rine already said, but just making it slightly worse.[/quote]
I am speaking out of own experience. I suppose you didn't get me right. What I ment by not being biased was that I don't have any sort of problem with Riku. I didn't say what I said because I got spawnkilled or insulted by him, but because it was my honest opinion after looking into the matter. I am, in little to no way, repeating what m4rine said. Rather I read his statement, read what other people said pro and contra his arguments and formed an opinion.
You see, only the middle part of my statement was based on what m4rine said in terms of taking sides. What I said at the beginning, about evading duty, is not an opinion. It's a fact. If a Mod doesn't moderate, he isn't a good Mod, period. And now I don't play Siege all too much, but when I do, Riku is online a lot. And he doesn't moderate. Just this friday, there was a guy online, who kept insulting gay people and called everyone a "muslim piece of sh*t" and said that "Jesus didn't want people to be gay". I asked Riku if he could mute the guy. Riku didn't even REPLY.
As said, I do not play too much (basically I only play on weekends) but in my experience, Riku is online a lot and PvPs a lot - and moderates little.
Also, concerning what you said about all that "only being based on one event": what I said was also de facto concerning any matter of that sort. It might only have happened once with Riku (which I don't know), but what I said about Moderators being supposed to show respect and have the game be fun for players is a fact, whether it concerns Riku or not.
So I might have been a bit quick on the finishing of my statement with saying that Riku is not capable of being a Mod, so let's correct that statement: SO FAR, I have not seen much that speaks for Riku as a Mod. So, since I am a purely logical person, my objective opinion is that he isn't a good Mod. I have read what Riku posted about the things people complain about, but I don't know if what he says is true. So I stick to my opinion.

The way you responded to my post seemed like it was insulting. It was not ment to be in any way, I hope there was no offense taken.
 
Rikumaru said:
Right so from what it looks like people are complaining about me for two reasons:

1: My ability to moderate.

Well I constantly am on the look out for hackers and have convos for possible hackers on the server. I also regulate the chat often if I feel it gets too toxic. I help people out when they need help and when they ask for it. As for playing on alts, I play on Nik's account to play Nazgul and I still regulate chat there. If someone is complaining about someone hacking I look when flying around with Nazgul. If this isnt good enough for you please tell me what else I need to do.

2: Me killing teams with Nazgul.

Just because I am a moderator doesnt mean I am restricted to not being able to play Nazgul properly. When there are fewer players online I often do not try my hardest to kill the enemy team and I allow them to push, to prevent people from quitting. As for targeting people I target those who often target me constantly while I play (not with nazgul but with normal account). If you are going to target me expect to be targeted back.
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If someone does something you dont like, you target them as nazgul and ruin their game....
 
Also, one thing I'd like to point out, is when he plays Nazgul, he's on NikCampbell1's account who is really good at naz, if it wasn't Riku playing on his account getting high freaking ks (which Nik does to) no one would be complaining
 
Quote Riku as he camped the area above the Watchtowers Orc Spawn

"Just ignore me."

We can't ignore someone that keeps shooting into our backs as we try to advance. I've really stopped being very active on EW because of horrible lag, Hammerer having no cap, the bs damage of arrow-spamming, and people like Riku and Esne, who get so many kills and can prevent half the team from capping a flag.
 
OK what the hell is this? Why would you decide on if Riku is a fit moderator?
If he breaks rules, report him. If he doesn't, it's up to me to promote or demote him.
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