In the course of the last weeks and months, we have collected multiple opinions about the way enforcement is handled on Minecraft Middle-earth, and were surprised to encounter a consensus of dissatisfaction. Many enforcers do not interpret their job as keeping the community a nice place, but banning every kind of more mature banter, and calling those practising it immature. The Question to be asked here is, did anyone suffer from these jokes? Did it actually have influence on the Server as a whole? No. Actually the constant threatening of banning someone for such behavior makes an even worse impression, noone wants to spend time in an environment so focused on censoring.
It seems like the power enforcers posess grew over their own head, creating a parallel universe of some sort, where negativity, or criticism is evil, but pretending to be fine all the time is what shows maturity.
Another problem are the rules, or to be more precise, the way they are enforced. Like we have already mentioned there is no room for jokes, and oftentimes joking around with each other is seen as joking against someone. Some enforcers clearly lack the experience to see the difference here. In our opinion the rules are being enforced way to strictly here. Of course it is hard to enforce a community consisting of various players, young - old, however the biggest groups probably is the age group of 16+. The server should be enforced based upon this age group. It is impossible to please everyone, so it should be important to keep in mind what our communities core and heart is.
What is the most important rank on a building server? The builder or the enforcement side? Currently many members feel like the enforcers think, that they themselves are above all the other ranks, while this is not the case. Enforcers are and should be on the same level as designers. As both of their jobs are equally important. However the power they hold does not show this. That's why we suggest that Enforcers should be stripped of the powers to handle against designers in a way such as OB'ing and Banning: Leave this to only the heads of the server and give the community, especially fellow staff members a bigger insight into the process. This should from our perspective balance the rank system, as it appears very unbalanced as it is. Another important aspect, how come enforcers are allowed to decide on the new designers being promoted, However when new enforcers are selected, it all goes behind the scenes and in the hands of the other enforcers and not the rest of the staff team. This furthermore suggests a inequality in power. We are not saying they should not be able to voice opinions altogether, but rather that it should be able for both sides. (Also it seems like the Enforcers influence on the decisions is considerable, keeping in mind that Designers should know their Builders the best, as they have the most in common with Artists or any other none staff building rank)
Now to your enforcers, some of you might take this as personal attack, lies, but we believe, if there is a considerable part of the community voicing these concerns, they are to be heard, and not to be seen as unwanted background noise. We have little hopes that anything will change and many of have been part of this community for years, and what those teached us, was that things move slow on here. Even after the drama exactly one year ago, nothing changed. If we may quote: “For the future we want our Enforcers to try to punish bad intentions rather than bad actions”. Did that change? It does not seem to be the case. So tell us, is there reason to be unhappy about that, we honestly believe so. If change is promised on the base of valid arguments, it should be fulfilled.
We all love this community, we are all a part of it, we are all friends who share a passion for recreating the world Tolkien created, This has to be the best community we have ever been a part on. And please, dont see this message as just another shitpost or another meme. We are all trying to better the server, and we are sharing our criticism with it in a as constructive way possible. And we think that if we worked together better as a community. we can make it a more enjoyable and worthwhile experience for New and Old players
Thank you
Luk, Davy, Kjolsen, Ooits
It seems like the power enforcers posess grew over their own head, creating a parallel universe of some sort, where negativity, or criticism is evil, but pretending to be fine all the time is what shows maturity.
Another problem are the rules, or to be more precise, the way they are enforced. Like we have already mentioned there is no room for jokes, and oftentimes joking around with each other is seen as joking against someone. Some enforcers clearly lack the experience to see the difference here. In our opinion the rules are being enforced way to strictly here. Of course it is hard to enforce a community consisting of various players, young - old, however the biggest groups probably is the age group of 16+. The server should be enforced based upon this age group. It is impossible to please everyone, so it should be important to keep in mind what our communities core and heart is.
What is the most important rank on a building server? The builder or the enforcement side? Currently many members feel like the enforcers think, that they themselves are above all the other ranks, while this is not the case. Enforcers are and should be on the same level as designers. As both of their jobs are equally important. However the power they hold does not show this. That's why we suggest that Enforcers should be stripped of the powers to handle against designers in a way such as OB'ing and Banning: Leave this to only the heads of the server and give the community, especially fellow staff members a bigger insight into the process. This should from our perspective balance the rank system, as it appears very unbalanced as it is. Another important aspect, how come enforcers are allowed to decide on the new designers being promoted, However when new enforcers are selected, it all goes behind the scenes and in the hands of the other enforcers and not the rest of the staff team. This furthermore suggests a inequality in power. We are not saying they should not be able to voice opinions altogether, but rather that it should be able for both sides. (Also it seems like the Enforcers influence on the decisions is considerable, keeping in mind that Designers should know their Builders the best, as they have the most in common with Artists or any other none staff building rank)
Now to your enforcers, some of you might take this as personal attack, lies, but we believe, if there is a considerable part of the community voicing these concerns, they are to be heard, and not to be seen as unwanted background noise. We have little hopes that anything will change and many of have been part of this community for years, and what those teached us, was that things move slow on here. Even after the drama exactly one year ago, nothing changed. If we may quote: “For the future we want our Enforcers to try to punish bad intentions rather than bad actions”. Did that change? It does not seem to be the case. So tell us, is there reason to be unhappy about that, we honestly believe so. If change is promised on the base of valid arguments, it should be fulfilled.
We all love this community, we are all a part of it, we are all friends who share a passion for recreating the world Tolkien created, This has to be the best community we have ever been a part on. And please, dont see this message as just another shitpost or another meme. We are all trying to better the server, and we are sharing our criticism with it in a as constructive way possible. And we think that if we worked together better as a community. we can make it a more enjoyable and worthwhile experience for New and Old players
Thank you
Luk, Davy, Kjolsen, Ooits
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