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[mage3158]

This thread: http://www.sythe.org/showthread.php?p=11519411#post11519411
for example had some very valid points, wasnt spammy at all and had no attacks on staff what so ever.. it simply addressed what obviously a good handful of the community (7 members agreed with the cause to an extent in the 12 hours the thread remained open) saw as a problem. It WAS constructive and two other staff were talking in the thread and i feel it was seemingly going somewhere, ending the whole conversation for everyone else due to your feelings on the matter is essentially prioritizing your opinion over the whole of the community as well as other staff. As i said earlier in my post that i can typically understand your actions but sometimes i feel your position of power is slightly abused when there are opposing viewpoints to your own, i hope you can see this from my and or other members viewpoints and take it constructively as i sincerely dont mean it as a personal attack whatsoever. Thanks for reading, please take this into consideration.

This personally bothered me a great deal, and the explanations given were unsatisfactory to boot.

 

Verts - I haven't seen you much lately, though I know you're lurking everywhere a lot. I hear you're doing some community stuff with Brendan and x339, I don't think I've seen anything yet but I look forward to seeing what you three can come up with.

I was on holiday for a few days in Plymouth so I didn't have access to a computer. Back at work now and just mega busy. Still trying to do what I can

 

[Syed]

This personally bothered me a great deal, and the explanations given were unsatisfactory to boot.

It's probably because the staff do take this into account when supporting and not supporting pardons, remember it was a suggestion thread, the suggestion is already being applied to pardons, so it was closed. It's not a new thing, if you want to discuss the pardon system and ban evading, I assume you'd be free to make a feedback thread to discuss this, although knowing the current staff, it would probably be locked there as well.

Eh, my original point still stands anyway, that was a suggestion thread, the suggestion itself(taking ban evading into perspective for high pardons) was already being done, so a suggestion thread wouldn't really make sense.

 

[mage3158]

Eh, my original point still stands anyway, that was a suggestion thread, the suggestion itself(taking ban evading into perspective for high pardons) was already being done, so a suggestion thread wouldn't really make sense.

Very true, I had not taken that into consideration.

 

[Alma Mater]

Lol cosrob97,

Even though what you did here was a bit cold-hearted, I have to give credit where credit is due. Great detective work on this guy http://sythe.org/showpost.php?p=11520238&postcount=10.

 

Verts -It's nice to see that you respond to PMs, especially those which have absolutely nothing to do with Sythe. I've never personally spoken to you, but I've had talks with people about you and the general endpoint that these talks lead to is that as far as people who have a genuine car for the site and it's members and such, you really will go out of your way to make sure things are running smoothly and safely for everyone. You're a great part of the administrative team. Your activity also went up for a while in the past few weeks which was cool, hopefully it remains this way and we see your name popping up more often.

I'd like to second this, at least the part about PM's. I don't pester Verts with PM's in anyway, but I've sent her quite a few on various topics over the past few years, and I've never had to wait more then a day for a response.

I think it would be neat if we could see the level or administrator activity that we once had, even if it's just messing around in the spam forum or the IRC, but I understand that you're all busy. Even when Finn did his stupid little fundraising techniques, the activity in the Spam Forum would go crazy. People go ga-ga trying to impress the Administrators, even a few posts creates a craze.

 

[Brendan]

Fair enough, although 5 hours for a spam report to be completed seems a bit dilatory.

That's a very quick time if you ask me. The staff are unpaid and generally there are only a few in each section. Considering they could all be asleep or at school or whatever in that time, it's fine.

Most the staff is doing a great job but i wanted too mention specifically that VIDEO is doing a fantastic job of catching people in lies in their pardons and ban disputes. I have literally seen dozens of cases where the person in the dispute might pull the wool over on a couple of other mods eyes and video will come in with some absurd old case of the applicant breaking the rules that the applicant failed to mention changing the minds of the mods who have previously supported said unbanning/pardon . His familiarity with seemingly all the individual cases in amazing and definitely deserves recognition. Great job detective video .

This. Video your background checks are incredible.

I was on holiday for a few days in Plymouth so I didn't have access to a computer. Back at work now and just mega busy. Still trying to do what I can

Just so everyone knows, Verts is on, I get replies to my PM's instantly and I know for a fact she does behind the scenes work and a lot of it. Thanks Verts

Lol cosrob97,

Even though what you did here was a bit cold-hearted, I have to give credit where credit is due. Great detective work on this guy http://sythe.org/showpost.php?p=11520238&postcount=10.

I don't feel it's cold-hearted at all, good work Cosrob

 

[MMA]

Cosrob and Video, doing a great job with spam reports as usual, keep it up and thanks.

 

I'd like to second this, at least the part about PM's. I don't pester Verts with PM's in anyway, but I've sent her quite a few on various topics over the past few years, and I've never had to wait more then a day for a response.

I think it would be neat if we could see the level or administrator activity that we once had, even if it's just messing around in the spam forum or the IRC, but I understand that you're all busy. Even when Finn did his stupid little fundraising techniques, the activity in the Spam Forum would go crazy. People go ga-ga trying to impress the Administrators, even a few posts creates a craze.

I post around the spam forum occasionally and pop in to IRC now and again. It's just one of those things that isn't really a priority but it's nice to do every now and again.

 

[Deathsnova]

Firez, i generally like your gung ho approach to handling scam reports and vetoing pardons that i usually feel should also be vetoed. I typically agree with 99% of your decisions but you have been exceedingly negative/mean lately..

Calling people/their vouches pathetic isnt professional, not at all. I understand the veto but going out of your way to be rude by calling the vouches he accumulated pathetic reflects badly on you and the staff. Your usual method is harsh but just, usually the one word "vetoed" is plenty... no need to rub salt in the wound.

Also you and some other staff have a habit of closing threads or ignoring constructive criticism and perceiving it as a personal attack on you or staff in general. I understand some (or honestly quite a few) of the posts made in this section are thinly veiled personal stabs at the staff members but you mustn't clump us all together as SOME of it truly is constructive.

This thread: http://www.sythe.org/showthread.php?p=11519411#post11519411
for example had some very valid points, wasnt spammy at all and had no attacks on staff what so ever.. it simply addressed what obviously a good handful of the community (7 members agreed with the cause to an extent in the 12 hours the thread remained open) saw as a problem. It WAS constructive and two other staff were talking in the thread and i feel it was seemingly going somewhere, ending the whole conversation for everyone else due to your feelings on the matter is essentially prioritizing your opinion over the whole of the community as well as other staff. As i said earlier in my post that i can typically understand your actions but sometimes i feel your position of power is slightly abused when there are opposing viewpoints to your own, i hope you can see this from my and or other members viewpoints and take it constructively as i sincerely dont mean it as a personal attack whatsoever. Thanks for reading, please take this into consideration.

As the beneficiary of the thread, i feel its outcome was okay and didn't mind it being locked.

 

[blazee]

This thread: http://www.sythe.org/showthread.php?p=11519411#post11519411
for example had some very valid points, wasnt spammy at all and had no attacks on staff what so ever.. it simply addressed what obviously a good handful of the community (7 members agreed with the cause to an extent in the 12 hours the thread remained open) saw as a problem. It WAS constructive and two other staff were talking in the thread and i feel it was seemingly going somewhere, ending the whole conversation for everyone else due to your feelings on the matter is essentially prioritizing your opinion over the whole of the community as well as other staff. As i said earlier in my post that i can typically understand your actions but sometimes i feel your position of power is slightly abused when there are opposing viewpoints to your own, i hope you can see this from my and or other members viewpoints and take it constructively as i sincerely dont mean it as a personal attack whatsoever. Thanks for reading, please take this into consideration.

The lock was necessary. The staff have a voting system for a reason and pardons are looked at differently case-by-case.

 

[Joopiiii]

It is not like fireZ is going out of his way to go post on people vouch topics and say there vouches are pathetic. It is people who disregarded the rules for there own personal gain and then try to pretend they are much better then they actually look to be.

We need a strict mod that doesnt take shit and is honest and says it right to your face.

Keep it up FireZ

 

[Syed]

Nick - This guy may not seem active, but holy hell does this guy care about this site, even when other admins don't reply, Nick does, he tries to fix your issues and is one of the best admins this site has had for a while. I know he had/has issues with me but that didn't make a difference when he tried helping me. Thanks a lot.

Karl/n4n0 - Both great globals.

 

[x339]

I'd like to second this, at least the part about PM's. I don't pester Verts with PM's in anyway, but I've sent her quite a few on various topics over the past few years, and I've never had to wait more then a dy for a response.

I think it would be neat if we could see the level or administrator activity that we once had, even if it's just messing around in the spam forum or the IRC, but I understand that you're all busy. Even when Finn did his stupid little fundraising techniques, the activity in the Spam Forum would go crazy. People go ga-ga trying to impress the Administrators, even a few posts creates a craze.

I don't think we should be pressuring our admins to be spending their time in areas such as the spam forum. As I said in my previous threads that were completely skewed by the intentional misinterpretations, the admins should be focusing the time that they do have with the site on things that are important to growth and progression, not menial things such as the spam forum. All of our admins have told us they have to work and such, which is understandable, but when they do come on the site they shouldn't feel the need to use that time to entertain people in the spam forum or on other threads.

 

[isuckathalo1]

video- Nice job keeping up in the Dispute section.

EDIT: also nice to see FireZ helping out video in the Dispute section.

 

[Hostblapstat]

Pockets I haven't really seen you around much anymore, im guessing you are having irl issues of some sort?

Clashfan I really haven't seen you at all :\

 

[SuF]

Now stay on topic.

 

[mage3158]

Now stay on topic.

I dislike how SuF deleted my post, is it because it was confrontational?

 

[They be trippin]

I dislike how SuF deleted my post, is it because it was confrontational?

No it's because it had nothing to do with individual staff feedback. Feel free to make a thread.

 

[mage3158]

"His ban is not up for discussion. If you want to bitch about it, take it to the spam forum and let him dispute it."

Why is this SuF? Pretty sure it is feedback you know, to a decision made on this website. Can't handle it? Oh well.