07-31-2021, 09:02 PM
Garry's Mod is a game. Nothing that happens in Garry's Mod matters. It won't matter today, in a week, in a month, in a year, or ten years down the line when you have a family or are in a ditch somewhere.
Everyone here should be putting their real life priorities before anything that happens in this community or in this game. That is most important.
Given that, it is completely understandable that certain staff members do not have the time or ability to play the game regularly. That is totally fine. However, those staff members have a temporary but indefinite commitment to the community that they staff. Part of this commitment is being around, knowing the players, and making sure that people do not break rules.
As I mentioned, I completely understand why people stop playing or that they cannot play due to external factors but if they are not fulfilling their obligation and commitment, they should definitely be demoted. If staff members are inactive for X weeks, they should 100% be demoted. There is no point in having someone who does not contribute to the game or know the playerbase to differentiate between trouble making players and well behaved regulars. These players are just spectators on the forums and in the discord, talking about a variety of other topics unrelated to the game. If staff members do not help with ban requests, RDM reports, any other issues that occur, they should be demoted to the rank they previously held. Those individuals should be allowed to reapply for staff whenever they are able to play the game and contribute like their peers do.
I will not name names, however there are a lot of staff members who have not played their respective game modes or contributed whatsoever for months now. I see these staff members playing other games very regularly, which implies that they have time to play Garry's Mod but they choose not to. That's totally fine. These staff members do not deserve to have their ranks. They are still part of the community and may reapply whenever, but being inactive and speaking in the discord every once in a while as opposed to helping staff is unfair to peers who go out of their way to help and assist. At that point the inactive staff member has a 'prestigious' (not really prestigious, it's a fucking game that doesn't matter) title of Trusted, T-Mod, or Mod.
Demote inactive staff.
Everyone here should be putting their real life priorities before anything that happens in this community or in this game. That is most important.
Given that, it is completely understandable that certain staff members do not have the time or ability to play the game regularly. That is totally fine. However, those staff members have a temporary but indefinite commitment to the community that they staff. Part of this commitment is being around, knowing the players, and making sure that people do not break rules.
As I mentioned, I completely understand why people stop playing or that they cannot play due to external factors but if they are not fulfilling their obligation and commitment, they should definitely be demoted. If staff members are inactive for X weeks, they should 100% be demoted. There is no point in having someone who does not contribute to the game or know the playerbase to differentiate between trouble making players and well behaved regulars. These players are just spectators on the forums and in the discord, talking about a variety of other topics unrelated to the game. If staff members do not help with ban requests, RDM reports, any other issues that occur, they should be demoted to the rank they previously held. Those individuals should be allowed to reapply for staff whenever they are able to play the game and contribute like their peers do.
I will not name names, however there are a lot of staff members who have not played their respective game modes or contributed whatsoever for months now. I see these staff members playing other games very regularly, which implies that they have time to play Garry's Mod but they choose not to. That's totally fine. These staff members do not deserve to have their ranks. They are still part of the community and may reapply whenever, but being inactive and speaking in the discord every once in a while as opposed to helping staff is unfair to peers who go out of their way to help and assist. At that point the inactive staff member has a 'prestigious' (not really prestigious, it's a fucking game that doesn't matter) title of Trusted, T-Mod, or Mod.
Demote inactive staff.
