[Avi]

I will say this from my fair share of staffing on other communities.  No matter where you go, there will always be things that people don’t like about a staff system.  There will be issues and drama, and decisions made that people won’t agree with.  Just going and clean housing/demoting upper staff won’t be effective at this point because then you’re left with having to throw people into a position to try and fix things without guidance.  

As I’ve said elsewhere to those that were banned, if they care about wanting to come back, they were given the right to make an appeal to have it decided upon; it’s an effort that needs to be made by both parties to find some common ground and resolve this.  A bunch of threads reiterating the same points won’t get them unbanned any sooner without them taking the time to make an appeal.

It’s truly sad to see staff resigning and regular players leaving in floods because of this, but it’s expected because again, this happens in every community.  But those that do leave, maybe you will find what you are looking for elsewhere.

As for those staying, and the staff that will continue to staff here, I hope we can learn from this and improve the community and how we function.  I do agree there needs to be more transparency and communication between the upper staff, staff, and community; it’s something that’s been thrown around before but could always be better.


For one of the points reed made, I don't think it would hurt to remove sponsorships, but we still need staff that will step in to train the people applying for trusted and those looking to move up in rank as well; if that happens I don't see an issue with removing it for now.