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Alright, I know a lot of you have been confused and frustrated by whats been going on with the applications; and to be honest they could have been handled a little better. I made it pretty clear back when I volunteered for this job that I wanted keep this clan from slowly dying away. Part of this was to cut through bureaucratic BS. Another part was to try to get more active members.
The new process is as follows:
There is now a "fast track" available for certain applicants who are obviously already known in the community.
If an applicant posts a serious application and has the support of 5+ active GK members they will get in. Anyone who doesn't apply seriously will have their application denied. There isn't a mandatory trial period or a separate support thread or any other bureaucratic BS. People may be accepted "early". This will only happen if they are a well known/in good favor applicant or I deem they are bringing something to the clan.
Also, yall should feel just fine coming and talking to me. You don't have to go through Veni.
(11-18-2016, 06:53 PM)JaXm Wrote: http://www.leagueofrevolution.com/showthread.php?tid=7764
In response to the above post.
This entire situation GK is in is pretty well laid bare by the walls of text in this textbook of a thread.
I propose to take over all leadership aspects of the clan. Applications will still be handled by a volunteer to do the paperwork.
It is made quite clear there is no real leadership currently. Hell I cannot even find a thread or on the roster who is actually "leading" the clan right now. If we cannot even find out who is running the show, how can anything get done or any issues be handled?
Reasons why I would take over leadership:
No more bureacratic nightmare.
Fair to say I am pretty unbiased when dealing with people. I hate everyone equally.
I currently am the sole person funding the server (minus the few small donations)
I have been running the servers for years now.
I have plenty of plans to improve GK as a whole.
I have full ability/access to make any changes I want to the servers.
I do not like drama and would nip that shit in the bud as soon as it started.
I have never "gone on a power trip".
So here is an official mandate to make it happen. Please cast your votes and let's see how it plays out.
Simply put, I am sick of seeing this clan slowly die away. Something needs to happen.
(11-24-2016, 04:36 PM)JaXm Wrote: Alrighty then, time to lay down some of the ideas....
Re-Structure GK into an actual multi-gaming community. No more ones and twos playing games by themselves. We will begin implementing official groups for various games. Leadership will be appointed by an application/interview process. It will most likely be appointed to the impromptu current leader of the group, but we shall give everyone a chance at it.
Leader of that group will manage and handle every aspect of his/her section. Leader will be required to report to myself or a delegate of my choosing on current status, ideas on ways to improve it, etc.
Any game sections requiring servers will be granted on a as needed basis and to those that show consistent growth and activity. Meaning a brand new group fresh off the floor will not be awarded multiple high pop servers, but an established one that is showing good activity and decent server pop can then request additional servers.
There will be additional staff roles to fill other than just "lords and nobles". Such as recruiters, public relations, advertisers, streamers, etc.
No more elections. Staff appointments will be done for whoever is best for the job until a time comes for replacement.
All decisions are final. I may call for votes to gauge the community desires but by no means is it a set in stone outcome. This does not mean people cannot voice opinions, it just simply means do not get pissy if your way of thinking did not go into play.
There will be no "quotas" to fill for the sections. The only thing expected of the groups is to actively participate on the forums, TS3 and events.
Rules will be covered under the standard GK code. Any "game section specific" rules will be implemented and handled by the game leaders.
Overhaul of the GK website/forums. Forums will be cleaned up. Relevant information will be higher up on the chain. Forums/landing pages, etc will no longer focus GK M&B section with smaller game divisions shoved wherever they can fit.
TS3 Cleanup. We will be scrapping all un-needed tags. I love my tags but sadly they do introduce clutter and make it difficult for users to see who is what. The only outfacing tags that will be shown are for GK Community members, Community Staff, Game Division Leaders, Game Division Staff. At most, any one person should have no more than 3 tags.
Channels will also be cleaned up to reflect the overhaul.
Cleanup of clan code of conduct and policies. Cleanup of the "processes" for handling issues. Things will be a bit more relaxed around here and not have to step on eggshells.
I have already begun some of this inside my own game division section for Ark. We are slowly building a community there.
These are some of the changes I wish to make. I believe if we can finally knit this community back together with the various games being played out there, we will become a functional clan once more. Obviously the plans I have are way more detailed and involved, but I simply lack the desire to type out every single aspect. Here it is in a nutshell basically.
All in all, I genuinely do hope people see this clan needs changes for it to stay alive. I know people may be scared things may resort back to a dictatorship. Honestly you should know by now after running these servers for this long and my general presence here, I have always been neutrel and professional and have never banned someone simply because I didn't like them. Nor have I ever abused any admin powers, both in office nor on the game servers themselves. There is a distinct difference between a dictator and a leader. I think you know which I would be.
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02-21-2017, 01:19 AM
(This post was last modified: 02-21-2017, 01:36 AM by Rhapsodos.)
I think it's fine not having a defined waiting period or separate support thread. However, I think those who you think are worthy of the fast track option should still have to obtain 5 supports for reasons that I won't post because I would have to publicly call someone out. With that said, I just want to say that I am no longer going to speak through others to get you to change your mind and I personally won't challenge your policy. I know it's set once you make it and although I might not agree with it entirely, I'm going to live with it because I gave you my vote.
Edit: I would just like to clarify that my dislike for recent happenings isn't because it left me without anything to do on the forums. It's not like I was doing much anyways before all of this recruitment stuff happened.
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While I understand not liking the idea of a support thread, it's nice to have a "paper trail" so-to-speak so that most of us can know what is going on. When I have people messaging me out of the blue asking for admin passwords and I'm not even sure if they were accepted as a member yet, or why they should have an admin password, I have to immediately spend my time investigating. Without a paper trail it ends up a fruitless act that involves me messaging people who are mostly away trying to find out what is going on.
Even if said paper trail is just a log of who was accepted, who the current admins are and so forth, it'd be nice.
Nope.
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(02-21-2017, 01:25 AM)Jimmy Forte Wrote: While I understand not liking the idea of a support thread, it's nice to have a "paper trail" so-to-speak so that most of us can know what is going on. When I have people messaging me out of the blue asking for admin passwords and I'm not even sure if they were accepted as a member yet, or why they should have an admin password, I have to immediately spend my time investigating. Without a paper trail it ends up a fruitless act that involves me messaging people who are mostly away trying to find out what is going on.
Even if said paper trail is just a log of who was accepted, who the current admins are and so forth, it'd be nice.
Just to be clear here,
People should never be giving out the admin password to begin with, all requests should be forwarded to Veni or Marquis.
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(02-21-2017, 01:27 AM)JaXm Wrote: (02-21-2017, 01:25 AM)Jimmy Forte Wrote: While I understand not liking the idea of a support thread, it's nice to have a "paper trail" so-to-speak so that most of us can know what is going on. When I have people messaging me out of the blue asking for admin passwords and I'm not even sure if they were accepted as a member yet, or why they should have an admin password, I have to immediately spend my time investigating. Without a paper trail it ends up a fruitless act that involves me messaging people who are mostly away trying to find out what is going on.
Even if said paper trail is just a log of who was accepted, who the current admins are and so forth, it'd be nice.
Just to be clear here,
People should never be giving out the admin password to begin with, all requests should be forwarded to Veni or Marquis.
Oh yeah, that's been the rule for the longest time, it'd never be given out, but still, was pretty damned confused when a new admin came to me.
Nope.
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(02-21-2017, 01:27 AM)JaXm Wrote: (02-21-2017, 01:25 AM)Jimmy Forte Wrote: While I understand not liking the idea of a support thread, it's nice to have a "paper trail" so-to-speak so that most of us can know what is going on. When I have people messaging me out of the blue asking for admin passwords and I'm not even sure if they were accepted as a member yet, or why they should have an admin password, I have to immediately spend my time investigating. Without a paper trail it ends up a fruitless act that involves me messaging people who are mostly away trying to find out what is going on.
Even if said paper trail is just a log of who was accepted, who the current admins are and so forth, it'd be nice.
Just to be clear here,
People should never be giving out the admin password to begin with, all requests should be forwarded to Veni or Marquis.
100% this, first rule of an admin is to not give the pw to anyone even if asked by another admin.
Nice Changes btw
Vivre dans l'honneur, Mourir dans la gloire.
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The paper trail should be there.
I will try to go back and fill things in.
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Also keep in mind alot of stuff is messy with the current restructure transition....
But things are slowly coming together one step at a time
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my friends, you have my best wishes and full support 
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Hi Vinny 
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