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I have been in this community for 7 years, and it's time for me to take a long break from gmod as a whole. I have meet new people and old. I love all of you with the goodness of my heart. #SynergyRPforever.

Yeah enjoy the ban buddy you’re gone

So, Ive been seeing a couple things that has been concerning to me that I feel there needs to be a discussion on. As of recent there has been a growing lack of transparancy on decisions made by Community Leadership regarding well known Community Members and additionally the lack of communication on progress towards the next update, (Yes theres an update coming, But the months leading up to this has been rather silent). To start with, Within the last year there has been a considerable amount of Community Bans done silently with no explanation and only a handfull of people really knowing the full reason as to why they were done. Some of these people that were banned include but not limited to... A Former Senior Dev/Map Creator, A Multi Positioned Member of the Community that achieved MoH and also several vocal members of this community. My question to community leadership. Is why does the community not get a chance to read the reasons of why these people were Community Banned. People can easily speculate and come to their own conclusions which could get out of hand. But if they knew the reasons, They would be able to judge and discuss if these bans were warranted or not. I ofcourse get there are particular people who have done illegal activity and in no way should that be disclosed entirely due to obvious reasons. However when it comes to ingame actions or actions on forums, these can be disclosed for the community so that the they may decide if Community Leadership has made a fair decision. If Community Leadership remain silent and say nothing additionally, it opens a speculation that these bans may not be as suitable as one would think. A Community Banned person cannot defend themself to the community and we are forced to just accept that whatever ban is done is just and appropriate, there is even a possibility we will never know the reason to a ban, due to community leadership denying any chance to appeal. Reasons for Community bans have been done before, 2 actually. Logic was rebanned and the explanation for that is still there. Dinaric was notably community banned, but since his ban is now lifted, that reason is now hidden from the community as we have moved on. I see no reason for bans that are of a similar nature that the same can be done. So is Community Leadership going to be more transparent on these bans or will we need to speculate and hope they will allow these people to appeal in the future. Moving towards the second point I wanted to focus on. Dev QnAs and Communication about updates. Roughly towards the end of last year and into early this year. We were able to see what progress was being done and also ask questions on upcoming changes, These all of a sudden stopped around the time the last update rolled out. For me I found these really interesting and engaging towards the community, We also had a Community Polls on proposed changes, One of those led to the re-addition to null, which for most it was a welcome return to the server. From the point of last update to now with the upcoming update, We really didnt see any of this happen again. I feel this was a missed chance from Community Leadership as for me it was a big motivator to keep focused on the server and small tidbits showed really good transparency. My question towards community leadership, With the upcoming update, will we see a return of these monthly (or even once every 2 months if thats better) Dev QnAs and will we get more polls for the community to get a chance to steer parts of the update into the popular direction. Cause for me, The wait between updates really hurt my desire to play on the server and just pushed me more into burnout. Lastly, I just want to say Im not writing this to cause Drama or to be overly negative. I just personally feel that previously transparency from community leadership was far better. When the "New" 4 Founders stepped into the vacated roles and reigns were handed over. We saw more communication, a positive enviroment and were open to talking about these issues. Recently I feel its slipped back into the fog, Im just hoping it could become clearer.

+1 bafoon

Good to see you too!

I hate retired people.

-1 STOP PLAYING THIS DAMN GAME BOY

+1 Edgar is a great guild leader I as a Clan Leader can communicate effectively with to iron out any unclear rules, etc. He lets me know if there is an issue or a problem and how to fix it. He is very effective in his efforts to make the guild active and help newer members feel comfortable.

+1 goat

+1 extreme dedication to the guild and would do great as Governor

10 seconds pookie

This. Gears you are well aware of this from your time as Director and Management. I've had plenty of people come to me regarding community bans. https://synergyroleplay.com/forums/topic/26408-global-community-ban-information/#comment-273124 As well as this post going over everything regarding Community Bans and quite literally answering all of your concerns regarding them in your post. If anyone ever has any concerns, questions, or comments, feel free to reach out to a Director!

If you're curious about bans generally approaching a Director+ solves this. How Jad explained it is that if that person is interested in coming back they can reach out to director+ for permissions to post appeals. Community bans are known by all VA+ and anyone who really just asks. Its not really knowledge everyone NEEDS. Jayarr was beamed for threatening the sovereignty of assets synergy deems their own. We all know about Dragon. Sixtas was just general repeated toxicity after multiple warnings iirc. I got this from just asking. As for the development clarity. I agree. For the most part inferring is easy, as just asking around will lead to knowing Bananakin is making our new map. You can find those streams easily. As for updates you can see the implementation phase on the forums. I do though, miss the poll we had for SO and Null It really showed the community had a say in that kind of change. The Dev QnAs were so fun and really kept the hype which we lacked this time around. Glad this isn't another step up or step down post, and glad you mentioned it as I've heard similar complaints from others.

I like your answer. I just wanted to be sure you had time to dedicate. That being said: Please don't fuck up your college grades due to the server. As many shitty jokes I make about you, I know you have the experience. I like you want to help them considering they have been kind of on a balancing act since Spaghetti dipped out. I've always preached to myself that a fun server is a healthy server. Just not in the minge way ofc +1 hope your interview goes well.

i have been preety good at finishing my term, I did 1 1/2 terms of marshal last time, 2 terms of cody and 3/4 of my gregor term the goal for this run is still director but I think having 41st as a battalion I can work and be a part of is something I can do, I wont lie I was a bit hesitant but looking at what I plan on doing with the battalion its not gonna be even close the stress, and once I finish finals I have a extremely long break! I most likely wont go anything past BCMD since HC takes a lot of time where I want to put into staff but I feel extremely confident I can do staff/BCMD like I have done before,

Free Sixta Free Aaron

+1 man of the people

He made me Lieutenant, +1! Don't let the -1's get to you, the Guild is the most active it has been in a while and you've got the skills and experience to reign the outliers of the faction back to what your vision for it is.

+1 goated dude only person for the position

Hey man, from reading this over, I have never been told about Hunters turning off the ER within the past month or so, the only ones I have been told about or seen, were citizens turning it off which is the equivalent of CTs, which I have no control over. The last base raid that happened was on the 20th, and the last one before that was on the 6th, so I don't understand how it happens every other day. If you are doing tryouts, how are we interrupting when we never make it past MHB in any of our recent base raid attempts. I dead ass don't understand the MRDM bounty claims, I don't see any multiple headhunt bounties that are up currently, so I don't know where your getting that info from. Regarding the in game bounty that was placed today, the rules were put in place so a CT wouldn't go around paying people 5 credits to kill an MCMD, for as long as I have been a part of the Guild, LT+ have been able to give permission for bounties as they see fit, they have been able to (ever since Brooklyns first term) go around telling people to kill other people for a certain amount of renown, this permission was given to them so that they could promote RP and hits and Such in game without having to do a full on bounty for it. As for me not RPing, I don't believe this to be true at all, I have been actively participating in events and such, as well as constantly going around on Alias's and such promoting different styles of RP from my typical.

+1 Battalions need a leader that knows when to have fun and when to be serious. This man will do great.

+1 They need a BCMD pretty bad in my opinion so what can go wrong :)

+1 can you stop calling me your kitten tho?

+1 either the battalion stays where it is or it gets better there is no downside.

+1 you will do great

From looking at 41st now, its clear to see that the battalion needs direction and spirit. I think bacta can give that spirit. It looks like the battalion is extremely inactive and there are no systems in place to prevent this or counteract it. I have trust you will lay down your finger when given the opportunity. +1

41st needs an active leadership presence in the battalion and if anyone is willing to step up and help out my home battalion they have my +1

Before I +1 or -1 could you go a little more in depth with your subunit plans? I know you said you want them not to step on each others toes and make them different and unique, I would just like to hear on what you plan on doing with that. Overall though good app, you have the experience and the active to go great.

+1 Bacta definitely has the experience under his belt to make a turn around for the 41st. I think that a good place to start is making the 41st a fun place to be, if people are having fun then they're more likely to not only join the battalion but also stay in the battalion. Best of luck.

yes +1

I’m meat riding Edgar a bit, but I will say that the last three bounties here have been on there for a while. The ones that are listed as lore names are also people that won’t freak out if they get killed by hunters. To be specific, Edgar is very familiar with the people in SOBDE based on his time there, and if there are gonna be bounties that require killing, I’m glad they’re on people the Guild Lead knows to handle any potential issues. PvP has been HEAVILY lacking from the server, and while it doesn’t need to be prominent, BH is a way for people to get some of that action. It was a lot worse a few months ago, but there are much more contracted hunters WITH the Republic as compared to before. Edgar was also one of the people (to my knowledge) to remove Data Heist and Into the Vault BECAUSE it became too hostile and too much like terrorist RP. I tried to complete the Commissioned Bounty to get a trooper to admit that pineapple doesn’t belong on pizza. That was the main focus, we had to kidnap him and force him to say it, but since clones don’t need to abide by FearRP, it was difficult. My group had to start torturing the trooper, to which he miraculously resisted. We tried killing other people if he wouldn’t say the phrase, and he refused. We then tried killing him, reviving him, getting him to say the phrase, then killing him again, and repeat. He refused to say the phrase. Homie just refused to RP completely and there was NOTHING hunters could do. My point is that RP bounties don’t exist as often because people aren’t as opt to RP as they used to, and hunters still need to get renown and have a reason to complete bounties. Sorry for yapping.

You made Zeros LT -1 I’m gonna make a real comment now. You are fine as a guild leader but I have 0 confidence in your abilities to be in-charge of senate. There is no real reason for this promotion to also have that responsibility. Also I don’t see you as fit to be HC involved in HC decisions.

Just a few of the bounties that the Guild has to offer. If you get this position, will the "civilian" faction stop being an excuse to MRDM with no punishment? Will any RP be facilitated in the bounties that you or your leadership team produce? Do you need a Governor position to have your Guild not be almost exclusively terrorist RP? Will there be any sort of quality control in the Guild going forward?

Uh yes +1

+1

Ayo man you forgot to add Dogma to the list

-1 I want to see your plans for the battalion not just a fun place I will most likely change my vote if I see a actual plan

the bans are to cover up the money laundering

This might sound based but after reading everything and going from experience, I will have to -1. Over the past few weeks, I have been observing my battalions ability to roleplay with others. During my investigation, I have noticed it involved a lot of bounty hunters roleplay. In my opinion, the roleplay that bounty hunters do has not changed, every day I see bounty hunters going to turn of the engine room, shooting up BCC, taking people hostage just for the fun of it. Not to be rude but I also see you on the guild lead but I do not see roleplay from you unless you are going to do a base raid, which now has become a common thing as you active base raids about every 1-3 days (which people are assuming now its done just for the fun and not the rp). The base raids are fun; however, time to time my battalion will try to do some roleplay or tryouts and we get killed when we try to not participate. Regarding the MRDM bounties, you have complete control over the bounties, I have been saying it for the longest now but bounty hunters are just terrorist rp. The other day I had a bounty hunter take someone hostage and demanded a pint of ice cream in order to release a hostage. If you were to become Governor, the first thing that must be done is a rework on the attitude of BH and I would also like to see more roleplay from the guild lead instead of just running around base. I would also like to point out how today a in game bounty was ordered on a senator to kill him but it is against your own rules, but you allowed it just because it was fun. Yet you did not let other people order hits on other members because of who they were, it seems hypocritical. Its issues that need to be fixed, even if you don't become Governor.