Ryzen

The man is an oldie to say the least. He has done his part for Synergy and a few toxic comments definitely is not worth keeping him perma-banned. Although I am unaware of the circumstances of which he was banned, from his description, I believe he deserves a second chance. I mean we gave nightmare a 2nd chance after a similar situation occurred so why should he be any different especially since he has put so much time into Synergy. We need to respect, thank and remember those who have spent so much time building and strengthening this community and hurts me to see ban appeals like this. +1 my friend, I hope to see you around soon even if we didn't really talk much! +1

You are burning out gamemasters by forcing them to do staff duties if they had no intentions of becoming staff but, simply are just so they could become gamemasters.

I understand this and I am glad I could bring about change however I have known Joah for a while and I have heard about similar issues in the past. Realistically, this issue has risen up in the past and it seems like whatever "solution" the server leadership will draw, unless it has complete separation of GM from staff will just be like a band-aid type solution that we are just waiting for it to fall off and then we will have to find "a stronger band-aid".

Encounters are a joke. They have no RP and no VIP will ever take the time to structure out an encounter like a real event requires. They usually are just ways to incorporate PVP in a less non-serious manner.

Agreed. That way the staff that want to genuinely be GM will be GMs and the ones who do not want to be staff can stick with GM. We need quality over quantity.

@medic Thanks dad.

No it does not bypass the point of being staff. People become staff because they want to help the server and the players. Being GM doesn't prohibit that. If people are becoming staff only for the sole purpose of becoming a GM, then your staff team to start just does not have the drive to help the server. People become staff to help players, new and old, deal with those who break rules and ensure that people have a quality experience. That by no means makes them good at making events. Are you really going to dodge the issue behind why the post was made? Events are nowhere near the level they should be. Also are our high ranking jedi and clone officers not trustworthy enough to make GMs? I think some can be and they have worked their way up in the community. It may not be staff but, many worked for their positions. Some are definitely good gamemasters too. Potential is being left untapped and it is a shame because I have kept my mouth shut but, now I feel like it is time to say something because I love the server and community but, this is just upsetting to say the least.

How would events get worse? You cannot tell me that because someone is on the staff team, their events are automatically going to be better, more creative and more immersive.

Are you going to elaborate on that or just simply say that I am wrong because otherwise your argument is invalid and has no weight to it.

What about our commanders who are not in staff? What about officers in battalions who are not in staff or our high ranking jedi who are not in staff. Are they not to be trusted as well because they are not on the staff team? GMs still have to apply and should go through a rigorous trial period and from there, the lead GM can determine whether or not someone would be a good GM. Also, there are tons of people that see how eachother act on the server each day. If someone is a minge and they apply for GM, people will definitely make it known that they are a minge. Why should the server live in fear just because some people "may not be trustworthy". If that is the case, blacklist them from GM. Don't let a few people ruin it for everyone else.

To start, I don't think you understand what staff power are versus gamemaster powers. A gamemaster can spawn in NPCs, ships, props and maybe whitelist to jobs depending on the server. A staff's permissions are to ban, kick, gag, mute, jail etc. They are completely different. GMs should have no power to ban someone or to jail them etc. Just because someone is staff does not mean by any means at all that they will be a good gamemaster. Many people just become gamemaster to help out and progress through staff. You cannot tell me that being a gamemaster determines whether or not someone could make for a good Head Administrator. For starters, an HA doesn't even necessarily have to be a gamemaster so to say that a VA or SA being a GM is a prerequisite for HA or one of the parts that define an HA is a joke. On top of that, our staff that are GMs are definitely getting burnt out much quicker than those staff who are not GMs. GMs being a part of staff is not benefiting the server in any manner.

The point of being staff is to help moderate the server and enforce rules along with help the flow of RP not be disturbed. Their “job” does not by any means have to be about making events. Especially since not all staff are GMs. Staff by default is just enforcing rules and helping players. Nothing more, nothing less.

Encounters haven’t been very immersive and there are many people who just sit in bunks and wait for them to end because they often are not immersive and not that entertaining because all branches try to get in on the encounter which just turns into a mosh pit.

It wouldn’t be straight away. But there should be a different way to become GM without staff. The fact is though that the events right now aren’t happening frequently enough and are not immersive/unique enough for the most part. For a game mode that literally relies on events, I believe something needs to change to allow more people to be GM.

I figured that much however, I am sure that this is not the first time there has been an issue with the lack of events or lack of quality of events or both. We need to find a real solution rather than using temporary solutions.