what we may need is guides. - a team to filter the sanction reports before they are passed to the admins. and a team that evaluates the faction submissions. and finally a team that watches over the server-forum and writes up a report of all hot topics weekly to keep the connection between the base players and the admin team intakt.
guides should not have administrative powers in terms of what they can or cannot do, - but their vioce should reflect a more official statement.
a lot of bickering and unhappyness resulting from lengthy forum discussions may be avoided if admins ( or in that case guides ) had stepped in with at least a semi official statement to settle it. - instead ppl burn out arguing with each other and growing more and more unhappy with how things work - mostly out of uncertainty cause no one knows who is in their rights or wrongs.
again, the server is quite healthy - its the forums that cause problems from times to times. - the tone on the server is quite civil most of the time even, with draconic sanctions on foul language etc. - but the forum contains much harsher comments from time to time, - more personal insults and many many more attacks on people - and that mostly cause no one can tell whats really "right". - the discussions usually circle around interpretations and once they points of view are cleared up ppl start posing with their experience and ingame powers. - i had often wished for a clear word from an official to clear things up before they got ugly. ( even if its about RP things )
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