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[farmerman]

I think you have the right idea but wrong implementation. I don't think the Admins really affect things all that much in the grand scheme of things. Additions and tweaking of moderators would be good, though it seems to be on somewhat of an upswing.

I think it's more the community as a whole. I remember the exact same thing happening before 4.85 was released. When it was released, there was a lot of new people who joined (remember the in game population suddenly spiking to being full constantly?) which brought a lot of change and subsequent improvements. 4.86 may have the exact result. Not to say it's a panacea, but all the major changes have resulted in major shifts - mining and bounty hunting being a couple other examples.

I also think that's part of where the drama comes from. People who join at different times when there's an influx seem to have similar ideas and they're not always the same as others. I recall with 4.85, what people wanted with RP seemed to change. It seemed well before, factions were the driving force around. They could fully enforce their own RP, etc, but it's since become much more administrative-centered. This changed how a lot of people approached things. In both of these cases the old days types and the embracers of change butted heads. But it seems as long as things seem to be going forward, they work through it, with notable examples (eg Akuma (was that it, wow that was a long time ago) and all that broken-record stuff). It just seems things are getting much too stationary.

So, in conclusion, things are settling into a position that leads to drama and confrontation and subsequently need to be stirred up in some way. Or such is my view.

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