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In my opinion, discovery should not need an admin team. The spirit of the rules, roleplay and (in my opinion) fair play, should be things which are just instilled within the players as they arrive here. A situation like this would mean that at no point would punitive or reactionary measures be required in responce to breaches of the rules.
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The passive and opinionless people are just as bad for the admin team as the needlessly angry and hostile people. How can you know if you're doing the right thing, if you recieve no feedback? It's your job as players to ensure the feedback you're giving is constructive and helpful and doesn't consist of deliberately trying to make people angry.
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As someone who is an admin in two different communities, one with 3 servers, one with like 10, I can relate to the stress being an admin has at times.
Granted, the servers I'm an admin in probably only have like 4000 or so people who join them fairly regularly. Not sure how much traffic the Disco server gets, but based on the 90k or so users registered on this forum, I am guessing it's quite a bit more than only 4000 people, which translates into a lot more work and stress.
In the time that you've been an admin here, I have to honestly say that you've been one of the best ones I've seen around. You are genuine, caring, and always accepting of anyone's mistakes. You squashed dummies when you had to, and you helped new players when they struggled.
In all the time I've been here, you were the best.
The admin team has lost a great member, but we have gained a wonderful player.
Thank you for all the hard work, Joe. Take a rest.