I can't talk for other members of staff not addressing PMs, but the risk of being accused of this - and being unable to efficiently defend against an accusation of making no reply - is why I've pushed for transparency. I'm sure you won't believe it, but back when I first met SigmarPriest in early 2015 I was already pushing for a public ban and appeal forum. Sadly, the server had not reached the stage where he felt such a thing was necessary. I talk of transparency protecting GMs as much as players for this reason.
If a topic gets locked, it means there's nothing more to address on the subject. A thread asking about a ban duration, like many other threads on the forum, is vulnerable to shitposting, so if a GM locks after their answer it means one of two things:
1) QAQATL
2) The player in question knows the information already and is causing trouble
Needless to say, appeal posts get locked immediately UNLESS I see there is something of potential value in the topic, which is why, as you mentioned earlier, members of the community get to post about certain aspects of GM behaviour and staff procedure, and not others. This staff relies on community pressure as a prime mover when it comes to policy change, so if my only choice for progress is to selectively enforce the rules for the sake of reaching a more transparent state in which we can avoid situations like this, you can be very sure that I will do so, because my hand is forced.
Regarding quoting me out of context: Sorry, but that's laughable. Almost anything you can find in 3500 posts will be justified in context. I follow the simple principle of appearing human on the boards, and I do not put up any kind of professional barrier. This is deliberate. So if people expect anything but a sharp response to their being stupid from me, when such a response is all that needs to be said, then they don't know me very well, and I won't apologise for that.
Regarding never receiving a message: The messages I left for both your accounts were included in the exile. When attempting to chat, pm, etc from the exile zone, you receive a GM message stating the duration of the exile and the reason for it. I can't prove that you read it, but if precedent is anything to go by (see: lying about Github), I'd wager you saw it and are relying upon plausible deniability, because you appealed the ban. That's fine. It just means we have to include a mailer to make sure there is absolutely no excuse.
Balance complaints in a staff conduct topic... skip skip skip. All I'll say on that is that I don't agree with AM and Shaman dominance in 1on1, but I don't have the power to efficiently adjust that yet as it's a combination of many factors. Also, more Order bias.
Regarding the WL kick: Yep, I wouldn't have kicked for that. Warning first, because it can happen accidentally.
So, what did we really learn here? We learned that enforcement can be inconsistent, and we learned that a transparency initiative which we are already implementing, and have received no credit from you for, would be of benefit for dealing with future issues of this type. I see nothing here which is remotely close to discrediting any of us as being on a "power trip".
It would really help if you didn't post stupid comments like that. I'm aware your guild feels like you're persecuted. I can assure you we, the staff in general, do not care enough about you to persecute you. You've done nothing to us that would cause us to take the risk of abusing power just to attack you. Yet another reason we need transparency, as I'm sure that temp ban on Phantomdrake was misrepresented nicely.Nastylicious wrote:And locked in 3.2.1 xD hmm weird xD no offens but we know what will happend soon....
Now that I think about it, I'll move that one to the public forum.
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