Rhododendron

Honestly this should have happened a few weeks ago imo. First I still want to be staff but i think this position should be someone who can handle it. Honestly life came on me quickly the last few months and it has taken a lot of my time and energy, I could keep writing some big useless paragraph but the long and short is I havent been doing my job as DM and I think there are people here that can do it more justice than i have. Ill hold on to if for anything that i might need it for until next promo/demo for what i can do to help @Liekos who has been doing so much. @Ohstopyou @Rejects @scootloo i hope you guys can find someone who can help lightne liekos' load.

If you want to get unbanned, use the contact form and stop circumventing the ban.
 
Closed.

i've made a tutorial featuring @Nomulous @Forest @Rhododendron @kbraszzz @Hachi @ThePenguin
 

Pinoy, Warrior, and Aegean are all banned for a week after reviewing chatbox. Thin Ice rule is in play if they do it again itll be a long time before they are welcome back

RPG Surf DM

BouncyBullets now correctly adds velocity change to old velocity
HP Regen base price increased to 10 (from 5)
Exp earning changes to make killing higher level players more rewarding
Increased max exp per kill to 100 (from 50)
Kill exp decreased to 3*player level (from 10)
Assist exp decreased to 1*player level (from 2)



Note: The first DB reset will be 3/15/16 and will occur every 2 months after.

You put the whole MOTD into the description of the guide. You need to create paragraphs and separate it out by topics for it to be useful.

No it was removed since you can go to the ban protest sub-forum and simply click CREATE BAN PROTEST.
 
This is closed. Create a ban protest.

No it was removed since you can go to the ban protest sub-forum and simply click CREATE BAN PROTEST.
 
This is closed. Create a ban protest.

did i do it right XD

Me semi trying to actaully draw in paint #rip
 
 

 
 
dat hand doe (I hate myself)

Only thing that will be needed to show some love.
;);););)

Yeah I should have discussed this with the rest of the CLs. I apologize but I respected Stickz opinion and trust him in his judgement. @Stickz , CLs do have a say in every division, even the ones they aren't active in. That's the whole point of a CL, to oversee the operations of the entire community. Someone needs to fill that role and the CLs do just that.
 
I need you to be more active on the forum, both of you. Otherwise we cannot keep funding aspects of the GMOD division or any venture you wish to pursue for the community. We NEED public appearances from everyone, especially on the forum and Teamspeak.
 
This is my fault. How we go on from here is up to the CLs.
 

 
This is something you must deal with, as all this infrastructure and community structure needs to be regulated and rules in place for it to run smoothly.

I'm completely fine with the promotion, assuming activity is increased on forums AT LEAST. Teamspeak is something we can aim for as a long-term goal. =)

I'm going to have to disagree.
 
The Community Leaders here have huge obligations to the clan as a whole, meaning EVERY division that makes up XenoGamers, not just the ones we choose to be active in. I'm primarily a Team Fortress 2 player, but that doesn't mean I don't have responsibilities to the other divisions in the clan. Our MAIN responsibility is ensuring each of our Divisions are properly maintained and overseen, which we entrust mostly to the Division Leaders. But that doesn't mean we alleviate input altogether. We're still responsible in making sure the staff positions are filled with qualified individuals. That's why we do Promo/Demos and don't offhand that responsibility to the Division Leaders.
 
The Division Leader's job, as you have done, is to ensure their division is well staffed and well maintained. But you also have a direct responsibility with the Clan Leaders to deliver your decisions to us in a timely matter as to allow us the opportunity to let the rest of the clan know what is happening under the hood. You pull the strings in your division and we relay the message. We trust that the DLs can handle these decisions, but we still want to work directly with them.
 
So this is where the issue stems from. When you make such a large decision in your division, we NEED to know about it. We have a set routine on how things are handled. Every two weeks we have open windows of communication with our Division Leaders so that they can report to us who is being promoted and to which position. Once again, it is the Division Leader's responsibility to report these promotions, then manage their staff in a way that they can become effective at their jobs when the promotion goes live. The issue here is not that you decided to promote someone. The issue here is that you decided to do it without alerting us or getting our feedback beforehand, which causes issues on our end, especially when it comes to reporting these changes with the rest of the clan. It's an inherently big issue when people get promoted and aren't maintaining minimum expectations, such as activity on forums or on Teamspeak. We can alleviate these problems and help to coach people, but only if we are told about them beforehand.
 
It sounds to me like you found someone highly qualified for the DM position in your Division. I don't underestimate your decision. But it also sounds like you're purposefully stepping out of line to rush him into his position. That isn't how things are done around here. Our protocols are also your protocols. You follow the rules just like everyone else. That means no, you can't simply say "I like this guy, he's a good guy. He's DM now." You have to talk it out with the CLs first. Come to US and say "I like this guy, he's a good guy. He should be DM now." ESPECIALLY since that person is very inactive on forums and Teamspeak. It's how we handle EVERY promotion, position be damned. Mods, Admins, DMs and DLs. If we see something we disagree with, we openly communicate it. We just don't want any ill coming from something like this, but I can already see it happening. Guaranteed, next Promo/Demo, that thread is gonna be filled with "who r u", and THAT'S the problem we want to avoid.
 
We're not trying to waste your time. We're simply trying to explain why such hasty decisions cannot be made on the fly, and why you NEED to communicate with us before such decisions are finalized.

@Rhododendron is now banned.

xd memes are now bannable posts

Downloading it now

CS:GO guides are all up and formatted and on the servers, except for the bug with parent paragraphs. Tell me when that's fixed and I'll get that formatted too.

Tried to post a guide, but the only section I am able to post in is "General". All the other sections are grey'd out. =/
 
EDIT: Scratch that. It's working now.

I rather keep it localized to the forum to drive more traffic here. Also I hate jumping around to multiple websites tbh.

Just in case anyone cares:
 

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Added X-Accel-Redirect headers to attachments so they are served directly through the web server and not PHP. Faster website and less load on the machine (it was already extremely low but it can never be too low :3 )
CSS Cache live again. Serves the files through actual CSS files and not the PHP combiner.
 
Guides will be going live soon, once the fix is posted.