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The servers aren't dying because people are reaching endgame, that's a biased statement if you consider getting good armor/elytras endgame. Towny & Factions (if setup properly) adds extra elements to the game such as managing a town or base raiding. Unfortunately, every faction revision has ruined the server by having insane world borders which makes finding other factions an impossible task. Towny on the other hand has consistently retained population from those who enjoy building and the vanilla survival experience minecraft has to offer, but it eventually dies off because people get bored.
 
The problem with minecraft aside from botched setups is that xG lacks players who enjoy raiding or building enough to sustain the population of our servers. We're also not gaining any new players, there are too many established servers that offer a better experience than our out of the box factions & towny.
 
Mod packs is probably the right move to keep interest for longer but requires more resources and setup than your traditional spigot server setup. You also need a good computer to handle some modpacks so that might restrict a few interested players. Regardless I think its worth trying to setup, obviously factions/towny hasn't been working out so maybe its time to try something new........

The servers aren't dying because people are reaching endgame, that's a biased statement if you consider getting good armor/elytras endgame. Towny & Factions (if setup properly) adds extra elements to the game such as managing a town or base raiding. Unfortunately, every faction revision has ruined the server by having insane world borders which makes finding other factions an impossible task. Towny on the other hand has consistently retained population from those who enjoy building and the vanilla survival experience minecraft has to offer, but it eventually dies off because people get bored.
 
The problem with minecraft aside from botched setups is that xG lacks players who enjoy raiding or building enough to sustain the population of our servers. We're also not gaining any new players, there are too many established servers that offer a better experience than our out of the box factions & towny.
 
Mod packs is probably the right move to keep interest for longer but requires more resources and setup than your traditional spigot server setup. You also need a good computer to handle some modpacks so that might restrict a few interested players. Regardless I think its worth trying to setup, obviously factions/towny hasn't been working out so maybe its time to try something new........

Why are you selectively reading my quote?
I never said stopping the nonsense in #csgo was a childish power trip. Your participation by feeding Steven is childish, and calling it a "flamewar" when it was just Steven freaking out while other people are trying to input valuable opinions is borderline a power trip (hence, I never said it was actually a power trip).

Why are you taking that warning out of context? That was generalized towards people arguing over the 10man tag usage, not Rabid's response.
 
Rabid's response to that is purely derived from the fact Hong not only participated in the argument, but decided to carry it on. To carry on an argument for as long as he did then threaten to end it by using his discord powers is extremely childish and borderline a power trip. It should have never happened in the first place.
An argument is an exchange of opposite views with the attempt for parties involved to reason with each other. Saying an argument will get you nowhere and that people will "stick with their ideologies" is both false and projecting your own opinion.
Chat spam is meaningless and pointless messages, an argument over certain policies is not chat spam (xD).
You accidentally permanently muting him wasn't even the problem. The fact you muted him in the first place was the problem, and people even agreed it was unwarranted.

If you actually believed the mute was deserved you would have proceeded to fix your mute to be 30 minutes. Instead, you decided to stop talking and not mute him at all (wow this probably should have been done by staff during the argument).
 
Lastly,
If you're going to be staff please don't be so sensitive. Yes, Rabid's comments were unnecessary but your reaction to the severity of what he said screams you are emotional and can respond irrationally if rubbed the wrong way.

I don't get this.
 
@Topaz I don't want to argue over semantics, we're each entitled to our own opinions and how we view the situation. Your justifications to what I said won't really change my mind for the most part, although I do agree with most of it.
 
P.S. I never said the mute had unwavering support, 3 people in chat disagreed with the mute and more in VC (hence why I said some people). Stop trying to argue for the sake of arguing (I'm really not interested at all). Regardless, as a staff member yourself you should realize the mute is a bit silly. Ig the additional warnings prior to that kind of justify the mute, but even then no one felt that way after the unmute so whatsup with that?

I don't get this.
 
@Topaz I don't want to argue over semantics, we're each entitled to our own opinions and how we view the situation. Your justifications to what I said won't really change my mind for the most part, although I do agree with most of it.
 
P.S. I never said the mute had unwavering support, 3 people in chat disagreed with the mute and more in VC (hence why I said some people). Stop trying to argue for the sake of arguing (I'm really not interested at all). Regardless, as a staff member yourself you should realize the mute is a bit silly. Ig the additional warnings prior to that kind of justify the mute, but even then no one felt that way after the unmute so whatsup with that?

Why are you selectively reading my quote?
I never said stopping the nonsense in #csgo was a childish power trip. Your participation by feeding Steven is childish, and calling it a "flamewar" when it was just Steven freaking out while other people are trying to input valuable opinions is borderline a power trip (hence, I never said it was actually a power trip).

Sad to see you step down but your mental health is more important.
 
Goodluck!

Yea i used to at like 90 then people started posting negative reactions for stating an opinion and its pissing me off. All i get now are negative reactions and I hate. I get they are just reactions but to have the same 3 people put "Salty" on every post I make is pissing me off.

im in

opt me out of the raffle 

Yeah if someone destroyed my fake base I would be as composed as you.
 

Heading to Navy boot camp tomorrow morning and I won't be coming back for a hot minute so this is goodbye till then. Hope everyone has a good summer and toodles.

Yeah, I know. People that were once part of the community they loved dearly, and helped establish a great server with wonderful people, cool organization and leaving it in the hands of some great people come back a year later, and find that it's been dumbed down and replaced by people who defend fetish porn sprays then asks themselves "Why does this person hate me" is the worst thing to ever happen to this community. Gain some perspective.
You think I do this for fun? Spend my time looking at my past work, at the community's past work, talking with older members of the clan like some jaded football players, reminiscing about the good old days back when it was a fun? I do it because I give a poop about stuff I've helped the community worked on, and don't like it being ruined by immature kids who think they know everything about the world when they haven't even hit their twenties.
This is the exact behavior I'm talking about. Instead of asking "Where do you think this is going on?" or "Where you do think we need to improve?", you immediately start defending yourself and then complain that all of your problems somehow involve old members. And threatening to leave? If you can't handle criticism, you don't deserve to be here. Get gone and stay gone, or grow a spine and ask what you can do to make this a more enjoyable experience.

Can we have a serious discussion about the nepotism going on in this clan? It's absolutely absurd.
Take this thread for instance...
It's about an admin using a suggestive furry porn spray. I personally believe that this shouldn't be happening, especially by someone who represents power in the organization. One person, @NitNat offers this suggestion:
He made a simple statement, and within five minutes, he got four replies and the thread was closed by the very same people he's referring to.
It's the community right now. A lot of them don't want to admit it, but the best way to get moderator isn't to show that you're hard-working, constantly on the servers and reminding others of the rules, but instead get real close to the current administration until you've got a spot in their private discord, at which you're pretty much a shoo-in all the way to administrator. Nobody wants to admit it though, because if they did, the facade would crumble, and they would have to take responsibility for their actions. If you looked at XenoGamers in the past, the best way to get staff positions was to be hardworking. Now all you have to do is talk up admins, and if you're a furry, it helps.
I'm really sad to see the dying division head down this path, but there's not much you can do besides look at them and laugh. Take what happened to me for instance. I changed my name to "tired of the tf2 badmins" and had the same group of people defending that it was justified, and not the clear overreaction it was. Was anybody punished for not obeying the handbook? Nope. I got my sentenced reduced to a day, even after the leader told them it was ridiculous.
There's a reason I take breaks for months, and come back for a few weeks at a time. I enjoy playing TF2, but the community here has gone to poop with all the favoritism and staff taking things way to personally. I really hope yall can get on track with this. I'm tired of having to walk on eggshells, but if you can't handle some banter or even some lite playful trolling, then what the fudge are you doing being a mod in the first place. I refuse to acknowledge anyone that gets seriously angry about what a person says about them on the internet, especially if they have some semblance of power. Grow a thicker skin, or step down.
 
 I tried to put this as civilly as possible, and if the thread gets closed, then so be it.
This is pretty much the last post I'll ever make on these forums anyway. Maybe a goodbye thread.

I'm just going to talk about this for a second, because I've not said anything about it until now and I really feel like I need to say it.
I go back on what I said before when I banned you. I was an idiot and I've learnt from it now, so I'm sorry for banning you for a month. Luckily, I've learned from that experience and I feel a lot more confident when it comes to bans and such

I was gonna make this huge long post about sprays and bias and whatnot when an idea came to me...
Here's my suggestion, and I'm prepared to get negatively rated into oblivion for this, but why don't we just disable sprays server wide?
It's been proven, time and time again that players and staff feel completely differently about sprays and their subject matter. Even to a point where I have seen players (some of which are even staff now or were staff) argue with staff members that their spray is allowed since it follows the rules but the staff member personally doesn't believe so (even while another staff member allows it). This has even caused some players to purposefully alter their sprays so they're not "technically" against the rules, but still pushing the lines (again, this has been done by current and past staff members).
The CS:GO Division doesn't have this issue. You know why? Because CS:GO doesn't have sprays (at least not to the degree of TF2's system).
So either we come to a global agreement and clarify rules even more so, which has been tried many times and we still have this issue, or we just disable the spray ability and save TF2 staff another headache they don't need. 

Unfortunately, we are here to say goodbye to one of our own, TrollFace aka Asa. Trollface was one of the original members of the community and one of the first higher ups alongside Silence. We found out of his death a few days ago from his girlfriend, and we'd like to formally give our condolences on the forums. XenoGamers would not be where it is today, if it wasn't for him. 
I wish his family and loved ones all the best, and remember to always show your appreciation to your friends and family cuz you never know when they might be gone.
 

Hey guys, Owl here. I've been around xG for a long time, and I have heard the rumors.. But is it really true?! There is no way that our beloved Co-Leader, @Aegean, is actually a terrorist, right?!?! B-but... His hostility in his words... His retreat to Turkey... I just don't know anymore. After all, no innocent man would get swatted, right? Especially by the Canadian police. Maybe he's taking out his frustration from Quinn's status in the League of Legends meta out on the general public? I'm not sure. I would really appreciate if someone could clarify this for me.
 
-Owl-sama

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