james8470

wow, this is actually a huge diversity of candy...

Welp, here's mine:

and also...

This... went badly for you didn't it. :rip:

Until now I didn't know posts were 'hidden' for too many negative ratings.

What's the cap anyways? 5 negative ratings? maybe 10?

The reason why it makes sense for members to vouch for members is because they are giving input on who would be a valuable member for their own community, which a non-member shouldn't really have input on. BUT non-members do spend time on our servers, and they are good witnesses to members who are good representatives and giving staff to them does affect non-members in the servers they play on.

I had a hard time following that...

Couldn't the same be said of non-members vouching for member applicants? I mean, they also see good potential members as well as good potential staff.

What makes a little more sense to me is that non-members shouldn't determine who among them is a worthy member, otherwise it'd be akin to letting strangers welcome themselves xG (although, buy that logic why should "strangers" be allowed to help determine who actually runs and moderates xG?)

Is this kinda what you meant to say?

We're no strangers to love

You know the rules and so do I

A full commitment's what I'm thinking of

You wouldn't get this from any other guy

I just want to tell you how I'm feeling

Gotta make you understand

Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down

Never gonna run around and desert you

Never gonna make you cry, never gonna say goodbye

Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

We've known each other for so long

Your heart's been aching but you're too shy to say it

Inside we both know what's been going on

We know the game and we're gonna play it

And if you ask me how I'm feeling

Don't tell me you're too blind to see

memexd

also fuck you if you use dark mode >:[

That's akin to erotica

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That is supposed to be removed *ahem* @Rhododendron @Aegean

I think you can still speak because James spoke up for me before he was member

Yeah, you can in fact post on staff app threads (obviously, since Tatost just did), but you can't post at all on member apps.

It's weird, you'd think staff apps would be more important (or rather, more meaningful to the future of xG) than member apps, although it does make sense that members should decide which new members we should add. Why not staff as well? IDK :emoji_slight_frown:

+1

Amy easily has what it takes in terms of experience. As far a friendliness goes, we haven't had many encounters together in-game, but from what I've seen of her on the forums she's been super friendly and knowledgeable.

I'm impressed with how well written this application is, too.

+1

I've known Sora for awhile now, we've been good friends and he's constantly online TGH.

He's been on xG for a long time, and I think he'd make a great mod. He's got the right balance of authority and friendliness for the job in my opinion.

GL Sora (y)

+1 Seen her on a few times, always is nice & respectful

A: 8

M: 8

I've said, many a time before, Idle isn't a clan. Also xG is my primary affiliation.

No worries, mate, cool your jets! :eek:

I know you've been questioned abruptly, but I didn't call it a clan, I said 'so called multiclanning' in reference to what virr said.

Regardless of if it's a clan or not, I want to know what types of multiple affiliations you can have...

and I was asking Aegean to further clarify what this means since their is a clear contradiction between his and virr's statements.

Hmm, I might wait a little longer to apply since you've only been on for three days.

Try a week or two maybe?

@DepOptimist Just to clarify, we have 0 issues if you play on their servers, write on their forums if you do join us. Thanks for the clarification :)

So would he need to declare xG as his primary affiliation or anything?

Or is so called multiclanning perfectly ok after all?

Something I would like to address with this, is now there is the potential that players simply don't know staff are on at all if said staff are using staff titles and haven't spoken in chat. Not only that, but if staff are using tags in their name this still could leave newer players to the server oblivious to situation, and use calladmin as it's may be the only way to address the issue in their eyes.

 

In short, I agree

Really good point there, I know staff like not having to put tags in their name, but since some staff change their names frequently like Vector it's hard to tell if there's any online. You could always ask, but of course newer players (or even experienced players who simply don't think to ask) like Elcark & Moosty pointed out might jump right to calladmin.

So yeah, I'd have to agree banning for /calladmin when staff are online (even when no ill intent) is pretty outdated rule, particularly for this reason.

Thanks for reporting it, but...

Wouldn't it have been better to PM staff with this? I mean, now we all know how to do it even if many knew how to before anyways.

To answer why I didn't apply sooner...

Well, this actually is my second time applying. When I was told you needed to be a member to have tags in your name, I tried applying ASAP, but I didn't get any ratings. I wasn't well known on the servers then, nor did I have a mic that wasn't busted up.

Then, the application changes were going on, so I waited another 2-3 weeks. Part of the reason I waited so long is because I wanted to make sure that I'd be a worthy member of xG by the time I reapplied, regardless of the new application system.

Thanks for all the friendly comments so far btw ;)

Ayyyy so apparently members can't comment on other member apps, but non-members can on staff apps. :eek:

+1 because I've observed we're a little understaffed right now, and I think we have a good candidate here.

I hope we can count on you to be proactive!

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Oh Sh**********t I hope your back heals soon!

Try eating ginger, drinking aloe verde juice (buy from store). Maybe Turmeric, too if I remember correctly.

They should all help relieve inflammation, reduce pain, plus give your immune system a boost.

No staff should run away with hub credits. It's entirely pointless and they would just get demoted or something.

So just about any Admin/DM/DL can do it?

Do mods have enough perms?

Oh cool! I love events like this!

Probably need some dedicated and trustworthy staff to organize them, though?

I mean, what was the suggestion, exactly? Simply try to organize more of these events or incorporate an automatic system which allows betting/gambling of credits?

I'm going to remain neutral on whether or not to keep it.

Only played on it twice, once today and once like 2 months ago, and haven't had any particular annoying experiences on it yet, although I see the potential for the map to become rage-quit material (platforms, snipers like me :sneaky: >:)). IDC if it's "abstract".

But really, we have other maps which are just as if not more annoying. Some are even glitched or just busted up. For example, 3D land shows a bunch of annoying shadows everywhere for me, plus a few others I've heard of the mic. I think it's just me, but I can't join the server when cyberpunk is up.

We could profit from a few staff who would be willing to take on the extra work of adding/removing/updating maps, which others have correctly pointed out we've become lazy on.

Quoting myself from a previous thread (source) because this is somewhat relevant to the whole "make a new board" concept. Also, I'm not sure how anyone could possibly be "off-topic" when posting in the General section of forums.

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As for the whole anonymous board, it's pretty well exactly as Silence put it back in the day; a 'Bad Idea'. The concept was that it would allow Players to speak out against abusive Staff without fear of being judged or scorned. That being said, it just turned into a place where people would fling insults, flame each other, and just spawn racist or offensive shit-storms that no gaming community would want to be associated with. I don't think it would be the best idea unless rules were to be put in place that rule against any derogatory, offensive or graphic content; however, even then I would still be hesitant because we're a Gaming community, not a discussion forum for Politics/Religion/etc. If anything, see if you can convince @Rhododendron to create a separate blog or something for that kind of content. The Xeno Gamers' forums should remain focused around gaming and other creative interests in my opinion :coffee:

Mmmm, good point

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On second thought, I think I'll wait until I'm good enough for iron even.

Just had my ass handed to me for a few days in tf2center and I don't feel confident to try this

I would like this if this can be alongside having an Accepted / Declined bar beside the thread as well that higherups can set.

 

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So imagine instead of TF2 it says Accepted or Declined

Wait wut ._.

Also, I have a forum suggestion.

We REALLY need an "off-topic" forum in the creative section,because, say, someone wants to ask "who likes to cook?" and share some of their favorite recipe websites, and others can then share their recipes as well.

Forums like this help to build community & friendships, and beyond just video games*

Yeah, I know about the forums in creative section, and that's great! But what about all the other arts and hobbies in the world? It'd be weird to post something off-topic on one of the creative section forums, and also weird to post in the general forum as well.

Alright, here are the Hub Category Icons

Still working on more :p

 

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*I am aware the server shop icon background color doesn’t match, I will fix it.

 

@Rhododendron @Aegean @james8470

Thank you so much for this, Patriot!

I thought this idea would go straight to the graveyard, but you actually did it!

Just wondering, which program did you use to design them?

Hello everyone!

This unusual was SOLD FOR 10 KEYS + ITEM OVERPAY

It's not entirely your fault so don't feel too bad. There is just a lot that needs to be done and unfortunately you just don't have the skills at the moment. It'd be nice if we could get someone who knew enough about the server side stuff to maintain the server. As for population minecraft is already a slow game when it comes to population anyhow but it's more of how popular servers will keep bringing in new players because they have higher voting ranks. The fact that you're the only staff I've even seen on minecraft for a while doesn't help either. The issues stem from lots of things that aren't in your control to be fair. I am curious on what will happen to the server as well but I can definitely hope for the best ^-^;

I actually joined the server myself, and only Spooks was online.

We talked about the server, and the many current bugs and glitches and some possible ideas on how the community might fix it, even when our admins (as dedicated as they are) can't.

So, first thing I noticed without even talking to Spooks was that the /store command didn't work (no permission).

I made a plugin, it took me just 5 minutes to write and compile. When you type /store, it does this:

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It even plays a cute little "ding" to when you run the command :3

I mean, little things like this many of xG's members could do!

I know it takes a little bit of extra work on the Admins part, but why not just post the config files online somewhere, then allow the community to edit them? An Admin could then pick the one with the best configuration.

This could save a LOT of time on configuration, where MANY of the problems (Spooks tells me) originate from.

Believe me, I ran a Minecraft server for two years and my biggest folly was not accepting help from the community because I was worried about them abusing powers (and rightfully so, actually). But something like this would allow xG to work on improving the server as a community, without any risk of abusing any kind of powers because there are none to be abused.

Just an idea.