[Nicol Bolas]

The other times where something is done correctly, the staff member handling it is still met with backlash from the toxic cliques in this community. 

The only people with any power to do anything about these issues are sitting with their hands up their asses either because they're afraid of a false abuse report and/or an unban request, or because they just flat out don't care. 

edit: Also, if you need proof that the staff don't care, two admins and Dink himself have looked at this thread without saying anything

These two statements are both contradictory and largely false. You say how the staff team gets shit for doing something about it then go on to say staff doesn't do anything. As I mention below I don't think there is a single staff member that doesn't care about the community nor is afraid of an abuse report. Especially consider I am now the sole admin with other duties outside of this community I try and handle everything I receive but as I will mention below it's not just something me, Dink, Fish, Titan, Alora, or other staff members can fix. 

edit: Also, if you need proof that the staff don't care, two admins and Dink himself have looked at this thread without saying anything

Not exactly sure what you want us to say since it's a lot of complaining rather than actual suggestions on making the community better, but I figured I'd give it a go. It really seems to me that there is an expectation that staff will handle it all at once with a magic wand when really it's a community problem that needs to be handled by everyone, not just staff. It's something we all need to look into and work towards being better as a lot of the time any toxicity by individuals is small things that hardly ever deserve punishment. I'd rather not begin mass banning people as you personally know how well that works out. We handle it as it comes in, which I find works better in the long term. 

There are countless bans (recorded in Gbans) for toxicity, harassment, targeting, and more. Saying staff don't care is simply false and insulting to those who care about the community. Both the past and current staff team are some of the most caring individuals of this community and I know none of them actively want someone to be harassed or to be the result of any clique toxicity. 

I'm already seeing things like Ventrilo harassment behaviors (recording someone's voice and playing it back), favoritism, teaming, some staff using their own punishment of choice arbitrarily (not following the handout) and the likes. I'm not going to say who because I already have enough enemies here. 

When it comes to staff discrepancies, teaming, harassment, or favoritism I do encourage any and all to actually bring forth evidence or just say something to me. When nothing is brought to me I tend to just ignore any complaints since I cannot do anything based on word alone. Anything that is brought to me has been handled to the best of my ability. Any evidence brought to me can be made anonymous per request and I highly encourage anyone to bring forth evidence of someone using someone else's voice as a soundboard or etc because I will not let that slide, and will personally ban anyone who continues to do so.

I guarantee you this shit wouldn't fly with the late 2018 - early 2019 staff team.

Looking back with nostalgia and rose-tinted glasses does nothing to help either. It happened when the server started and is happens now. It didn't just magically stop in 2018, I know for a fact I saw plenty of toxic shit when I first joined around that time frame and I know when I became staff it was handled largely the same way it is now.

 I do know for a fact that this year in particular has seen a increase in issues which I largely attribute to the current ongoing pandemic and hostile climate of things outside the community. This year has been hard on quite literally every member of this community. These threads don't do much other than spawn drama and exaggerate issues we know exist and are always working towards fixing.  But I know for a fact the staff teams of all four servers care deeply about the community and always work towards making it a better place. It's an online gaming community, as much as it sucks you can't really get rid of every bit of toxicity. There will always be toxic people, and I have seen far worse communities in that aspect. I do generally care about this community, as I mentioned on Sea Bass's recent post:

I'm still here because I love this community. People give it far too much shit but it's generally a great community with a lot of caring people. It has its ups and downs of course (and it's fair share of drama) but I've made a lot of friends here and want to continue to help the community exist. 

Specifically referring to the server, it's quite unlike many other TTT servers. An incredibly active playerbase, great staff team, unique add-ons, and more are what drew me in to the community and it's why I stay. I'm a firm believer that people talk more about the negatives of the server and community than anything positive. That's mostly a factor of life however. I've made many great friends here and plan to stick around till the end.