[JesseTheUndeadCowboy]

honestly
why are we pretending it's a big deal

the promotion issue has never been an admin issue, it has always been a dink issue as he's the one with that power, not admins, more admins don't fix that, it's something every staff member is used to by now and is more of a meme than a problem at any given moment, there's almost always someone at least semi-available to do quick things if someone doesn't have their role yet, that's more of a staff communication issue at that point, shit happens. that's not to say more admins aren't need it, but presenting it as an issue that needs resolved immediately or people will grow discontent is funny, everyone is always just as discontent as every other day but right now they have a cause they can blame

staff inconsistency will never go away because there will always be something new and slightly different that requires a judgement call, honestly players need to relax, if they do something that gets punished and someone else did something similar and didn't, more than likely it's because them doing it impacted someone's enjoyment of the game more than the other instance, as that's what it typically /really/ comes down to

there isn't an actual disconnect between staff and players, that's something i've heard from certain groups in the playerbase ever since i started coming on and it's just not a thing, even before i was staff, the people just like to spread that around to discredit staffing decisions at every turn, ultimately they're more often than not in the wrong because they're doing whatever thing they know they shouldn't be, and get in trouble for it, waaah

a post just like this is made quarterly, no one has brought in fresh ideas or shone light on a new issue with them, and nothing will get solved, because ultimately some group of people will always have something to complain about, and when that group complains enough, it makes everyone think there's an issue, and then everyone is complaining about a non-issue

The problem is it take things forever to get done around here and something needs to changed. Others have stated this time and time again and the cycle repeats itself until something is finally done about the way things are handled regarding changes to the server. Heck, even some former admins have sort of admitted that as shown in this thread.