[Dinkleberg >:(]

Super appreciative that you addressed us as we've been in a weird limbo of confusion.
With this I just wanna ask where you think we all can lax up the most and improve, and what rules need to be more defined so we and the player base know what is and isn't okay/etc. I think that would be great for all of us so we can stop being seen as the "strict" server.

Nuru, the main things I would say need to be "loosened up on" are language and "staff respect". I was on one time when I think I heard someone say "nigga", no hard "r", and this was someone who had been playing on the server for at least a couple hours. The guy was gagged instantly and told to stop using racial slurs. Personally, I wouldn't even have a rule for this if I could get away with it, but people come in and spam the word constantly to the point where I have no choice but to make rules against it. Basically, that guy should have gotten warned 1-2 times before being gagged, especially since he said it one time. This is totally different from someone sitting there spamming the word or using it every other word in a sentence. The guy was gagged for a round and ended up disconnecting if I remember correctly.

Another issue I have is that people are getting kicked and banned left and right for staff disrespect. I realize some people are trolls and cause issues nonstop and need to be handled by staff, but a lot of issues with "Staff disrespect" are stemming from people being prematurely gagged or muted or something along those lines. The thing you have to know about being in a position of any power whatsoever is that people are going to disagree with you. You're going to make decisions that people are unhappy with. But we aren't here to be these players' superiors. We are here to ensure the server is fun for everyone. Try to work with troublemakers, even if they say things that you don't necessarily agree with. I actually remember a previous staff member of TTT who on his first time playing on the server uttered "Dinklebergs' a pussy" after I gagged him or muted him or something. Personally I didn't care, he can think I'm a pussy all he wants. I feel as if this happened nowadays he would be kicked or maybe even banned and would have never came back again. Try to be a little less prideful and realize that some people don't react to being 'punished' or corrected as well as others do.

Thank you for posting this. It gives me a better idea of the direction that your trying to take with the server. A more lax environment to play in would be great if only the trolls would cooperate.

Two things I think are best discussed here that can use a bit of clarification from the man himself.

#1. I personally feel that for something to be official it needs to be posted on the forums, there iare sometimes disagreements between staff regarding certain rules. One example of this would be the 50% visibility rule. Some staff members say that its something that will be implemented, others never heard of it. The person who suggested it is no longer on the server causing further confusion. Another example would be the "dont spam crates" rule, which I fully understand but it should have a documented reasoning on the forums. Anyway these unspoken rules need to be documented or nixed. If something is up for debate or suggested it should be posted here not passed by word of mouth.

#2. Advertising in names. This is something that I have recently seen a huge crackdown on among staff. We can use clarification if having dot GG YT Twitch etc in your name is really coincided to be advertisement. I don't think i need to go into too much more detail but Im sure the staff would enjoy not having to tell people to change their names because of a dot com at the end.

Glad your back Dink

I'll get straight to the point:
#1: The 50% visibility rule is too difficult to enforce, therefore not a rule. If a spot is illegal, it's illegal. Otherwise they are allowed to hide where they are. Also the "don't spam crates" rule also doesn't exist. I changed the minimum item rarity broadcast to rare, let me know if too many unboxes are still popping up in chat, and I can further tweak this setting (this is why that setting exists in the first place).

#2: This is something that I don't care about. If it is JUST their name, I say leave it be. However, if they begin advertising their moat server or twitch stream or whatever is in their name via chat or voice saying "come to this thing in my name", then I think staff should step in and gag/mute accordingly. And maybe if you notice someone frequenting the server with a moat name or something like that you could talk to them about it and maybe suggest that they change it but I don't think forcing name changes is a good way to keep players around.

If anyone has any further questions/concerns regarding staff conduct please bring them up here and I'll address them. Thanks to everyone who has posted so far.