Hello,
We've been seeking fresh members for Staff lately. I've been needing help in managing things and our moderation team looked to be needing help in responding to issues, conflicts, war dealings and DMing combat in general. There are a number of players who've managed to help so far on their own and Staff members as well, but lately there happened to be more cases for one to handle than usual. If four things start to come into my plate, it becomes a problem! That's why seeking help in moderation and Combat DMs had been a priority the past month. Here are a few people we've hired to help us.
Ayda - A long term HW player, Ayda's recently been helping with whitelist applications and mingling with different folks in roleplay. She'll be helping me manage Mentors- accepting applications if needed- and will continue working on whitelist apps. She'll be the bridge between moderation and mentors when it comes to new players and current players on the server. Kam will also be picking her up under her wing to help manage Spawn.
Blargtheawesome - Another long term player, Blarg has been known to manage the Mens school of magic and is able to manage his own faction. He has experience in dealing with player conflict in combat and is currently aiding Elz in on some aspects of the next campaign. He'll be helping the server in moderation, mostly in combat DMing.
Jazzper - He'll be helping with In-Game Tech and moderating combat DMs if it arises. He has experience in World Edit and has managed his own events. He's mentioned experience as an admin on other minecraft sites as well- and that's sure to carry over to here.
All three will be in a sort of 'probation' period for a month until we finalize if they work well as Staff with players. In that vien, they may pick up other projects if it becomes available. I'm sure there are concerns as many feel, with new moderation aid and who's who- but with a spread of folks on the player field, I've attempted to make sure no bias outweighs any ones opinions or thoughts when dealing with player conflicts. And that moderation does not take on a lull and or ends up taking too long for descisions to become final. I will make sure that continues.
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One main thing that has also been a concern on minds- is the promotion of the roleplay aspect of our server. I'll continue to manage Lore for now with staff help, but allowing freedom of roleplay and giving players the tools and atmosphere has always been on my mind. My hope with our current magic teachers and divine magic folks who put out events- is to slowly spread a bit of magic into the world, if not in a way where everyone is a warlock, but in a way where things occur with moderated player spells and to maintain the fantasy aspect of character lives. Our current Incursion Campaign under
Lannis , revolving around Divines, is also coming to its own close- and although a major arc will be complete, we're preparing for another that'll arrive afterwards.
Elz (managing),
blargtheawesome and
Rygan are working on a Campaign event that'll be the main roleplay atmosphere once Incursion wraps up. That'll be my brief say on this. Stay tuned for things to come and thanks for keeping up with us.
