[80%] 
The poll I created had more votes for keeping the server up then not.
Things are going to change..
What's changing for our guests:
Titles: Titles are received once you are promoted and said title will reflect your rank. Only donators have the option of having a custom title.
Builds: If your build is not somewhat visually appealing you will not get promoted. End of story. As you progress through the ranks and you hone your skills your builds will need to get progressively more detailed and more visually appealing in order to obtain a promotions.
Personal Maps: There is no more "Maptrial", it's too much of a hassle to try to keep up on. Once someone hits the designer rank they will get a map with their name on it using the default dimensions 256x128x256 - 512x512x512.
What's changing for admins:
Promoting: Don't promote unless a build actually appeals to you. None of this "I feel bad" crap. Give constructive criticism, and make an effort to teach them different techniques! Anyone found easily promoting will be stripped of their moderating capabilities permanently."Can I get a promotion?" You: "No." Them: "Please?" You: *No response* OR "Here is how you can add more detail..
Moderating the mods: Higher ranks are responsible for those under them. Managers+ are responsible for making sure people aren't promoting easily, and behaving childishly. If you're a mod, you represent TIM, if you represent TIM, you represent me. Do not act like an ass in global chat by arguing with guests or the latter. Try to be professional!
Less staff: This is still something i'm considering.
Banning: I've always noticed the banning problem on TIM, you guys (including myself) go nuts with the /xban command. This is no longer acceptable. I would appreciate if you would take the time to actually give someone the benefit of the doubt. Do not ban unless you have proof of at least one of the following:
A) They have removed or added more than 10 blocks across a single map. (Ie. Oh this guy only removed 1 block, but i'm going to ban him anyway hehehe *trollface*)
B)They have caused substantial damage. (Obviously)
C)If you catch them doing something wrong.
If I find that you are not following "proper procedure" for banning somebody, and you're just banning to ban. I'll be more than happy to strip you of moderating capabilities permanently.
The Demotion of Staff: Once you've screwed up and have been removed as a staff member there isn't going to be anymore "Create a demotion appeal." It's permanent. If the admins were to promote you again it would make us look like fools in the eyes of everyone else.
Admin Inactivity: If an admin is demoted to the 'inactive_admin' rank then he or she must make a post verifying that they've read the rules and changes/updates thread, once this had been done they will NOT be promoted back to their original rank, instead they will be made a promoter. If inactive more than once, a possible permanent demotion will be discussed.
What's changing for the server:
1. Possible lobby change.
Server updates will be listed below.
1/13/2012: Updated automated messages, cleaned up the admin ranks, and started clearing levels. -Chef-
1/14/2012: Server was updated to McForge 5.4.0.4 See changelog in spoiler.
Things are going to change..
What's changing for our guests:
Titles: Titles are received once you are promoted and said title will reflect your rank. Only donators have the option of having a custom title.
Builds: If your build is not somewhat visually appealing you will not get promoted. End of story. As you progress through the ranks and you hone your skills your builds will need to get progressively more detailed and more visually appealing in order to obtain a promotions.
Personal Maps: There is no more "Maptrial", it's too much of a hassle to try to keep up on. Once someone hits the designer rank they will get a map with their name on it using the default dimensions 256x128x256 - 512x512x512.
What's changing for admins:
Promoting: Don't promote unless a build actually appeals to you. None of this "I feel bad" crap. Give constructive criticism, and make an effort to teach them different techniques! Anyone found easily promoting will be stripped of their moderating capabilities permanently."Can I get a promotion?" You: "No." Them: "Please?" You: *No response* OR "Here is how you can add more detail..
Moderating the mods: Higher ranks are responsible for those under them. Managers+ are responsible for making sure people aren't promoting easily, and behaving childishly. If you're a mod, you represent TIM, if you represent TIM, you represent me. Do not act like an ass in global chat by arguing with guests or the latter. Try to be professional!
Less staff: This is still something i'm considering.
Banning: I've always noticed the banning problem on TIM, you guys (including myself) go nuts with the /xban command. This is no longer acceptable. I would appreciate if you would take the time to actually give someone the benefit of the doubt. Do not ban unless you have proof of at least one of the following:
A) They have removed or added more than 10 blocks across a single map. (Ie. Oh this guy only removed 1 block, but i'm going to ban him anyway hehehe *trollface*)
B)They have caused substantial damage. (Obviously)
C)If you catch them doing something wrong.
If I find that you are not following "proper procedure" for banning somebody, and you're just banning to ban. I'll be more than happy to strip you of moderating capabilities permanently.
The Demotion of Staff: Once you've screwed up and have been removed as a staff member there isn't going to be anymore "Create a demotion appeal." It's permanent. If the admins were to promote you again it would make us look like fools in the eyes of everyone else.
Admin Inactivity: If an admin is demoted to the 'inactive_admin' rank then he or she must make a post verifying that they've read the rules and changes/updates thread, once this had been done they will NOT be promoted back to their original rank, instead they will be made a promoter. If inactive more than once, a possible permanent demotion will be discussed.
What's changing for the server:
1. Possible lobby change.
Server updates will be listed below.
1/13/2012: Updated automated messages, cleaned up the admin ranks, and started clearing levels. -Chef-
1/14/2012: Server was updated to McForge 5.4.0.4 See changelog in spoiler.
- Spoiler:
- v5.4.0.2
- Added new command:
- /search - Allows you to search all the blocks, ranks, players, and commands. (Does not support Custom Commands).
- Modified MCForge Heartbeat to reduce site load.
- Fixed an issue where physics would cause random CPU usage spikes.
- Fixed an issue in /mute that counted everyone as offline.
v5.4.0.1
- Fixed an issue where auto-updated users did not download a vital .dll file.
v5.4.0.0
- Fixed SQLite on Mono.
- Fixed a chat bug which would cause all players to crash.
- Fixed numerous small memory leaks.
- Fixed numerous typos.
- Fixed an issue where putting a "-" at the front of a message would cause the "-" to disappear.
- Fixed the issue where all "%" characters were removed from chat.
- Fixed an issue in /botai.
- Fixed an issue where chat in IRC from the server would appear white, often becoming invisible on light colored backgrounds.
- In global chat, developers names are now prefixed with '[Dev]' if they are on a server and use /global.
- Added a new gamemode: TNT Wars.
- Added Commands:
- /ascend - Teleports you to the first free space above you.
- /copyloadnet - Loads a copy from a network location.
- /copysavenet - Saves a copy to a network location.
- /descend - Teleports you to the first free space below you.
- /opstats [player] [today]|[yesterday]|[thismonth]|[lastmonth]|[all] - Displays information about operator command usage.
- /quick [function] [block] [type] - Cuboids the selected function instantly. Available functions: cuboid, pyramid, replace, replaceall, replacenot, spheroid.
- /tntwars (shortcut /tw):
- /tw list - Lists all current games.
- /tw join <team/level> - join the game on <level> or on <team> (red/blue).
- /tw leave - leave the current game.
- /tw scores <top/team/me> - view the top score/team scores/your scores.
- /tw players - view current players in your game.
- /tw health - view your current health level.
- /tw rules - View TNTWars rules. (You can also send these to the map, all players in a TNTWars game, or a single player)
- /tw setup - Sets up the TNT War game (For more info use /tntwars setup help).
- /translate - Shows whether translation is enabled or disabled.
- /translate toggle - turns on or off personal translation.
- Added C4 block (use /c4 to place).
- Added Automatic Translation. Disabled by default (/translate is related to this).
- Added an option to only allow people with premium minecraft accounts onto the server.
- Added a Command Usage Register which sends information on how often commands are used to MCForge Devs. This can be disabled.
- Added support to /write for more characters. Some new characters include: [ ] { } < > ; | ` ( ) ~
- Added a configurable startup script for linux/mac users (mcf.sh).
- Added Plugin API Events (Examples on how to use can be found here: http://pastebin.com/NZbdJvkK)
- OnBlockChangeEvent.Register(delegate, Priority, Plugin)
- OnBlockChangeEvent.UnRegister(Plugin)
- OnMessageRecieveEvent.Register(delegate, Priority, Plugin)
- OnMessageRecieveEvent.UnRegister(Plugin)
- OnMySQLSaveEvent.Register(delegate, Priority, Plugin)
- OnMySQLSaveEvent.UnRegister(Plugin)
- OnPlayerAFKEvent.Register(delegate, Priority, Plugin)
- OnPlayerAFKEvent.UnRegister(Plugin)
- OnPlayerChatEvent.Register(delegate, Priority, Plugin)
- OnPlayerChatEvent.UnRegister(Plugin)
- OnPlayerCommandEvent.Register(delegate, Priority, Plugin)
- OnPlayerCommandEvent.UnRegister(Plugin)
- OnPlayerConnectEvent.Register(delegate, Priority, Plugin)
- OnPlayerConnectEvent.UnRegister(Plugin)
- OnPlayerDeathEvent.Register(delegate, Priority, Plugin)
- OnPlayerDeathEvent.UnRegister(Plugin)
- PlayerMoveEvent.Register(delegate, Priority, Plugin)
- PlayerMoveEvent.UnRegister(Plugin)
- Added shortcut /ms to /measure.
- Made some changes to the way that cuboid, paste, line, etc... work to make them lag less.
- Made it so the CLI Console can now use adminchat, opchat, and whisper chat.
- Made some changes to /votekick to make it function better.
- Made it so people can now whisper to hidden players of equal or higher rank.
- Modified /tp so it is now /tp <player1> [player2]. Player2 is an optional parameter and will move player one to player two if specified.
- Re-added shortcut /m for /repeat (Due to complaints.)
- Removed /zombiespawn due to it being able to crash servers.
- Revamped /review, so it now uses a queue.
- /review enter - enters you into the review queue (/review does the same for those who can't use /review next).
- /review next - will take an op to the next person in the review queue.
- /review view - lists everyone in the review queue.
- /review leave - using this will remove you from the queue.
- /review clear - clears the review queue.
-There is a new tab in the properties window for /review.
- Using @@ before a message will send a whisper message to the console.
Last edited by Chef on Wed Feb 08, 2012 11:50 pm; edited 4 times in total
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