Another Staff Resignation

[Shas'la T'au Kais]

Zeus, I got 4:1 odds riding on you man

[Troll King]

Then would you also like to see staff make announcements when they axe staff members as well?

[Epinephrine]

Bah why'd you leave Reaver. You made me waste all the time debating stuff with you and explaining stuff with you about staff

[Reaver]

First off, I want to apologize for just writing "Meh, no comment" in my first post, it was sort of a joke to break the ice, and at the same time I was letting everyone know that I am no longer a part of staff. I didn't write a long post because I didn't feel it necessary to pick away at things already wrong in TW, simply because others have already picked out the majority of problems in TW.

[Reaver]

Dock>

[SooN]

The other day I was in baseelim and I saw a mod ban a guy for saying something along the lines of "Fucking Europeans...Fucking Americans..." and he said the same thing about different countries. The mod banned him for racism towards Europeans, or something very similiar to that. I persued the mod and questioned why he did what he did, and reported it to upper staff. That mod, as far as I know, has not yet been suspended and/or axed. Because I did what I did, the guy who was wrongfully banned had either his ban compeletely lifted, or the ban time reduced to one day, I don't know.

Staff bans on racism are seriously going to far. My Co-cap got banned for calling ME a "nagger" in twd chat. Arch Angell banned him becuase he said " I seen the term "nagger" used racisly on the Chappelle show. My friend doesn't even know what the chappelle show is. Also another time i was banned for saying "cracker."
How can you be banned for words you don't even know are racist?

[Acidmouse]

Someone calls me a wigger i say nog and get warned. welcome to zeus world.

[Capital Knockers]

Then would you also like to see staff make announcements when they axe staff members as well?

Thats not up to me. I'm just saying if people feel like sharing their reasons for leaving staff on the forums, that this is one of the best places to do it.

[Vykromond]

Please don't turn this into a thread about racism.

[dchao]

Wow, staff are dropping like flies. Gl to you Reaver, wherever life takes you.

[Edify]

OMG!
i was just thinking about saying they are dropping like flies while reading the posts.

[Cranium]

Kevin

Kev, your my boy, ill miss u in staff, but i know ull always be there! ive never met u but it seems like i have, without u and dav, i would still be in pub. I owe a lot to u guys and i just want u to know that if u need anything im here for ya

god i sound like im in love :wub: hahahahahaha

[Reaver]

I don't think he's going altogether is he? .. Just quitting staff

I can't see how people can claim to want to help the community but still quit staff? How can you help without the abilities your position presents you?

By quitting does that make you a Martyr? Or is it simply giving up?
I just don't see the point...

It's not my style to give up, and I don't know what I was thinking.

[Reclusion]

Quick! I Need Some Attention, Too! I Quit My Moderator Position In Hockey Zone!

[ToKeD]

this is what me and reaver came up with called "tw congress"

Well I thought this was a perfect idea but i was wrong thinking they would spare the power and let others in staff have an equal say in things.


Reaver and I have come up with an idea in regards to rules and regulations. We believe that it would be best if new rules and ideas are brought up, similiar, in fashion to that of the U.S. government. There would be a comity of staff personal that represent their according position. The comity would consist of 4 smods, 3 mods and 2 ER's. This makes it so that there are an uneven number of congress members, so that things voted or discussed upon cannot result in a tie. Each different position would represent the rest of the people in that type of position. They would bring to the group topics of discussion that their position is concerned with. For example, ER representatives would bring to the group, concepts and ideas that involve hosting or somthing similiar. It would be conversed amongst the group, and then those representatives would be responsible to disperse the information amongst their fellow members of staff (of their position type).
Because ZH's will only have 3-4 weeks before they become an ER, we will have one of the trainers report to them. We believe, that because each staff position will be represented, (excluding ZH's) everyones concerns will be dealt with accordingly. This will help greatfully with the lack of communication between upper and lower staff. Each representative will be the "Middleman" in which they are in charge of how they establish communication between members of staff that are the same position as themselves. If any rules are deemed excessive or unnecessary by DoCk> then the congress will abide by his notion and take his words as the final say in all matters.

We believe this can go as far as it needs to, it could only deal with rules and regulations, or, it could in fact also deal with the repremanding of staff members for abuse or the promotion of staffers. The possibilites of a TW congress are endless and in effect, more effective, it could be used for much more.

We believe this idea, of a TW congress will be beneficial for multiple reasons:

- Increased communication amongst staff members of all sorts.

- All opinions will be brought to one table, with staff from all ends commenting.

- Rules and regulations will be discussed, reviewed and critiqued on a regular basis.

- Representation for each position of staff. The representation makes sense as it is setup, because the smod's have the most experience and influence, they have the most representatives. Mods have the second most representatives, because they have the second most influence, experience and notariety. ERs will have the 3rd most representatives because they have the 3rd most influence and experience.

- A more democratic system of governing for the game, rather than that of a dictatorship (in sense).

- Additional positive effects of this concept will come along, depending on how much influence TW congress is given (It depends whether TW congress is established only to regulate and discuss rules and policies, or if it is assigned more tasks, such as I those stated above)

- The advantages of nine opinions over one person are obvious. One person alone establishing rules is to say the least, insufficient. Their opinions and ideas cannot effectively reflect the wants and needs everyone. The U.S. Supreme Court has nine justices that work together to, in a sense establish laws and determine boundaries and guidelines. We believe that the TW congress wil function in a similiar aspect to that of the U.S. Supreme Court.

In conclusion, we can establish Trench Wars staff like that of the U.S. government, with DoCk> residing as the leader of the executive branch, TW Congress acting like the legislative branch and/or the Judicial branch. (There could be an additional council that is in charge of recruitment of new staff, or TW Congress could deal with this as well) We believe with this type of setup, people will have a much greater say, and Trench Wars will function more like that of a democratic system. Alot of these ideas are up for constructive criticism, though we believe that establishing a Congress of staff members functioning like described above, will ultimately result in increased communication, productivity and in turn have the rules function like that of the U.S. Constitution (constantly changing and adapting as new things arise). Some things we have not included in this post because we believe it is necessary to hear other input before we can comment on it, so please give constructive critism and add ideas (minus bashing on the U.S. government and its comparison to this process, as it is just a comparison).

put up your opinions fast cause this will probly be moved since its a double post even tho one is on staff's private and the other one was moved cause wadi doesnt want the public to see it