LadyPhoenix wrote:GMSignBreaker wrote: If you want to leave, the door is to your right.
DRG was made to get away from the corrupt actions and history of previous servers. DRG was supposed to have
new ideals and revolutionize Dragon Raja by embracing the community. What happened to the dream of having a server where new players would fall in love with DR like we all did so long ago and we would not have to use the motto I quoted above? Maybe I was alone in sharing that dream... but I still consider that quote as a very previous servers-like mind set. grofire and proacker may talk out of their asses a lot, but you still can't deny the fact that they have contributed positively to the community in some way.
proacker: about the technical support, you have to understand that the GM team cannot endorse having players add someone to their msn outside of the game and sometimes allowing that person to remote control their computer.
To the GM team: You are not respected because you are not professional. I know probably better than anyone else about your situation... but the majority of players are not in my shoes. All they see is failed deadlines. Bugs. Problems not solved. Player issues not solved. GMs that argue with players on the forum. You can help 100 payers but if 1 person's problem isn't solved, it's that 1 person that will make a ruckus and the community will see. Be more professional and perhaps the community will stop doubting you.
If you wish for us to be professional about this, we would close/delete every single complaint thread instead of engaging it. Instead, I have tried to bridge the gap and misunderstandings. But when you get a few vocal players saying unreasonable stuff, then that goes out of the window. Failed deadlines, bugs, and unsolved problems are nothing new. Every game goes through such ordeal. And how can you blame us for such negativity? When we ban players for breaking the rules, we get called out on being incompetent and corrupt. That is PRECISELY why we are "not respected." And as a matter of fact, I will say grofire and proacker has NOT contributed in a positive manner to the server. All they do is raise hell and talk out of their asses, to quote you directly. And if you really know better than anyone else about our situation, then you would not be saying the stuff you are saying.
If you actually look at the ruckus, it isn't the one player's problem that isn't being solved that is causing the ruckus. Please carefully go back and search through all the ruckuses caused by the few vocal players. That's right, they're ALL about someone being banned. The only point I will concede to is engaging in argument with players. That is precisely what I have tried to avoid. But there's a line that needs to be drawn on how much misinformation and negativity we will tolerate. That line has been drawn, crossed, and dealt with. I will call people out on their misinformation and negativity. Part of being a community GM is not only answering questions and engaging in positive communications, it's also dealing with negative propaganda. I could deal with that by deleting every single one of their posts, but that is only evading the problem.
If these players really did want to contribute and not merely spread negativity, they would engage us through PM about why they think we were wrong. But they are doing it in public so that they can cause ruckus and spread misinformation. I've already dealt with players complaining through the PM system and even though I disagreed with them, I had respect for them to go through the proper communication channels to address their grievances. Part of the reason why I made this topic was to combat the misinformation and negativity and contain it all in one thread.
It may not seem like it, but we are disciplined and organized when it comes to dealing with bans. Part of that discipline is not throwing out screenshots and logs to prove a player deserved the ban. That would make things much easier for us, but it also opens up a can of worms. That is the reason why we are so disciplined about it.
And this is my message to people who got banned and their friends: stop hacking, stop AFK leveling, and you won't be banned. Tell your friends not to engage in such behavior and everyone will be happy. We do not forgive hackers period.
GMSignBreaker