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[x339 *BANNED*]

Originally Posted by Laptop65

I believe it's up to the user themselves if they want a name change, they only have it changed if they ask, if they don't want it changed, then it won't be changed.

Still confuses me how some people get so worked up over name changes.

Sarcasm bro....sarcasm...

Anyways to stay on topic: Good job to all the new mods.

[Giddy]

While we are on the topic of name changes, I'll state my opinion with some examples.

Up until a year or two ago, name changes were strictly prohibited even to the staff team. For example, The Viper 000 and Nathan', both staff at the time, requested name changes several times but to no avail. The Viper wanted the zeros gone and Nathan wanted his apostrophe gone. As you can see, both were minor changes. If I remember correctly the first name change since the original name changes (smr, ryan, etc.) was You_jew who later became NickV. This was the first name change in years, however I believe this was necessary as you_jew is condescending. After this, names were changed even though unnecessary. For example, Finniscool, [N]ick, jimmy, louis, jcash, the list goes on and on. As you can see, after this event, name changes occurred more frequently and were handed out more leniently. Change like this only creates problems. It confuses people, shows favoritism, and IMO actually looks unprofessional.

tl;dr name changes shouldn't be allowed.

Originally Posted by Giddy

While we are on the topic of name changes, I'll state my opinion with some examples.

Up until a year or two ago, name changes were strictly prohibited even to the staff team. For example, The Viper 000 and Nathan', both staff at the time, requested name changes several times but to no avail. The Viper wanted the zeros gone and Nathan wanted his apostrophe gone. As you can see, both were minor changes. If I remember correctly the first name change since the original name changes (smr, ryan, etc.) was You_jew who later became NickV. This was the first name change in years, however I believe this was necessary as you_jew is condescending. After this, names were changed even though unnecessary. For example, Finniscool, [N]ick, jimmy, louis, jcash, the list goes on and on. As you can see, after this event, name changes occurred more frequently and were handed out more leniently. Change like this only creates problems. It confuses people, shows favoritism, and IMO actually looks unprofessional.

tl;dr name changes shouldn't be allowed.

Hahanerd45 to Hahanerd was alright though.

[Noam]

Originally Posted by x339

Noamyoungerm isn't exactly unprofessional, in fact it's his name, which isn't silly at all. However I don't really have an issue with name changes, I just felt like pointing that out.

Also I vote to change Pk Frenzyy's name to Pk Frenzy because that extra y bugs the shit out of me.

I'm actually considering getting that changed to just Noam
I can't tell you how many times people have fucked it up because they couldn't read it.

haha... I still can't pronounce it, but I think you should keep it to be quite honest.

Tmoe - Good job on taking down some spam reports over the past few days.

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Everyone - The reports get handled a lot, lot faster lately which is awesome. No-one likes a backlog (:

Yes, I don't think i've seen more than 1.5 pages since I got the job so really great job to everyone, especially those who I was promoted with.
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This is probably the strongest I've ever seen the Staff team. Keep it up

[They be trippin]

Originally Posted by Scottay

This is probably the strongest I've ever seen the Staff team. Keep it up

I have to agree. Nice job everyone! Keep it up

[isuckathalo1]

Also A+++ for Superman for being on live chat today! and for being a super offline ninja... Keep it up your all doing a great job

[x339 *BANNED*]

Where'd all of our admins go? Verts is the only one I see post anymore.

It's nice to be doing behind the scenes work and such, but as admins you should be out on the forum associating with everyone, posting, and participating in the community. It also wouldn't hurt to try and facilitate sythe more and help it grow.

inb4someone says staff have other priorities

Tbh it's not that difficult to make atleast 1 or 2 posts a day, or when you have some free time on the computer, which I am sure you do, to get more active in the community. Admins have a big role to fill, and it's not just all "behind the scenes" work.

[Wolfdog]

Originally Posted by x339

Where'd all of our admins go? Verts is the only one I see post anymore.

It's nice to be doing behind the scenes work and such, but as admins you should be out on the forum associating with everyone, posting, and participating in the community. It also wouldn't hurt to try and facilitate sythe more and help it grow.

inb4someone says staff have other priorities

Tbh it's not that difficult to make atleast 1 or 2 posts a day, or when you have some free time on the computer, which I am sure you do, to get more active in the community. Admins have a big role to fill, and it's not just all "behind the scenes" work.

I've seen a few admins post recently, but not nearly as much as I used to.

Many of the admins at the moment DON'T have the time to make those few posts a day... While I can't speak for them, I know their schedules are just as hectic and crazy as many of ours are.

[x339 *BANNED*]

Originally Posted by Wolfdog

I've seen a few admins post recently, but not nearly as much as I used to.

Many of the admins at the moment DON'T have the time to make those few posts a day... While I can't speak for them, I know their schedules are just as hectic and crazy as many of ours are.

I have never seen decent activity from the majority of the admins in my entire time of being on Sythe. Maybe if they don't have the time to devote to sythe, then they shouldn't be admins.

It's nothing personal, I really don't dislike any of you, it's just like I said before, the admin role is a big role to fill, and the lack of activity is really hurting sythe.

I have been here for a little over a year, and over that time hardly anything has changed. Sure we get a new section or a new mod once in a while, but nothing really ever changes, and it's slowly hurting sythe. Over this past year I have seen the community slowly die down, and lose its spark. It really isn't the same bustling hub of activity that I came to over a year ago and it sucks because I can see that the possibilities for the site are endless, yet nothing is being pursued. The reason for this is because there is no admin on enough to really make changes, and when a normal member tries to make a change, they might gather good support, but ultimately nothing really happens.

This is also starting to effect the communities mentality towards change as well. It seems that whenever a suggestion is made, it's instantly put into a black or white category. What I mean by this is if it's been said no to before, it's instantly cast down. It is refused to be even discussed. This has given people the impression that what we have is what we have, and any other kind of change is not acceptable. Maybe a tweak here and there, but nothing else will be considered.

Again, this feedback is to ultimately help sythe grow, and hopefully bring about some change before things are broken beyond repair. Besides, we need something to rekindle that spark again.

Originally Posted by x339

Where'd all of our admins go? Verts is the only one I see post anymore.

It's nice to be doing behind the scenes work and such, but as admins you should be out on the forum associating with everyone, posting, and participating in the community. It also wouldn't hurt to try and facilitate sythe more and help it grow.

inb4someone says staff have other priorities

Tbh it's not that difficult to make atleast 1 or 2 posts a day, or when you have some free time on the computer, which I am sure you do, to get more active in the community. Admins have a big role to fill, and it's not just all "behind the scenes" work.

Please keep in mind that every administrator has a full-time job. Not all of them are lucky enough to be able to access Sythe during work hours.

The reason for this is because there is no admin on enough to really make changes, and when a normal member tries to make a change, they might gather good support, but ultimately nothing really happens.

Could you provide some examples, please

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haha.. wrote a whole staff feedback and accidentally backspaced. Just wanted to say that I love you all and think that the staff is stronger than it has been in quite a whiile. Sectionals are doing an amazing job keeping things clean and having the RaS and RaSc up to date. Globals are more active than I've ever seen and are all really great, genuine guys. I have legitimate respect for many of you after getting to know y'all. Admins are less active lately but that's fine. We all have lives and those are more important than a website. (Although It's great seeing Verts around the SF and elsewhere!)

Video-- You're doing a great job with the ban disputes. Very professional.