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Originally Posted by Derubael [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I will add that some of you have valid points in regards to the community. Raising the population on red is a server-wide effort. There is only so much we as a staff can do to foster a positive environment for new players.

To be fair, yet critical, there has been a lot our guides and GMs could have done to help the server grow.

I'll tell you one thing: the most vocal people here on these forums are typically the most inaccurate, unintelligent, and biased. 90% of the posts are people coming to the defense of their guild with ad hominems directed at whomever they feel merits it.

Very few here write like you did in your OP, and hardly anyone thinks about these situations critically. I'm not sure if you ever got to skim the VZTZ boards, but the few voices that could actually make sense and talk about something like the adults they currently are were a huge minority.

People don't seem to realize when their post starts with "That's fucking stupid" or "You're an idiot," they look like ten year olds. The sad irony is that GMs on VZTZ gave into the demands of people like that, which consistently compromised the server's integrity (aside from the already terrible coding). Voidd (from VZTZ), for some reason or another, actually went into depth on those boards about how the races should be separated as nature always intended it to be, so naturally, my skepticism for the future of that server was always careening between barely alive and absolute disaster.

I recognize that P99 staff isn't immune to reason, but you need to do a better job of listening to reasonable people. Not only that, you need to make it known when those people are being heard by you. Show that you're involved on the boards when discussions like these are going on and people are making valid points. Not once in a blue moon. Always. You need to treat reasonable people like your electorate. Show support for ideas or things people in the player base say and shitty behavior will decline. Regardless of how you see it, people, on some weird level, admire the staff (otherwise they wouldn't be here). You're the role models here.

People who can't voice their concerns like adults don't deserve influence. It's very simple. If they act like ten year olds, you can be certain they'll blow this place up like one.