Malcovent
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Hi Everyone,
As part of the overhaul we've purchased new dedicated server(s) for a variety of reasons - But namely to save money. The donations cap should soon be dropping to reflect this decreased amount.
As part of this process, we're moving all Minecraft servers & teamspeak servers to their new home and address at -
FAQ
Q: Why were the ranks renamed?
A: For simplicity, Admin & Moderator are universal names used in almost all games. Getting a standard staff name across the board made things simpler than having different staff names for each server. Simpler for us and simpler for players.
Q: Why were vetop & trusted removed?
A: We felt the roles had no concrete definition, What they did or were seemed to range server to server - In the interest of avoiding rank saturation, we feel it's best to remove a rank if we cannot give it a uniform concrete definition of responsibilities.
Q: I think servers should have a custom array of ranks to support themselves
A: Whilst we understand the logic behind this opinion, you have to understand that if we had - for example - 8 game servers, and all decided to use a different rank structure - we could easily end up with close to thirty/fifty different ranks. Which would serve only to confuse new players. It is our opinion that having a uniform rank structure helps to identify staff.
Q: Will other gameservers have these ranks?
A: Yes, with the exception of controller. It was felt by many server admins for minecraft that the controller rank was still an essential rank, however this rank will be phased out in new games so that it is for the time being ~ simply Server Administrators & Moderators.
Q: Will you ever consider expanding out ranks?
A: Perhaps, but we would want to see a definite need for it before we considered the creation of a new rank. Past experience has shown it's all too easy to end up with several staff ranks and no concrete definition for their responsibilities. Delegation of responsibility should be a necessity, and not taken lightly.
Q: Have any new servers been confirmed?
A: No, But i expect plans for new servers might be confirmed later today.
As part of the overhaul we've purchased new dedicated server(s) for a variety of reasons - But namely to save money. The donations cap should soon be dropping to reflect this decreased amount.
As part of this process, we're moving all Minecraft servers & teamspeak servers to their new home and address at -
lobby.EscapeRestart.com
Please note as part of this process a number of changes are taking place, Including
- All Minecraft servers on the new server are now running the latest version of Minecraft (You WILL need to update your Minecraft.jar to the latest version to play them)
- Staff ranks are now as follows - Server Admin ~ Controller ~ Moderator (Trusted & Vetop no longer exist).
- Whilst the current lobby map is being used - this is only temporary. We hope to release a new lobby more fit for the change in structure sometime shortly after moving all servers across.
- Currently we're migrating servers one by one - so only rituals of fire and A&T is open. Other servers that we opted to keep will soon follow.
FAQ
Q: Why were the ranks renamed?
A: For simplicity, Admin & Moderator are universal names used in almost all games. Getting a standard staff name across the board made things simpler than having different staff names for each server. Simpler for us and simpler for players.
Q: Why were vetop & trusted removed?
A: We felt the roles had no concrete definition, What they did or were seemed to range server to server - In the interest of avoiding rank saturation, we feel it's best to remove a rank if we cannot give it a uniform concrete definition of responsibilities.
Q: I think servers should have a custom array of ranks to support themselves
A: Whilst we understand the logic behind this opinion, you have to understand that if we had - for example - 8 game servers, and all decided to use a different rank structure - we could easily end up with close to thirty/fifty different ranks. Which would serve only to confuse new players. It is our opinion that having a uniform rank structure helps to identify staff.
Q: Will other gameservers have these ranks?
A: Yes, with the exception of controller. It was felt by many server admins for minecraft that the controller rank was still an essential rank, however this rank will be phased out in new games so that it is for the time being ~ simply Server Administrators & Moderators.
Q: Will you ever consider expanding out ranks?
A: Perhaps, but we would want to see a definite need for it before we considered the creation of a new rank. Past experience has shown it's all too easy to end up with several staff ranks and no concrete definition for their responsibilities. Delegation of responsibility should be a necessity, and not taken lightly.
Q: Have any new servers been confirmed?
A: No, But i expect plans for new servers might be confirmed later today.
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