[Important] Staff Lists

[ThunderNikk]

So some of you have read the private server advertising rule adjustments as I can see by the views and some of you have not.

I have been somewhat lenient on the rule regarding a staff list and I am creating this topic because the leniency is not going to last and I want to explain my leniency and also I want to explain a little reasoning behind EPVP administration wanting staff lists.

So first and foremost I have been lenient on this one rule in particular so far because I have been enforcing most all of the other rule adjustments that we were making a little bit before the drafts were complete and we had them in place. Some of you may recall a while ago the sudden enforcement of the "No discord only server advertisements because they show a lack of effort". Well it is also in the official rule adjustment now. This staff list rule is the only one I was not enforcing earlier. So this is the one new rule that came with the adjustments that no one is really used to yet. Please get used to all of the rules because there are reasons administration wants each of them in place.

The reason: The staff list makes it easier to track who is running servers and how often. EPVP is trying to make improvements for our community members that include making sure that reasonable effort servers and services are being provided. This helps everyone track who is opening servers and how often and will help curtail a little bit the servers that open and close and then are reopened under a different guise a short time later to disguise who is really in charge. I see it all too often myself where a brand new forum member with 1 post to their name and it is their server advertisement. Well please provide the staff list as stated in the rules.

I am going to give the leniency for this rule adjustment probably about another month to give people a chance to start preparing and getting used to this new change but I am eventually going to start enforcing it as much as any of the other rules and server advertisements that do not contain one at that time will be removed.

To summarize: Those of you that have already started advertisements that contain a staff list or have edited your advertisements and added a staff list, we see you and thank you for doing so. Those of you that have not yet please make sure you do so because the clock is ticking and rules are rules.

I invite discussion on this so I am leaving my thread open for now please keep it civil. I like things better when they are civil discussions.

[yosiemelo]

Well, I know at least a few people who open a new server every time under a different nickname. How could you even verify that? I don't think it's doable unless someone who knows something gives you a hint, but even then, that wouldn't be solid proof.

This community is so small that you could easily start assuming every new nickname is just someone you already know using another alias. But that's getting into paranoia territory xD