04-01-2012, 04:44 PM
Or, you know, instead of being afraid of rank gaming starting over again, we could take a stand and not promote people just because they ask us and guilt is into it. Will people beg OPs for promotions constantly? Probably. That's their own damn problem to get over though. We're trying to create a system that works for the server as a whole, and not one that caters to those who merely see ranks as something to go "Ooh, shiny, I want, gimme now." We're never going to be able to create a system that works for everybody. We want to create one that works best with our server philosophy an is the most practical. If people care about rank games more than that, then why should we even worry about trying to please them?
Having said all of that, I do think there are a few changes to be made to the ranks. Well, not so much the ranks themselves, but the power we give to OPs to hand them out. The way I see it, no single OP should be able to promote someone above Builder. Promotions to Honored new to be handled as a group decision, and we should set up a private section of the forums for OPs to discuss promotions to Honored and Architect. This would let us be stricter on promotions, and woul prevent people being promoted simply by pestering OPs until they find one who will promote them.
I advocate keeping the proposed rank names as is. For as long as the server has been around, we have always had a rank called "Builder". I think w should continue that tradition.
Having said all of that, I do think there are a few changes to be made to the ranks. Well, not so much the ranks themselves, but the power we give to OPs to hand them out. The way I see it, no single OP should be able to promote someone above Builder. Promotions to Honored new to be handled as a group decision, and we should set up a private section of the forums for OPs to discuss promotions to Honored and Architect. This would let us be stricter on promotions, and woul prevent people being promoted simply by pestering OPs until they find one who will promote them.
I advocate keeping the proposed rank names as is. For as long as the server has been around, we have always had a rank called "Builder". I think w should continue that tradition.