I would like to make a few points. First, This pestering is most likely caused by the fact that were giving the players too much ranks in too less time. We gave the players the chance to be able to get a promotion once a week for 8 weeks possibly. The longest time i went without a promotion when I was a normal player was 2 months(t7 to t8). Sometime during that long wait i stopped caring. I have a feeling if players are forced to wait that long there should be much less pestering. Also, The fact that most promotions wont be decided by one OP should also contribute to pester reduction.
Second, What makes you think simply abbreviating ranks will cause people to be more polite? there still ranks either way and people will still pester to get them. There isn't anyway to completely eliminate people "wanting rank games" without getting rid of ranks entirely. Getting rid of all ranks would cause problems as well, if we give players a lot of permissions then guests could easily abuse them and if we gave people not many permissions then players would be too restricted and all those great plugins we have would go to waste.
What already has been proposed is our best chance really. There are a few problems with the other idea actually. One, We have over 10,000 unique visitors that are or have been on the server. Going with this will make converting all these players MUCH more difficult. Two, These prefixes might make rs ranks a bit more confusing. I don't think its worth the trouble really. If we REALLY need to we can get rid of the architect rank. I guess it isn't entirely necessary. Also, I'd prefer to call builder "member". I just think the name better suits the purpose.
Second, What makes you think simply abbreviating ranks will cause people to be more polite? there still ranks either way and people will still pester to get them. There isn't anyway to completely eliminate people "wanting rank games" without getting rid of ranks entirely. Getting rid of all ranks would cause problems as well, if we give players a lot of permissions then guests could easily abuse them and if we gave people not many permissions then players would be too restricted and all those great plugins we have would go to waste.
What already has been proposed is our best chance really. There are a few problems with the other idea actually. One, We have over 10,000 unique visitors that are or have been on the server. Going with this will make converting all these players MUCH more difficult. Two, These prefixes might make rs ranks a bit more confusing. I don't think its worth the trouble really. If we REALLY need to we can get rid of the architect rank. I guess it isn't entirely necessary. Also, I'd prefer to call builder "member". I just think the name better suits the purpose.