Best Posts in Thread: Actual question for you meepcrafters

It's a holiday Monday, and the server has 26 people on it.

There is almost no hope of gaining many more players because you're running a blacklisted server

The server just brought back a tech who facilitated the deletion of everything...



What could VKL possibly do that is worse than the situation you're already in?

(Welp, I thought 7ace was asking why VKL was accepted, not why not, but I guess my point still stands)


But seriously, since ya'll already blacklisted. Lift the family friendly crap (Cause shilling $300 ranks to kids isn't that friendly), accept the position you're in and begin letting in the masses again.

 

I'm sorry, I just don't get why you guys don't want VKL as mod. It makes absolutely no sense.

How are you guys not bored of the typical staff member? Hell, half of the staff team literally has the same personality, you know what I'm talking about, the kind of personality where they're scared to not act super positive all the time and have the stupid snap chat filter selfie/anime profile picture.

How do you guys not go on your knees and beg for someone like VKL to offer to join your force? Finally, some variety! VKL hasn't changed, and thats wonderful, it shows that he doesnt want to conform. I'd like to stress that last point. Every single phenomenal staff member (Deinen, Rosenow, Jackl, Sjoe, Muunkee, Klutch) wasn't afraid to conform, and thats what made them good staff members. They werent afraid, like some of our current staff members, to act 100% fake all the time.

Itll provide some much needed excitement, and there's literally nothing bad he can do. Seriously, whats the worst thing he can do?

 

When I was staff and @VKL_ReWinDzz applied I was stood practically on my own on the day of voting so I'd be confident that it was a landslide vote this time.

Making Frank a staff member would've increased the return of old players to the server to see what was happening without any serious risks, again failed to capitalise on the opportunity especially this time around when there's been new updates to the towny aspect of the server.

 

you should be

 

Sorry for liking anime

 

Alright fine 7ace ill apply again jesus

 

RUDE.

Jk lol.

The reason is simple. VKL wasn't serious about his application. End of story.

 

still stands

 

I'd definitely describe VKL as these.

 

Idk this seems most accurate:

 

I'd fix up your grammar before you apply for staff again

 

I feel as though you have some misinformation regarding the people you are referring to. Each of these players were great staff, but it wasn't because they weren't afraid to conform, it's because they all offered different and new ideas/perspectives. In some cases, yes they went to extremes to make such points, but it had nothing to do with their inability to conform. It's quite the contrary actually. Each of them understood that there is an order to things. They understood how to communicate their thoughts and ideas effectively.

This is not to say that Frank is not capable of doing the same, but we have our own reasons for denying the app. I will not however be going into any detail as to these reasons here. You can't honestly expect to come storming back asking how the hell someone wasn't promoted, when you yourself haven't exactly been very active.

On a side note, all the staff you mention are a personal opinion of what a good staff member looks like. Not fact.

 

So take this with a huge (I mean, seriously massive) grain of salt since I really haven't been all that active in more than a year. I have no real clue how things happen around here anymore, and I know very little about those currently on the team. I'm just speaking from experience from when I was staff and what I went through to get it.

First of all, I like VKL (despite pronouncing his name wrong as Vay-Kay-El the entire time I've know him). Even when I was staff, I genuinely liked him as a person - but just because you may or may not like someone as a person when you're staff, doesn't mean you'll accept or deny them based on that. Plenty of people I disliked or didn't want as staff got into it when I was a staff member, and many people I liked or thought would make good staff didn't. It's 100% a group staff decision, no one or two people make it which is something you have to keep in mind.

I don't know what he's like anymore, but like all people do, I'm sure he has matured. Heck, when I was still staff a year ago, I felt with a little bit more shaping up, VKL could be an extremely good staff member.

But I know from personal experience that VKL has a very, very steep uphill battle in which he has to push a huge boulder three times his size up this extremely steep hill. Analogies aside, he is the most infamous player on Meep. He's been infamous for his countless bans since before I joined in 2012. He has a history of ignoring staff and breaking rules.

As someone who had a much less known history of ignoring and fighting staff when I applied for staff, I also had an uphill battle. I had to prove that I was no longer the person I was when I was constantly fighting and being a bother to the staff at the time.

VKL needs to very, very clearly prove that he doesn't intend to continue with the things he's so notorious for. He needs to spend a ton of time and energy proving this, as I'm sure he already has to a point, to even be considered as someone who could uphold the rules he so often broke. And honestly, it's possible that the mistakes he's made are ones that he can never come back with. It's unlikely, but possible.

I guess the TL: DR; to take away from this is that becoming part of the staff team, at least in my opinion, shouldn't be about diversifying personalities or having people who fight against authority. It's about having mature people, who are good role models, know the rules, can help out, and all around have the self-awareness and responsibility to know when to press back and when to bend. And honestly, I think your post makes the point that while VKL knows when to press back, he's not quite able to bend when needed yet.

In the end, it's also up to the staff team. As a casual player now, I trust the judgement of those who are in power to promote the people who fit the most with the values they uphold and with what their team needs. Apparently, at this time, that person is not VKL.

- Just the 2¢ of a previous staff member, like I said take it with a grain of salt because it's been awhile since I've been here.

 

To join the cult you must share the same traits and follow the cause: Applications

 

he is in a relationship please back off

 

As I said.
He's the hero Meep needs, but not the one it deserves. +1

 

I'm sorry, I just don't get why you guys don't want VKL as mod. It makes absolutely no sense.
How are you guys not bored of the typical staff member? Hell, half of the staff team literally has the same personality, you know what I'm talking about, the kind of personality where they're scared to not act super positive all the time and have the stupid snap chat filter selfie/anime profile picture.

How do you guys not go on your knees and beg for someone like VKL to offer to join your force? Finally, some variety! VKL hasn't changed, and thats wonderful, it shows that he doesnt want to conform. I'd like to stress that last point. Every single phenomenal staff member (Deinen, Rosenow, Jackl, Sjoe, Muunkee, Klutch) wasn't afraid to conform, and thats what made them good staff members. They werent afraid, like some of our current staff members, to act 100% fake all the time.

Itll provide some much needed excitement, and there's literally nothing bad he can do. Seriously, whats the worst thing he can do?