Post 16 Jul 2013, 4:48 am

[Exp] A new support role on rolyd.

Hi guys.
So, staff have had a bit of an ongoing discussion for a while now, and we finally made some decisions. This post is about one of those decisions in particular.

Rolyd.com has been coming along quite nicely lately, we had about 32 users on at once last weekend, not bad. We are consistently seeing several new players a day, and we would all like to see the server progress even more. The mod/gm team can at times feel a little bit overwhelmed with all the stuff going on, and sometimes we are neglecting to support new players as much as we could. We feel that supporting new players a bit better will encourage them to stick around a bit longer and hopefully help us grew our community into something even better (which is a big deal cause you guys are already awesome).

Therefore, to help with the task of (primarily) supporting new players, and generally being a bit of a helper all around, we've created a new role.
We've called the position 'Experienced' with the tag [Exp].
You will start to see a couple of these tags pop up over the next few days as we find the time to ask people we have in mind.

As usual, the position is not really one that we are giving out to applicants. Rather, we are approaching people we think would do a good job. The people we have in mind are chosen because we think they have a sociable and friendly nature, and who wouldn't mind spending some of their minecraft time supporting new players even when it's not always a thrilling experience.

There are a few points we would like to make very clear to avoid any misunderstanding of confusion:
1: This role is not a trial for mod. It is not a pathway to mod, and it doesn't come with many perks other than the ability to feed (/feed) other players and /tpc, /tpchere.
2:It is very much a flexible position. If people get a bit bored of it we will simply switch the role around. If we think someone is doing a great job we might just leave them in that role permanently. We have no rules defined for how it's going to be.
3:"Do you have to be VIP to be selected?". We have made no decisions that we can't change, but for the most part, we will be selecting from VIPs, as we feel they have shown a willingness to support to the server.
4: "Does age matter?" Well, technically no, but in reality we are often more likely to gravity to some of the older player. Not all new players are good eggs and sometimes we don't want our younger players to have to deal with that.
5: Does any authority come with this position? Well, depends how you look at it. [Exp] (Experienced) players will not have and disciplinary authority (no mutes, kicks, bans, etc...). But they are an extra pair of eyes that we trust, and we will encourage them to remind players of rules if they are broken. They also will be participating in a chat channel with the mods/gms and will have our ear if they want to report anything that happens while mods/gms are afk or not online.

I would like to reiterate that chosen people are not always going to be permanent. People might simply take a mc break, want a break from helping new players, or we might want to give someone else a go. Alternatively, we might want to keep someone around for a while! It's really a bit experimental at the moment, and we hope that you'll all support our new [Exp]s and continue to have a good time on the server!

~ The Mod/Gm Team!