One of the things this section needs thought towards: this section is too strict. I'm not saying lift the rules on flaming, keep those there. But there are rules enforced where I can't even use the word "****" without receiving an infraction from a moderator. Posting constructive criticism or speaking my mind freely is considered "spam." The moderators should clean posts that flame others, insult others, or cause trouble. They should also remove any topics not related to Flyff or in the wrong section. But in other fields, such as cussing in a non-insulting manner, or chatting off-topic on a related topic for a bit? Please.... We need to actually enjoy this section for once instead of wondering when an angry moderator will come by and delete 20 posts just because they started discussing another Flyff topic that wasn't related to the original topic.
Now, what I propose is that, unless a post is insulting another, dangerous or inappropriate, it should NOT be deleted. If it's off topic, who cares? A moderator can post "Hey now, stay on topic!" and that's that. There's no need for stealthy mass deletions of 100 posts. There's no need for censorship. This scene, as well as every other private server scene, HATES censorship. When we see bullshit like ACTA, SOPA, etc, do we go "Hey let's do what they do!" But you do exactly that. I can't curse, I can't post even SLIGHTLY off topic without fearing I'll be slapped with an infraction. This causes me to lose disrespect and receive infractions that I actually did deserve.
I know this post will most likely be ignored due to my history with infractions, but you need to understand that our two previous moderators were some of the worst, Dell Honne and GlaphanKing. The only reason DellHonne wasn't hacked to death like Glaphan was the loss of hope in this section. This place used to be chill and fun, excluding GlaphanKing and DellHonne inventing rules and censoring, deleting and infracting out of bias. It was once active, full of developers actually working on projects together. What happened? Everybody gets scared away. There are a few here who will disagree, as they just see me as a trouble maker and like it when moderators strike back and post some "Hey I own you ;D" post warning me, which they can like 1000 times. That's fine. I break the rules sometimes and I shouldn't, but I would most likely never tend to if the moderators actually treated the members here like human beings and not mindless drones.
As for moderators, you need to hire somebody that actually knows the Flyff section and scene well. Some of the current and past moderators have no idea what they're doing and don't know how to handle this section. They think mass deleting 20 posts and infracting everybody is going to fix anything? Do you respect a police officer when he beats the **** out of you? No, you hate his guts and want to kill him. If a moderator treats the members like human beings, and actually puts some effort into handling issues without bias, then this place would be a lot nicer.
A moderator that sees two flame posts, one legit post, one somewhat flame baiting post, what does he do? Here, all 4 posts are instantly deleted, censored off the face of the Earth. Infractions and warnings handed out to all of them. That isn't the case. That's pure laziness and shitty moderating. What you do is warn or infract the two flame posts if you haven't already, warn the flame baiter in a PM so he knows he can risk an official warning or infraction, and leave the legit person alone. Then you delete the two flame baiting posts, edit any posts that quote it, leave the legit post up and if the flame baiter doesn't edit their post, delete it as well. If it's minor and nobody replies to it, leave it up. Yes, mods, you actually have to push some effort into moderating instead of mass infracting and banning and deleting like Dell Honne used to do. He even openly admitted he infracted every single person involved in a topic such as that. That's just corrupt and biased.
Another thing is re-releases. Nearly everything here is a copy+paste of somebody elses work from another German forum, or a re-hash of existing work. Nobody puts any effort into releasing or developing anything anymore. People hate each other too much from all the stupid flame wars here. I'd love to start a clean slate with a lot of people here, but I know I've acted out too much for that. The reason everything is re-released from another forum is because that other forum is more active. It's not because it's older, or because Germans like Flyff more. It's the fact that this section has scared too many people off, whether its members flaming each other or moderators censoring its members, people have been scared off.
A final note to MentaL, Flyff as a whole is dying. The official servers are pure **** right now and the developers haven't made anything new in months. This, however, isn't a bad thing, as it should make developers here self reliant, no? Sadly, this isn't the case. Most developers on this scene are extremely lazy. People don't make their own weapons, they rip them from other games and re-lease them here. The map development scene is pretty much dead-ish. I haven't seen any decent map releases in a long time, and map development used to be a huge deal. I myself haven't even made any maps lately, but that's just me being bored. I really think this server could use a moderator that heads projects that everybody can participate in, or even a member. It's just hard to come by nowdays. I know I haven't given as much input as I could, but I have the feeling this post won't be heard out or the bias against my infraction history will stop that as well. I hope you read it, however, since I put a lot of work into typing this out. Thanks for reading. If you have any questions regarding my wall of text, or need any clarifications or further explanations, feel free to PM me.
I had trouble sending a pm to a moderator here...
You might not notice the "small" releases but they are releases. I've seen websites things being released and today a new source edit and some model(Or texture). 2 Releases in 1 day! People don't make things everyday...
