Alright. I have informed moderators once before that they shouldn't have the option to PM removed. Seeing as they can set it like that and avoid helping people.
Wow, this blew up.. Staff are meant to be somewhat role models. Staff are meant to be as easily accessible as possible. Every form of communication should be easily accessible, and quite frankly clicking someone's name is that way. Mods act like I'm out to get them. News flash, I'm not, but if there wasn't so many easily fixable problems that you guys refuse to hear anyone out for, then perhaps there wouldn't be such a hiccup. The point is that being a mod, that's what you cop. If you feel you're being 'harassed' then deal with it - Your a mod. You can fix it quite easily. There's no need to have a profile locked of a player that has volunteered and to an extent has been gifted the role over others. It's logical. Oh and ps, don't take it so personal.
Players act like staff are out to get them as well, but this is so true. If it's on their profile, they can use the magical "delete" button, but THEY DON'T! lmfao
I completely resent any respect I had for you, even to the slightest. You just publically shamed a member of a staff team that you are very much apart of. "Just stop telling staff what to do" Hmm lets elaborate on this, shall we. To begin, players are openly free to criticise the actions of staff regardless of how much they dislike it. Its a means to improving - You all take it as if it's a slap across the face. It's not a negative thing. It's called improving the server. If you dislike the idea of improving the server, then why be here? "It's obnoxious and we don't need to be freaking repeated multiple times a day." You find it unpleasant that people are commenting on those who essentially control them? Power craze much. Also, there is the habitual actions that occur 'daily' that you're claiming are happening? I sure as hell don't see it, especially when I haven't been on these forums in a fair amount of time. "It's a pain in the a** being demanded and pushed around based off player's un-satisfaction." Demanded and pushed aye. Where. I made a simple statement and look at how you're reacting. Furthermore, off players un-satisfaction? It's a players right to gage the level at which they are either satisfied or not satisfied with a server in which they are contributing to by their very presence. Smh I don't even know anymore.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not associating that post with staff members in general. I am positive that many of them have good intentions. That post was merely directed at the stale attitude that Noc brought to the thread, and the mere disrespect that he showed to a member of the team in which he is apart of.
Why must you guys be so intent on unlocked profiles if Sean has already told you guys that he's told staff to unblock messages?
The whole point you're trying to make is that they should be accessible and be able to help players and be contacted. Messaging does that.
Let's put this whole situation into a situation in-game. Say posting on a mod's profile is the same as asking for a moderator's help in global chat on the server. Say PMing someone on here is the same as messaging the moderator for help privately in-game. It's logical in the same sense that one can be seen publically and one is private. Closing your profile is just closing yourself off from asking for help publically. Actually, if you're trying to hide from help leaving your profile open would be better. As other players here love to help and would probably answer it before you if you're sleeping or such. A PM requires the mod to answer with their input on the situation, and might even get a delayed response due to our real lives.
Posting on profiles is done, but most of them get deleted because what players are supposed to do is make reports in the report section. If they don't do that private messaging is acceptable, but making a profile post isn't needed, and it can get annoying. I delete most of the profile posts of people making reports or whatnot that are on my profile. Most other mods do the same because that's not how players are supposed to contact us. If mods have private messaging blocked then that is not good, and if they can't be seen as online that is also not good, but but profiles being locked or unlocked is irrelevant. There is the report section, there is tagging, and there is private messaging. If a mod doesn't want people seeing or posting their on the profile then that is their business, and it in no way affects how easy it is to contact them quickly.
There's also a section on the forums for "help" which is checked frequently. I don't see how an unlocked profile will help anyone with their issues in any way possible. post a help post = all the staff, whoever sees it first can help you post on a profile => if the staff you posted it for doesn't get the alert, or is lost in the amount of the alerts they get, then the post will not be noticed for a while private message = very noticeable when there's more then 1 new message waiting as it does not go away unless you click it.
