Obstinance
Well-Known Member
I'm not really sure if anybody actually understands the meaning of Slicer rank.
Slicer isn't something you nominate someone for just because you like them and they're your friend.
Being popular doesn't and shouldn't get you slicer, it's the good players that frequently help in the community that deserve and get the rank.
The Slicer role is just a respected member of the community, somebody who the higher ups believe represents what Loka is trying to embody. Therefore the little things I list below should be some qualities the people who are nominated should have.
Helping new players and welcoming them, answering their questions, showing them around is what has built the slicers we have today, mostly. Also not just helping new players but also helping Loka behind the scenes by participating in discussions and giving helpful bug reports or feedback, building, hosting player events and so much more. I'm not saying you need to do all that for the slicer rank but doing at least one or two of them often is more like it. Seeing a bunch of people who rarely ever greet a new player or rarely even speak in chat to help someone, let alone report a bug or comment on forums or even contribute to the server in anyway except playing at all keep getting nominated by their friends. Not only that but full groups or towns piggyback on these nominations to make it look like a lot of people support it, they might support it, but if it's a false nomination and not deserved it's purely a waste of time and almost destructive to the Loka community.
However, I'm sure the staff that decide who these ranks are given to surely know who to choose and who not to choose. But electing people just because they're your friend and you like them isn't what this is supposed to be about. Slicer is also a gateway to higher staff positions and being able to further guide players.
This isn't just happening with slicer, it happens with ban appeals and other applications. People who shouldn't be pardoned getting a lot of support from their friends just so it looks like they deserve it.
I feel these kind of actions should stop, elect people for any position because they deserve it and can bring good change the Loka, not because they're your favourite person.
(I am fully aware I fit don't fit the qualities for any rank higher than settler, I am saying this because it happens so often and is concerning to mine and others future lokan experience)
P.S. Of course being nice is a good quality for slicer but it also isn't everything. Also if you feel this was directed at you, it's not. I took a break from reading forums and looked again yesterday and saw the same issue from what I skimmed through, that's all.
Slicer isn't something you nominate someone for just because you like them and they're your friend.
Being popular doesn't and shouldn't get you slicer, it's the good players that frequently help in the community that deserve and get the rank.
The Slicer role is just a respected member of the community, somebody who the higher ups believe represents what Loka is trying to embody. Therefore the little things I list below should be some qualities the people who are nominated should have.
Helping new players and welcoming them, answering their questions, showing them around is what has built the slicers we have today, mostly. Also not just helping new players but also helping Loka behind the scenes by participating in discussions and giving helpful bug reports or feedback, building, hosting player events and so much more. I'm not saying you need to do all that for the slicer rank but doing at least one or two of them often is more like it. Seeing a bunch of people who rarely ever greet a new player or rarely even speak in chat to help someone, let alone report a bug or comment on forums or even contribute to the server in anyway except playing at all keep getting nominated by their friends. Not only that but full groups or towns piggyback on these nominations to make it look like a lot of people support it, they might support it, but if it's a false nomination and not deserved it's purely a waste of time and almost destructive to the Loka community.
However, I'm sure the staff that decide who these ranks are given to surely know who to choose and who not to choose. But electing people just because they're your friend and you like them isn't what this is supposed to be about. Slicer is also a gateway to higher staff positions and being able to further guide players.
This isn't just happening with slicer, it happens with ban appeals and other applications. People who shouldn't be pardoned getting a lot of support from their friends just so it looks like they deserve it.
I feel these kind of actions should stop, elect people for any position because they deserve it and can bring good change the Loka, not because they're your favourite person.
(I am fully aware I fit don't fit the qualities for any rank higher than settler, I am saying this because it happens so often and is concerning to mine and others future lokan experience)
P.S. Of course being nice is a good quality for slicer but it also isn't everything. Also if you feel this was directed at you, it's not. I took a break from reading forums and looked again yesterday and saw the same issue from what I skimmed through, that's all.
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