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Ala Changes 8P

I miss the old Ala. Before I start, I am not here to rampage and nitpick about little things, but just major things that are starting to make this site more of a chore thank a fun activity. As of late, I have noticed that almost everything is getting more expensive, not just by a couple thousand, but by hundreds of thousands of dollars. I.E scholar Collar was-110,000 now-1 million. revitalizer was-15,000 now-150,000. I understand the economy is going to pot, but now newbie players can't possibly hope to afford a collar, and will probably just quit in frustration. lastly, I am getting a bit upset at how controlled Ala now feels. Around once a week, I am messaged about something being wrong about what I am doing, wether it be a list on my profile, or chat, forums, or scribbling other users. I know a couple of times I was wrong, but the rest of the time the things I was modded about were little things blown out of proportion. I also feel that the mod(s) are being a bit biased after talking to players about issues, as one mod put me on her no-sell list for some reason I don't understand, and now if I make a mistake in chat or something, she starts acting like I hacked ala and stepped on a puppy. I just would like them to get on the same level and not act so holier than thou art.

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Ahh yeah you do raise some good points, Nitrous.
She previously went as Cervine Deity.
she changed her name, thats prob why you don't remember
I don't really subscribe to "eye for an eye" type punishments, but it's been widely acknowledged here that there's a rather serious problem.<br /> <br /> If a mod's done nothing wrong, what do they have to fear? I've interacted with many mods both in a disciplinary and social scenario where I didn't believe in the slightest that they were in the wrong for punishing me, and in fact was rather pleasant about it. What makes the difference is when a mod cannot assign punishments without being rude or overtly harsh. They have no place as an authority figure.<br /> <br /> It hurt <i>my</i> feelings when a mod posted my punishment publicly. It was written up on my scribbles. That is both against Ala's rules and never, ever necessary. <br /> <br /> I firmly believe that, along with the many, many other things both I and others have witnessed, warrants their permanent suspension from staff. <br /> <br /> However, our complaints have gone majorly unheard. A poll would be a way for players to anonymously point out where certain mods are at issue, and then the admins could decide from there what to do.<br /> <br /> There is a lot more power in dozens of players reporting misbehavior all in one place then there is in hundreds talking about it privately and mentioning it here and there in miscellaneous threads.
I don't believe I've received a message from Ly, and definitely not in a long time if one was ever sent.
Ehh I still think that it'd hurt the mods feelings. People are complaining that mods think of them as "one of the bad people".. well how would they feel if we had a list of who we thought was bad and good?
Read Wysp's thread. It was never intended for the mods to see them.
<i>"A mod evaluation poll would be lovely. But that would mean us critiquing people who are in charge of enforcing rules. And we clearly are just so not mature enough to handle it properly."</i><br><br>I don't support this at all. Wasn't someone just talking about mod-forms when a user gets a warning/ban/fine so that the users feelings don't get hurt? :S This has the potential to hurt a mods feelings.
Then one of the last things I'd say, now, is... well, to ask what exactly happened and what was exactly said, but I'm not certain whether that would be fine for me to ask, whether you would be alright with it, or what.<br /> <br /> Without hearing much about it, though, I'd be led to believe that your issue is something you're getting overly worked up about. Nothing against you, I swear, but that's just how it's currently sounding.
"...I would resort to reporting them directly to admins..."<br /> <br /> That's what I did. Those two long letters were both to admins. Two different admins actually. I'm not falsely accusing the mods of any of this. I have seen their lies firsthand.

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