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Eehee, if no one else mutes you as much as I do, than we've got a serious problem in our system. The amount of inappropriate jargon you throw around is sickening, what you call joking is offensive, and your inability to improve yourself after so many warnings makes me want to hit my head against a wall. Personal opinions aside, you've been warned time & again by myself and others not to act in the manners you do, as it's offensive, disturbs the community, and lowers the standards of acceptable behavior. You have also been warned that you spam, constantly. Even in punctuating your phrasing, one word sentance spam is still spam. You were warned that any further actions of these natures would result in a ban. You, as in the past, have not listened. You're banned for 2 weeks. Come back once you've had a talk with yourself about what is & is not appropriate behavior. Ban Reason: Innapropriate Behavior, spam

Just to clarify, this is my default reaction to such persons who exhibit such behaviors in any context. Specifically, attempting to provoke/provoking others into acting in certain manners, casting themselves in certain lights to accomplish personal goals (usually to have a detrimental effect on others), and those whose sole intent is to stir up crap. The phrasing within the leaked discussion (as well as in the "goodbye" posting), the tactics employed within the "goodbye" posting, the total disregard for our rules (specifically divulging private information without consent of other parties), the post-Nerd context I've heard about Tharine, and past experiences have all drawn me to these conclusions. Didn't personally know Tharine, had very few, if any interactions with them. However, I'm one to believe that ones actions, especially ones final actions, speak volumes for the person performing them.

On an related note, some of us are complete asses at times. Some of us are major pricks. Some of us decide to act on those feelings, and others have the composure to resist slapping the others in the face. Sue us, we're human.

I hear what you're saying, but the way I understand it is that you lack to knowledge that staff members are players, PEOPLE. We aren't robots. We hold professional and personal conversations out of the public eye, to voice our individual concerns and our professional opinions. We're capable of putting aside our personal concerns for the good of everyone else. Please take the time to read through the first response I posted, then consider what you're really asking.

After a little investigating, as I haven't been around for a few weeks, caught myself up on the situation. So, to summarrize, Tharine left their position because they felt it was ruining their gameplay. Perfectly fine. Tharine then felt that they should divulge private conversations between other staff members concerning the community. Things that we don't keep a secret, but keep out of the normal view to keep people happy. Sounds rough when I say it like that, that Admin/Mod chat is just a place for staff members rip on other people, criticize them, plot to keep them from attaining certain facualties, mwuhahaha. Yeah. No. Not at all. Firstly, allow me to acknowledge that that isn't what you're saying at all, and that I respect your initiative to dive into what you see as an irrational secret shared between the staff members of the Nerd.nu community. Secondly, allow me to state that these are all my own thoughts on the matter, and while some of them may be the case, I have no current way of determining if that is the case. The admin/mod discussion areas, be they on the forums, in IRC, on Mumble, or in any other facualty are no different than the private message function that everyone else has, with the minor exception of the formating. Their purpose is to talk on a personal and professional level about the community at large, the servers, the day to day maintainance, to hold private conversations between staff members and players in sticky situations, and to solve problems before they become larger ones that could threaten the stability of the various facualties of the Nerd.nu community. They are kept private for various reasons: to prevent flame wars (as many people would assume), to prevent the leak of personal data and/or access to various non-standard facualties, to ensure that friendships aren't compromised in the course of performing the responsibilities of a staff member, and many other reasons that I simply cannot at this moment think of. There aren't any conspiracies. There aren't any plots against certain players. There are personal discussions, and there are professional discussions. As for the recent events: Tharine left on their own accord. The one thing about being a "staff" member that almost EVERYONE seems to forget is that we are PLAYERS FIRST. If we feel like we cannot/do not want to perform our mod duties, and that we'd like to just play the game, we do. Tharine allowed themself to get wrapped up in their position, and burnt themself out. They then, in their stupor, decided that they would violate the trust of every IRC user, specifically the staff users, and divulge what should have been kept between professionals: A personal conversation about a professional situation that had already been concluded. The sole purpose for Tharine even speaking in that conversation was to plant their own views on the page, and to attempt to cause disorder over a matter that had already been decided upon. To put it bluntly: to stir up shit, and to frame themself as a hero of the people, champion of justice, whatever you want to call it. What I call it? Being a dick. The disscussion shown in the leaked thread were again, personal opinions- just as this (what I'm writing) is. Sure, there's facts in there, but it's not pure facts. There's emotion here, mainly directed toward Tharine for showing their own immaturity, violating the trust of the people who keep our community safe/running, and again, just being a dick. The point I'd like to stress here, despite going off on a tangent, is that we're not some dark cult working the fabric of virtual reality into our own pair of evil undies- we're a group, with a system of checks and balances, that chooses to keep some matters private to protect others/the server. We're also people. Some of us like to take a piss at some other people, but that's our own business. Some of us have signifigant reasons for believing that others aren't mature enough for certain positions, but that's our own business. Some of us don't like that we're outvoted on changes to the forums, or that we weren't around when the new version was being tested, or that we want to drive players away after we've burnt ourselves out working for the benefit of other people, or whatever Tharine's exact reason for leaving was, but in addition to that being our/their own business, we don't compromise our morals, values, rules, or the trust between ourselves/the community. There you have it, a moderator's honest opinion and view on the matter of Tharine leaving/leaking private information, which is still being spread to the public. If the matter discussed in the leaked logs hadn't been about a resolved issue and (my own wording) an immature, irrational, selfish little runt trying to take down the pillars of the community on their way out, say it'd been a complete blast of every recorded discussion, including something about a staff member. Personal information. Say that they'd come down with a disease, that they wouldn't be around for much longer, etc etc. They wouldn't want their personal information being spread. Now, to my knowledge, no such situation exists, but the point stands. Not saying "HERR DERR, STOP READIN OUR PERSONAL STUFF BECAUSE WE DERNT LIKE IT." Saying to keep in mind that you're going to read, or have already read, personal discussions between other players. Ask yourself, seriously, if what you're doing is right in ANY fashion. Sure, you're curious, but some stuff is best left private. Blog responsibly.

CARTS and CARBON are the names of systems we use to coordinate what cart goes where. Ensures that no one ever collides, that multiple destinations can be gotten to with a single button, and that fewer rails are needed, among other uses.

This seems to be a serious flaw in our system. Any materials used in such a way (to avoid combat) should be allowed to be destroyed without penalty. The player placing/using the blocks knows the risk in placing them. This can apply to any block. While some would call that griefing, others would call that an attempt to use the rules to circumvent normal gameplay. As for the poll, it still doesn't make sense to have a set list. Were one to exist, users would just use materials not listed. Each situation should be handled individually.

To be perfectly honest, I'm clearly missing something in relation to the topic. How exactly can a singular block be counted as grief bait, in any context? Sure, perhaps an old style bookcase, by itself, marking the edge of a boundry, or a chest full of diamonds, just sitting by itself in the middle of nowhere could be counted as bait, but how often would one see a situation like that, in which blocks of varying/high value in such a way? I've been under the impression that "grief bait" could only be counted towards STRUCTURES or defined features, and that context is needed in each/every case of "bait". Is this correct, or is there more? Ore blocks, especially, should not be counted as grief bait when integrated into the structure of one's home. They seem to be used as a loophole to get assailants into trouble

Go to Edit Profile when the launcher starts up. Most likely, you have the Enable Experimental Builds option selected, which uses the latest snapshot/jar for itself. Turn that off, then select your usual jar.

https://nerd.nu/forum/index.php?/topic/548-creative-transit-authority-cta/page-2 See Buzzinbee's wrap-up. That's what we're going with.

The reason the player in question was unbanned so quickly was because they appealed their ban OVER A YEAR AFTER they were banned. It's been less than 10 hours since you were banned. To be perfectly frank with you, the situations cannot be compared.

The point of making the voting portion public was to show the community that they have a say in how things work, and that it's not some secret cult running the place for their own ends. Keeping the nomination list public, or private, has its ups and downs either way. That's just the law of unintended consequences for you.

You were banned on August 26th, 2013 at 13:44:41 for griefing on c.nerd.nu by MasterCommaThe. http://www.mcbouncer.com/userban/12373678 Please be patient, MasterCommaThe will be with you as soon as he can. If your appeal hasn't been addressed within two days, feel free to BUMP your post (just post saying something along the lines of it having been two days). Any further relevant information you can provide from your end concerning your ban is always appreciated, and will be considered in the appeal process.

Everything we post about potential, current, and past mods should always have an informational basis. Unless it's "He's stoop1d, I h8 him lotz!" it's important that we keep such criticisms, regardless of whether or not the person eventually joins the staff team. Despite the fact that we're still players, just with more direct responsibility for the servers/community, we must keep in mind that we hold a certain position for everyone else to observe. We set the standard, and while we should always stay friendly/social with anyone we can, we must think of the positions we hold first. To compromise those positions with such ideas as censorship (even in the interest of protecting someone's feelings or the relationship between certain people) is not something we should allow ourselves to do in any format, with the exceptions of a major source of offensive material, the leaking of personal information, or a targeted assault against a group/individual. Anyone we entrust these responsibilities to should have the maturity to accept anything said about them, be able to recognize the ramifications of the previous actions they've taken, and be able to improve themselves based on it. Granted, it may take some more time than others to do so, some not ever being able to, but these are points I've come to believe should never be compromised.

Every creation we make has a story to tell, be it of its own construction, of the author's mood at the time, or as scenery for a literal story. If you feel the need to write, share it with the rest of us. I'm starting my own story, a set of 5 in fact. I'd appreciate opinions on it. http://www.planetminecraft.com/blog/slumber-book-1-tears-of-flame-teaser/ Share your stories in this forum!

Consider the month to be a warning. We take all instances of rule-breaking seriously, especially those that involved hacked/modded clients.

Ban for master_roshi on c.nerd.nu for crop grief on survival by totemo on 2013-09-09 at 01:32:25. http://mcbouncer.com/userban/12490782 Totemo will be with you as soon as he can. If he hasn't responded in 48 hours, feel free to BUMP this post (just post in it). Feel free to pose any questions regarding your ban reasoning, the conditions surrounding your actions in-game, etc etc. Anything relating to what you think you were doing at the time.

Best ye be gettin' back soon, the waves be callin' ye name

This account was confirmed stolen in a Mojang server breach

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As far as I can tell, it's solely an issue between my university's network & the Nerd one, specifically in the area of data from Nerd coming into my network. It's got to be a filter issue on incoming data, so I doubt there's a way around it.

You will be gotten to. Be patient.

Bump stands for Bring Up My Post, it's just commenting on the post to bring it to the top of the ban appeal list. Be patient. You won't be overlooked, you just need to wait for trevorman to get onto the forums, or for another one of us to take over the appeal in his place.

A day late, but I've been busy. Respond to this post within the next few days.

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