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It's really awesome to see the P Admins being so open to this idea! :D

Don't worry about that for the meeting, just focus on getting how much it costs per month to keep Nerd running. Anything on top of that is a bonus.

Not a question, a demand. Make me a mod on a subreddit that you overlord. Thanks.

Why?

Just in case it was missed.

Could we make a last minute addition to the agenda and add advertising on there? It's something that really needs to be discussed.

Will this meeting be lead by someone who uses a mic? No offense intended for those who type, but listening back to the recording of the meeting afterwards makes no sense as it's missing half of the conversation. Also, could you please explain this comment in a little more detail: Does this mean the first meeting won't have any time allotted for questions?

May I ask what bits of information are taking so long?

Would be great if we could get a response about the expenses before the meeting or proper discussion will be difficult.

Totally agree here. I really enjoyed last revision and thought it was a winning formula. Really disappointed to see all the progress being thrown away and we're going back to a formula we know doesn't work.

Will there finally be proper advertising this revision, or are we going to continue on thinking new players will just appear out of nowhere?

http://youtu.be/umDr0mPuyQc

Should we add some sort of badges on the forums for donators? Yes. Should we add something in game to distinguish donators? Don't really mind either way, but when running a donation drive, a message in in-game chat saying 'Thanks for donating playername!' would be nice. How else could we encourage donating? Say where it's going and use it to bring in new players. Should we have more donation drives/events? Yes, make them scheduled (Example: Every six months).

http://youtu.be/17O3lL1aUrg Nicki Minaj - Anaconda

Looking past the unnecessary inflammatory comment. ಠ_ಠ I disagree. The community is not, and should not be "just in-game", the community is nerd.nu as a whole, that includes the forums, mumble and IRC. Excluding people who don't play in-game from the community is wrong, for example there are plenty of older members who still hang around in Mumble and IRC, they are just as much a part of the community as xX420Y0L0quikscopeXx building his skyscraper in-game.

-1 I strongly disapprove of the content within your post. I personally believe it contains too much American patriotism. Needs more British.

I think people didn't vote on the second one, because it was only open for 8 hours, and because there had just been another poll with the same options. I think people assumed that the first poll's results would be looked at, and that they didn't need to vote in every user-created thread that rehashes topics that had (seemingly) already been decided.

I'm a little confused about something. The first poll for changing voting was created around the 23rd July, the poll was active for around three weeks before it was closed by MrLoud, so there was more discussion, more users voted, and the results were more representative of users as a whole, but nothing ever came from it. The second poll was created on the 20th August, the poll was active for 8 hours, before it was closed by Dumbo stating the Head Admins would publish the final decision soon. This poll, being open for such a short time, was much less representative of user opinion, and many time zones slept right through it. Why did the Head Admins choose to base their decision on the results of the less representative poll, when the older poll was open for much longer and had more discussion/user votes?

So disappointing to see the actions of certain Staff Members leading to features being removed, they're meant to be setting an example. Hopefully this does allow for more positive discussion here on the forums and it doesn't lead to more bickering over who is right and who isn't. To those of you who are set on having downvotes, you can always make your threads on the Subreddit instead.

My friends and I share many opinions in common, so we tend to vote the same way, as do other friend groups, there is nothing wrong with that.

I would love to see a more positive involvement from everyone, but quite frankly, removing downvotes is very far down on the list of things that need to change before that happens and it absolutely should not be a priority. For example, very few new players are going to want to join this community if they come to the forums and see certain Staff Members acting the way they are on some threads. It is awful to see, especially when other Staff Members are putting so much effort into trying to revive the servers, only for it to fail due to the actions of those Staff Members.

I disagree. gsands posts contain 2 characters that are formatted in that way, that is not excessive at all. Your post is a perfect example of a childish and inflammatory post. Your post is also a perfect example of what removing downvotes and having to explain your issues with a post will lead to, this is much more detrimental, confrontational and generally more rude than just downvoting a post and moving on. If you have a problem with someones post and think it breaks forum rules or policies, you should report it, making a post like this just adds fuel to the fire and causes more issues.

Okay, so with the current system, I downvote the comment I disagree with and then upvote someone elses comment explaining why I disagree. Upvotes and downvotes show at a glance how many people agree or disagree with a comment. Without downvotes, you have to make a comment entirely about how that person is wrong, which is much more confrontational, and will lead to more arguments, hurt feelings and "drama."

If people decide to take the downvote button for something they aren't, there is no defense against that. If upvotes are being taken as "I agree", downvotes should be treated as "I disagree".

And then be accused of "personal attacks", being "detrimental to the server" and not having "honest intentions"? Sounds like a great replacement to a little red button.