Please Welcome Our Newest Moderator, Nikita

[Glitchless]

Nikita is the newest member of the Glitchless team and will be serving as a game/forum moderator and peacekeeper. I (Mike) will still remain as the go-between for our developers and users for technical game issues, but Nikita will be in charge of making sure everyone remains polite (outside of the uncivil forums) since that can distract from my main purpose of being here.

We are also adding a new protocol for infractions. If you do break the rules and insult another member or make a post that all flame and no constructive commentary or are just being a jerk in general you will receive a 2 point infraction and a 2 day suspension. Every infraction beyond that will result in a suspension of approximately twice the length. Repeat rule breakers will also have their Nodiatis accounts squelched. So please keep it civil, be nice, and be constructive. We all want to make Nodiatis the best game possible.

[Nikita]

Thanks Mike!

I'll do my best :P

[zenga]

Nikita is a nice patch !!!

[zenga]

Is asking nikita out wrong behavior or is that tolerated?

[zenga]

Who says it's a she? What's in a name ...

[Nikita]

*blush* Yes I am a she, but I don't think I'm allowed to fraternize. But the contract didn't say anything about smiley faces =P

[zenga]

hmmz sounds good, i'm liking both boys and girls (hope that is not a problem nor offending). i've been asking jeff out ever since, to no avail. glad he hired new competence though !!!!

[Whiskeywarrior]

Sounds like Music

[gailenstryker]

YAY I guess we'll have to figure out what can be justified as fraternizing and work our way around it lol.

I second Z, this is a nice patch lol. Welcome Nikita

Originally Posted by Glitchless

Nikita is the newest member of the Glitchless team and will be serving as a game/forum moderator and peacekeeper. I (Mike) will still remain as the go-between for our developers and users for technical game issues, but Nikita will be in charge of making sure everyone remains polite (outside of the uncivil forums) since that can distract from my main purpose of being here.

We are also adding a new protocol for infractions. If you do break the rules and insult another member or make a post that all flame and no constructive commentary or are just being a jerk in general you will receive a 2 point infraction and a 2 day suspension. Every infraction beyond that will result in a suspension of approximately twice the length. Repeat rule breakers will also have their Nodiatis accounts squelched. So please keep it civil, be nice, and be constructive. We all want to make Nodiatis the best game possible.

how are we to be constructive when the player base is ignored like this?

[Darkshine]

Nikita eh? You know this game and forum seems to me to be turning into more like an arsekissers anon group than anything else that I see.

Don't get me wrong, I am sure that Nikita is fully qualified to be a forum mod, any trained monkey that knows the layout of a keyboard and knows how to move a mouse over to hit the delete and squelch button can do it. No offense directed at you Nikita, just most other forum mods I have come in contact with are usually that brain dead and moody.

But my issue is this. I have been around for quite a while now, and it really seems like the people who continuously e-prostrate themselves to the one known as Jeff, get special privleges, or their considerations are taken first. This may not be the case, but I have been around since 3/4ths of the stuff in game didn't exist, so it's not like I am basing this off of say, a couple months.

Moreover, it seems to me that the one known as Jeff has favorites by the rewards given out for finding various bugs and errors. Anywhere from 10-100 timecards? Nice.. maybe I should start looking for ingame errors too. Although since I don't constantly e-prostrate myself in front of Jeff, I'd probably only get 1 if I ever found another issue, because I would be a "nobody" to that entity.

I bring this up the following only as evidence for the previous issue. There was once an issue with timecards and Paypal when it was first available that I reported, out of the nature of work that I do in Real Life, and could of potentially cost Glitchless thousands of dollars had it been undiscovered for a few days. Not an exploit in the game, not an unfair balance, but actual financial mayhem could of happened.

I expected nothing from it, but got A timecard instead.....A SINGLE timecard. Don't misunderstand, it was a nice surprise for sure, but now looking back, comparing it to the multiple timecards some individuals receive for finding out an in-game issue or exploit, that at worst causes an unfair game advantage that anyone could utilize (which brings into question the 'unfairness' of it).

But hey, this isn't my creation, or my company. I suppose that if I had a bunch of people stroking my ego, I'd like it too. I am sure that this post will also be deleted and I will be squelched, as I am not a Jeff groupie, nor do I believe in such things. I am a realist, and I just wanted to set the record straight, and maybe bring a few things into light.

Again, no disrespect to Nikita, but I do not see where making a player a moderator would be beneficial to the forums. Nikita may of been around for a while, may not of.

One way relies on Nikita's nature of experience with the game, to understand that people from all over the world play it, and have all different views. Pending Nikita didn't make any enemies in game, or meet other players that rubbed her the wrong way, there would not be any grudges.

The other relies simply on moderating what people, some of which who pay good money, do or don't put in the forum. So long as this is not abused, it may work out, however this is still censorship, which is a very double edged sword to just hand out to someone to use at their discretion.

But, I have seen this method used before, and I have seen the perils that go with it. But again, not my game or company, just my advice.

So flame me, call me a jerk, or idiot or ban and squelch me or whatever. I have been none of these in this post. I do apologize if this offends anyone, that is not the intent. This is my point of view, and as far as I know that is 'legal' to post about it in the forums. You all are free to agree or disagree.

If you find yourself taking offense to any of this, you may want to stop and ask yourself why. Sometimes the truth is harder to realize from the inside looking out.

That is, if anyone else ever gets the chance to read this before it will probably be deleted.

I rarely use the forums anymore anyway, pretty much idle banter on here for the most part.

The section(s) with people who I think have good game ideas, and feedback for improvements rarely get noticed anymore judging from the changes being done in the game.

But I believe that with the unfortunate progression of events that have unfolded, it seems Nodiatis does in fact have a named God people worship....

and his name is Jeff.

[Nikita]

Thank you for expressing your feelings Darkshine. I may not have traveled the world and know everything about every culture but I do believe I'm qualified to determine when someone is being hurtful toward another poster.

As for the cult-like worship of the Nodiatis lead designer Jeff whom I assume you're speaking about, I haven't been around the forums long enough to determine if that is the case, however, I have noticed some very hostile and directed attacks against people who are doing nothing more than enjoying the game and are willing to at least give new patches a chance to succeed. I'm not in charge of relaying information to the development team, but from my experience moderating other game forums I can tell you that if you want to have them hear what you're saying then you need to always be respectful and courteous.

If everyone can just be considerate and not insult each other for having different ideas (except in the uncivil forums) then everything will be great! =P

[Melusinenyxie]

We are also adding a new protocol for infractions. If you do break the rules and insult another member or make a post that all flame and no constructive commentary or are just being a jerk in general you will receive a 2 point infraction and a 2 day suspension. Every infraction beyond that will result in a suspension of approximately twice the length. Repeat rule breakers will also have their Nodiatis accounts squelched. So please keep it civil, be nice, and be constructive. We all want to make Nodiatis the best game possible.

Good, the old way seemed very uneven and unfair. <3

Originally Posted by zenga

Is asking nikita out wrong behavior or is that tolerated?

Nikita,
DO NOT go out with Zenga, He will cut up your dog/cat/rabbit/cute mammal pet and microwave it!

Bad bad bad Zenga! -sobs as memories of a once-cute kitten comes flooding back-

Also that was a really good meal everyone got to enjoy.

Originally Posted by Decker

Also that was a really good meal everyone got to enjoy.

-Cries-

and

-Decks Decker in the **** (use your imagination)-

Forgive the pun, but i could not resist...

OMG THERE'S GIRLZ ON DA INTARWEBZ?!?!?!?!!!!11one!?

Someone had to say it. Welcome Nikita!

*claims responsibility for Glitchless getting more people working for/with the company individualized for us to slaughte.... err... I mean... talk with.... yeah.*

Originally Posted by Ives

-Cries-

and

-Decks Decker in the **** (use your imagination)-

Forgive the pun, but i could not resist...

[zachofblades]

welcome nikita

you have your work cut out for you in civil

[flipynifty]

Welcome!