Title says it all. I think we are downright cruel to new players that join our server. I'm tired of it.
Look, I am not going to go on a long rant. Maybe no one will reply to my post. That's fine if they don't. Make sure you understand my words, however. As a donor I would tp to new players to find people running around and harassing a new player with voter commands. I would politely beg the players to stop it. As a veteran I would tp and demand players leave or threaten with a vote ban if they were being overly cruel.
But now, as a chat mod? "It's not your place." "We aren't breaking any rules." "We're just having fun..." So I am caught in a catch-22. I have no grounds to kick or ban anyone without them expressly breaking a rule. Morally this goes entirely against my judgement. Is this how you seriously treat a stranger you just met?
So I'll be blunt: Stop harassing new players. Period. End of discussion.
* If you want your server to continue to grow and thrive, you would welcome new players, be generous, and watch for the occasional player who appears mature and understands the game.
* If you are so bored that the only thing you have to do is harass a new player, consider asking their permission to play with them and help them build and gather.
* If you are dead set on acting like an ass to a complete stranger who came to our server to enjoy a semi-vanilla, grief-free environment and instead have you harassing them, be prepared for Romedy to not be so nice and forgiving anymore.
They came to Kreatious to be on a semi-vanilla, non-PvP, grief free server and, in my humble opinion, anyone who teleports to a new player and harasses them violates the major things we advertise as a server. If I find you doing this, repeatedly, in a malicious fashion, I will:
* Politely ask you to leave.
* Not-so-politely ask you to leave.
* Kick you as a final warning.
* Ban you.
If you don't get it by the 4th time, it is entirely your own fault. Take it up with Zerg if you don't like it. Consider yourselves warned...