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History - Third Era
Third Era
"The Era of Changes"
Restructuring of the ranks system
(06/04/2010 - Promotion failure changes, Elite ranks. 17/07/2010 - Ranks renaming, Adept Rank)
By members requests, at the beginning of June 2010 the Council approved the following changes:
The waiting period after a failed promotion is the decision of the Councillor of Promotions.
The waiting period for getting the Master (JM/SL) rank was lengthened to 2 months
The Elite ranks were created.
After introducing these small improvements one of the biggest and, at once, the most controversial projects was revived: the changing of the entire ranks system. Initiated by WildCat (The member behind the first rank reforming attempts). Attempts of restructuration were taken up by Seraskus. However, his first tries were unsuccessful. Due to unequal amount of "yes" and "no" votes the Council decided to leave the ranks not changed.
Seeing members' reactions and suggestions Seraskus made another attempt and with the final agreement of the most of the Council the rank changes could be done.
The old promotion rules have been changed. Most of the ranks got renamed to make the Jedi and Sith equivalence suit each other better. The Adept rank was created. This was the first and the last rank restructuration.
Source: High ranks, Rank rename, RANKS CHANGES
Jobs flood
(27/05/10 - Suggested. 20/08/2010 - Realized)
When the matter of the jobs (Started in the previous Era by WildCat) returned, a few discussions and amendments took place that resulted in the Council finally agreeing with the matter. A full list of new jobs was announced. Those were: Film Crew , Historian, Wiki team, Designers, Fighters, Event Organizers, Roster Keepers, Trainers, Caretakers (see: Jobs ). All of them were warmly welcomed and members started willingly applying for them. Most of the applicants wished to take up multiple jobs.
However, soon it turned out that when the first enthusiasm has gone, most of those who have taken them up lost interest in them. The main problem was having none to administrate and lead the newly created teams. Job lists remained full of members not knowing what to do next, and, in result- doing nothing at all.
The job of Caretakers, which was the first to be suggested and created, was a huge success helping much in recruiting process and remaining useful and helpful to this day.
Other jobs, however, turned out to be either wrongly planned or badly administrated, and so the majority of them stopped working or turned into 1 person keeping the work in case of jobs needed for the clan life:
After all, the entire project brought miserable effects. Creating the 5 Departments a year later gave some of them a leading Councillor to keep his eye on, but still most of the jobs have remained dead to this day.
Source: 3rd suggestion - jobs, New jobs for everyone
Admin reformations
The whole Era- new commands, 02/10/2010 - Advisor, 01/04/2011- Instructor Admin& ban-hammer, 19/04/2011- Elders
During the Era of Changes many admin changes occurred.
Over the time the Council was being given the access to the more advanced server commands. In this time Councilors were given many utility server commands along with merc and spawn.
At the beginning of October 2010 a new rank was introduced: Advisor. It was meant to be a way to let retired Councillors remain active on PD forum to share their experience. At first, advisors had also the access to Instructor level server admin (It was admin level used by then back PDs then) and were allowed to promote member up to the 6th rank, however soon this privileges were removed. Soon the Advisor rank was followed by the rank of Veteran for retired Predators. (See: Sources: 1)
At the beginning of April 2011 retired admins (Who have just lost their admin and promoting privileges) were given the instructor server admin with few basic commands, just to keep in touch with other admins on server. Councillors got access to Council admin level and were given the ability to ban. Predators were given knight admin level and the ability to kick, ghost and force team. (See: Admin ranks, Sources: 2).
Finally in the middle of April 2011 the Advisor and Veteran ranks were removed. All Advisors and Veterans became so called Elders, which wasn't a rank but just a title. All Elders had access to Instructor admin level, which was additionally given the access to low punishment commands.
Retired admin ranks were an efficient solution, as those who step down from admin positions could help the current Council***. However, the amount of members having access to PD forum is one of the results of the Old Times Twilight crisis. Passing down the kick and ban abilities made our server more secure. The system of Elders worked surprisingly fine and is used (with small changes) up to now.
Source: New rank - Retired Councillor, ATTENTION! Admin changes!, Small Changes.
The Old Times Twilight
(--/01/2010 to --/04/2011)
Although full of energy and ideas, Seraskus turned out to work as an antibiotic. His big engagement resulted in backing off of the rest of the Council. The raising inactivity of the other Councillors made him at a time practically carrying the clan on his own. Than, when the rest of its members started getting more active again it turned out that the current Council is no more able to work. Endless discussions, pointless quarrels and a huge lack of efficiency made Fluffy, the High Councillor at this time, try to rearrange the current leading system.
This period brought many admin changes all of which turned out to be not working in long terms. The problem was lack of agreement and never ending discussions on each even pointless issue.
Finally Hidden, one of the current Predators, basing on the previously suggested ideas found a solution: The Council must be divided into 5 Departments, each of which will have a Leader having the absolute power over the area of his Department influence. This way the efficient decision-making organ will be provided and the futile discussions ended.
Source: Big admin changes, Reassembling
"The Era of Changes"
Restructuring of the ranks system
(06/04/2010 - Promotion failure changes, Elite ranks. 17/07/2010 - Ranks renaming, Adept Rank)
By members requests, at the beginning of June 2010 the Council approved the following changes:
The waiting period after a failed promotion is the decision of the Councillor of Promotions.
The waiting period for getting the Master (JM/SL) rank was lengthened to 2 months
The Elite ranks were created.
After introducing these small improvements one of the biggest and, at once, the most controversial projects was revived: the changing of the entire ranks system. Initiated by WildCat (The member behind the first rank reforming attempts). Attempts of restructuration were taken up by Seraskus. However, his first tries were unsuccessful. Due to unequal amount of "yes" and "no" votes the Council decided to leave the ranks not changed.
Seeing members' reactions and suggestions Seraskus made another attempt and with the final agreement of the most of the Council the rank changes could be done.
The old promotion rules have been changed. Most of the ranks got renamed to make the Jedi and Sith equivalence suit each other better. The Adept rank was created. This was the first and the last rank restructuration.
Source: High ranks, Rank rename, RANKS CHANGES
Jobs flood
(27/05/10 - Suggested. 20/08/2010 - Realized)
When the matter of the jobs (Started in the previous Era by WildCat) returned, a few discussions and amendments took place that resulted in the Council finally agreeing with the matter. A full list of new jobs was announced. Those were: Film Crew , Historian, Wiki team, Designers, Fighters, Event Organizers, Roster Keepers, Trainers, Caretakers (see: Jobs ). All of them were warmly welcomed and members started willingly applying for them. Most of the applicants wished to take up multiple jobs.
However, soon it turned out that when the first enthusiasm has gone, most of those who have taken them up lost interest in them. The main problem was having none to administrate and lead the newly created teams. Job lists remained full of members not knowing what to do next, and, in result- doing nothing at all.
The job of Caretakers, which was the first to be suggested and created, was a huge success helping much in recruiting process and remaining useful and helpful to this day.
Other jobs, however, turned out to be either wrongly planned or badly administrated, and so the majority of them stopped working or turned into 1 person keeping the work in case of jobs needed for the clan life:
- Film Crew collapsed when the following directors have been cancelling their projects because of the lack of time.
- Historian job had been taken for few days by one member, but than was left alone being considered useless and remains not taken to this day.
- Wiki team members, although enthusiastic at first, backed off when they met up with the first difficulties of wiki editing.
- Designers soon turned into a disorganized group of people knowing something about graphics, but not constituting a formation to rely on.
- Fighters were working good at first. However, since both of them- Fuzz and Devon- left the clan this job hasn't been revived.
- Event organizers somehow work to this day, but the lack of organization made them rather a group of individual members trying to throw up some event from time to time.
- Rooster keepers job haven't been taken up by anyone. Seraskus, who created them, was keeping all of the rosters up to date until the creation of Order Leaders , who care about them now.
- Trainers job have been revived and closed many times already. Now it exists in the form of "Masters", but its efficiency is still a doubtful case.
After all, the entire project brought miserable effects. Creating the 5 Departments a year later gave some of them a leading Councillor to keep his eye on, but still most of the jobs have remained dead to this day.
Source: 3rd suggestion - jobs, New jobs for everyone
Admin reformations
The whole Era- new commands, 02/10/2010 - Advisor, 01/04/2011- Instructor Admin& ban-hammer, 19/04/2011- Elders
During the Era of Changes many admin changes occurred.
Over the time the Council was being given the access to the more advanced server commands. In this time Councilors were given many utility server commands along with merc and spawn.
At the beginning of October 2010 a new rank was introduced: Advisor. It was meant to be a way to let retired Councillors remain active on PD forum to share their experience. At first, advisors had also the access to Instructor level server admin (It was admin level used by then back PDs then) and were allowed to promote member up to the 6th rank, however soon this privileges were removed. Soon the Advisor rank was followed by the rank of Veteran for retired Predators. (See: Sources: 1)
At the beginning of April 2011 retired admins (Who have just lost their admin and promoting privileges) were given the instructor server admin with few basic commands, just to keep in touch with other admins on server. Councillors got access to Council admin level and were given the ability to ban. Predators were given knight admin level and the ability to kick, ghost and force team. (See: Admin ranks, Sources: 2).
Finally in the middle of April 2011 the Advisor and Veteran ranks were removed. All Advisors and Veterans became so called Elders, which wasn't a rank but just a title. All Elders had access to Instructor admin level, which was additionally given the access to low punishment commands.
Retired admin ranks were an efficient solution, as those who step down from admin positions could help the current Council***. However, the amount of members having access to PD forum is one of the results of the Old Times Twilight crisis. Passing down the kick and ban abilities made our server more secure. The system of Elders worked surprisingly fine and is used (with small changes) up to now.
Source: New rank - Retired Councillor, ATTENTION! Admin changes!, Small Changes.
The Old Times Twilight
(--/01/2010 to --/04/2011)
Although full of energy and ideas, Seraskus turned out to work as an antibiotic. His big engagement resulted in backing off of the rest of the Council. The raising inactivity of the other Councillors made him at a time practically carrying the clan on his own. Than, when the rest of its members started getting more active again it turned out that the current Council is no more able to work. Endless discussions, pointless quarrels and a huge lack of efficiency made Fluffy, the High Councillor at this time, try to rearrange the current leading system.
This period brought many admin changes all of which turned out to be not working in long terms. The problem was lack of agreement and never ending discussions on each even pointless issue.
Finally Hidden, one of the current Predators, basing on the previously suggested ideas found a solution: The Council must be divided into 5 Departments, each of which will have a Leader having the absolute power over the area of his Department influence. This way the efficient decision-making organ will be provided and the futile discussions ended.
Source: Big admin changes, Reassembling