A Question by Stimulating January 15, 2017 at 8:01 PM UTC

People are overly sensitive in this community, that's why there's so much censorship

First of all, there is not a policy of censorship. What people are accusing of being censorship is the punishment of players who have been leaking confidential information. This has been in practice for years.

Second, the staff are not being 'thick' by implementing this. There are some things that every community member needs to know, and some things that they don't.

one wonders why the staff so jealously guard so-called "confidential information" to the point where anyone who lets out but a single word is instantly demoted.
could this all be related to the Avicus Staff Conspiracy?

Or perhaps it's due to a procedure that's being carried out that only a few people are aware of which is quite delicate, thus only a few people need to know.

Or perhaps it's due to a procedure that's being carried out that only a few people are aware of which is quite delicate, thus only a few people need to know.

First of all, there is not a policy of censorship. What people are accusing of being censorship is the punishment of players who have been leaking confidential information. This has been in practice for years.

Second, the staff are not being 'thick' by implementing this. There are some things that every community member needs to know, and some things that they don't.

To then say "we need to improve our communication with the community XD"?

Yes, but there are some things that have to remain confidential. Community members aren't entitled to know everything that happens on the staff team.

The problem is they hide so much from us, then get super salty when we leak or say the smallest things.

In theory, why the hell does anyone care? We're only here to play a video game and have fun, why take this stuff so serious lol

Because we can't have fun when one of the best player in our team is banned unfairly!

Because we can't have fun when one of the best player in our team is banned unfairly!

it's not like u ever scrim lol the server competitive dead stop caring

!!!!!

do you know what else has been in practice for years?

reserving scrim servers =/= scrimming

Sit back and relax while you watch this server die

We have policies, like every other business, and when someone breakes those policies, in this case most likely by leaking, we censor what was leaked for obvious reasons and they get punished. I'm not entirely sure which censorship you're talking about but I assume it's that. As myworld says, there are some things the community don't need to know. 

If you're referring to some other type of censorship then it's very rare when we do and there is only really two reasons why we do it, a) What was said breaks a rule or b) The information was leaked.

...there are some things the community don't need to know....

We have policies, like every other business, and when someone breakes those policies, in this case most likely by leaking, we censor what was leaked for obvious reasons and they get punished. I'm not entirely sure which censorship you're talking about but I assume it's that. As myworld says, there are some things the community don't need to know. 

If you're referring to some other type of censorship then it's very rare when we do and there is only really two reasons why we do it, a) What was said breaks a rule or b) The information was leaked.

I'm sure XDDD

HURRY, SOMEONE DELETE THIS POST FOR LEAKING A PICTURE OF AN AVICUS STAFF MEETING!!!

...there are some things the community don't need to know....

We have policies, like every other business, and when someone breakes those policies, in this case most likely by leaking, we censor what was leaked for obvious reasons and they get punished. I'm not entirely sure which censorship you're talking about but I assume it's that. As myworld says, there are some things the community don't need to know. 

If you're referring to some other type of censorship then it's very rare when we do and there is only really two reasons why we do it, a) What was said breaks a rule or b) The information was leaked.

wtf you on about, you literally used to rant about preserving the staff teams confidentiality.

We have policies, like every other business, and when someone breakes those policies, in this case most likely by leaking, we censor what was leaked for obvious reasons and they get punished. I'm not entirely sure which censorship you're talking about but I assume it's that. As myworld says, there are some things the community don't need to know. 

If you're referring to some other type of censorship then it's very rare when we do and there is only really two reasons why we do it, a) What was said breaks a rule or b) The information was leaked.

"business"

wtf you on about, you literally used to rant about preserving the staff teams confidentiality.

got em

https://youtu.be/x5NNQHXOkZE?t=90

https://youtu.be/x5NNQHXOkZE?t=90

inb4 you get banned for leaking and distribution of confidential information and harassment of other users

http://imgur.com/a/AdToN

 1/16/17, at 9:16 PM, emuhly wrote:

> Is my video cringer then your pixel relationship?

Well yes, considering my 'pixel relationship' was literally a running joke.

Avicus is a business. It makes revenue, the name is copyrighted, it has staff and at a certain point of your position that staff member has to sign a contract, it has competition.

That is everything that any business has, even if is a minecraft server.

@everyone Man, what's goin on? There's so much salt I feel like i'm fresh out of the mines lmfao. How about everyone just take a chill pill and stop lowkey (more highkey than lowkey) throwing shade at each other. I think that would work. It doesn't work to just argue and if you haven't noticed that by now, then you're clearly high on some good shit (if you are hmu.....jkjk). But honestly arguing like this (aka like petty ass 13 year old girls) gets you nowhere in the world and if you were to do this in real life (don't gimme that bs about this is the real world blah blah blah, you know what I mean and if you don't you can get your mind out of the gutter because we all know you know exactly what I mean) one would be taken as a joke or just completely ostracized. It'd do better to focus on working on the server, rather than fighting like complete assholes with no substance behind it. Also if you say "then why doesn't your smartass give us some ideas?" All if have to respond with is yea I can, and maybe I will, but honestly I'm not gonna get involved in a petty argument over a server with people I don't know personally and with those who won't influence my life. For one, everyone could stop with this bullshit, and by that I mean everyone...players on mods and vise versa. Secondly one great thing to maybe help is to change the approach being taken. You can't fix a small server by implementing things that would attract more players to a big server. They have completely different dynamics and a smaller server would fall apart. (Display one is to your left. It starts with A and ends with us...wait hey, that's funny cause if it were more about "us" than my egoistic self it'd work....ikr funny xD) For example if a small company entered the market and tried making decisions like Microsoft they'd fail horribly. They wouldn't have the resources nor support from the population to be able to experiment as easily. You need to be able to lock in a support base, and that means making it appealing to the population. Obviously that's much easier said than done. (I'm tired so I'm not gonna go further into detail atm) Next, instead of focussing on trying to do everything the regulars say (this is in no way shade at them lmfao I was one before too) take the approach of making a first time player's experience worthwhile and enjoyable. If you want more people, you need to have a solid hook to the server similar to an essay. Nobody likes to read an essay with a boring beginning. It has to be fun, invigorating, and most of all, easy to understand. There needs to be more of a community that welcomes newer players. Everyone already has their own groups and it turns into that high school situation where the already established groups of friends stay together and the new kid (who could be cool as shit) doesn't really know what to do so they just stay aloof (aka leaving the server after 5 minutes in this example) I bet there are players that have never come on avicus before coming on every day, but it doesn't matter because they leave and never return after a mere 3 minutes. But what if even 70 percent of these players tried it out and enjoyed it instead of the probably single digit amount recently. Even if not all of them would be regulars, many might still save it in their server lists and occasionally pop on, and most likely introduce it to friends. This is where you get the win, as these friends may possibly like it and stay on for 2 hours their first time. Then they do the same with other friends. Within no time, you have a large rotating community that keeps growing because it's being spread for free (by the best way to spread an idea: talking) To go on further, than maybe 20 percent of these players might become regulars and than you have consistent numbers now. So if you can nail this key piece, the newcomers I think it'd be a win. Yea, but going way back...if keemstar wouldn't even have to exaggerate to make a viral video with this shit, than clearly there's something being done wrong. 
Anyway that's my 2 cents...more like 4 essays, but that's just me ranting in text form. I'm really not mad and I legit enjoyed writing this, especially the sassy ass comments :P those are the best. But legit if anyone gets on my fucking case....mmm...no... this isn't geared towards anyone in specific just at everyone, and if you don't believe me, consider the fact that I probably don't know many of you guys and even if I do i've been out of the loop so I don't know what your reputation is or what you do. Now stop being lil bichesssss. :D

wow you're thick jesus

people not seeing what's right in front of them lol

"Someone clarify this censorship shit that seems prevalent nowadays."
Clarity on what? I am a little confused on what situations you are talking about. Some situations have already been talked about and some haven't so I do not know if I am having to deal with a new situation or an old situation.

"2nd question is if the first question is true, are some of the staff so thick that they think fucking over their already tiny community is a good idea? XDDDDDD"
If the first question is true then we need to acknowledge what you are talking about. If you are serious and not trying to do a troll topic, please help us a little. If you are not. this will be considered a troll topic. 

wow you're thick!

so thick

very thick

Still kinda unclear as to what people in the community are talking about and for the people who care, an answer to this video would be nice. It has some solid points if you look past the insults, etc. 

Other than that, this topic did it's job of starting a bit of shit quite honestly.

Honestly thought it was only a meme to agitate certain people. I will try to find the points in that vid and respond .

Honestly thought it was only a meme to agitate certain people. I will try to find the points in that vid and respond .

Well you did fail to recognize blatant provocation a few times here

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sorry

I seem to have forgotten to bring my caring. I'll try better next time!

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