Counter Strike Confederation

Candidate: @scraps Backer: @𝓎ℯ𝓁𝒹𝓃𝒾ℒ "I think Scraps would make a great Admin Candidate for the upcoming admin election. I think she knows exactly what it takes to do the job and she knows what the league needs to function smoothly" Why do you want to become an Admin? I have seen a lot of the background of this league and feel I know what is involved enough to be able to do what is needed. I want this to be a place people can come to and just play and not necessarily worry day-to-day that things are being handled/not handled. What prior experience do you have that you believe will help you as an Admin? I was the former Mod Head where guidelines were updated and the Trial Mod position was instated, current TM head where I am currently working on formatting a "guide" for TMs, sat in Numbers meetings this past season to get further understanding of how it worked at the time, was a member of RC for S7, I work with Media at times for graphics, did a large number of signups for S7, am a former AGM... I am sure I am missing some things but at this point I have kind of had my hand in most things. What things do you hope to implement, reinforce, or remove as an Admin. (edited)

3:38 PM

I think the biggest thing going into this next season will be organization of the higher staff. I would personally like to focus on sitting down with all committees to make sure they are set up in a way that works for them and get anything squared away that they may want to change. I would also like to create better organization and set structure for the Admin team to ensure things happen in a timely manner as well as things actually get handled and completely. Deadlines need to be set, structure needs to be created, jobs need to be sectioned off, etc etc etc. It is fair to say there were a lot of missteps this past season and having had to deal with many of them, I want to ensure things like that do not happen again.

AVI | Fuffy 🏆 pinned a message to this channel. 4/19/2022 3:39 PM

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Forgot we can’t send memes/gifs my bad

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it was funny

PFA | Crispy

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What is the question

Just wanting an explanation

9:12 PM

I thought you where done then I see you running for admin

There have been many times in this server where things have gotten mishandled or just not handled at all. I am running because I want to actually fix the problems in this server, many of which can not be done unless in the admin position.

9:14 PM

There are probably quite a few other examples when I have half-jokingly said I want to leave this server :P as well as many people who have held higher staff positions here who have had to deal with many of the issues that have occurred.

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scraps

There are probably quite a few other examples when I have half-jokingly said I want to leave this server :P as well as many people who have held higher staff positions here who have had to deal with many of the issues that have occurred.

Thanks

Is there a major issue that lots of people know about that you plan on making your main target to fix?

my vouch still stands

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How would you have handled some situations differently if you had complete control?

ATO | Assass1n

Is there a major issue that lots of people know about that you plan on making your main target to fix?

Gosh I honestly don't know where to start. I think the biggest thing is just general organization and passing of knowledge for admin-related jobs. There have been many instances where only 1 admin knows how to do something or a former admin or non-admin knows how something should be done and people get confused or something gets messed up. Having some sort of "guide" for each different admin focus would be ideal (I am currently reworking the old GM one for new GMs so making one for admin wouldnt be that bad). Also one of my biggest pet peeves has been response times of admins so just ensuring there is some standard for response time would be ideal. Outside of the guide, just being actively responsive to the community like I was when I was head mod and dealing with things in a timely matter are biggest priority. I want there to be a system with the admins where you dont have to just depend on one person to get everything done.

9:24 PM

If that doesnt make sense i can rewrite that one^

that makes sense, so you are interested in making the communication between players and admins more clear? (edited)

HG | Dilly

How would you have handled some situations differently if you had complete control?

I think this one is hard to be able to offer you an exact response due to a lot of them being situational (and I can not necessarily leak the information surrounding many of them as they were from when I had information access). I also would like to note it isn't a "complete control" thing, but rather being able to be in the discussions/decision making to ensure things are being handled properly is my main thing. For too many things have been mishandled this past season :/

ATO | Assass1n

that makes sense, so you are interested in making the communication between players and admins more clear? (edited)

Clearer but also more consistent and timely

Would you agree, that committees should be fully autonomous, in terms of members and what they aim to do, so long as aimed towards bettering their function?

9:29 PM

Asking as a numbers person not arbiter for the record.

what will you do to make csc be less toxic? We have seen the general chats and all of the other channels garner a bit of toxicity and witch hunting lately and I can say without a doubt that it has been swept under the rug. What will and can you do to make it so that we can be a more welcoming environment where we don't witch hunt every 2nd day of the week?

Porkchop

Would you agree, that committees should be fully autonomous, in terms of members and what they aim to do, so long as aimed towards bettering their function?

So I think I mostly answered that here: "I would personally like to focus on sitting down with all committees to make sure they are set up in a way that works for them and get anything squared away that they may want to change." I think I would just place a distinction that while yes I think committees can set up how they feel best I don't want to necessary neglect the thought that if something may not be the best for the league, I would want further discussions to be had before anything final went into place.

scraps

So I think I mostly answered that here: "I would personally like to focus on sitting down with all committees to make sure they are set up in a way that works for them and get anything squared away that they may want to change." I think I would just place a distinction that while yes I think committees can set up how they feel best I don't want to necessary neglect the thought that if something may not be the best for the league, I would want further discussions to be had before anything final went into place.

and in terms of members?

Scraps as you were very intertwined with the admins during S7, where do you feel things went wrong the most? Do you feel it was general admin issues with scheduling or something deeper it could be attributed to?

Porkchop

and in terms of members?

You mean like what members are allowed in committees? I mean it is up to the committee head to allow (or not allow) whoever they want (unless there is a staff ban ofc) into their committee. I think if there was a situation where there was a person of concern, that could be addressed and discussed between the head and the admins but I still think that would be up to the head to decide and take a risk on if they so desire. I think other than staff bans, the only other positions that wouldn't be decided by head is voted positions ofc since that is by whatever voting party there is. I hope I answered what you were asking but lmk if I am misunderstanding.

scraps

You mean like what members are allowed in committees? I mean it is up to the committee head to allow (or not allow) whoever they want (unless there is a staff ban ofc) into their committee. I think if there was a situation where there was a person of concern, that could be addressed and discussed between the head and the admins but I still think that would be up to the head to decide and take a risk on if they so desire. I think other than staff bans, the only other positions that wouldn't be decided by head is voted positions ofc since that is by whatever voting party there is. I hope I answered what you were asking but lmk if I am misunderstanding.

Nope perfect, Understandable staff bans are out of the question. As well as CH being a different situation

Not a question but I just want to say that scraps has been a huge member of the community since she has joined. I haven't always agreed with her but she has shown me nothing but respect when we differed. I think she'd make a great admin!

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Hacuub

Not a question but I just want to say that scraps has been a huge member of the community since she has joined. I haven't always agreed with her but she has shown me nothing but respect when we differed. I think she'd make a great admin!

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willyflynn

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What do you have to say for yourself?

scraps enjoyer

Also, what even is a scraps?

FA | kowalskey 🏆🏆

what will you do to make csc be less toxic? We have seen the general chats and all of the other channels garner a bit of toxicity and witch hunting lately and I can say without a doubt that it has been swept under the rug. What will and can you do to make it so that we can be a more welcoming environment where we don't witch hunt every 2nd day of the week?

I think part of this will come as the mod team gets further training. With the large influx of new mods, ensuring there is consistent training for them all is honestly top priority. I have been dming with some of the mods to make sure they know of some of the more nuanced things and just general tips for them. I have been very vocal about the lack of modding in some instances and I don't really fault anyone who is new to the position, as a lot of it comes with witnessing how things get handled and whatnot. I have offerred to help retrain any mods if desired or give them a more in depth crasher. I would really like to see those instances of witch hunting to be handled and have mentioned that when they were happening. I think the mod team that has been active the past couple of days has been doing great considering how much chaos they have been juggling. Obviously, things can be handled better at times but I have confidence that the few of them that have been active will become more confident and consistent as time passes and they start more or less memorizing the guidelines after needing to look at them so much (

sorry mods i know its a pain)

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Hacuub

Not a question but I just want to say that scraps has been a huge member of the community since she has joined. I haven't always agreed with her but she has shown me nothing but respect when we differed. I think she'd make a great admin!

willyflynn

What do you have to say for yourself?

willy dont make me leak dms monkaStare

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+rep

UPS | Raasck

Scraps as you were very intertwined with the admins during S7, where do you feel things went wrong the most? Do you feel it was general admin issues with scheduling or something deeper it could be attributed to?

Bump in case it got missed

What do you think was the biggest failing of the admins this season and what would you have done differently? No hate on existing admins btw we can all work on improving

9:52 PM

Similar question to raasck but I wanted to ask what you’d do differently

UPS | Raasck

Scraps as you were very intertwined with the admins during S7, where do you feel things went wrong the most? Do you feel it was general admin issues with scheduling or something deeper it could be attributed to?

My instant thought is: where didn't things go wrong at times dead

I think the biggest thing came down to team structure. I don't think they necessarily started off with jobs properly assigned so it ended up being a cluster and I ended up having to step in to do a lot of things. Perhaps it came down to people being busy or not necessarily knowing how to do certain things? I think both creating proper structure and assignments like i mentioned previously as well as the "guide" I mentioned would help a lot of the issues and just being consistent with pushing for proper communication between everyone. Raise the "standard" I guess more than anything if that makes sense

PFA | the|Supreme 🏆🏆

What do you think was the biggest failing of the admins this season and what would you have done differently? No hate on existing admins btw we can all work on improving

I would say read my response to Assassin above as well as my one to Raasck right here and let me know where you may want further explanation

Which of the other 2 candidates do you feel you’d work best with?

UPS | Raasck

Which of the other 2 candidates do you feel you’d work best with?

fuffy and spence /s (plz mods don't mute me)

I think you pretty much covered it

UPS | Raasck

Which of the other 2 candidates do you feel you’d work best with?

I have worked pretty extensively with Splat (and was his backer until I decided to run) so most definitely Splat. I think it is a tossup between both Cash and TNoodle because I think they both bring very different energies and perspectives to every discussion. I dont know oM very well at all (sorry oM)

do you back everything splat is trying to push for or is there certain things you would rather change?

how do we deal the inevitable downfall of csc

ATO | Assass1n

do you back everything splat is trying to push for or is there certain things you would rather change?

Let me reread his campaign then I will get back to you

sounds good

ATO | Assass1n

do you back everything splat is trying to push for or is there certain things you would rather change?

So I guess I am wondering more for you if there is anything specific you are asking about because it says he isn't necessarily pushing for anything other than rebuilding and trying to bring CSC back up with retention and whatnot as well as his committee focus thoughts (edited)

take this how you will but unironically vouch

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FA | ZyraReflex

take this how you will but unironically vouch

"why do I want to become an admin answer, my main focus will be reinforcing the staff/GMs as well as building up the new admin as they come into their roles." in your opinion would you see this as a focus early on or a full time focus for you.

ATO | Assass1n

"why do I want to become an admin answer, my main focus will be reinforcing the staff/GMs as well as building up the new admin as they come into their roles." in your opinion would you see this as a focus early on or a full time focus for you.

Yeah I think that falls a bit to what I talked about before with me redoing the old GM guide as well as working on an admin guide. I think between Splat's previous experience as well as everything I did this past season there could be a lot of progress made and a lot less time would be spent trying to catch people up to speed with things. We really can jump into the meat of things that need to be addressed much quicker. I also discussed a bit previously about how I want to focus on the committees to make sure they are in the state they want to be in and make whatever changes they need and whatnot. I really see this league as having a trickle-down system in terms of when shit is going wrong at the top and the cracks start forming, the issues leak down and it greatly impacts both the staff below it and eventually the general community. Also in a way, the structure for this league is that the admins are the foundation of the house and we need a really strong structure and foundation (the admins >> gms >> general staff) in order to be able to have this league to be successful and continue for more seasons.

I missed the answer to Fullcaps question (edited)

10:23 PM

anyone catch what it was??

ctrl+f

now that he's unmuted he can ask it again smile

10:24 PM

and get muted for longer

@HG | FullCap what was your question again??

if the question isnt there its not meant to be

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are you interested in investing in the community with (This is just an example) a game night every Saturday or say jackbox, hide and seek, ect. mainly free ways to get the community interacting with each other

ATO | Assass1n

are you interested in investing in the community with (This is just an example) a game night every Saturday or say jackbox, hide and seek, ect. mainly free ways to get the community interacting with each other

I have been a major advocate for trying to get community nights (and have brought up many ideas for possible community night events when i was in events at the beginning of S7). Back in S5 we had community nights a lot that were just natural and unplanned with the bois that were playing in combines. I think part of the thing that I have discussed somewhere is that when they have been planned there has been significantly less turnout and I do not think there is anyone currrently in events that has had the time to run consistent community night events (join events if you want to run some community nights!!). Let me see if I have a copy of some of the ideas I had at one point

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@scraps what are you looking forward to most look to change or reinforce?

scraps

I have been a major advocate for trying to get community nights (and have brought up many ideas for possible community night events when i was in events at the beginning of S7). Back in S5 we had community nights a lot that were just natural and unplanned with the bois that were playing in combines. I think part of the thing that I have discussed somewhere is that when they have been planned there has been significantly less turnout and I do not think there is anyone currrently in events that has had the time to run consistent community night events (join events if you want to run some community nights!!). Let me see if I have a copy of some of the ideas I had at one point

would you be interested in helping kick start a committee dedicated to community nights?

ATO | Assass1n

are you interested in investing in the community with (This is just an example) a game night every Saturday or say jackbox, hide and seek, ect. mainly free ways to get the community interacting with each other

This was my planning of the msg I sent in events when i joined but I think i changed it up a bit when i actually sent it (I am not in the channel rn so I dont have access to get that ss)

it would be a small committee of course

ATO | Assass1n

would you be interested in helping kick start a committee dedicated to community nights?

I think that could be a good idea for events to have a community-nights sub committee similar to how media has graphics and social media subgroups. Would be more than willing to continue to advocate for events to try to get members to join that subgroup

i wanna just jump in and say that i had like 3 active events members, and all of us were busy and while we wanted to do community nights, it wasn't a priority. idk if it needs its own subcomittee but imo its an events decision to have that (just my $0.02) (edited)

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SANTATRONIC 🏆

i wanna just jump in and say that i had like 3 active events members, and all of us were busy and while we wanted to do community nights, it wasn't a priority. idk if it needs its own subcomittee but imo its an events decision to have that (just my $0.02) (edited)

completely agree and understand. i definitely do not think it would be something that should be removed from events to make a completely new committee - but i would understand if events decided to create a subgroup or whatever and would support that. Definitely up to the head though (edited)

SANTATRONIC 🏆

@scraps what are you looking forward to most look to change or reinforce?

I think my biggest thing is really creating a solid foundation with the admin team (https://discord.com/channels/644377562516029460/966060020938735737/966161601893908480). At this point I really want to just see this league continue on and not crumble as many people felt was happening by the end of S7. My main focus is organization of the admin team, giving proper support and attention to the committees to make the changes they need/want as well and creating and setting a standard for how things should run within the admin team.

scraps

completely agree and understand. i definitely do not think it would be something that should be removed from events to make a completely new committee - but i would understand if events decided to create a subgroup or whatever and would support that. Definitely up to the head though (edited)

i just wanted to make sure the events side was convered on that lol

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how long do you see yourself stay as admin?

ATO | Assass1n

how long do you see yourself stay as admin?

I think the obvious answer is the full two terms (and maybe more). Depending on how my last bit of college goes (and probably grad school) along with life events and career planning, I do not know how things will look in a years time. I would like to get the league to a point where I feel confident with it and feel good with "passing the torch" for lack of a better term. I think if I get to a point where 1. I feel I have nothing more significant to contribute for another two season term 2. significant life changes/events happen where i need to step back 3. I lose the "passion" 4. feel genuine confidence in the longevity of the league without me as admin -- then I would accept that my time as admin has come to an end and not rerun. I don't think it is fair for me to give any sort of definitive answer at this time, however.

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Farryn, I appreciate your willingness to run and contribute as an admin. You are one of the real ones. First, I know you have an intimate understanding of the rules and how the league is run. Are there specific reasons that you want to run and what do you think you can do as admin that you couldn't do in your other previous roles? Second, you, like splat mentioned that you might not be sticking around after your term. What specific structures do you want to implement that will keep CSC going after you are no longer admin? Third, and connected to some other comments by Crispo and others, you've mentioned to me privately and in public your frustrations with the process and how the current system is not working and even "frustrating" to work on. Why would you subject yourself to being an admin? Finally, what is the state of the league currently, and where do you want it to look like when you are finished.

what are your thoughts and feelings on when and how to poll the community for decisions?

I have a source that says that you weren't planning on running for admin and that you only decided at the last minute. What changed your mind?

pecan50 🏆🏆

Farryn, I appreciate your willingness to run and contribute as an admin. You are one of the real ones. First, I know you have an intimate understanding of the rules and how the league is run. Are there specific reasons that you want to run and what do you think you can do as admin that you couldn't do in your other previous roles? Second, you, like splat mentioned that you might not be sticking around after your term. What specific structures do you want to implement that will keep CSC going after you are no longer admin? Third, and connected to some other comments by Crispo and others, you've mentioned to me privately and in public your frustrations with the process and how the current system is not working and even "frustrating" to work on. Why would you subject yourself to being an admin? Finally, what is the state of the league currently, and where do you want it to look like when you are finished.

So I think one of the biggest issues I have had a problem with is needing to depend on Admins doing the right thing when the time comes that I have no say in. I have been pretty disappointed with the reasons behind some decisions that were made this past season and was completely disregarded at times for my concerns with some decisions, ultimately leading to me stepping down from the Mod Head position because of it. A big part of me wanting to run is because I know what goes into being an admin and that hard decisions that come with the job and am willing to have the hard conversations that are necessary for the betterment/future of the league. I talk a lot with members of the community to understand their concerns with different parts/systems of this league and try to be a voice to pressure things to get done. As an admin I would be able to ensure things got addressed in a timely manner and that different aspects arent disregarded when making important decisions. I specifically (like mentioned previously) would focus on the organization/structure of the admin team to make sure things are done in advance and not after someone asks 20 times for something to happen. A lot of the stresses this past season have been from people concerns that were brought up in private were failed to be dealt with so people HAD to go to public channels to force change to happen. Like I said directly above your question, I didnt necessarily state that I PLAN on leaving after two seasons, but am willing to take a step back if I feel it is best both for myself and the league. I want to make a season deadline schedule for the admin team in which decisions should be made and information should be out for everyone within certain windows of time - this way nothing is neglected until the last second where things end up being rushed and not thoroughly thought through. (max characters 1 sec)

scraps

So I think one of the biggest issues I have had a problem with is needing to depend on Admins doing the right thing when the time comes that I have no say in. I have been pretty disappointed with the reasons behind some decisions that were made this past season and was completely disregarded at times for my concerns with some decisions, ultimately leading to me stepping down from the Mod Head position because of it. A big part of me wanting to run is because I know what goes into being an admin and that hard decisions that come with the job and am willing to have the hard conversations that are necessary for the betterment/future of the league. I talk a lot with members of the community to understand their concerns with different parts/systems of this league and try to be a voice to pressure things to get done. As an admin I would be able to ensure things got addressed in a timely manner and that different aspects arent disregarded when making important decisions. I specifically (like mentioned previously) would focus on the organization/structure of the admin team to make sure things are done in advance and not after someone asks 20 times for something to happen. A lot of the stresses this past season have been from people concerns that were brought up in private were failed to be dealt with so people HAD to go to public channels to force change to happen. Like I said directly above your question, I didnt necessarily state that I PLAN on leaving after two seasons, but am willing to take a step back if I feel it is best both for myself and the league. I want to make a season deadline schedule for the admin team in which decisions should be made and information should be out for everyone within certain windows of time - this way nothing is neglected until the last second where things end up being rushed and not thoroughly thought through. (max characters 1 sec)

There needs to be an overall standard set for the team where when someone doesnt rerun or isnt reelected then it isnt a massive toll on the league. I mentioned the guide above a few times for admins as well. Also, making sure the committees are set up in a way that they feel they can succeed with is very important. Staff is the support of the admins and the admins are there to help and make sure they have the tools and setup they need to succeed. Like I said in my previous message with the frustrations of things being mishandled, being an admin would mean that I could see through issues and have direct impact on their decisions instead of being ignored. I don't want this place to continue to crumble and I have had my hands in a lot of the pots in this league and feel I have a lot more to offer. I want this league to be in a state where the everyday players don't have to worry about it falling apart and can just focus on having fun playing cs and being involved in a strong community. I discussed the foundations and the cracks of this league that trickle down to staff and then the players. If the admins are doing what is necessary and helping the committees to be successful and things are working properly and being organized well then the players should HAVE to be concerned with the state of anything or worry about the league lasting another season or not. I am grateful for all of the players that have found a voice within the league this season to express their concerns and I wish their concerns were listened to more and properly addressed. There should always be space for them to express concerns but I would like to get to a point where there really shouldn't be actual concerns, but rather people just recommending changes for improvement or adding of ideas and whatnot.

Scraps, do you believe that typing the most characters makes you the best candidate?

willyflynn

Scraps, do you believe that typing the most characters makes you the best candidate?

no i just have adhd and sometimes it takes a few more letters for my brain to figure out what i am trying to say

scraps

no i just have adhd and sometimes it takes a few more letters for my brain to figure out what i am trying to say

Tldr

TFR | Dibes 🏆🏅

what are your thoughts and feelings on when and how to poll the community for decisions?

In terms of community feedback, it should always be taken. In terms of community-wide decisions I think obviously that would be a case-by-case sort of thing. I think one of the bigger things from this past season is the admins unwilling to take help or open decision making further than their group. A LOT of really fantastic GM and staff discussions happened and I think starting there and actively getting those groups more involved in decision making and getting feedback from them if they feel specific situations should be opened to the wider pool of the whole community would be how I would propose going about that. I am never closed off to community discussion/decision making as long as people are well-informed on what the outcomes are of all of their decisions and giving them enough detail for them to be able to make educated choices (educated in terms of being informed on what is being discussed).

willyflynn

I have a source that says that you weren't planning on running for admin and that you only decided at the last minute. What changed your mind?

I had heard bits and pieces of who considered running and that the applicant pool was small. I did not want the election to end up being 3 candidates that I did not feel comfortable with being able to do the job of an admin. Like mentioned previously, I have done a lot of admin work and know a lot of what is required so I know more than most what I am getting myself into. I feel as if I would be leaving the league high and dry if I let an election happen with candidates that I was not confident in especially after how vocal I have been about my concerns this past season. I want to see this league continue and succeed.

raasck asked tnoodle this so i wanna get the rest of the candidates' positions on this: do you think admins should continue to be allowed to be GMs?

no

1:09 AM

As someone who is a TM and sees the information that is available to admins/TMs I do not think it makes sense to allow Admins to also be GMs (TMs cant be AGMs/GMs so why should Admins?)

ty

(Also to clarify I wouldn't want to strip Spence of his role if the decision was made to do one or the other as that would mean we would have to lose him in one of those roles and he has shown that he is both trustworthy and reliable to be able to maintain both until he decides to discontinue one or the other, but rather would want it to be a thing that would be grown into and that would be understood when someone applies to the position)

I would like to bring something up after reading your platform and the other responses on the thread. You make clear that your plans as an admin are to unify the team better than this season’s team, which I do agree is a major reason why the Season 7 admin team failed. I don’t doubt for a second that you will organize the team well if you become admin. However, I would like to bring up the incident where you left the moderation team following your frustration with admins. While I do not think at all that this was unjustified, nor do I think I personally would have done differently in your position, it is notable to bring up. If you do become admin and do become frustrated with how they work with you, this will not be an option that you can take during your term as admin. Take yourself back to this situation, what would you have done if you were an admin instead of head moderator? Also, I noticed a distinct lack of Pokemon Showdown tournaments listed in your event plans somewhere in the thread. Would you plan on working with events committee for an event like that?

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PFA | xXx_legeNd_xXx_420

I would like to bring something up after reading your platform and the other responses on the thread. You make clear that your plans as an admin are to unify the team better than this season’s team, which I do agree is a major reason why the Season 7 admin team failed. I don’t doubt for a second that you will organize the team well if you become admin. However, I would like to bring up the incident where you left the moderation team following your frustration with admins. While I do not think at all that this was unjustified, nor do I think I personally would have done differently in your position, it is notable to bring up. If you do become admin and do become frustrated with how they work with you, this will not be an option that you can take during your term as admin. Take yourself back to this situation, what would you have done if you were an admin instead of head moderator? Also, I noticed a distinct lack of Pokemon Showdown tournaments listed in your event plans somewhere in the thread. Would you plan on working with events committee for an event like that?

I definitely understand why there would be any concern seeing someone step down from that position. The main issue that led me to stepping down were why certain decisions were made and the overall lack of focus on what is best for the league with the complete lack of consideration and recommendation by myself and another highly respected member (I will not name them but they can feel free to identify themselves if they would like to - they have before but for the sake of this I wont rename them unless they want to be renamed). Both of our concerns were completely ignored so certain admins would not have to "do more work". With their refusal to acknowledge and do what is stated both in the rules as well as what was being strongly suggested to them, I would have to clean up their mess in the discord. This was not the first major instance where my concerns were blatantly ignored for what was "easiest" for them and I had to clean up the mess then too and just did not want to continue that trend of trying to ensure what was best for the league that also followed the guidelines set were being a priority and focus when most of the team that was in place did not care to properly handle major issues. As an admin I would be able to be in the decision making (like I mentioned in a different reply) to ensure things are both being handled properly and in a manner that is best for the league.

PFA | xXx_legeNd_xXx_420

I would like to bring something up after reading your platform and the other responses on the thread. You make clear that your plans as an admin are to unify the team better than this season’s team, which I do agree is a major reason why the Season 7 admin team failed. I don’t doubt for a second that you will organize the team well if you become admin. However, I would like to bring up the incident where you left the moderation team following your frustration with admins. While I do not think at all that this was unjustified, nor do I think I personally would have done differently in your position, it is notable to bring up. If you do become admin and do become frustrated with how they work with you, this will not be an option that you can take during your term as admin. Take yourself back to this situation, what would you have done if you were an admin instead of head moderator? Also, I noticed a distinct lack of Pokemon Showdown tournaments listed in your event plans somewhere in the thread. Would you plan on working with events committee for an event like that?

In terms of the Pokemon Showdown Tournaments ideas - I always love your passion for it kekw

and I would try to support the events committee in making that possible if someone with a bit more knowledge of the game decided to head it.

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scraps

In terms of the Pokemon Showdown Tournaments ideas - I always love your passion for it kekw

and I would try to support the events committee in making that possible if someone with a bit more knowledge of the game decided to head it.

scraps

In terms of the Pokemon Showdown Tournaments ideas - I always love your passion for it kekw

and I would try to support the events committee in making that possible if someone with a bit more knowledge of the game decided to head it.

@BS | Manifest if you are actually interested in trying to run it, hit up @𝓎ℯ𝓁𝒹𝓃𝒾ℒ :)

Already in the works check #community-announcements

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2:34 PM

is there anything (mainly the mod team, but all committees) you would be looking to strip away or make more transparent for the rest of the community?

ATO | Assass1n

is there anything (mainly the mod team, but all committees) you would be looking to strip away or make more transparent for the rest of the community?

I feel like I have been pretty vocal about aspects of the mod team, even after stepping down as the head. I don't think it makes sense to really "strip away" anything but rather actually address the concerns with the committee. There were a lot of things I oversaw and tried to improve with the mod committee when I was there but ultimately I had no say in the arbiter subgroup because the admins instated it for the season. I think Raasck's proposal was actually pretty good and I am quite disappointed that has been ignored and unaddressed. I had my concerns about certain things and did what I can when I was in the position to make things better and I think a lot of people felt a positive shift with the mod committee when i led it. I think in recent weeks there has been too much growth and not enough training with the mods, but I have tried to help out where I can to make sure people know information they need and to be able to answer questions and give tips where I think may be helpful. I dont think any committee is in a state where the admins need to full strip anything but rather take some extra time to help things get reestablished and put more focus on getting committees in a state that they feel confident with. I addressed above my thoughts with mod specifically (https://discord.com/channels/644377562516029460/966060020938735737/966152681435574362) so check that out and lmk if you have any more questions with that. I also address committees (https://discord.com/channels/644377562516029460/966060020938735737/966161601893908480) and probably a couple other times if you scroll up.

scraps

I feel like I have been pretty vocal about aspects of the mod team, even after stepping down as the head. I don't think it makes sense to really "strip away" anything but rather actually address the concerns with the committee. There were a lot of things I oversaw and tried to improve with the mod committee when I was there but ultimately I had no say in the arbiter subgroup because the admins instated it for the season. I think Raasck's proposal was actually pretty good and I am quite disappointed that has been ignored and unaddressed. I had my concerns about certain things and did what I can when I was in the position to make things better and I think a lot of people felt a positive shift with the mod committee when i led it. I think in recent weeks there has been too much growth and not enough training with the mods, but I have tried to help out where I can to make sure people know information they need and to be able to answer questions and give tips where I think may be helpful. I dont think any committee is in a state where the admins need to full strip anything but rather take some extra time to help things get reestablished and put more focus on getting committees in a state that they feel confident with. I addressed above my thoughts with mod specifically (https://discord.com/channels/644377562516029460/966060020938735737/966152681435574362) so check that out and lmk if you have any more questions with that. I also address committees (https://discord.com/channels/644377562516029460/966060020938735737/966161601893908480) and probably a couple other times if you scroll up.

Raasck's proposal for arbiters has been noted, and ALL committee work won't be done until we have a new team. This included reformatting arbiters, mod/events head, etc.

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What do you feel caused and how do you stop the massive turnover we saw in elevated staff positions this season?

lol

UPS | Raasck

What do you feel caused and how do you stop the massive turnover we saw in elevated staff positions this season?

Well I know we have had some conversations behind the scenes about VARIOUS things. I think above in response to Legend is a good spot to start with this question (https://discord.com/channels/644377562516029460/966060020938735737/966388694372212736) as well as in my responses to pecan (https://discord.com/channels/644377562516029460/966060020938735737/966192324155695184) and probably other responses too but those are the main ones. As someone who was one of the "turnover" positions (as you know ofc lmao) I think I have a very specific and personal relationship with this question. Sparing you the additional paragraphs because of the two other replies I linked you to, my tldr would be for stopping it is: admins making proper and appropriate decisions that is best for the league and follows the rules that have been made for those circumstances, creating a solid foundation for the league to prevent the "trickle down" effect that I mentioned, helping the committees to be setup how they feel is best for them to function, being willing to have the tough conversations and admitting when help is needed, community-feedback and staff-feedback implementation. People don't like when their concerns are ignored and people who have put a lot of time and effort in the league lost a lot of willingness to continue to put in more - the clear cracks in the system prevented the league from growing and made a lot of people lose their drive because they were fighting for something that was never being handled/addressed - ultimately leading to a large amount of turnover.

Scraps; seeing as you resigned from your mod position during the season because you weren't happy with the admins and decisions not being made/things not getting done, what will you do to combat this? How will you work with the current admins and new admins to do things for the health of the league? Other admin candidates like noodle and cash have the stance that the committees should have more authority and ability to make decisions and changes. What is your stance? (edited)

Aybaer 🏆

Scraps; seeing as you resigned from your mod position during the season because you weren't happy with the admins and decisions not being made/things not getting done, what will you do to combat this? How will you work with the current admins and new admins to do things for the health of the league? Other admin candidates like noodle and cash have the stance that the committees should have more authority and ability to make decisions and changes. What is your stance? (edited)

I will kindly ask you read through this thread a bit

I have answered this in a variety of ways a few different times now

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I saw your responses saying that you will be in position to make the changes as admin. That's not really what I was asking; What are you going to do to improve the situation? Simply saying that you're going to be an admin doesn't really do anything or mean anything. You said have a problem depending on the admins to "do the right thing" which is entirely subjective. You weren't happy as a committee head so you are attempting to gain more power for yourself. I will ask you again: how are you going to work with current admins and committee heads to get things done? Or are you just going to continue to try to force things through yourself at the admin level. What is even the point of committees and heads if only the admins have the power to accomplish change? (edited)

11:09 PM

As I mentioned previously, Tnoodle and Cash have openly stated they want to give more power to committee heads, is that your stance as well? (edited)

11:12 PM

Also, I don't mean that you are gaining power in a derogatory way, moreso stating it as a fact while you are attempting to help the league.

11:15 PM

Also also, I don't expect a super lengthy reply; even if its as simple as saying (like cash for example) that you will attempt to respond to staff tickets with 48 hours (arbitrary number). I just want to know what the plan is. (edited)

I think there is a misconception for what I said above. By doing the right thing - it was multiple situations that were not properly handled because 2/3 of the admins did not want to do more work and they took the "easy" way out instead of both following the rules that Rules Committee has set for those situations as well as behavior guidelines. Doing the right thing is not subjective when it comes to following both the rules and guidelines as well as making sure the league is in mind first. Had I been able to act as the committee head of mod and make the decision to issue strikes, the community wouldnt have had intense backlash, there wouldnt have been nearly as much turnover in result of those situations, and the league wouldnt be in as fragile of a state that it ended up in. The admin position isn't to "get more power" - it is to be in the position where voices arent ignored by those making the decisions because they dont want to do more work. I have stated in multiple other answers that I want the committees to be in a state that they feel they can function best and for the admins to be supportive, not dictatorly. Things I have mentioned in other replies:

response time
feedback implementation (staff/GM/community)
committees to be supported to function how they feel is best
admins being the foundation but the committees being the structure And because you said this and I just want to repeat it for the people in the back: "What is even the point of committees and heads if only the admins have the power to accomplish change?"

Never should committees be ignored (as well as GMs) when issues arise.

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scraps

I think there is a misconception for what I said above. By doing the right thing - it was multiple situations that were not properly handled because 2/3 of the admins did not want to do more work and they took the "easy" way out instead of both following the rules that Rules Committee has set for those situations as well as behavior guidelines. Doing the right thing is not subjective when it comes to following both the rules and guidelines as well as making sure the league is in mind first. Had I been able to act as the committee head of mod and make the decision to issue strikes, the community wouldnt have had intense backlash, there wouldnt have been nearly as much turnover in result of those situations, and the league wouldnt be in as fragile of a state that it ended up in. The admin position isn't to "get more power" - it is to be in the position where voices arent ignored by those making the decisions because they dont want to do more work. I have stated in multiple other answers that I want the committees to be in a state that they feel they can function best and for the admins to be supportive, not dictatorly. Things I have mentioned in other replies:

response time
feedback implementation (staff/GM/community)
committees to be supported to function how they feel is best
admins being the foundation but the committees being the structure And because you said this and I just want to repeat it for the people in the back: "What is even the point of committees and heads if only the admins have the power to accomplish change?"

Never should committees be ignored (as well as GMs) when issues arise.

Hey, person in the back here. One of my concerns is less "what is the point of committee heads if admins have all power" and more what is the point of admins if CH has all power? Does that make sense?

willyflynn

Hey, person in the back here. One of my concerns is less "what is the point of committee heads if admins have all power" and more what is the point of admins if CH has all power? Does that make sense?

No 100% it is a balancing act - the point was more that committees should not have no power and should not be ignored with any concerns but obviously at the same time if admins need to step in then they can. The issues this past season were more overstepping by admins in certain situations and committees feeling they need every little thing approved for any progress to be made in committees, often times delaying progress for weeks at a time.

scraps

No 100% it is a balancing act - the point was more that committees should not have no power and should not be ignored with any concerns but obviously at the same time if admins need to step in then they can. The issues this past season were more overstepping by admins in certain situations and committees feeling they need every little thing approved for any progress to be made in committees, often times delaying progress for weeks at a time.

That makes sense and fits together with what I was just reading in another thread. Cheers, Farquad

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Any questions have already been answered just reply with already answered Question 1: We will be losing one of the more technical and hour-intensive admins this election time. How do you feel you can fill in their shoes/ fill the responsibilities left behind

3:54 PM

Question 2: I would like to hear a general number of hours each week you will be available to work on csc related topics. If possible please back this number up.

3:54 PM

Question 3: One of the questions on everyone’s mind constantly who isn’t an admin/mod is “why was x muted”, “what was the situation with y”, “why can’t z play a match” are you for or against public striking and how would you propose to your fellow admins/ mods how to implement this change?

3:55 PM

Question 4: As stated in some of your previous questions as I’m combing through, many times it’s been pointed out the lack of communication during the season between the admin team and the players. It has also been established that fuffy has been the main admin point of contact as shown in notices. Are you for having logging of admin talks/ potentially adding a secretary position tacked on to one of the admins or creating the position where a member sits in on an admin meeting, takes notes, and posts them somewhere public for people to see? This would omit any sensitive information.

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Question 5: Public mmr is a great example. By all accounts of the platforms, we saw last season's admin election public mmr should have passed given everyone’s stance on it. However, a person changed their mind and when the statement came out no public mmr the public had to pry from the admin team who flipped their vote. Are you in favor of making the voting lines public for admin deductions IE saying who voted in what way? Another add-on to this I will give is if you want to give all admins the option to give a small paragraph on why they voted the way they did may help too.

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Question 6: We have a wide variety of skills here in CSC and that has become apparent as we reach a 4th tier being added to the top of CSC. One thing that some high-level players have said in the past is that there isn’t much representation of elite/premier players who are admins or even numbers. All 5 of the candidates this time around are all challengers and in the event of noodles, not players. With this feeling of disconnect from the players, how do you hope to deal with some of the concerns brought up?

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Questions 7: Do you think that premier was a success or failure this season as a new tier? If you don’t want the premier to be taken away what steps do you think need to be done to improve premier?

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Question 8: Scheduling: one of the things that have been depressing me and some of my players personally was the playoff schedule. We were all hoping to be on the stream for a playoff game to be able to show our friends and family our game (don’t worry it was a blowout shouldn’t have tuned in anyway). On that day in particular there were 5 full games being played in 3 different tiers one of which being a final. This puts a massive strain on media to try to get as many games streamed while also making the players not streamed sad. What ideas do you have for playoffs scheduling to alleviate this?

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Question 9: We are seeing record numbers come in and play CSC. There are so many new faces in here that it’s hard to keep track of sometimes. As we reach this record number the problem of retention is something that always comes up. The off-season is boring and for many, it’s seen as a lack of games to play. 10 men are great and open up a lot of fun but aren’t as fun as say season matches. On top of this combines roll around and for many players who just signed a 2 season contract with their gm they may be put at the bottom of the queue to even be allowed to play combines (many admins would literally come down to queues and force signed agents in the back of the line to basically not be allowed to play). What ways do you see could be done to fix this and give signed players more to do during combines?

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Question 10: Do you think this league needs another round of recruitment at the magnitude of last season? Do you find the player base to be a good size or do you think more expansion is needed/wanted? Do you think with our current staff capacities we have enough resources to support a league double the size of our current one?

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Question 11: Follow up on the above. With a mass influx of people comes a mass influx of attention from potential hackers, cheaters, and trolls. We saw some players this season getting scammer messages from these people. Do you have any ideas on how to mitigate this issue?

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Question 12: Servers: many players reported that the servers this season had a variety of issues from ping to high loss/ lagging. How will you work with the technical committee to try to improve the servers for next season?

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Question 13: Matchday: many times the hour leading to matches/during matches is a stressful time for transaction managers, technical committee members, and gms/team captains scrambling to get their teams together. As a first season gm, I didn’t know how hard it was going to be to sometimes find a sub, deal with server issues, and on one occasion contact an admin because my transaction didn’t go through. What ideas might you have on helping lessen the game-day stress on these people?

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Question 14: Scenario: Public mmr is passed(shocker) and information is surfaced that a gm the previous season leaked mmr to a player on their team. This leak was minor in the sense that they didn’t have access to the entire sheet but something to the effect of “this is your mmr” or “we have this much mmr here’s who we can sign”. Would punishments be in order for these?

3:58 PM

Personal questions: Scraps: I would like to point out your reaction to the Nolan scandal that I think I’d like some hindsight from this situation: “Fuffy and raptor ping remove my mod role. The way you both handled it was a joke and honestly I'm glad this has finally come out. Good luck with everything” One of these admins will still be on the team you are working with. Furthermore, there have been other instances of critical remarks on the admin team and their actions. If elected there will be people that you must work with to better this league and remarks like this do not make progress happen. How do you feel you will be able to work with the admin team that is created if elected?

this applies to scraps as well, she's one of the best potential admins the league could get

damn scraps has endorsements from lindley, me, AND homer

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