*Yes this is cheesey/corny, and we use this phrase too often but it is 100% true.
As a side note, I had suggested to Catherine to bring this to Raid Discussion to stay consistent with our stance of allowing the community to work disputes out on its own. For issues that affect all guilds - such as potential violations on FFA mobs - I will encourage these disputes to be discussed here on this forum whenever possible. The goal of this is twofold - in cases of clear violations with suffucient evidence, the community should be able to agree and decide on appropriate compensation and possibly further punishment to recommend to the GM staff. An example of an appropriate punishment would be the removal of loot, while an example of compensation would be the forfeitute of an FFA mob, or requiring that guild to help with Epic fights or turnins, or some other form of guild-wide 'Community-Service'.
The second goal is to receive candid and open feedback from guild leadership on the given situation. Your thoughts and opinions are valued and are often taken into consideration when they are available. Hopefully this will allow us to mediate disputes more quickly and with more information available, as it will hopefully be compiled by multiple guilds as opposed to one or two.
Any guild that would like to exercise this option may do so, but it should be noted that only guilds affected/involved will have a valid voice in regards to the end decision affecting the dispute in question. Other guilds will of course be able to voice their opinion. This option may be exercised by any guild involved in the dispute if they would prefer to make their discussion public. The GM staff of course always reserves the right to intervene at any time, but this will be used as a last resort wherefer possible. Hopefully this will create more transparency during disputes where it is needed, as well as expedite decisions and promote community cooperation.
I look forward to seeing how this affects the raid community.
~~Please excuse any typos, these two posts were made from my phone.
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