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Suggestion: Please communicate and put more thought into planning dates for events.
Allow me to apologize in advance if this comes off as combative, offensive, or rude. I'd like to remain as constructive as possible, though I'm sure my frustration will come through my writing regardless. Please understand, I bear no ill will against anyone involved in what is happening, and wish only to convey my thoughts behind the matter.
Yesterday, an event was announced to happen on Saturday. I have no problem with the event itself, but the fact that it was planned to happen at the same time as a student council event that was already announced and scheduled. This is actually the second time in a few months where an event of ours was overshadowed by something bigger than us, the first being an unannounced server update, and the current being a faction-wide event orchestrated by a senior admin. I am especially upset with this instance as the student council's event was announced nearly a month in advance, which was time spent actively gathering people and actively preparing for it.
On behalf of everybody who has ever put time into preparing something only to be blindsided by the careless decision of somebody above them, it's one of the worst feelings you can experience. Assuming we don't reschedule (which we've already done before), our event's run-time has effectively been halved. That's not a fun thought, especially considering we'll have to break the news to the almost 40 people who got involved.
I understand that those of you who run the server have many responsibilities and make mistakes like anyone else, as we are all human at the end of the day. However, if these mistakes become a repeated pattern, it's difficult to see them as anything but negligence. I wholeheartedly believe that you guys are capable of being above that.
To put my suggestion to cohesive form, I simply want there to be more communication between those of you who plan out and confirm event dates. I don't think it would be difficult either to get in contact with the other faction leads or even just look at the announcement channels, especially when those few minutes it would cost you would save both yourself and potentially others a few headaches.
TLDR: Communicate with one another when planning out events, updates, or other types of developments as not to double-book and impede on one another.
Suggestion: Please communicate and put more thought into planning dates for events.
Allow me to apologize in advance if this comes off as combative, offensive, or rude. I'd like to remain as constructive as possible, though I'm sure my frustration will come through my writing regardless. Please understand, I bear no ill will against anyone involved in what is happening, and wish only to convey my thoughts behind the matter.
Yesterday, an event was announced to happen on Saturday. I have no problem with the event itself, but the fact that it was planned to happen at the same time as a student council event that was already announced and scheduled. This is actually the second time in a few months where an event of ours was overshadowed by something bigger than us, the first being an unannounced server update, and the current being a faction-wide event orchestrated by a senior admin. I am especially upset with this instance as the student council's event was announced nearly a month in advance, which was time spent actively gathering people and actively preparing for it.
On behalf of everybody who has ever put time into preparing something only to be blindsided by the careless decision of somebody above them, it's one of the worst feelings you can experience. Assuming we don't reschedule (which we've already done before), our event's run-time has effectively been halved. That's not a fun thought, especially considering we'll have to break the news to the almost 40 people who got involved.
I understand that those of you who run the server have many responsibilities and make mistakes like anyone else, as we are all human at the end of the day. However, if these mistakes become a repeated pattern, it's difficult to see them as anything but negligence. I wholeheartedly believe that you guys are capable of being above that.
To put my suggestion to cohesive form, I simply want there to be more communication between those of you who plan out and confirm event dates. I don't think it would be difficult either to get in contact with the other faction leads or even just look at the announcement channels, especially when those few minutes it would cost you would save both yourself and potentially others a few headaches.
TLDR: Communicate with one another when planning out events, updates, or other types of developments as not to double-book and impede on one another.
