To add to this: My largest concern is not directly about the immediate issues with Batty, though I am concerned about the way she's being treated in this post, but rather that this sets a very concerning and worrisome precedent: that a player who received mod approval for a plot idea was then basically told 'too bad, a mod wanted to do something that day'. It ended, in this case, in a compromise. But what happens if there isn't a compromise or other non-conflicting solution possible? What happens if someone has to move things? Is it always going to be players giving way to player plots from mods?
There is absolutely no reassurance here that a player who disagrees with a mod is going to be faced with civil discussion that actually involves conversation and negotiation when possible, because Mini is being protected. Mini needs to be suspended from the modteam, in my opinion indefinitely. Her behavior is at the heart of this issue, and her behavior is unacceptable for a player with as much power as a member of the modteam.
Finally, to suggest that the management of player plots, rather than the hostile treatment of players who hadn't actually done anything wrong, is the issue at hand here is a deliberately obtuse reading of the situation. It's insulting to your players to suggest that the problem here is not rudeness and disrespect directed at your playerbase, which is especially galling after the passive aggressive "treat your mods like people" post from the other day.
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There is absolutely no reassurance here that a player who disagrees with a mod is going to be faced with civil discussion that actually involves conversation and negotiation when possible, because Mini is being protected. Mini needs to be suspended from the modteam, in my opinion indefinitely. Her behavior is at the heart of this issue, and her behavior is unacceptable for a player with as much power as a member of the modteam.
Finally, to suggest that the management of player plots, rather than the hostile treatment of players who hadn't actually done anything wrong, is the issue at hand here is a deliberately obtuse reading of the situation. It's insulting to your players to suggest that the problem here is not rudeness and disrespect directed at your playerbase, which is especially galling after the passive aggressive "treat your mods like people" post from the other day.