Board Thread:General Mod Discussion/@comment-26149161-20150731144946/@comment-27689279-20150801183022

Thorin Stonehelm wrote: do you really think mevans and the admins aren't open to outside input? wow. they accept it, but mevans as he has said several times has his own plans for the mod, sometimes he listens to suggestions that could improve gameplay (like the unsmeltery) but usually he follows his own plans and so far he has done great. (also the mevans on a pedestal like a vala things is pretty much just a meme/joke amongst the admins :P) I never said it like that, the whole message of that post was reinforcing the fact that they do need outside input. "If it wasn't true, then the Suggestion forum and LoD wouldn't exist...". Again, as I've said many times in the past, do you even read my post before actually responding? You're taking it out of context, as I was responding to the whole "Mevans knows best" fallacy.

And I agree Mevans has done great, for the most part. But the bias which I've addressed numerous times already is what's holding the mod back from better things. If I see room for improvement, I'm going to point it out, along with the clear facts that correspond. Because you admins take outside input, right? That's what you just said, and you're an admin. You want to know the reason why it's not being taken this time... bias. It's all opinion, not fact, and it's unfortunate that it's getting in the way of improvement, which we all want to a certain degree.

The whole "Vala" thing may be a joke, but from the many user responses I've come across, the minute they see a colored bubble and title, they change their stance to instant agreement because "oh, he's an admin, he must be right". This is the overblown attitude that needs to stop, because I'm not going to agree with you just because of your bubble color, if I know that what's being put forward is not factually correct.

 Elvenking of the Woodland Realm  18:30, August 1, 2015 (UTC)