I think a lot of the way people perceive MPs comes from a lack of understanding of what they’re doing and why, since John MP can only explain stuff in game so many times before he gets sick of it. Post-round explanations are also often lost in the trenches of Last Round Chat, when made on Discord. As such, I want to start posting some longer-term content that shows what I guess you could call internal MP stuff. Mainly videos as long as the forums allow. Posted in acid goop to try and insure it against removal since sometimes I talk about staff shortcomings and that tends to end in reprisal when I can’t hit a quick “just a joke bro”.
In this episode, an MP is interviewed and arrested for allegedly attempting to bring a dog to the brig and hit it.
The above video shows the process of arresting and demoting an MP, at least the beginning of it. Luckily, in this case, the issue was simply breaking the law in a manner that didn’t involve a direct victim (other than the Jonah mentioned who was nearly brigged for trying to retrieve the dog). Other incidents do involve another player being mistreated, which I may get footage of in the future.
In this case, the incident was ruled as an “IC issue”, pursuant to rule 0’s clause allowing staff members discretion in rule enforcement. This was against my advice, as I feel (as much as I hate mandatory ML compliance which is a topic for another day) if staff members truly want MPs to serve as their in character minimod team, the standards involving player interaction (especially in regards to the detainment of Jonah) should be upheld just as stringently as staff ones.
I have taken care to avoid specifying details of the admin message, to include who answered it, so as to avoid retaliation. I don’t intend to file a staff report at this time, but I do want to help show why MPs can’t just get rid of all our bad ones by reporting them. Unfortunately, it’s beyond our control.
