Thread:S3r0-Ph1i/@comment-106.68.146.7-20190819053334/@comment-164.52.232.194-20190828135406

CPD back again. First, a few small points and then a few big ones.

1. Idk how much you know about server invites links and banners, but they're an auto generated link that we have no control over. That is, unless a whole bunch of people each pay Discord $10 a month just so that we can have a custom link w a custom banner image. (I forget if it's 4 or 6 paid members using a "nitro boodt" to unlock that perk for your server) Naturally that is just not feasible.

2. As Ribble said, our icon changes to feature a different fanart or official art of a different character each month. This keeps it fresh, and our members love seeing the new image that gets chosen each month. (The mod team takes turns picking the icon for the month) Since our members enjoy it, and have previously stated how much they like it more than a static and non changing icon, I am very reluctant to change that process. It is something that makes us unique, and stand out amongst all of the other servers out there. Additionally, that group image will not look good as an icon. Icons need to be able to crop down to a circle, and look best whenever they're headshots of one character. (Otherwise they're so small that they look like absolute dog crap. On that image, by the time you shrink it and crop it down, you will end up with halves of heads in it, and said halves of heads will be about ten pixels tall. It's als too cluttered, which would also make it look really bad as an icon) Right now it's Lacus bc Ribble wanted a Lacus picture. I believe that next month is Satanas' turn, so he gets to pick it, and it's probably going to be a character that he likes. Then I'll pick October's one, which I usually go for an oddball character that hasn't been featured in a while.

3. When we link to the manga, we link to the first official English release for the month that we get our hands on. Before they started releasing it regularly in English we had a member or two who would do fan scanlations and post them specifically for us, however after they started releasing official translations quickly there is no need for that. Tbh I am not the one who finds the manga chapters, since I tend to only read it in paper, so I cannot say how legal the sites we use are. However, I will say that several of our members straight up cannot acquire it or otherwise support it legally due to regional issues. (Such as our one Romanian member to whom importing the manga is prohibitively expensive, and the legal sites don't allow his country access) Yay licensing issues! Luckily the members who do have the means to support the series do so.

4. The bots have their own names and we cannot change them. They're not our bots, and their creators usually specifically lock their permissions so that you cannot change their names. Similarly we actually and actively discourage members, especially the mod team, to have ONS related nicknames. This is bc then you end up with a bunch of people with the same nickname, and it gets super confusing incredibly quickly. We don't go as hard as most servers do and straight up ban using names related to the series, but we still discourage it just so that everyone can keep it straight. (Some days around the release of a new chapter you could end up with about half a dozen Mika's and four Shinoa's running around, and good grief is it hard to tell them apart)

5. We are working on making the rules look better and be easier to read, including some custom images that I have been slowly working on from the manga. (I am sure that you have seen my welcome image, which is the one that I spent the most time on and am the most proud of.) They should roll out soon.

Then the big one

6. It is alright to cut out harsh stuff like the r and c words, the nsfw channel isn't a huge deal and can be removed if needed, and we already have rules against homophobia, racism, and sexism. However, our members have expressed a great disdain for any ban on all profanity, and berween how unhappy that would make them, the fact that the second mod (who hasn't posted here yet) and myself absolutely do not and will not abide a profanity ban, nor can we agree to a full "g rating," (with our members generally being pg-13 and up most of the time) This is absolutely a non-negotiable point, as it would severely alienate our member base and thus absolutley destroy our community. Furthermore, I personally have had nothing but bad experiences before in other servers where people have tried to do similar things, because usually all it does is make the members angry, and chase off new members who feel attacked whenever they come in and are immediately yelled at for it. Finally I cannot in good faith force a rule onto my members and friends that I myself cannot pledge to follow to a T.

We're certainly not R rated, but we are certainly not ok with going "family friendly" all of the time.