Sir_Conor

@giant_cheesepuff

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Good times.
Nice to see so many of yous still sticking around, especially the newbies who have stuck around and become oldies. OB has always been strongest on the community side of things, bringing people from both ends of the spectrum together and the fact you guys are still here just proves that point more. Although the jailbreak days were arguably the best, events, mixes, tournaments and just TS convos are probably what I miss the most. It's over yeah, but it's better to be a "turd in some overgrown grass" than a turd washed away in the sewage right?

I've just got a email with a Beta Code for the new Teamspeak has anyone else that signed up got theirs? 

A third bot was added but it doesn't seem to be up atm that one is running on cheese's server so I'll message him and ask.

Maybe I'll take a look this weekend

I'd be a little bit hesitant with backing a dramatic website shift without a clear end goal in mind. If the website is a facilitative vehicle to a particular outcome (e.g. to advertise a server), then we should probably settle on what that should be first. That being said, there are definitely slicker sites out there.
 
As for what I'd like to see, ho-boy. A bit more colour I think. And can you explain what you mean by full forum integration, and how it's different to what we have now?
 
https://www.uwsgaming.com/ - A google search for online community has these guys at the top. Instantly you get the sense they're a slick operation. 

That's literally the joke. Congratulations, you have the inferential faculties of a not particularly gifted twelve year old.

@Quinn
I have a bag of gold stars on my desk for people who write their posts with good grammar, unfortunately I'm not able to issue any of them to you as you've lost the basic ability to write when in the state of immense disagreement with people.

The vote was up for literally ages. at no point did anyone mention it should be restricted to members only. 
I voted for Discord, but I am happy to accept that it lost. 

Not a bad response from a BTEC drug dealer. 

why did you bite then LOL !

Pick one

*Games Room 2. But I suppose it is better than going into a mix room and moving people in to prevent others joining ?

I didn't know what I was voting for. I want a second vote. I want to change my vote to Discord.

at the end of the day, the vote happened and now we need to stop dwelling on this vote, accept the outcome and focus on what is next for the community

i for one welcome our new Teamspeak overlords 

So thought I would make this thread so people can discuss the discord trail, what they like what they dont like and so on. 
 
For me, pros first.
Big bonus to community integration, very easy to talk with other members even while we are in our separate channels.  Likely going to be easier to get other new people to join a discord rather than a team speak. I like the social side of things, you can see what music people are listening to, what games they are playing. All very nice.  Many cool features like auto embedding of links and bots  Cons so far
Biggest one, and potential deal breaker. Voice quality. While it is definitely not bad; coming from using teamspeak for the past like 6 years you really notice it, some people sound really different and others having difficulty getting their mics to pick up correctly and not having background noise. Some people have said we can like, boost the server with premium discord but I for one don't think thats a great solution.   This is purely subjective but I personally do not like the UI very much, teamspeak is much more clear to see who is where and what is going on.  Notification sounds are pretty annoying but having them off isnt great either. Teamspeak notification sounds much more minimal (the tiny ding when someone types) and informative (user left your channel, user disconnected from the server)  Another V large issue, several people including myself have noticed very small amounts of frame lag or stutter in games like CS when discord has been open. All in all, im absolutely committed to seeing out the trail because I think the platform has many benefits but I'm not sold on it just yet. If I can't get used to the voice quality over the course of a week I'd be gunning for a return to the ol' TS. 

more people need to make an effort and show up
5 people isn't a game night

nobody other than some OG's in the event room
OB dead again????????

guy 2 posts above not happy about the fact the event wont take place in a mix room where people cant join and integrate 

voted skribbl.io even tho I know I won't be here friday night
 
mad nerd???

Following discussion among the staff team, it has been decided that the current moderation hierarchy will be overhauled so as to better suit the needs of the community.
Ranks
For a long time, the staff team has been broken into varying levels of power: Moderators, Senior Moderators, Admins and Head Admins. Each role carried unique access and permissions to various elements of the community as well as different areas of responsibility.
These roles are now going to be abolished, replaced with a single role: Staff
The aim of this new role is to equalise opportunity across the whole moderation team to give more freedom to any individual looking to help develop a part of the community, as well as sufficient tools to carry out their regular duties. Some members may still be given more access depending on their role within the team (for example, server developers will have access to servers etc.), but all roles will remain as Staff.
Partners
Along with the ranking overhaul will come the addition of a new role outside of the staff team. This will be known as Partner.
Partners will have access to many elements of the community with only a restrictions, allowing freedom in their developments. They will not have traditional moderation responsibilities, but must be providing a service to the community (server development, forum development etc. but can also include moderating if there is nothing else to be working on at the time).
We feel that the introduction of the partner role will allow the responsibility of running Outbreak to be a shared operation, bringing with it some enriching qualities to break free from the stuff you guys are used to seeing.
Our first Partner will be a long standing member @Mintlou and we hope working with him will help us do more for the community together. 
Community Meeting
We will be doing a another Community Meeting update tomorrow at 6PM (BST) All are welcome to come and give ideas/suggestions etc of what you want to see from the community. Some of the things that we discussed in the latest Admin meeting and would like to bring up is:
Discord Events Servers  
Any member wanting to do anything in the community only needs to come and speak to us, we will try to support your idea any way we can. The changes to the team will happen tonight, and a community meeting is being held tomorrow night so that any questions can be answered about the changes. We hope to see you there; Outbreak is nothing without the input of the members, so please come and engage!
  
Note: This is not the monthly update - that will be coming after the community meeting on the 8th.

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