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(Celestial Hills) Discussion regarding the current lack of moderator involvement w/ community
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6/24
I will be out for the entirety of the day, until approximately 9 PM CST. Until then, there is no way for me to efficiently reply to any comments/messages, so please be patient! Even then, depending on how long today turns out to be, I may simply leave another note saying I will answer/respond to everything tomorrow (Saturday).
Cheers and happy BAM hunting!
Bachstelze
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Opening Notes
1. I would like to clarify that I am in no way, shape, or form dismissing or disregarding the current moderators of Celestial Hills. I personally have not met them, but I am certain they do an excellent job handling player conflicts and making sure that the server continues to run smoothly.
2. While I am specifically referring to Celestial Hills and RP in this discussion, some of these points could apply to any server and any community!
3. This post is ever-evolving and suggestions will be added/removed as they become available/invalidated. If you have taken an interest, keep checking back every now and then for updates! I will mark most changes in the Edit section above.
Introduction
First off, before I begin, I'd like to state a few things. First, I haven't been terribly active on TERA outside of the RPing community. My time in-game has mostly been spent either in Velika RPing, or doing instances to level up. Second, I have only recently returned to TERA, so there is approximately a year of TERA I have not experienced or witnessed. Third, I do not own a max-level character, so i have not been to many end-game zones or met any moderators that tend to be in those zones, if any.
A bit of commentary
Keeping these two things in mind, I would like to discuss the current status of CH moderators and their involvement in the RPing aspect of the server. Now, as I mentioned in my opening notes, I am in no way claiming the current moderators are doing an insufficient job at keeping the server healthy. I want to make sure this is clear so that the thread is not mistaken as something calling out current members of the moderation team. However, none of the current moderators seem to have an involvement with the RP community. I respect this, RPing is not for everyone. However, the community feels like it lacks structure and foundation without some form of moderator to organize events efficiently to get the maximum amount of participation from all RPing guilds/groups/individuals within the Celestial Hills server.
Previously, if my sources serve me well, a moderator interacted with the RP community of CH quite often and was deeply involved in that aspect of the server. However, whatever the reason for their departure from the RP community might be, they is no longer present and this leaves a hole to be filled. If my sources are correct on this, two moderators have been around the community sporadically but not very often. Again, I respect this if RPing is not something they are interested in, but it leaves a missing part to the RPing world within Celestial Hills. While I was not around TERA many years ago, I've heard stories about the wonderful events and gatherings hosted by the server's moderators in the past: Grand parties and dances centered in the most stunning and beautiful regions and cities TERA's design team has created for us. RP-centered combat in a PVP arena fashion, or makeshift raids and defenses against the Argon invaders. However, these days, none of that is to be found from my experience.
Why does this matter?
Up until this point, one might be wondering, "Okay, so you've told me about this issue. Why should it matter? If the server is running well as you say, why are you bringing this issue up?" Well, my inquisitive reader, allow me to explain. Skipping ahead past the days of the events mentioned above, we have today's situation: the RP community has been clinging to life for the past year or two. "Generations," so to speak, come and go, but it feels that each generation of RPers is becoming smaller and more fragile. Some RP-oriented guilds, such as the Messorem Coalition or Desire, still remain strong and certainly will for a long time to come. However, the issue I'm referring to is the general RP community, which encompasses more than just those power guilds. I am referring to the individual RPers who belong to no such guild or clique. The kind of RPer that adds fresh life to the RP community; new blood, so to speak. While those guilds and groups exist, it is far from welcoming to a new player who wants to get involved. It can be intimidating at the least and downright frightening at the most to walk into the West Gate tavern and try to interact with a group of people you have never met before.
On a brief note that I will not spend long on, there is also the minor issue of trolls attempting to disrupt the RP experience. They happen, it is the internet after all. However, having a moderator that frequently involves themselves with the community would strongly discourage trolls from spending anywhere between half an hour to a hour of their time spamming spells, emotes, and large mounts for the sole purpose of ruining the immersion of RPers.
Brief, mildly humorous conclusion to my commentary
Cue the dramatic music!
...wait, WRONG ONE!
...*Shuffling in the background*...
...okay, NOW cue the dramatic music!
This is why a moderator of some sort with a dedication to the RP community would be absolutely thrilling. Where guilds and cliques fail to bring in new players, the moderator(s) can host weekly or monthly events to get people involved and bring new players into the RPing community! From my perspective, it would be awesome to see thrilled newbies witnessing the possibilities that can be obtained with a bit of imagination and mod magic!
Thoughts on Possible Solutions
Now, the section that most can really bite into and input their thoughts on. I will provide three suggestions, but others are entirely welcome in replies. Some may not be realistic and others have the slimmest of chances to even be considered by anyone at EME or Bluehole. However, they will be presented for the sake of discussion by any community members who have made it this far through my dissertation. NOTE THAT SOME ARE INTENTIONALLY VAGUE. THEY ARE THESES FOR DISCUSSION, NOT SOLID IDEAS.
--Employee mods: To my knowledge, every mod involved with TERA is an employee of EME. So, naturally, the most straightforward solution would be to find an employee who has the time and the interest in RP to focus on the RP community within Celestial Hills! Moot point. See Edit 5 for details.
--Government: The next solution on my list would be to introduce some sort of tweak to the current politics system within TERA. Perhaps have some sort of government position dedicated to managing the RP aspect of the TERA community, elected by players in some way.
--Player mods/Temp mods: Okay, this one is probably the touchiest and most debatable topic, so I will go a bit more in-depth with this topic. There are all sorts of pros and cons to having some form of player moderation. The biggest con would be that player mods are always wild cards since they are not connected very deeply to EME. This can lead to some shady occurances if a poor player mod is chosen. However, the upside of player mods is that they can often relate to the community much better than the average employee of EME due to...well, being an everyday player! In addition, they are much easier to circulate and replace in the event that one has to take their leave from TERA for one reason or the other. There is also the option of severely limiting the power of a player mod or putting them on a sort of "trial" to be assured that they can handle being a temporary mod.
--More public guild events/"RP recruiting" guilds (Credit to Nopi and TheGreyWolf): In the past, guilds have made public events that were publicized heavily in-game and on the EME forums. However, for one reason or another, this has been shifted to quieter, more private events announced via guild websites or word-of-mouth. I respect this decision as some guilds enjoy more private gatherings, but it leads to a lack of events for new players to get involved in. I will present two possible solutions briefly as far as guilds go. Neither of these require EME intervention; in fact, I'd be willing to go to the current major RP guilds on Celestial Hills and ask them directly for help with these. First, guilds could be asked to host more public events. It would result in more trolls for certain without a moderation step from one of the previous suggestions taking place, but it would provide an influx of new RPers. Second, Nopi brought up the specific idea of forming a sort of "recruitment" guild, where people who do not feel confident in their abilities to RP can join and learn the ropes and common courtesies from more experienced RPers such as myself.
--In-game Councils (Credit to MrEkks): An in-game council of some sort would be very helpful; a Round Table Alliance of sorts. This could be an RP community council, or it could encompass leaders of the top guilds from all aspects of TERA: PvP, PvE, and RP. Alternatively, there could be a separate council of sorts for each community so that, for example, PvP and RP guilds who dislike each other would not have interact often. This/these could be used to assure that each community is united, allowing those such as the Messorem Coalition to communicate and efficiently organize events with multiple other guilds.
Edit #1: Removed the names of the moderators. I do not wish to be flagged for calling people out, that is not my intent.
Edit #2: Added an additional suggestion, credit given to those who brought it up!
Edit #3: Edited the title and removed the note regarding this being an RP-focused thread. Due to a few things mentioned in replies to this thread, I have realized that this encompasses any community within TERA. However, bear in mind my commentary and suggestions are still oriented towards the RP community.
Edit #4: Added a suggestion for an in-game Council.
Edit #5: I am crossing out the employee suggestion instead of deleting it to keep it as a moot point. The amount of money EME would have to spend on full-time employee moderators is far too great for this to be practically considered.
Edit #2: Added an additional suggestion, credit given to those who brought it up!
Edit #3: Edited the title and removed the note regarding this being an RP-focused thread. Due to a few things mentioned in replies to this thread, I have realized that this encompasses any community within TERA. However, bear in mind my commentary and suggestions are still oriented towards the RP community.
Edit #4: Added a suggestion for an in-game Council.
Edit #5: I am crossing out the employee suggestion instead of deleting it to keep it as a moot point. The amount of money EME would have to spend on full-time employee moderators is far too great for this to be practically considered.
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6/24
I will be out for the entirety of the day, until approximately 9 PM CST. Until then, there is no way for me to efficiently reply to any comments/messages, so please be patient! Even then, depending on how long today turns out to be, I may simply leave another note saying I will answer/respond to everything tomorrow (Saturday).
Cheers and happy BAM hunting!
Bachstelze
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Opening Notes
1. I would like to clarify that I am in no way, shape, or form dismissing or disregarding the current moderators of Celestial Hills. I personally have not met them, but I am certain they do an excellent job handling player conflicts and making sure that the server continues to run smoothly.
2. While I am specifically referring to Celestial Hills and RP in this discussion, some of these points could apply to any server and any community!
3. This post is ever-evolving and suggestions will be added/removed as they become available/invalidated. If you have taken an interest, keep checking back every now and then for updates! I will mark most changes in the Edit section above.
Introduction
First off, before I begin, I'd like to state a few things. First, I haven't been terribly active on TERA outside of the RPing community. My time in-game has mostly been spent either in Velika RPing, or doing instances to level up. Second, I have only recently returned to TERA, so there is approximately a year of TERA I have not experienced or witnessed. Third, I do not own a max-level character, so i have not been to many end-game zones or met any moderators that tend to be in those zones, if any.
A bit of commentary
Keeping these two things in mind, I would like to discuss the current status of CH moderators and their involvement in the RPing aspect of the server. Now, as I mentioned in my opening notes, I am in no way claiming the current moderators are doing an insufficient job at keeping the server healthy. I want to make sure this is clear so that the thread is not mistaken as something calling out current members of the moderation team. However, none of the current moderators seem to have an involvement with the RP community. I respect this, RPing is not for everyone. However, the community feels like it lacks structure and foundation without some form of moderator to organize events efficiently to get the maximum amount of participation from all RPing guilds/groups/individuals within the Celestial Hills server.
Previously, if my sources serve me well, a moderator interacted with the RP community of CH quite often and was deeply involved in that aspect of the server. However, whatever the reason for their departure from the RP community might be, they is no longer present and this leaves a hole to be filled. If my sources are correct on this, two moderators have been around the community sporadically but not very often. Again, I respect this if RPing is not something they are interested in, but it leaves a missing part to the RPing world within Celestial Hills. While I was not around TERA many years ago, I've heard stories about the wonderful events and gatherings hosted by the server's moderators in the past: Grand parties and dances centered in the most stunning and beautiful regions and cities TERA's design team has created for us. RP-centered combat in a PVP arena fashion, or makeshift raids and defenses against the Argon invaders. However, these days, none of that is to be found from my experience.
Why does this matter?
Up until this point, one might be wondering, "Okay, so you've told me about this issue. Why should it matter? If the server is running well as you say, why are you bringing this issue up?" Well, my inquisitive reader, allow me to explain. Skipping ahead past the days of the events mentioned above, we have today's situation: the RP community has been clinging to life for the past year or two. "Generations," so to speak, come and go, but it feels that each generation of RPers is becoming smaller and more fragile. Some RP-oriented guilds, such as the Messorem Coalition or Desire, still remain strong and certainly will for a long time to come. However, the issue I'm referring to is the general RP community, which encompasses more than just those power guilds. I am referring to the individual RPers who belong to no such guild or clique. The kind of RPer that adds fresh life to the RP community; new blood, so to speak. While those guilds and groups exist, it is far from welcoming to a new player who wants to get involved. It can be intimidating at the least and downright frightening at the most to walk into the West Gate tavern and try to interact with a group of people you have never met before.
On a brief note that I will not spend long on, there is also the minor issue of trolls attempting to disrupt the RP experience. They happen, it is the internet after all. However, having a moderator that frequently involves themselves with the community would strongly discourage trolls from spending anywhere between half an hour to a hour of their time spamming spells, emotes, and large mounts for the sole purpose of ruining the immersion of RPers.
Brief, mildly humorous conclusion to my commentary
Cue the dramatic music!
...wait, WRONG ONE!
...*Shuffling in the background*...
...okay, NOW cue the dramatic music!
This is why a moderator of some sort with a dedication to the RP community would be absolutely thrilling. Where guilds and cliques fail to bring in new players, the moderator(s) can host weekly or monthly events to get people involved and bring new players into the RPing community! From my perspective, it would be awesome to see thrilled newbies witnessing the possibilities that can be obtained with a bit of imagination and mod magic!
Thoughts on Possible Solutions
Now, the section that most can really bite into and input their thoughts on. I will provide three suggestions, but others are entirely welcome in replies. Some may not be realistic and others have the slimmest of chances to even be considered by anyone at EME or Bluehole. However, they will be presented for the sake of discussion by any community members who have made it this far through my dissertation. NOTE THAT SOME ARE INTENTIONALLY VAGUE. THEY ARE THESES FOR DISCUSSION, NOT SOLID IDEAS.
--Employee mods: To my knowledge, every mod involved with TERA is an employee of EME. So, naturally, the most straightforward solution would be to find an employee who has the time and the interest in RP to focus on the RP community within Celestial Hills! Moot point. See Edit 5 for details.
--Government: The next solution on my list would be to introduce some sort of tweak to the current politics system within TERA. Perhaps have some sort of government position dedicated to managing the RP aspect of the TERA community, elected by players in some way.
--Player mods/Temp mods: Okay, this one is probably the touchiest and most debatable topic, so I will go a bit more in-depth with this topic. There are all sorts of pros and cons to having some form of player moderation. The biggest con would be that player mods are always wild cards since they are not connected very deeply to EME. This can lead to some shady occurances if a poor player mod is chosen. However, the upside of player mods is that they can often relate to the community much better than the average employee of EME due to...well, being an everyday player! In addition, they are much easier to circulate and replace in the event that one has to take their leave from TERA for one reason or the other. There is also the option of severely limiting the power of a player mod or putting them on a sort of "trial" to be assured that they can handle being a temporary mod.
--More public guild events/"RP recruiting" guilds (Credit to Nopi and TheGreyWolf): In the past, guilds have made public events that were publicized heavily in-game and on the EME forums. However, for one reason or another, this has been shifted to quieter, more private events announced via guild websites or word-of-mouth. I respect this decision as some guilds enjoy more private gatherings, but it leads to a lack of events for new players to get involved in. I will present two possible solutions briefly as far as guilds go. Neither of these require EME intervention; in fact, I'd be willing to go to the current major RP guilds on Celestial Hills and ask them directly for help with these. First, guilds could be asked to host more public events. It would result in more trolls for certain without a moderation step from one of the previous suggestions taking place, but it would provide an influx of new RPers. Second, Nopi brought up the specific idea of forming a sort of "recruitment" guild, where people who do not feel confident in their abilities to RP can join and learn the ropes and common courtesies from more experienced RPers such as myself.
--In-game Councils (Credit to MrEkks): An in-game council of some sort would be very helpful; a Round Table Alliance of sorts. This could be an RP community council, or it could encompass leaders of the top guilds from all aspects of TERA: PvP, PvE, and RP. Alternatively, there could be a separate council of sorts for each community so that, for example, PvP and RP guilds who dislike each other would not have interact often. This/these could be used to assure that each community is united, allowing those such as the Messorem Coalition to communicate and efficiently organize events with multiple other guilds.
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Sure, it will add an extra step for any newbie to need to join a roleplay guild in order to roleplay. But, you will have a count of active roleplayers, and the guild itself can have a structure with leaders and helpers who can act as player moderators. It's not a perfect idea, and won't deal with trolls, but I feel advertising something like this and letting new people know that they are indeed welcome and have a place ready to help them, would bolster your game.
Aye, this has been something I've considered in the past. In the event that the Community Manager decides it is best to leave things as they are from a moderation standpoint, I will take this route and form something of this sort. My only concern would be the lack of ability to efficiently host global events for all RPers to gather at. They have been done in the past without any sort of moderation, but attendance tends to be lacking outside of the guild(s) hosting the event.
You will need advertising power, and let everyone know where to go for news on player created events. You can start advertising in these forums, while creating a blog page or whatever where player event coordinators can toss info and, well, coordinate events. Basically, you guys need a headquarters.
I've thought about using Enjin. It's a bit spammy and it feels a little rough to use, but a number of TERA RP guilds use it, so that makes it easier to connect with them outside of the game. Of course, if I can find a more efficient option I will, but Enjin would be my go-to for a hub.
Alright, thanks for your input! I appreciate it and every bit helps.
I'd even like to see harassing punished, there's an rp tag and even if i don't want people to be forced to rp, at least people griefing rp events shouldn't be allowed to do that easily.
You are precisely the kind of person I am attempting to assist!
Indeed, it can be quite frustrating. The intent would not be to force people in any way! The job of player mods for the RP community would be to help with events and get the word our while maintaining basic order and peace. In a sense, it would be a sort of miniature community management role.
Alright, everyone! With that, I'll be heading off to bed so that I can get a bit of shut-eye. I'll answer as many questions left for me here as I can in the morning. I bid you all a goodnight!
In the 14 months I have played this game - on one of the most populated servers, mind you - I have only seen an actual EME moderator in-game a handful of times - usually during "normal business hours" for their region. That doesn't mean that there aren't also "invisible" mods on at various times of day in various servers, but even assuming that - I don't see a whole lot "heavy moderation" on the chat, even when an actual moderator is there. I see them issue the occasional warning, telling people to "tone it down" or "change the subject" when people are being blatantly inappropriate, but rarely does this actually change peoples' behaviors. For the most part, the staff seems to allow most people leeway when it comes to expressing themselves - and I respect that. I believe in freedom of expression - to a point. When a person starts becoming overtly offensive, annoying or otherwise disruptive, I believe EME has every right to remove said person for the sake of preserving everyone else's enjoyment of the game. And usually EME does eventually ban people who have repeatedly violated the TOS - though it usually takes a lot to get banned in-game (they're much quicker to moderate people in the forums, it seems).
Getting back on topic... I think it's unrealistic to expect EME to hire someone to full-time moderate RP activities on the RP server. Not to diminish your influence - roleplay has always played a major part in MMOs. I'm sympathetic to the cause; I RP internally when I play the game. However, like I already explained, EME's resources are already stretched thin dealing with all the other in-game issues. I really don't think they can afford to pay someone for the sole purpose of moderating roleplay - they can't even moderate global chat on every server 24/7. If anything, the role of an RP mod would probably have to be a fully voluntary position, one that I'm sure multiple people would be willing to fill - but then like any other voluntary player/community liaison type position, you'd have to make sure that said person would not abuse the authority of their role. Which would either mean intensive vetting, or severely limiting their actual moderation powers... in the end you would likely end up with either a corrupt tyrant, or an ineffective well-meaning figurehead. That's just the sad reality of life: people who want power generally shouldn't be trusted with it; those who genuinely don't want it will probably never use it.
If you're honestly expecting EME to hire somebody full time for the sole purpose of moderating roleplay activities on one server... even full time, they would only be there 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. You'd have to hire at least 5 people to be able to cover the server 24/7. And that's for one activity on one server. Who is going to moderate the fairness of PVP activities on the PVP servers? Who is going to moderate all the inappropriate chat on the PVE servers? You're talking about hiring 20+ people just to moderate stuff. It costs a lot of money to employ 20 full time people. A LOT of money. These types of roles would almost have to be completely voluntary - and again, refer to my argument above; few people are likely to "volunteer" for that kind of workload unless they expect to "get" something out of it.
It's not that I'm opposed to your idea. In a perfect world.... sure. That would be ideal. But this is not nor will it ever be a perfect world. I just don't think it's realistically feasible.
Even when EME was heavier staffed the only staff member you'd actively see on CH was Minea, she actually cared about rp, rp'd herself, attending a lot of server-hosted rp events, etc. When she left we went back to being that "cringe-worthy server no one wants to come near because elin erping".
I already said this in another topic but, rpers are too small of a minority for anyone to care about much anymore these days.
For example he/she could simply take his/her time to organize some nice rp event on a bigger scale.
That would be an interesting position for people with a vivid imagination or those who like to create.
It's better that the "police" part remains in the hands of Eme and their employes.
I'd love to help out if you ever decide to try, and run your own public RP events!
All the below are my opinions
Player Mods:
They can be very dangerous and if ever put into play they need to be watched by En Masse. As well the players themselves can become targets by trolls and need to be thick skinned.
Trolls at Events:
Reality is the more they show up the less you will find RPers, they will simple find another venue where they will not be exposed to them. In the past it took reaching out to Minea or mass reporting them as well as Live Chat could help if the event was going on during those hours. Trolls would often wait for that 10:30 EST mark to start. It is hard to say just ignore them and they will move on, often this isn;t the case, the ignore system in TERA is not set up like other venues, the trolls will just adapt as they done in the past, taking giant pots and spamming their mounts on the RPers. As far as trying to hold events under the radar to avoid them, I won;t do that ever on a RP server, I won't hide. Best thing for now I found to do is ignore them, ask others not to respond, ask people to screen shot it all and mass report, it is what has worked best so far, though it can be greatly improved on.
Goverment:
In the past we had large guilds that had great leaders, we used to come together once a month as GMs to try and self govern our server. Some of us really didn't care for others but we cared for our community so for a hour we behaved. This wasn't an effort to make laws but to support each other. This for the most part is gone, it has been replaced with people trying to compete for attention, guilds trying to be the best of the best instead of focusing on the server as a whole. Can this change? I am unsure, it will take a lot to do so.
Random RP is awesome, it comes in many flavors and styles. You can do events to spark them but some times it just takes doing it. Do not always wait for an event, just start RPing and see what happens.
I understand where you are coming from. EME's stretched resources hadn't entirely crossed my mind since I was a bit sleepy at the time, and I wrote this post mostly on impulse last night. To answer this issue, I would have to say that you are right. Looking at this with a refreshed mind, expecting EME employees to cover this would be naive and silly given the stress the company is already under with regards to TERA. However, for the purpose of discussion and debate, I will leave that suggestion in my post for others to toss around and think about.
As for the broader question of moderation in other fields, I would suggest bringing in a form of volunteer moderation for that as well. However, before I suggest that too heavily, we now need to loop to the inevitable point of corruption and the question of how much trust can really be invested into volunteers to do the job efficiently. Of course, there are bad apples out there that would love nothing more than to get a moderator position just so that they might have the chance to boss people around and flex their muscles. At the same time, as you mentioned, there are also people that mean well and truly hope to help. To partly answer that, I'd like to point back to the suggestion of creating more of a "community manager" role. They would not have the power to kick people from the server or anything that a full-time moderator would have the ability to do. Rather, they would have access to simple commands that would aid them in organizing and smoothly running events. This could range from using the megaphone to teleporting players, depending on circumstance and what part of the game they are moderating (assuming this "volunteer mod" role extends to other aspects of TERA). To put it in sports terms, their job would be more like an assistant coach position who help regulate the team, while the full-time moderators at EME are the head coaches who deal with who gets booted from the team and who gets suspended.
Of course, this does not answer the point of corruption. At this moment of time, with my current thoughts, the best answer I can give is possibly the worst any person can give in a discussion on any topic: it will take a little faith. To my knowledge, if this is even considered, there is no other game out there that has attempted such a system that I am suggesting in this thread. The risk is high and it's understandable why a company would not want to all-in and try such an unexplored idea. If it does get implemented, it will have to happen slowly and over a very lengthy period of time to make sure that it will not implode and cause TERA massive player/community issues.
Aye. One of the biggest issues for involving new players is that it can be hard to even know when RP events are occurring since they are kept secret from Global. God forbid the almighty Global decides to get together and crash one of the guild parties. That would be a nightmare. RPers are a minority, yes, but that is true everywhere else. No games to my knowledge have ever had an RPer majority within them. I'd like to point out here that I am not trying to make RPers a majority either. I know that is something that would never happen. The goal is to simply make sure the minority does not continue to shrink.
Correct. While I was heavily leaning towards an actual "player mod" position, that was half-asleep me who got ahead of themselves in their writing. I do not expect EME to confer full policing responsibilities onto players. That would be extremely risky for any company to do; a risk probably not worth taking.
The help would be appreciated, and I do plan on running events myself!
To respond to your points:
Player mod/manager harassment
That would certainly be an issue. People can get vicious. However, seeing as many people have put up with trolling for long periods of time, it would not be hard to find thick-skinned individuals for the role(s).
Trolls at events
Ignoring has always been the best strategy, yes. Again, as I mentioned, I understand that trolls never stop existing, even when the mods have to log off for the day. They are something that comes with being on the internet and they will never stop existing. I only mentioned it briefly in my post to point out that having player mods/managers would suppress some of that delinquent behavior and might help to maintain immersion for lengthier periods of time.
Government
The competition is fairly obvious these days. A certain guild on CH seems to want to pick a fight with everyone. *Cough* To respond to the statement of a system change, it would certainly be one of the more difficult solutions, requiring a lot of back-and-forth between Bluehole and EME. That is, of course, assuming both companies don't immediately decline the idea (or any of the ideas mentioned, really).
Final point on random RP
You're right, random RP is one of the best ways to perform RP. However, when it becomes nearly the only way to comfortably RP for newer players, it becomes an issue and can alienate potential RPers. In addition, even with random RPing, there tend to be cliques already formed that can be intimidating for a new player. Anyone reading this who has RP'd before at the Blue Wagon over by the West Gate of Velika has certainly witnessed those groups of 2-5 people that come around and RP among themselves 95% of the time. There is nothing wrong with this of course, it is perfectly fine. I am simply speaking of the issues newbies might be encountering. Anyway, I digress. The primary goal here (as far as the RP community is concerned) is to establish a system that will aid in performing large-scale events that anyone can easily be a part of.