[Feb 2022] Discord Monthly Update
Long time no see friends and a happy belated new year, a happy lunar new year, aaaand the start of Black History Month! We hope your year has been going well so far. We know we’ve been on the quiet side recently but have no fear. It's only because we have a lot of wonderful things planned for this year and there’s lots of behind the scene work going on. Speaking of behind the scenes work, there are plenty of important changes coming to the server (such as an opt-in notification system!), so make sure you read this month's D-Moo to stay in the loop 🐮
We would also like to thank y’all for being awesome members of our community. Please remember to ping @Mod Squad if you see something that goes against our guidelines or is causing a disturbance and we’ll take it from there!
Updates
Mod Squad
You might’ve noticed deeper orange colors in the server.. that’s because we’re proud to announce Neon as a Senior Moderator! But there’s more, all of our Junior Moderators are now full-fledged Moderators! Give them a nice shoutout in #general-lounge for all the hard work that they’ve done for our community, and we can’t wait to see them take our Mod Squad to the next level.
Having said that, we’re looking to expand our Mod Squad again! We’re looking for committed members who want to help manage and keep our community safe. Keep your eyes peeled in #announcements for when we open up Junior Moderator applications!
Revamping the role react system
The time has come, we’re finally updating our role react system! There are a lot of changes that the team feels is important to implement, so here’s a quick summary. Note: These changes are currently set to be implemented on February 10.
Adding opt-in notification system: You will be able to choose what kind of notifications and announcements you want to be pinged about! Say goodbye to @everyone pings (unless it is an emergency) and hello to less notification clutter. These will be the available notifications that you can choose from:
Server updates (related to the Discord server such as updating server channels)
TGH updates (related to TGH such as new merch and cool things happening outside of our Discord community)
Event notifications (related to any and all events, such as Discord community events, external events, and tournaments)
Giveaway notifications (related to any and all giveaways such as Discord-only giveaways and TGH giveaways)
Question of the Day notifications (related to whenever we post our #question-of-the-day)
Food Fight Friday notifications (related to whenever we post our controversial food-related #question-of-the-day)
Adding TGH clubs: We know many of y’all are passionate about the same thing: games! So let’s do something about that. Shoutout to community member beruset who will be leading our first Monthly Video Game Club! You will be able to react to join the club and be notified of discussions, hangouts, and more once we have this set up.
These roles will be removed: DJ, DoomDancer, Fitness, Moonveil, all Seeking Work roles, and all Providing Work roles
These roles will be removed and merged with another: DnD (merged to Tabletop)
Gaming roles that are now cross-platform will be updated accordingly (i.e. all Apex roles will now be merged)
Updating TGH levelling and ranking system
We’ve noticed that lots of you have been climbing up the TGH ladder, from Contributors to Standouts to Achievers—and we want to give those titles more meaning! Starting from February 10, levelling up within our server will now provide you with certain perks:
Contributor: Allowed to post photos and have video permissions across server
Standout: Allowed to post in #member-content and will be entered into a quarterly giveaway
Achiever: Allowed to use external emojis and stickers
Superstar: Included in internal discussions about server changes
Influencer: Gifted one free TGH merch of your choice
Server updates
Alongside the role revamp, the following changes will also be made on February 10:
Opening up all of our community channels to members, including Tabletop & RPG and Streamers channels.
Merging #promotion-feed and #livestreaming to a new channel under Sharing Center called #member-content with the following guidelines:
Only members with a Standout rank or higher may be able to post
Members can only post one message per day
If you haven’t noticed already, we’ve implemented user-created temporary voice channels! Take a look at the announcement we made a few weeks ago for more info.
We’ll be removing our entire job board system, which means deleting #posting-guide, #job-board, and #seeker-board. Instead, we’ll be adding an #opportunities-board where members can post job listings, volunteering opportunities, and internship positions with no required template.
We’ll be adding back a #cosplayer and #food channel
Community events
February 4 at 5:30pm (ET) - Skribbl.io with Pearl
February 5 at 2pm (ET) - Stardew with Magz
February 11 at 9pm (ET) - Dead by Daylight Customs with Neon and Reina
February 12 at 7pm (ET) - Crab Game with Aiyana and Circie
February 19 at 7pm (ET) - Among Us with Werewolf
February 26 at 12pm (ET) - ACNH with Zombie
February 26 at 4pm (ET) - Conspiracy Theories with Ego and Karina
Suggestions (before January 29, 2022)
Approved suggestions
We will be working toward implementing these changes this month:
Suggestion #36 - Monthly videogame/show/book clubs
Suggestion #37 - Adding a Crab Game role (already implemented)
Suggestion #38 - Adding the “Free Stuff” bot (already implemented)
Suggestion #39 - Adding a Skribbl.io role
Suggestion #40 - Giving members photo permissions for channels
Suggestion #42 - Creating a VC for non-gaming reasons (already implemented through user-created temporary voice channels)
Suggestion #43 - Changing the UK role to UK/Ireland
Suggestion #44 - Creating a VC for non-gaming reasons (already implemented through user-created temporary voice channels)
Suggestion #47 - Adding a food sharing channel
Suggestion #50 - Making the @Mod Squad role taggable (already implemented)
Suggestion #51 - Creating opt-in roles (please see notification system in role revamp section)
Rejected suggestions
Suggestion #5 - Adding in Pokemon Bot
Our team has decided that we won’t be adding in any Discord game bots for the time being due to limited moderation capacity
Suggestion #29 - Add time zones roles
The aim of our role revamp is to lower the amount of roles that we have, if there’s further demand for these specific roles, the team will revisit this option
Suggestion #32 - Adding PS5 roles
With our role revamp, we’ll be changing all console names to be more general. For example, PS4 will become PS and XB1 will become XB
Suggestion #41 - Adding trading card game roles
The aim of our role revamp is to lower the amount of roles that we have, if there’s further demand for these specific roles, the team will revisit this option
Suggestion #46 - Adding a Wild Rift role
Unfortunately, there’s not enough demand in our community for this role. If there’s further demand, the team will revisit this option
Suggestion #48 - Adding the ZeroTwo bot
Our team has decided that we won’t be adding in any Discord game bots for the time being due to limited moderation capacity
Suggestion #49 - Adding a Power Washing Simulator role
Unfortunately, there’s not enough demand in our community for this role. If there’s further demand, the team will revisit this option
Tabled suggestions
Suggestion #45 - Adding an adult space
More internal discussions are required, but we will keep the community updated
Completed suggestions
Suggestion #N/A - Adding a Gartic Phone role
Suggestion #30 - Avoiding tournaments that involve Blizzard games
Formally, the TGH Discord will not be hosting any tournaments that involve games from Activision Blizzard
Suggestion #31 - Adding a Walking Dead: Our World (mobile) role
Suggestion #34 - Adding a vtuber role
Suggestion #35 - Adding a Stellaris role
Phew, that wraps up this month's D-Moo. We hope you’re as excited for the changes as we are! If you love this community and want to contribute in other ways, keep your eyes open for the Junior Moderator application and other community member opportunities. Also remember to set up your ping notifications in our Discord on February 10. Don’t be a stranger and happy gaming! 🎮
💖 Karina
Discord Community Manager
💖 Leah
the*gameHERs Intern
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