Should Teacher come back?

[Divey]

First and foremost I don't think anyone can argue against the fact that the Teacher rank is not a necessity. Every single rank on Fearless exists for it to run smoothly and the community can still run and thrive without the rank. Roleplay points are not dead although some people would like to believe. If you check the point page a lot have been given out recently and removing the Teacher rank while V2D was our server was not a good idea because passiverp was dead even with the Teacher rank because the lack of freedom of space and creativity with the buildings that the map offered. Meaning points were in a decline anyway due to a lack of people roleplaying (as opposed to the high quantities of aggressive dupes on the map).

I personally and I think a lot of people can agree with me that ranks aren't really something that are good. I don't really like the idea of people being 'above' anyone and I only agree with the ranks we have currently because as I previously stated, they are needed for the server to run properly. The Teacher rank or any other rank that has been suggested since as a 'replacement' for the role puts people above other people. When it came to accepting Teachers it was much more than simply 'do they know the rules'. Because they are apart of the team it's about their attitude, how they represent the community, can they be trusted with more information, can they be trusted with commands etc. and so really anyone can help anyone, but only a select few can be trusted with what comes with the role - When really, anyone can help anyone no matter what role they have. Whether it's OOC, PM or being an admin and teaching a rule breaker how to avoid breaking rules rather than banning them (which happens more than you may think).

You could argue then, well why don't you make the Teacher applications solely for the community to decide or at least let them have a big input? Again, first of all the Teacher rank still puts individuals on a pedestal and gives them lots of rewards over a normal player. But with the Teacher applications being public to the community it has always caused more hate for people who are applying, either by players accusing them of brown nosing up to the staff team or laughing at the fact that they've applied for the 5th time. And of course the embarrassment that came with being denied of the position in the first place. Along with this the staff team looks at things from a team perspective in the sense that 'will they genuinely be good for the role?' and while I'm not saying some community members don't do this, but a large portion of the community are bound to be supporting their friends for the role and -supporting the people they have beef with and with that point Fearless already has enough hatred towards others in terms of the courthouse constantly being people trying to get 'revenge player reports' on each other.

We're trying to push for a community full of people open to help, rather than a select few. And it just so happened that a lot of the people who had a knowledge of the rules or at least were a role model to the community didn't even want to apply for the role because they themselves didn't see a need in the role. We should be open to help players and not expect a physgun colour, a part of the team page, a symbol, extra props and more just for... being a nice person.