So it's become clear that we need to improve the Free-OP view of our server, we've known this for a long time now. I've got a few ideas to help improve it.
Suggestion 1 - Lighter punishments on OPs for section 2 and 3 offences
We should provide lighter punishments for section 2 and 3 offences. For example, if an OP spams, don't bother muting them, just smite them and tell them not to spam. Then if they do it again, you smite them. The same thing for griefing and other section 2 offences. If an op griefs, you tempban them for a few hours (such as 1-5 hours) and then if it gets worse, you ban them for 24 hours. This means that it gives an OP time to realise they can come back on later and not grief, and are still welcome.
Suggestion 2 - Monthly Plugin Suggestion Thread
The ESL team are here not only to market, but also to enhance op experience. We should have a thread that opens on the 1st of every month, and closes around the 15th of the month. This thread will be a thread where players can suggest plugins. The plugins will be evaluated by the ESL(and his team/a dev) and then if there is enough interest, it'll be added. Any old plugins that aren't used much (or even at all) would also be removed after an evaluation.
Suggestion 3 - Focus on marketing the main view, not the trends
This is more about the marketing side of stuff, but we should really focus on marketing our 'free-op' feature on TF. Trends like bending or HD heads will probably not last long enough. By the time we get ads based on these small trends, the trends may already even be over. No one uses bending anymore, and I think we might see HD Heads no longer a trend as well.
These are honestly just some of the endless opportunities we have at our hands. If we all work together, we can achieve a better TF.