Lunarys

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Lunarys was an SCP: Secret Laboratory community established on December 23, 2019 as a migration away from another community.[1] It was shut down on December 20, 2022 to rebrand itself as LunarysX.[2]

Lunarys
Lunarys logo.png
General Information
Established2019
Owners[1]
Registered Members580 (as of July 12, 2023)
Joining ProcessParticipation

Structure

Governance

The community made use of a non-linear rank structure, where each service had an isolated hierarchy of staff. The highest-ranking members of each hierarchy reported to a group of individuals that jointly acted as the community's owners. The top of each hierarchy had administrators, with each service typically having 1-3 of them at any given time. Administrators reported to super administrators. The super administrators made decisions that effected the larger community and oversaw the work of the administrators.[3]

Below administrators were senior moderators, who were primarily charged with training moderators. Moderators were tasked with day-to-day moderation.[3] Lateral to moderators were the positions of clerk and plugin engineer. Clerks were responsible for assisting the management team with the upkeep of internal documentation and records.[4] Plugin engineers were responsible for creating, maintaining, and fixing plugins for the SCP: Secret Laboratory servers.[5]

A position known as senior administrator also existed, which acted as a managerial role for administrators that reported directly to the super administrators.[6] It was discontinued shortly after it was introduced.[3]

At the community's inception it was originally intended that the rank structure would be more linear, where administrators would jointly be responsible for managing all services provided simultaneously. The outcome of an internal poll sent to the staff team in February of 2020 showed that the administrators were dissatisfied with that decision, resulting in the structure described above.[3]

Network Partnership Program

On May 3, 2020 the community launched a "network partnership program". It allowed members who met certain conditions and guidelines to receive support and advertisement for a hosted service owned by the relevant member. The advertisement was performed in the form of a pinged message to all members of the primary Lunarys Discord server. The provided support was in the form of dedicated public text channels, a dedicated voice channel, and a private text channel that simultaneously acted as a direct line of communication to the Lunarys management team.[7]

The program remained available to members up until the community shut down. A total of 3 services were made available to the community under the program.

  • Minecraft hosted by Burbs, announced October 10, 2020.[8]
  • Space Station 13 hosted by Slude, announced February 9, 2021.[9]
  • Garry's Mod hosted by Sirdog, announced June 13, 2021.[10]

Lunarys Wiki

A partial screenshot of the Lunarys wiki homepage as it was on February 7, 2022.
A partial screenshot of the Lunarys wiki homepage as it was on February 7, 2022.

On August 8, 2021 Sirdog announced to the community that a wiki originally only accessible to the staff team was made available to the public.[11] The home page featured the slogan "The storehouse of all information and knowledge of use to the community", a staff team roster, and tables that displayed navigational hyperlinks.[12]

The website held various documents, such as the staff team's handbook, the terms and conditions of the network partnership program, and the policy relating to how the benefits purchased on Patreon are obtained and used.[13][7][14]

The entire wiki was released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 License.[15] It was deprecated on March 9, 2022.[16]

Finances

The operating cost for the community was US$50 monthly.[17]

History

Chronology of events

December 23, 2019
A vast majority of management, leadership, and other members from the community Hydra Gaming leave simultaneously, resulting in the creation of Lunarys.[3]
Between December 24 and 31
The community creates the server and structure necessary to staff Minecraft. In the same month, applications to apply for staffing positions are released.[3]
January 2020
Servers and structures for staffing are created for SCP: Secret Laboratory and Garry's Mod, with the latter running the game mode Trouble in Terrorist Town. In the same month, a handbook for the staff team is released.[3]
February
The senior administrator position is introduced, bots displaying the active player count for the SCP: Secret Laboratory servers are launched, the Minecraft server transitions to being a modded server, and the administrator position becomes tied to a service.[3]
March
A public statement is released from super administrator Sirdog regarding how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the staff team's performance.[18] In the same month, a Patreon subscription service is launched.[3]
April
The Minecraft server is shut down and a community forum is launched.[3]
May
The Patreon is changed to charge patrons immediately rather than on the 1st of the following month due to abuse. In the same month, the senior administrator position is deprecated, and the network partnership program is released.[3]
July
The senior moderator position is introduced.[3]
August
A 3rd SCP: Secret Laboratory server is launched, and the Garry's Mod server is placed in a "status" due to "operational and development concerns".[3]
October
A MediaWiki instance is launched specifically for the staff team and the Garry's Mod server is shut down.[3]
February 2021
Space Station 13 is introduced as the first sponsored service from Lunarys under it's network partnership program. It was later shut down in April.[3]
May
Another Trouble in Terrorist Town Garry's Mod server is launched. The following month, it would be demoted to the status equivalent of a sponsored service.[3]
August
The MediaWiki instance was transitioned from being for the staff team only to being for the community in general. In the same month, 3 additional SCP: Secret Laboratory servers are launched to take part in the developer's Parabellum beta.[19][3]
February 16, 2022
Sirdog announces that the community is going to "undergo a major restructuring" wherein they become the sole owner.[20]
March 17
Sirdog - the then owner - announces that a selection process for a new owner has begun.[21]
March 21
Sirdog announces that EMP Fingers was voted in as the new owner, providing a document breaking down how the votes were tallied.[22][23]
April 4
EMP Fingers announces that they "only wanted to win so [they] could choose who the new owner is rather than leave it up to random chance". They then transfer ownership to Sushiloid.[24]
September 16
Sirdog announces that ownership was transferred back to them "based on [Sushiloid's] inactivity here and stress related factors".[25]
December 18
Sirdog announces that the remaining community will be migrating to a new Discord server.[26] The migration begins, with the original server frozen for posterity, on December 20.[27]

Ownership transfers

The community's ownership team changed 9 times during it's lifespan.

Owners Start Date End Date Duration
  • BlueNova
  • Sirdog
  • Sushiloid
  • The_Rekoning
 December 23, 2019 June 20, 2020[28] 5 months, 28 days
  • BlueNova
  • Sirdog
  • Sushiloid
 June 20, 2020 September 2, 2021[29] 14 months, 13 days
  • BlueNova
  • Sirdog
  • Sushiloid
  • EMP Fingers
 September 2, 2021 November 22, 2021[30] 2 months, 20 days
  • Sirdog
  • Sushiloid
  • EMP Fingers
 November 22, 2021 November 28, 2021[citation needed] 6 days
  • Sirdog
  • Sushiloid
 November 28, 2021 February 16, 2022[20] 2 months, 19 days
Sirdog February 16, 2022 March 21, 2022[22] 1 month, 5 days
EMP Fingers March 21, 2022 April 4, 2022[24] 14 days
Sushiloid April 4, 2022 September 16, 2022[25] 5 months, 12 days
Sirdog September 16, 2022 December 20, 2022[27] 3 months, 4 days

Controversy

2020 removal of community leader

On June 13, 2020, it was announced that super administrator The_Rekoning was removed their position for "behavioral problems that have been exhibited and their effects on the relationship between the community and leadership staff".[28]

Members inquired as to if The_Rekoning would be replaced. Super administrator BlueNova stated that there were no plans to do so, as such a person would not serve a purpose.[31] Fauna challenged BlueNova, arguing that when the community was formed a stated intention was to avoid super administrators needing to have a specific purpose.[32] BlueNova later commented that, while each super administrator did not have their own purpose, there "[didn't] seem to be enough work to go around... to be shared among four".[33]

It was later pointed out by The_Rekoning that the original announcement stated they had stepped down rather than having been removed involuntarily,[34] with super administrators BlueNova and Sirdog apologizing for the error.[34][35] It was noted by SimonSimon that the error was "unprofessional and disgusting to see" and that the error "should have never, ever been made", with others expressing agreement.[36]

Sirdog announced 2 hours after the original announcement that a "mini-community meeting" was taking place in the Lobby channel of the Discord server, where they and BlueNova were available to answer questions relating to The_Rekoning's removal.[37] The_Rekoning declined to join the voice channel.[38]

2021 sabotaged event

On January 30, 2021, Foxpox hosted a "Minecraft 1 Hour Hardcore Speedrun" event. The goal of the event was for participants to beat Minecraft in 1 hour with anyone who died being forced to spectate.[39] At 10:50pm Eastern Mooly Wammoth uploaded a 24 second video clip to #events-discussion of participants entering the End portal.[40] According to HypedFreak, the video showed JoeMama punching everyone into the End dimension's void.[41] This sparked a conversation regarding JoeMama's behavior, alongside members offering sympathies to Foxpox.

EMP Fingers, a then administrator for the SCP: Secret Laboratory service, sent the following message at 11:14pm.

You know what my favorite part about this is?

The staff team saw that Joe was the kind of toxic, stupid person to do shit like this months ago and they've been harassed and had accusations of abuse and favoritism tossed at them ever since he got banned. Then he's allowed to join into this event and blows everything up. But hey, who could have ever seen this coming, amirite?[42]

potato117 expressed disapproval with EMP Fingers' comment, explaining that while being mad with JoeMama was understandable, calling them stupid was improper.[43] EMP Fingers was apathetic to potato117's position[44]

A meta discussion regarding how JoeMama was being spoken about followed, with some voicing displeasure with alleged antagonism,[45][46] and others voicing that the alleged antagonism was warranted.[47][48] A call was made for the channel to be locked, which failed.[49][50] potato117, later in the conversation, expressed frustration that members of management and leadership were "insulting joe".[46] Relevant members countered that they were providing objective assessment's of JoeMama's character.[51][47]

The conversation was formally closed by Sushiloid at 12:01am on January 31.[52]

2021 fiction spoilers discourse

On October 30, 2021 ma1kawa11 commented in the Discord server's #general channel that they had finished the Netflix original series Squid Game, resulting in conversation.[53] Shortly after the originating comment, Monstrosity and HypedFreak entered the conversation, and they quickly expressed contempt with ma1kawa11 for not marking spoilers, with Monstrosity commenting "Just absolutely fucking filling the chat with every spoiler possible... lmao".[54] In reply, ma1kawa11 said "they spoiled everything for me too earlier before I finished it... it's your turn now mwahahahahahahaha".[55]

ma1kawa11 received push-back, with potato117 commenting that it was a "shit thing to do", in which Fauna agreed.[56] A back and forth took place, culminating in HypedFreak sending a message in all caps, expressing that the hostility directed at ma1kawa11 was "unacceptable".[57] Shortly thereafter Cloud, a then administrator for the Discord server, ordered participants to cease speaking.[58] This was followed by Cloud commenting "also don't talk about shit thats currently popular in general without spoiling", followed by "you guys are fucking retarded for doing that." The latter message was edited 4 hours later with the phrase crossed out.[59]

ma1kawa11 responded to Cloud's comment 2 minutes later in a rejected fashion, ending their message with "anyway see ya'll I'm out".[60] EMP Fingers, a then super administrator, asked Cloud at 2:03pm - 40 minutes after the conversation began - if #general should be placed under slow mode "for a few hours". Cloud agreed.[61]

Members commented that the slow mode appeared to be lifted 2 and a half hours later at 4:35pm.[62]

References

  1. ↑ File:Lunarys1.png
  2. ↑ File:Lunarys3.png
  3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 Sirdog (1 February 2022). "Lunarys History" (Document). Lunarys.
  4. ↑ Sirdog (26 October 2021). "Clerk" (Document). Lunarys.
  5. ↑ Sirdog (6 November 2021). "Plugin Engineer" (Document). Lunarys.
  6. ↑ Sirdog (29 January 2021). "Senior Admin" (Document). Lunarys.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Sirdog (4 February 2022). "Network Partnership Contract" (Document). Lunarys.
  8. ↑ File:Lunarys40.png
  9. ↑ File:Lunarys41.png
  10. ↑ File:Lunarys42.png
  11. ↑ File:Lunarys43.png
  12. ↑ File:Lunarys wiki showcase.png
  13. ↑ Sirdog (8 January 2022). "Staff Handbook" (Document). Lunarys.
  14. ↑ Sirdog (26 August 2021). "Patreon Benefits Policy" (Document). Lunarys.
  15. ↑ File:Lunarys44.png
  16. ↑ File:Lunarys45.png
  17. ↑ File:Lunarys56.png
  18. ↑ Sirdog (18 March 2020). "Lunarys Projects & COVID-19's Affect on Their Progress" (Document). Lunarys.
  19. ↑ Northwood Studios Parabellum announcement
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 File:Lunarys6.png
  21. ↑ File:Lunarys2.png
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 File:Lunarys8.png
  23. ↑ Sirdog (21 March 2022). "2022 New Owner Election Results Breakdown" (Document). Lunarys.
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 File:Lunarys9.png
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 File:Lunarys10.png
  26. ↑ File:Lunarys11.png
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 File:Lunarys12.png
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 File:Lunarys13.png
  29. ↑ File:Lunarys58.png
  30. ↑ File:Lunarys57.png
  31. ↑ File:Lunarys17.png
  32. ↑ File:Lunarys18.png
  33. ↑ File:Lunarys20.png
  34. ↑ 34.0 34.1 File:Lunarys14.png
  35. ↑ File:Lunarys15.png
  36. ↑ File:Lunarys16.png
  37. ↑ File:Lunarys21.png
  38. ↑ File:Lunarys22.png
  39. ↑ File:Lunarys23.png
  40. ↑ File:Lunarys24.png
  41. ↑ File:Lunarys39.png
  42. ↑ File:Lunarys26.png
  43. ↑ File:Lunarys27.png
  44. ↑ File:Lunarys28.png
  45. ↑ File:Lunarys33.png
  46. ↑ 46.0 46.1 File:Lunarys34.png
  47. ↑ 47.0 47.1 File:Lunarys35.png
  48. ↑ File:Lunarys36.png
  49. ↑ File:Lunarys31.png
  50. ↑ File:Lunarys32.png
  51. ↑ File:Lunarys38.png
  52. ↑ File:Lunarys37.png
  53. ↑ File:Lunarys46.png
  54. ↑ File:Lunarys47.png
  55. ↑ File:Lunarys48.png
  56. ↑ File:Lunarys49.png
  57. ↑ File:Lunarys50.png
  58. ↑ File:Lunarys51.png
  59. ↑ File:Lunarys52.png
  60. ↑ File:Lunarys53.png
  61. ↑ File:Lunarys54.png
  62. ↑ File:Lunarys55.png
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