#qadmins

[sevenzinha]

Thank tou Pomme, Thank you Dapper. Thank you Richas, Thank you Chayanne. Thank you Lullah, Thank you Leo. Thank you Ramón, Thank you Sunny. Thank you Pepito, Thank you Empy. Thank you Chunsik. Thank you Bobby, Thank you Tilín. Thank you Juana, Thank you Trump. Thank you admins. Thank you update accounts, thank you artists, thank you roleplayers, thank you. Thank you so much.

#qsmp #qsmp eggs #qadmins

[lionheartedmusings]

hi everyone! i talked about my new "dream job" very briefly a few times, but turns out you really shouldn't count your chickens before they hatch. i debated not saying anything multiple times, and frankly perhaps i should've kept quiet, but i refuse to let this situation eat me up and i feel like the community also deserves some transparency on some things that realistically, you'll never get unless people speak up. i want to preface this by stating very, very clearly that everyone that i met in the studio on a personal level is incredibly talented, passionate, and kind. all of them deserve much, much better than the way they get treated. i applied to be a writer for quackity studios / qsmp and got an email back on the 18th of january. i interviewed for the position on the 23rd of january, and entered trial period on the 28th after signing an "nda".

early during trial period, i asked one of my supervisors about payment and was told they weren't responsible for that and didn't know, but would get back to me as soon as they knew which never ended up happening (i do not blame them at all, they’re incredibly busy people). i should've pressed further, but as someone in a very, very sensitive financial situation and someone who loves the qsmp and admires the talent of everyone who poured their heart and soul into the project, i chose to wait and expect the best. i was officially welcomed into the studio on the 10th of february, and while i waited to be contacted regarding a contract or payment, i had to once again ask (even after i was already working) about payment. i was redirected to "the" head admin as it was him who handled payment, and had to wait days for him to log on so i could add him as a discord friend and ask about my salary. during that conversation, which took almost a week from start to finish, i was asked multiple times if i'd worked professionally as a writer or freelancer (to which the answer was no) before finally being offered between 200-250 dollars (which i later found out shakes out to 170€) per month. i had to ask how i was being paid, and of my own accord provide him with my paypal email in hopes of a response as he never made it clear to whom i should send it. i was incredibly lucky compared to so many members of that team, because i did get paid for my work over that month, even if it felt like i had to beg for compensation that had been promised to me before. it was an awful salary, but i was desperate and so excited to be a part of the team that i accepted the conditions. after léa's tweets, the response "jay" posted, and quackity's emergency stream, i heard once from a supervisor that things were on hold but we'd be informed of any changes. to this day, there has not been any communication either publicly on the discord server or privately, even though i asked a supervisor privately for any possible updates on anything. there's been absolute radio silence. i want to add that i do not in any way blame my supervisors for any of their lack of communication, as they've been nothing but kind and caring towards me and i imagine they'd say something if they could. i have nothing but the utmost respect for them. a few days ago (and i apologize for not being precise with the date but i wasn't checking these things closely as i had no reason to) i noticed that my access to just about everything on the server apart from the announcement channel had been removed, and the only role i retained was the main "writer" one. upon checking, the other writers on the team still retain all of their previous roles. for some reason i do not know nor understand, my access got removed without any sort of word, communication, dm, anything. anything i've ever learnt about this situation, i learnt in the middle of the night live on twitch.tv while i waited to see if i still had a job or not. the only reason i can find for my access being removed and not the other writers is the fact that i'm friends with pomme's admin. i do not know if that is why, it's merely my own speculation, but it's the only link i can see that would lead to that decision. i hope i'm wrong, but hope hasn't gotten me very far in this yet. yesterday, i quit.

i only applied in the first place because i love the qsmp. i love this community, i love this project, and i genuinely and wholeheartedly wanted to help build it as well as be able to in some way support myself while being creative. i'm not making this post because i hate quackity and want to see anything burn — i'm just exhausted, and stressed, and losing sleep over a business that ultimately does not care for the people that made it a reality. i could not in good conscience not say something, because while i was very lucky that my time there was short and while i made friends there that i believe i will take with me for the rest of my life, i've never been someone who can sit and watch others be mistreated so blatantly and just ignore it. i honestly and sincerely hope that moving forward, things change, but after what i've seen i have very little hope left in me. this isn't just about the exploitation of people, or just about not providing people with payment for their work — it's about treating other human beings who are killing themselves and working themselves to the bone with the very minimum of care and respect. it's about people who made the qsmp what it is being discarded and disrespected constantly, and who live in fear and anxiety. these people deserve to be treated well, and that lack of respect hasn't changed regardless of any "announcements" made. my heart and full and complete support goes out to everyone who is dealing with these very unfortunate circumstances and treatment (my dms are always open if you ever want to reach out), to léa for being so incredibly brave and putting herself in the line of fire for the tens of people still in the studio, to all the actors and the twitter teams for the absolute silence they've received as payment for their hard work over almost a year, and to pomme's admin who despite what's going around on twitter has not received any contact from anyone in the studio yet, and deserves so so much better.

it’s my most sincere hope that qsmp thrives and conditions change, because everyone there deserves that. everyone there deserves to be treated like gold because they’re some of the best people i’ve ever met. i wish it didn’t feel like we have to put ourselves in the line of fire publicly for any sort of response because clearly staying silent hasn’t helped anything.

please, support the people who spoke out and support the people still in the project. they're the ones who made the qsmp the qsmp. they're the ones you should be standing with first and foremost.

#qsmp #qadmins #i'm so sorry guys but i personally don't feel comfortable tagging this with like discourse or neg #but <3 i will not be offended / upset if you use those tags if you talk about this #aaaaaaaaa

[daddyboyhalo]

these two will be the death of me LMFAOOO

playlist links. the last songs totally won’t make you sob:

#qsmp dapper #qsmp pomme #qadmins #qsmp admins #qsmp #dapper shade #pomme lumi

[mayrine]

Seen a lot of people being excited for the (maybe) new qsmp figurines that we are going to get

But honestly I find it disrespectful

Like, how are you going to announce a Pomme figurine before you announce if her admin is back and is properly paid?

Also we have heard nothing about anything, I’m not saying Q needs to tell us everything that is going on backstage but tell us that things are moving forward at the very least

I’ve heard straight up horror stories of what it was like to work for Quackity studios and I feel like they (the people that worked there) deserve the most to know what is happening

A lot of people i followed said that they have dropped the qsmp completely and are not planning on coming back even if things change

And I honestly do plan on not interacting with the qsmp in anyway because of all of this

Like this is not ok, and the fact that we have heard nothing is also not ok

#qsmp #qsmp discourse #qadmin situation #qadmins #qsmp admins #qsmp admins situation

[h3xt0r]

god i need to get off this site im just doomscrolling at this point

i'm just so dissapointed in quackity and not very hopeful about the future of the server

but still, i dont regret the time and love i put into this fandom, even if it all crashes and burns (more than it already has) ill still not regret it

ive had so much fun :]

#hector heckles #gonna TRY and take a break for a while but im chronically online #so you might see me in like an hour lmao #all my love and support to the admins of pomme dapper and ramon #you guys were awesome #qadmin situation #qsmp admins situation #qadmins

[antimony-medusa]

Today in “apparently communication is impossible in 2024” the French union never contacted Quackity beyond a Twitter call-out???

#qsmp #qsmp admins #qadmin situation #medusas banger posts

[catsinaspacesuit]

Quackity is giving some updates about QSMP structural changes:

- He has been on many calls and reading comments, but is still not done.

- People who were in charge some of the financial and administrative wrong doings were fired.

- The QSMP wouldn't last much longer if I had kept going the way I was doing.

- He is basically restarting the administration almost from zero

- There won't be more individual update accounts for each creator or each language at least for a while

- There won't be any eggs or npcs **TEMPORARILY**

-Creators will be in charge of their own lore and the team is not going to intervene in that anymore

- The competitive level is going to slow down

- The server will be in basic terms

- The server might be re opened but that doesn't mean everything is fixed

*feel free to add the things i forgot*

#quackity #qsmp #qsmp quackity #qsmp discourse #qsmp discussion #qsmp eggs #qsmp admins #qsmp updates #qsmp admin situation #qadmin situation

[anachronistic-falsehood]

leans into the mic. the qsmp streams and events are not to distract from the admin situation. the new admin team (which likely includes some admins who stayed from the last one) likely just want to have fun on the server they’re on. they’re allowed to do that. thank u <3

#qsmp #qadmin situation #like what good would ‘distracting’ from the situation do fr #like what would they get out of that #grabs ur shoulders and looks u in the eyes. not everything is done with malicious intent. ok????

[trashfangirlsworld]

I think it's important for people that aren't from the US to know that quackity having his address doxxed isn't just dangerous because crazy fans might show up at his door.

It is incredibly dangerous for any cc that lives in the US to have their address leaked because they can be swatted with just a 911 call, and it can happen more then one time.

I greatly suggest watching qtcinderella's interview with anthony padilla where she specifically talks about multiple experiences with swatting, that were so bad she got actual ptsd from them.

It is extremely important to note that qt and ludwig are white and this is how traumatizing those experiences were for them, even with their privilage. Quackity is not a white man, quackity is a mexican man, living in a country with a police force known for their racism and xenophobia, which has actively gotten many innocent people killed simply because of their race or where they came from. Swatting is danger for any cc, but for quackity it is even more so.

So no, what happened to quackity wasn't just a tiny oopsy daisy, as accidental as it may have started, and I think people that try to justify it or dismiss it are disgusting and I please ask that you stay away from this blog.

#I have to be honest #I think lèa should consider herself extremly lucky #if she doesn't get sued #and I'm saying this with kindness #qsmp #quackity #qsmp discourse #for tag blocking purposes #tw doxxing #tw swatting #qadmin situation #also for blocking purposes

[missycolorful]

i hope any non-english speakers on qsmpblr know that they are welcome here, and that they are not obligated to speak english to be part of this community. anyone who tells you otherwise can go fuck themselves. no one should feel scared or ashamed in speaking their native language. the qsmp is about breaking language barriers, forming bonds with people that we might not have communicated with before, and despite everything going on right now, that has not changed. we had a language day last month, where everyone wrote posts in their first language, and it was fantastic and maybe we can have another day like this in the future, but we should also encourage more people so they can feel comfortable doing this every day.

#qsmp #qadmin situation #anyway xenophobes can go run into traffic (in minecraft) #also looking at this i do hope i don't come across too 'white savior' here :/ #if i do lemme know maybe i can adjust my wording. there IS only so much i can say as a white american haha

[splatattackz]

EDITTED! READ!

og post:

translation;

"its insane quack made a statement in the discord

its point by point what ive been saying for 2 weeks mdrrr"

"basically:

- priority number 1: find a way to financially support everybody. [quackity] doesnt want volunteers because he understands that legally it is too risky, especially with the work laws in other countries that he does not know about.

- if the financial situation is good enough, we bring back the actors, but in the meantime theyre on hold. there are no updates because he doesnt want to make any false promises to them.

- theres little communication because of the legal pressure and due to the partial leaks which can be twisted.

- hes restructuring the entire studio and how it works, and it takes a lot of time. he also doesnt want to pressure too many people currently working to adapt so quickly to these changes. (im guessing its a major overhaul to how everything works[/working methods])"

¹: this is actually diverted i think? but i translated it as "cause issues" or "be wrong" because i think it comes across better? got help and it seems its better translated as "twisted"!

#DONT SHOOT THE MESSANGER PLEASE <3 #also translation help very welcome im going on my french knowledge and the will of god #qsmp #qadmin situation #qsmp discourse #discourse #qsmpattackz #splatattackz #again please dont shoot the messanger here

[hey-i-am-trying]

"I saw some of you commenting about qsmp here, I will come back to the server once they regularize the situation of empanada's admin (that was my condition to them)! All the feedback she and other admins made I made a point of personally passing it on to the team, to guarantee they are being heard. We made some calls with quackity too, so I know he is trying his best to make the most people happy.

I truly hope all is fixed soon and we reach a point where everybody is comfortable and happy to be in the project, which I believe was the purpose since the beginning"

#qsmp #qsmp bagi #qadmin situation #oibagi

[daddyboyhalo]

AHAHAAHAHA dapper i’m so sorry

#i actually have no idea what to tag this as? #should we make a new tag? #eggmins #qadmins #t​he admins formerly known as qadmins #<- all good suggestions from grace LMAO #lumipomme #dappershade

[marsstarsnstuff]

/gen

Do people understand the reason Q cannot apologize about the situation right now? Or are people a bit confused?

It's basically something in the US court system, that when someone is involved in a case and apologizes for the issues and takes the blame (rightful or not) the others in the same case can use it to put all the blame on one person and the others would get off scott free.

That is something that does actually happen, and I have had experience with. I can explain a little if people want but the circumstances are different as mine is around family and inheritance mostly.

So, yes, while the admins, 100% deserve explanations and apologies, due to leaks of private messages (that they are in their own right to show) I personally do not think an apology will be given until any of the higher up issues have been resolved.

*Edit*

Thanks @qsmpbutwithsignlanguage :

"An apology is considered a complete admission of guilt in the court of law in the United States of America, for more specific terminology. "

I forgot the specifics when writing this

#qsmp #qadmin situation #not excusing anything but trying to explain a little #US Courts suck

[ace-apple]

>be professional french labor union >get told about worker rights violation in a minecraft server project >dont contact person we're talking about >get mad that he hasnt answered your twitter callout post yet >sue

#qsmp #qadmins situation #admingate #<- shoutout to the person who called it that im tagging that from now on thats so funny

[cat-hybridcellbit]

I know that a lot of people are upset that Quackity is not prioritizing communication, but with the absolute legal SNAFU that QSMP Studios has become it’s entirely understandable. This kind of situation, worker’s rights violations in multiple countries and the requirements of each country’s legal system, is a veritable minefield. Your wording has to be incredibly precise over every update, every reassurance. The absolute best he could tell anyone (including former employees and volunteers) is “we are still working on it” because any kind of promise, assurance, etc. could be later treated as a guarantee. Anytime there’s a potential for a lawsuit the advice given is to keep everything sealed up tight until an actionable plan can be implemented.

This is just from my perspective because I am very familiar with how lawyers in multiple industries operate, plus knowing that Quackity has a pre-law background it makes complete sense why this is the way he’s choosing to handle the situation.

TLDR: Yeah the lack of communication doesn’t feel great, especially for the former employees, but there’s actual legal reasons for it and in the long run it’s probably the best option, as much as we may dislike it.

#qadmin situation #qsmp #I do just want to give some perspective to the intricacies he’s likely dealing with #this isn’t meant as a criticism just to help explain why communication is so sparse #discourse