I have been extremely vocal about the failure of the implementation and treatment of the "Official" PvP Council for PRO.
First, we must understand what PRO created the PvP Council for. Its purpose, as defined by PRO is:
Source: https://pokemonrevolution.net/forum/topic/159114-introducing-the-pvp-council/
Speaking of that post, please review my initial view on this announcement: https://pokemonrevolution.net/forum/topic/159114-introducing-the-pvp-council/?do=findComment&comment=904730
The PvP Council discord started off really well. Council members were discussing every other day or so. Daily activity wasn't necessarily needed, just enough to keep things active. However, it quickly feel apart due to lack of leadership and support from PRO Staff. I'll go through some examples on how leaderships inaction and slow reactions began to lose the councils trust in the system:
Example 1: Council members need to wait 2+ weeks for official responses to requests.
Example 2: Council members begin to leave the council due to lack of confidence in the system.
Example 3: Walross confirms wave three mega bans, etc, will "most likely" be discussed by the PvP PRO Council.
Example 4: More council members begin to express their lack of confidence in the system created.
I encourage you to join the "PRO PvP Council" Discord and review #council-chat for yourself. Note the timestamps of #announcements made by Walross. Wave three mega bans discussions where never began in #council-chat by Walross as stated in Example 3 above, leading to Example 4. Also note absolutely NOTHING posted in #council-announcements or #suspect-results-votes as of the posting of this thread.
OKAY, SO HOW CAN WE FIX IT?
Step 1: Move everything in "Pokemon Revolution Online" Official Discord.
Step 2: Re-establish the council to 7 total members. Then have these 7 members vote on appointing a council lead.
Step 3: All voting will be viewable by the public in #council-voting. Each member has 1 vote worth 1 point, while a member of PRO Staff has 1 vote worth 3 points. Ties are decided by Council Lead.
Step 4: Respect from PRO Staff.