Re: 'A Change in Times, A Shift in Policy?' To be entirely honest....the chat override is something that many of the earliest pmods never wanted, nor do many of the current ones. The simple explaination, however, is this: The programming for the crowns, whether gold or silver, is complicated and inextricably intertwined. While there ARE indeed times where it is necessary for Jmods to have all the abilities they have, the same almost never applies to player moderators. They are, at the end of the day, mere volunteers and not paid staff. However, the simple fact is that the programming is there. The effort required to remove the chat override from silver crowns and not from the gold ones is considerable...and simply not a great priority. Jagex is, after all, a company. All companies have to weigh the costs of any project before they invest in it. If the cost of a project far outweighs its usefullness, the chances remain slim that the project will ever see the light of day. The bottom line is that the cost of reprogramming silver crowns to not override chat options while leaving that ability intact for gold crowns just isn't worth of it. The long and short of it is....deal with it. Jagex aren't likely to spend the time and effort to "fix" something they don't see as "broken" =\ And personally....I can think of plenty of other more productive uses of programmers' time and effort. -EvilBunnieLady
