Staff Friends
 

Ok so I casually check the gang spar scores and was looking at some of the 'admin gangs' and I noticed something. People like Layerd, Reno, etc were in 5+ admin gangs and i presume are good friends with the staff. This obviously gives them a better chance of getting hired, etc. But how do people become friends with the staff when if you pm them your just wasting their time?

know them before they were admin,
have a friend that can tell them who you are
ect.

LOL!!!

Here are some facts:

Reno is a friend of mine.
He does not own an iDevice.
I have known him for years.
I suggested for him to be hired back when i was a PR.
He was hired not because he is my friend, but because he is perfect for the job. all i did is vouch for him.
He has proven we made the right decision in hiring him and is probably one of the most hard working PR's we have these days. (Not that the others don't work hard.)

That's true, I've been staff on many servers and have been playing/working on Graal servers for a long time, I like to think I was hired for my skills as an FAQ/General customer-support guy.
I did actually apply for the job the same way the rest of the player-base did :)

Being friends with staff members does not mean they are 100% guaranteed to be staff members. DON'T WORK LIKE THAT, SON!

I've known lots of staff members before they become admins, especially on iClassic. They all get tied up in their admin guilds and forgot about me. I knew Pimpsy about six months before he was an admin. He forgot about me around a week after being an admin. One person who didn't forget was Kondie :D we still play Graal together.

Almost the exact same thing happened to me.
Jessie recommended me because she knew I was ready for this kind of a responsibility, not because we were "Friends."

You're*

I know there are more errors in this post, but I just wanted to point out what other people always nagged me about. =P

Player99, to prove that you will not get hired just because you're friends with staff, I was and still am friends with a lot of the staff (even before they were hired) and I wasn't hired :d Just work hard and help others.

Yea. I doubt alot of them would be hired if they didn't have a staff member vouching for them. This is more of a problem on I classic, where staff claim that their friends just happen to be the most qualified for the job. Most staff guilds are like staff training camps. Just proving once more staff that have guilds should not be allowed to take part in the hiring process.

Also, if your the virtual bf/ gf of a staff member, chances are suddenly you happen to be the most qualified for a staff position!

actually is very easy to be friends with admin. Admin is in fact just normal players

Lol i love the fact how you think lay has a bigger chance, he applied often allready but did he get hired? NAY :)

Yes =( They don´t like Pandas. I know it.

They don't want that something bad happens <3

If they don't like pandas, then why was bill hired? :o

But they DO get a higher chance of being hired. At least it isn't as corrupt as Classic, where if staff's friends apply, try get hired.

Welcome to Classic. + rep.

Well, I spend a lot of time with Ch4rM, and lately we hung out with Elly and EPiK. Don't act like a suck up, I think most admins hate that. Act like they are normal players, but with a limit. Like someone said, you gotta be friends with them before they are staff, or maybe they're really social admins.

I Don't just back my friends, I back the people who i think are most capable of the job. The reason sometimes friends can get hired is because say, you've known them for years and have worked with hem before and know their capabilities better than trying to gauge it off of an application form.

I dont just hired friends. I hire people who i think are right for era. Even if i barely know someone, and i think they have promise, ill back them.

Yeah, You might know them well and you might think they are up to job. It's better than just a ramdom person applying and you don't know what they are like in game.

Exactly

This.

I'm not saying anything about hirings being linked with being friends of staff, but to get to know staff members all you have to do is play the game, eventually a friend will be hired here or there, and you'll still know them from before. I don't see why it matters though.

Ok, maybe not Reno i was just using him as an example

How can you get to become friends with an admin? Was what I was really wondering about

Get in their guild.

1. Find a Cake
2. Eat it
3. ???????
3. Profit!!!!
Just kidding.

NOOOO!
1. Make a cake
2. Eat it
3. Make another cake
4. Give it to an admin

--> then you will be their best friend :)

Haha + rep xD

So basically... F**k your experience and applications! Know an admin very well! Thats all you need to become one

-.- your statement Player99, is false.

Fixed

Not everyone is going to be friends with an admin

I was the first 99. just sayin'

When did you join Graal Era? I've been here day 1 and my in game nickname is just Fuzz, I use 99 at the end to make the username more secure...

I've used 99 on my name since 2009 (on other games) and I don't play iEra. Also I'm talking about the forums.

Why do iera players have no idea about iclassic but iclassic players all know about iera?

Nope.

1. Make a cake
2. Eat it
3. Make a new cake
4. Eat it
5. Make more cake eat it
6. Make a new cake
7. Give one slice to a staff member
8. ???
9. CAKE PROFIT

Wrong. Most iEra players have played classic for a while before Era. Most Classic players played Era for about 1 minute in which they figured out they didn't have insta-revive or something like that, and quit.
Like me. I played Classic for 400 hours before I quit.

Lawl

Nope.
1. Make a cake
2. Eat it
3. Make a new cake
4. Eat it
5. Make more cake eat it
6. Make a new cake
7. Give one slice to a staff member
8. ???
9. DIABETES

Lmfao, please lie more for me :D
They maybe are normal people, but not normal "graalians", they got their powers and do their work as hard as they can. Graal need to ciculate and then admins don't have time to socialize with members.

How long time was it since a PR admin stood at a roof and answered people questions, like they did before? Yeah, some months ago.

Can you even read? I've read so many posts by you on the forums, and all you seem to do is skim a section then pull a reply right out of your arse. Try reading all of the posts next time please.

I saw someone do it last week. Also, I tend to answer questions when I get PMs so long as they aren't "I can have guns and EC?"

Kondie is my friend. He is a staff. I am special.

He is a staff? Wow as in this beast...You are truly special Seeker.

The truth

1. Make a cake
2. Don't eat it.
3. Tell admin there is something wrong with cake.
4. Admin comes to look at cake.
5. Give cake to admin.
6. Friends.

The amount of negativity! GOSH!

So! Personal opinion time! My thoughts! Not reflection of all staff of Classic! Take note that I do not hire people! I only say this because I know some particular broken records will use this (after they severely mutilate it and misquote) as justification for their twisted purposes!

SO! I have Graalian friends. A large chunk of them I would never recommend to become staff. However I've come to know a few very well. If a position came up that I think they were suitable for and i was in a position to recruit, I would likely recommend and why not? It's much easier to assess someones capabilities when you've known them for a long time rather than reading an email with 10 filled out answers. Should I just say, "Sorry Person-X! I already know you are perfect for this role but since I *do* know you are perfect for this role, I cannot hire you."

The way I see it, it makes sense that if staff happen to know someone who they think are suited for the role, they will be added. If they are unable to use this method, they can fall back on other recruitment methods. Note that one particular recruitment method involves going through literally thousands of applications!

Finally, if you aren't capable of being our friend, why would we want you in our family?

Rofl xD

This is actually quite true. You have about summed it up.
Thanks Twinny

Dear Twinny,
Here you go :3http://blog.integrate.com/wp-content...11/10/taco.png

that taco looks nasty Dx

lol i like when i see something like this
"OMG NO WAYYYYY RENO IS TALKING TO ME YESSSSSSS"