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Twinny · 02-08-2012

Admin friends:
For some reason, players get it through their mind that players who are friends should not ever become admins because it's unfair! How stupid! Classic admins are all friends and if you cannot be our friend, it's never going to work out.

You might say friends go through an extended interview process and if they are thought to be worthy, we will ask them. Doesn't quite work the other way around if they ask/beg and more than anything, will lessen the chance in the future. Is this unfair? I don't think so as I've already mentioned the necessity of being able to be our friend.

Now, we could go solely off words in an email but it's highly inefficient. First off: it's not a true representation of the players as most will elevate themselves to godhood in their responses. It's only really good for weeding out the completely inappropriate but this isn't much at all. Generic answers and limited knowledge about the person behind it makes for a slow, tedious process.

If we cannot think of a candidate who could be appropriate for a situation, we can go to the applications. But why not try someone who we know and think is quite capable for the position? The time saved by doing this is incredible!

This isn't an uncommon practice: it happens in the workplace. Employers asking employees to recommend suitable new recruits saves a lot of energy.

So guys, instead of crying about the processes: work towards becoming a better member of the community. Crying gets you nowhere. Constructive criticism and ideas gets you noticed. Rallying behind Higbey gets you nowhere except on our wall of shame which we walk past and laugh. (sort of joking?)

So yeah, start being constructive! Just throwing the same message back and forth between each other in thread after thread is doing nothing

Potential ideas:

Write a detailed post about an event you would like, "saying omg more events" is not a suggestion.
Suggest a PR system which could help our GPs work more efficiently (tiered GPs, trusted players with priority reporting? who knows!)
Developer? Make a level Az could look at or a script I can peruse that demonstrates your idea and it will work wonders for you!

And most importantly: don't be a ****! We don't like dicks. We remember those who have been dicks. We will know if you bag us out in the community constantly.

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Twinny Registered User Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Testbed Posts: 604	Admin friends: For some reason, players get it through their mind that players who are friends should not ever become admins because it's unfair! How stupid! Classic admins are all friends and if you cannot be our friend, it's never going to work out. You might say friends go through an extended interview process and if they are thought to be worthy, we will ask them. Doesn't quite work the other way around if they ask/beg and more than anything, will lessen the chance in the future. Is this unfair? I don't think so as I've already mentioned the necessity of being able to be our friend. Now, we could go solely off words in an email but it's highly inefficient. First off: it's not a true representation of the players as most will elevate themselves to godhood in their responses. It's only really good for weeding out the completely inappropriate but this isn't much at all. Generic answers and limited knowledge about the person behind it makes for a slow, tedious process. If we cannot think of a candidate who could be appropriate for a situation, we can go to the applications. But why not try someone who we know and think is quite capable for the position? The time saved by doing this is incredible! This isn't an uncommon practice: it happens in the workplace. Employers asking employees to recommend suitable new recruits saves a lot of energy. So guys, instead of crying about the processes: work towards becoming a better member of the community. Crying gets you nowhere. Constructive criticism and ideas gets you noticed. Rallying behind Higbey gets you nowhere except on our wall of shame which we walk past and laugh. (sort of joking?) So yeah, start being constructive! Just throwing the same message back and forth between each other in thread after thread is doing nothing Potential ideas: Write a detailed post about an event you would like, "saying omg more events" is not a suggestion. Suggest a PR system which could help our GPs work more efficiently (tiered GPs, trusted players with priority reporting? who knows!) Developer? Make a level Az could look at or a script I can peruse that demonstrates your idea and it will work wonders for you! And most importantly: don't be a ****! We don't like dicks. We remember those who have been dicks. We will know if you bag us out in the community constantly.