In the name of God... - 2

Saber Alumba · 08-28-2016

Don't know if you noticed but the server always goes through some weird laggy aftermath once the gst is over , nothing new just wait it out and it will stop 1-3 weeks in

Posted by Eugeen

What do you expect from a staff team that isn't even officially hired into a company.

Well it's a commitment things, if you apply to do something then do it. If not you should get fired and replaced tbh, most members of staff just afk on their accounts half the time ( not all but most ). Staff used to be a lot more active and responsive before. Graal has gone into a weird stage rn where they have removed admin name list so you can't really know / find them unless they host , admins do not actually seem to care about reports and just skip them , boosting speed hacking and vpn seem to be perfectly acceptable now too.

The only thing Graal has really advanced in in the last couple of years has been the graphics quality apart from that the games seems to be lowering in quality.
But then again what should we expect from a game in which the owner doesent actually seem to care for ?

Droid · 08-28-2016

Every other time you post on the server it's about lag, Marc deal with it.
Everyone else does and none of the staff let alone the players can do anything to prevent the state of the server. Only Unixmad when he spends some bread in order to upgrade server capacity to make more bread

4-Lom · 08-29-2016

It takes yeast to make bread... or wait.. .bread?

Eugeen · 08-29-2016

Posted by Saber Alumba

Don't know if you noticed but the server always goes through some weird laggy aftermath once the gst is over , nothing new just wait it out and it will stop 1-3 weeks in

Well it's a commitment things, if you apply to do something then do it. If not you should get fired and replaced tbh, most members of staff just afk on their accounts half the time ( not all but most ). Staff used to be a lot more active and responsive before. Graal has gone into a weird stage rn where they have removed admin name list so you can't really know / find them unless they host , admins do not actually seem to care about reports and just skip them , boosting speed hacking and vpn seem to be perfectly acceptable now too.

The only thing Graal has really advanced in in the last couple of years has been the graphics quality apart from that the games seems to be lowering in quality.
But then again what should we expect from a game in which the owner doesent actually seem to care for ?

That is true but the only reason people apply as graal police is for gralats and attention

Droid · 08-29-2016

Posted by Eugeen

That is true but the only reason people apply as graal police is for gralats and attention

Not the case at all.
I'd love to be an admin just to get more involved in the game and to do my bit to help out. I'm sure many staff members feel the same way.

Saber Alumba · 08-29-2016

Posted by Eugeen

That is true but the only reason people apply as graal police is for gralats and attention

I believe the problem lies whitin the recruiting system it self , currently if you banned once , even if it was 5 years ago for a stupid reason and got it revoked you can never be an admin, I think even if you got a warning you can't be an admin.
This leaves us with noobs that afk for 1000-2000 hours asking people to like their house in Graal City becoming admins, these players know little about the game despite their house , they are mostly young people that don't really understand what makes a good and monitored community and how important that is. The only reason they apply is to day I was an admin once to their Gold Modeling high guild friends...
I think if the recruitment process it self was improved we could possibly get better staff. For an example someone who I think would make a good members of staff today would be thallen , he's knoladged in every aspect of the game and is quite a responsible mature person from what I've seen since I've known him , however he can not become an admin due to being banned /warned in the past( just an example there's plenty more people , just using thallen because he's well known hope you don't mind ) .

4-Lom · 08-30-2016

Posted by Saber Alumba

I believe the problem lies whitin the recruiting system it self , currently if you banned once , even if it was 5 years ago for a stupid reason and got it revoked you can never be an admin, I think even if you got a warning you can't be an admin.
This leaves us with noobs that afk for 1000-2000 hours asking people to like their house in Graal City becoming admins, these players know little about the game despite their house , they are mostly young people that don't really understand what makes a good and monitored community and how important that is. The only reason they apply is to day I was an admin once to their Gold Modeling high guild friends...
I think if the recruitment process it self was improved we could possibly get better staff. For an example someone who I think would make a good members of staff today would be thallen , he's knoladged in every aspect of the game and is quite a responsible mature person from what I've seen since I've known him , however he can not become an admin due to being banned /warned in the past( just an example there's plenty more people , just using thallen because he's well known hope you don't mind ) .

*inner grammar nazi battles noob angst*

Bryan* · 08-30-2016

Posted by Droid

Not the case at all.
I'd love to be an admin just to get more involved in the game and to do my bit to help out. I'm sure many staff members feel the same way.

Please apply, you seem experienced and active.

In other news, need to enforce productivity and punctuality. I have about 15+ GP's added and regardless of where their lazy ass is residing (time zones/etc) some aren't online or are OFFLINE for numerous days. Tf is 10 hours a week of monitoring a server going to help or assist players? Increase it to 25-30 hours.

TeK · 08-30-2016

Posted by Bryan*

Please apply, you seem experienced and active.

In other news, need to enforce productivity and punctuality. I have about 15+ GP's added and regardless of where their lazy ass is residing (time zones/etc) some aren't online or are OFFLINE for numerous days. Tf is 10 hours a week of monitoring a server going to help or assist players? Increase it to 25-30 hours.

Considering they don't get any real pay, 10/week is fine. But that being said, they should hire more to make up for the short hours.

But then again, most of the ones we have suck so they'd probably just hire more that suck.

Striken · 08-30-2016

Posted by Bryan*

Please apply, you seem experienced and active.

In other news, need to enforce productivity and punctuality. I have about 15+ GP's added and regardless of where their lazy ass is residing (time zones/etc) some aren't online or are OFFLINE for numerous days. Tf is 10 hours a week of monitoring a server going to help or assist players? Increase it to 25-30 hours.

It's a voluntarily job, you don't get paid besides gralats really so there isn't much incentive unless you really want to contribute to the game.

Pr0m4N V.14 · 09-01-2016

We still need more servers.

TD* · 09-01-2016

Being a GP is far from glamorous. It reminds me of customer service. Instead of answering phone calls, you answer pms, investigate reports, etc. If you want a free weekend, be ready to commit longer hours during the week. To be frank, the job is a bore.

That being said, I find value in doing it. I can safely say on a weekly basis that I've prevented cyberbullying and sexual harassment on a game I enjoy. Would I have applied if the job description was solely to approve uploads, host events and monitor hackers? Most likely not. These all go on the back-burner when the more serious reports come up.

As to the manning issue. If a grade school didn't have the personnel to monitor recess several days a month, you wouldn't go yelling at the parent volunteers ;you would contact the school administration. Whether a GP does the minimum amount of hours or 25-30, I respect the work they put in the server equally. They may be easy to blame yet they are not the ones at fault if the server is not monitored 24/7. It isn't rare for a member to put 30 hours a week. Heck, I've even seen someone do 80. They have no obligations to be policing and by doing it, I find it makes them far from lazy asses.

A volunteer finds value and time to do a task. Increasing the minimum requirements would dissuade the people who join for the right reasons. Hiring more people would be a better solution.

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Droid Graal Classic Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Battle Arena Posts: 855	Every other time you post on the server it's about lag, Marc deal with it. Everyone else does and none of the staff let alone the players can do anything to prevent the state of the server. Only Unixmad when he spends some bread in order to upgrade server capacity to make more bread

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4-Lom Registered Old Person Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Graal City Restaurant Posts: 4,742	It takes yeast to make bread... or wait.. .bread?

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Pr0m4N V.14 Registered Smartass Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: The terms location and place in geography are used to identify a point or an area on the Earth. Posts: 1,422	We still need more servers.

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TD* Registered User Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 102	Being a GP is far from glamorous. It reminds me of customer service. Instead of answering phone calls, you answer pms, investigate reports, etc. If you want a free weekend, be ready to commit longer hours during the week. To be frank, the job is a bore. That being said, I find value in doing it. I can safely say on a weekly basis that I've prevented cyberbullying and sexual harassment on a game I enjoy. Would I have applied if the job description was solely to approve uploads, host events and monitor hackers? Most likely not. These all go on the back-burner when the more serious reports come up. As to the manning issue. If a grade school didn't have the personnel to monitor recess several days a month, you wouldn't go yelling at the parent volunteers ;you would contact the school administration. Whether a GP does the minimum amount of hours or 25-30, I respect the work they put in the server equally. They may be easy to blame yet they are not the ones at fault if the server is not monitored 24/7. It isn't rare for a member to put 30 hours a week. Heck, I've even seen someone do 80. They have no obligations to be policing and by doing it, I find it makes them far from lazy asses. A volunteer finds value and time to do a task. Increasing the minimum requirements would dissuade the people who join for the right reasons. Hiring more people would be a better solution.