Well, things definitely were a lot calmer when I did return. I wanted to enforce that once I got into position of power. When I checked a lot of staff topics, I definitely saw a lot of hostility within them, be it with certain members, or be it within themselves. The amount of staff in-fighting was atrocious, and honestly, it was painful reading through them. (and I'll admit, I was guilty of this 6+ years ago) So I made it a point to change the entire staff infrastructure to put the member base before themselves. Something the staff 6+ years ago NEVER did.
I reshaped the staff guidelines to reflect such changes, partly using a guide from a friend of mine (who currently co-owns a huge booming 60,000 member site, he goes by the name of Sly) and getting tips from him as well. Along with that, I stressed to fensti and Speedy (the new admin, by the way, go congratulate him if you haven't done so already) that new staff members that are to be appointed must be selfless and be willing to give to the community. Trying to stray from people just wanting the limelight and having a pretty colored red bolded name on them, or people who want the position just to get that golden opportunity to pull a power trip every chance they get, is a must. I'd post an example on who did everything I mentioned in the most wrong ways possible, but I've namedropped the person several times in the past, and most of you already know by now. (And no, it's not SaS, much to anyone's surprise)
Judging talent is one thing, but judging character is another. And the biggest difference between good and bad staff members lie within the character. Some people are able to handle the job and do it right, while others just aren't cut out for it. It's a complicated process to pick staff members, and staff trials as well as "interviews" may help, but you can never really tell how new staff member will pan out. If I see a blatant red flag, I usually take care of it right away instead of letting it linger. Either by consulting the staff member myself in private, or just flat booting them off the team if they're unwilling to correct or otherwise change the way they go by their duty. Successful sites that last a long time has a staff team that knows how to do their job, and do it well. And I'm honestly surprised FEP actually lasted this long given the staff they had.
But that was a long-winded rant on how I went by my job here, so I'll continue on with the other points that were brought up.
I did bring the discussion up more than once, actually, in the skype chat. Several times, actually. I even posted it in the Summer Plan topic, with no responses to it to this day. Rarely did people actually respond to it. At all. People usually went on with their discussions about games I pretty much never gave a damn about in the first place, and eventually I just gave up bringing the discussion up.
About your AW idea, I would've definitely welcomed the idea. I definitely would've had it as a trial game mode first though to see how it would've panned out though. I wasn't opposed to it. It just didn't get enough traction nor enough people interested in the idea. But I'll tell you one thing for sure, I definitely would've at least tried it. You have my vote of confidence there.
And lastly, the last bit. Another big part of why nothing was getting done is because no one said anything about it. If you had a topic like that, it definitely would've been welcomed with open arms in my mind. I'm pretty sure a topic like that definitely would've gotten a lot of us stretching our arms and maybe scrambling a little. I was always getting on siro's and fensti's case because nothing was really getting done. (I got on siro's case a lot less because on technicality, it was really out of his control considering what he had to go through)
The answer I got? "There's no rush."
If you're wondering why nothing's getting done here, that's the reason why right there.
As for sirocyl, I'm giving him the biggest thanks I'll ever give for bothering to do something with this site. The most important thing he's done with the site was to make it a lot more secure. The old forums were dangerously hazardous, so I'm definitely glad we got that problem overwith. But the other problem is, we're still dependant on that old forum because the FETO platform is still on it. So as long as FETO is on there, work still needs to be done. But that aside, I'm blessed to know someone who could at least help us, rather than having to track someone down on the internet and potentially (90% of the time actually) have to pay for it.
That's about all I have to address. Sorry for the rather lengthy post, just posting everything I know and recall.
I reshaped the staff guidelines to reflect such changes, partly using a guide from a friend of mine (who currently co-owns a huge booming 60,000 member site, he goes by the name of Sly) and getting tips from him as well. Along with that, I stressed to fensti and Speedy (the new admin, by the way, go congratulate him if you haven't done so already) that new staff members that are to be appointed must be selfless and be willing to give to the community. Trying to stray from people just wanting the limelight and having a pretty colored red bolded name on them, or people who want the position just to get that golden opportunity to pull a power trip every chance they get, is a must. I'd post an example on who did everything I mentioned in the most wrong ways possible, but I've namedropped the person several times in the past, and most of you already know by now. (And no, it's not SaS, much to anyone's surprise)
Judging talent is one thing, but judging character is another. And the biggest difference between good and bad staff members lie within the character. Some people are able to handle the job and do it right, while others just aren't cut out for it. It's a complicated process to pick staff members, and staff trials as well as "interviews" may help, but you can never really tell how new staff member will pan out. If I see a blatant red flag, I usually take care of it right away instead of letting it linger. Either by consulting the staff member myself in private, or just flat booting them off the team if they're unwilling to correct or otherwise change the way they go by their duty. Successful sites that last a long time has a staff team that knows how to do their job, and do it well. And I'm honestly surprised FEP actually lasted this long given the staff they had.
But that was a long-winded rant on how I went by my job here, so I'll continue on with the other points that were brought up.
I did bring the discussion up more than once, actually, in the skype chat. Several times, actually. I even posted it in the Summer Plan topic, with no responses to it to this day. Rarely did people actually respond to it. At all. People usually went on with their discussions about games I pretty much never gave a damn about in the first place, and eventually I just gave up bringing the discussion up.
About your AW idea, I would've definitely welcomed the idea. I definitely would've had it as a trial game mode first though to see how it would've panned out though. I wasn't opposed to it. It just didn't get enough traction nor enough people interested in the idea. But I'll tell you one thing for sure, I definitely would've at least tried it. You have my vote of confidence there.
And lastly, the last bit. Another big part of why nothing was getting done is because no one said anything about it. If you had a topic like that, it definitely would've been welcomed with open arms in my mind. I'm pretty sure a topic like that definitely would've gotten a lot of us stretching our arms and maybe scrambling a little. I was always getting on siro's and fensti's case because nothing was really getting done. (I got on siro's case a lot less because on technicality, it was really out of his control considering what he had to go through)
The answer I got? "There's no rush."
If you're wondering why nothing's getting done here, that's the reason why right there.
As for sirocyl, I'm giving him the biggest thanks I'll ever give for bothering to do something with this site. The most important thing he's done with the site was to make it a lot more secure. The old forums were dangerously hazardous, so I'm definitely glad we got that problem overwith. But the other problem is, we're still dependant on that old forum because the FETO platform is still on it. So as long as FETO is on there, work still needs to be done. But that aside, I'm blessed to know someone who could at least help us, rather than having to track someone down on the internet and potentially (90% of the time actually) have to pay for it.
That's about all I have to address. Sorry for the rather lengthy post, just posting everything I know and recall.
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