Johnny Leviathon wrote:No I was not "complaining" I was stating a fact. You definitely misunderstood. I find it actually quite funny the two staffers who have been most INACTIVE have taken my original post so offensive. Frankly I am glad I got all of your attention, Because my last three posts and pages about "might have found a bug" didn't. All of which were about the same thing just so you know. This was my original issue. I find glitches or so I think I did, so I report them in as a concerned citizen, no response I see the issues getting taken advantage of, but apparently that input isn't important, but when I chime in asking where the staff is for assistance, guidance, and issues in game, and state just my own observations, experiences etc, I'm bashed, called a liar, treated like a child and offended by two out of four the the staff responses.
Way to set an example.
- You could've escalated your page for it to be seen at a later time, if you were genuinely reporting a bug as a 'concerned citizen'
- If you're treated like a liar, it is because you are, in fact, a liar. You've done this in-game repeatedly, and were spoken to regarding that previously. You made statements as fact in your original post that are completely false. Aka, lies.
- Your observations are based, as +R said, on a tiny slice of the pie. The admins see the entire pie. I know when I am on the shard, you have no idea when I am on unless I answer a page you sent or talk in wc while you're looking. I also can see when players are active or not, so your statements that the people online are never active were based on nothing but your own feelings (based on seeing people bank sitting or not seeing them talk in wc), or desire to make your point.
- The staff are not required to answer pages. +R made good points regarding things that would delay a response to your page, but also your attitude in general is a factor. If a player is someone who, after answering their page politely, then goes on to later tell people how nasty the staff were to him, none of us really have any desire to assist that person in the future. We are volunteers, but we don't volunteer to be punching bags and anyone who can't help but make drama is someone we don't really need to interact with.
- I shouldn't have to keep saying this, but apparently I do - a player's own actions set the tone for how they interact with the staff (and other players, for that matter). If one presents themselves as a complainer, stirring the pot for the sake of stirring the pot, then the staff will respond accordingly. You could easily have sent an email to any or all of the staff members to ask if we're alright. I've received a few PMs, pages and emails since December from players wanting to check in and see if I'm alright since they hadn't seen me on. I don't think any of those folks felt victimized when I replied and explained that I'd been sick and overworked, and not able to interact with the shard as much. However, you decided to make a post instead, clearly hoping to stir folks up to your "issue". Your original post set a tone of entitlement and complaint that your pages weren't getting answered fast enough, and you made false statements about the staff's activity level and involvement in the shard.
- It's amusing how, in any given year, +V will be inactive on the shard for months at a time, and +C will take lengthy breaks for vacations or etc throughout the year, but the one chunk of time I spend away from the shard, suddenly I'm the most inactive staff member and the sky is falling, the shard is dying, etc etc etc. I guess I should take it as a veiled compliment that you think because +R and I haven't been there to answer pages that the shard will collapse without us.
- People with victim mentalities will always find themselves in the midst of being victimized. Regardless of whether they are or not. If you do not wish to be one such, then you should probably take a look at your behavior over your time on this shard, and how it's somehow never your fault when you end up on the wrong side of the codex/staff.
- Players who cannot be properly appreciative of what the staff does for them and who behave poorly towards the staff don't need to be attending the events we create. Attending events, playing on this shard, they are both privileges. Not rights.
Maze, thanks for the event run-down, it saved me some time hunting up the exact dates.
You're correct that we did run a few spur-of-the-moment events not listed, including the Thanksgiving event where y'all slaughtered Baron Von Gobble Gobble, and a monster bash event in early October with the mutated pumpkins. Part of the lull for January has also been that I'm burned out, just like you. I hosted events at a break-neck pace for several months in a row. It takes a lot of effort to get events going, even just updating a previous year's quest to run for the new year takes 10+ hours. Eventually it's very tiring, especially when also having to deal with disrespectful players during the events. I probably would've slogged through my mental exhaustion to get the vday quest going a bit early, but with the work schedule + health issues, I just couldn't get around to it. I hope to have a chance this weekend.
