Resignation
 

I've decided to leave the Era staff team. At this current moment in time, it doesn't strike me as a server that will benefit music and sound effects aren't a high demand there either. There's not really any point if I just sit there on RC day after day answering questions and uploading custom uploads really is there? They have staff for that :P I'd like to say thank you to Naack for hiring me in the first place, and a big thanks to Tim_Rocks for being an excellent manager. And also a big shout out to the staff, who constantly act as if they're high on steroids. Love you all, and thanks for the opportunity! People who I won't (maybe even can't) forget:

• Tim_Rocks
• Name
• Reproduced
• Zach!
• Booger
• Mesh_P2P (AKA Too Pro For Mofo)

If Tim_Rocks allows it, the new Sounds and Music team admin will be Booger who has proven himself to me to be an amazing musician, and generally a friendly guy all round. Congratulations to him!

omg way to steal my sig :mad:. I expect this from alf, but you..... DISAPOINTED

Sounds positions on servers are such jokes.

edit: lol a resign thread for only working at the server for a (noticeable) couple months?

^ ^ ^ That's like having a History book full of Math problems; USELESS.

but...but... D:

hey you stole my piano!! ;[

I disagree :(

Same here.

Believe it or not guys, but Sounds are also a heavy part of bringing atmosphere.

Even some 8bit music in the background for a server can bring a nice feeling for a gameplay experience if it's subtle and enjoyable enough.

If we had a resignation thread for every time someone quit a job (not even of managerial position) on a server our forums would just be a spam box. Can't you just quietly go, tell the people you care about that you are leaving, and then vanish? Why must you beg for peoples attention.

Don't give your attention to it, then. There are tons of threads here that I completely ignore every day through the "New Posts" search. 1 more wouldn't kill me if I didn't desire paying any mind to this one.

Also, yes. A SFX staff member is equally as important as an LAT. You take for granted that which you care so little about. Shoot your gun and there's no sound? You'll complain even harder.

Your work is appreciated, Emera.

Depends on the quality of the work to be honest. A Sounds member who searches youtube for "gun sounds" should not be as looked up upon as a level designer or graphic artist.

But Emera did his work and made some nice sounding music which is indeed equally important as a LAT.

"Sounds positions on Graal are such jokes because it's an often neglected field of development that barely reaches a bar worth noticing," is probably more accurate.

Sound is an important part of Graal. Proper sound effects make actions feel more alive, and fitting music can improve the atmosphere of an area tenfold if done right. However both of these fields are mostly just tossed aside when developing and when they are given any attention rarely do you see a quality person doing the work, meaning probably doing more damage than if there were any sound.

So basically what you're saying is because people don't know when the sound is usually appropriate towards the game itself, it's neglected? Am I getting that right?

It would be nice to have a "idle" background sfx, something relaxing, then when you starting pking, or are in pk-heavy areas, or a group of pkers are near coming near you, a heavy more sfx background can be used. but don't make it rap or death metal etc, it would have to be simple orchestra/jazzy tempos.

I'm saying that when people work on a server, or even in game development itself, music/sfx are usually put on the back burner to focus on more important things like graphics and coding. This is especially true on Graal where there aren't very many sound artists floating about so you either have to settle with crappy stef midis or no music at all. It's neglected because it's rarely given the attention of other development fields. Especially when money is involved... "hmm should I split my budget and get a graphics artist and a sound artist or put all my money towards graphics? Sound isn't that big of a deal, graphics are what sell the game..." sort of mentality is pretty common.