[BlackSolider]

The problem with firing a current manager is that you need to have someone better ready AND willing to step in immediately. Do we have someone who wants to be manager of classic ready to step in if a move does occur? I don't know. I also don't know what the exact definition of a "manager" is, especially one on graal. What exactly does a manager do? Does he help with dev stuff by being hands-on and actually produce stuff himself? Does he talk to all the players and get their opinion in order to find the direction for the server? Does he make sure all the staff positions are doing their jobs appropriately and actively?

Obviously many of you might have an idea what a manager might/should do based on managers from other servers. But what does a Classic manager do exactly? I don't know if many of us can speak since all we've known is storm over the last 4 years. Perhaps a few of you were here before that.

Point is, what do we need our manager to do? If we need a hands-on manager who makes stuff himself, then yes DC or Thor would be a good choice. If we need a manager who constantly gets the opinion of the people and tries to accommodate them...well I really don't know exactly is friendly with the majority so I don't know who to list here. If we need a manager who just makes sure all the admins are in line, then perhaps a more active storm would be good enough.

Has storm done a great job moving the server forward in the last four years? No, not really. Could he be good enough if he was more active? Perhaps. It depends what you think classic's manager should do.

With all of that said, personally I think that a manager needs to commune with the players and get their opinions and wants. Then he/she needs to get together with the GC admin + Dev admin and talk about if/how they can implement those ideas. If they are acceptable, then a release should be made within a month (depends on scale of project). If not, then the manager needs to explain why not to the people and then try to find another solution.

Thats how I feel a classic manager should operate. Can a more active master storm do that? Possibly. Is he on good terms with enough of the players to get the majority's opinions/thoughts? Who knows. All I know is that if thor/DC get promoted, we'd have to find someone to replace their old spots, which won't be easy to do. Perhaps they can keep deving while getting the opinions of classicians. Who knows.