[Skatertay]

Originally Posted by Lyndzey

No, that's not what I am saying at all. I don't think that an application is the best way to go about choosing someone for a global staff position. If the PWA wanted to only hire people they like, I'm sure they could have them send in an application and hire them that way.

I have had input on who should be hired for global positions before, and I felt the staff members we chose from applications turned out to be a lot worse than the ones we picked based on their experience on a staff team and their interaction with the community. I saw the same problem when I was hiring GPs for Classic as GP Chief. I hired this one person who had a great looking application, but turned out to be a horrible GP. From my experiences, applications are not the way to go for this game.



I do agree with you somewhat. Perhaps a mix of an application and experience with the person is the best way to go (such as TSAdmin). However, it is not reasonable to hire someone based only on an application and interview for this game. You cannot predict how that person will act as global staff unless you have seen how that person interacts with other players before. I'm sure someone can write a great application with lots of <3s all over, and have a nice interview as well. The problem is that unless global staff knows that person well, they would have no way of knowing how he/she treated other players, or whether or not he/she is corrupt or power hungry. You really need to know the player well before entrusting them with a global position.



I don't believe this is a case of Bell hiring Xor because she knows him. Xor was the Asst Manager of Zodiac, not a FAQ on UN. The two positions are incomparable. Look at the current PWAs: Bell (former Classic GP Asst Admin), TSAdmin (Former Admin at Era), Tig (GK Admin). They all held management positions that not only helped them gain skills that would be useful as a PWA member, but also gave them the opportunity to prove to the players and global staff that they would be a fair and respectful staff member.

[Edit]: I'm sorry for turning this into an argument, it was not my intention. I just wanted to attempt to explain why applications are not always used in the hiring process of globals. This thread really should be about congratulating Xor, and wishing him luck with his new position.

That so much is not an argument at least you got the point across of being positive on the person (Xor) that had gained PWA. It's all the negative connotation towards the subject that creates fuss.