[Twinny]

GDT members should expect to have their credentials and skills questioned, especially if they are not an active public member (forums, communal PW work etc.).

I have seen a few GDT members and I mean no offence to the team but most of the time I don't know who they are or what they are capable of. This is probably because I am rather antisocial unless I know you but it leads up to my feelings on these circumstances.

If I see a player with a GDT tag, I will not simply go, "Oh hey a GDT tag! Awesome! Have all the access you want!” While I'm sure the application process is thorough and I hold Tig, TSA, Skyld and the other senior members in very high esteem, I would still like to verify the player myself.

What I don't want to see is, "Hey. I'm GDT. I'll need this much access as I've been requested to do <blah> from above". I don't want to see, "I have a GDT tag and I'm a global and that's plenty enough to trust me". Personally, I would put them through the same process as any other player as I see them (and by extension, the GDT team as a whole) accountable to the Graal community.

Now, you could come back and say, "The GDT is outside the community. The members will be set on PWA/GST created tasks and will be working outside of the community" but if this is the case (and I don't think is), I don't think they deserve a global tag.

I see global tag is a privilege and as such, I would have expectations. I want to see the GDT take an active part in the forums. I would like to see each member held to a quota of, say, one knowledge base article on the wiki every fortnight in their particular field. I want each potential member to be judged by the community before being added. I don't want members to be added because, "they work for this server" or "they are my friend and I know they are a good developer". Should be a community decision rather than one member taking it upon themselves. (I don't know if this was the case with this current issue)

If the team won't be taking an active interest in community opinion and standards then I will never want any part of their dealings. The GDT started out with community interaction and support and I'd hate to see a fallout.