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kb (ET Admin) and Ph8 (ET Development Admin) apparently stepped down yesterday. I don't know either of them personally and neither of them seem to like me very much but the two seemed to do their jobs pretty well and at least contributed to the progression of the server.
I was told they left because of some sort of issue with management. Just speculating that it probably had a lot to do with Crono only being online at obscure hours, times like 4 AM EST, 9 AM EST, etc.

Despite his weird hours, I feel as if he's been a fair manager and pretty respectable so far. From there and trickling down, there are plenty of problems.

It's 2011 and people have realized that cooperate internet has practically killed in-game creativity on Graal. No one wants to contribute because, well, why? They aren't getting paid for it and it's sort of nonsensical. Graal kind of has a slave operation going on here, where they release an engine and the players handle the development and social growth of the game. It's weird how that works.

More and more players are beginning to realize that and staff are beginning to use their time in power more and more to their advantage because they really have no reason not to.


I haven't seen a developer (other than Lloyd and Ph8) on in forever. Does UN have specific LATs and NATs, or just developers? I don't even know anymore.

The Events Team is generally pretty quality.

The GP spot is pretty much riddled with ridiculousness and seems to be a poison to the server. They recently hired 4 GP Cadets, that's on top of the existing 3 or 4, which now puts the GP-to-player ratio at about 1:5 at any given time. It's pretty unnecessary.
Okilian has played forever and contributed to UN in many ways. You'd expect him to carry the team as he should as the GP Chief. He does a pretty awful job. Red is a decent GP. Infamous is a quality GP. Kea (a Cadet) is a quality GP. The rest seem to pretty much go out of their way to do everything they can to favor themselves and their friends.

When this server's playercount continues to dwindle, just know it's because you guys are neglecting the basics and you're letting the wrong crowd run your server and ban off anyone they seem to dislike.