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Originally posted by protagonist
Age limits still don't make a difference.
I'm not going to work my butt off to make a server so that some guy who has a job and goes on the server 5 minutes a day to check on how things are.
Most people over 18 or even over 15 have jobs in the summer, and sometimes over the year. I know I have one this summer (though it's not that demanding). It's not fair to the staff for a Manager to log on for 10 minutes a day, when that happens you have miscommunication which can lead to very bad outcomes.
Generally people under 18 have more time to spend on games. That means they have more time to spend managing a server if need be. Even if they aren't the most mature people in the world, someone needs to be there to keep the peace. As long as they aren't giving out items to friends, giving RCs to friend or allowing their staff to break rules I don't see why any position should be restricted to rules.
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This is exactly what I am talking about, you have just shown by your post you know very little about Management. Managing a server does not mean you have to spend 18 hours a day to run it. That is why you hire trustworthy Staff. Stefan and Unixmad manage Graal but how often do you see them on the Game itself? A good Manager delegates authority, managing a server is spread among the Staff Admin which acts a Supervisor, Chiefs being the lower supervisors and then Captains and so on. These are the ones that keep a server to operating smoothly. Managers who have put the right people in place don't need to be on as much, if they are that’s fine. If you have a problem with a server running smoothly without the Manager on then you don't have the right Staff in place. A Manager makes policy to be followed and relays this down the chain of command, he/she oversees the entire operation. Being a Manager does not mean you do the bulk of the work yourself, that is not managing but letting the server manage you. When in real life do you see a president of a company taking out the trash for example? No of course not why? Because he manages the business he doesn't do everything himself/herself, that is why all jobs are delegated to be done by someone else, that is what Managing is all about.
Ultimately he/she does have the responsibility of all that goes on within the server and needs to keep in constant contact to see that it does. So another thing you must have is good communication with your Staff to see that it does and also to make sure something that goes on that they cannot handle you can take care of it. You cannot expect Managers to be on 24/7 or anything close to that because Graal does not pay Managers, they do have to work and earn money for himself or herself or a family. Having Servers managed by immature people is not the answer to Graal’s problems, having people who know how to manage is. It would be very hard to find a 14 to 16 year old that has any kind of clue on how to manage a server, male teens at that age have enough going on with the body changes they are going thru which in most cases is a very hard time for the rising adult and a very natural occurrence. It is a upsetting and confusing part of nature during these years when you are striving to maintain and establish who you are and going to be in adulthood, they do not need the added stress in their life. Since males (most) are prone to be irrational and wildly emotional during these years they would not be good candidates for a Manager.