Era Staff Team

[Thanatoses]

Hey, guys.
Feel free to post complaints/compliments or just your general opinion about our Staff Team.
All about Management, Administration, Development and etc.
I just thought it'd be nice to give them some feedback, so here you go.
May do it for individuals or entire Teams. Be responsible about it .

-Thanatoses

[Nataxo]

DEO YOU'RE AWESOME!!!!!!

Bet you didn't expect that.

[Thanatoses]

At what?

[Frankie]

it's a joke right now.

this thread will probably get deleted, but as long as nobody is taking it to a personal level it shouldn't be locked.

[Thanatoses]

It hasn't gotten "real" opinionated, lol. Moment someone says "Chris Vimes is a...."
D E L E T ED by cbk1994. Reason: SPAM or NO BASHING

[cbk1994]

Originally Posted by Thanatoses

It hasn't gotten "real" opinionated, lol. Moment someone says "Chris Vimes is a...."
D E L E T ED by cbk1994. Reason: SPAM or NO BASHING

I'm fine with people voicing suggestions.

The kind of thing I don't want to see is

Originally Posted by The Random Idiot

omg chris vimes is such a ***** so is deophite

what I'd rather see is

Originally Posted by The Random Intellect

Chris Vimes and the rest of the staff are doing too much of ________.
The staff team isn't doing a good job with __________.

and such.

[Thanatoses]

The Administration team is focusing on nothing but the innecessities of era, its only common that they don't know what those necessities are because they are all new to Era. When they are told those necessities, they are reluctant to accept it and decide to formulate a personal to do list which as we know so far, has brought forth nothing but agony. How's that? rofl.

[salesman]

Everyone on the team is more than qualified to handle their jobs, and we all seem to be getting along (which hasn't happened in a long time).

[Thanatoses]

You getting along is hardly anyone's concern, if it means consolation. Great, but the concern is that is the server getting along. Inactive Manager, Inactive Gang/Business Admin, Incapable Player-Services Admin and an over zealous Dev Admin. (DELETED) rofl.
Looks rough from the player standpoint, nothing looks to be getting done nor do we see any progression, if anything we see steps backwards.

[cbk1994]

Originally Posted by Thanatoses

You getting along is hardly anyone's concern, if it means consolation.

Not to players, no, but it is important nevertheless.

Inactive Gang/Business Admin

He has a lot going on in his life right now, but I'm not going to give details without his permission.

Incapable Player-Services Admin and an over zealous Dev Admin.

This is the kind of thing I don't want to see. Explain to me why Squirt is incapable and why I'm overzealous (which is one word, by the way).

nothing looks to be getting done nor do we see any progression, if anything we see steps backwards.

Not sure how you see "steps backward" exactly, can you elaborate?

[salesman]

Originally Posted by Thanatoses

You getting along is hardly anyone's concern, if it means consolation. Great, but the concern is that is the server getting along.

Getting along is very important. You cannot move anywhere when nobody wants to work together.

[TSAdmin]

Originally Posted by Thanatoses

its only common that they don't know what those necessities are because they are all new to Era.

New people come and go all the time in any and all mediums of life and business. The old people who still hang around must conform to change with the "new" influx or their only other choice would be to leave. That's all I have to say about the situation, because I honestly don't get how you can say if it's not the "old way", it's "no way", simply because you're not open to new ideas as new people with said new ideas come and go.

[Thanatoses]

Tell 'em Lexus.

Chris Vimes first:
Squirt's Incapability: Squirt has no central ideas of how things "should" be in any of his departments except the Police Department. Therefore, he relies utterly on his "imposed" Admins giving them more power than they should have. And instead of him keeping all their powers in check and in retrospect to the general ideal of the server, he lets the freelance with it. Same exact movements TSAdmin made, Squirt doesn't have any idea of whats a "good job" nor a "bad job". When someone comments on a job, he simply states, "I didn't do it.", he still childishly plays the "blame game". Although, technically everything player-related that goes wrong, is his responsibility, therefore really shouldn't be "pointing" fingers at anyone. In other words, like TSAdmin's Administrators, his Admins can never do no wrong in his eyes, meaning only way they can step out of their position is if they retire. Ex. Nuada, now Daz. If any of you remember, you'll link the two.
Which wouldn't have mattered in, if TSAdmin or Squirt actually covered for their missing Admins. Rather than stamping blame on them.

Daz's Inactivity should not be affecting the server. He should've been backed up by his "BOSS" a LOOONG time ago. Which further more points to Squirt being incapable of upholding the duties of that position, seeing as him Acting as Gang Admin/Business Admin would be a much more catastrophic site than no one touching it all.

Overzealous Developer Admin: Chris Vimes realistically is more of a doer than a thinker, all the time I've known him and seen him work or Administrate on a Server. He's been known to build, and build with no linkage whatsoever. He's also a "touchy" person, meaning the slightest ill-comment can set him off into a series of mood swings and hissy fits. He can't take criticism, you don't put a person like that into an Administrative position, they belong as "yes" men. As I'd frankly put it.
Build your large systems, scripts based on your blueprints, do not allow them to formulate their own. #1. It'll be irrelative (random) and an idea that didn't take more than 30 seconds to think up. #2. If it is displeasing you, they'd rather flip you a bird than change it or tell you to "deal with it".
People like him can't have Administrative positions, too much power and too much at risk to be worried about sequential hissyfits. Since his ascension, the jails and bans have SKYROCKETED.
Word, overzealous suits him.

A step backward in the development and maturity of our Administration. HoudiniMan may have slowed down or brought a stop development to our server, but they sure as hell kept the staff team IN-CHECK. We've taken one giant leap backwards, what brought them here the first time, is the exact same thing the Administration is doing, yet again.
Who can say this is any better than Icarus' or TSAdmin's Era? lol.

Now to Sales: That is indeed true, but its sort of worse if you get along and STILL aren't moving, huh? Some might deem that as "hopeless".

TSAdmin: I've never said that, "if its not the old way, its no way". I've always been an ADVOCATE of change, if necessary. If the old way is working, why bother ourselves with a new one? Thats unnecessary. Even if the new is accepted, you haven't really made much of a break-through, just done extra unnecessary work. If the old way is hopeless, well yeah... bring on the new ways, because at that point, its a necessity.

[LordSquirt]

Originally Posted by Thanatoses

Squirt's Incapability: Squirt has no central ideas of how things "should" be in any of his departments except the Police Department. Therefore, he relies utterly on his "imposed" Admins giving them more power than they should have. And instead of him keeping all their powers in check and in retrospect to the general ideal of the server, he lets the freelance with it. Same exact movements TSAdmin made, Squirt doesn't have any idea of whats a "good job" nor a "bad job". When someone comments on a job, he simply states, "I didn't do it.", he still childishly plays the "blame game". Although, technically everything player-related that goes wrong, is his responsibility, therefore really shouldn't be "pointing" fingers at anyone. In other words, like TSAdmin's Administrators, his Admins can never do no wrong in his eyes, meaning only way they can step out of their position is if they retire. Ex. Nuada, now Daz. If any of you remember, you'll link the two.
Which wouldn't have mattered in, if TSAdmin or Squirt actually covered for their missing Admins. Rather than stamping blame on them.

Daz's Inactivity should not be affecting the server. He should've been backed up by his "BOSS" a LOOONG time ago. Which further more points to Squirt being incapable of upholding the duties of that position, seeing as him Acting as Gang Admin/Business Admin would be a much more catastrophic site than no one touching it all.

From reading your post I can't comprehend the abursdity of it, therefore, I'll prove most of your statements are false.

While yes, I do give the Admin's of each position more freedom to do whatever they want, however, whats wrong with that? As long as they are producing results and players don't have a problem with them I as well don't see a problem with it. Although this doesn't mean that admins can do whatever they want. For the most part if they want to do anything drastic/important they ALWAYS tell me first. I don't just go and let them do anything they wish, and I don't see where you ever saw that happen. Also, if someone is doing a horrible job, yes, I will fire them and find a replacement (etc Danny, even though i'm good friends with him). Also, while I do focus on the GP team more than others it is because that team can be considered the 'highest' priority compared to the Events Team and the FAQ team. However, this is does not mean that ET's and the FAQ's are useless, since every position matters.

Now onto the Gang/Biz things. Must I remind you that I was the one before Daz doing these Gang events at a weekly basis. I was going out of my way to make sure that these events were hosted on time and hosted properly. When Sales left as Dev Admin there was no one hosting events, therefore, I decided to take the incentive and begin to get some hosted. Although there is less gang events being hosted now, there was never anything said that this was going to be a weekly occurrence. Also, I talk to Daz frequently and he ALWAYS tells me what he does, and I tell him the changes that I make in consideration of GBA stuff as well. In regards to me not taking over Daz who says I don't? I have to always change those access scripts for people/new management teams in the business. Therefore, your accusation that i'm not covering for him is totally false.

[Frankie]

Here's my opinion. I'll start from the very top of the staff list.

As a manager of a server, the possibilities are endless. When you're in such position there are a lot of things that you can do to further better the server. What I've noticed is that Deo does not use his position to it's full potential. He takes the easy route. Technically, he's doing his job as a manager, but in the most minimal way possible. From my judgment, he hires other people to do the work for him while sitting back just being there to approve and deny certain development proposals made by other admins. You can say that's what a manager is supposed to do, but in my opinion, good managers are a lot more involved with the server.

I'm open to be proven wrong, and I'm sure Squirt and Chris are going to rip this post apart to do so. Deo is obviously setting off a horrible impression as the manager if what I'm saying is false.

Next.

When Squirt was first hired to the staff team, I couldn't help but laugh at him. I had no idea who this guy was yet he was handed GP Chief. As time went by I've come to respect him more. I was told that he did a lot of work to release instruments so he seems dedicated to me. I just don't think he should be anything more than a GP. What worries me is that if Deo for some reason gets fired or steps down, Squirt would be next in line for manager. It's a logical assumption. I do hope that if Deo is put in a situation where he is no longer manager, Bell can be convinced to put someone more qualified into the position.

Next!

I lost a lot of respect for Chris when I saw his corruption at first hand. After explaining to Deo what happened, nothing was done. After submitting a support ticket, Chris lied to Tig. Cool! Apart from that, he's a great developer. I just don't think he should be in the position to control Era's future. His post about wanting to focus on non-pk related ideas really made me lose all hope for Era's future.

I like Graal, and I like Era. It makes me pretty mad knowing that the wrong people are in charge of this server. The direction it's going in is going to make Era a whole different place than what it really should be. I guess nothing can be done except wait and hope that either sense is knocked into the administration, or that they are replaced.