Graal sucks because everyone can be Staff

[Inverness]

Originally Posted by Darlene159

Please don't turn this into a discussion about bans, the thread is bad enough as it is....

We're not discussing Bans, we're discussing the Ban System, or rather lack of.

[Darklux]

The tile fulfills one topic:

cum hoc ergo propter hoc

Think about it.

[Elk]

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[Curt1zzle]

The only word in that jiberish is cum, and it's not exactly bringing a good image to mind.

[gravator]

I feel a big problem with graal sucking right now is the ammount of talented workers (or somewhat talented) gets spread out too much, sure it's a fantastic idea to let people buy and own a playerworld, but are these playerworld owners making enough progress? I figured within six months to a year you would see SOME kind of progress done to a playerworld, a quest or two, maybe fixing current problems or some useful content to attract more people to that particular server.


To me classic is lacking in anything good at all, the last thing i heard about classic was the guild system and trying to make baddies work and there's nothing else done for classic since then, it looks (only to me, i can't speak for anyone else) like classic doesn't have anyone activly working there anymore, the biggest update i know of is burger refuge was replaced by a skating rink and that's it, no sign of more levels added, no quests to do, nothing to fight but other players (your pick of about 25 that you find in there).



And something i would hope comes to an end is people trying their best to keep a playerworld from dying, the original owner may have had certain ideas, but then leaves, someone else that loved said playerwold doesn't want to let it go, so they take over......but this is where the problem starts, they have very different ideas and attempt to alter the playerworld, sometimes almost entirely and only gets halfway done, they give up and still a third person tries taking over and does the very same thing as the second guy did, remake some or nearly everything and on and on, to the point the playerworld just stinks since the very reason it got started was buried under multiple failed ideas. I'm pretty sure a few under construction servers have this happening now, and they may never reach the hosted tab if it keeps up.



Just take your talent and ideas to a server that's already hosted or is on the classic tab and don't worry about it, your so called "idea" will either make it to public eyes where it will be used later anyways, or it never makes it, and people that can't seem to work with each other for some odd reason or another, i would probably never understand, but dang just put that crap to the side and make a server for others to play in, it's very unlikely someone is going to look into why person A and person B can't seem to work together.

[Akios]

Graal Online sucks because It's player run. It shouldn't be. It just leads to corruption.

I hate how corrupt UN is. It pisses me off so much when I'm close to winning an event and a staff abuses and the ET does nothing about. I wouldn't want to namedrop MYSTI or MADROX. No I wouldn't.

But anway. :] If Graal Online wasn't player run, It'd be ten times better. I think mostly for a Player Relation staff job anyway.

I'm down for a players making servers, and levels. GFX, that's what makes servers unique. But having players run non-dev jobs only asks for trouble. Think about it. If a GP's best friend starts hacking, and the GP catches his/her friend hacking, is s/he going to ban him? Probably not. If a GP catches some random person hacking who they've never met before, you bet they'd be banned in an instant.

[zokemon]

Originally Posted by Akios

I'm down for a players making servers, and levels. GFX, that's what makes servers unique. But having players run non-dev jobs only asks for trouble. Think about it. If a GP's best friend starts hacking, and the GP catches his/her friend hacking, is s/he going to ban him? Probably not. If a GP catches some random person hacking who they've never met before, you bet they'd be banned in an instant.

By the first part:
If players make a server and get it to the classic tab, you think it should just be taken over by Cyberjouers staff and the players who spent loads of time and money to make their server reap no rewards? I'm not saying corruption is a reward they should reap but being able to manage a project that you have been working on for a very long time is an immense reward for any developer.

By the second part:
So players should be development staff but not PR positions? Generally the PR positions are lower then the development staff. If Cyberjouers staff were to take up all the PR positions, you would have 13 year olds as developers (with way more power) looming over Police, FAQ and Events Team members that are way more mature.

All in all:
The problem I see that you have is not players being staff per-say but rather something else. You should look at the server you are talking about and the administration team for that server (specifically Management). Corruption, foul-play and lack of responsibility will always trickle downwards on any server. I really think there is the root of your problem.

But, I don't go on UN much at all so I'm only going based off of many stories I've heard, so don't take anything I say to be fact.

[Spark910]

A Philosopher once said we don't want what we want, we want the desire for what we want. Once we have it, we can no longer desire it, and it is no longer attractive to us. (or similar words).

Once we have it all, it becomes boring!

So I'd agree.

[Elk]

Originally Posted by Spark910

A Philosopher once said we don't want what we want, we want the desire for what we want. Once we have it, we can no longer desire it, and it is no longer attractive to us. (or similar words).

Once we have it all, it becomes boring!

So I'd agree.

Thats exactly the same what I said

To the "run-by-players" issue:

Do you really think cyberjouers would get paid staffs? Err...

[zokemon]

Originally Posted by Elk

Do you really think cyberjouers would get paid staffs? Err...

They have paid staff.

[Infernix]

Originally Posted by Elk

Thats exactly the same what I said

To the "run-by-players" issue:

Do you really think cyberjouers would get paid staffs? Err...

Im not being judgmental of them, thus I think of them as a normal business. So yea why the hell not. (Other than they are dead broke)

[Crono]

Originally Posted by Akios

But anway. :] If Graal Online wasn't player run, It'd be ten times better. I think mostly for a Player Relation staff job anyway.

Am I the only one who finds it ironic that an anarchist is suggesting players shouldn't be GP's and such, and that Graal Online as a company (we can think of it as "government" for fun) should step in on those roles?

[Codein]

Originally Posted by Gerami

Am I the only one who finds it ironic that an anarchist is suggesting players shouldn't be GP's and such, and that Graal Online as a company (we can think of it as "government" for fun) should step in on those roles?

I never took notice but now you look at it, it is quite funny.

Most GPs these days are basically those without talent who wish to have power. They have no productive skills so it seems like the sure fast way to having that edge over their follow players. When hired and working though, many find that this is not the case and the bad are washed away whilst the good remain.

However, if the bad stay in power, it's solely a management issue :P

[Faygolette]

Originally Posted by Akios

I hate how corrupt UN is. It pisses me off so much when I'm close to winning an event and a staff abuses and the ET does nothing about. I wouldn't want to namedrop MYSTI or MADROX. No I wouldn't.

How am I corrupt? Please explain.

[zokemon]

Originally Posted by Faygolette

How am I corrupt? Please explain.

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