Suggestion Thread: Let's get down to some specifics.

[Kill]

Originally Posted by Mark Sir Link

since the writing ability of the members of the GC team run from simian to block of wood, I don't see why you'd think it's a good idea to have them constantly mass messaging.

You raise a very good issue indeed Kevin, and this further supports the idea of Night making a set of guidelines for GCs to follow.
If you guys remember Kai -- he was the worst GC (in my eyes) as he put no effort into the job at all, and changed the ways of Mass Messaging for everyone since the other GCs realised that it was 'okay' to just use 3 words to describe an hour or so long event.

When Thor made that CTF results script (for example), all he did was copy/paste that in his mass and go off tag, now everyone seems to follow suit.

I believe Night should state that effort is required as a GC; and this means putting in a paragraph or two to describe a long and enduring event. Clel used to do great entertaining masses, now he has followed the crowd too... Which sucks for the literate individuals who do actually read the masses.

[-Ramirez-]

Originally Posted by Kill

I believe Night should state that effort is required as a GC; and this means putting in a paragraph or two to describe a long and enduring event. Clel used to do great entertaining masses, now he has followed the crowd too... Which sucks for the literate individuals who do actually read the masses.

Being a GC is already a job. Adding pointless requirements to it just makes it less likely that people will stay doing it and want to do it in the future. You may not see it as a job, but others do. I'd be surprised if all of the current GCs actually WANT to host as much as used to be required by Night when the server was somewhat "healthy".

Also, implying that people who have no interest in reading a novel in an irritating mass message just to enter an event are illiterate is just a pointless insult, or maybe ignorance of the word.