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

[BlackSolider]

@ both Kat and Kill.

Both of you have some good thoughts, and both of you have some bleh thoughts. Look. Being a GC is a job, yes, but we are by no means robots. The masses that some GCs put out nowadays are just pathetic, which indeed can be traced back to kai's skeletal masses (as someone said.) No, not everyone really gives a damn about the masses, especially if they lost. But people do like to be recognized for their efforts, especially when they win.

Masses shouldn't be used for gathering people to events. A gui system like era (tis all I know) would probably, imo, be a lot better. But masses do need to be kept for announcing who won. Honestly I'd like to have a paragraph minimum for end-masses, but sometimes there really isn't much to say.

As for the "don't think GCs want to host as much as night used to make them" (paraphrase, not exact quote,) comment: true, some GCs wouldn't be make the old minimum with their current hosting habits. But several GCs easily could pass the test, if only more events could be hosted. This is the part where some people say "you can always host low-playercount events!" True. But I'm talking about times where a GC hosts a pretty solid event and only gets 3 people even though 15 are online. People just don't join events in the numbers they used to, and it makes it really tough on GCs to consistently host smooth events.

In summary:
Masses need to be replaced by a gui system (or something similar) to gather people for events, but need to be kept for end-masses, which need to improve in quality by some GCs.