Observation: Events Team

[Stephen]

Originally Posted by MajinDragon

That recent 'big' event of yours was a sham.

It's in poor taste to insult someone's hard work, especially since they're volunteering their time for everyone's enjoyment. You should understand Drakeero's circumstances in real life too - he's really going out of his way to help you guys, you shouldn't ruin any fun he has doing it.

Originally Posted by shrimps

Honestly, I'd have to agree, if you're a "Big" events host then shouldn't that qualify for "Big" event prizes?
I'm not trying to sound greedy or anything, I'm just asking.

Unrelated to Drakeero's events - the playercount is currently too low to pump "big" prizes into the economy. If anyone complained about "power players" before, they'd hate to see what would happen if we started pumping out big prizes now.

I have - honestly - met little girls who behave like you two are. It's really very disappointing... you're being very ignorant toward the staff that work hard to keep everyone entertained. What's worst about this is you're insulting Drakeero personally.

The members of our staff are all volunteers, they enjoy doing what they do - or they wouldn't do it... and that's exactly what will happen if people remove their enjoyment. Where will we be then?

[kia345]

Originally Posted by Stephen

Big events are fun, and something Drakeero enjoys. I wouldn't scold him - we just need to improve our announcement system so people can anticipate his events better.

I enjoy Drakeero's events, and he usually puts a lot of effort into them. But the problem with them is that it's all he ever hosts.

[MajinDragon]

Originally Posted by Stephen

It's in poor taste to insult someone's hard work, especially since they're volunteering their time for everyone's enjoyment. You should understand Drakeero's circumstances in real life too - he's really going out of his way to help you guys, you shouldn't ruin any fun he has doing it.

Not saying it was Drakeero's fault, it just needed a bit more supervision and participation. 90% of the participants were from CP, who didn't care who won, aslong as they were in their ranks. So naturally, the Dusty General and Zormite High Templar were up against the CP Navy. And i got pillored - yea it was my fault but we werent told we couldn't pk, infact we were told 'I can't enforce any PKing rules'.

[Ravenblade1979]

Majin I do remember hosting off my own stuff quite a bit. Frankly it sounds like you want more hosters and/or more events hosted.

@Drakeero: If you won't host normal events why are you even an EM. A events master should be able to host ALL events. It doesn't matter how much your on. If your on and not doing a big event you should still host normal events.

[Stephen]

Originally Posted by Ravenblade1979

@Drakeero: If you won't host normal events why are you even an EM. A events master should be able to host ALL events. It doesn't matter how much your on. If your on and not doing a big event you should still host normal events.

I'm grateful for the work Drakeero submits, and do not personally expect anything more from him.

[cyan3]

Originally Posted by Ravenblade1979

Majin I do remember hosting off my own stuff quite a bit. Frankly it sounds like you want more hosters and/or more events hosted.

@Drakeero: If you won't host normal events why are you even an EM. A events master should be able to host ALL events. It doesn't matter how much your on. If your on and not doing a big event you should still host normal events.

I agree with Stephen. Drake does not have the time to host normal events but he gives what little time he has to host big events.

[shrimps]

I liked the event it was cool, other than either way it was a win win for CP. CP were supposed to attack the rum ship as well, all they did is take out non CP, then the Rum Runners just gave the prize to the lower members of CP.

[kia345]

I didn't participate, merely rode around and spectated, and I'm not accusing CP of cheating, but events like these shouldn't be dependent on kingdoms. If you need pirates for an event, just get some random people to RP some. You can't trust everyone to not show favoritism to their kingdoms.

[Drakeero]

Thanks for your support guys. Since I have trouble hosting small events reliably I've been "staying away" from small events so I don't step on the toes of other EM's. Though, I've been invited to co-host some so I might do more of that.

And yes, I love big and/or special events to death. To me, big events fit into the game better, even if they're not all RP. They're challenging, they're different. Maybe the details of the Rum Runner event worked out a little sucky but those can be fixed. At least the idea was good.

I like the challenge of trying to do the best with what little the game has to offer so it's just not quite as bland as it normally is. I think there should be a limit to the quality and quantity of prizes handed out for 'quick' events. That's one of the reasons why I loved scavengers so much when I first started. They could be quickly set up to any theme and they could be easy or hard.

And the prizes with big events can be different. Yeah there are the special power items you can receive for the really big and special events, but its easier to get more variety in. What about things that aren't normally considered prizes but have some value to them? Clothing sets for beauty contests, rum from the rum runner event. There might even be carpet and furniture prizes soon to help players out with the house designing contest due on the 30th.

[BigBear3]

BUMP

Lack of events happening again.

Hoping to bring this to somebody's attention so perhaps they'll CARE.


Today there was this event that wasn't even called an event. Maroku made a "quest". Oh yes. His idea of a quest was to kill his spawned monsters until they were no more. I miss Musical Chairs, Waterglass, you know... the ones that take no effort to host?

[Zeltino]

Originally Posted by BigBear3

BUMP

Lack of events happening again.

Hoping to bring this to somebody's attention so perhaps they'll CARE.


Today there was this event that wasn't even called an event. Maroku made a "quest". Oh yes. His idea of a quest was to kill his spawned monsters until they were no more. I miss Musical Chairs, Waterglass, you know... the ones that take no effort to host?

I'll take blame for this one. I haven't been on recently, and I apologize. I visited the girlfriend last weekend. When I came back to my Apartment, I found that one of my friends had just learned how to Torrent. So he decided to try downloading 3 movies, AutoDesk Inventor 10, and some Motorola Walkie-Talkie program. All at the same time. Comcast noticed, throttled my bandwidth. Then my wireless router crapped out on itself, due to him trying to pull so much from it. So that took me a week to fix due to work and school. But I am back now, so expect more hosting . Maroku told me he also was busy and wasn't able to put time in. Life does happen, so I hope you all understand. But do expect more! . Sorry about the inconvenience.

[BigBear3]

Originally Posted by Zeltino

blablabla blame

You should not have to take blame for this. I'll look at the head honcho. Maroku needs to hire more than one guy (In this instance, Zeltino). Sure Drakeero hosts too but not those cute little lame events that we all enjoy.

[kia345]

Rehire me and Pat. Events haven't been fun since our daily "20 events-a-day extravaganzas".

Feel free to replace Events with any organization we've been part of, they all could benefit.

[Tigairius]

We've been aware of this problem. I think Maroku is going to seek out more EM help.

[kia345]

Maroku is part of the problem. He never hosts, and when he does, it's the same poorly planned/written out event.