[cbk1994]

I think a good manager is someone who is dedicated to the server, even though others may be inclined to leave because all seems lost. Development skills are always a plus, but a lot of the time all that a manager needs (I shouldn't really say this since it sounds like it's easy to manage, and it's not) is people skills (dealing with player issues), ability to motivate staff to get work done, and an actual care for the server.

One problem some managers have is they try to control everything, and players don't like this. Very few managers can say that virtually everyone on their server supports them.

I didn't mean to mention anyone specifically, but Tig is such a good example. GK a few months ago seemed completely dead, with no chance of returning. But look now, and you'll see that there have been 60+ players on at times. I know through personally working with Tig that he's very good with people, and gets along with just about everyone. He is also very dedicated to Graal Kingdoms, and worked extremely hard to get it back to where it is now, even though many, many people (including myself) gave up on it.