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Hello, everyone!
Our Volunteer Class Representatives 3rd term will be ending soon, and we are starting up the 4th term nominations today. In addition, the program will be undergoing some changes, including changing from Class to Community Representative due to our work expanding to other areas that affect the community as a whole.
For those unfamiliar with this program, VCRs are players who nominate themselves to represent the community and communicate with Warpportal regarding issues with classes or the game, and to help us test upcoming builds to make sure they’re as close as possible to what the community expects. In a sense, they’re a bridge connecting Warpportal and Gravity with the community.
In order to apply, use the form supplied at the bottom of this post. Applications are no longer restricted by class, but we still want to make sure all classes are represented. This past term went very well with the large number of VCRs, and we are likely to accept everyone who applies as long as they’re in good standing within the community.
Therefore keep in mind the following responsibilities you’d have as a VCR (these may be adjusted as needed during the term):
● In-game or official forum or site rules or policies should all be followed.
● The VCRs are representatives of the community to Warpportal, but they are also seen as representatives of RO2 by the community, especially new players. Therefore as a VCR, if you post publicly, you'll need to pre-emptively think 'Does this post reflect poorly on me, Warpportal, or the community?'. Avoid chirping, conspiracies, etc.
● While we completely welcome constructive criticism in order to help make the game better, we also expect that the VCRs are not saying anything inappropriate or misbehaving while their name is associated to this program. This includes telling players to avoid playing RO2, being a troll, or in any other way not representing yourself, your class, or the community well.
● Each VCR will be expected to make an effort to put aside, as needed, any pre-existing individual or guild rivalries that they may have with others (in or out of the program) to avoid disrupting the work being done. Rivalries are understandable with guilds vying for limited resources, but they work against what the VCR group is intended for.
● We will not ask you to completely drop these rivalries (you may be as competitive as you want in the appropriate place and time), but as a VCR you must avoid participating in public bias. It will deter others from providing feedback, and will make you harder to approach.
● If a VCR is seen involved in any of the situations we’ve described as non-acceptable, players are free to report them to me via PM. We understand that some might try to report VCRs for personal reasons, so keep in mind that the final decision would always be made by the Warpportal team, and we will strive to be neutral in every case.
There will also be changes in how the system works internally to facilitate communication, feedback, and hopefully get quicker responses from Gravity on the issues and bugs the community is concerned about.
Based on feedback from previous terms, we’ll be working on the following areas:
● We will re-focus on working on class balancing with a slightly different approach.
● There will be threads in the VCR forum for gathering feedback about specific areas of the game, with small teams that will transform that feedback into ideas that can be presented to Gravity. These areas include pre-existing game content (PvE, PvP, Guild system, etc.) and ideas for future content.
● Every week we’ll have a discussion thread, to gather feedback from representatives on a wide range of game aspects that otherwise may go untouched.
We are also looking at expanding the tools we use to collaborate on ideas, and get those ideas to and from the community, Warpportal, and Gravity. Anyone who applies will have to be willing to adopt new tools or programs, as well as utilizing the forum. None of these tools will cost the player anything, they’re all free, but will be required so that you’re kept in the loop and have access to conversations. Examples of these would be Skype, Trello, etc. If you’re unfamiliar with these, we will provide guides and help out to show you how to use them.
We hope this will help us to meet the expectations of the community and make a better Ragnarok 2 for everyone.
For this term, we'd like you to fill out the following:
● Who you are
● Class(es) you are interested in representing
● What you are looking for in Ragnarok 2 and/or the VCR program
● What you have to offer as a VCR
● What do you expect out of this program?
Answers can be as short or as long as you want them, as long as you relay your message. Please post your answers in this thread so that the community is able to see the VCR nominees.
We were able to accomplish a lot this most recent term, more than any prior, and continue to have ideas to help out Ragnarok 2, provide solid feedback, and get the community more involved.
One of my favorite parts was making some of the VCR testers, who helped us test Forgotten Payon, into quest givers.
We will accept applications through March 1, 2015, and then will make a decision shortly after.
Thanks,
Njoror
PS: For those who need more motivation, don't understand the topic title, or haven't seen Starship Troopers (and should):
plus, there will be new dolls to collect.
let's make the game a nice mmorpg to play with 
