Just a little Pre Server Merge questionnaire.
Both servers, exact times I don't quite remember though it was probably close to 4~5 pm server time.
How many times have you ever seen a normal mini-game (not a super boss/spawn thing, or CM/GM shop) announced on the forums?
It was announced in-game roughly 10 minutes before hand (every 5 minutes was another announcement, that would be a total of 2 until it started).
That's the problem. There are not enough mini-games and not enough things happening between mods, cm's, or who the eff ever. And 10 minutes in-game? C'mon....we both know that's not a good amount of time. 12-24 hours would be perfect for mini-games. But I guess it won't matter anyway.
I think you are losing sight of the fact that the things you are asking about were done by CM's (community managers). CM's have in-game powers like a game master. The CM's can spawn monsters and prizes. They can teleport players to different maps. They can truly run mini events.... and the CM's are paid employees so it really is "their job" or at least part of their job.
The MODs are volunteers who are willing to give some of their own free time to check the forum or watch for zulie sellers or w/e. They also have lives and jobs and families and they are giving Rose as much of themselves as they can. To say that they have a "moral responsibility" to give even more of their time is untrue and also unfair. They aren't compensated for what they do- they do it because they love this game.
It's unfortunate that Rose does not have a CM now that Shaz left, but you shouldn't expect the MOD's to take his place. MOD's can only do so much. In a big company like this, only actual employees are given powers because they are under the company's control. MOD's don't fall into that category. From what I've read, what they can do is very limited and that's done intentionally.
You keep saying it sounds like excuses- clearly you have never been a volunteer. No matter how much you care about something, it's unrealistic to expect people to work or go to school all day and then spend all of their free time at night volunteering. No one would do that- not even you.
I'm sure if Leo is unhappy with any of the MOD's, he will handle it with them individually. They sure don't deserve to be beaten up by some community members because they don't fill a CM's shoes.
I do not care who it is whether it's CM's, MOD's, GM's, or whoever... Nothing is happening on the servers. As someone who HAS volunteered and who IS employed, I know that whatever you do, and if you like it, you put more effort into it than anything that you wouldn't like. It is safe to assume that these mods, cm's, or whoever have not been putting their best foot forward to make sure that the server is being active and lively. Class representatives aren't even looking at the class section of the forums frequently, addressing the issues, trying to resolve them or come up with some answers, and relying it to Genesis (who i have spoken to in-game who says the class representatives have not informed him of any issues with the classes) the issues and problems with the obvious pattern of the classes being unbalanced.
Just because I am just a player who has complaints doesn't mean they should be shunned away. We, as the players, have spent real money and real time on a game as if we were customers. We are not the annoying mom you have to deal with for 5-10 minutes the 5 kids at the movies that is just coming to watch their movie for a couple of hours and be on their way. We are frequent regulars that come on this game every other day to play and some of us have been frequent customers since the opening of this game. My point is that I feel as if I am not being heard and that other players are not being heard and as someone who has actually spent his money that he worked for on this game, sometimes, I don't feel heard enough. That's my problem and that's the problem with everything. I do sympathize with the leaving of Shaz and it being hard to do things without a CM but life goes on. I, as a frequent customer, shouldn't have to sympathize but I do. So again, life moves on and it just sounds like excuses are being made. No need to take anything to heart but it's just my perspective and how I feel about how things are going.
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