To the players, with love

[Stabwound]

Maybe now less people will stop asking to join Spastic because they think it will get them on staff. :fear:

[Kim]

lol and no one will ask to join Kose anyways cuz we sux

[Vatican Assassin]

Thanks for your time and effort Pure_Luck!

[SLaQ n Sauce]

Words of wisdom to the soon to be new dean,

Consult with your twl ops, set a firm date and actually stick to it

for the love of god...

p.s make it in winter thx

o ya and a thx to you PL for volunteering your time to the zone and putting in more work/effort than i ever will, so that i may continue to enjoy this unhealthy spaceship addiction.

[Clichy]

hi

[banzi fuq]

well done

I for one appreciate any work done for tw with a positive agenda. I was not around for your three years really, but props is deserved anyway. it's an odd environment to be in control of...you'll look back on some things in the future and note that you learned some things too. on the recruitment of eager non vets to staff, it has to be done to get opposing viewpoints and fresh ideas. some stick and some dont, that's how it goes. the politics when I was trying to help out the zone were quite cloudy and it was probably harder to get stuff done as a rookie staff guy than it is now. you've just got to give people a chance to try things, and give some serious analysis about whether time/effort is going to be rewarding in the end. way too many useless arenas around I believe, lots of things also need fixing..but yeah it's hard to get support for fixing/tweaking old ideas when everyone thinks their new idea is the next big thing or is afraid of the community freaking out when something is changed. blkahblah ranting. thanks again man

[Amputate]

damn already 3 years? I give you props PL, good job

[KrynetiX]

I'm glad to see someone else concerned with the 'way things are going'. But first of all you have to undertand (and it seems as if you did) that hosts and helpers don't need to be anyone specail.
The problem I truly see with staff is those certian someone's who are put in positions they are not qualified for. ..ER's and ZH's can be anybody, but those who deal with the content of trench wars must be chosen wisely based on intelligence, responsibilty and experiance they have in the area they are put in charge of.

The hosts are actively hosting (for the most part). The ZH's are on top of the help calls. Bot's automate alot of things plus they rarely crash. Despite the slow declination of players in trench wars, we will still have the majority of players.
But this is a gift & a curse because we have to provide good gameplay for new players that just come to the 'most popular zone' to see if thet like the game. It is our duty to hook the new players.

With the development tools these days it's very easy to get big ideas from your head into gameplay.

When I think about trench wars I think damn.. Theres so many things we can do here to provide fun for everyone. This is why I joined TWDev when 2d recruited me. Plenty of good games were made during that time period. 2dragons was a good dev leader because he DIDN"T setup rules and regulations with coordinator of this and that.. no.. he understood the qualities of each individual on his team. This is good leadership.

I do not like to see a lack of cooperation/communication between upper staff (or upper dev) and lower staff (lower dev). I like to see the leader put himself right there with the team.

[Leaf]

We actually have currently few ZH's who will stay ZH's till they get to mod, anzu did this before (my time) and some others that I just now cant remember. Then we had one guy who only wanted to be ZH and take calls.

I think BoKi was the first one, had to wait like a year though.

[roxxkatt]

ideas?

OK
I could make this long winded, but i have ADD...

1st
I don't like pure pubs...
they're a joke.
All 8 ships need to be used.
The lev problem can easily be solved.
as in octabase, let only the person with the most points use it.
Its that simple.

2nd
The staff hierarchy needs a redesign. That is true.
There needs to be at least twice as many different "positions"... aka like <er> and <er+>, but not that way (looks wierd... maybe <er> and <ER>)
also, staff needs SPECIALIZATION.
Have people for running things, hosting, helping, modding, and people to watch the mods.
BUT NOT SOME FOR ALL!
3rd
The rewards program is a GREAT idea... cant wait!

4th
to PL...
AS ALWAYS, NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS!
Know that you have the affection of all the players 24/7
and roboqueen? it was np... so what we couldnt duel : P

5th
the population...
TELL YOUR FRIENDS DAMN IT!
i do. all the time. i have introduced over 50 people...
(only some play frequently : P )

6th
I am MORE THEN WILLING to be staff...
Hosting will rise 500% when i join you >: D

[Jacklyn]

o.O whats this thread about? @_@

[schope]

I guess pure luck did a damn good job and helped the zone alot.

I just think he made lots of ppl from his squad staff, even ppl that were considered jerks by everyone like i.d.i.o.t.

But in the end it was a good job. Still dont know why he left his position.

[D1st0rt]

o.O whats this thread about? @_@

cookies


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[RBK]

Cool

sweet

[Rob D]

Eh?

Hello pure.