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Temporary Sysop
I have been appointed as the new head system operator of SSCU Trench Wars, and will act as a replacement to Demonic who has been removed from her duties due to recent inactivity.
I will not make this a permanent position as I don't have any genuine interests to run the zone at an upper management level, and truthfully speaking my life is quite hectic right now which means I can not fully commit myself to helping this zone with all the micromanagement involved in this role. In the end, being a member of staff is a volunteer job and should be treated as such. This means when the right person arises with a good vision, attitude, and experience, I will gladly step down and have him or her as my replacement in the coming weeks or months to allow me to focus on the things that I actually want to do in this zone.
I feel that we have areas that require immediate attention at this point, and some of these problem areas I'm not that well-versed or qualified enough to provide the right answers or calls. I can not promise a miracle to happen, given the unpredictable nature of this game, but I don't think it is too late to turn things around.
In truth, I would have been satisfied with a much simpler role with the focus being on things such as improving the well-being of our players and community, helping with the running of different leagues and ensuring that the quality of events department moves forward by providing proper planning and training. Unfortunately, I do not have that luxury to do what I want at the moment as this zone is in a dire need for some drastic changes, starting from top to bottom, and those take priority over my petty little dreams for the time being.
I'm going to be blunt about some of the problems that we face in the current staff. It is a known fact that there is some abuse, favoritism and even corruption going on in both upper and lower staff which requires immediate attention from the leaders of this zone, now including me. I feel that we need to bring back some of the much needed discipline back to staff. This is the root of many of our problems inside staff and has caused us to have a terrible turnover rate, which in return has dropped the overall quality and professionalism of staff members over time. We have given the wrong types of people a position of power while ignoring those who were far more qualified and experienced to take over the position.
As for my short-term goals, I would like to accomplish things that will provide near fast results, and some of them are necessary if I ever want to meet my long-term goal which is to improve the zone and staff as a whole.
I would want to remove the toxicity and abuse of staff by promising equality to all the members of staff. We need to bring back the policy of punishing those who are abusing their powers rather than sweeping everything under the rug, and quite frankly no one should be exempt from that old rule. I want to restore, or in some cases give, some additional power to the heads of each staff department when they have the right person in charge. This is especially true with the Dean of Staff position which has strayed away from its original purpose over the course of the past years, essentially becoming a puppet position of staff. Favoritism has always been another issue within staff which has lead into the wrong people getting promoted to the wrong positions when they are not qualified or experienced enough to do their work at an appropriate level.
I am still going to be closely involved with the running of leagues in this zone starting with TWDT and TWEL as they will begin their seasons in the near future, and will help with various aspects of TWD and attempt to set up TWL for another season. I would naturally want to improve the overall quality of our Events department as well by providing them some guidance and insight on various matters, but I think that department is already moving to the right direction.
I will work on other projects that I feel are necessary to improve the player relations, such as adding much needed staff transparency which will be done by increasing the communication between players and staff with monthly reviews and by posting new critical information on the forums, and in truth this is not limited to the players as even lower staff is not always up-to-date with what is happening within staff. This is to ensure that those who are interested about this game will not be in the dark about things that are happening behind the scenes.
My long-term goal is to solve the some of the major issues which we have with the current staff structure, and that will involve replacing some of the staff members from their current position. This problem is not limited to upperstaff as I have to go through all departments from top to bottom to figure out what the goals of each individual are, and what they want to accomplish while being on staff. I feel that this is essential to restore the reputation of staff back to its former level, or even above it, and it should slowly improve respect of staff from a player perspective.
Unfortunately I'm probably not going to be too closely involved with the Steam project as we currently need to solve legal issues and finish several development-side projects, both of which I'm not qualified enough to help with, but I will at least attempt to keep the players and staff up-to-date with the latest breakthroughs and plans. Of course if this Steam miracle happens while I'm still a member of staff, as it seems to be a long project, then we will naturally have enough time to prepare for the influx of new players by preparing both the staff and our players, and I would want to extend a helping hand to other zones that may not be prepared as they are equally important for the survival of this game.
I'm hopeful that together we can turn around this downward spiral and slowly restore the reputation of staff which would in return restore the lost faith of our players. It is not going to happen overnight, but I feel that this goal is still within our reach. This will not solve our population issue which has been declining for the past 14 years, and sadly I'm not experienced enough in marketing to provide a solution for that one. As a side note, I'm not interested in the Ban Department and would rather not use my time on that.
I wish this will work as a good starting point for this year as things really need to start moving forward if we want to survive as a community.
tl;dr: temporarily helping the zone, but i'm no magician. if you have questions, cud post here.
I will not make this a permanent position as I don't have any genuine interests to run the zone at an upper management level, and truthfully speaking my life is quite hectic right now which means I can not fully commit myself to helping this zone with all the micromanagement involved in this role. In the end, being a member of staff is a volunteer job and should be treated as such. This means when the right person arises with a good vision, attitude, and experience, I will gladly step down and have him or her as my replacement in the coming weeks or months to allow me to focus on the things that I actually want to do in this zone.
I feel that we have areas that require immediate attention at this point, and some of these problem areas I'm not that well-versed or qualified enough to provide the right answers or calls. I can not promise a miracle to happen, given the unpredictable nature of this game, but I don't think it is too late to turn things around.
In truth, I would have been satisfied with a much simpler role with the focus being on things such as improving the well-being of our players and community, helping with the running of different leagues and ensuring that the quality of events department moves forward by providing proper planning and training. Unfortunately, I do not have that luxury to do what I want at the moment as this zone is in a dire need for some drastic changes, starting from top to bottom, and those take priority over my petty little dreams for the time being.
I'm going to be blunt about some of the problems that we face in the current staff. It is a known fact that there is some abuse, favoritism and even corruption going on in both upper and lower staff which requires immediate attention from the leaders of this zone, now including me. I feel that we need to bring back some of the much needed discipline back to staff. This is the root of many of our problems inside staff and has caused us to have a terrible turnover rate, which in return has dropped the overall quality and professionalism of staff members over time. We have given the wrong types of people a position of power while ignoring those who were far more qualified and experienced to take over the position.
As for my short-term goals, I would like to accomplish things that will provide near fast results, and some of them are necessary if I ever want to meet my long-term goal which is to improve the zone and staff as a whole.
I would want to remove the toxicity and abuse of staff by promising equality to all the members of staff. We need to bring back the policy of punishing those who are abusing their powers rather than sweeping everything under the rug, and quite frankly no one should be exempt from that old rule. I want to restore, or in some cases give, some additional power to the heads of each staff department when they have the right person in charge. This is especially true with the Dean of Staff position which has strayed away from its original purpose over the course of the past years, essentially becoming a puppet position of staff. Favoritism has always been another issue within staff which has lead into the wrong people getting promoted to the wrong positions when they are not qualified or experienced enough to do their work at an appropriate level.
I am still going to be closely involved with the running of leagues in this zone starting with TWDT and TWEL as they will begin their seasons in the near future, and will help with various aspects of TWD and attempt to set up TWL for another season. I would naturally want to improve the overall quality of our Events department as well by providing them some guidance and insight on various matters, but I think that department is already moving to the right direction.
I will work on other projects that I feel are necessary to improve the player relations, such as adding much needed staff transparency which will be done by increasing the communication between players and staff with monthly reviews and by posting new critical information on the forums, and in truth this is not limited to the players as even lower staff is not always up-to-date with what is happening within staff. This is to ensure that those who are interested about this game will not be in the dark about things that are happening behind the scenes.
My long-term goal is to solve the some of the major issues which we have with the current staff structure, and that will involve replacing some of the staff members from their current position. This problem is not limited to upperstaff as I have to go through all departments from top to bottom to figure out what the goals of each individual are, and what they want to accomplish while being on staff. I feel that this is essential to restore the reputation of staff back to its former level, or even above it, and it should slowly improve respect of staff from a player perspective.
Unfortunately I'm probably not going to be too closely involved with the Steam project as we currently need to solve legal issues and finish several development-side projects, both of which I'm not qualified enough to help with, but I will at least attempt to keep the players and staff up-to-date with the latest breakthroughs and plans. Of course if this Steam miracle happens while I'm still a member of staff, as it seems to be a long project, then we will naturally have enough time to prepare for the influx of new players by preparing both the staff and our players, and I would want to extend a helping hand to other zones that may not be prepared as they are equally important for the survival of this game.
I'm hopeful that together we can turn around this downward spiral and slowly restore the reputation of staff which would in return restore the lost faith of our players. It is not going to happen overnight, but I feel that this goal is still within our reach. This will not solve our population issue which has been declining for the past 14 years, and sadly I'm not experienced enough in marketing to provide a solution for that one. As a side note, I'm not interested in the Ban Department and would rather not use my time on that.
I wish this will work as a good starting point for this year as things really need to start moving forward if we want to survive as a community.
tl;dr: temporarily helping the zone, but i'm no magician. if you have questions, cud post here.
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