Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2015 5:36:54 GMT
This RP forum has a great player base. Despite background differences, people come together and weave their stories and relationships.
This RP forum has great individuals as mods. Individuals... when they have to work together, such as sitting down and talking about researches, or starting and continuing events to prevent it from jumping down the cliff of inactivity... shit happens. Take this for example:
- When I started as a samurai, the forum event that had been going on for quite a while was SARUM. I do not know when it started, perhaps with the official launch of the forum? But Sarum was already the event/arc when I joined (Feb 2014). It was going slow until a bunch of us started pumping out the posts to complete it.
- And the Sarum Completion Event was unlocked in May 2014. People signed up for it. People were ready... but nothing happened.
- And then the Londinium Underground Event began. It was there that we found out that players are supposed to start the thread for modded event battles. I immediately started the thread to Confront Stonehenge. This was September 2014. Sign-ups finished May, fight started September. What happened?
- Notably, because -I- started the thread, I was someone who did not know any of the information that the mods planned/wrote about Stonehenge, there was some discrepancy at the beginning of the thread. The minute information in the Sarum Completion Event thread stated that Stonehenge appeared at sunset, but Hiro said that it's supposed to appear around the afternoon. This was ironed out eventually.
- Data Holder was active for the most part, except during the last stage when it took a month before he posted. Was it his fault? Partially. There was little immersion in his posts. I could not even visualize what was happening anymore. But here's what's up: Data Holder is a multi-mod account. He could have been replaced by any of the other mods if he was unable to post or unable to pump out some muse. The boss probably has a character/data sheet from which other mods can get their information.
- I'm not even going to talk about the Windsor Castle Dungeon run.Where we suddenly had to NPC a boss that was supposed to be modded. I'm not.
Outside of events, have you seen the crafting and AP claims list? It looks like a warzone during the middle of the week. Sure there are member-approved claims, but it's not the responsibility or obligation of RPers to check claims.
Would you go to McDonald's and take your own order? And cook and serve it too?
And what about that mod list? There are nine up there but how many are actually contributing to running the site? Life, RP, emergencies... all of these happen to each and every one of us. But when you have a responsibility, either attend to it or let go of it. Put inactive people on probation. Do not give them power until they are able to step up to the title.
If a doctor was in the middle of an operation and he suddenly had to go to the bathroom, is he going to leave the patient lying there on the operating table with his guts cut open? Is he going to say "hold up! brb 10 minutes don't let anyone touch this!"? NO. He is going to pass the responsibility at that moment to someone else. And if he keeps skipping on his responsibility, he will be given less responsibilities until there are none.
Have you seen a plant with withering leaves? The plant will try to supply energy to the withering leaves and it will redirect resources from healthy parts to the useless, decaying parts. The withering leaf must be cut off to save the plant.
This RP forum has great individuals as mods. Individuals... when they have to work together, such as sitting down and talking about researches, or starting and continuing events to prevent it from jumping down the cliff of inactivity... shit happens. Take this for example:
- When I started as a samurai, the forum event that had been going on for quite a while was SARUM. I do not know when it started, perhaps with the official launch of the forum? But Sarum was already the event/arc when I joined (Feb 2014). It was going slow until a bunch of us started pumping out the posts to complete it.
- And the Sarum Completion Event was unlocked in May 2014. People signed up for it. People were ready... but nothing happened.
- And then the Londinium Underground Event began. It was there that we found out that players are supposed to start the thread for modded event battles. I immediately started the thread to Confront Stonehenge. This was September 2014. Sign-ups finished May, fight started September. What happened?
- Notably, because -I- started the thread, I was someone who did not know any of the information that the mods planned/wrote about Stonehenge, there was some discrepancy at the beginning of the thread. The minute information in the Sarum Completion Event thread stated that Stonehenge appeared at sunset, but Hiro said that it's supposed to appear around the afternoon. This was ironed out eventually.
- Data Holder was active for the most part, except during the last stage when it took a month before he posted. Was it his fault? Partially. There was little immersion in his posts. I could not even visualize what was happening anymore. But here's what's up: Data Holder is a multi-mod account. He could have been replaced by any of the other mods if he was unable to post or unable to pump out some muse. The boss probably has a character/data sheet from which other mods can get their information.
- I'm not even going to talk about the Windsor Castle Dungeon run.
Outside of events, have you seen the crafting and AP claims list? It looks like a warzone during the middle of the week. Sure there are member-approved claims, but it's not the responsibility or obligation of RPers to check claims.
Would you go to McDonald's and take your own order? And cook and serve it too?
And what about that mod list? There are nine up there but how many are actually contributing to running the site? Life, RP, emergencies... all of these happen to each and every one of us. But when you have a responsibility, either attend to it or let go of it. Put inactive people on probation. Do not give them power until they are able to step up to the title.
If a doctor was in the middle of an operation and he suddenly had to go to the bathroom, is he going to leave the patient lying there on the operating table with his guts cut open? Is he going to say "hold up! brb 10 minutes don't let anyone touch this!"? NO. He is going to pass the responsibility at that moment to someone else. And if he keeps skipping on his responsibility, he will be given less responsibilities until there are none.
Have you seen a plant with withering leaves? The plant will try to supply energy to the withering leaves and it will redirect resources from healthy parts to the useless, decaying parts. The withering leaf must be cut off to save the plant.