Rooj, it'd be one thing if i was spending RL time ordering room service ice cream sandwiches while laying in bed half naked making jokes about joe namath after smoking in a secret nook with only certain specific people.
but to imply that staff and players should have absolutely no interaction, while it might look pretty on paper, is pretty ludicrous in practice. GMs arent allowed to play on this server, talking with guild/raid leaders and having open lines of communication makes all of our lives easier with figuring out whats going on. just because two people have a friendly work relationship does not automatically make them friends, and furthermore anyone that would ask a staff member for favoritism is not an actual friend to that staff member.
oh and spoiler alert, your EQLive Guild leaders were talking to their server staff if their guild was worth anything back on live.
and if u wanna listen to some player-staff interaction involving GM Events, Spiders, and McDonalds Breakfast with 2 of your P99 GMs -
http://youtu.be/kCLwcWKXgJw
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