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Originally Posted by iruinedyourday
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3. Ivory give brak credit he worked hard on that event and I think that as a game dev you should know that he did a great job!
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I totally give him credit for it
[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] Taking extra time to do something for the server is awesome.
There were some design problems, sure (but all the feedback he already knows how to improve it for the next event). Someone like me (or even more random guides invested and weighing in on it) could have helped him spot those...like "hay, maybe each NPC should limit the distance they teleport a person? So it stays on the same continent?"..
Still, at the end of the day, it is doing something to try and bring some fun to people on the server....which is really what it should all be about. So even if there were problems, it spiced things up for a day.
I just think it is odd how making GM events is a reward for customer service volunteers as the sole way these things are happening. They have said many many times how GM events happen if someone can tackle it on the side of answering petitions after putting in their other hours helping out the server....instead of just a volunteer position in itself (or the primary goal of some GMs).
And then people like me come along and go "hay, I'll do stuff", and the idea is met with heavy cynicism. "We don't need stuff done, we just need you to be a hall monitor and break up fights". In fact, that I came into it WANTING to do stuff besides babysit was a strike against me! lol ((You don't find that odd? I sure do)).
It was a sign to them that I didn't "really understand the job of a guide" and "wasn't prepared for the realities, it is hard work, it isn't just having fun" ...
It is hilariously condescending haha. You think answering petitions is hard work? No, sorry nope, not in my world. Modeling + rigging + animating 50+ unique high poly characters is hard work. Creating 300+ unique 1920x1080 environments is hard work. Hanging out in a virtual chatroom and helping people resolve some small problems? That is just fun and games. It is the type of stuff I would do to actually RELAX from work and get away from modeling / painting for a bit haha.
Same with creating GM events. It would be something I would do to relax from my normal work and have a side creative outlet to play with. Not hard work to me. That is actually my idea of playing and having fun :P ((which is actually pretty common for game devs, there is a reason "game jams" exist :P))
Then again, saying this "super hard work" is something to relax with might be mistaken for more cockiness. How dare I suggest answering a petition is easy?! Egos might be bruised!
Which is why I don't re-apply. I'm not here to dance around a room of delicate egos :P I wanted just a way to relax and give back to the server and create some fun for players. You guides here might take yourselves just a littleeee too seriously maybe? :P Helping out is awesome, but come onnnnn....even you do this stuff to relax and have fun when you get home from your normal work :P
So, they COULD do more stuff, and they have people willing to help, they just really don't want to :P I wanted to have some fun, but it seems the idea that it would be fun is outrageously offensive. Hah.