[Sirken]

hi everyone!

first of all, Ambrotos was never "demoted", "punished", or anything along those lines. not sure where that all came from.

14 months ago Amelinda was the CSR GM of both servers, Ambrotos and I were both guides. Ambrotos spent more time on Blue, and i spent more time on Red, only assisting with Blue when Amelinda wanted a non bias opinion on a situation.

Shortly before Amelinda was removed from staff Ambrotos made a rule adjustment on blue, saying mobs could not be pulled, and had to be engaged roughly where they spawned.

After Amelinda was removed, i was asked to replace Amelinda and be the CSR GM for both servers (blue and red), and i accepted. Literally the first thing i did as GM was undo the rule that Ambrotos made. dont get me wrong, i love Ambrotos, but his rule imo, required staff members to police every single raid target, created lots "OMG HE CHEATED" drama, and limited creative kill strategies.

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as far as different rules for different bosses or different raids, that was a problem all on its own. it started because i didnt like 100 afk people sitting on trak spawn spot, and a random number generator giving FTE to an AFK player. it was stupid, and it killed any and all competition/racing for the mobs it was happening on.

HOWEVER, it was my mistake to think players would be able to have faith in me to make the right call. and for the last 4ish months most raid guilds (FE/TMO and 1-2 others) have been made aware of that fact that raid mobs will be awarded to whoever has First To Engage. FTE goes to the player at the top of the FTE list, regardless of outside conditions. so all human judgement has been removed from the situation. and if a guild trains another guild at a raid, and it can be verified via a staff witness, or fraps that actually proves the claim, then the trainer will be suspended and the training guild will not be allowed to contest that mob next time it spawns. if they do not adhere to that punishment, or if that punishment is not effective, then the guild as a whole should expect a raid suspension.