11-14-2009, 07:55 PM
Alright, guys. Let's have a little chat. I speak to you as Moose the player, not Moose the GM. As far as I'm concerned, there is very little distinction. But listen up. This is important.
There've been recent accusations of GMs mongering power, keeping it all for themselves, refusing to listen to players--I think we know who the people I'm talking about are. I know you all don't like some people, and there's going to be drama no matter who goes up, but . . . let me tell you a story, CotH. This isn't exactly the story of my life, but it's important enough, I like to think.
When I first came to the server, few people paid attention to me. I was . . . well, I was new. That was about three and a half months ago, last I checked. I eventually broke into the community, and as a grunt, I posted this thread. I am not ashamed of what I've posted, though my views have changed somewhat since. If you're interested in looking at it, well. There it is, possibly the only thing I've ever regretted posting on CotH. But you know what it was?
It was an effort to help.
Since the first day I've been here, I've wanted to help CotH. I've seen, in ways, what I think will happen if people don't try--if people give up, say "screw this" and leave. I have been tempted to do this many times, both with what I've seen from GMs, Grunts and Peons alike. But you know what? I've stuck through with it. I'm here not because I want a lot of power, nor because I want to be able to tell you guys what to do. I'm not here to flaunt my GM tag. I'm not here to make an ass of myself.
Like every other GM on the team, I am here to HELP.
Now let's get down to business. I don't like what I'm hearing. People are ragequitting over who's become a GM. People don't like what's going on with the GMs. I can tell you this--I've heard next to nothing about this formally given to us, aside from the ragequits. I have seen very few PMs sent to us regarding "Oh, so-and-so shouldn't be a GM," or "So-and-so is abusing their powers." The fact that you guys continue to grumble and say to each other "Ugh, I hate him" and "She doesn't deserve GMhood," you are NOT HELPING.
I can rightly say you've pissed me off, CotH. I understand your frustrations. But you have to understand ours, too--it's a lot of work, and we're just volunteers. We're just like the rest of you. We are not power hungry. We are not greedy. We are just players who want to help. You can say that this isn't true all you like. But that doesn't help anything.
You want to know what helps?
Here's what helps: TALK to us. We are /not/ omniscient. We can NOT hear your under-the-breath grumblings as you say nothing to us. Telling us all of a sudden that we're not doing our jobs is like a slap in the face. Telling us that some of our members are power-hungry only tells /me/ that you're one of two things: jealous, or someone with perfectly valid reason that you just haven't told us about. And both of those? Terrible.
Communication is a huge thing. The fact that you guys don't even try to talk to us is very abhorrent. Tell us what you want. Use the forums. PM us. Talk to us in-game. DON'T post ragequit "This person never should have been a GM" threads. PM the admins if you're afraid that the GM in question will see it. If you want us to get rid of people who aren't doing their jobs, you have to /TELL/ us that they're not doing their jobs, or else we're probably not going to realize what's going on.
If you have any problems at all with the administration, or with the other players on CotH, tell us /right away/. We try to be lenient, but if it's ruining the fun of the server for everyone else, we'll deal with the problem. You just have to let us know that something's wrong.
I've heard the chatter about GMs before, as I was a Grunt up until very recently--why do you tell no one? We are humans just like you. We are not gods. We do not have godlike powers. We are here to make /your/ experience the best we possibly can . . . and when it's not, something needs to be done.
I can't see inside your head, CotH. I speak from the bottom of my heart when I say I want to help this server, and I have full faith that every other GM does. But I can't see everything, either. If you disagree with me, send a PM to the admins. We'll take care of it, we really will. Don't think you don't have a say.
There've been recent accusations of GMs mongering power, keeping it all for themselves, refusing to listen to players--I think we know who the people I'm talking about are. I know you all don't like some people, and there's going to be drama no matter who goes up, but . . . let me tell you a story, CotH. This isn't exactly the story of my life, but it's important enough, I like to think.
When I first came to the server, few people paid attention to me. I was . . . well, I was new. That was about three and a half months ago, last I checked. I eventually broke into the community, and as a grunt, I posted this thread. I am not ashamed of what I've posted, though my views have changed somewhat since. If you're interested in looking at it, well. There it is, possibly the only thing I've ever regretted posting on CotH. But you know what it was?
It was an effort to help.
Since the first day I've been here, I've wanted to help CotH. I've seen, in ways, what I think will happen if people don't try--if people give up, say "screw this" and leave. I have been tempted to do this many times, both with what I've seen from GMs, Grunts and Peons alike. But you know what? I've stuck through with it. I'm here not because I want a lot of power, nor because I want to be able to tell you guys what to do. I'm not here to flaunt my GM tag. I'm not here to make an ass of myself.
Like every other GM on the team, I am here to HELP.
Now let's get down to business. I don't like what I'm hearing. People are ragequitting over who's become a GM. People don't like what's going on with the GMs. I can tell you this--I've heard next to nothing about this formally given to us, aside from the ragequits. I have seen very few PMs sent to us regarding "Oh, so-and-so shouldn't be a GM," or "So-and-so is abusing their powers." The fact that you guys continue to grumble and say to each other "Ugh, I hate him" and "She doesn't deserve GMhood," you are NOT HELPING.
I can rightly say you've pissed me off, CotH. I understand your frustrations. But you have to understand ours, too--it's a lot of work, and we're just volunteers. We're just like the rest of you. We are not power hungry. We are not greedy. We are just players who want to help. You can say that this isn't true all you like. But that doesn't help anything.
You want to know what helps?
Here's what helps: TALK to us. We are /not/ omniscient. We can NOT hear your under-the-breath grumblings as you say nothing to us. Telling us all of a sudden that we're not doing our jobs is like a slap in the face. Telling us that some of our members are power-hungry only tells /me/ that you're one of two things: jealous, or someone with perfectly valid reason that you just haven't told us about. And both of those? Terrible.
Communication is a huge thing. The fact that you guys don't even try to talk to us is very abhorrent. Tell us what you want. Use the forums. PM us. Talk to us in-game. DON'T post ragequit "This person never should have been a GM" threads. PM the admins if you're afraid that the GM in question will see it. If you want us to get rid of people who aren't doing their jobs, you have to /TELL/ us that they're not doing their jobs, or else we're probably not going to realize what's going on.
If you have any problems at all with the administration, or with the other players on CotH, tell us /right away/. We try to be lenient, but if it's ruining the fun of the server for everyone else, we'll deal with the problem. You just have to let us know that something's wrong.
I've heard the chatter about GMs before, as I was a Grunt up until very recently--why do you tell no one? We are humans just like you. We are not gods. We do not have godlike powers. We are here to make /your/ experience the best we possibly can . . . and when it's not, something needs to be done.
I can't see inside your head, CotH. I speak from the bottom of my heart when I say I want to help this server, and I have full faith that every other GM does. But I can't see everything, either. If you disagree with me, send a PM to the admins. We'll take care of it, we really will. Don't think you don't have a say.