The time has come

This topic is not here as a bash topic and is not here for everyone to get mad at. It is for everyone to post their opinions on staff and where the site is going. Don't post anything here just because you don't like what someone else posted because opinions are opinions. This is pure unbiased voicing of opinions and if you do not like it don't reply to it.

The first set of staff that needs to be looked at is the top tier. As with every person on the site we all have lives. That is understandable, no? Devin is teh webmaster of the site and it is obvious that he is a rather busy man. That being said it seems as if he sits on his ass and waits for other people to do his job, but that is his job. The job of a leader is to set up a ladder and only interact after a prong on that very ladder he built is broken or cracked. THAT being said he seems to be doing his job fairly well as he got me to come back to the site after a hiatus just to sit back and watch the way things with to get an extra perspective of what staff was doing to see what others thought about it all. I personally have no qualms against any member of staff at all and have had atleast a tidbit of experience with each of them.

Next thing to address is level five admins. Everyone is on a different timezone and schedule so being on all the time is a no go for anyone. Other things factor in as well such as having jobs doing things or having a life in general. Kazumi is one of the two level five administrators who seem to be busy and comes on when he can to help out and do his job. In my opinion he does his job well for whom he wishes to do it for. No person can take on several tasks at once, but it is also unwise to put the task that people close to you ask you to accomplish first because that automatically puts you on the spot light for shows of favoritism. Several things need to be checked when such a high accusation such as this comes along. Things like what has this staff member been doing and approving. An Admin has special permissions and things that can be done that moderators can not and in that right has to check things even if another staff member has posted on it, especially if they are a lower level. Also to my understanding things such as updates are to be handled as they come instead of skipping around to different ones, which is not to say that he has not looked at them, but the lack of certain things being done is still shown. A quick example of such being the unapproval of The Haitian's clan. I am not saying that it deserved to stay approved or that it deserved to be unapproved, but the fact remains that Kazumi only had knowledge of it because he read it after he heard that it made The Haitian's ability with seals greater than his own. The same exact thing can be said for Aisu as he is a busy man as well although he too should stick to checking everything that still needs things such as transfers. At times both of these men pop on once in a while for the small moments they have, but in my opinion it seems that Aisu puts in more work for a wider and not repeating group of people. That said they both do what they chose to and at times what they can, but Kazumi seems to be lacking in the will to do more than work for whom he choses.

Level Four staff consists of two members as well. Saitou and Blake who, in my opinion, both have people that they do and do not like. The people they do hold disdain for are not shown a bit of bias as far as I have seen. Like all arguments the argument over the death of Akki Tenma was settled by a staff member. Saitou did not have any part of hte topic, but followed his orders and his job description to check it and handled so fairly and concisely which is a good plus in my eyes. Blake has his good sides as staffas well and I don't know how seriously the lok of staff is taken here, but it did not look good at all on staff's behalf as a whole when Blake went back and forth with Akki in the topic that was under review. That was rather childish and lowered what seemed to be a high standard for staff. I can also give props to Aisu in this topic because of his intervening as a higher staff member and stopping the useless arguing going on within a topic that was being deliberated on. A plus and minus for Saitou is the fact that I purposely did not complete my update when Aisu was asked to check it. After posting as he should have in the topic he had to leave.In that time period it was corrected, which spanned over seventeen hours the edits were completed and I informed Kazumi of such since he was the only one that could do the transfer of points online. He was at the same time helping someone else, but with the fact that he was asked twice with around three minutes between them both it seems that he could have atleast said that he was busy and that he would check later. Saitou took it upon himself to approve an update that had been sitting there which is good, bbut he was informed that moderators were not supposed to approve anything associated with points. This is not to say Kazumi was in the wrong, but there was a way to do that more professionally than ignoring it and as I said, this is not anger at it being ignored for it was created as a test to staff.

Lowering ourselves on the totem pole we come to level three staff. Bonten being the first on the list does his job as he is supposed to checking anything that he is asked and allowed to which i very respectable. The same goes for zodiac wolf and saze seeing as they both are into helping with the formation of rules and passing on ideas for the betterment of the site. Bonten may not post as much as some in staff discussions but he gives his input and trys to help others create abilities with his free time and make rping funner for anyone that accepts his help. They all in all do very well with their jobs of handling approval, helping members, and trying to keep the best interest of the site in mind.

Level two staff is about the same. Drake does his job well checking what scraps he can pick up although as with everyone in a functioning society more could be done. I have yet to see Kain online to give an opinion and Deivii i have no opinion on at all because I barely see her work.

As a closing statement to this long post of mere opinions I can honestly say that each of these are things that I have formed from watching since the moment I came back to NR. No prior emotion or bais was placed into this and nothing is or ever will be perfect. That is why we have things like this to attempt to make things better. I welcome any and every post as we need people to speak their minds to get points across and there have been whispers of someone needing to be promoted to admin. Of everyone I can honestly say that Saitou deserves said promotion whether the rumors are true or not. Thank you for your time and patience.

Raigon~

So, your saying based on your VERY short stay here since you came back. you have enough information to make an accurate judgement? Well, that in its self is completely bias therefore causing most of this post to be utterly....bias? Indeed Bias. For that matter, you should examine the actual HISTORY of each staff member. When they did things, the time in which each of their staff related posts were made and such. I'm sorry here Rai, you are a friend of mine, however, you have dug your own grave here. You have not seen the whole picture and therefore, are completely wrong and stepping on toes. You say this topic is not to "bash" people. Well sir, I hate to say this, but that's what people say, when it is. Lets look at history shall we?


If your going to take over a world or village. You most likely say what? I come in peace! Then kill them. If you were to insult someone, or say something you KNOW will insult someone, you say what? No insult intended! Indeed, you have gravely insulted people and such. And you should really get a hold of the full situation before you open your mouth.


I'm sorry for being blunt, but really, you should watch a SHIT LOAD longer, before you open yer yap boi.

I've seen a good portion of both ends of staff. Would you like my opinion since I've obviously seen more than you? well, allow me to tell you.

1) I worked my ass off doing MORE than what I was asked of myself. Stressed and sick, I still did it.

2) Deivii has done MORE than she was asked. Stressed and overly sick, she still did it.

3) MOST of the staff does nothing much more than being people who sit at the computer screen waking on the hottest girl section.

4) The only GOOD staff are as follows, and I've worked with the staff:

Deivii
Saitou
Bobby

5) I didn't include Dev for a reason so don't fret -.-

6) and lastly, think and watch MORE than you do Rai. Because you have opened a can of worms that you can't shut now. Things will get done, for sure. However, at the cost of burning bridges and staking flame to people's houses.



Seryth...Out.

All I'll say is this. 2 level 5 admins and 2 level 6 Admins that are not required to work, is not enough to Administrate a forum of hundreds, and keep up with every topic that needs approval in every registration thread. Those that seek help will normally get it, unless I'm being particularly lazy, usually those close to me contact me when they need something checked, sometimes I do it, sometimes I don't. Take Izanagi's summoning for example, he wanted me to check it, but I didn't feel like it, so someone else checked it. I am particular about the applications I check...I'm not the stereotypical perfect staff member, but I've done more work than most for this forum so your opinion means little to me especially based on your history as a staff member. How everyone else takes it, I don't care much..I was made staff without my consent, and didn't want to in the first place, but I became a staff and stuck to that, doing my work as I pleased, not under obligation. I was then suddenly promoted and the spotlight shined on me. So no, I will continue doing as I always do, and apparently was doing a good job since I was promoted. The main reason I'd be the least pissed about being kicked from staff is basically being used and pushed to the side. Your opinion holds no credit, and your presumptions lack proof so i'm done here.

I do what my job description states. Thats my only comment.

You realize you contradicted yourself there Kaz, just saying. Lawl

All I can say is I do what I can when I can, it's not like I can do everything right when it's wanted because let's face it I have a very hectic life However I can say I devote a lot of time and effort in helping this site run whether it's seen or not and if that's not good enough, then it just isn't.

Thanks for your opinion Raigon. I believe you gave a honest description of my preformance as staff. I still make mistakes though like every one else. I have nothing offer but a thanks and help if you need it.

What is the objective of this topic again?

For people to voice their opinions about how they feel about staff.

Oh ok. That's cool. So does anyone else have an opinion? Don't feel afraid, the staff will not judge you or rebuke. We are here to help and if others have something to say, we want to hear.