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I never said that. I just said that they keep coming back and the only thing we can do is keep banning them and hope they eventually stop. I didn't say anything about not banning them anymore.
The problem isn't that they're being banned enough. The problem is they keep coming back. Even if there are people dedicated to these areas, people will keep coming back.
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What David said.
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Once again, never said that. All systems have flaws. If you have suggestions for how to improve the system, they are appreciated.
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You've been given a wide range of suggestions about the PR/GP team in this thread including how you can approach applications (seeking out players in the community who would fit well, as opposed to only reading applications), how you can deal with hackers (having GPs patrolling the arena or hiring someone who spends significant time there), how you can prevent/mitigate abuse or unqualified staff who slip through the cracks (approaches to training, benefits, terminating problem staff, etc), you've had specific situations pointed out to prove these problems exist and how the mentioned solutions will help with said problems.
You're still telling us "you're wrong, but if anybody has any suggestions for us we'd love to hear them", so I'm not sure what to tell you.
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One final word on this topic. GPs have no involvement with that whatsoever. Even if a GP wanted to get involved with that, they probably wouldn't be able to.
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Still not talking about code, so not sure why you keep telling me this. As the GP/PR team on iClassic you have total control over GP/PR related issues. Telling me you don't would be like if fp4/Dusty told us they have no control over scripts on the server.
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I'm sure everyone on the staff team would love for all of the hackers to disappear, but unfortunately it doesn't work like that. The best they can do, as you said, is coordinate times, but there are just simply those times when nobody is online to do anything, and sometimes that isn't preventable.
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What David said, and also hire someone who spends the majority of their time in the arena.
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For the application process? I haven't seen anything other than "hire people with more gameplay". Like, okay, I'm sure the higher ups would love to hire more players experienced in those aspects of gameplay, but things like ban/account history cannot just simply be overlooked, and that is the way the application process will always be, no matter what shape or form it takes.
Personally, I think there should be a portion of the application that gives situations that the player must respond to. Someone suggested this here and I've been an advocate for the idea because I feel as if it would give an idea of how the player would do in certain situations. Things like "You see your best friend who is an admin adding hats and multiple other items to their player account while nobody else is online", just as an example.
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See my note about suggestions above.
Also, I would like to point out that often ban history/account history on iClassic is a result of someone being warned, disconnected, status reset, or banned for something stupid that isn't even really against the rules - which goes right back to hiring responsible, mature, objective people rather than hiring "xXInuyasha360noscope -looking for gf 13 yrs old-" because he's never been banned and then firing him when he throws a temper tantrum over somebody saying they hate Inuyasha and eliminating the person he banned from ever getting a GP job because they were banned.
I'm again not saying that you should ignore account history entirely - there are some disgusting, toxic people on Graal who shouldn't be trusted with anything ever. But there are plenty of people with like a single status reset, or warn, or something stupid for a minor infraction - people who I'm assuming get overlooked based on what you guys have said, and mine and other's experience - who are much more qualified than my previous example.
edit: to be sure, I'm not saying this inuyasha guy actually happened, since I suspect you'll point that out as a counter-argument. But in a less extreme way it seems to be how you guys are approaching running the GP team.
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Yes, the problem exists. Based off of his post I would assume he was terminated from his position, but I don't even know who he isn't so I wouldn't know.
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Well, I think we can both reasonably agree that my point was still accurate even if the name behind the point doesn't turn out to be the "success story" I'm referring to.