Posted by XENA*

Yeah i like the new admins but i miss Gilgamesh, Cloyd and Novaa badly ;(((((((((((
I kinda agree with both Gilgamesh and Castor. I mean they could have at least warn her before firing her but at the same when you are fired you just have to move on (this is a game not as important as if you were fired from your job). Example: When castor was fired the next day he was on with his ipod account playing as a regular player without complaining.
I find that rude that admins don't have a 2nd chance :/ everybody makes mistakes :/ in era one little bad thing and you're fired ;(

How many mistakes has homelesswitch made? *cough*

And I seriously don't see why snk doesn't do anything. Everyone is seeing that this server is going to wrong way. What was my first post on the hirings page? "don't hire people you're going to fire in a week again ;)" and sure enough....

Era will end up one of two ways if this keeps up.

1) we will have staff hirings every other week and the server will eventually fail because of misguided guidance

Or

2) staff will end up like classics where the staff has absolutely no freedom to interact with players at all.

I'm seriously saddened era is turning out this way. I remember the first months of era, everything was new. Was fun. Staff was constant. A year later and it seems we've taken a step back. Not one forward :/  

Guess what? Snake Rekon just quit, another very good developer gone.... The reason was

"Some things have changed in era and I don't think I like the path its taken..."

(((( Stupid Era  

Posted by Gilgamesh

It's a shame I was let go, after a year of dedicated service, with no warning, no discussion, and no explanation whatsoever. It took a week for someone to actually respond back to me.

So the shame, Jatz, is that I believed you all to be among true friends. Instead, I was treated as disposable.

Novaa decided to do something a little creative before bidding adieu, something fun for the players. Because she knew that eventually, despite time passed and friendships forged-- her fate would inevitably be the same as mine. Just another speck upon the digital pile, tossed away like litter; a fate awaited by each and every Admin that has been, and will be "hired."

It was an honor to serve the players, a thing treated as joke within the band of golden names.

If there was a "Like" button, I'll press it  

Gilgamesh wrote something very touching  

Posted by Era News

Guess what? Snake Rekon just quit, another very good developer gone.... The reason was

"Some things have changed in era and I don't think I like the path its taken..."

(((( Stupid Era

What?!?!? No! Snake is a beast  

Why do i feel this is related to staff quality?  

Posted by XENA*

in era one little bad thing and you're fired ;(

In era, the staff are held to a high regard. If a staff member gets off the hook for giving stuff away to their friends, what kind of message does that send to the players?
Nub: "Oh, if i get hired and can give lightsabers to all my friends? Sweet!" (Exaggerated example)

The staff know what's right and what's wrong, or at least they should.  

Posted by Era News

Guess what? Snake Rekon just quit, another very good developer gone.... The reason was

"Some things have changed in era and I don't think I like the path its taken..."

(((( Stupid Era

Highly doubt it.
Stop spreading stuff without a proof.  

Posted by Jester Lapse

Everyone is seeing that this server is going to wrong way. A year later and it seems we've taken a step back. Not one forward :/

I 100% agree and have been saying this for months.  

Yeah but there sadly is no way to change this. The problem is that the requirements of and the admin - job itself have changed a lot. From seriously helping player's and (mostly) respectful messages it has evolved into placing statues, getting spammed, doing weddings and such stuff...

New PR's are limited even more so that might also ruin the remaining fun of being an admin. Being monitored by admins, rated by both and spammed by players is not helping to like the job. It looks cool to be an admin but IT IS NOT. It is serious 'hard' work and not all of the 10-20yo we have hired knew that or could live with it. We must enforce the rules and punish abusive admins hard. Else we would end up like some other corrupted servers...

There might have been some... "misunderstandings" but in the end we only try to give you players the most enjoyable game experience.  

Posted by Rages

It looks cool to be an admin but IT IS NOT. It is serious 'hard' work and not all of the 10-20yo we have hired knew that or could live with it. We must enforce the rules and punish abusive admins hard. Else we would end up like some other corrupted servers...

Yes. Being hired means it's a job. That means it's work. Being an admin isn't/shouldn't be just about hosting events and then having private get-togethers with a small group of your closest friends. Those things should come after the needs of the players. NEVER before. There's a time/age where a kid just wants to play games. That age is too young for a staff position.  

Thank you for pointing that out. I have to admit that I don't even 'play' era as I got no fully working iDevice. That might be reason I never had an intention to ever abuse / give away items... O.o Beside that I'm way older than the average player.
Sadly that is something most player's don't think about when they apply. They only see the power / fun admins 'might' gain. :>

As I'm just a PR and not PRA or something I don't know how they read / judge applications hence I should not talk about it. I doubt it's an easy task.  

Posted by Rages

Thank you for pointing that out. I have to admit that I don't even 'play' era as I got no fully working iDevice. That might be reason I never had an intention to ever abuse / give away items... O.o Beside that I'm way older than the average player.
Sadly that is something most player's don't think about when they apply. They only see the power / fun admins 'might' gain. :>

As I'm just a PR and not PRA or something I don't know how they read / judge applications hence I should not talk about it. I doubt it's an easy task.

Well put  

Tink FTW xD  

Posted by Alexei

Tink FTW xD

She hosted a party just cuz someone got 1000 hours? Lol. And she announced it twice.

In my opinion. Events should be rarely going on with all the harassment and crap that goes on in era. The job of a PR should be to keep the game enjoyable for people to play, not have fun themselves. Just my 2 cents