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  1. Well if nobody else is going to reply to this I guess I'll put my two cents in. I acknowledge that my opinion probably means fuck all and that I'm the least significant out of this grouping but I'll just share my experiences. I came back to Hydrascape on November 27, over thanksgiving weekend. The server had just had the feud with Fewb and Artz, and things were declining, as in 10-15 players online on late nights when I would skill. I was super motivated for Hydrascape despite the player count dropping, and with all of my old friends assuring me that Hank was a new owner (still had doubts he was Danny, everyone did) and that he was going to make Hydrascape astronomically more successful than Danny had. I believed it, and the proof seemed to be there. Within 3 days there were two update posts on our homepage, theme changes, new promoted videos, update bonanzas (thanks flash), etc. Fast forwarding to when I was brought back onto the staff team, there was the same old stupid drama, people not getting along, whatever. I have always been one to avoid the drama and put up with people until it becomes a real problem. I do my work, fulfill my responsibilities, and don't interfere with other's unless it directly impacts my ability to successfully do my job. Legend and Gambit leave, multiple people resign and come back, same old same old. I'm not surprised, and it's not the worst thing on the planet, Hydrascape will move forward without them. The moment where I realized that what I had come back to Hydrascape for was too good to be true was when Joey resigned. Obviously I was aware that Hank's lack of inactivity was a problem, and I knew Flash was MIA (unaware of the reasons however), but Hydrascapes #1 supporter and administrator finally left because he had put up with it for long enough. I assumed joeys role for a couple of days, even though I still had access to nothing, and we rallied to bring him back under Hank's promise (stated in his inactivity forum post) that now that his family issues were coming to a close, that he would be more active. I am more than forgiving and understanding that personal issues do happen, but they shouldn't elongate for 2-3 months of almost complete inactivity. I have nothing against you Hank, I think you're a nice person. But when I put in 27+ days online between November 27 and early February, as well as so many hours out of game developing new drop tables, revamping treasure boxes, running events to stimulate forum activity, trying my best to keep up with social media (wasn't that hard), trying to explain to youtubers why I couldn't even get them in contact with someone who could give them items in-game for a series or give them their payment on time. I still have youtubers in my PM asking when they can get in contact with you, and yes I sent the contacts and info multiple times. I still didn't have access to the log system (even if this was due to Flash not trusting me 100%, which is understandable, once he was gone for a month, do you really think that should still hold you back?), was only a contributor on facebook because it didn't require me having any passwords, didn't have access to the youtube channel after asking 45 times, and yes, I would have an insane amount of uploads on the channel right now if you had just trusted me with the channel. I would wake up at 3 AM to spammed skype messages telling me there was a big issue in-game, and would turn my PC on to deal with it, even though I needed to wake up for class 2 hours later for an 11 hour day of classwork. I felt overworked, underappreciated, and quite frankly used. Moving on to my time as Head Moderator (staff manager), when Gambit/Legend left, it opened a window of opportunity for myself to reform the team and actually make us a TEAM again. I did so, with the help of Joey, as we brought in and formed a core staff team that GOT ALONG. They did their job, they were obedient, I kept them in check, and they were successful. Obviously in-game blunders happen, it was some of their first experiences as a staff member, but they were willing to listen to my feedback and improve upon their behavior/actions. Then Legend, randomly comes back out of nowhere, and is promoted to global moderator. Within his first or second day on the team he is already causing negative interactions with the rest of my team. The biggest issue wit his promotion was not him personally coming back, as previously mentioned I am a forgiving and understanding person, and was more than willing to work with him if you were not going to budge on his repromotion. But when Hannah resigned and came back, she came back strictly as SS, and has remained there, despite her insane efforts to assist me with these new drop tables, and yes, her activity is above that of legends in-game, regardless of how low it might be. You still wouldn't let me promote her back to mod, I couldn't fathom why, until I saw kevin's mention of it above and how it may keep JBQ and his money around. That was I had my epiphany, and saw that It really wasn't going to work out in the long run. I don't think you're money hungry, but I don't think you put in the necessary time and effort to make Hydrascape successful. I'm a full-time student studying ASU's most rigorous undergrad program, as well as trying to deal with my personal issues like sleep deprivation and anxiety. I can't deal with the lack of productivity and waste my time anymore. I didn't receive any contact from you when I resigned the other day, which tells me it probably didn't matter too much, staff on RSPS are pretty expendable and I understand that, just stings a little that after all of that my efforts went completely unnoticed. As a side note, it took about 24 hours for my ranks in-game and on forums to be removed. Imagine I'm Keith, that wouldn't have gone over well, thankfully I have morals and I'm not a piece of shit. Its 11 AM and I want to go get food, so I'll end my shitpost rant there. Kevin, if you've made it to this part (bless your soul this is fucking long) I am always available to help where needed. I cannot commit the amount of time that I did to Hydrascape given my IRL responsibilities listed above, and my desire to grow my twitch stream lately. But if you need someone to work their ass off I'm always here. I'm not interested in fucking Hank over, refer to my comment about not being a piece of shit, but, for the third time, I'll be here. Hank as an addendum of sorts, this was not meant to target you or any decisions you made previously, Kevin starting this group gave me a method to share my grievances and frustrations, so this was more helpful for myself than anything. Thanks.
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