Originally Posted by
Powas
Ynvaser, if you are concerned about said problems, you can always do something yourself.
It's in your job description, not mine. I'd do it myself, but it has been made clear that my services aren't needed.
Originally Posted by
Fee
GMs should look into having non-automated exclusive lower belt tourneys as a set percentage of their overall hosting targets, and if they don't currently have the capacity to achieve this, look into recruiting more members.
Well said.
Originally Posted by
Risk
...ruined by old players using alts to join in and beat the shit out of newbies.
If you guys implemented some steam account-based authentication system, it'd be possible to filter this. Most new players come from steam these days. That would also make it possible for siblings to partake in tournaments without getting flagged for multiclienting.
Originally Posted by
sir
No, they won't be.
I've seen these "low belt tournaments" at the time UT was up and they were consisting of 13 players max with half of them being UT hosters' friends on alts.
In my experience, they were just as popular as GMTourneys themselves. There were a few alts, but see above.
Originally Posted by
sir
Serversitting has been the only good thing that UT did until most of the members stopped giving a shit about it (why whine GMs now that they're not doing it eh?).
Make it a part of their quota. It's not pure volunteer work anymore. You can expect them to do what they signed up for.
Originally Posted by
sir
It takes a lot of patience and it gets dull after a week.
Not having sociopaths do server sitting would help quite a bit in that aspect. I found it quite relaxing to be honest.
Originally Posted by
sir
Anyway, keeping UT or making GMs nurse the whitebelts won't have any significant effect as they cannot get to all the new players.
No need. Having a few people (at once) server sit regularly, announced via globals would spread the word that this is a thing. It'd also create a more 'accessible' image for the GMs.
It's also a lot more direct. There's no risk of asking a "stupid" question, just to have one of the meaner staff members give a "witty" answer, since they are there to help in the first place.
Last edited by ynvaser; Jun 14, 2014 at 06:23 AM.