I'll have to talk with other people about it, so please don't regard this as any sort of official seal of approval of the idea:

It's been said copious times that Toribash's lack of success doesn't stem from people not trying out Toribash, but rather the steep curve making the retention rate of new players abysmal. This was one of the major reasons why I decided to create a formalized staff orchestrated YouTube channel where we could control the content and bring aide to new players learning the ropes from topics like "Why use the forums?" to "How do I improve at X mod?".

The GMs by far have the largest plate/load to handle than any other staff position. Risk knowing this, has obviously taken an initiative to increase the amount of GMs with this huge recruitment you see going on in the news, whilst also taking interviews, and even offering incentives for hard work and active hosting. I don't think adding server sitting to the list of their duties is a solid idea, and thus I like the idea of having a group in charge of it.

The problem lies with who these people will be. Typically mature, responsible, intelligent, and active members that are interested in helping the community are applying for GM. If they aren't a GM, it's usually because they were rejected for one or more rational applicable reasons. Because the team your proposing would be the real first direct staff encounter between new players and staff, we'd want to hold this group to an incredibly high standard (that's why the new GM team is so important). As it stands now the GM team IS the frontline to new players first interactions with Toribash staff.

And all of that sort of exhibits my concern: the people who have the personality, maturity, and experience to trust them with the serversitting job are the GMs. The GMs have a load of work on their plate as is, and while we're doing a great job of actively recruiting more staff, there really is only so many widely accepted applicants out there that the team agrees could be a valuable asset.




All of that being said: I think you raise some valid concerns and moving forward with the GM team I think Risk more than likely (although I don't want to speak for him as that'd be completely out of place) has this sort of thing in mind and once he holds the resources, would probably invest more into server sitting. So thanks for opening the topic.