Originally Posted by
sir
TAs' original job wasn't to serversit in beginner rooms, I hope you know that. They started doing it and changed from an "ingame police" group to "beginner helpers" when it became clear that the latter aids the community more.
Both of these are in game, they are in game specialists, they always were, you have just accepted that yourself. People that reside in the forums, and are strong in that field, are not always the best candidates for in-game activity. Look at the vast majority of top level players. They are essentially extinct on the forums and insanely active and skilled in game. You are immediately cutting off all of these applicants. And getting forum based members of the community to teach people how to play the game.
Originally Posted by
sir
Once again, quality usually overweighs quantity (and this case is no exception) - I highly doubt that adding more staff groups is going to be beneficial unless there is a job that really stands out from all what current staff has.
The words 'usually' and 'highly doubt' suggests that you are relying on chance with a blindsight of the alternatives. This is not good. You are forcing in game jobs on members of the community who were recruited mainly for their forum capability. This is not quality. If you want to teach beginners, get people who can play the game, not people who can moderate boards, the two don't interlink.
Originally Posted by
sir
People asking for TAs now are either people who didn't manage to get in ES / HS and now think it's their chance or those who don't know what current HS duties are. If the only thing you care about is the group name and not what it actually does, why would your ideas be considered?
More assumptions and usually's? I couldn't care less what the name of the group is, and my ideas should be considered because they aren't just my ideas,
What do you lose from implementing ToriAgents, or an individual group with the same agenda?