Restrictions on Volunteer Positions ???

Hey just a quick question. What is the significance on having 1000 hrs of playtime to apply for a Volunteer staff position? Of course being well knowledgeable in the game is a must but it just seems like a very excessive amount of time played to have in my opinion for something voluntary not that I dont get the knack of wanting very experienced and knowledgeable individuals is a key thing with these positions, it's just what is (1k hrs played) truly pinpointing/helping?

Moderation/Support is typically a job best fit for candidates who are well ridden with the skill set and patience to handle a wide stretch of things from silly reports, trolls,actual big issues etc to maintaining a safe/fun environment reducing community disorder while respectfully being able to assist and help players grasp why certain things may be prohibited due to TOS or policies set/help grow to understand the game and or have a good time. Its like an extended friendship where's Support Staff are the go to in the field guys/gals folks can go to for reassurance. Whereas playing the game for a total of 1000 hrs doesn't really seem to hit strike a match of reasoning for me. Though there may be a great reason behind that in which im oblivious to.

1000 hours is nothing though

1000 hours really isn't enough plus it would be hard to gauge someones maturity and responsibility since players could easily go 1k hours without getting warned in game

I dont know 1000 hours in any game is quite alot of time spent playing. I do get the difficulty in gauging ones maturity though in comparison to warnings and or jails in-game but I mean id assume a thorough screening is done beforehand and you typically can pick up a good amount about a person just from conversation in general like Hirings IRL having that 1 on 1 conversation with the hiring manager ya know. Though yes mainly kids/teens who play so ehh

I am sorry I don’t know if I understand enough.

1000 is just an average amount of hours that I feel like the most people who are knowledgeable enough to be a Player Relations admin. Keep in mind that this type of department is there to help other people on the questions they may have on the game. Sure, it may be that someone who has 500 hours may be more helpful, but someone who has 1000 is expected to have more knowledge on the game.

The hours are just a small requirement though. While I am not in that department I know that maturity and the ability to help may be more important- you shouldn't focus on the hours, because just like you mention, maturity and the ability to deal players and their reports.

Also just because it is considered volunteer work doesn’t mean that we should just hire anybody.

I 100% agree with your statement "Also just because it is considered volunteer work doesn’t mean that we should just hire anybody." But just blinding expecting someone with 1000 hrs to have a certain amount of knowledge backing them is pretty much one and the same as hiring just anybody because you're going off of a perceived perspective that (so and so) will know or should know x amount of information when that could easily not be the case.

You have Senior staff and Current staff in position to Train a newcomers for a reason. That's where knowledge building is done and developed as well as through trial and error. Hypothetically I could sit AFK at Start all day and gain 1k hours then apply but not know anything ya get me.

And yes im sure thats like a very minimum requirement in comparison to whats actually looked for etc when screening guys for a position. Im more so just trying to understand what exactly is the significance on 1000 hours. Not sure if its always been like that im fairly new around here just thought id ask

imagine not having 6 warnings though

i think the limit should be like 30 or something

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Originally Posted by Distorted

imagine not having 6 warnings though

i think the limit should be like 30 or something

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6? is the minimum?? that's extremely generous already. You shouldn't need to be warned over 3 times for anything in my opinion. Id say minor profanity but there is a filter for that so 30 is beyond pushing it lol you must be kidding.

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Originally Posted by pch

6? is the minimum?? that's extremely generous already. You shouldn't need to be warned over 3 times for anything in my opinion. Id say minor profanity but there is a filter for that so 30 is beyond pushing it lol you must be kidding.

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when you've been playing for longer than a year buddy six warnings are nothing

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Originally Posted by Distorted

when you've been playing for longer than a year buddy six warnings are nothing

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I have been playing this game since 2015, and gaining a total of 6 warnings within a year alone sounds quite excessive to me.

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Originally Posted by AliGamer911

I have been playing this game since 2015, and gaining a total of 6 warnings within a year alone sounds quite excessive to me.

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Anything past 3 to be completely honest lol , you shouldn't have to be warned upwards to 30 times EVER with anything in life. But we are getting off-topic on what this thread is actually about. Could take sometime to get an actual answer while Rima did make a good point its still not hitting on what's the exact reasoning behind needing 1k hours to volunteer to help out when it correlates in no real way to the actual position/work you could say you would be doing. To limit spam applications I get that completely but that's easily bypassed by using a spreadsheet of the applications data if its via google forums.

Disclaimer this isn't a plea to be able to apply or anything of the matter. Just genuinely curious
I come from a background of Community Management/GM environments similar to the one here so it just was a surprise to see a set playtime restriction on applicants out of all things.

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Originally Posted by pch

Anything past 3 to be completely honest lol , you shouldn't have to be warned upwards to 30 times EVER with anything in life. But we are getting off-topic on what this thread is actually about. Could take sometime to get an actual answer while Rima did make a good point its still not hitting on what's the exact reasoning behind needing 1k hours to volunteer to help out when it correlates in no real way to the actual position/work you could say you would be doing. To limit spam applications I get that completely but that's easily bypassed by using a spreadsheet of the applications data if its via google forums.

Disclaimer this isn't a plea to be able to apply or anything of the matter. Just genuinely curious
I come from a background of Community Management/GM environments similar to the one here so it just was a surprise to see a set playtime restriction on applicants out of all things.

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As Rima said, it's mainly a personal preference by staff at the moment. As back in the 2010s, I remember seeing a player or two becoming a staff member, despite not having played the game for the requested amount of time.

However, I do feel that the current time requirement came about due to a spike of new players —including myself— trying to gain powerful positions within Era whilst knowing very, very little about the game's contents, weapons, shops, and alike. It is possible that the sheer volume of applications bothered the staff team to the point of adding stricter requirements.

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Originally Posted by AliGamer911

I have been playing this game since 2015, and gaining a total of 6 warnings within a year alone sounds quite excessive to me.

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prolly cuz ur boring

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prolly cuz ur boring

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You are exceptionally kind.

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Originally Posted by AliGamer911

As Rima said, it's mainly a personal preference by staff at the moment. As back in the 2010s, I remember seeing a player or two becoming a staff member, despite not having played the game for the requested amount of time.

However, I do feel that the current time requirement came about due to a spike of new players —including myself— trying to gain powerful positions within Era whilst knowing very, very little about the game's contents, weapons, shops, and alike. It is possible that the sheer volume of applications bothered the staff team to the point of adding stricter requirements.

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Pretty well stated. I can see a spike of new players /applicants being quite nerve racking. Though there are senior staff 4-5 maybe even more ive noticed who should be more than knowledgeable enough to train the selected few of the bunch who get through on the contents of the game etc you truly learn everything through trial and error regardless.

But no I completely get it. It'd just suck to miss out on good potentials due to a restriction for the lack of nerve that be the case. Not sure how high the traffic on this game gets as far as new players weekly etc.

But Great Answer :)

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Originally Posted by pch

Pretty well stated. I can see a spike of new players /applicants being quite nerve racking. Though there are senior staff 4-5 maybe even more ive noticed who should be more than knowledgeable enough to train the selected few of the bunch who get through on the contents of the game etc you truly learn everything through trial and error regardless.

But no I completely get it. It'd just suck to miss out on good potentials due to a restriction for the lack of nerve that be the case. Not sure how high the traffic on this game gets as far as new players weekly etc.

But Great Answer :)

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Pleased to be of assistance.

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Originally Posted by AliGamer911

You are exceptionally kind.

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shut up

Imo 1000 is actually enough for player to become a staff, and 6 warns is more than enough 3 is the max for me, i have been playing since 2013 and haven't received a single warn, if you get above 6 warnings what makes you think that you can be a staff if you cant stop your wrongdoings, yes we all make mistakes but 1 or 2 or 3 is fine but when you constantly keep making them your just being ignorant. I agree with all of the requirements to becoming a staff and there is no need to make it less easier to get in then it already is, because if they make it easier for people to get in people who aren't mature would break the rules and cause trouble, and no one wants that.

hope everyone is having a nice day

Having a hard time understanding a few lines in your post @Sadan, could be a potential language barrier but it had nothing to do with making anything "easier" as you stated . It was more so just a lingering question on what holding an 1000hr requirement over a applicants due to a presumption that during that span of time a certain/comfortable amount of information should be known when that could highly not be the case. Regardless 1000hrs is alot of time spent on any game I could careless about a discussion on that part lol, being an active busy human that's ALOT of time but im not knocking it nor do I not get it (Ive racked up my fair share of time on games myself).

I do feel my question was spoke about and answered enough for me to get a proper grasp of why the requirement is there though so thank you to all who responded :)

We have roughly 730 hours in a month, AFK for 2.5 months and you're at 2k hours. You're welcome.

Every staff position is a 'volunteer' position

Personally I think the 1k hour requirement is there to serve as a filter, not to see how good a person might be for a position. There's a lot of players who want to be admin and someone with 1k hours should have a pretty good basic understanding on the game. Thus having it filters out a lot of applicant's that would be applying purely for the sake of their own self interests as well as applicant's that don't know the ins and outs of the game

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Personally I think the 1k hour requirement is there to serve as a filter, not to see how good a person might be for a position. There's a lot of players who want to be admin and someone with 1k hours should have a pretty good basic understanding on the game. Thus having it filters out a lot of applicant's that would be applying purely for the sake of their own self interests as well as applicant's that don't know the ins and outs of the game

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With any Voluntary job in general it's per a person's self interest in devoting their personal time into bettering something they enjoy (say that be the case). Not to disagree with anything you've said above in the slightest but like ive said previously, there are experienced individuals seniors co-staff etc there to assist in training you on the in and outs of the game etc on top of what you may or may not already know. The presumption that a player with the set amount of hours should know x amount of information was what i was mainly poking at because again it can highly not be the case.

But yes to filter out a bulk of applicants I get that, It's essentially a double sided blade while filtering out unwanted applicants there's still the possibility of missing out on solid guy's due to the minimal requirement but things seem well as far as that department goes so it's no biggie if the jobs getting done efficiently.