Admin Treatment

[LYK08]

**This thread is not meant to cause any drama or problems between members. This is simply supposed to be a discussion/debate about a topic that some can find controversial, so I ask you not to lash out at anyone or hell, even harass them because of their opinion on the matter, it's just unneeded.

I also will be referring to everyone on the Staff as admins as it makes it easier.**

It's been obvious that Era players haven't been happy with the past 2 or 3 years of the game's existence. People are constantly complaining about the game not meeting their expectations and riots happening in Start or players throwing shade at PR and PRAs and developers simply because of an item they didn't like has increased drastically.

It's okay not to like something, that's 100% fine. What you enjoy and don't enjoy is subjective and nothing can change it. The problem comes with the sheer amount of harassment I can imagine these people get. They can't say a word without someone regurgitating the point of "eRa iS dEaD aDmInS aRe sTuPid," not realizing the other factors that play into the mass believed decline of the game.

These people (the admins) have lives outside of Era. Graal is NOT a job and these people are human beings. They still have to do things that can keep them from focusing their lives on the game, which is totally understandable. The people who are constantly complaining about the faults of Era is that, to be honest, nobody has control of it. It's just a matter of circumstance, and that events happen in the admin's lives which may cause them from either putting in their all or even being there to put in that effort.

Frankly, I don't like the direction the game has been going either, but does that mean you go out of your way to harass these people just because they don't, again, live up to your expectations and come at your beck and call? No, it shouldn't, and if it does, you are ignoring every single piece and factor that goes into what makes the game "bad" or "dead" just so you can feel right.

However, this is all just my opinion (while some things said in this post are true) and I'd like to hear from you and your thoughts on the matter. Maybe we can even get some admins to post their thoughts as well, who knows?

Until then, I appreciate you reading, have a wonderful day and goodbye.

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If anything in these are factually wrong, let me know (please, in a respectful way.)

Well yea yea, I get it. There's a fine line between constructive criticisms and insults/harassment. While I recognise that there are some things in the game that leaves much to be desired, I think that it is no justification to start insulting admins for that. Criticisms/feedback can be allowed, but only when they refer to an aspect of the game, perhaps the new shop etc etc. But because a shop or item isn't up to what we expect does not mean we start insulting the admin.

I'll just put forth an example to facilitate comprehension.

Let's say I'm unhappy with the new hat shop. Say, the colours aren't attractive, the items are overpriced etc. I can give the aforementioned sentence as a form of feedback, and it would still be acceptable.

But it becomes unacceptable when I start going against the admin who made the hat shop, by saying e.g the admin is a *@#!$#@....

Notice that in the former case only the items/hats are being mentioned, without any reference to the admins who made them while the latter puts the emphasis on the admin. I do not believe that a piece of work by an admin, howsoever satisfactory, is fully reflective of the admin's personality or character. It would be unfair to insult him or her because what she or he did is not up to your satisfaction. Everyone has their own expectations - some high, some low, and therefore it would be impossible for admins to fulfill all of them at once. If you are not satisfied with the product, then don't buy them. Know that you did not "pre-order" the admin to make the items/shop prior to its release, so don't always expect them to meet high expectations.