WTF you on Lowe??? Jumping OM's stump is just out of line. While the majority of the staff has been dealing with RL issues (me included), OM and Soda have been doing the lion's share of keeping this arena alive....hell, they're the only reason right now the arena is still around.
I really don't give two stumps what issue you might have had with OM in the past, but get the twittle over it. The past year has seen the staff attempt several different things to try and make the majority happy....some have worked, some haven't. The one thing the staff has always done, and will continue to do, is listen to the opinions and suggestions of those who fly in the AvA. Unfortunately, as the old saying goes...opinions are like amazinhunks...everyone's got one. Some we can take and try to do something with...others are just better left forgotten.
<shakes head in wonderment>
(Disclaimer) Anyone...and I mean that, anyone, who would like to submit an application (takes nothing more than an initial PM to one of the current staffers) to become an AvA Staffer, then please do so. If you think you can help us out, then lets hear from you. So many times we get folks who like to "suggest" how things should be run in the AvA, but then when they get asked to help make it happen, they either mysteriously disappear, or suddenly don't have the time....
things that make ya do hmmm.
Sheesh the pounding you take when you dare to question the sacred cow.
I'm not saying OM is a bad guy or he mooned the queen, keep your freakin shirt on.
He's a big boy and can fight his own fights.
We're exchanging PMs so you guys can call off the gangbang.
I can say in typical OM style he's respond with a much cooler head than those of you in his flock.
I don't agree with your disclaimer Duke.
In past years I've approached staff members about consideration and never heard a peep back.
The keys have been in the same peoples hands for years, and for years we go around and around the same old track.
I've tried in the past to give ideas, not that mine are any better than any posed by others. However I have yet to see them tried or given any consideration. Pretty much like volunteering for the staff.
Maybe there's no good answer and maybe there never will be.
It looks like trying to get to the bottom of it is out of the question though.
So this was a wasted effort.
The reason for a small amount of people in the AVA is simple.
You only make it appeal to a small amount of people, the very same people week after week.
It looks as if some new people came in Christmas eve and what happens?
The regulars are already complaining about how the new people flew and fought.
So it appears to me... Again this is my opinion. That the few people that fly in the AVA don't want new people.
They just want to say they want new people.
