Redshift Reviews

As a brand-new addition to staff here on 2k5, I was looking forward to reading my reviews from the players. Following tradition, my responses are on bold.

001 Redshift - absolute bloody LEGEND. Its about time you got on staff, over the past few years you have been constantly the friendliest guy to new guests, and always coming up with ideas to help people. It is a crime you were passed over in the past

'''Thanks a lot! I'm glad to be able to help out the game in my own way. You know that I've wanted to join character staff here for quite some time.'''

002 Well, I've got to say that you've done well, as far as I'm concerned. I always happy to RP with you, and you are providing many opportunities for players to take a topic and run with it.

'''More positive stuff, yummy. Thanks!'''

003 Nice job with charstaff so far. You're very pleasant to talk to and overall you have a helpful, friendly and enthusiastic attitude. One thing I would recommend it's to try and be more clear on your policies like what you think makes a good application or upgrade request. These things seem to get subjective responses that are different based on which charstaffer is involved. Reading news and wiki files ahead of time doesn't always help so more info on what is expected would be great. It sounds like apps and requests are supposed to be rejected if the concept is going to cause problems for others or is going to make a character overly powerful, so why not tell us what falls into those categories? Yet things that are not flagged as overdone or with notes like 'this will draw greater scrutiny from charstaff' are still being rejected based on...I dunno, personal preference of the charstaffer in question? What they think is cool?

'''You are bound to get slightly different responses from different admin; We're different people with differing opinions. We do have the most important items listed in the news/wiki files(specifically news overdone). Some things that are declined are declined for reasons other than sheer power level; Sometimes it is the application/request that isn't approvable, not the concept/stats, and importantly, sometimes it is a matter of whether we can trust someone with a questionable concept or upgrade. It never hurts to ask ahead of time!'''

004 A great admin. Always friendly, always helpful. Redshift is always willing to listen to your troubles. Kudos!

Thanks!

005 Redshift is all right, I'm not sure he has the system familiarity to have a good eye for what is okay and what is not when it comes to upgrades and OCs, but he will develop that given time. The important thing is that he be ready to say both "yes" and "no," and if he's not sure, to ask the other staff. The fact that he actually PLAYS the GAME is a big advantage in this regard, though, because that means he will at least have some idea of what people are like apart from hearing about them secondhand. He has to make sure to keep that information up to date and judge correctly from it, is all.

'''I am working on becoming more familiar with what is ok and not ok, and I do ask my fellow admins when there's some doubt. And yeah, it's great to keep in touch with what is really going on in the IC world, the staff needs to keep in touch with (and BE) a player.'''

006 Hi

I'll be honest, when I heard you got a charstaff position I wasn't sure that Hazard had make a good choice but you prooved me wrong. I think you did an awesome job. Characters applications and upgrades seems to be handled much more quickly than I ever seen in many years.

My only concerne his not related specificly to you but I think charstaffs should pay a closer attention to FCs that are set on vacantions for a long period of time. I can think of a couple of FCs and NFCs that log once a week and do nothing or that are have been on vacantion for over a month. I realze that charstaffs may have information unavailable to the player base about their players but I think it would be a good idea to keep an eye open so these characters could get active players if they were available. Just my two cents. Keep on with your great job.

'''I've wanted to be a character staffer here for a long time, and have done some charstaffing elsewhere in the past. However, I can't take all the credit, because Ramjet and Soundwave are also doing a terrific job of keeping the apps/upgrades responded to quickly.

I do agree that it seems we may have gotten lax on times, the policy is clearly written but haven't been using it to remove characters that are consistently not making times. On the other hand, it's better to have a character barely active than not active at all. But closer scrutiny ought to be placed on characters that are more well-liked/sought after.'''

007 Well what can i say he listened to me and said he'd palm it off to someone who could look into it, i guess he's doing great, so that's good but awesome would be great.

'''I am new, so on occasion I DO have to palm stuff off on someone else, like if something is 'incorrect' on an FC, it has to be run past our CSH Hazard. Rest assured, if I can do it, I'll do it myself!'''

008 Redshift has a long history of Character Staffing to back up his claim to 'fame'. He was a good choice. Responsive, quick, and refreshingly neutral in highly polarizing situations. I just hope that he can be around more in the future. Otherwise, a fine addition to staff. Yay!

'''Refreshingly neutral? Sounds like a bad beverage ad ;) But thanks!'''

009 Redshift is great! Wish we had more like him. Keep up the good work!

'''I'm limited edition. But I'll do my best!'''

010 This is Vigil and Slag and I think Redshift is an awesome staff and a great person to rp with. He proves that not all giant robots are the most smartest things in the world. I really do look forward to more chances to rp with him and his alts.

'''I too look forward to more pretendy giant space robots. After all, thhat's why we're all here :D'''