User:Durango/reviewMarch302009

Eight reviews! Awesome! Thanks to everyone who replied... let's dive in!

'''001 I've seen you around quite a bit and have enjoyed playing with you on the grid. I know you've been real busy helping Hazard out and I thank you. Keep up the good work!'''

I'm back on the grid, y'all! FEAR ME.

'''002 Got nothin but good things for Durango. He's very lenient and open when it comes to apps of any kind. Kudos to the man. Peace out!'''

Sweet. Just a note, that Charstaff leniency might be tightened up with the new system. This, however, does not mean that we will be less open to new or off-the-wall ideas. In fact, in the new system, the off-the-wall stuff (at least as I see it) might become more in vogue. TACS gives us the range to do some crazy things.

'''003 Yay Durango! All around good to get along with, which is what I think is the most important part of the job. Recently shuffled to charstaff, and... I haven't heard much from him in a character staffer kind of position. I know he's not in a timezone to be big appearances during peak hours, which is fine, but I don't really see much from him. Most character kind of questions these days is rlated to TACS and upgrades, which we see dealt with by Boomslang and Hazard. Durango is a treasure, but lately he's a hidden treasure'''

Heya, thanks for the heads up. It seems like I'm visible to some, but not to others. I wonder if I'm only seen by those I interact with directly? I'll try and see if I can't be more present with the MUSH in general; if you have any follow up to this, I'd love to hear it.

begin self-defense paragraph: As far as TACS conversion has gone, oh yes. I cannot claim to really have been involved in that process, so all kudos to the Combat team. For my part, I conducted a mush-wide review of all of our commands, which, because of certain staff transitions, turned out to be redundant and unnecessary. Whatever. :) I've also been the primary person handling upgrades, which are really only seen by those, well, upgrading! Most recently, myself and Charstaff in general have been working with Hazard to get the new Wiki pages up, and I am the @$*hole responsible for the new app, so if you don't like it... blame Hazard, 'cause he's the boss. And ICly, I'd look for me more as Jazz than as Durango for the forseeable future. end

I'm not trying to argue your point, reviewer..I'll look into it, I swear! But hopefully this will kind of let you know 'where to look' for me if you need me.

'''004 Yay. I see you around a ton now due to your timezone and you are friendly and helpful, and it is great to have charstaff who aren't in the general 'Americentric' timezone. Hope to see you more active! The only thing I would say is please please please on bb26 can character openings be posted with the character name as the header, not a 'funny' joke because otherwise it is impossible to tell at a glance who is being apped.'''

Hmm. Those 'joke' lines have been around since I started playing, but, well, so was the Legacy combat code, and we shunted that. I'll pass this on to the rest of Charstaff. No promises other than it will be discussed. Thanks!

'''005 You've been doing a good job with upgrades, especially in light of your RL moving situation. I appreciate your Jazz stepping up to spur RP for the Autobots. As far as charstaff overall, I wish some of the new rules about characters were discussed more (or discussed at all) with the playerbase. It feels like some character types like the Terrans and Junkions got majorly altered without asking what players liked about them in the first place. I also have some concerns about the way FCs were converted. Some seem to get cool or creative treatment (like the way Roadbuster is described on bboard 26) without any reason for it other than conversion staff having fun...? Here's the trickiest one...I see a disturbing trend lately where staffers seem to be a little defensive when questioned. Maybe there's a lot of stuff going on that I don't see, but that's one player's observation on things.'''

Alright, let me break this down. First, thanks for the review. It's been great to be around more!

Secondly, regarding the human/Junkion changes. They were done primarily to differentiate the species from each other. Up until now, Junkions were just Transformers with arbitrary technological limitations. Now they're a little more..unique. Humans, as well, should now find themselves a little more human rather than minibots with gundams. This is my view on it. Hazard also gets a copy of these reviews, so I'm sure he'll read this, and if he has anything more to say on it, I'll defer to him. Please feel free to contact us if you want to talk more about this.

FC conversions... are there specific examples of FCs you think weren't given the attention they deserve? I know that ConversionStaff took the opportunity to use the new code to made some under-used FCs (like Roadbuster) a little more attractive via having different styles of attacks and RP. They are all still within their canon and themely limits; Roadbuster is no more powerful or diverse than he was in Legacy, it's just now the code reflects his diversity. And so on. Again, please please please let me/us know if there are things you see that aren't up to snuff or that you have questions with. I'm always glad to talk things out.

A general note about Conversions...ConversionStaff handled most of the FC conversions. As we go through and see how things play out on the grid, ConversionStaff and Charstaff are working together to tweak the conversions as needed for RP. Code can look one way in stasis, and play out entirely differently on the grid. If there's something that you see that's just massively wrong, let a Charstaffer/Conversionstaffer know about it. I cannot guarantee anything other than you will be listened to and that the suggestion will be looked at and replied to. But I do at least promise that.

As far as staffer defensiveness.. this might be true. I'll send the message up the pipes..again, if there are examples and such, that would be very helpful.

Thanks again for your review... it's stuff like this that helps us improve. It's very much appreciated!

'''006 I less than three Durango. He's nice, he tries hard to be fair, and he's well informed despite being in a far-away land where he has to stand outside in the cold to get internets. Also, he's fast! In addition, he tries to support TPs and get them rolling, even though Charstaff has stolen him away from TPstaff and replaced him with a changeling. What's not to less than three?'''

I less than three you, too.

'''007 The weird thing about Durango-as-Charstaffer? He's been more visible in stirring up RP than he was towards the end of Durango-as-TP-staffer, even if it's at an odd hour. This is doubly odd because of his now-much-stranger time-zone. Weird, odd, and completely awesome. He's also very approachable and helpful, not to mention (usually) pretty timely in responding to the upgrades (or at least was, before the upgrades got shut down). All and all, bravo and good job.'''

Yeah, the new time zone gives me the weird ability to (a) live a normal life and (b) be on the MUSH more. Go figure.

'''008 Durango where would I be without you? Probably in a beer-soaked gutter crying tears of fear and desperation. Please don't ever leave!!! More muffins plz.'''

Muffins, you say? Alas, the Muffin Man is somewhere off in space. In an entirely unrelated note I swear... what are you doing July 8th, 2009?