Americon Reviews

Americon Reviews
Reviews will be in bold, responses are in normal font.

Reviews dated 7/7/2008
001 Sorry to hear about your mysterious computer problem. :( I hope you get your computer back soon.


 * Eh, don't worry about it, I have a backup (of sorts).

'''002 Ahhh, the bastion of all things American. Dude, I really like RPing with you (In America?) The TP quality round here has really skyrocketed and I've seen you in the mix all over the place. Way to go! And thank you for taking time to be a staffer.'''


 * Hahaha, yes, I am awesome, aren't I?

'''003 I really like Americon's posing. He's amazingly funny. I haven't seen him in a TP staff context yet, and I hear he has been OOCly busy. So I don't really feel qualified to judge him. However, I would like to mention that a +review system for players who volunteer to be added to a rotating roster and who promise not to get upset over critical reviews might be nice. I know that I'd like to know what people think of my RP - if they hate me, if my jokes are lame, et cetera.'''


 * +review system for volunteers? Hmmmm. Hmmmmmmmmm. Maybe... we do have a +gripe system but that's for rather negative criticisms. Perhaps if we had an object for rating TP's overall, that would work a bit better? That way, if someone wanted to say, "Wow, Beachcomber was so awesome when he was playing as Unicron's illegitimate son," he could use that.

'''004 Hi Americon. Well first off, your RP is endlessly amusing as always. :) But as far as admin, I've seen you create TPs as well as help out with those run by others, and I know you really do a great job. I particularly like how you've created TPs for Bots, Cons, and Terrans, which is great for the MUSH and us players and also goes to show your ability as a TP staffer. Another thing I've noticed is that your scenes always have a nice elegant setup - something short and to the point but still informative and making good ICs sens. I think your online time is being limited by factors beyond your control, which is a shame but you're still having positive impact on the MUSH beyond that. One thing I'd suggest is to experiment with the Decepticonz! idea - I know you no longer play Soundwave but the current one has seemed pretty open to a variety of RP so he might be willing to work with you on ressurecting the series. When they happened they really provided a lot of amusement and RP in a unique setting.'''


 * To be honest, my "short and elegant" setups are more the result of my incredibly poor attention span. Er, I mean, yes, I AM awesome, yes?


 * As for Decepticonz, yeah, I've tried some experiments with it, like making it a videogame or an MMO, but honestly the TV series itself has been more successful and more fun. If I start that up again, I'll probably go with another episode.


 * If Soundwave wanted to help out with another Decepticonz episode, that's certainly cool, but I deliberately made Americon's TECH stat high so that I could justify him being skilled enough to use the Automatic Episode Script Writer (which I previously used as Soundwave. It examines popular animes and cuts and pastes parts of them into something that is vaguely coherent). He also needs the tech score to be able to upload the videos to the same places that Soundwave did back when he was running the show (i.e., Youtube and other video streaming sites).

'''005 In very general terms, Americon has been doing a good job fostering the spirit of roleplay through his direct and indirect interaction with players. I can only suggest that he be a little more visible. As far as I can tell, he sets up what I would describe as events, more than TPs, and because of it I doubt he's been getting the credit he deserves.'''


 * Hm, honestly I prefer to let other people be the "stars" of certain events, so if I fade into the background then that's actually a good thing. That's kind of what TPStaff is supposed to do, anyway. Also, Americon is comic-relief and not really a "big" player on the scene like an EFC would be.

006 system for players who volunteer to be added to a rotating roster and wh


 * Oops! Looks like your review got cut off there, but either you or someone else managed to mention the rotating roster. I covered that, so...

'''007 I'm not crazy about some of the stuff you've run, which tonally speaking was just not for me, e.g. the 7th Seacon stuff. But I'd rather have a wide spectrum of roleplay on the game than just stuff that appeals to me, so the core of the matter is that you do run plots, and I appreciate that. I know I started it off with kind of a backhanded compliment, but I really do mean it when I say that I'm glad you take your TP staff bit (I hesitate to call it a 'job' because we're all here for /fun/) seriously enough to actually make use of it and run things. Thanks.'''


 * Yeah, you can't please everyone. Honestly if I worried about making EVERYONE happy 100% of the time I'd never run anything. But, your reaction to the Seacon 7 TP wasn't abnormal. There was a bit of controversy over that one, but those who took part seemed to have fun, and that's the important thing for me. Don't worry about there being an eighth Seacon, though.


 * Anyway, glad to see that otherwise you think I am awesome, because I am.

'''008 Americon seems like a pretty swell guy to me, and very PaTrIoTiC. I've never had much issue with him as a staffer and he seems to be a very fair and level-headed guy, which are nice qualities to have as far as staffing goes. I apologize for not having much in the way of constructive criticism though, I just got back to the game. ::(( Still, thumbs up as far as I'm concerned! -(DELETED TO PROTECT THE INNOCENT)'''


 * Yes, yes, thank you, thank you, I *am* awesome.

'''009 In the sometimes politically-charged back and forth of Kudos and Complaints regarding staff activities, I feel like Scrapper is often overlooked. To me, he's the rock of TP Staff -- he works hard, he has sound methodology, he doesn't pick sides or play favorites. I'm glad he's on TP Staff and look forward to more of his efforts in the future.'''


 * Scrapper SUCKS. >:(


 * Well, actually he doesn't. But yeah, I thought HE was being reviewed last week and not me. So confused!

'''010 From what I've seen, you do a fairly good job. Though I have to admit to not seeing too many of your TPs lately, that is more me than you. So I can't really gripe there. It would be nice to see you as a different char than Americon, but you may play one and again I may just not know so, again, no real complaint lol. Basically, good job.'''


 * I also play Compton Xabat (evil Spanish terrorist jerk) and Markdown (capitalist Autobot). Also, I am *quite* awesome, am I not?

'''Now comes the bitching part, and this is a comment in general. Namely a warning of what I see in the last two reviews and more importantly the responses. First Blueshift is dismissive of the negative reviews of himself, brushing them aside more or less.'''


 * Not sure what to say of that. Blueshift can answer for himself if he wants to, though. I will say that Blueshift is alright for an EVIL British person.

'''And the Rodimus does something rather curious. Despite the continuing habit to post reviews, he doesn't bother posting his. Given staff haven't fired him for the extended absence (and yes, I said fired, cause if a Rod had done that in the past he'd have been fired), this doesn't bode well. Last year we had a huge situation arise over xmas and New Year because players had an over whelming feeling they were being ignored and the opinions brushed aside. It would appear that this trend is starting now, only more openly so. Instead of comments of all is well, we get comments about the complaints, but then brushed aside as being irrelevant as it was cleared, or suggestions that they are due to an interest in playing Rodimus. How efficient, dismissing the complaints as coming from people with personal self-interest at heart. Indeed that sort of dismissal is far more arrogant and self-centred than anything I saw last year from those accused of that trait..'''


 * I don't recall how Rodimus responded to his last review, and his RL issues are his own, so I probably shouldn't comment on this TOO much. But I will say that the problems from last year were mainly due to issues with the Protectorate and some of the staffers running that thing. Since both the Protectorate and many of those staffers aren't here anymore I would say that any problems we're experiencing now are unrelated to what happened last year.


 * Also, Rodimus has something really awesome in the works and I hope you'll give him a second chance once he unveils it.

'''There are some great people on staff, hard working types. This includes Americon IMO, shame he shares staff with others who aren't quite so good. And to Americon, and those on staff who work hard and don't view the role as being something only they can do, or that would not be fair to the Autobot players to let someone else have, I apologise for the negativity in the majority of this message. Continue the good work.'''


 * Again, yes, yes, I am awesome, aren't I? Yes. Super-mega-awesome. Yesss.

'''011 Americon is simply... AMERICAN! :D '''

'''He's really amazing and I credit him for a lot of the helpful TPs that we have seen lately that were amazing! :D'''


 * Thank you, thank you, thank you. I humbly accept your compliments. ;)

'''012 Americon... You continue to blow me away. The TPs you crank out are gold and you've grown and developed as an admin. You are without a doubt one of the finest overall staffers we have. Thank you for what you do and more importantly, how you do it. You truely are a shining example of what we should all strive for in ourselves and on the MUSH. -(DELETED PROBABLY UNNECESSARILY TO PROTECT THE INNOCENT)'''


 * Hahaha, oh, stop, I already know how awesome I am!


 * ...ok, ok, I'll stop being an egotistical chump now. I don't play Sunstreaker anymore, after all.