Genexwrecker wrote:Renji Asuka wrote:Hell, when I volunteer at the church in town to help pass out food, I have to be there before people start showing up to get food to not only help set it up, but to also bring in MORE food that is given out. I'm not being paid to do it. Sorry Genexwrecker, there's just no excuse to be this lax even with volunteers. Mind you, I'm not saying they have to dedicate their entire day, but they can literally dedicate 3-4 hours of helping, and if they can't (outside of real life responsibilities), they don't need to be a judge.
Volunteering irl is an entirely different scenario. You cannot possibly compare it to running a non profit free site. Irl you have set dates and times where things need to occur. a website is literally run 24/7 and there is always stuff to do. And getting Judges hired from each timezone is also very difficult because not only do they need to be from those timezones but they need to know very very good english to judge properly. Trying to get multiple people from each timezone with those english skills and ability to be a very competent judge is absurdly rare. it took us forever to just get more than 1 judge that resides in brazil. Now then as for your 3-4 hours to judge straight you have to realize the task you are asking of people this isnt something that you can binge and do a good job at. Judging on duelingbook varies call to call and pending on what the calls are you might not be at the mental capacity after just 5 calls to go any furthur without huring the quality of the calls. sometimes you could go 40 calls without issue. There are so many variables to how long one can consistantly judge at one time. We do have a minimum requirements of each judge and specific duties they must fulfill. If they cannot fulfill those then they will be removed.
Volunteering irl is NOT different than volunteering for something online. Both REQUIRES a person to PUT IN TIME TO SAID THING THEY VOLUNTEERED FOR. And if they CAN'T put in a TINY AMOUNT OF THEIR TIME TO DO THE WORK, THEY SHOULDN'T HAD VOLUNTEERED TO BEGIN WITH. Asking for ONLY 3 hours of their time ISN'T impossible to work with. If a person can't handle making those calls, they shouldn't apply to be a judge. I never claimed it'd be easy, but frankly its pathetic. I seen DuelingNetwork have more active judges throughout the day than DuelingBook. So cut the excuses.