cherieontop wrote:Pfannkuchen wrote:cherieontop wrote:The problem is that DB staff really sucks.
If we all suck that badly, make sure to get own Judges for your CYO. I'm not going to help you and your people in the Unrated section anymore for your tournaments if you tell us in the same breath that we suck and that multiple times now (and I hope some others won't do this either).
Idk why you assume i meant every staff member is bad, it would be impossible for me to know that and i never judge someone i dont know and always give the benefit of the doubt (same can not be said about some of the staff however). im rather refering to a few fundamental problems on DB...
You are coming from a position of representing something at all times, CYO, are you not? Perhaps you need to work on that image as to not make it dwindle to dust.
If you state it in my farewell thread, bringing up the staff as if to debate it, then that was a rather idiotic mistake, if you are trying to liven the scene why publicize the issues you find again on my thread, instead of solutions to solve said issues (Which I see no suggestions for ironically)DB has been corrupt since day 1, it started with respawn in 3 and xteven, then magi and tombstone and lastly runzy and others, seeing how they all ended in high positions tells a lot about whats wrong with DB. Recently i was offered a position as TO by genex who told me her vision to bring things back to how they were on DN. she promised to discuss future plans and ideas which i really appreciated but that turned out to be a lie. during that time it became clear what the problem is.
Genex did inquire with me, on trying to liven the scene, however the issue is Staff drop the line (We have lives) when they make optimal effort to communicate (Been there done that with Ozone Live Chat, and DN War Chat, amusing how history repeats itself. It would appear that not all remember what REALLY caused the Tournament scene to die "the last time"In my time as official TO there was not a single day without a fellow staff member lying or manipulating something,the way of working lacks organization and logic, it became apparent that its always about maintaining status or moving up the ladder instead of helping the users. it even goes so far that a fellow TO sabotages a tournament because he sees the host as a threat to his own status. i noticed that staff are too afraid to call out the mistakes of higher ups and those that arent get seeded out real quick, that just creates a toxic work environment.
This I actually haven't seen much, however I do recall issues akin to this in the past with DN particularly. It's funny people keep saying this isn't DN because in all reality it is minus the CTD Citation and the Owner is a Different Person, so naturally different management results, however the same issues that caused DNF to slow down was the staff went away, got "busy with life" or "had kids" and the bottom line is the forum is going to die eventually, it's just a matter of when, and how long the staff want to keep this cycle going.I agree it's a shit management of users seeking color status to make excuses not to do their volunteer position, so they keep their status. REAL staff who do not have time would relinquish their power until they could resume, as most Notable Admins of DN did, VantageSP being a frequent one.actual good and honest people will not stay or not get a chance in the first place, its too much about connections and bias instead of character and qualification. (funny how genex hired me because of recommendation of other staff "despite" my ban history, instead of making her own judgement and realizing that it was always unjustified. this only proves my point).
Okay...Any time a user reports a judge immediately the response is blind bias a la "Lmao you probably cheated and now you are salty" "the judge is a good guy he would never do that" when the problem could be simply resolved by looking into the facts & evidence. when seriously bad things a user did got mentioned they would just laugh it off which shows that there is not even an attempt to keep a healthy community, people are even discouraged to report because they know its pointless. as a result serious players leave and whats left is a community of toxic trolls.
Tell me about it, I called out numerous people for things that get ruled as misunderstanding or misclicks, which end up being blatant attempts to cheat (and getting caught), I stopped caring to report such users, as nothing gets done, I get 2 reports back out of over 8-10 total that I sent on this forum, and all I requested a reply back (Geez I wonder why I didn't get one?)Certain staff members talking shit and lie behind peoples back, xteven banning innocent users and allowing his friend to boost in rated then lie about it, instances of judges gamelossing users they dont like for no good reason, the tournament scene is dead, the war scene is dead, rated is dead, the forum is dead, the db server is full of toxic people harrassing users and the staff joins in.
So that's why everyone is on DuelingNexus?I only care about creating a fair and enjoyable environment to play the game i love, because that has been missing for a long time. ive been trying to help for years but i finally realized i cant change the problem, thats why i created an alternative and a lot of people appreciate it. Again im not talking about ALL staff members but certainly the ones in control and the fundamental problems with the db hierarchy. i never said that there arent good staff members you just assumed that for no reason because you WANT me to be wrong, i never interacted with you Pfannkuchen and never saw you do anything wrong so i have no reason to judge you. i think everyone with a bit of common sense understands that. too many people always assume what fits their narrative instead of being HONEST.
Anyone with common sense knows that in a serious discussion, you discuss the matter seriously, and look over what you said. That misconception (if existant at all) is your fault, but I really do not care about that.We do have judges on CYO, ones that get scrutinized and held accountable if they were to ever treat a user wrong, i wont allow things to be done behind the back. however punishing other people on my server because you got offended by my statement is just closeminded. every conflict starts with lack of information, every conflict can be resolved with an honest discussion but if that gets denied then it cant be helped.