All Hail Starscream!
Nov 13, 2016 1:09:57 GMT -5
Post by Feldspar on Nov 13, 2016 1:09:57 GMT -5
Okay - just a Administrators note!
We just wanted to make a quick post here for the entire player base.
Our rules here clarify that you can have a total of 2 canon characters from Prime itself, and 4 player characters all together.
However, when someone who has been here for a while and successfully played their characters asks for an exception to this, the board has historically (long before even the current administration team was in place) brought their request to the entire admin team and discussed it behind the scenes.
When Ren asked if she could perhaps try an application for Starscream, all of the other Admins (without Ren's knowledge) discussed it.
The first thing we always look at when asked, is the person's activity levels and dedication to their played characters.
Ren has NEVER missed an activity check since the first day she started, long before she ever became a member of the staff. She has always kept up on her Activity and she has always reached out and joyfully offered to play with all other players. Ren actively seeks out threads and is one of the first ones there offering to play with anyone who wants to play. She has picked up threads where characters have been left hanging to help people out.
In other words, she's someone who is very dedicated to the board and has shown excellent characterization and study of her chosen canon characters.
No one else had applied for Starscream and the character has been open for a good long while, so we didn't feel anyone would be shortchanged. He's character that really needed to be filled by someone who would be dedicated to him and his schemes, as well as be willing to get him out there to really do some damage - er, we mean play nice with others! Really, we do.
So, without further ado, thank you Ren, and all hail some mech who wears high heels better than the rest of us...
(Also, yeah, he killed Cliffjumper. Just throwing that out there for all of you once again.)
We just wanted to make a quick post here for the entire player base.
Our rules here clarify that you can have a total of 2 canon characters from Prime itself, and 4 player characters all together.
However, when someone who has been here for a while and successfully played their characters asks for an exception to this, the board has historically (long before even the current administration team was in place) brought their request to the entire admin team and discussed it behind the scenes.
When Ren asked if she could perhaps try an application for Starscream, all of the other Admins (without Ren's knowledge) discussed it.
The first thing we always look at when asked, is the person's activity levels and dedication to their played characters.
Ren has NEVER missed an activity check since the first day she started, long before she ever became a member of the staff. She has always kept up on her Activity and she has always reached out and joyfully offered to play with all other players. Ren actively seeks out threads and is one of the first ones there offering to play with anyone who wants to play. She has picked up threads where characters have been left hanging to help people out.
In other words, she's someone who is very dedicated to the board and has shown excellent characterization and study of her chosen canon characters.
No one else had applied for Starscream and the character has been open for a good long while, so we didn't feel anyone would be shortchanged. He's character that really needed to be filled by someone who would be dedicated to him and his schemes, as well as be willing to get him out there to really do some damage - er, we mean play nice with others! Really, we do.
So, without further ado, thank you Ren, and all hail some mech who wears high heels better than the rest of us...
(Also, yeah, he killed Cliffjumper. Just throwing that out there for all of you once again.)