Community Leaders Program

[BB_Rawren]

also i saw someone on zeus who has a not soo clean record when it comes to trading trying to host a server wide lottery event.
-#1 not sure this is allowed by BB
-#2 i advised my guildies and friends to not participate in the lottery due to the fact that the host has a shady track record and has helped in rigging shelley's auction and has been caught lying several times.

IF lotteries are allowed to be server wide i would think that no one better to host it than a CL, right?.....

We do not support lottery systems or gambling-type activities within the game. This is due to past experiences and issues we've experienced with player-run lotteries. We appreciate that the player is trying to encourage activity and just wants to do something fun, but there is too much opportunity for mishandling of the system. Any players that do choose to enter into the lottery do so of their own accord, and Support will not reimburse them any losses that may occur.

That being said, the simple rule is: Players-made contests are allowed, but not if it requires participants to "buy into" the contest. A contest should be a form of gifting.

[WhiteKite]

Ok. I didn't want to have to go this route... Sorry everyone. Things have clearly gotten so far out of control, it is time to reboot the game servers completely. I know many of us have been playing for years now but we probably just need to scrap the whole game and start over. *sigh* If that doesn't work, I will just call Al Gore and get him to cancel the interwebs... Don't make me make that call people!! I'll do it!

[Aquila2]

Most of the dates you'll see below, I have gotten from the forum member's user page. It should reflect when they joined the game/forum. As for any Blue Byte employees, this too reflects when they joined the game/forum but NOT when they started working at the company.

Community Leader game start dates:
July 21, 2011 ShuttlePilot created on Zeus
November 09, 2011 Aquila created on Zeus
December 15, 2011 AlphaSmitey created on Zeus
April 22, 2012 immaduck created on Zeus

June 30, 2013 Aquila-Plume created on Ares
December 03, 2013 immaduck1 created on Ares

BB forum sign up dates:
April 24, 2013 BB_Effiluna’s created on Zeus
October 08, 2013 BB_Rawren created on Zeus

It wasn't as obvious back then as it is now, as we were not officially CL yet and did not have the change of text color. That still didn't stop us from learning how to best help the community. We will probably still be learning, until we retire from the CL position, as this game has so many different possibilities and there are still many things to come from this program. And now for an idea of how long this program has been in the works.

Community Leader program participation dates:
Unfortunately I'm not 100% of the exact date ShuttlePilot and AlphaSmitey joined the alpha phase but once I find out I will update this info. I think it was quite a few months before we started in the beta phase, but that's just a guess.
July 25, 2013 Aquila is invited to participate in the community leader program's beta phase
July 26, 2013 immaduck is invited to participate in the community leader program's beta phase
January 16, 2014 Community Leader program is officially rolled out and made public.


As you can see, the community leader program has been in the works for quite a few months and we have had a good amount of time in playing the game. It still won't help in getting to know us as people but that's something we'll have to do together. At least now you have an idea of just how long we've been around.

[Snacknado]

I am trying to not be negative on this thread but it really is just way too hard. is there a reason behind this post? To the rest of the community the CL program just really officially started. No matter how long you guys have been training and working to get this program official, the community was not aware of this until just the other day. I do not think this is information is relevant but rather trying to avoid all of the concerns we as a community have for this program.

"It still won't help in getting to know us as people but that's something we'll have to do together. At least now you have an idea of just how long we've been around."- Aquila

This is true^ that this information wont help us get to know you, so why dont you guys say/do something that will?....

-TH

Yes i want to see this program work but it needs to be revamped. I think this was a good attempt to work around the process of getting to know and earn the respect of the community but you also have to take into consideration that there are players still in this community that have played just as long or even longer than the current CLs. I am sorry to be the one playing devils advocate but i in reality you guys have been participating in this program to become our community's leader this whole entire time BEHIND THE COMMUNITY'S BACK......

[Aquila2]

I do apologize to everyone on the Ares server for not being able to do anything about those two that were making the racist comments. As you may have read in previous posts, CLs do not have the ability to ban or keep anyone quiet in any chat. My first attempt to create peace on global, will always be to try to get people to get along without immediately running to fetch a BB employee. We're not here to just point fingers and let them do the work. So if I see someone apologize, and stop what he is doing, to me that's a sign that we may have a chance to resolve things without calling mom and dad. Unfortunately if players decide to retaliate with their own negative remarks the matter will most likely escalate. It may have seemed like I wasn't doing much about it, but I was both trying to get in contact with anyone from BB while talking in global and whispering a few players there, including the one who had apologized.

Eventually a person does need some rest and it was very late when all that happened. So once the chat died down I logged off and ran for my bed. We are volunteers and are players first and foremost. It's that knowledge of the game that makes it possible for us to relate to you in a different way. We've been through a lot of the experiences some of you might need help with or might have issues with.

[Aquila2]

I posted the timeline because it was requested by a few players. You are also right TrueHead, we will need to give you guys a chance to get to know us

[Snacknado]

+1 to Aquila- Giving the people what they want. (i missed the post requesting that and sorry if i sounded snippy). Any update on SplatterGod's posts as well as you guys having to get permission to host events from BB even though u are not employed by them?

[BB_Rawren]

+1 to Aquila- Giving the people what they want. (i missed the post requesting that and sorry if i sounded snippy). Any update on SplatterGod's posts as well as you guys having to get permission to host events from BB even though u are not employed by them?

We'd love to give CL's the opportunity to host events, though we need to iron out what type/duration/etc. before we make any kind of official announcement about it.

[RomanGodCamper]

We'd love to give CL's the opportunity to host events, though we need to ion out what type/duration/etc. before we make any kind of official announcement about it.

BBQ Event?

[TwoCents]

wish it all away to the corn field..........sounds like big brother to me...... I agree with TrueHead!