24-03-2014, 05:16 AM
i'm not sure if this is post about replacing hande or making apparent the change's people want to see in him. the earlier i do not agree would be a good idea. Hande does do a tremendous amount of work mapping bug fixing etc (mostly nerfing) but it would be nice to see hear more from him rather than the blunt NO!/BAN!
whether or not you guy's agree here is my opinion on what the role of cummunity manager SHOULD entail
1) engage thoroughly with the community on both a developer level and as a ordinary player of the mod.
2) offer insightful updates/responses to questions posed by the community and as click mentioned earlier "work in the pipes"
3) Be a man of the community and not solely of the administration team. A community manager should side with the community and express the communities views to the Devs rather than express the devs views to the community. at the moment the community lacks a champion who can freely express a viewpoint on important matters in the game without being bluntly shut-down.
4) a community manager should not deal with bans. I believe that this touchy area of administration can cause rifts in relations between people. The community manager should be exempt from this as they need to maintain good public relations with all (within good reason)
i am not poking a fork at Hande here as i realise many of these things he does do as well as working hard at his busy job as a mapper. However, I strongly believe that at the moment the community requires the attention of their manager...the maps can come second.
i would be interested to hear what the developers including other members of the community think the role of a community manager should entail. let's create a better community manager rather than simply poking the fork.
also, i do not think that naming and shamming this anonymous hero to be a good idea. the guy obviously wanted to keep this separate from his main account...he should feel safe enough to not have to hide his IP. do we want to encourage people to run around with smurf IP's ?
whether or not you guy's agree here is my opinion on what the role of cummunity manager SHOULD entail
1) engage thoroughly with the community on both a developer level and as a ordinary player of the mod.
2) offer insightful updates/responses to questions posed by the community and as click mentioned earlier "work in the pipes"
3) Be a man of the community and not solely of the administration team. A community manager should side with the community and express the communities views to the Devs rather than express the devs views to the community. at the moment the community lacks a champion who can freely express a viewpoint on important matters in the game without being bluntly shut-down.
4) a community manager should not deal with bans. I believe that this touchy area of administration can cause rifts in relations between people. The community manager should be exempt from this as they need to maintain good public relations with all (within good reason)
i am not poking a fork at Hande here as i realise many of these things he does do as well as working hard at his busy job as a mapper. However, I strongly believe that at the moment the community requires the attention of their manager...the maps can come second.
i would be interested to hear what the developers including other members of the community think the role of a community manager should entail. let's create a better community manager rather than simply poking the fork.
also, i do not think that naming and shamming this anonymous hero to be a good idea. the guy obviously wanted to keep this separate from his main account...he should feel safe enough to not have to hide his IP. do we want to encourage people to run around with smurf IP's ?