Do you think the CA read these boards enough?

Hello all Orgh members,
I just wanted to ask you opinion on how much the CA reads these boards. I personally think that they read them enough, but not as often as they should. There is a tiny amount of room for improvement. Many members of the CA have not appeared to be on here at the Org for several days (they may be using invisible, however). I admire all of their brilliantly and hard work they do on creating suberb games such as M2TW, RTW, MTW and STW, but they really should come slightly more often to check out the bug list, answer fan questions etc. What is your opinion on the matter?
Thanks
Avlvs

Where did you expect from CA staff be more active than .com? How about Askmen.com or, say, Yahoo ?

I have a question for you: When will your endless irrelevant single-man reformation manifestos end ? Do you need a favor to end this torment you are storming since you have discovered somewhere called Watchtower ? If so, let me know. I won't pay this month's rent and send you what you want for the sake of the Org.

Originally Posted by Avlvs Libvrnivs Britannicvs Maximvs

As many may have noticed the CA are very sub-active on the Org at current. The only place they really seem to be truly active at is at the .com forums.

CA are quite active, here. They never go on posting sprees but that's to be expected. The main thing is that CA do read the forums. CA in fact seem more active here than at the .com. CA posts at the .com are a rare occurance usually marked by a flock of fanboys descending on the thread.

Originally Posted by Avlvs Libvrnivs Britannicvs Maximvs

Some individual CA members turn up, ask to be marked as CA staff and then disappear off the chart for several months before returning... ... They just don't seem to be active around this community anymore. So do you think the CA are active enough around here?

No they don't, you're making assumptions based on what? In the 6-7 months you've been here it may appear like that but isn't. CA are not regular posters but when an issue arises they do ofen respond which proves that they do read the board.

Originally Posted by Avlvs Libvrnivs Britannicvs Maximvs

It is just unacceptable how people have to go to .com for anything to be read by a developer.

Why is it unacceptable? They have no obligation to be here? What exactly would you expect them to post about? At the .com in the past, and here, CA posts have been descended on by, shall we say, less responsible members, and spammed out of existence.

I can only echo LEN's post above: End your fruitless reformation attempts please. This is for your own good. You're a decent member, and these sorts of posts are only damaging your reputation here.

Avlvs Libvrnivs Britannicvs Maximvs While I enjoy your enthusiasm about The Org, it's policy and it's members, you really should reconsider on what and how you post things.

I see it as a good thing that you are very passionate about possibilities you see for improvements, the way you communicate however could use some polishing. The things you try to accomplish fail because of your aggressive tone.

On this topic : I think we should be thankful CA visits ehre at all, it's not part of their job and they're here voluntarily.
Of course, the more we ee of them, the better .

Originally Posted by Avlvs Libvrnivs Britannicvs Maximvs

It is just unacceptable how people have to go to .com for anything to be read by a developer.

On the contrary, totalwar.com is the official CA website. Where-else would you expect to find CA staff? In fact, in the past .comites have complained that CA spend too much time at the Org, instead of on the official forums.

FWIW CA were MUCH more active in the community, in all kinds of ways, in the run-up to MTW2 being released. Never before have I seen such effort from them to interact with the TW community, and I heartily applaud them. They took an Org mod all the way to Australia and put him up for a week!!!!! Gordon Bennet man, what more do you want?

CA staff have no obligation to be here. This is an independent forum

Originally Posted by doc_bean

CA staff have no obligation to be here. This is an independent forum

Not as much obligation as they have duty!

Obviously our forum isn't flashy enough. This is the only possible conclusion.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

For a serious answer: someone stops by most days I believe, they often use invisible mode though.

Originally Posted by Mount Suribachi

On the contrary, totalwar.com is the official CA website. Where-else would you expect to find CA staff? In fact, in the past .comites have complained that CA spend too much time at the Org, instead of on the official forums.

FWIW CA were MUCH more active in the community, in all kinds of ways, in the run-up to MTW2 being released. Never before have I seen such effort from them to interact with the TW community, and I heartily applaud them. They took an Org mod all the way to Australia and put him up for a week!!!!! Gordon Bennet man, what more do you want?

That they should have coincided the visit with the Ashes series?

Are they trying to punish him for something?

Right first we have to name CA members:
Shoggers
MikeB
BOFH
Wiki
Palm
and I'm running out of ideas, there are some more but not much (SenseiTW, maybe, but that's all I can think of now)

afaik Shoggers and Mike are more active on .com, if they even are there
BOFH is most active on The Pond (I hardly ever see him post at .com)
Wiki, haven't seen him in ages
Palm, comes to .org really

As long as my boss don't read them. He wouldn't be happy discovering I post here during working hours

Originally Posted by LeftEyeNine

I have a question for you: When will your endless irrelevant single-man reformation manifestos end ? Do you need a favor to end this torment you are storming since you have discovered somewhere called Watchtower ? If so, let me know. I won't pay this month's rent and send you what you want for the sake of the Org.

He is the trying to test you LEN. He is your first initiation in the art of self control. Here comes the second:

*** opens threads about a) the Assistant Moderators need a new look ; b) the Assistant Mods need a new avatar; c) Aren't there too many Turkish assistant mods? ; d) I'd like a green forum with yellow stripes, pink stars, snow and grey letters e) on second thoughts, make it white letters ; f) Is it appropriate for an assistant mod to have long hair; g) ... ***



More seriously: Aulus, I'm 100 % sure you believe you're acting in the best intrest of the Org and you don't intend to annoy the staff with petty details. But as Mith stated very well (which doesn't mean camels don't stink), you should be carefull with threads like these. Don't forget the Org staff members are spending a lot of their free time in this community and they are doing a helluva job. And, if I'm not mistaken, all of it for free. Off course, there's always something that can be done better, but hey: there ain't no such thing as a perfect forum. In fact, nothing is perfect in our world.

I'm sure it is not your intention, but it is understandable that some of the staff members are beginning to feel you don't appreciate all of their hard, voluntarily, work.

Off course, it's a good thing to critizise and to out your opinion, but you shouldn't exaggerate.

On topic: like others stated before, not posting is not equal with not reading/not being interested. I'm pretty sure CA has employees checking the Org everyday. After all, this is one of the most important fansites dedicated to their TW-series. So I think you are mistaken here.

But don't worry, I still love you

Originally Posted by AndresTheCunning

But don't worry, I still love you

Oh man, I sure hope you don't mean that in the classic sense

But, I do have to agree that CA should have a staff member checking the org. I mean, this is the only forum where they can possibly get useful feedback from the community right?

damned I completely forgot about Pras, mind you they're a group of lurker that CA staff

Hello all of you people who hate me,
Sorry. As of this post I promise to be the model member.
Appologies
Avlvs

And please stop complaining about the first post, it is about to be edited. Could everybody else who has quoted me please do the same.
Thanks

Originally Posted by Stig

Right first we have to name CA members:
Shoggers
MikeB
BOFH
Wiki
Palm
and I'm running out of ideas, there are some more but not much (SenseiTW, maybe, but that's all I can think of now)

afaik Shoggers and Mike are more active on .com, if they even are there
BOFH is most active on The Pond (I hardly ever see him post at .com)
Wiki, haven't seen him in ages
Palm, comes to .org really

JeromeGradiske and CaptainFishpants.They are CA members too.

Originally Posted by Avlvs Libvrnivs Britannicvs Maximvs

Hello all of you people who hate

We don't hate you, Avlvs, some just find you're posting style to be a bit over the top - nothing more

I voted as

I dont want to be an annoying member, but CA have work.Or in your company you never work?
So, the CA members cant stay here for very long.Its a shame, but I think this is the reality.

Caius

Originally Posted by Caius Flaminius

JeromeGradiske and CaptainFishpants.They are CA members too.

don't know them, been on .com long enough to know all CA members, my guess is that they only come to .org

Originally Posted by Stig

don't know them, been on .com long enough to know all CA members, my guess is that they only come to .org

If you were more time in the Forge or the Scriptorium, you can see his posts of Jerome, although Captain Fishpants doesnt post much here.

Captain Fishpants/Southwater Panda is the .c0mmie's MikeB, Mike Brunton. Jerome has an account at the .c0mmie as well but I don't think he posts there any more, could be wrong though.

There's also Sensei TW who's CA.

Isn't calling .com .commie a little harsh. It's not communist.

Originally Posted by Avlvs Libvrnivs Britannicvs Maximvs

Isn't calling .com .commie a little harsh. It's not communist.

.com is often referred to as .commie, it's not really harsh, just a nickname. The org is also referred to as the "borg" or the "B0rg" by some. Also not serious so nothing to worry about.

A guy posted a while back who was CA, skirmishthered he was called I think.

Isn't calling .com .commie a little harsh. It's not communist.

It's not harsh, I call this place the b.0rg or b0rg (as Caravel mentioned), and I spend most of my time over there anyways with almost 3.9k posts.

Getting into forum flamewars = good way to get the topic locked and/or deleted. Keep it civil, people.

Originally Posted by Mithrandir

Avlvs Libvrnivs Britannicvs Maximvs While I enjoy your enthusiasm about The Org, it's policy and it's members, you really should reconsider on what and how you post things.

I see it as a good thing that you are very passionate about possibilities you see for improvements, the way you communicate however could use some polishing. The things you try to accomplish fail because of your aggressive tone.

On this topic : I think we should be thankful CA visits ehre at all, it's not part of their job and they're here voluntarily.
Of course, the more we ee of them, the better .

Seconded; also, this is the way to reply to a thread (or collection of threads) like this. Not like LEN, I'm afraid. That is not a course of action for a member of the staff to take.

Originally Posted by Baba Ga'on

Seconded; also, this is the way to reply to a thread (or collection of threads) like this. Not like LEN, I'm afraid. That is not a course of action for a member of the staff to take.

Sorry this is my style of reaction that you're likely to see if you "itch" me too much.

Hope you had followed my approach on the unfortunate thread started to "hunt down" ALBM, succesfully repelled with common sense of Org members.

Thanks for your criticism. I'd like to know the rest of the "how to" of being a staff member though. My inbox is wide open.