I tried to bring up patience to read every single point made in and under this thread (impossible, this thread gets spammed faster than I can read (good thing, more useful points to discuss!)), so if I say something that can be voided since it would be irrelevant, my bad
I'd like to find some common ground here:
- We all think helpers are the future of the staff team. They will eventually become mods, sr mods, maybe even admin.
- We all agree on the point that there are inconsistencies. Staff members are human after all, we can't expect them to do everything correctly first try
- We all state that currently, a part of the system is failing. As a community member I can't see behind the scenes, but I do see the results, which is what it is all about in the end
- Last, we all know that the Staff Team is built for the players to have the best possible experience on CubeCraft.
Now my personal opinions:
- I don't see how setting up a Staff Training would be a bad idea. Some people won't need it, others will find it very useful. Whether you like it or not, it can help people with the capacity of becoming a great staff member in order to get there. It's like getting tutored in school: It's not specifically a bad thing, and it doesn't buy away all mistakes on your exams, but it does improve the way of thinking, takes away a few errors and eventually will get you a higher grade. Let's say whether we think the staff team is a 4 or an 8, I don't see why striving for a 10 is a bad thing.
- I could say a lot about requirements, selection process, bad helpers or specific errors, but I won't. Thanks xHappyMood for taking the time to show us a lot of examples, it does show a lack in the system, and it should be fixed.
- For a problem on a system made out of humans it will be impossible to find a solution that will work directly, that will work for 100%, that will work on the longer terms, that will work for everybody. Whatever it is that comes out of this huge thread discussion, we all know it won't satisfy all of us. That is fine, because eventually it is not about showing off, showing people how good we are in what we do, pointing out others mistakes. We all know it's about our experience on a sever we once fell in love with and tried to get closer involved with.
As my love for CubeCraft, admiration for the staff team but also my understandings for my fellow community members, I just hope to find a solution which we all benefit from. I know it's there, we just have to dig as deep as necessary to find it