Post by Ritter on Mar 22, 2010 13:56:41 GMT -5
Alright, here is the low down on the fed situation!:
Hello,
Dear GMs
As you noticed after yesterday's disaster We lost most of our feds Data (specifically from Friday to sunday), and most of this weeks show couldn't recover their Vote counts and shows attendance.
As you may Notice We managed to pay for most of your shows so w've been left with The popularity Problem which data was lost for the last for days. That only means one thing, Messed up charts and upset GMs.
Fortunately, We came up with a fair decision, That is deemed "The Optimum" of our situation.
So, Here It comes:
This Weeks popularity Modifications will be cancelled. Why is this? It's because more than 50% of our rosters shows can't recover the popularity gain of their last shows.
Of course It would be better to just cut last shows popularity gain, for the rosters that managed to keep their records safe, but this will be like solving a problem with a worse problem, since while some rosters will benifit from their major shows others will be pulled back by their minors.
I want you to know that this solution was our last resort, since we tried rolling back the feds database, reuploading matches and segments for shows that didn't lost them, contacting each GM to know if his show was confirmed to recover it, and even completing matches manually, but still we didn't manage to fix the situation.
Now to the good news, This season will be phenomenal in matter of Promotions, and next season shall be enjoyable and fair for everyone as we removed most of cheaters, rule breakers and inactive GMs. Now each GM will occupy the spot that he deserves. This decision will be more benifical as we go down the scale of fed levels. (Regionals will get the most of it)
We will be also removing the votes system as some of you may notice that it was extremely misused to boost some rosters ranking. One Other popularity booster that will be monitored is the Title matches abuse, which some GMs may know of while Others may miss. And therefore we will be exporting the titles control from S3 to monitor their use. For the ones who don't play S3, This control consists of forcing a title match headline on the booked title match, so no one can discretly abuse them.
A heads up for the GMs who don't use the forum, This titles booking issue was longly discussed there and some GMs asked for a complete removal of them. I respect these GMs oppinion, but in the same time I wouldn't jeopardize the members gain of it as the participants of title matches gain more popularity than regular matches, which can still be used as a motivation for roleplayers.
One last thing I want to say, Is that I hope any GMs who don't get promoted this season (which I truly doubt, since we will have the biggest promotion movement that TWG had for a while if not the biggest one ever) won't be depressed as next seasons will be more transparent and fair for everyone.
And Remember We are all a community, so We better cooperate and help each other instead of fighting each others, or trying to set up someone to step over him to get the prize. We want this game to enjoyable for everyone, From GMs through regular members and to staff members and maybe the VA too when he gets over his stress
Finally, I apologize for the inconvinience and I hope this doesn't Occure again.
I wish you all a great upcoming season(s), and all the luck in the world
Have a good day
Abdel
Hello,
Dear GMs
As you noticed after yesterday's disaster We lost most of our feds Data (specifically from Friday to sunday), and most of this weeks show couldn't recover their Vote counts and shows attendance.
As you may Notice We managed to pay for most of your shows so w've been left with The popularity Problem which data was lost for the last for days. That only means one thing, Messed up charts and upset GMs.
Fortunately, We came up with a fair decision, That is deemed "The Optimum" of our situation.
So, Here It comes:
This Weeks popularity Modifications will be cancelled. Why is this? It's because more than 50% of our rosters shows can't recover the popularity gain of their last shows.
Of course It would be better to just cut last shows popularity gain, for the rosters that managed to keep their records safe, but this will be like solving a problem with a worse problem, since while some rosters will benifit from their major shows others will be pulled back by their minors.
I want you to know that this solution was our last resort, since we tried rolling back the feds database, reuploading matches and segments for shows that didn't lost them, contacting each GM to know if his show was confirmed to recover it, and even completing matches manually, but still we didn't manage to fix the situation.
Now to the good news, This season will be phenomenal in matter of Promotions, and next season shall be enjoyable and fair for everyone as we removed most of cheaters, rule breakers and inactive GMs. Now each GM will occupy the spot that he deserves. This decision will be more benifical as we go down the scale of fed levels. (Regionals will get the most of it)
We will be also removing the votes system as some of you may notice that it was extremely misused to boost some rosters ranking. One Other popularity booster that will be monitored is the Title matches abuse, which some GMs may know of while Others may miss. And therefore we will be exporting the titles control from S3 to monitor their use. For the ones who don't play S3, This control consists of forcing a title match headline on the booked title match, so no one can discretly abuse them.
A heads up for the GMs who don't use the forum, This titles booking issue was longly discussed there and some GMs asked for a complete removal of them. I respect these GMs oppinion, but in the same time I wouldn't jeopardize the members gain of it as the participants of title matches gain more popularity than regular matches, which can still be used as a motivation for roleplayers.
One last thing I want to say, Is that I hope any GMs who don't get promoted this season (which I truly doubt, since we will have the biggest promotion movement that TWG had for a while if not the biggest one ever) won't be depressed as next seasons will be more transparent and fair for everyone.
And Remember We are all a community, so We better cooperate and help each other instead of fighting each others, or trying to set up someone to step over him to get the prize. We want this game to enjoyable for everyone, From GMs through regular members and to staff members and maybe the VA too when he gets over his stress
Finally, I apologize for the inconvinience and I hope this doesn't Occure again.
I wish you all a great upcoming season(s), and all the luck in the world
Have a good day
Abdel
