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I do hope you realize there is a lot of details that usually people don't think about when doing this. I hope you're prepared, as I will offer you a "few" words of advice.
1) This whole public application thing is the wrong way to go. You should already have planned out who you want as staff and keep it to private communication only. Public applications will only bring you maybe 1 out of 10 good people, the rest will be looking for a status position.
2) A League is more than just a good rule set and an anti-cheat. For one, you have general league rules (non-game specific policies) and then game specific rules. You also then have to think about specific rules (being a League) such as roster movements and how you are going to track those roster movements. For example, how are you going to make sure people aren't on alternate accounts? How are you going to make sure people aren't smurfing? How are you going to make sure that your roster policy is upheld by the players? You can't just slap a list of teams out and say have at it. It has to be a controlled environment.
3) Website - You can't have a League without an easy to navigate and functional website. You need a general events page, forums, support center, and more. You need staff who can manage the webpage, moderate the forums, tend to the support tickets on a daily basis. This will be your method of communication to your players.
4) A/C & A/C Staff - Active and daily monitoring (during events of course). A proper and experienced A/C staff to monitor activity and make calls on disputes. You can't just take a few volunteers with no experience. You would be doing your players an injustice by having inexperienced people deciding the outcome of league matches. The A/C can't be Fraps/Growler/UAC3/etc. They just don't work the way you would need an A/C to work. You need a REAL anti-cheat that can't be bypassed after a couple months. This takes a skilled coder/team with constant testing and updating.
I could go on, but you get the picture. I'm not knocking you for trying, but you should really consider the kind of work you're going to have to put into this if you're going to call yourself a League. Don't half-ass the attempt and end up failing after a month, you'd just be hurting the players and community, not helping them.
Leagues take hard work and dedication to develop. You can't just slap a rule set together and a make-shift A/C and call yourself a League. It won't work that way and will never work that way. Take my words with a grain of salt. You're going to be in for a lot of headache and frustration in attempting to prepare a League. Worth it? Yes. But it's not for everyone. -
[MOD]Polleus wrote: »I do hope you realize there is a lot of details that usually people don't think about when doing this. I hope you're prepared, as I will offer you a "few" words of advice.
1) This whole public application thing is the wrong way to go. You should already have planned out who you want as staff and keep it to private communication only. Public applications will only bring you maybe 1 out of 10 good people, the rest will be looking for a status position.
2) A League is more than just a good rule set and an anti-cheat. For one, you have general league rules (non-game specific policies) and then game specific rules. You also then have to think about specific rules (being a League) such as roster movements and how you are going to track those roster movements. For example, how are you going to make sure people aren't on alternate accounts? How are you going to make sure people aren't smurfing? How are you going to make sure that your roster policy is upheld by the players? You can't just slap a list of teams out and say have at it. It has to be a controlled environment.
3) Website - You can't have a League without an easy to navigate and functional website. You need a general events page, forums, support center, and more. You need staff who can manage the webpage, moderate the forums, tend to the support tickets on a daily basis. This will be your method of communication to your players.
4) A/C & A/C Staff - Active and daily monitoring (during events of course). A proper and experienced A/C staff to monitor activity and make calls on disputes. You can't just take a few volunteers with no experience. You would be doing your players an injustice by having inexperienced people deciding the outcome of league matches. The A/C can't be Fraps/Growler/UAC3/etc. They just don't work the way you would need an A/C to work. You need a REAL anti-cheat that can't be bypassed after a couple months. This takes a skilled coder/team with constant testing and updating.
I could go on, but you get the picture. I'm not knocking you for trying, but you should really consider the kind of work you're going to have to put into this if you're going to call yourself a League. Don't half-ass the attempt and end up failing after a month, you'd just be hurting the players and community, not helping them.
Leagues take hard work and dedication to develop. You can't just slap a rule set together and a make-shift A/C and call yourself a League. It won't work that way and will never work that way. Take my words with a grain of salt. You're going to be in for a lot of headache and frustration in attempting to prepare a League. Worth it? Yes. But it's not for everyone.
I love you Polleous ! Hit me up xfire when you see this
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First Name: Denxi
Age:Under 18
Country:Canada
City,State: Ontario
Days you are free:Everyday i don't work nights at mcdonalds
How you could help:I believe, that i can just respond to anyone with no logic or proof behind my reason other than my illusion of knowledge
Why you want to be come staff: So my life can have more importance.
Where have you helped and been staff before:Current Rogue Captain of Asergeroth in WoW, and was assistant manager at mcdonalds before i got demoted for missing work playing video games
Are you community friendly: yeah i got lots of friends on the forums
Xfire:Lord_Denxi
Any other information that I should know:
Yeah can my butt buddy forum nerds sauce and dag please be admins also, cus we know everything about crossfire. -
First Name: Denxi
Age:Under 18
Country:Canada
City,State: Ontario
Days you are free:Everyday i don't work nights at mcdonalds
How you could help:I believe, that i can just respond to anyone with no logic or proof behind my reason other than my illusion of knowledge
Why you want to be come staff: So my life can have more importance.
Where have you helped and been staff before:Current Rogue Captain of Asergeroth in WoW, and was assistant manager at mcdonalds before i got demoted for missing work playing video games
Are you community friendly: yeah i got lots of friends on the forums
Xfire:Lord_Denxi
Any other information that I should know:
Yeah can my butt buddy forum nerds sauce and dag please be admins also, cus we know everything about crossfire.
You sir, have taken trolling to a whole new level. -
First Name: Denxi
Age:Under 18
Country:Canada
City,State: Ontario
Days you are free:Everyday i don't work nights at mcdonalds
How you could help:I believe, that i can just respond to anyone with no logic or proof behind my reason other than my illusion of knowledge
Why you want to be come staff: So my life can have more importance.
Where have you helped and been staff before:Current Rogue Captain of Asergeroth in WoW, and was assistant manager at mcdonalds before i got demoted for missing work playing video games
Are you community friendly: yeah i got lots of friends on the forums
Xfire:Lord_Denxi
Any other information that I should know:
Yeah can my butt buddy forum nerds sauce and dag please be admins also, cus we know everything about crossfire.
ROFL win xFire xD -
SuKoo, you've got to have downs to believe that mosterdat kid is me, i could easily have polleus prove it like iceman did on the last thread.
@ Justin, Good luck bro, now that you're not in college you should have time to make this work. Keep in mind those tips from polleus, they're wise ones -
[MOD]Polleus wrote: »I do hope you realize there is a lot of details that usually people don't think about when doing this. I hope you're prepared, as I will offer you a "few" words of advice.
1) This whole public application thing is the wrong way to go. You should already have planned out who you want as staff and keep it to private communication only. Public applications will only bring you maybe 1 out of 10 good people, the rest will be looking for a status position.
2) A League is more than just a good rule set and an anti-cheat. For one, you have general league rules (non-game specific policies) and then game specific rules. You also then have to think about specific rules (being a League) such as roster movements and how you are going to track those roster movements. For example, how are you going to make sure people aren't on alternate accounts? How are you going to make sure people aren't smurfing? How are you going to make sure that your roster policy is upheld by the players? You can't just slap a list of teams out and say have at it. It has to be a controlled environment.
3) Website - You can't have a League without an easy to navigate and functional website. You need a general events page, forums, support center, and more. You need staff who can manage the webpage, moderate the forums, tend to the support tickets on a daily basis. This will be your method of communication to your players.
4) A/C & A/C Staff - Active and daily monitoring (during events of course). A proper and experienced A/C staff to monitor activity and make calls on disputes. You can't just take a few volunteers with no experience. You would be doing your players an injustice by having inexperienced people deciding the outcome of league matches. The A/C can't be Fraps/Growler/UAC3/etc. They just don't work the way you would need an A/C to work. You need a REAL anti-cheat that can't be bypassed after a couple months. This takes a skilled coder/team with constant testing and updating.
I could go on, but you get the picture. I'm not knocking you for trying, but you should really consider the kind of work you're going to have to put into this if you're going to call yourself a League. Don't half-ass the attempt and end up failing after a month, you'd just be hurting the players and community, not helping them.
Leagues take hard work and dedication to develop. You can't just slap a rule set together and a make-shift A/C and call yourself a League. It won't work that way and will never work that way. Take my words with a grain of salt. You're going to be in for a lot of headache and frustration in attempting to prepare a League. Worth it? Yes. But it's not for everyone.
Thanks Polleus for your words of advice. I have been in with many leagues before, the application thing could be bad, but I'll see how that works. Sorry I have taken so long to reply I have been at work since 2 A.M. this morning.. Thanks for your advice and if you don't mind add my xfire. praiseworthyDatkidddddd wrote: »SuKoo, you've got to have downs to believe that mosterdat kid is me, i could easily have polleus prove it like iceman did on the last thread.
@ Justin, Good luck bro, now that you're not in college you should have time to make this work. Keep in mind those tips from polleus, they're wise ones
Thanks Maxwellgood luck just worried of how you gonna get all the expenses . hope it works out
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Thanks Polleus for your words of advice. I have been in with many leagues before, the application thing could be bad, but I'll see how that works. Sorry I have taken so long to reply I have been at work since 2 A.M. this morning.. Thanks for your advice and if you don't mind add my xfire. praiseworthy
Thanks Maxwell
Thanks.
hah, what legitimate leagues have you actually had a significant part in?
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