12-28-2015, 01:28 PM
I myself strongly opposes voting for ranks, at least until just before expert. I know that the staffs have been facing difficulties trying to promote everyone by hand, but I think there is a better way besides voting.
The below options calls for voting for rank to stop at a certain rank such as member.
The below options adds back the promotion to advplayer or its equivalence. So it will take 2 promotions to get to Expert.
I will provide 2 suggestions:
1. A major downside with voting for rank till adept is that online presence is not required for getting ranks. Someone who rarely plays can get to adept via voting offline. Putting time into playing on the server is supporting the server, so, if some of us do not wish to vote, or does not bother with voting, we should get some credit. I suggest using a counter, such that each vote registers as one point and every how many so hours of playing registers as one point (if possible). This way we could eventually all get to adept with enough playing. This way someone who plays and votes gets ranks faster than those who only plays, but the progress for those who doesn't vote does not stop completely. This also encourages online playing, and voting, at the same time.
2. If the staff cannot handle the sheer load of promoting by hand, why not employ some of the experts, or veterans, or elites (someone staff trust and is consistent) to do peer reviews and submit their verdict, whether to promote a certain player (who is already of a certain rank) rather than using some, to me, pointless and irrelevant voting count for rank. To avoid bias, randomly pick the reviewers and hook them up with a player who reached a certain rank, and do a couple of secret review or so.
I know it will take some infrastructure to put my suggestion into effect, but to me, they are more fair and logical.
The below options calls for voting for rank to stop at a certain rank such as member.
The below options adds back the promotion to advplayer or its equivalence. So it will take 2 promotions to get to Expert.
I will provide 2 suggestions:
1. A major downside with voting for rank till adept is that online presence is not required for getting ranks. Someone who rarely plays can get to adept via voting offline. Putting time into playing on the server is supporting the server, so, if some of us do not wish to vote, or does not bother with voting, we should get some credit. I suggest using a counter, such that each vote registers as one point and every how many so hours of playing registers as one point (if possible). This way we could eventually all get to adept with enough playing. This way someone who plays and votes gets ranks faster than those who only plays, but the progress for those who doesn't vote does not stop completely. This also encourages online playing, and voting, at the same time.
2. If the staff cannot handle the sheer load of promoting by hand, why not employ some of the experts, or veterans, or elites (someone staff trust and is consistent) to do peer reviews and submit their verdict, whether to promote a certain player (who is already of a certain rank) rather than using some, to me, pointless and irrelevant voting count for rank. To avoid bias, randomly pick the reviewers and hook them up with a player who reached a certain rank, and do a couple of secret review or so.
I know it will take some infrastructure to put my suggestion into effect, but to me, they are more fair and logical.