I'd like to take a minute to direct everyone's attention to a thread located in the eGO Private forums...so I'll copy the text of it into here, because it's worthwhile for everyone to remember. Yes, this entire thread is a giant bait-and-switch, but if you're reading this, you fell for it!
Why am I copying it here? Because it's important, and I worry that it's being neglected as of late. Every quote below was made by a DL or Council member; the thread was actually started over a year ago now.
VENTRILO EXISTS!
Now then...why exactly am I bringing this up? Because to be honest, I'm pretty frustrated about what Vent has looked like as of late. During the week, we barely have a dozen people in our channels. For Realism last night, there were 66. It's a little bit absurd when one night of the week has five times as many people. Yes, things come up and everyone is busy during the week, but please try to join us in Vent when possible.
If you're gaming, especially in DoD/on our servers, hop in Ventrilo and join us. I often will join a game if there are people in Vent playing it; that's why I play BC2 sometimes with Ill Legend/Mostly Harmless/Beta/Bigredking/FartVader/et al.; it's more fun with people to talk to and strategize, if nothing else.
I'd like to see more people in Ventrilo every night. It's definitely a factor when promotions come into play (as Slayr mentioned above). No, the presence of myself, Spray, Slayr, or any other Leadership member doesn't mean you're in trouble. To be honest, most of the time I'm by myself in the DoD Leadership channel, it's because I'm trying to get work done yet still be available to handle anything that comes up. We're not out to scare you...if that's the case, you'll know anyway. But either way, I/we would like to see everyone there more often.
Think of this as a friendly public-service announcement from DoD Leadership
TL;DR: Get in Ventrilo when you're gaming!
Why am I copying it here? Because it's important, and I worry that it's being neglected as of late. Every quote below was made by a DL or Council member; the thread was actually started over a year ago now.VENTRILO EXISTS!
Angreifen said:We ask that you all join us in vent while you are playing on our servers. This serves a few major purposes!
1st: You can find someone to help you in a problem server.
2nd: You can coordinate admin actions with your fellow admins faster through voice communication.
3rd: It gets leadership to know you better, and you get to know leadership better!
Caffeine-Rx said:This is a global, multi-divisional, problem.
We want to get to know our members across all divisions and the BEST way to do that is to talk to you all in vent.
Hope to see you and talk to you in ventrilo!
Slayr357 said:I ABSOLUTELY want to see our members in vent it is a great way for leadership to get to know our fellow clanmattes on a personal level. In fact i have gotten to know alot more people from all divisions in vent.
A great to help if there is a problem with a server or if no admin is on. Leadership thinks it would be nice to see our admins in vent. I also have directed our leadership to take into account when promotions are considered if these potential new members are active in vent. Also if a new admin has a question on a how to admin a certain situation it is helpful to be able to talk to some veterans fellow admins for support or even advice in how to deal with an issue.
Also a great tool for sponsors to see how active our ventrilo is to see how quickly we can throw 200 or more people into servers or look at thier product.
Spray said:Want to:
Be a better Admin?
Learn from Leadership the best way to handle situations?
Get to know more of your fellow clan-mates?
Have a more fulfilling game experience?
Join Ventrilo!
Duality said:Ventrilo is the single deepest experience in all of eGO, it transcends all games, divisions, servers, forums to bring together our community closer than ever. Your more free to speak your mind in vent than you ever could in game or in a public forum. Its much more laid back and relaxed, its also a major reason why I love this community.
I interact with people from my own division that I would rarely do otherwise because we play in different servers, let alone players from other divisions.
Plus if you ever needed some admin and/or leadership help theres ALWAYS someone on no matter what time.
Take advantage of the service we're providing like you would with the game servers or the forums, I hope to meet more of you soon!
Now then...why exactly am I bringing this up? Because to be honest, I'm pretty frustrated about what Vent has looked like as of late. During the week, we barely have a dozen people in our channels. For Realism last night, there were 66. It's a little bit absurd when one night of the week has five times as many people. Yes, things come up and everyone is busy during the week, but please try to join us in Vent when possible.
If you're gaming, especially in DoD/on our servers, hop in Ventrilo and join us. I often will join a game if there are people in Vent playing it; that's why I play BC2 sometimes with Ill Legend/Mostly Harmless/Beta/Bigredking/FartVader/et al.; it's more fun with people to talk to and strategize, if nothing else.
I'd like to see more people in Ventrilo every night. It's definitely a factor when promotions come into play (as Slayr mentioned above). No, the presence of myself, Spray, Slayr, or any other Leadership member doesn't mean you're in trouble. To be honest, most of the time I'm by myself in the DoD Leadership channel, it's because I'm trying to get work done yet still be available to handle anything that comes up. We're not out to scare you...if that's the case, you'll know anyway. But either way, I/we would like to see everyone there more often.
Think of this as a friendly public-service announcement from DoD Leadership

TL;DR: Get in Ventrilo when you're gaming!




























