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Alright, first off Id like to say Iv have immense experience with being a High Ranking Official for quite the few clans, so I know what works and what doesn't. During this forum I will be explaining to the best of my ability's why we should change the current way trainings and promotions take place.
Lets start with trainings. As you all should know by now, trainings happen well over six or seven times per day. That's ridiculous, even by an active clan like TRA's standards. At the very most, trainings should be limited to three times per day. Once in the afternoon around 3PM EST, Another around 6PM EST and the final one around 9PM EST. Having a training during the afternoon takes into account school and possible jobs most users have.
How trainings should work, TL;DR version:
- Three [Official] trainings per day, all in the afternoon starting at 3PM, then 6PM, and finally at 9PM.
Now lets move over to the promotion system. In only two days Iv already achieved the rank of Staff Sergent, although I have a very advanced strategic mind and defensive skills, I find it ridiculous. It should have taken me a week at the very least. Every training I went to I was either promoted or recommened because I was far superior then everyone (Although the Elites provided a good struggle)
How the promotion system should properly work, is like the following:
- There should be a point system, for each rank a user must gain a set amount of points, the user can also only gain a maximum of 3 points per day, and 1 point per training.
- Once a player gets to staff sergeant, they should be able to apply for a higher rank, an appointed HR would review that application and then test that person for said skills. This would reduce the ineffective HR's, so we wouldn't have to reform nearly as often.
Alright, with all that being said, id like impute and thoughts on this subject. I already have support from a few HR's, whom, to protect identities I will not be naming at their digression.
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My original post, which hopefully wasn't too different, was lost since I went back a page accidently and once I went forward, the response I had made was no longer there. So, I am attempting to rewrite it.
First of all, limiting trainings is something I could never agree to. The more trainings there are, the more chance there is for a member of TRA to attend it, and it would not be right to just limit the potential or chance for a member to attend a training. As well, the Officers who host the trainings will always be appreciated for taking time out of their day to help bring activity to the main group, allow connectivity between members of all ranks within the game and hopefully will improve the skills and co-ordination of members through experience in fighting within the training, raid or practice raid.
Limiting trainings would not only create potential activity problems for officers who do want to hold a training that day yet cannot hold it because the slots would already be taken by other Officers. Limiting trainings also does not take account of timezones, as I don't want to personally wait until 8pm my time (3 EST for americans on the east coast) for a training to be held. I would rather be able to have the freedom, as any other trainer should, to hold a training at any official TRA training place - so allowing the freedom of choice with places - and at any time I like - also allowing the freedom of time with the trainings itself.
I don't see much point for limiting the amount of rewards one can get a day, whether it be a promotion or a point. If that individual has gone to numerous events in their day, and taken the time out of their day as a Low Rank (LR) to attend an event and to either excel or atleast try in that event. If they got some promotions earlier in the day, then they should be able to get more if they are willing to put effort into more events.
"In only two days Iv already achieved the rank of Staff Sergent, although I have a very advanced strategic mind and defensive skills, I find it ridiculous. It should have taken me a week at the very least. Every training I went to I was either promoted or recommened because I was far superior then everyone (Although the Elites provided a good struggle)" ----You claim that you were able to do it in 2 days, yet you also claim how good a strategist you are and your skill above others. So you are not the normal or average lower rank, if your claims meet the truth, so obviously it would be quite a fast chain of promotions since you are "far superior then (it's than) everyone'. Just because you got it quickly, does not mean the whol system is too easy for everyone and too quick for every.
When I was a low rank, I was not quite so fortunate as yourself, and it took me a lot longer than 2 days to get promotions despite the system being very similar, if not easier to get promotions. Therefore, I would disagree with a point system and the limitation of trainings per day because of the points above. I would also add that in the autumn and winter months, TRA's activity often will dip due to members' personal work or schooling commitments, especially when it is a new school year for students across most of the world, especially the English-speaking nations. The community shouldn't be limited at this time, to encourage involvement and activity.
In my own opinion, one should not be able to request a rank themselves, but rather allow the more experienced members of the community in TRA to realise and then decide when a Staff Sergeant is ready for Captain. Such experienced members could be considered as Officers or High Ranks in TRA. I would trust them with the judgement of a lower rank, rather that lower rank's judgement on themselves.
" This would reduce the ineffective HR's, so we wouldn't have to reform nearly as often." -- I do feel this is offensive to any High Rank, because their efforts and contributions to the group will always be valued and appreciated. We have only ever had one HR reform, the first of it's kind and magnitude last week and hopefully it is the first and last one we will ever need to perform. HRs are not ineffective, but most will have their own sizeable commitments in life itself. I would not expect them to value a game over their lives, and while they would be a High Rank, their services would always be welcomed at that rank - to be fair, services are welcomed at any and all ranks.
"I already have support from a few HR's, whom, to protect identities I will not be naming at their digression. " --- This subject isn't exactly secret and I wouldn't understand at all why the need to not even mention the names of HRs who would support this. The statement you make here, means nothing for such apparent support because of the severe lack of detail, when providing such detail isn't going to harm them in any way, shape or form.
I am not very keen on the use of self-complimenting language here, it leans on arrogance and boasting which I am not keen on either. Your own credentials or skill sets, certainly on a public forum thread for such an internal issue in TRA (which I am not keen on either, yet I might as well reply to it as it refers to the group I am part of), shouldn't need to be used in the argument to either solidify your ideas or claims.
I personally don't think you know TRA well enough at this stage, unlike many of our Officers or older low ranks, to make such clear judgements on the capability of our High Ranks that take so much time out of their day, or week or years to work with the rest of the group. I also don't think it's very respectable to address your supposed superiority over other people who attend trainings, some may not be as 'skilled' on a computer game as you are.
What is ridiculous is the need to limit ambition, limit activity and limit potential. It is not ridiculous that 'an active clan like TRA's standards' holds 6 trainings a day, since it's something that the Officers want to hold and other members want to attend.
I shall always value the efforts made and time dedicated to TRA by all members, regardless of rank or capability to perform. While I am Commander, such limitations on people's ambitions - such as a low rank wanting to improve through experience or an Officer willing, if not wanting, to hold a training for the rest of the group - would be non-existant and it'd be up to the next guy to decide whether they wish to do that to the rest of the group.
Next time, don't post such internal stuff on a public forum thread, thanks. |