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    Thumbs up A Tribute to a Staff that Doesn't Suck

    As about three of you are probably aware, I've spent the last month and a half co-modding the FFXI forum at Final Fantasy: Worlds Apart. I realised, during that time period, that FF:WA's staff was a disaster. We don't receive any sort of instructions upon becoming moderators; we don't have a staff forum to ask questions in privately; we don't have any sort of organisation. It's lucky for me that my co-mod and I get along, because some forum mods don't have it that lucky and there's nothing they can do about it. Double-standards run rampant; favours are given to people simply because they're friends of the owner or of the admins. People aren't given any sort of feedback on how they're modding the place; some people get away with flaming other users to death without a scratch, despite the fact that they're basically ruining the place for everyone who's joined within the past two years. I could go on for pages more about how hellish things are at WA, but I'm already getting bored of it.

    I used to think Eyeson's staff could be better, but I've realised something during my time running Fool's Gold: The larger a place gets, the harder it is to keep it running. Eyeson's staff, while it hasn't been perfect, has, for the most part, kept the place running and helped contribute to keeping it interesting. Everyone on the staff is actually a part of the community (possibly excluding Sean). That's very special. I'm just here to commend you guys for running a forum that doesn't stress me out half the time I visit it.
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    Well said, but they're still not going to knight you.


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    What makes you so sure, dummy? You're not an administrator. *enforces Del*

    I don't care about being Knighted, anyway.
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    *arf*, I'm Knighted and I'm not even a mod anymore. :P

    FFWA used to be cool. Now it's just too wild.

    I just don't like to see EoFF going the other way...

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    FF:WA's problem is that everyone flames each other openly. And the staff, for the most part, don't care. I cared, and I lost my position because of it.

    EoFF has changed since I've come here, yeah. I'm not sure if the place is more spammy or less spammy since it was when I joined. I'm certainly more spammy than I was when I joined, but that's probably a good thing since I was so long-winded it hurt people's eyes to read some of my posts. The thing is, though, that I can still count on the staff to be dependable and, for the most part, impartial. There's no way you can safely describe WA's staff as impartial. The only two admins I still even have respect for there are Tau and Kairi. The place is so different from EoFF, it's scary to think that pretty much everyone who was here back in the old old old days originally came from WA. The places are just so different.
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    Guess I made the right choice...This being my first FF (and probably my only) forum....

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    We don't have spam....
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    Rrrrrrrrrrright, Danny. Rrrrrright.
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    I've never been to FF:WA, but I agree with everything that you've said about the EoFF staff, Aaron. They rock.
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    No spam? ROFLMAO

    As I said, FFWA used to be awesome. I, about two-three years ago, modded the FFT forum. It was cool then.

    I could start a massive rant on why FFWA sucks now, but I won't.

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    I wish you would. It'd make my day that much better.
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    Yup, staff does a good job. Keep up the good work.

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    Okay, bashing other sites = bad.

    Hate to be an ogre in a thread about how supposedly great the staff here is, but if this turns into an FFWA bashing thread, it will shortly thereafter turn into a closed thread.

    Site wars are for crap sites.

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    Let the battle begin!

    Kidding, kidding.

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    The staff here at EoFF seem to keep everything at a nice tolerable level. Some spam is allowed to keep things from getting dull, but doesn't let it reach a point as to where everything goes well out of control.

    As long as things stay where they are and the staff cares about the well being of the forums, they will continue to do a wonderful job.

    Have A Nice Day and Thank You Staff.

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