Oh god, here we go again:
and on god can ppl stop beefing about ur life problems bcs no one actually cares.
To be honest, I don't even know where to start. First mega, followed along with Zacky and Kvids, then affixes and now Hayech followed along with Luke and Lumboc, who is next? I refuse to comment on individuals in this reply because I honestly CBA with drama on a server that is mainstream and shouldn't be in need of desperate help but hey ho here we are again ripping into the absolute shittery the server has got itself in due to managements poor decision making and lack of understanding. There are definitely specifics that should be addressed which I will try to touch up in this thread in a nice-ish way without causing offense to people and if I do cause you offense the logout button is on the top right of the forums I honestly don't wanna hear it I just want to see the best for a community that I have dedicated 1 year of my life too just to get demoted for something which turned out to be true later, as well as seeing absolute units of staff members resign due to management.
Speaking from someone who staffed on the team for over a year and dedicated all my time towards making Invaded a better place I want to say that everything in this thread is in high hopes of a recovery as all I want to see is this community to be back on track with players enjoying themself. With that being said:
I am honestly getting so fed up with management issues on invaded because it is all we are seeing now. As some have even highlighted in this thread it is becoming a weekly/monthly thing where there is drama within the team. This whole shittery invaded is in has 1 simple solution, that is to have
ONE GOOD MANAGER who will dedicate time to the community, respond to and help the community as well as caring about the community and taking account of their actions and treating everyone equally within the team. Additionally, they need to be taking into consideration bringing back old team members, as touched by Chain who has been in the community for years.
we need a new staff team, we need Zackyyy as a manager, or someone who is willing to listen what the community has to say and takes action on it.
Let me begin:
Problem 1: Managers
The management position is being thrown about like it's Trainee with a new person every week, this is the first mistake Invaded has, the management position should be a position fit for someone who knows the community inside out and can adjust the server to fit around the community as well as being transparent, open and understanding of all the community needs and suggestions which leads to maximized player satisfaction. The management position should be very rare to achieve and should take a very long time to get to. I shouldn't even need to explain why. As mentioned above we have gone through in total 7 managers within the past 2 months, just for a comparison when I was staffing there was not a change in management for almost 1 year. Before I get brainless quotes I am fully aware that the server was not in the state it is in now but you need to look deeper into it to understand why the server is in this shit state and how EASILY PREVENTABLE this all is. The fact I cannot even count the amount of staff that resigned/got demoted due to management is honestly beyond me and I cannot even find the right words to put here other than the fact it is absurd. I do not want to target certain managers in this section, but I must admit moving from admin to management positions that quickly is very rare which they have admitted themself and that is fair enough. And what I will say with pure chest is the current managers right now are
not fit for the position, do not take that as an attack because honestly, it isn't. I am
not saying that they will never be fit for the position but right now this moment they have lots to learn and have jumped through the ranks very quickly as a result of affixes' poor judgment and lack of understanding of the community. Additionally, they have been put in comparison with Zack and Kvids which makes their job harder as they will try to be performing better than them, which at this stage of Invaded is fairly hard to do. This part I am about to write about tallies up very closely with Problem 2: and this is the fact that as a manager you
must need to be able to argue a point of perspectives,
you cannot just say "yes" to everything or "no" to everything if you think of something highly you need to have the confidence and strength to argue and back what you are bringing forward to the table. If you do not do this absolutely nothing will change because right now the management team has all very different opinions on the future of Invaded and seem to be conflicting on everything that is being said. What I will touch upon are Zacky and Kvids. I know I mentioned that I would not be talking about individuals, but here I am. Zacky and Kvids were a
PERFECT example of what the server needed, they listened, they were transparent and they were not snowflakes which meant they could argue their POVs with ease which therefore means they could bring good suggestions forward which then perhaps allowed them to capitalize off of them which overall meant they could bring
YOUR idea to Invaded. Unfortunately, as we know they are no longer around which seems to be a pattern invaded is very good at reproducing. (Solid staff members leaving as a result of management) Speaking of patterns we are seeing on Invaded, this whole
EDATING stuff has undoubtedly caused all the issues we have seen on Invaded and you would think that
managers especially should be learning from previous mistakes rather than continuing secretly with their relationships as their main priority and invaded as their second. Just to make things factual, there has been plenty of ex-managers, or people that are more than capable of managing that has come forward and asked to help, they have all been told no or to reapply as a trainee. Speaking about management, the lack of understanding is still there as they all believe the staff team leave
optionally as seen here:
Of course, some have, but lots have not left optionally.
Problem 2: The staff team.
Just like any ordinary community, the heart of it is the staff team if the team does not perform well, or there is beef there will be huge knock-on effects. These are the good members leaving and reduced amount of workload performed by everyone, as let's be real working in a shit environment is not beneficial for anyone. Over the past year, I would say I have lost count on the number of solid team members that have left as a result of managers it is disturbing to see and unfair on the community. The main problem I believe with the staff team is solely based off of the fact that the players that know the community back to front and inside out have resigned or been demoted due to poor management. Naturally, they will have to accept new people onto the team and take bigger risks to maintain a certain amount of workload. The way Invaded is going now, especially under managers' decision is quantity > quality. Meaning they much rather hire loads more staff members than have a smaller hardworking team. How do I know this? Well, solid staff members can no longer return, and the ones that have offered to return have all been denied for immaturity. Crazy. Ever since my false demotion specifically, I have offered to return countless amounts of time as I have been watching invaded collapse over the past year as the remaining team is aware and upon asking I have been denied for immaturity every time despite all the ban appeals, player reports and arguing I had to do to get small stuff like the suggestions part of the forums added for server improvements. I will say it now and have always thought it. If they want Invaded to be back on track they need to take a plunge, speak to ex-staff members and bring the solid ones back as well as removing underperforming team members that have 0 clues about the community.
Back when I staffed, the team was incredibly solid, there was very little beef until situations with Mega sprung up, but that situation aside the community was very smooth sailing, everything fell into place and there were few problems. Since the removal of mega and the unsettlement of management, everything has gone to shit and will continue to do so until the current managers act upon it. The most important thing for me in my books is a team that is not scared to argue their POVs. If you have a team where everyone just say "yes" or "no" nothing will happen, similar to managers. The reason the old team worked so well, hence why the community was smooth sailing is that no one was scared to speak out on their opinions of situations, this meant that shit got done when it needed to be done and if someone wasn't pulling their weight they'd know about it and soon correct it. If they didn't, goodbye ? . Unfortunately, especially now Krypto is gone I know a solid 2 staff members that would actually argue their POV. That is 2 staff members / 14. Those are not scared to argue to get something implemented into the server.
What I personally think would be the best bet for Invaded
Without any second thoughts, I <and I am sure lots others> could quite safely say Invaded is on ropes, no server deserves to have to go through all of this shit, with a new manager every other week and a lack of care given towards it. With that being said I think lots of the old team members, that know the community inside out should potentially be contacted as they all know how the staff team should be like. If invaded wants to continue for much longer this is definitely one of your safe bets in moving forward. By doing this the management should be able to calm down and prioritize shit that will actually help the server, staff team can bring solid suggestions forward, and then the managers can act upon it to make Invaded better, and hopefully put it back on track. Invaded is so far in the shit right now, if nothing happens soon there really will not be much point in even logging onto the forums anymore. Edating is so fucking cringe, on god I beg there is no more of this on the staff team because it is honestly ruining so much for the community. Have a meeting with the members and discuss something that will work well for both parties.
It really is not hard, it is embarrassing that It has needed to go through all of these managers and Invaded still is nowhere near on track of being back on path.
With everything being said: not exposing anyone none of that shit, I just want to see the best for everyone and the community because this is honestly crazy.
big^ krypto for posting this thread fucking legend bro
