But are you honestly going to tell a player to kindly not play anymore because she has won twice? I won a poop ton of Kylo Ren Masks and I am still going to show up and do events to win more. Not step aside and let everyone and their clones take forever on their phones do it instead. Then only be able to have different colored light saber magics, by paying a ridiculous amount of credits for them.
Just because Jen can step up and say something is bugging her and be completely honest in everything she has said, we should all just say she is a complainer and to tell a player, in a dying virtual community, to stop playing. Kiddos to you host. -_-
Something to remember: This is a special event, and a rather involved one at that. This is not a typical host event and we've clearly stated that from the start. If someone's unhappy with an event, after going through as many times as they needed to to win twice, I think it's fair to ask them to think about the players who
are enjoying the event. To think about the queue that seems to be never ending, and whether or not the people who are enjoying it will have a chance to win. Again, this is up to the community to work together to do, as I explained in the original thread discussion.
There's a lot of players who haven't had a chance to play yet, so would I like to see them pop through a few times? Heck yeah. Have we discussed adding additional events because we've heard such feedback from players about not having a chance to even participate because of the queue? Yes, we have. (Which, in turn has directly made us revisit our Clone Policy.) We can only run the event for so long, and try to loop the queue, until we'll be here for 5 hours. And, as it's been pointed out, we're volunteers. We like our sleep just as much as anyone else.
And while I love hearing feedback from players about events, I believe that feedback is only helpful when it's done in a way that's constructive. Calling a
moderator out and tagging her directly, who doesn't normally host events but has graciously volunteered her time (at least 2 hours, if not more, every time) to spend time and make sure the event is running smoothly? Instead of saying something such as "Can I get some clarification on who is supposed to go first in the Jedi event?" the way some other players have voiced their concerns? I don't think that's quite fair. I'm also a moderator. I do not host events. I don't know the ins and outs of hosting, so having hosts share their insight and expertise has helped immensely. But do things fall through the cracks? Of course they do!
I have no problem defending the staff members who have volunteered to take the time out of their day to do this. They've helped this idea become a reality and I am forever grateful for that. They're the super heroes who are doing this, running each room, speaking with you all while I pop in and out of different rooms making sure everything is running smoothly. This event alone has made our staff team bond more than I could have ever imagined. It's turned into more than just an event that we host together. When I say that this event has changed the way we work as a staff team? I mean it. Big, really amazing things, are coming your way folks. This seemed to relight a fire that we all seemed to have let burn out. That was never my intention with it, but I'm so glad it happened.
My suggestion for the future is that if you have constructive criticism to share, do so in a way that isn't so much accusatory, but in a way that will allow us to work with you to find a solution. Explain the situation that happened in a non-rude, non-accusatory way. We're more than happy to work with that and discuss possible solutions. (Please see the Jedi Training Academy thread as this has happened multiple times over the last few weeks.) Rather than directly tagging a moderator and making a passive aggressive comment about the game rules, explain the situation and any ideas/suggestions that you might have for the next time it is run. I'm sure I speak for all of the MyVMK Staff when I say we'd much rather see (and we enjoy seeing) suggestions being made rather than passive aggressive comments being made that only discourage some of us to not want to do something like this again.
The issue that was originally brought up has been addressed with all of the Jedi Masters, and will be consistent for the reminder of the events. I'm glad it was originally brought to my attention by a few players who were confused by it, and I'm glad it was the easiest fix of all of the event problems.