What do you like/hate at FL?

[StillAlive]

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At what point did I mention RP ?

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Yes I refer to both the forum and in game, but not RP. What I more refer to is the likes of players hanging around admins like a bad smell I've seen it loads of times I mean a current moderator was one of the worst for it. Any admin comes in they are chatting away to them in OOC. Changing job to whatever they are playing, standing around laughing at nearly everything they say...yet these admins don't realise it for nothing more than a genuine kiss ass.

I personally couldn't give a fuck whether someone is an admin, a mod, a teacher, donator or someone with 10 hours...whatever they are if they are nice and pleasant enough to speak to them I will, but I'm not going out my way to do so.

Take Greed for example, most kiss arses won't even speak to him for the simple reason of his opinions on certain staff members, on the other hand he's a pleasant enough guy to play with and talk to...

Unfortunately we have a server full of little cliques and if your not in the right one we'll RIP you.

Hmm, your point is pretty legit. It's not like I haven't experienced it before because as you said, it's not exactly rare for people to stalk admins. I do think that this has always been a problem and one that's just as much of a problem in real life as well. Supposedly the best example would be the inefficient coworker who got promoted before you just because he had dinner with the boss last week (overstatement but it can be applied). 

On the other hand I think this problem is the exact reason why the staff team is divided into ranks. I think it's fair to assume that the more experience and maturity proven, the higher the chance to move up in the hierarchy. Vice versa a moderator who has been at it for a month in total would be more subsceptible to 'flatter', 'asslicking' etc. than a more experienced one. And in the end it's the experienced ones (such as SA's) who make the more difficult choices. That's why I think there's a balance. The real problem occurs when there's bias on one side because a player who's good friends with an admin is involved in a courthouse case. Luckily that's what the abuse section is for. 

In the end I like to believe it comes down to trusting the staff team to do the right thing in the various scenarios. If that's not the case, THEN it should be discussed what the next move is.