The staff system

[Rolorox]

I think that we can come up with a conclusion then..
Being good friends with admins does indeed boost your chances, tough which I really don't like.
I disagree that it removes the "human-element", and the applications should be tried out before saying this, because there's a lot of communities which proves otherwise.

You want to see how people act in-game, when there's invisible admins following them, instead of listening to people by having applications. There's so few and rare occasions in these huge servers (like this one), where there's bad admins by having applications. I see all staff teams working together as one unit, being good friends and all with applications. I really don't think that a guy who's been on the server for, let's say 600+ hours would lie in his application.
There's a lot of downsides, however there's also a lot of good potential in having applications, but the majority of this thread seems not to like the idea, and therefore I will shut my mouth and let the old system that is in place, do it's thing. Even though there seems to be some confusion between the admins, in what how the selection process is, but it's still clear enough to me.

yeah you guys really need to understand something. Literally. I like to say I am friends with a lot of people in this community. I try to be nice and welcoming to all members. I let everyone add me on steam and always answer personal questions/help with roleplays and stuff when I am not busy. Most people couldn't be bothered to do that but it is because I care about our community.... But I am not actually friend friends with anyone really. I have a real life, with real friends. I would not put my friends on here above them. Thats just the truth. But as it has been stated and still you are for some reason beating around, I don't know why you are, it is almost as if you are grasping at a reason to hate our system when there isn't one. Anyway, as has been said the only reason it seems that friends of staff get promoted is because they are knowledgeable roleplayers. When you look into a candidate you would like to get to know them on a personal level. Doesn't mean every staff member is going to start talking to you, nor does it mean we will actually become friends.

Most of the time however, after talking to these players and sharing a common interest. A friendship just builds. Then as you start to know who the player is, the more you see them around and the more you guys chat. After a while it gets to the point where you not only see them as a good player and possible candidate for staff, but as well as someone you get a long with, someone you could work well with and yes potentially a friend. Trust me not everyone on staff are freaking best buds, but when we meet and talk we all share common likes and I'd say for the most part we are all friends in one way or another. Which improves the team dynamic so much more than one would assume.

So just to state once and for all. No just because you are friends with an admin will not get you a position because we have a lot of friends here and they are not all being promoted. BUT if you have the qualities we look for and just help others as a potential staff member would, then naturally we are just going to gravitate towards a good person like that. We will most likely end up friends anyway.

Also I definitely want to stay with the hand picked method. You aren't taking into account how critical the staff team is and the fact that we take so long looking into players. How shitty do you think it will feel when players send in applications and they start getting denied. Yeah, think about that one. I would rather not have a bunch of stingy players all pissed because we denied their admin app. Path of least resistance can be the path of best results.