Bio Engineer Archive
Thread: Player Correspondent Opening: Bio Engineer
Its my opinion but even a strong poster on the BE forum may not neccessarily always be best choice. I think anyone that can just get the point across to the devs would be fine.
I have all but given up making pets, I just cant stand to get rid of the profession that I worked so hard on, but to be honest, I gave up trying to figure it out. I am not a number cruncher, and I dont have vast time to mix this with that and resample this to get that. And basically thats what our profession is, knowing the formulas that get utilized.
Every crafting profession is built along the same guidelines, u take your best resources, spend all your experimental pts in some fields, and make a product. With BE, we are the only class that doesnt need to spend all there experimental points (well maybe tailor too
and most times our skills are required to make the best we can of a low end product.
I would be thrilled to death if a non BE went in and said huh, and let the devs handwalk him thru the whole entire process and come back and post a BE for dummies guide that explains a complicated process in an easy to understand way. I know the devs will never apologize for their copy and paste guide, but maybe one day we will see 1 come thru a correspondent.
Sorry for the long post, but that wound still festers along with others..
Thunderheart wrote:
Anubi wrote:
You're opinion (or mine, or anyone else's for that matter) doesn't much matter. We don't get to vote on who the next correspondant is. It is not a popularity contest, and you may want to make your own post history a bit more public before you go on kvetching about some one else's
I always take into account the community's opinions and a person's candidacy letter. I look at their posting history and make the best decision possible. Sometimes the community favorites are shoe ins and sometimes, there are lurkers who really submit outstanding letters. There is always a lot of data to think about before making the decision.
Wow, a reply from Thunderheart himself. Andin ourvery own fourm! First time since 11/03/03 that he's responded toa post here (that's 6 full months folks!).
Here's hoping he has a little interest in our profession still, and didn't hit the Bio Engineer tab by mistake.
NancyJ wrote:
Actually nothing at all needs posting here - I doubt TH will return to this thread in the near future - this is just the standard cut and paste blurb about how to apply - as you may notice, applications are taken via email not forum posts.
You can make as many suggestions as you like but ultimately it is up to the indiviual to apply.
lol i was going to say that
Kisedd wrote:
Number of posts on any given topic doesn't necessarily equate to experience with a given profession or contributions to the community. Sometimes listening is more important that constantly posting about the same things over and over.
That may be fine for you. I posted what I thought made someone an 'active' member of the BE community (how you can be a 'community Leader' w/o being active is beyond me).
Do you have an opinion about who should be the next correspondent? or are you just here to critique what I posted?
Nevermind. I'm responding to someone who isn't a BE and has only posted here twice. I don't really care what you think.
Message Edited by Kevm on 05-04-2004 02:30 PM
Kevm wrote:
Kisedd wrote:
Number of posts on any given topic doesn't necessarily equate to experience with a given profession or contributions to the community. Sometimes listening is more important that constantly posting about the same things over and over.
That may be fine for you. I posted what I thought made someone an 'active' member of the BE community (how you can be a 'community Leader' w/o being active is beyond me).
Do you have an opinion about who should be the next correspondent? or are you just here to critique what I posted?
Nevermind. I'm responding to someone who isn't a BE and has only posted here twice. I don't really care what you think.
Message Edited by Kevm on 05-04-2004 02:30 PM
You're opinion (or mine, or anyone else's for that matter) doesn't much matter. We don't get to vote on who the next correspondant is. It is not a popularity contest, and you may want to make your own post history a bit more public before you go on kvetching about some one else's
Anubi wrote:
You're opinion (or mine, or anyone else's for that matter) doesn't much matter. We don't get to vote on who the next correspondant is.
Thunderheart wrote:
Anubi wrote:
You're opinion (or mine, or anyone else's for that matter) doesn't much matter. We don't get to vote on who the next correspondant is. It is not a popularity contest, and you may want to make your own post history a bit more public before you go on kvetching about some one else's
I always take into account the community's opinions and a person's candidacy letter. I look at their posting history and make the best decision possible. Sometimes the community favorites are shoe ins and sometimes, there are lurkers who really submit outstanding letters. There is always a lot of data to think about before making the decision.
Well then, I stand corrected.
Kevm I didn't mean to start a flame war. I wasn't putting anyone forward in the BE position or any other position. I read your original post and thought that your idea of only looking at someone's posting history as a valid method of choosing a new correspondent was perahps more narrow than prudent. I meerly meant what I said, thatI thinkthere are more criteria tolook at than posts. Many good people lurk on the forums and can be up to date on all the current issues without getting their feet wet on the boards.
Certainly what the community feels is important. Your negative attack on me seems a bit over done and I'm not really sure what promted it.
Kisedd wrote:
I read your original post and thought that your idea of only looking at someone's posting history as a valid method of choosing a new correspondent was perahps more narrow than prudent. I meerly meant what I said, thatI thinkthere are more criteria tolook at than posts. Many good people lurk on the forums and can be up to date on all the current issues without getting their feet wet on the boards.
Look at the requirements for being a Correspondent:
- Are you a community leader?
- Do you like organizing information and corresponding with other members of a community ?
Once again, this isn't anything personal against the person from TC who has applied, but how can someone fulfill the requirements if they haven't been corresponding with members of their community?
I thought i was perfectly justified in saying that I didn't know who he was and didn't feel really comfortable with him as our Correspondent. If he gets chosen then I'll support him and get to know him.
What I objected to was someone who isn't a BE trying to tell me that what I thought was an important part of being my profession's correspondent was wrong. That would be no better than me going to the BH forums and telling you your opinion about what was important for your class was completely wrong. I'm not part of that community or profession and I wouldn't know what I was talking about.
BEs have a couple of issues we think are very serious and game breaking. We need to have a correspondent we can put faith in to get us the attention we need.
Message Edited by Kevm on 05-05-2004 12:25 PM