Combat Medic Archive

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vortexala wrote:

And remember, I'm not leaving and will still be around...so if you get the job and screw up, I'll be there to smack you

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I have decided to put my name in for only the doctor correspondent. Though I have been a doctor since July 2003 and a CM since August 2003 I decided that my preference would be to be the doctor correspondent.

As much as I love CM I feel I would get too caught up in my own feelings (which right now are more anti-DOT than not) so I would have a hard time being an objective representative of the CM community in that respect.

I took CM way back in the day because I was interested in playing it as a suppot role/healer and rely on the poisons to soften PvE targets.

Hope none of you are bothered that I am not going for this, but I do plan on staying CM and remaining active in this forum and along with Texxie slapping you around I will be here as well

Message Edited by DoctorGriggs on 12-13-2004 12:02 PM

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PsionicHawk wrote:

Application sent.

Griggs, I hope you get the Doc Cor. Who knows, we may end up working together .

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Would be cool Good luck with the CM correspondent. You are one of a handful of people on here I feel deserve it

I've decided to apply for the position of CM correspondent. I may not post much, but I've been a CM for nearly a year now and I believe I have the knowledge and ability to serve the community well.

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DiLune wrote:

Just a word of advice. It is always possible that you do not get the Doctor position. Why limit yourself by not applying for both? Put in the application e-mail that you would prefer the Doc position but that if you didn't get it you'd do just as well in the CM corr position.

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Maybe I should. I don't know man. To be honest the only thing keeping me from doing it is I am concerned my opinion on the CM profession is different than most of the people on here and I don't want to be seen as not representing the community how they would like me to.

For example, I am of the school of thought that CM right now is pretty overpowered and needs to be balanced, but many on here have arguments (valid I might add) against further balancing.

It is a situation where my vision of the profession and things I would like to see changed goes against the majority of people within this profession so I don't think it would be fair for my opinion that is in the minority in here to guide the profession through the CU.

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DoctorGriggs wrote:

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DiLune wrote:

Just a word of advice. It is always possible that you do not get the Doctor position. Why limit yourself by not applying for both? Put in the application e-mail that you would prefer the Doc position but that if you didn't get it you'd do just as well in the CM corr position.

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Maybe I should. I don't know man. To be honest the only thing keeping me from doing it is I am concerned my opinion on the CM profession is different than most of the people on here and I don't want to be seen as not representing the community how they would like me to.

For example, I am of the school of thought that CM right now is pretty overpowered and needs to be balanced, but many on here have arguments (valid I might add) against further balancing.

It is a situation where my vision of the profession and things I would like to see changed goes against the majority of people within this profession so I don't think it would be fair for my opinion that is in the minority in here to guide the profession through the CU.

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vortexala wrote:

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DoctorGriggs wrote:

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DiLune wrote:

Just a word of advice. It is always possible that you do not get the Doctor position. Why limit yourself by not applying for both? Put in the application e-mail that you would prefer the Doc position but that if you didn't get it you'd do just as well in the CM corr position.

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Maybe I should. I don't know man. To be honest the only thing keeping me from doing it is I am concerned my opinion on the CM profession is different than most of the people on here and I don't want to be seen as not representing the community how they would like me to.

For example, I am of the school of thought that CM right now is pretty overpowered and needs to be balanced, but many on here have arguments (valid I might add) against further balancing.

It is a situation where my vision of the profession and things I would like to see changed goes against the majority of people within this profession so I don't think it would be fair for my opinion that is in the minority in here to guide the profession through the CU.

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But your opinion won't be the only one guiding the profession. There are others chosen for the CU by me who will be there to speak up for their vision of the profession. Kave, Pahd and myself will also be there to speak to our vision of the profession.

Yes, as correspondent your job is to speak for your profession and community and put forth their ideas and viewpoints. But that doesn't mean you can't have your own. Lord knows I've always had my own opinion and have never held it back while posting about Combat Medic, but when it came to what the community felt best for the profession, that viewpoint over-rode my own and that's what I would take to the devs.

As long as you can keep them seperated, there isn't a problem.

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Very true. I am quite capable of differentiating between my opinion and the opinions of the community.

I guess it is more of an issue of clarification. My impression of the role of correspondents was to be a conduit between the players and the devs, reducing the noise and clutter for them so they here one coherent voice instead of having to sort through thousands of posts regularly.

Heh well I think that last paragraph just answered my own question.

I ended up submitting my name but mentioned my concerns that I outlined in this thread.

There are many open-minded, knowledgable people in this community, so the decision as for myself comes down to if my opinions are too out of the mainstream CM community or not.

I like to think of myself as a pragmatist and I am open to debate and discussion.

I just want to help out somehow - correspondent or not I am here for my community.

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DoctorGriggs wrote:

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vortexala wrote:

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DoctorGriggs wrote:

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DiLune wrote:

Just a word of advice. It is always possible that you do not get the Doctor position. Why limit yourself by not applying for both? Put in the application e-mail that you would prefer the Doc position but that if you didn't get it you'd do just as well in the CM corr position.

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Maybe I should. I don't know man. To be honest the only thing keeping me from doing it is I am concerned my opinion on the CM profession is different than most of the people on here and I don't want to be seen as not representing the community how they would like me to.

For example, I am of the school of thought that CM right now is pretty overpowered and needs to be balanced, but many on here have arguments (valid I might add) against further balancing.

It is a situation where my vision of the profession and things I would like to see changed goes against the majority of people within this profession so I don't think it would be fair for my opinion that is in the minority in here to guide the profession through the CU.

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But your opinion won't be the only one guiding the profession. There are others chosen for the CU by me who will be there to speak up for their vision of the profession. Kave, Pahd and myself will also be there to speak to our vision of the profession.

Yes, as correspondent your job is to speak for your profession and community and put forth their ideas and viewpoints. But that doesn't mean you can't have your own. Lord knows I've always had my own opinion and have never held it back while posting about Combat Medic, but when it came to what the community felt best for the profession, that viewpoint over-rode my own and that's what I would take to the devs.

As long as you can keep them seperated, there isn't a problem.

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Very true. I am quite capable of differentiating between my opinion and the opinions of the community.

I guess it is more of an issue of clarification. My impression of the role of correspondents was to be a conduit between the players and the devs, reducing the noise and clutter for them so they here one coherent voice instead of having to sort through thousands of posts regularly.

Heh well I think that last paragraph just answered my own question.

I ended up submitting my name but mentioned my concerns that I outlined in this thread.

There are many open-minded, knowledgable people in this community, so the decision as for myself comes down to if my opinions are too out of the mainstream CM community or not.

I like to think of myself as a pragmatist and I am open to debate and discussion.

I just want to help out somehow - correspondent or not I am here for my community.

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pfft, you don't listen to me when I said apply for both, but you're gonna listen to dilune?

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PsionicHawk wrote:

Your a politician.

/hides

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