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Please respond to my post Ferregar. Also I would like to agree with parts k' said, I also did not have the intent of being crew. I was helping the guild just for the sake of helping, because I like this guild and I wanted to work for it. Even if you don't become promoted, which we're unsure of at this point. Keep in mind any work you do for the guild needs to be selfless.

Sorry Ai, I completely overlooked that second post. Here are the links + the details.

-The Shrine of Alteras (New RP Rank Testing)

-There are currently no links to the work I'm doing on Jesse's class system or the lore, because much of the lore is conceptual right now and can't be finalized until I discuss it more with Wielder and the rest of the crew. The same is true for the class system.

-My Involvement in Towns Committee + Some of the events I've proposed

There would be more, but as I've said before, I feel limited. In all honesty that has been and will continue to be the biggest problem I have. I respect and understand the statement that not being on crew doesn't prevent me from contributing and being involved, but Jesse(Darius) himself has just stated how difficult it was to be the Haven Moderator without crew privileges, and NO ONE has the right to tell me how my creative processes should work. They work excellently the way they, except that they are currently obstructed.

That being said, here's my answer to your question:

The GML's efforts at revision are well placed but spread too thin. Crew members themselves have stated that they are busy, and have been unable to contribute. This should be one of the first signs that help is needed. In addition to this, in the past the GML has tried to integrate to many separate entities (departments, Armeekorps, registration etc) together with too few members to really make it work, while at the same time only a few of those groups were actually connected through RP and In Character. In my opinion, everything needs to be connected. Consequences for Mercenary Characters in Haven shall reflect upon the Guild's RP World, items and events found will be cataloged and acknowledged throughout the Guild, and in doing all of this everything will start to follow a more cohesive movement.

I've already stated most of my plans for attacking them - head on. I have the time and means to yield alot of new information and content, while revising what we have to make it all flow together. My primary concern is to make the GML a steadfast and engaging RP community where people do more than sit around twiddling their thumbs, waiting for a rare post. Obviously, part of that will be addressed by additional member recruitment, but that alone will only bring us new members, who in turn will be active, then become absent if there's nothing to really keep them here. With Strifer;s help, we will implement a relatively free-form class system that allows people to continue to grow in strength instead of starting at the top, while at the same time allowing them to competently battle with stronger characters. We need new concepts and ideas that are foreign anywhere else on Gaia. Those will become our trademarks, and what we are known for. That is what will get people coming to us, instead of having our members searching for new additions.

----- Okay, that's it for my answer to the question,

Everything I'm doing for GML is selfless, Aisaugi. Everyone here has my assurance on that, and I can be held to it. I want to see, and be responsible for, watching the GML completely reinvent itself for the better, and help it grow into a real organization of merit. I've said it before and I'll say it again, I don't want this promotion for power. There's no "fame" in it. I need the promotion to work at my absolute best, with my production and inspirations unhindered. This is what is best for the Guild. I feel that is rather clear, and might even exceed simply being my opinion, but that is a matter entirely up to a person's perception.

Though, I do have one thing I'd like to state. I am not you, Aiusagi, nor am I K. Do not use yourselves as examples and judge me by them. Each person is radically different from the next, and I have already spent a good amount of time assuring people that I am not volatile, hot headed or any sort of danger to the community based on the judgments others had on people I've never even met. I'd like to request that we not go in that direction again, from a different path. Thank you.

Oh, and one more thing. I'd like to draw everyone's attention to this. The statement "Regardless of this situation's outcome, the Guild wins," is wrong. If I can't do my best for GML, the guild is not winning in any way. If I am crew, I am still a member of this guild. An active member, working to find new members and make them stay. That there's simply "not enough room" for me is a silly thought. This is the internet, there are no boundaries, and I am here to assist in my fullest capacity. The Guild, and its members, win if we can dismiss old rules and mantras, and I have the opportunity to prove myself.

Thank you Strifer, you put that very nicely.

And I'd like to add that what I meant by that is that either way, you and I and everyone else are still gonna work for a better guild despite the outcome. If you don't become a Crew member, I doubt you're just gonna toss everything aside and walk away forever and ever. If you do become Crew, you will carry on with what you've started.

That's all I'm saying right now. I'm not discussing other stuff or anything and I don't expect anyone to discuss what I've said. I'm just explaining that sentence. I'll continue watching now.

This is where the matter stands as of now.

Darius, Gear, Strifer, and Ratchet support my promotion to Crew.

K and Hakabakashi do not support my promotion to Crew.

Sagi is in the process of making her decision.

Xeg and Kaneharo have not contributed to the discussion.

As of this time, Wielder has abstained from making a decision.

I know that a couple of the aforementioned are not members of the crew, but as they have given their input, I wanted to be sure they were acknowledged. I will send a PM to Xeg to see if he's willing to post. As for Kaneharo... who/where is he?

I would like to keep this discussion moving. I am noticing that Guild activity is only continuing to decline while we deliberate on this. A decision must be made.

Hm... I see my Opinion is moot, since Wielder has answered before I had time to read the thread.

However, Ferregar, if you do continue your work as Haven Mod, You may PM me or any other crew member for changes needed to the Haven. I generally get on for about 5 minutes two times every day, and any PM I see from you will take priority.

I have to agree with Wielder. For one big reason. The degrading attitude. I have little responsibilities around here, and most all of those are direct requests from Wielder. I've done a decent amount of things, and stay behind the scenes. All of my situations in which I need more control, however, I simply pass the information up the chain. I'm sure if I were to be more active, I'd at least be a crew member. But that's against my own point. Which is that were I to be promoted, it would be due to me being promoted without asking. I have been promoted in a few guilds on Gaia,. and on forum boards, but never due to request. Well, my own request.

I guess what I'm trying to say is if the guild sees the need for more people to be in control and you keep up the good actions, you'll get a promotion.

Though, personally I'd keep an eye on you after the shift in mannerisms, no offense...

I understand, but I am disappointed that this "degrading attitude" you all have seen is being misinterpreted and used against me. I am simply frustrated, and am tired, and have been incredibly stressed with the matters of my finals week. Graduating in two weeks is really grinding on me, so I sincerely request you don't see this as anything but RL frustration manifesting itself.

As for the Ultimatum I made, how does it seem unreasonable? This is not a threat against the guild, and I NEVER STATED I would be quitting the guild. I love GML. That's what I've said since the very beginning. All I said was true: If I can't have the accessibility I need, I can't offer to take on everything I've said I'd do.

There's too much to discuss here. I'm also protective of the content I make. That shouldn't be unexpected. When I imagine something, I want people to acknowledge that. Not in praise, but simply seeing that it is mine. The content I make is for the guild, but I want that acknowledgment. Please give it to me Wielder. If that comes in the form of small text acknowledging me like I requested from you previously, then that's fine. But seeing my work under another person's name is unsettling to me, especially when only I know any better.

Please reconsider this. My attitude isn't changing. I'm just overwhelmed,

What about the compromise mentioned earlier- giving me a temporary promotion in 24 hour segments that allow me to post up and organize everything one day of the week? Even 12 hours.