Hey everyone,
Summer's around the corner again! It seems like only yesterday we were welcoming in 2019. As per usual, we are actively working on strengthening our staff team for Summer to support the increased activity on the server and the larger influx of requests from the community. Every year we work on bolstering our tester and admin team to try and ensure around-the-clock coverage and support for the community.
We will be welcoming a brand new batch of testers to our staff team with this update. As always, it's fantastic to see such a high level of interest from our community when applications for the staff team open. We received upwards of ~120+ applications this drive, but can only accept a certain number of candidates each time we hold a drive. We will be welcoming 22 new testers into our team this month. If you did not make the cut this time: try again next time! Being active on the server and demonstrating qualities fit for our staff team will aid your chances. We particularly like to see candidates actively posting on our boards in a constructive and friendly fashion. Verified Discussions is a good medium for that. If you don't have years of experience on the server then that's always a good way to keep up with current affairs and get more involved.
We are also introducing 7 of our staff team members to the Tester-Admin Scheme to bolster our administrative numbers for the Summer, too. They will work across the next month (or longer) to qualify as Level 1 Administrators and join our administration team.
Verified Discussions: This is a reminder to check out the Verified Discussions forum and, if you're interested in contributing there, be sure to read the announcement about it. This continues to be a more productive area to generate discussions with the community.
Contact: My inbox is always open for queries and comments. If you want to strike up a conversation with me about something that concerns you, or want to flag my attention to a discussion that could use input or management's opinion, feel free to reach out to me and let me know. I try to respond to every message that I receive despite the amount that I get on a daily basis. Forum PM (on these boards) is always the best way to get in touch with me and guarantee that I see your message. Please do not rely on Discord as a means of getting in touch with me directly.
I will now move on to announce new testers, tester reinstatements, admin promotions, admin reinstatements and TA scheme inductions:
Congratulations to the following people who will be welcomed into our staff team for the very first time:
Alex_Hawkins
Amine
Anthony_Navarra
AntiDepressant
Codsworth
DDaniels
dom
Dynasty
Jaz
Kayayday
Kolyah
lambchops
Lewis
Mikhail
Moyles
Quixotic
Ray_Farias
SixFeetUnda
Ten
Tweak
Unofficial
Warren_Hewitt
And welcome back to the following testers who will be reinstating into the tester team:
Eric
La Bonheur
Psycho
Congratulations again, and I look forward to seeing you around the server and the forums! Please contact Bennemus to take the next step and be welcomed into the team. He is the point of contact for the Tester Team as your Head of Testers.
Admin Level 2 -> 3
Dustie
Toretto
Congratulations to the above on their promotions. Well deserved.
I'd like to welcome back the following administrator to the team:
Davis
Congratulations and I look forward to seeing you around again.
The following testers will be given the opportunity to join our Tester-Admin scheme and learn the ropes of administration and perhaps become a part of our game administration team in time:
Coral
Ellie.
Helius
James
Kane
Lemon
Shopworn
Congratulations to the above and good luck.
Thanks for reading,
Surreal
