[zenith]

This year I haven't emptied my email inbox, and I have 33k emails in there. I try to get to them all. When I use to have players email Err while I was away, they wouldn't... they'd just wait to mail me when I got back. A normal day of 400 or so emails would turn into 10 for Err.

Do i read every single forum post? I can't. It's impossible to read and respond to every post, respond to email, and code. We have moderators to help keep out the noise, but then they get ripped to shreds for doing their jobs.

Err leaving me in the dust without finishing what he was working on really set me back. Is it time for in-game staff? Yes. Will players be acceptable as in-game staff to the community is the million-dollar question. No matter what I do, the perception that in-game staff will have some sort of advantage over everyone else will always be there, and it's just not a good thing. No matter who gets picked, there will be objections.

I'd love to have 2-3 in-game staff members who could field questions, respond to disputes, and handle the daily tasks while I ignored everything and coded. If that happened, and I didn't have to do everything on my own, I think we can get back on track.

As for the code, I'm currently redoing and finishing Err's attack code. Cyberware removal was just too complicated and was canned. My primary goal is to finish Err's new attack code and then get the newest weapons out to shops. Then go from there.

As for someone admitting they were a multi... I must have missed the post.