Sounds interesting.

at 1st i was like "OH NOES wat i didnt want has come to Fiesta!"

but when i thought again, maybe it means we wont have anymore spam bots in town. I've been getting so many whispers by bots its annoying me!

(Although, Serric said CL have the ability to Jail people too, but there's still bots around... hmmm)

Looks like people finds that a [GL] tags also means "kill me" in PVP zone.. they're gonna have a hard time in Battlefield / Battlezone...

Awww. I wish I had been chosen.

Yes, there are the free CS items, the exclusive things that they can use for free that the public can't use, and when they can it will be for a HUGE price, but I really would have done my best to get rid of bots and/or trainers!

And I've never even heard of this "Nei" character... You'd think that a GL would need at least some posts on the forum?

In exchange for a cool dragon to fly in.... you're gonna be hammered by a lot of players that you've never met and have done nothing to....

You've gotta have lotsa patience i think....

....from what I just read, I think Serric is afraid of people finding something out. He got awfully huffy over very little just there.

Maybe the GL's are actually CL's, unlike what was said, and that there was an effort to hide/cover-up the truth?

...You would THINK that there would be some sort of information regarding how someone aspiring to be a GL or an announcement of their introduction to the game would be here.

Conspiricy/10

If it is something like that^

...people should be pissed...

Until I see an official announcement from SnakeEyes/Dakkon/SKiNG otherwise, I'm not going to pass judgement on whether I think "Nei/Nel" or whomever that person's name was. I do believe it is NOT a GM, but I also cannot believe, at the moment, that the person is NOT a pre-existing moderator.

Foolish move.

Outspark's selection Community Leaders was bad enough; reading some of their posts, they are often woefully incompetent in their assessment of Fiesta. The selection appears to be solely on activity: the more active, the more likely you acquire status. I am willing to wager that at least one obtained rank through obsequiousness, considering his or her behavior on another forum unaffiliated with this game and company.

As for giving free cash items to these users, along with server-wide shout permissions, I truly question the tact of Outspark. While paying customers pay—myself included—to enjoy a bonus feature of the game, many issues remain prominent, many of the potent skills remain unreleased. Oh yes, let's make—and I quote a high ranking official here—more money rather than fix things! I am well aware of the "fixes" that have surfaced, at any rate. Certain members of this forum could probably fix the errors faster than the officials. Interestingly enough, quests that have broken from the first day of OB release remain broken, but they are able to repair the Earth Day HP Potion rather quickly. Coincidence? I think not.

This applies to the selection of GL's. I strongly doubt that these users were appointed based on experience. Activity is understandable, obsequiousness is amusing if it is a guideline to worming into favor.

Conclusion: Outspark staff doesn't appear to really think things through. There is no problem with granting certain "respected" individuals power to moderate forums, but I wonder how cash items in-game help moderate the forums. To quote directly what the Community Leader's role is:

Game, set, match. Got off topic a bit, but the point is clear.

i actually thought about that, too.... yet no proof.

I only remember GameHelper, aka centrix, running around in uru with lv80 equip.

I dont think there is any idea worse then giving people unofficially associated with Outspark power ingame. Like MaxOff say it'll only be a matter of weeks *months at the most* before someone is banned because the GL didn'*t like that person. I've already had one of the CL's*lordalden* act a moron with me on another game*Holic* and after I said was gonna air his dirty laundry out on FF he decided to *introduce* himself to the community. If you are gonna appoint certain people to positions like that lol at least give the players the chance to say yes or no.