some PoTM do not deserve their titles
 

In my opinion someone chosen as the Player of the Month by OutSpark should at least be helpful to the community and display characteristics worthy of mirroring. However, after receiving some screenshots containing whispers of ill nature between the current PoTM and my friend, I was truly disgusted:

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Above is the screenshot of the conversation, with the names and excessively offensive language blocked out of course. The PoTM attacked my friend in game with fabricated claims regarding her sexual behavior in RL, as well as attempted crude manipulations of words in order to justify her aggressive behavior toward her former guild, all just to have a member of the guild quit.

I thought of not mentioning her behaviours on the public announcement thread, for the sake of saving her face, and this is the kind of treatment she gives her former friends - just because of her personal anger, her former guild now "deserve to burn", and a former guildy is now a "s**t" to be insulted via whisper.

What right does a person whose traits are as despicable as this have at receiving a supposedly honorary title? :mad: I'd call it a hypocricy.

Yeah I think recently PotM is like whoever bought the most CS stuff ? =/
Nobody with no CS has every won it xD I think.


But yeah that's bad o.O

She "burned" our guild under her interview prepared a month ago, and now she "burns us in hell" in her outspark public profile.... Talk about hatred lol

I never really understood how this whole POTM thing worked. I do get it if they were chosen for helping many people out in and around their forums cause that's easy to see. But how is a GM or any staff member able to see how they are in-game? O_o

Like you posted that particular individual isn't the happiest player on earth... hm... One of life's mysteries perhaps?

Far from happy lol, I'd call scenarios involving her a bomb with short fuse.

potm is the biggest fake in fiesta. Its the one who is closest to most GMS or spends the most in the CS, imo, not ANYTHING to do with how nice they are.

Peope like thoose, who get potm and yet fail to be in the mentality of "Player of the month", are just people one should ignore.

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Eh, not all of the Players of the Month are jackasses. These things tend to be very subjective.

Yeah, not all of them are jerkfaces, true. They were jerkfaces to begin with... and has a tendency to brown nose. :3

Wasn't our very own Yosei a PotM? We at least know she's quality. They just need to tighten up their vetting process.

One of the early ones.


Maybe they're running out..?

Because all the good players left for a better game and community? :]

House! I miss House. -sigh-

Anyway, maybe next month will be better. IMO, if you're bashing someone like that in an interview as well as your 'personal' page... OS should realize this. .__. I mean if you're going to discourage blacklisting and such... but oh well.

Then maybe I'm a potential candidate? :laugh:

Seriously, though I'd always thought they'd have like a random drawing system (maybe not too random) for PoTM.

Player of the month is supposed to be someone established in the community. If it was random, you run the risk of electing johnny noob the level 4 cleric as player of the month. Outspark cant make him PoTM because his armor sucks so they cant take good screenshots.

Honestly I think that loveless is on the right track with this one. I think the title has a pricetag on it and has alot to do with official forum brown nosing, event participation and sparkcash purchases. Ive been thinking this ever since they introduced it because not once will you EVER see a mid leveled cookie cutter character with no CS items as PoTM. EVER. EVER.
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While I agree with you completely, LMSTIX, would outspark see that as a biased view?

I wa sjust about to point out about Yosei xD

Yeah, Outspark started with the best people then as they ran out fo ideas went
"allrighty, these people are helpful, OH! no Sparkcash, we can't show a picture of them without advertising our merchendise! Oh wells~"

I was once a very high-up in Apoline, After my comp crashed, I was midddle class again, Perhaps If i waste enough of my money on ig CLOTHING, People will love me for (Who i am?) It.

Are you talking about the latest one?

Because she is completely 'un-funny'.

"Because I'm the most awesomestness zombie", gtfo.

I do not know Yosei in game, but from what I've read on the forums I'd agree she is an example of a PoTM who deserve the title. =P While it is a bit statistically biased I'd say 99.9% of the posts done by the current PoTM revolved around her PoTM thread. Truly helpful isn't it? :nahnah:

I'd hate to be quoted as saying all POTM are brown nosers though. .__. I know some are deserving while many others are not. There are numerous people who 'stand out' on the forums whom I dislike cause they seem like people who'd speak to you as if you were 2 years old cuz u sho kyuooote?

I just read the thread and wow, she is such a 'female dog' if you get what I mean...

/c+pfrommyoutsparkpost

To clarify my point, I meant random to an extent, excluding certain examples (like what you pointed out) and probably including players on (the game) pretty frequently (like all the time!).
Plus there are always those who lvl up several times within days, noob or not.

Maybe they should start taking nominations? Cuz yeah... while someone acts sweet and helpful while a GM is around, it doesn't mean they're like that when they're actually out playing the game. I don't know how they're finding the PoTM now, but I was probably found from the forums =/

But yeah... not everyone is going to be rainbows and sunshine, definitely not all the time, I can be a jerk, but thats only when someone is being a jerk to me.

:laugh::love::laugh::cutielove:

I nominate Yosei

:love::laugh::cutielove:

I Nominate an account that has been dead for the last year :D

By saing "I can be a jerk" means you are a jerk all the time, and only act "Nice". I know you to be quite the opposite. You are actually nice, but can act like a jerk sometimes. When someone provokes you to change your mood, your actions do not define you so therefor you cannot be held in the regard of being a "Jerk", but more along the lines of "Upset". Something more temporary, as being a "Jerk" is somewhat of a permanent thing.

This chick, and some of the other PoTM's I have met ARE jerks, and only ACT nice.

So dont sell yourself short like that Yosei.

No, because then it'll be even more a popularity contest.

Methinks she suffers from a virus known as Perma-PMS syndrome...

Eh, I don't really see how it could become any MORE of a popularity contest. About the only way I could see them getting a good idea of the person is to basically stalk them in-game for a bit. They could get a few people in mind then "tap" their whisper lines for a while, see how they act. It'd be tedious, I'm sure, but without having the name leaked to some actual players, I don't see how else they could properly vet the person. It's probably more trouble than it's worth to do a good job, though.

By nominations, I'd say essays as to why they deserve it, things they've done around the community, and such. Anyone can say "They help friends and guildies with quests". And it wouldn't necessarily be based off of the amount of the amount of nominations, but the essays.

Thats how I'd do it..

I agree with Yosei's point. Rather than to have OutSpark choose who is worthy, it should be us the players that vote on these things. After all no GM know the community better than the community itself.

Eh, I don't think it should be voted on by the community. Then it becomes a pure popularity contest. The essay is a good idea, though.

Yeah, voting is COMPLETELY pointless. It'll always be rigged.

Alsooo, I really thought Celtic_Princes was very worthy, she's very nice in-game as well as on the forums, and is defanitly very helpful. Her and Yosei were two of the ones I really ever thought was deserving.

There was another one...Twilight something or other. He always seemed pretty cool in game. He had a trivia contest in Elderine one time and I snagged 500s for answering a single question.

Ethe plays on apples, right?

And also, I think that if a player is selected a POTM, I think they have a title, and a reputation to keep, regardless of what has or havent happend in the past, and for he/she to come along and say/do these things is truly unacceptable.