(02-05-2020, 01:34 PM)Lythrilux Wrote: Been there, done that, realized I utterly wasted my time and I'm never getting it back. Even if you learn stuff and put yourself forward to help with the workload you either get ignored or disappointed, and it's not worth it.
Well then I guess you've failed. Being ignored at first and then being disappointed was the least of troubles I had to deal with. Not that it should be normal experience, but then so are many other things not even related to individual personalities that were around. Some people were annoying to deal with, sure, but it is technical issues that often were much severe blocks.
I think I could easily have ended up being high up in the Staff if I acted slimier and backstabbed my friends. People aren't praised, rewarded or treated based on their own merits, skillset, and motivation, but instead whether or not they have the right connections or how far they're willing to drop into the pit to get what they want. I suppose you could say I failed; I didn't game the system and tried doing things honestly, and it achieved nothing.