Im Going To Sob

Man though you know what makes me sorta sad is when nerdy, “quiet” kids latch on to me during camp and they just talk and talk and talk about a thing they’re into (Skyrim, Pokemon, Harry Potter, Doctor Who, dinosaurs, whatever). And I see the kids just light up when they say something and I can chime in with an ‘oh hey, are you talking about [x]? I love that thing! Tell me more about it.’

Like, their parents will warn me ‘so-and-so is pretty quiet and hard to engage’ but no, man, just listen, your kid is so smart and so into This Thing, they’ll engage like fuck and talk your damn ear off it you let them. Frame it in their damn terms. Or! Just! Listen to them about their Thing! And they will engage with the rest of the material! Because they know you care about them! Amazing!!!

Can we, collectively as a fandom, pledge not to thirst over the new James

ANNE RESCUE PARTY TUESDAY, FEB 19 9PM EST - SERVER CLOSE PANDORIA -> CAMPSITE

Hey guys!!  So, in honor of this amazing leg of our adventure coming to a close, I thought we could send it off with a bang!

First, we’ll visit Anne in Pandoria, maybe walk around her island for a bit, take pictures, etc, and then head to the campsite and hang out until the server goes down for the update!  If anyone wants, we could even trail ride from the portal to the campsite together!

Of course, you don’t have to stay the whole time, or come right as it starts! 

I’m so excited to see you guys there!!

EDIT: If the final chapter is delayed a week or so, I’ll go ahead and push this back to the night before it comes out!  This is just a rough estimate based on the pattern we’ve been seeing so far!

Deep in my heart I always knew these two were bros

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you know i had to do it to em

Aideen ~ Earth Mother; Life Giver; Lady of Forests, Mountains and Fields

SSO blog Masterpost

Hello!

We’ve had another big wave of new sso blogs, as well as a few people messaging me and asking to be removed from the old SSO blog Masterpost, so I figured we should redo it completely to clear out any outdated blogs and blogs that might not want to be on it anymore.

Reblog this post and I will add your name to a masterpost of all ssoblr blogs that can be linked to new members asking about who to follow, as well as act as a reference for older members to look through and find new blogs they might not have seen yet :)

Right. I came across these on Facebook in a response to somebody (crossing their name out to be safe). I’ll translate first: 

Hi [name]! Thank you for expressing your worry for the well-being of those of us working at Star Stable. We are aware that some players have recently discovered Glassdoor, which is a website where current and previous employees anonymously review companies.  While we take all feedback about our company seriously, the anonymous reviews on Glassdoor are just one source of information among many. We are already working hard to solve some of the challenges that have arisen around the engineering (?) and will continue to do so in the future.  We have a strong and happy friendship culture at Star Stable, which is also reflected in the same reviews.  We appreciate your worry for us, but we promise that we are very happy to be part of building the fantastic world of Star Stable - and naturally that includes more quests and even bigger future surprises! 

Now… I’m glad they do appear to actually be aware that people have found the reviews online. That’s a good start. 

But I’m sceptical about some of this. I’d understand wanting to really ensure that people know they’re fine, but some of this comes across like, “They told me to say this” or something? 

I realise it’s important to highlight that there’s both good and bad in reviews about SSE as a workplace, but saying “We have a strong and happy friendship culture” does come off a little “we’re a family here,” I suppose. As does “we promise that we are very happy to be part of…” actually. The very last part of the sentence talking about more quests and surprises in the future feels especially out of place for a response to a comment worrying about the well-being of employees. Sort of “Here, we’ll promise you highly requested content in vague terms, that should settle you, right?” 

Look, maybe I’m reading too much into this response to a Facebook comment. Maybe I’m not. I don’t really want to project my own personal worries and versions of reality onto something that might be totally different from my perception of it. But my main takeaway from this is, I do think management needs to 1) Make a proper statement and not just social media comments (though, the more of these are made, the more it’ll have to push them to actually make a proper statement) and 2) Not just say things, but put words into action and fix whatever is wrong with working for them. 

Promising that the staff are fine would absolutely calm some people down, why would you want to believe they’re lying about that, but it’s not enough here. They need to rethink how they respond to these types of situations, and I do think that to some extent - even if I don’t know to what extent - they are trying to diffuse the situation a tad with this. At least it comes off that way.

(My brain isn’t at 100% right now so feel free to add on or highlight something I might’ve missed or elaborate on what I’ve already said)

what is it about Steve’s farm that makes everyone gather there simply to fight? 

Is it that creepy statue?