The overall job of LESIG is interaction. They are the people whose job's are to make sure that the time spent between Critical Missions and/or Live Events has a high enough level of interaction with storyline elements to keep their assigned organizations feeling active.
Some members have shown that they understand that:
Zeissman - Clocks some time in at least every day, most days multiple hours at a time.
Merrit - Merrit puts in about six+ hours a week, not the most active, but it provides a solid amount of time for interaction, and Merrit even interacts with those outside of her org, which picks up the slack of others.
ExIvy - ExIvy I sometimes think doesn't have all the time available that they would like to have, but when she does jack in, she is always ready to talk to people. She's set up small events off the top of her head, and recognizes the sluggish feeling that players get without that interaction.
Other people don't though. Eventual and Torman [Recursion Mech Liaisons] while they have shown improvement, are not even close to being up to par I'm afraid. While an hour a week between the two of them is a step above not logging in at all for close to three months, it doesn't provide the level of interaction that keeps the Machinist organization feeling active. They have said IC that they have no interest in leveling [which right there would provide hours+ worth of interaction by the time they finished], and when invited to things such as TC's Party, they even said they had no interest in attending parties. What do they have interest in then? It is quite obviously not meeting the goals of the LESIG/Liaison program. While I can say I have enjoyed speaking to the both of them, when I have a chance to. Those chances are few and far between.
Most recently a faction mate of mine, Fenshire, spoke to Eventual, in regards to a LESIG event that he had become involved with through interaction with Merrit. Eventual spoke to him that single time, and apparently gave him some lip service about putting in a request to the "higher ups" etc. Nothing came of it, and by the time the next phase of this event came up? Eventual had not logged in again, and if he had, decided to not respond to Fenshires e-mails in game.
Now, my question in the end comes down to this, why is it that its so easy for someone like me [An outsider of LESIG], to have a higher understanding of the goals of the program, and why is it that people that have proven themselves to either A.) be unwilling to strive toward those goals, or B.) Be unable to achieve those goals are still in the program? The Machine org on recursion has been getting the shaft regarding this entire program since LESIG 2.0 started. Why has nothing been done to fix this? Showing up an hour a week, standing semi-AFK at an org meeting is not being a Liaison. Having the effort to post "I'm here" does not mean you are doing your job as a LESIG member.
People need to be replaced, or step down.
Some members have shown that they understand that:
Zeissman - Clocks some time in at least every day, most days multiple hours at a time.
Merrit - Merrit puts in about six+ hours a week, not the most active, but it provides a solid amount of time for interaction, and Merrit even interacts with those outside of her org, which picks up the slack of others.
ExIvy - ExIvy I sometimes think doesn't have all the time available that they would like to have, but when she does jack in, she is always ready to talk to people. She's set up small events off the top of her head, and recognizes the sluggish feeling that players get without that interaction.
Other people don't though. Eventual and Torman [Recursion Mech Liaisons] while they have shown improvement, are not even close to being up to par I'm afraid. While an hour a week between the two of them is a step above not logging in at all for close to three months, it doesn't provide the level of interaction that keeps the Machinist organization feeling active. They have said IC that they have no interest in leveling [which right there would provide hours+ worth of interaction by the time they finished], and when invited to things such as TC's Party, they even said they had no interest in attending parties. What do they have interest in then? It is quite obviously not meeting the goals of the LESIG/Liaison program. While I can say I have enjoyed speaking to the both of them, when I have a chance to. Those chances are few and far between.
Most recently a faction mate of mine, Fenshire, spoke to Eventual, in regards to a LESIG event that he had become involved with through interaction with Merrit. Eventual spoke to him that single time, and apparently gave him some lip service about putting in a request to the "higher ups" etc. Nothing came of it, and by the time the next phase of this event came up? Eventual had not logged in again, and if he had, decided to not respond to Fenshires e-mails in game.
Now, my question in the end comes down to this, why is it that its so easy for someone like me [An outsider of LESIG], to have a higher understanding of the goals of the program, and why is it that people that have proven themselves to either A.) be unwilling to strive toward those goals, or B.) Be unable to achieve those goals are still in the program? The Machine org on recursion has been getting the shaft regarding this entire program since LESIG 2.0 started. Why has nothing been done to fix this? Showing up an hour a week, standing semi-AFK at an org meeting is not being a Liaison. Having the effort to post "I'm here" does not mean you are doing your job as a LESIG member.
People need to be replaced, or step down.
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). I've always wondered why LESIG wasn't chosen in an open fashion, with liaisons appointed from within the ranks of respected community members.
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