I know a lot of Fire peeps are sitting in a VC together fretting over the OOF Raffle that hasn't been revealed to any of us. We started school this week so we can't help out a whole lot but we are planning on buying fodder and exalting it off the AH? ? ? Will a handful of fodder a day even help us win dom? It feels like the AA have things together but there is just no communication and it makes me feel uncomfortable.
are other flights more open and communitive? I don't like this feeling at ALL. I feel like it's going to go live and it'll be fine. They have so many items the OOF Raffle won't be a mess right? Right?
In my flight users could like, stalk the raffle inventory spreadsheet to see what's been assigned to upcoming raffles if they wanted to, I guess? So the info is available but not broadcasted or advertised by the team. I don't think anyone really looks because it's not like we can win the OOF prizes anyway.
same here, this is surreal to hear that fire doesn't have this option. i always like donating a few items our dom team has logged as "wanted" for their OOF raffles. bizarre to think that this isnt a priority?
DA I thought that "10500/L7" was a misclick, went to check and it wasn't??? Average payout for a L7 is 11250, so I could imagine rounding down to 11000, but all prices are about 1kt below average exalt payout. The raffle prices are quite obviously meant to make significant money for Fire('s dom team) - even assuming the absolute low number of 10k dragons in OOFR (and most raffles tend to get more), that's at least 10 million of outright profit. Why do these idiots even have a public buy in a fest push, did they imagine that raffle profit will cover the buy's loss? Wow. Fuck them.
So the AA's plan is just that, to make profit for not only the PB but also from the raffle and the guilt people will feel when Fire doesn't get on top of Earth. The AA doesn't want to lose any funds.
The person from the AA who is on right now is trying SO hard but isn't one of the main bank holders. This user is trying to run a Blitz, but with most of the heavy hitters recently switching, a bunch of the regulars going to first/second week of school there just aren't participants. The OOF Raffle looks a lot better than the IF Raffle looks to me so there isn't a huge desire to help. I feel bad for the Blitz runner because they're trying but the lack of prep just nuked us.
Fire's dom is terminal and it doesn't look like we have any chance. People don't want to exalt at a loss for the raffle or wait for 1hr+ for the PB. It's just not going to happen.
If that member trying to Blitz is who I think it is, I know them from elsewhere and they're legitimately trying very hard to get Fire Dom to at the very least be functional. Breaks my heart knowing they're seemingly fighting a losing battle :/
Out of curiosity, what does your IFR look like if it's even worse than the OOFR?
It's most likely who you are thinking of. They are new to the AA and very active and they are TRYING. It is absolutely heartbreaking to see them trying so hard.
The IF has prizes that make me wish we HAD Baldwin in the IF. We don't even have a fire egg in the IF.
other flights are waaay more open and communicative than this. I've been in water and plague and they're both like the complete opposite. join one of them and you'll be totally shocked.
the thing is there are so many FF events! there is fest/dom enthusiasm visible to me from inf people but it doesn't seem to affect week to week placings. Running more like PB in off weeks with like 8.5kt level 5s (and maybe gem payouts) would probably meshed with that enthusiasm get more actual 1s or 2nds.
even things like "here flight is the inf/oof raffle, help me sort it or spellcheck things or name packs w flight puns" can really motivate people.
asking for help can feel like "we're a dom team we should be able to do this ourselves" but that's a trap leading to dom leader burnout.
why the oof fire sprite/wc scroll/noc eggs/gem mp aviator set isn't the first 5 prizes is like baffling to me.
more prizes to be added during the week is not my favorite thing to see but that could be accommodating later donations/left over from battle coding.
The art prizes are stellar/super motivating to me! (however the payouts are not motivating so fire will get one (1) daily dragon for the badge and I'll gander at foddart/artist shops).
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Re: Not ready for FF
(Anonymous) 2022-08-21 04:57 am (UTC)(link)are other flights more open and communitive? I don't like this feeling at ALL. I feel like it's going to go live and it'll be fine. They have so many items the OOF Raffle won't be a mess right? Right?
Re: Not ready for FF
(Anonymous) 2022-08-21 06:23 am (UTC)(link)Re: Not ready for FF
(Anonymous) 2022-08-21 11:27 am (UTC)(link)Re: Not ready for FF
(Anonymous) 2022-08-21 11:35 am (UTC)(link)Re: Not ready for FF
(Anonymous) 2022-08-21 01:20 pm (UTC)(link)I thought that "10500/L7" was a misclick, went to check and it wasn't??? Average payout for a L7 is 11250, so I could imagine rounding down to 11000, but all prices are about 1kt below average exalt payout. The raffle prices are quite obviously meant to make significant money for Fire('s dom team) - even assuming the absolute low number of 10k dragons in OOFR (and most raffles tend to get more), that's at least 10 million of outright profit. Why do these idiots even have a public buy in a fest push, did they imagine that raffle profit will cover the buy's loss? Wow. Fuck them.
Re: Not ready for FF
(Anonymous) 2022-08-21 02:08 pm (UTC)(link)The person from the AA who is on right now is trying SO hard but isn't one of the main bank holders. This user is trying to run a Blitz, but with most of the heavy hitters recently switching, a bunch of the regulars going to first/second week of school there just aren't participants. The OOF Raffle looks a lot better than the IF Raffle looks to me so there isn't a huge desire to help. I feel bad for the Blitz runner because they're trying but the lack of prep just nuked us.
Fire's dom is terminal and it doesn't look like we have any chance. People don't want to exalt at a loss for the raffle or wait for 1hr+ for the PB. It's just not going to happen.
Re: Not ready for FF
(Anonymous) 2022-08-21 02:43 pm (UTC)(link)Out of curiosity, what does your IFR look like if it's even worse than the OOFR?
Re: Not ready for FF
(Anonymous) 2022-08-21 03:13 pm (UTC)(link)The IF has prizes that make me wish we HAD Baldwin in the IF. We don't even have a fire egg in the IF.
Re: Not ready for FF
(Anonymous) 2022-08-21 01:46 pm (UTC)(link)Re: Not ready for FF
(Anonymous) 2022-08-21 02:30 pm (UTC)(link)even things like "here flight is the inf/oof raffle, help me sort it or spellcheck things or name packs w flight puns" can really motivate people.
asking for help can feel like "we're a dom team we should be able to do this ourselves" but that's a trap leading to dom leader burnout.
why the oof fire sprite/wc scroll/noc eggs/gem mp aviator set isn't the first 5 prizes is like baffling to me.
more prizes to be added during the week is not my favorite thing to see but that could be accommodating later donations/left over from battle coding.
The art prizes are stellar/super motivating to me! (however the payouts are not motivating so fire will get one (1) daily dragon for the badge and I'll gander at foddart/artist shops).