(06-04-2014, 03:57 PM)Zhavi Wrote: Ask people who show initiative to be your officers. Never promote anyone who asks for a leadership position. If they want it, they'll show you by putting the effort in.
This is an important point. When I've run guilds in the past, I quickly discovered that the best officers are the ones who are available, friendly, and considerate, and who put in the effort to make RP fun for everyone (not just themselves; there are sadly some who put in a lot of effort, but only to enrich their own story at the cost of others'). These players never ask for leadership authority and are often surprised when you offer it.
IMO, officer positions are best held by those who want them least. This is also why I always recommend against "open calls" for officers; that's asking for the willing, not necessarily the able, and the people who make the best officers usually would prefer not to deal with OOC and instead help build good RP.
YMMV, of course.
As for the dreading to log in... yeah. That's very true. That's why I'm just the housing manager for Mysterium now -- I didn't have the time or emotional energy to run an FC of our size when I resigned. The good thing about having great officers, though, is that there'll be one who can step in if you need to take a break.
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