You are all dreaming up possible scenarios, and slapping down my idea because of them.
If you're gonna be an admin of a server, you need to dream up possible scenarios regardless. We're all viewing this as a bad idea, mainly because you will not have the knowledge to fix things that need to be fixed. Not slapping them down, simply putting your feet back on the ground from your head being too far in the clouds.
None of you know me, and who are you to say how involved I will or will not be, or what level of power I would allow my GMs to have. Not to mention that a lot of things that you all have mentioned are considerations that led to the idea of offering monitary compensation for services provided by my staff. And you are just assuming that I would not try to learn the important things as I am going.
As yC said, you'll most likely get scammed. Happens a lot, then you'll qq about how you got scammed and we'll all say 'told ya so'. Also, we assume you wont learn because you already stated that you wish not to bother learning to set up a server yourself. Thats the best way to learn how to get things done, doing it yourself. Or at least trying and maybe getting some help from rathena.org or something, if you come across problems.
I just thought it would be easier to get a server that was already set up for the most part, if there were someone who wanted to abandon theirs. I don't really get why that is such a big deal. Even if I learn how to set up my own server, all of the concerns that you all have mentioned would still be concerns. ANd even more so because I am sure things would be more buggy and glitchy if i were to attempt to do it myself rather than hiring people who actually know what they are doing.
It would be easier in the sense that you didn't have to set it up, it wouldn't be easier in the sense that when something goes wrong you're gonna stare at your computer screen and be like 'Ahurrrrduuuuurrrr'. Yes, they would still be concerns....that you'll have to deal with. Or guess what? Incoming qq about how you're a nab admin who doesn't know what they're doing and doesn't know how to run a server. Believe me, you'll get that. The last part about it being more buggy and glichy is not always true, what if you hire someone who also doesn't know what they're doing? Best bet is to try yourself and seek help along the way, instead of hiring someone you don't know and don't trust. It's the internet, you're bound to get scammed.
I have good intentions in creating a server, I know a lot about RO including about corruption on private servers, and I have a lot of really great ideas for not only server content, but also how to try to go about staffing it to avoid things like this. Not to mention the means to fund it.
Awesome, i've met tons of people like you. Great ideas for a server, knows a lot about RO, has money to run a server. But guess what? You still need to have knowledge to be an -admin-. I say you join a team of people by setting up a resume and impliment your ideas on an already pre-existing server or one that is being currently made. There are tons of servers hiring and honestly we have too many servers out there nowadays. I would much rather have someone Administrating who knows what the heck they're doing over someone who is 'learning along the way'.
Maybe it will work out and maybe it wont but you are all flaming me based on assumptions, and I did not come here looking for an argument. I don't think me buying a server that is already set up, hiring someoen to set it up, or me setting it up myself would really make any difference for many of the issues you are so concerned about. Anyway, obviously this was the wrong place to make this post, so do what you will with it.
It most likely -won't- work out -well-. We're not saying at all, we're saying -well-. ( Well, I'm saying well anyways. ) We're not flaming you, we're just sometimes harsh cause we tell you how it is, how it will be, things you're not looking outsider's points of view. Basically people are concerned that you are not going to learn how to admin, [ just end up being one of those admins who screw around on the server and think you're gonna rack in some serious money, which you're not at least not in the beginning anyways ] you dont know how to run a server and you're most likely going to get scammed. If you don't feel like these 'issues' are real, then fine. By all means go buy a server and buy your way through it. Have fun burning a hole in your wallet.
PS: Maybe you work for a smaller pizza chain or something, but from what I know most pizza and fast food places order things like dough pre made, and do not actually make it in house from scratch.
Just because its premade doesnt mean that people don't know how its made. I've worked for Arby's, Subway, and Wal Mart. All the managers knew ingredients and how things were made. You have to know these things, cause what if someone came in with a certain allergy and needed to know if a certain ingredient was in the whatever it is they ordered?
As far as Wal Mart goes, the managers know how to run pretty much every part of the store. They had to start from the bottom and work their way up, LEARNING SKILLS and ABILITIES along the way, they didnt jump into the managment position out of no where and just learn to be a manager on the way, No. They had to work for it and learn how to BE a manager.
