Sunday, May 30th, 2010
Issue: 30   Editor: HowlingMadMika


All Potential HDOS Apply! HowlingMadMika
It used to be Elite Guard policy to vouch for HDO candidates. An Elite Guard member would vouch for players they felt would make fine HDOs. The entire Elite Guard would then debate about the vouched player, and eventually an Administrator would make the final decision and act if the decision was positive. This police changed this Thursday, however, when 5litre updated the News page with a questionnaire for players who would like to become HDO.

“Having our current 3 HDO's is the lowest number of HDO's we've ever had (at least have had in a long time) and I feel bringing in a couple more will help take the ease off our current HDO's as well as try to have more members online throughout the day,” 5litre told the Buzz. He had decided to opt for the application process in order to learn more about the background of the players who are interested in the position that entails a yellow username.

Despite having the players apply themselves, the Elite Guard still has a say in what will happen with regards to players being added to the team. “I just decided to try something new as there may be players who are overlooked due to mods not being online at the same time as them,” said 5litre. It is of course true that this new method will allow a lot of players to apply, so the chances of being overlooked by a member of the Elite Guard is taken out of the calculation. Nevertheless, this method may cause a large amount of applications which may mean players have to be somewhat lucky to stand out.

5litre assured us the application process was taken seriously. “I am personally reading through each and every application that has been sent to me and unfortunately I will not be able to respond to everyone. But be assured that I have read your application.”

Based on what the Buzz has been told, a lot of applications have already been coming in. In fact, after the release of the message on the News page, it was updated and now included a deadline of Saturday, 3PM Bootleggers time. This means that, at the time of this article being published, the recruiting has already been closed and potential candidates may already be in the process of being reviewed, and who knows, being added soon. “Not too sure,” 5litre said. “It could be as early as next week, or could be as long as a few months from now.”