Wolves. By now you all have likely noticed LiLBadGal has left us for the land of the Misfits and are likely wondering what happened. I feel I owe you all, especially those of you who were recruited by LiL, an explanation.
I PM'd LiL to get her input on a promotion. We have several jobs open including Admin Officer and Master At Arms, both of which were recently vacated and needed filled. I asked LiL which job she might be interested in as my plan was to promote her into one or the other position. While attempting to explain the job duties, I informed her that one of the jobs, the MAA, is more of a title than anything that requires work... but my wording was such that she understood it as I said she didn't do anything. Now I consider myself fairly articulate, but re-reading my pm I was able to see that my wording could have been more clear. LiL has done a ton for our squad and was understandably upset, thinking at the time I was saying she didn't do anything. The reality is the job of MAA doesn't really do anything, and I think I put it something like "you could take that job because you don't actually do anything", meaning of course the job offered not the job she had been doing. Obviously this was a huge misunderstanding and entirely my fault for rushing the PM and not proof reading.
With my schedule I get about 1/2 hour a day on the game and forum on days that I work. By the time I got back to see what had happened LiL had left us and been accepted into the Misfits.
I cannot speak for LiL, but I can say that I have absolutely no ill-feelings towards her. She had served us well in her time in Wolf Pack, and I was sorry to see her go. I had no choice but to wish her the best in her new squad, and thank her for her service to WP.
We have a great bunch of folks here and I work as hard as I can to keep our best interests in mind when dealing with the administrative side of running things around here. Unfortunately there is a huge difference between media based communication and face to face interaction, and my forte seems to be face to face vice media based. As a US Navy CPO, part of my responsibility was to train the junior officers and newly selected CPO's. One of my personal pet peeves were the ones who wanted to pass instructions via email or social media, and I would insist they do business face-to-face in order to prevent things like what just happened between LiL and I from happening. Face to face is impossible here so there is a substantial likelihood there will be future events like the one I just experienced. That's the nature of the beast.
I take full responsibility for LiL's departure. Make sure that when you see her around you say hi and wish her well in her new squad.
You are a great group of folks and certainly have enough solid wolves to overcome almost anything the game or its players throw our way. Putting this into perspective this is still a game that should be fun for all of us. We are going to see folks come and go, and some of them may be brand new or old salts. We are strong enough to overcome the loss of any one of us and still be a very successful and respected squadron.
I will continue to run the squad in the same way we have so far and do the best job I can in the execution of my duties. I owe that to each one of you. Im going to make mistakes along the way, we all do, however I hope none of you lose confidence in my ability to represent us as Wolf Pack.
Lastly, my door is always open for ideas, recommendations, or just to come on in, kick your feet up, and shoot the breeze over a drink. We are in this together as a squad and as a family.
Viper10