(08-06-2017, 08:18 AM)Grapehead Wrote:This is the media's problem, not the bank. Fix the media backlog and there's no problem in the bank, end of story. I've worked my butt off trying to resolve people's bank issues, audit their accounts, and going through their post history. I will not accept this problem being dumped on the bank. You are not denied trainging if you have incoming payments, but we just ask that you wait to buy gear. Everyone is treated the same in the bank so no one is disadvantaged by the bank. If media is being graded out of order then there is your problem. Sorry, but I'm not adjusting the bank to continue to allow this media backlog to be ignored!

(08-06-2017, 11:18 AM)Grapehead Wrote:This is the media's problem, not the bank. Fix the media backlog and there's no problem in the bank, end of story. I've worked my butt off trying to resolve people's bank issues, audit their accounts, and going through their post history. I will not accept this problem being dumped on the bank. You are not denied trainging if you have incoming payments, but we just ask that you wait to buy gear. Everyone is treated the same in the bank so no one is disadvantaged by the bank. If media is being graded out of order then there is your problem. Sorry, but I'm not adjusting the bank to continue to allow this media backlog to be ignored!

(08-06-2017, 01:31 PM)Kristy95 Wrote:I am not blaming the bank. Of course I am blaming the media. But with the media being as crazy as it is, the bank shouldn't be enforcing this rule. It is silly. And also, what does that say about how the league is working together if bank and media are not able to work together to come up with a solution.

(08-06-2017, 11:18 AM)Grapehead Wrote:This is the media's problem, not the bank. Fix the media backlog and there's no problem in the bank, end of story. I've worked my butt off trying to resolve people's bank issues, audit their accounts, and going through their post history. I will not accept this problem being dumped on the bank. You are not denied trainging if you have incoming payments, but we just ask that you wait to buy gear. Everyone is treated the same in the bank so no one is disadvantaged by the bank. If media is being graded out of order then there is your problem. Sorry, but I'm not adjusting the bank to continue to allow this media backlog to be ignored!

(08-06-2017, 09:42 AM)Kristy95 Wrote:So, frankly this needs to be a discussion.

We are all aware that there is a massive media backlog. I am not mad about that. The graders are doing what they can. Though frankly, there should be a better system in place. Some graders are grading backlog, others are just grading random new articles. There is no rhyme or reason to that and in no way is this fair to players. Players only get updated once a week and by randomly picking new articles, some players have a clear advantage.

People work hours on articles and then get told that with the bank rules, they can't use that money to buy anything. I get that the bank rules are in place for a reason. But they shouldn't be used yet until the backlog is fixed. What is the point in that? That makes no sense.

Honestly, this has ruined any interest I have in writing articles. I spend hours and hours researching and writing articles. Yeah some of it is so that I can buy equipment but mostly it was because I was obsessed with this league and wanted to write awesome articles other people liked reading. But why even give a damn when rules like that are enforced? I am not blaming the people enforcing the rules, I am blaming the rule being idiotic.

Well, no more articles from me for a while. I need some space from this. And I am sure I am not the only person affected by this. Fix the damn rules.

(08-06-2017, 01:38 PM)HalfEatenOnionBagel Wrote:Yeah I think everyone understands the issue with auditing accounts, so we absolutely don't want to make your job harder. We're just trying to figure out this backlog problem which clearly seems like a media issue. I think there are plenty of people willing to help either on the bank or media end just for a short time to make sure we get through this backlog and everyone can get the pay they deserve quickly while making things easy for the bank.

(08-06-2017, 09:41 AM)Grapehead Wrote:I can for sure help out grading, because we do need more people than currently hired by the media in my opinion. We could hammer it out some afternoon with like 20 people lending a hand.

@Ballerstorm how about a media grading day where anyone who helps grade a couple of articles gets $1m or something? I just looked at the backlog again and it definitely looks like we need to do something major to get ahead of the game.

(08-06-2017, 10:18 AM)Grapehead Wrote:This is the media's problem, not the bank. Fix the media backlog and there's no problem in the bank, end of story. I've worked my butt off trying to resolve people's bank issues, audit their accounts, and going through their post history. I will not accept this problem being dumped on the bank. You are not denied trainging if you have incoming payments, but we just ask that you wait to buy gear. Everyone is treated the same in the bank so no one is disadvantaged by the bank. If media is being graded out of order then there is your problem. Sorry, but I'm not adjusting the bank to continue to allow this media backlog to be ignored!