"I believe it's the feeling there is a lack of transparency... Just a little bit of transparency would be appreciated. "

this, so much this, a thousand times THIS.

ive been staff of avi forum sites before. i have no issues with staff participating in events. in fact it hurt my feelings when people were upset for my participation. however, if staff are ignoring their duties in order to participate as a user, thats a no from me. i would never have done that cause thats not right. staff deserves to enjoy the site as users, but they have a duty first.

people were discouraged by an admin on the leaderboards. but people are so much more discouraged by the sheer number of points required for elite tier, and the fact that we have no clue how many points future tasks will bring. people are discouraged because we arent told things. people are discouraged because of the timers on these tasks, make it stressful to get sleep and be healthy, thinking all their work may be for nothing if they dont reach elite.

how can it be that people who spend their entire waking moments on dv for this event cannot reach elite tier? why would you make it so people actually have to give up sleep to achieve this? i dont understand. do you want us to have fun ? lol

the leaderboard wasnt really the big issue, im glad it might solve a few things but not really the big picture. i just dont get it. im confused. we are all confused. please communicate.