I was just wondering what size of an immortal staff was the general concensus on most effective sizewise. Is a smaller, more intimate staff who handles the essential needs a better balance to the playerbase than a larger staff that may or may not have the same drive and desire as the smaller one? The mud I am Assistant Admin on has a staff of two, me and the boss, with two 'retired' people who show up every couple weeks, hang out and do a couple things. Our playerbase is varied and can be anywhere between 5 and 45, depending on event, time and RL situation (holidays, etc). There are times when the smaller staff we have seems a perfect fit and other times when we simply can't keep control over everything in a satisfactory way, as we're both very in tune with the vision for the mud itself. When we first opened, nearly three years ago, we had six people on a regular basis and eventually had to phase most of them out, for one reason or another. This did the necessary things of getting the basic groundwork down, but most of the 'next step' sort of things happened because of the lead and assistant being focused. The problem we now have is do we regroup and try to expand again or maintain the level we have, because we know the passion and drive for the project is there at the highest level.
What do you all think?
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