PA Team
PATeam are volunteers who slave for Jolt to keep the community alive. They are also invariably and often unjustly wrong in the communities eyes about anything PA related. The team was created in Round 4 (please verify) to replace PACrew.
Originally PATeam was lead by Zeus until the takeover by Jolt (between Round 8 when Planetarion went bust and Round 9) after which Spinner took over, followed by MrBrick until approximatley the end of Round 10 and A2 from then until between Round 12 and Round 13 Many people have been part of PATeam over the years including:
A2, Aryn, Ashknight, Azrael, Biffy (Jolt), Blixxard, Fudge (Creator), Harshak, Ice-Lady, Jakey, JammyJim, JonnyBGood, KaneEd, Karmulian, Kal, Keef (Jolt), Kloopy, Konsul, Legolas, Mist, Mit, Mong, MrBrick, Mushroom, NB3, Oreo (Creator), Phil^, Pishmishy (Jolt), Prince, Spinner (Creator), TheRealMig, Wakey, Vish (Creator), Xontas, Zeus (Creator), Zokum,
Structure
This has varied over time and some have accused the team of spending more time on internal politics than the future of the game. Initially Zeus was in charge with other members at least one level below him. Post-takeover the balance of power shifted between Spinner and the newly appointed creators Kloopy and Prince who had both left the team by the end of June 2003 (end of Round 9.5). MrBrick took over and ran the team in a similar style to Zeus until disagreements with the team caused his departure at the end of Round 10 (Christmas 2003). From then on the team was split into departments under Karmulian (public relations), Mit (coding), Phil^ (support), JammyJim (forums) and A2 (IRC and internal team management). At this point biffy was employed by Jolt and became the liason, replacing Keef. Towards the end of Round 12 Kal took over the reins.
Alliance affiliations
Traditionally members of PA Team have been required to leave their alliances prior to joining in order to maintain impartiality. However every round there have been accusations of PATeam favouring one alliance over another. Usually from the alliances diametrically opposed to the ones supposedly favoured.
Length of Service
Time spent in the team varies depending on performance within the role and whether the person gets on with everyone else. At the end of Round 12 the members with the longest service so far are JammyJim, Mushroom and Aryn
NDA
NDA's (Non Disclosure Agreement) were insisted on by Jolt towards the end of Round 10 after various incidents of leaks or team members speaking out of turn on the forums. All new members and multihunters are required to sign one. The issue had been known to bring the team to the brink of destruction. There have been plans at various points to bring the entire support, mod and #planetarion ops under the system, but these have so far been rejected.
Membership
PATeam members have generally been selected by the current members based on who they know can do the job, and who is willing to sign the NDA
