Sheepo
The Freeman
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This post began as a rambling reply to a PM from Yorick about the new layout for the site (great job by the way, sorry I never got back to you) which basically encompassed a random circus of opinions.that led to nothing. So here it is, more organized.
CONTESTS: I think the use of contests to bring the community together is a fantastic idea, but I feel it's been poorly executed for the most part. This site has dozens of very smart and talented members who have proued some really great things since I've been a member here. We should be having large scale contests with a long entry time with subjects that encourage established talent in our community but don't prevent new talent from emerging. Poetry contest is a fantastic example, but the fact is the vast majority of contests have closed within 2 days, had fairly silly subjects ('come up with some badass catchprases', 'tell bluewolf you love him'), have resulted mostly in people with >10 posts emerging and clawing for random free shit, and have gone mostly unnoticed by our regular members. From what I can tell there have been like 15 contests within a week on facebook that have resulted in little to nothing. I imagine month long contests in which many talented members contribute, several old faces return, and new talented members emerge. Oh, wait, such contests already exist and are ignored by almost the entire site. Why we don't work the short story contests through 'News, announcements, and features' is beyond me. Getting free games isn't the only thing that matters in life.
ARTICLES/REVIEWS: Well, I actually think this is a fine idea and you guys have been doing a pretty good job with it. As long as you have quality writers and interesting subjects it will be pretty good selling point for the site. Just announce them through 'News' and keep them in a record (I'm pretty sure this is how its currently being done) and I'm all for it. Oh, and fix the wiki please.
COMMUNITY EVENTS/CLANS/GAMES: Well my main issue is one that has gone almost completely unaddressed by the leaders of the site, is these pesky things called clans and community games that never seem to work out. We are a site that is mostly focused towards video games, the vast majority of us have a service that connects us all through games, and there are atleast a dozen of us playing at any given time, yet we can't seem to set up any sort of organized event and the few times we've made attempts they've ended up failing and then are completely forgotten. I don't know how to fix this problem (aren't I helpful?) because I honestly don't know where it comes from, but hell if we can't fixlife2.net it somehow.
Well, this is pretty much it, minus a rant about miscellaneous which I decided to leave out. This might do better if we put it in the lounge, but I dunno, I'll leave it up to a mod to move it if they want, or maybe just ban me. Anyway, happy to be back, love you guys.
CONTESTS: I think the use of contests to bring the community together is a fantastic idea, but I feel it's been poorly executed for the most part. This site has dozens of very smart and talented members who have proued some really great things since I've been a member here. We should be having large scale contests with a long entry time with subjects that encourage established talent in our community but don't prevent new talent from emerging. Poetry contest is a fantastic example, but the fact is the vast majority of contests have closed within 2 days, had fairly silly subjects ('come up with some badass catchprases', 'tell bluewolf you love him'), have resulted mostly in people with >10 posts emerging and clawing for random free shit, and have gone mostly unnoticed by our regular members. From what I can tell there have been like 15 contests within a week on facebook that have resulted in little to nothing. I imagine month long contests in which many talented members contribute, several old faces return, and new talented members emerge. Oh, wait, such contests already exist and are ignored by almost the entire site. Why we don't work the short story contests through 'News, announcements, and features' is beyond me. Getting free games isn't the only thing that matters in life.
ARTICLES/REVIEWS: Well, I actually think this is a fine idea and you guys have been doing a pretty good job with it. As long as you have quality writers and interesting subjects it will be pretty good selling point for the site. Just announce them through 'News' and keep them in a record (I'm pretty sure this is how its currently being done) and I'm all for it. Oh, and fix the wiki please.
COMMUNITY EVENTS/CLANS/GAMES: Well my main issue is one that has gone almost completely unaddressed by the leaders of the site, is these pesky things called clans and community games that never seem to work out. We are a site that is mostly focused towards video games, the vast majority of us have a service that connects us all through games, and there are atleast a dozen of us playing at any given time, yet we can't seem to set up any sort of organized event and the few times we've made attempts they've ended up failing and then are completely forgotten. I don't know how to fix this problem (aren't I helpful?) because I honestly don't know where it comes from, but hell if we can't fixlife2.net it somehow.
Well, this is pretty much it, minus a rant about miscellaneous which I decided to leave out. This might do better if we put it in the lounge, but I dunno, I'll leave it up to a mod to move it if they want, or maybe just ban me. Anyway, happy to be back, love you guys.
