03-01-2010, 06:25 PM
Hi,
I think it all sounds good. And I agree, static content is a thing of the past. Now that the games are hosted by Blizzard servers, they can be changed often and easily. What was true last week might not be true today. The exception might be D1 since, first, it is now static, and second, this was the site for information on that game and other sites are slowly disappearing. Perhaps a simple FTP page?
An ideal solution, of course, would be for people to post in the appropriate fora. Social stuff in the Lounge, game info in the appropriate open forum, guild specific stuff in the guild fora. Unfortunately, ideal solutions need ideal people. A more realistic solution might be for the mods to be a bit more active in relocating posts to more appropriate fora, but that can lead to some conflicts and hurt feelings. In any case, I think the number of closed fora should be kept to a minimum. While useful, they do tend to foster the 'inner circle' feelings that can drive others away and turn off potential new members.
Not much help -- in social matters, I'm unfortunately better at spotting the problems than coming up with solutions:(
If I can help in any way . . . But you know that.
--Pete
I think it all sounds good. And I agree, static content is a thing of the past. Now that the games are hosted by Blizzard servers, they can be changed often and easily. What was true last week might not be true today. The exception might be D1 since, first, it is now static, and second, this was the site for information on that game and other sites are slowly disappearing. Perhaps a simple FTP page?
Quote:Should there be more Stormrage / Terenas interaction? Should the guild forums include people not even playing WoW?This is a tough one. Regardless of what the forums are named and how they are described, a lot of people pick one forum to be 'theirs'. That's the only forum they post to, and probably the only one they read. I suspect that many of these people are aligned more to the in game guilds than to the LL site. Posting social information to the guild fora is not a big deal, although it does tend to clique-ify the LL. Posting game information to guild fora *is* a big deal. If the only people who can see the information are the people already in guild, then visitors to the LL will not find much of interest (surely not the political discussions;)). Only by having useful information available to all (like EJ) will we attract interest and input. Of course, the flip side of the coin is that guilds do need a private place (or places) to discuss issues that should be kept a bit more private.
An ideal solution, of course, would be for people to post in the appropriate fora. Social stuff in the Lounge, game info in the appropriate open forum, guild specific stuff in the guild fora. Unfortunately, ideal solutions need ideal people. A more realistic solution might be for the mods to be a bit more active in relocating posts to more appropriate fora, but that can lead to some conflicts and hurt feelings. In any case, I think the number of closed fora should be kept to a minimum. While useful, they do tend to foster the 'inner circle' feelings that can drive others away and turn off potential new members.
Not much help -- in social matters, I'm unfortunately better at spotting the problems than coming up with solutions:(
If I can help in any way . . . But you know that.
--Pete
How big was the aquarium in Noah's ark?