UPDATE: Site Situation
Jul 5, 2019 16:46:26 GMT -5
Post by Keto on Jul 5, 2019 16:46:26 GMT -5
Hello there!
It has been some time, but I have returned to the site. Upon finishing all my obligations in real life I am not free and can bring my dedication back to the site. I am aware of site's state and needs and I am willing to lend a hand. After all, I have been here for quite a while and enjoyed myself- how could I do something as cruel as abandon it? However, we are not here for my autobiography. Let us get to the point.
1. State of the Site: Activity Drop
So, some oldies that might swing by or any of you that are active on Discord might look at the site and ask 'What happened?', 'Why is site dead?', 'Why the lack of activity?' and such questions. Reasons have been accumulating and I will state them below.
A) Members, mainly staff, had increasingly difficult workload piling up on them in real life and, as a result, active members have been running low and activity has been dropping rapidly. Zane and I had lots on our plate- taking hours to check creations and brawls after getting tired from real life was not helping.
- Some ask why we did not ask other members to do staff work. After a long time here you cannot just give staff positions to anyone. Those positions can be easily exploited. Of course, we are looking towards ways of effectively implementing it.
B) Popularity of Bakugan has not been getting any better over the years and people have been losing interest or its popularity was not prominent enough to keep bringing new members in. On top of that the new Bakugan anime is focused on younger audience and therefore does not guarantee us new members from varying members of society. We still have hope it will grow and help.
C) Certain members of the site decided to exploit the good will of staff by creating an unnecessary and impractical amount of cards and Bakugans, effects bigger than my essays and unnecessarily complicated to the point where it does not benefit the user either and creating numerous battles very often using these complicated things. Having only two active staff members and this workload + real life did not help so we did start to neglect the site aside the Official RP section. They began to belittle staff- especially Zane because of site's state when they have had a huge impact on site's downfall. Not to mention one of them came back and started to brag and act like it was 'cool' to belittle a staff member for site's state.
Yes, we staff members have nothing to do, but stand here 24/7 to check stuff, especially when it is overcomplicated. What else? Do I need to spoonfeed you, give you free stuff and tell you a story for good night?
- I admit we are partially at fault here. We could have shut this down in the beginning when these members came by telling them in the face that 'their effects are complex and impractical' and that any toxic behavior has consequences. It is cruel to break down someone's anticipation, but it's either that or harsh results. I apologize for my incompetence in dealing with this and I will aim to work on it.
2. State of the Site: Taking Actions
Zane and I have been having plenty of conversations on changes. Now that my life has been brought back to order he and I decided to start taking actions in fixing several problems on the site which origin in multiple fields.
A) Reworking Honor Points System :: We aim to change the Honor Points' Systems in multiple areas. Among these things were are focusing on upcoming Exam system. Once it is your time to transition between lower rank to higher you will be given a brief exam so we see how well you understand the needed rules for that level before you can move up. More details will be announced soon.
B) Potentially Reworking Support Weapons :: We have been questioning the balance of Support Weapons and are looking into making them more balanced.
C) New Rules of Creation :: New rules to creations of items will be implemented. Among them will be strategies to remove overcomplicated effects as well as overworking yourself with making copyrighted effects.
D) Taking care of creations :: I have done some quickly and ignored some. If people want their creations to be looked at they should bump them this time. It will not be ignored. Doing this because I do not know if these people want these creations or not anymore. [COMPLETED]
E) Locking all brawls without declaring a winner and compensating members :: I have done so because we determined site is in sheer chaos to check each brawl right now especially with reworks coming in. You will be compensated once rework is deployed. [COMPLETED]
F) Advertising :: We will begin advertising actively to, potentially, expand the options and sources for new members to come, but ONLY after rework on Honor Points' System has been completed so new members would have something to do.
G) Guide :: Yes, there is a PM guide, but I would like to make and I will make a guide for new members going from Character Creations to Battles. I realize there are rules for this, but I believe it is mandatory.
3. State of the Site: Is it dead?
At the moment the answer is, obviously, a big fat yes. I admit, things are not looking good all things considered and to some of you it might look like it is pointless to continue because chances of site's future survival are low.
I agree that chances are low, but without trying they are a straight zero. We have spent a lot of time here and we would hate to see this place continue being in such poor state. Hard work, diligence, willingness, dedication... that's all it takes. 1% chance beats 0% every day. So it is time to bring those Revival spells and oil up the gears, boys and gals.
Zane, if you would like to add anything feel free to respond.
It has been some time, but I have returned to the site. Upon finishing all my obligations in real life I am not free and can bring my dedication back to the site. I am aware of site's state and needs and I am willing to lend a hand. After all, I have been here for quite a while and enjoyed myself- how could I do something as cruel as abandon it? However, we are not here for my autobiography. Let us get to the point.
1. State of the Site: Activity Drop
So, some oldies that might swing by or any of you that are active on Discord might look at the site and ask 'What happened?', 'Why is site dead?', 'Why the lack of activity?' and such questions. Reasons have been accumulating and I will state them below.
A) Members, mainly staff, had increasingly difficult workload piling up on them in real life and, as a result, active members have been running low and activity has been dropping rapidly. Zane and I had lots on our plate- taking hours to check creations and brawls after getting tired from real life was not helping.
- Some ask why we did not ask other members to do staff work. After a long time here you cannot just give staff positions to anyone. Those positions can be easily exploited. Of course, we are looking towards ways of effectively implementing it.
B) Popularity of Bakugan has not been getting any better over the years and people have been losing interest or its popularity was not prominent enough to keep bringing new members in. On top of that the new Bakugan anime is focused on younger audience and therefore does not guarantee us new members from varying members of society. We still have hope it will grow and help.
C) Certain members of the site decided to exploit the good will of staff by creating an unnecessary and impractical amount of cards and Bakugans, effects bigger than my essays and unnecessarily complicated to the point where it does not benefit the user either and creating numerous battles very often using these complicated things. Having only two active staff members and this workload + real life did not help so we did start to neglect the site aside the Official RP section. They began to belittle staff- especially Zane because of site's state when they have had a huge impact on site's downfall. Not to mention one of them came back and started to brag and act like it was 'cool' to belittle a staff member for site's state.
Yes, we staff members have nothing to do, but stand here 24/7 to check stuff, especially when it is overcomplicated. What else? Do I need to spoonfeed you, give you free stuff and tell you a story for good night?
- I admit we are partially at fault here. We could have shut this down in the beginning when these members came by telling them in the face that 'their effects are complex and impractical' and that any toxic behavior has consequences. It is cruel to break down someone's anticipation, but it's either that or harsh results. I apologize for my incompetence in dealing with this and I will aim to work on it.
2. State of the Site: Taking Actions
Zane and I have been having plenty of conversations on changes. Now that my life has been brought back to order he and I decided to start taking actions in fixing several problems on the site which origin in multiple fields.
A) Reworking Honor Points System :: We aim to change the Honor Points' Systems in multiple areas. Among these things were are focusing on upcoming Exam system. Once it is your time to transition between lower rank to higher you will be given a brief exam so we see how well you understand the needed rules for that level before you can move up. More details will be announced soon.
B) Potentially Reworking Support Weapons :: We have been questioning the balance of Support Weapons and are looking into making them more balanced.
C) New Rules of Creation :: New rules to creations of items will be implemented. Among them will be strategies to remove overcomplicated effects as well as overworking yourself with making copyrighted effects.
D) Taking care of creations :: I have done some quickly and ignored some. If people want their creations to be looked at they should bump them this time. It will not be ignored. Doing this because I do not know if these people want these creations or not anymore. [COMPLETED]
E) Locking all brawls without declaring a winner and compensating members :: I have done so because we determined site is in sheer chaos to check each brawl right now especially with reworks coming in. You will be compensated once rework is deployed. [COMPLETED]
F) Advertising :: We will begin advertising actively to, potentially, expand the options and sources for new members to come, but ONLY after rework on Honor Points' System has been completed so new members would have something to do.
G) Guide :: Yes, there is a PM guide, but I would like to make and I will make a guide for new members going from Character Creations to Battles. I realize there are rules for this, but I believe it is mandatory.
3. State of the Site: Is it dead?
At the moment the answer is, obviously, a big fat yes. I admit, things are not looking good all things considered and to some of you it might look like it is pointless to continue because chances of site's future survival are low.
I agree that chances are low, but without trying they are a straight zero. We have spent a lot of time here and we would hate to see this place continue being in such poor state. Hard work, diligence, willingness, dedication... that's all it takes. 1% chance beats 0% every day. So it is time to bring those Revival spells and oil up the gears, boys and gals.
Zane, if you would like to add anything feel free to respond.
