Longest running totalwar fansite

[Swoosh So]

Maybe about time the org got an exclusive interview for Shogun2?

[Gregoshi]

Something along those lines has crossed my mind.

[Tera]

In the past, CA acknowledged the importance of The Org as the primary medium between the game and its fan base. The Org was the quintessential platform of communication for anyone who wanted to have a role in the community (be it modding, multiplayer, historical discussion, etc). As such ...

- Developers posted here.
- TotalWar.Com (official site) used to mention The Org in newsposts. The Org was always the #1 fansite and they weren't shy to say it.
- It was obvious (from patches, expansions) that the feedback to the developers at the Org was very much appreciated.
- The developers used to choose people from the community to help beta test patches. (not sure if they still do this). I can safely say they were all regular patrons or moderators on these forums.

I'm sure The Org can be that place again, although there is some stiff competition going on. But I really miss the old main page being up to date all the time with regular news, multiplayer news, organizing tournaments, advertising clans and other websites, etc. Can we bring that aspect back?

[tibilicus]

I believe the main site took a big hit once Barocca left. Whilst I appreciate that the moderators here do their utmost to keep everything up to date, the site is really in need of a dedicated site administrator to update the page and perform maintenance amongst other things.

I haven't visited the main page in ages as I come straight to the forum but I feel it really needs work. If more was added to it, I'm sure it would draw more people in. At the minute though it doesn't really seem to have too much purpose, other than being a place holder for the forums.

[Togakure]

I believe the main site took a big hit once Barocca left. ...

I don't think it has to do with any one person. I can think of others besides Barocca who contributed as much or more, who chose to depart primarily because of a lack of respect, tolerance and civility. And really, if there is little or no active audience, what's the point of anyone investing time and energy here when they can get more elsewhere?

Barocca provided content, but his role as an admin is separate--administrators manage content. Is there much high-quality content to be managed here now? I'm not participating in any of the current TW games now so I wouldn't know. A site needs to add significant value in some way in order to attract and keep patrons. What does the Org do to add value? What are we as members doing to add value?

Not nearly as much as we used to. Part of that is we're between games. But that isn't the only reason, and those of us who've been around for a while all know it. It's been a while since a TW game has inspired a high level of participation and commitment here on the level that S1TW, M1TW, and to a degree, RTW did. Perhaps S2TW will change that; maybe not. It's up to CA, and us, and what we do. Talk is good, but it's also cheap. We hold CA to that; we'd do well to hold ourselves to it too.

But anyway, this thread is really about getting CA's attention, to hear what we want from them. My two koku, FWIW.

[Gregoshi]

I agree with Masamune, let's get back on topic. The Watchtower is more the place for discussing improvements/direction of the Org as a whole.

Perhaps we may be able to arrange something similar to what Eradosan did many years ago prior to MTW(?). IIRC, he collected questions from Orgahs to submit to CA and they provided some answers. Or maybe something a little more interactive like a live chat, but I don't know what capabilties our chat feature has. It would have to be moderated so that ten questions don't come at the CA person simultaneously.