I am not a part of the Avatar generation - that's why it is not important to me. However, I would not begrudge others that are to be able to upload their artistic creations.

With the new Shogun game, and its new multiplayer features, I think we are in a position to grab the new players. We are back at our roots with clans.
Apparently you can play as a clan in a multiplayer campaign with players sharing control of units and clan leaders directing operations on special clan maps.
If we cater now for this system by allowing clans to operate from our site we could get a new influx of both old and new players.
The big question would be how to moderate this in a satisfactory way, agreeable to the majority of members. History has shown us that special little communities within a larger community spells trouble.

New players will be looking for a website that are centered on their new game. A place with the looks and feel of feudal Japan.
We should have all possible advantages in becoming that site.

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That's all it needs. Most forums have a gallery combined with the ability to upload your own image. The .org needs to at least provide what other forums do, rather than simply denying certain features without good reason. Why should people come here and accept these restrictions when they can just as easily go elsewhere?

The MP community has not been here for a long time and it will take a lot to win it back. Having said that it's still possible. Clans would also benefit from things like personal avatars and the abolition of the JM system. MP Clans are free to come here and no special tools are needed for this. You can set up special forums, etc, but if the same old .org system remains they will simply walk on by leaving those forums empty - advertising yet more inactivity. The reason MP clans deserted the .org in the past was due to how they were moderated. If the staff can nail fair and unbiased moderation with an emphasis on the clans mostly sorting out their own affairs, you may get some from the MP community coming back here. What will drive MP clans away though is the perpetuation of the obsessive hyper moderation we see in some parts of this site. I remember talk about the clans situation when I was a mod here, it won't go far if the main thing being discussed is how to moderate it.

Very true, though if TWC were to install a sengoku jidai theme, that small advantage would be lost. What new members expect is somewhere that is active, informative and provides basic liberties/rights. I appreciate your post.

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