ORG, TWC, and the Official Forum - what would the ORG specialize in?

[Peasant Phill]

...As for the branches of staff...

I have no objections to that outlined model, it looks good in general. My gripe is basically that the content-branch don't seem to operate beyond STW2 (do they at all?) - which I believe they should. There are 5-6(?) of these guys and I have yet to see them post or show any sort of presence in the MTW1 section for instance (this since the branch was set up). They should search for news, content and stuff in every TW-section to promote, and I can pretty much guarantee that they will be able to find something somewhere because of it. The one-sided focus on STW2 does not cut it. It is a poor implementation of an otherwise good idea, the practice should be changed as to include ALL TW and what goes on here and not just for STW2. That's, essentially my criticism here.

I'll use my own stuff as an example to prove my point. Now, I seriously doubt that had I not posted up my notes on the front-page myself - the content-branch would have missed it completely that I had a major release in April 2012. I mean, this is a grand-scale mod - some 7000+ files strong (this in total, the mod as such is about 6800 files, latest version). Hell even the folks over at the TWC realize that such stuff is news and so that stuff has been reported on - several times - in their publications over the years and it will probably be so again some day, over there. That's the TWC... The place that usually don't give a damn about MTW1 or STW1 essentially... Here, at the ORG however, no such thing has ever been attempted - even once - this since the content-branch was first created and I have now had 4 major releases since then. So, is it fair to say that the content-branch could do a better job? I think it is very reasonable to say so... Because if they are able to miss something like that - god knows what else they have missed around here that is not STW2. Get my drift?

As I understand things, it should not have been me that posted the existing notes on my stuff, it should have been them... I mean, it certainly strikes me as something that falls under aspect of, and I quote "maintain and promote content". Or did I get that declaration completely wrong somehow?

The ORG needs to take better care of the mods and stuff it actually has and make sure that the people that really do provide actual "content" here on their own (modders etc.) can feel recognized and supported here by staff. Not by some pretty words, but by active and regular action, hell even a post or two to show for it (not just to the modders, but to the rest of the world as well).... If you pull that off and do it seriously - and regularly - then you will eventually have more modders that feels it might just be worthwhile to start operate here and that will clearly work beneficial for the site. More modders and mods = more traffic. Just saying...

I'll do more comments later on...

- A

Hi @Axalon, I appreciate your input. I'm not taking anything you say personal and anything I say shouldn't be viewed solely as a way to evade my respsonsabilities. Rather as an explenation of the current situation and a base from which suggestions can be brought forward.

As a CM I feel I must respond to your comments above. The content staff is rather small. There are 5 of us at the moment, I believe, 2 with an assigned task (throne room for example). That leaves 3 for the entire Org. Keeping that number up has been very dificult. CM's seem to burn out fast and new ones are hard to find.
I probably spent around 1,5 to 2 hours on the Org every day (with some exeptions of course) reading and posting in no less than 7 subfora (staff subfora included). That doesn't include small side tasks originating from being a CM. I can honestly say I can do no more (unles I get payed).
I'm sure great content is missed on a daily basis. At the moment it can't be helped. That's why the tools have been provided to post your own articles on the front page, to make your own blog on the Org. You say it's the job of a CM to find every worthwile contribution and put it in a spotlight. I say the possibility is here to put your contributions in the spotlight and the CM's are here to help if you would need it. If that makes me obselete in your eyes, I will gladly step down (I could do with a sabatical).

Concerning the so-called overemphasis on Shogun 2, I can say that this is a deliberate strategy. New TW titles bring in new members. As staff (certainly the CM's), we agreed that Shogun 2 and it's following games would get priority (together with one or two other subfora). It's only logical. I wish we had enough CM's (and time) to give every subforum equal attention but that just isn't the case.

So what to do about it?
One simple word: emancipation. The CM's can't be everywhere so you (every member) have to draw our attention. If you have contributed something worthwhile or have seen such a contribution by another member, just PM me or Graphic or Voigtkampf. We'll gladly put it in the spotlight.

Hope to have cleared a few things up.
PP