09-25-2010, 09:24 AM
Great speech, Todd 
1. The amount of players from the game who come here is very low (as far as I remember it has always been like that). Less than 1% of the nations appear here. Of course I don't know how many of them are puppets. Going by the amount of WA nations, which is about 5 % (I don't have this number recorded, but I think it has always been about this much), I would say some 7-10% of the nations must be unique players, so we attract only 10-15% of the player potential. And I'll stop speculating about numbers now
Well, ok, one more: the influx of new players on this forum, who actually make an effort to announce themselves, is about 1 per month or less in average, I think, but I'm too lazy to look up the exact number right now.
2. The problem is that we cannot keep that 1 new player per month. They have various reasons to leave, ranging from loss of interest to RL issues. But they all leave
3. As I said before, the government has collapsed in on itself. This is something that tends to happen to almost every web community I have seen. What exactly the sociological mechanism behind this is, I'm not sure. The only thing that one perhaps could blame the former government of, is that they have been blinded by their past activity and not made use of the full potential of the NS game site to draw in new members to the community (e.g., neglected the RMB).
4. Apparently we do have an issue to keep those few people that make their way across. Apparently the current package of opportunities is not attractive enough.
5. Maybe that's something that shies people away. Or maybe we're too demanding from people when it comes to commitment. When I look at myself, it took about a year for me between joining the forum and taking up a government job.
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(usually when some idiot wanted delegacy on a "I am change" platform)
Quote:1. The people in the region just don't care about the governmentA bit of everything, I'm afraid. I don't think there is a single cause, and those points are connected. Over the past four years or so the government has collapsed in on itself.
2. The region just doesn't have enough 'hooks' to keep people in the region actively.
3. Those in the government haven't been doing their job, and the region's been falling by the wayside.
4. We're just not being creative enough.
5. We're too slow and people lose interest.
1. The amount of players from the game who come here is very low (as far as I remember it has always been like that). Less than 1% of the nations appear here. Of course I don't know how many of them are puppets. Going by the amount of WA nations, which is about 5 % (I don't have this number recorded, but I think it has always been about this much), I would say some 7-10% of the nations must be unique players, so we attract only 10-15% of the player potential. And I'll stop speculating about numbers now
Well, ok, one more: the influx of new players on this forum, who actually make an effort to announce themselves, is about 1 per month or less in average, I think, but I'm too lazy to look up the exact number right now.2. The problem is that we cannot keep that 1 new player per month. They have various reasons to leave, ranging from loss of interest to RL issues. But they all leave
3. As I said before, the government has collapsed in on itself. This is something that tends to happen to almost every web community I have seen. What exactly the sociological mechanism behind this is, I'm not sure. The only thing that one perhaps could blame the former government of, is that they have been blinded by their past activity and not made use of the full potential of the NS game site to draw in new members to the community (e.g., neglected the RMB).
4. Apparently we do have an issue to keep those few people that make their way across. Apparently the current package of opportunities is not attractive enough.
5. Maybe that's something that shies people away. Or maybe we're too demanding from people when it comes to commitment. When I look at myself, it took about a year for me between joining the forum and taking up a government job.
Quote:I call them that because they tend to be sparks wherever they go.We do have a few here. An issue I see is that we have sparks, but no flames. We have a few people here who want to keep a community going, but no one who has the time and energy to head a monstrous NS-wide revival campaign. So we should not aim for that.
Quote:I echo the frustrations of those in this thread who want others to participate. We've made suggestions, proposed new things, and I think we've got a good document on our table right now.Exactly. Things don't happen when you wait for others to make them happen, things happen when you do it yourself. I suggest to the delegate to put what we have to a vote (which does not mean we have to stop discussing
).Quote:you don't need a position of power to participate.I've been saying that for years
(usually when some idiot wanted delegacy on a "I am change" platform)