Since Crankeye has been here over the past........ what? 2, 1 day?
Anyway, I'm sending this out for everyone to here about what I would like to see happen on this board.
1) I want to see the whole board make an RPG. I know that all of us can do. Heck, the moderators could do it by themselves. But everyone here is a little different and has a great idea I know we could implement most into a game.
2) I would like to have another moderator vote. Even though 3 or 4 is probably enough, I would like to see more moderators for a forum this big. I hope to run, and this is a big reason for me to suggest this, but I also think we need more just out of necessity.
3) Probably the most important. I want to see the moderator have more power. I would like to see them open up completely new topic threads on their own. If they had that power, then this forum would stop grinding to a halt.
I've wanted to say all of those since about November, but haven't had a good chance to say it until now.
1) That would require a leader or production manager who controls the game.
Having people make this, that and whatever they feel like without someone guiding them would most likely end in chaos.
I would suggest a structure many mid-sized game companies use.
First a small group in the planning stages.
This being a production manager, lead designer, story writer and a few more I've forgotten.
Let's for the example's sake say a group on 5-10 people.
Then we come into the next stage. This is where the most manpower is needed.
Here is where the mappers, scripters, resource makers and so on come into play.
Most people needed here, let's say 50-100 people total. (with the previous group).
Finally we go into the last stage where there's a small group (when the other people slowly is taken off).
This group rounds the loose ends up, bug fixes and in general just makes the finishing touches.
I'd say 5-20 people are needed here.
This is a simplified version because I can't remember more details, but you can see I haven't talked about a testing phase. Meh, I hope you get the idea anyway.
2) I don't really care about another moderator vote as the current moderators seem to be doing fine. It could just be me looking in the wrong places. Crankeye would properly select when he feels like it anyway.
Still you might be right. Perhaps more moderators could be a good idea. It's not something I'm keen to notice.
I care little about 'bad' posts and generally I ignore them, which also means I would not be a good moderator as my mod powers would just collect dust.
I haven't really tried to evaluate you as a possible mod because I saw no reason to do this.
Anyway I'm running of track and will end this saying that I'm certain Crankeye will let us know if he does something like that.
3) I don't really think this would be necessary. I'd rather have a 'backup' admin instead, or a kind of super mod.
Well that's what I have to say right now, though 2) and 3) feels a bit like spam... At least I think 1) could be useful.
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