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I've only been here for 2 weeks, but I have noticed one major thing that could be improved easily.
Community Integration.
Now don't get confused, I'm not talking about in-game community, especially since that's the best thing about minecraft. I'm talking about forum-wise and IRC-wise.
Simple measures can be put into place to increase activity on the forums, and on IRC. Really simple things like including a forum link advertisement every now and then in the chat, or the IRC channel and server. Forums and IRC are both important to growing your member-list, fan-base, and greatly improving the servers. It's simple, more people talking, more ideas, more improvements. Of course with the good ideas are the fair share of bad ideas, but it should be easy enough to sort through the two.
I'm on the Promo-team for a game called Toribash, and let me tell you, the best part is the community Integration. We run tournaments and contests all the time, and have some rewards, and the community makes some great suggestions that make it into the next version of the game. This relates to World of Minecraft very much. Having points on the forums would be like rewards, which then allow for contests and tournaments for earning more points. Prizes can be simple, ranging from a nice skin, to buying the game with that persons account (extra donations would be spent for that)
Happy members also means more money for you. Simply by making members think that their ideas can improve World of Minecraft will mean that they are happier, and more willing to invest in it.
The basic summary is this: Community Integration creates happier members, who are willing to invest money in World of Minecraft to improve it.
Hope you think about this,
~Stups~
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Creation of the month would be excellent, but don't think of it as complicated.
Running through the servers, and finding the best build shouldn't be too difficult, and posting a screenshot on the front page would also be very simple.
I never said anything about a commitment, they are still free to come and go as they please, but there would be a stronger push on posting on the forums with their ideas/suggestions.
Things like this take time, I'm not saying put it into action all at once, I'm simply saying that over time, all of this could be implicated easily. and again, I never said they weren't happy, I simply stated it wouldn't be hard to make them even happier. Members right now have extremely high happiness, and that's due to ingenious coding, and excessively wonderful rules and moderators.
and no, it has nothing to do with not getting builder status. I completely understood the reason you gave me, and none of this has anything to do with that. I simply felt like sharing my ideas.
I am hoping you didn't take the post the wrong way, I meant only good things with it.
sincerely,
~stups~
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I see you mean well.
As for saying there is no commitment, that is not true. When you are pulling people in the forums and having them contribute in IRC on a day to day basis there is a commitment. :p
You have to be patient. To point out the obvious, there are things you do not know that are planned for the future. Just sit back and relax.
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Well seeing what you guys have done so far, I can honestly say I never thought you guys weren't planning new things. I do hope you guys implement some simple, small things on the way as well. like you said, the "creation of the month" or even just one theme week every month! can't wait to see what things you guys have in store for us, and I hope I can be a part of it.
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This is all so... ideological.
First, every member on World Of Minecraft comes through the forums at least once. That is a requirement for membership. Some people are just not forum-people. The great thing about this game for most people is the lack of commitment. They can come and go as the please.
Second, some people just don't do the forums. I feel a strong in-game membership is just fine. For most people, IRC is virtually useless because all their talking can be done ingame. Why do they need to watch a seperate chat source when they can do that right in game? And it is not like if we don't have a large IRC base the community will perish.
Third, I feel tournaments are a fantastic idea. Yet, as World of Minecraft is still young, the owners are trying to keep it simple to prevent a rough start. Something like a Creation of the Week would be something that would be fun and entertaining to do in the future.
Fourth, World of Minecraft members are very happy now. As you can see in the servers, the only people who tend to complain are spectators/griefers/trolls.
Thanks for the suggestions and advice.
By the way --
Is this all derived from us not giving you builder?
If so, it is our choice to decide who and when someone deserves builder.