Quote from: Kiyohime on October 06, 2014, 08:39:11 AMQuote from: Yutaka on October 06, 2014, 06:24:50 AMI'll just leave this here. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcf_97ErJ2BMhGd_OjYaMLQAlso, I've been learning how to edit videos, as I've been trying to start my own channel, just throwing that out there.Awesome, I think this needs to actually become a thing, the more we distance ourselves from Bungie and the more we become our own thing the better, still keeping the name "The Flood" obviously, after all neither Bungie or Microsoft own the word "Flood" or "Septagon" and neither company uses it for their communities offtopic boards.Now all we need is to decide a few things, people who can edit videos, people who can record videos, and those willing to create content on a fairly regular basis.
Quote from: Yutaka on October 06, 2014, 06:24:50 AMI'll just leave this here. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcf_97ErJ2BMhGd_OjYaMLQAlso, I've been learning how to edit videos, as I've been trying to start my own channel, just throwing that out there.Awesome, I think this needs to actually become a thing, the more we distance ourselves from Bungie and the more we become our own thing the better, still keeping the name "The Flood" obviously, after all neither Bungie or Microsoft own the word "Flood" or "Septagon" and neither company uses it for their communities offtopic boards.
I'll just leave this here. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcf_97ErJ2BMhGd_OjYaMLQAlso, I've been learning how to edit videos, as I've been trying to start my own channel, just throwing that out there.
RC speaking words of wisdom there. We need to keep growing at a steady pace so that we don't eventually die out and things stay interesting, but the place just wouldn't be the same with potentially heaps of new users joining. The sense of belonging to a community is what makes us stand out from the impersonal forums sporting hundreds of users where most don't even know each other.
Before we begin any of these big projects to expand our site, I feel we need to make sure we have everything in order with who's here - including the current staffing debate and other problems that still are open.Don't want to build an expansion when the foundation is cracking.
I agree.Also if we are going to expand we should probably increase staff as the user count gets higher. More users means more people to look after.
Quote from: IcyWind on October 06, 2014, 11:10:03 AMBefore we begin any of these big projects to expand our site, I feel we need to make sure we have everything in order with who's here - including the current staffing debate and other problems that still are open.Don't want to build an expansion when the foundation is cracking.I agree.Also if we are going to expand we should probably increase staff as the user count gets higher. More users means more people to look after.
Quote from: TBlocks on October 06, 2014, 11:17:09 AMI agree.Also if we are going to expand we should probably increase staff as the user count gets higher. More users means more people to look after.I think we're good on Staff Size now, pending any adjustments from Cheat following the poll. As we grow though, I agree.
Quote from: TBlocks on October 06, 2014, 11:17:09 AMQuote from: IcyWind on October 06, 2014, 11:10:03 AMBefore we begin any of these big projects to expand our site, I feel we need to make sure we have everything in order with who's here - including the current staffing debate and other problems that still are open.Don't want to build an expansion when the foundation is cracking.I agree.Also if we are going to expand we should probably increase staff as the user count gets higher. More users means more people to look after.That's a given and it will be done as our activity grows. Right now we have enough, I think.
Quote from: RC5908 on October 06, 2014, 09:55:01 AMGoals are great and all, but do we really want to get very big? I'm quite content with a closer-knit community, and I doubt that anyone here wants the clusterfrack of chaos, anonymity, and general pointlessness that larger communities have. B.old flood was great because it was just large enough to be entertaining while still retaining a sense of belonging. We need to keep this in mind as we move forward.
Goals are great and all, but do we really want to get very big? I'm quite content with a closer-knit community, and I doubt that anyone here wants the clusterfrack of chaos, anonymity, and general pointlessness that larger communities have. B.old flood was great because it was just large enough to be entertaining while still retaining a sense of belonging. We need to keep this in mind as we move forward.
Quote from: Lady Noelle on October 06, 2014, 01:21:11 PMQuote from: RC5908 on October 06, 2014, 09:55:01 AMGoals are great and all, but do we really want to get very big? I'm quite content with a closer-knit community, and I doubt that anyone here wants the clusterfrack of chaos, anonymity, and general pointlessness that larger communities have. B.old flood was great because it was just large enough to be entertaining while still retaining a sense of belonging. We need to keep this in mind as we move forward.I highly doubt we'll get to the size of B.net or even 08-12 Flood, unless we get ridiculously popular.
Quote from: RC5908 on October 06, 2014, 03:15:29 PMQuote from: Yutaka on October 06, 2014, 01:40:41 PMQuote from: Lady Noelle on October 06, 2014, 01:21:11 PMQuote from: RC5908 on October 06, 2014, 09:55:01 AMGoals are great and all, but do we really want to get very big? I'm quite content with a closer-knit community, and I doubt that anyone here wants the clusterfrack of chaos, anonymity, and general pointlessness that larger communities have. B.old flood was great because it was just large enough to be entertaining while still retaining a sense of belonging. We need to keep this in mind as we move forward.I highly doubt we'll get to the size of B.net or even 08-12 Flood, unless we get ridiculously popular.The flood never really was that popular to begin with. It maybe had an average of 100 members on at a time (I'm talking just the flood, not the entire website), so I can easily see us getting to that level.Well that's my personal goal is to have 100-200 active members. Meaning having 100-200 people online at all times of the day.
Quote from: Yutaka on October 06, 2014, 01:40:41 PMQuote from: Lady Noelle on October 06, 2014, 01:21:11 PMQuote from: RC5908 on October 06, 2014, 09:55:01 AMGoals are great and all, but do we really want to get very big? I'm quite content with a closer-knit community, and I doubt that anyone here wants the clusterfrack of chaos, anonymity, and general pointlessness that larger communities have. B.old flood was great because it was just large enough to be entertaining while still retaining a sense of belonging. We need to keep this in mind as we move forward.I highly doubt we'll get to the size of B.net or even 08-12 Flood, unless we get ridiculously popular.The flood never really was that popular to begin with. It maybe had an average of 100 members on at a time (I'm talking just the flood, not the entire website), so I can easily see us getting to that level.
Quote from: Cheat on October 06, 2014, 01:40:44 AMQuote from: Death on October 06, 2014, 01:36:06 AMQuote from: Cheat on October 06, 2014, 01:32:21 AMQuote from: Death on October 06, 2014, 01:28:05 AMQuote from: Cheat on October 06, 2014, 01:20:24 AMIf we ever get some content creation that takes off (YouTube vids, more recent game reviews, etc.) we could stay strong for a good long while.Also, as long as Bungie.net sucks we should be reasonably fine.Hmm...I don't like the idea that we ride off of Bungie. I think we should stick with them for a bit, absorb the better members and just become an independent gaming site.Well yeah...that'd be great. The problem is actually doing it.I can manage the site and troubleshoot the forum errors like a boss, and I'd like to think I'm a decent community manager, but we're going to need some extra hands if we want this place to keep getting awesome.The YouTube thing for one. I hate making videos. I'm more the photoshop/illustrator type. We should start putting together some kind of video something to draw interest to the site.Our reviews that we have are awesome and I can see that growing.I can't really think of anything else we need to branch out to, but I'm sure there are other places and things to do to bring in traffic.Heck yes, let's do it. Go on a recruiting spree! Go to your college class and find some trusted fellows who know their way around a computer. I could make that video/be the youtube guy. I would then send the videos to a more capable member to edit it and make it more pretty. LHm..Let's get an AD in gameinformer. I'd be willing to chip in to the cost.I think we have a YouTube channel that someone made, but we need someone that can edit video, yeah.I mean...I have a degree in graphic design, so I could do it, but I'd rather pull teeth than deal with video editing software (also not a fan of flash for this reason).T-shirts were also a thing I was turning around in my mind, and that is something that would be awesome if we ever decide to go out into the real world to an event of some kind (or just wear it to Walmart or something; whatever).Why not a Machinima on Halo? I'm very good friends with the owner of Machinima Union and we could either get him to help or even help with the Halo Archive's Machinima stuff once the scripting finishes. Also, should we make a new thread for this?
Quote from: Death on October 06, 2014, 01:36:06 AMQuote from: Cheat on October 06, 2014, 01:32:21 AMQuote from: Death on October 06, 2014, 01:28:05 AMQuote from: Cheat on October 06, 2014, 01:20:24 AMIf we ever get some content creation that takes off (YouTube vids, more recent game reviews, etc.) we could stay strong for a good long while.Also, as long as Bungie.net sucks we should be reasonably fine.Hmm...I don't like the idea that we ride off of Bungie. I think we should stick with them for a bit, absorb the better members and just become an independent gaming site.Well yeah...that'd be great. The problem is actually doing it.I can manage the site and troubleshoot the forum errors like a boss, and I'd like to think I'm a decent community manager, but we're going to need some extra hands if we want this place to keep getting awesome.The YouTube thing for one. I hate making videos. I'm more the photoshop/illustrator type. We should start putting together some kind of video something to draw interest to the site.Our reviews that we have are awesome and I can see that growing.I can't really think of anything else we need to branch out to, but I'm sure there are other places and things to do to bring in traffic.Heck yes, let's do it. Go on a recruiting spree! Go to your college class and find some trusted fellows who know their way around a computer. I could make that video/be the youtube guy. I would then send the videos to a more capable member to edit it and make it more pretty. LHm..Let's get an AD in gameinformer. I'd be willing to chip in to the cost.I think we have a YouTube channel that someone made, but we need someone that can edit video, yeah.I mean...I have a degree in graphic design, so I could do it, but I'd rather pull teeth than deal with video editing software (also not a fan of flash for this reason).T-shirts were also a thing I was turning around in my mind, and that is something that would be awesome if we ever decide to go out into the real world to an event of some kind (or just wear it to Walmart or something; whatever).
Quote from: Cheat on October 06, 2014, 01:32:21 AMQuote from: Death on October 06, 2014, 01:28:05 AMQuote from: Cheat on October 06, 2014, 01:20:24 AMIf we ever get some content creation that takes off (YouTube vids, more recent game reviews, etc.) we could stay strong for a good long while.Also, as long as Bungie.net sucks we should be reasonably fine.Hmm...I don't like the idea that we ride off of Bungie. I think we should stick with them for a bit, absorb the better members and just become an independent gaming site.Well yeah...that'd be great. The problem is actually doing it.I can manage the site and troubleshoot the forum errors like a boss, and I'd like to think I'm a decent community manager, but we're going to need some extra hands if we want this place to keep getting awesome.The YouTube thing for one. I hate making videos. I'm more the photoshop/illustrator type. We should start putting together some kind of video something to draw interest to the site.Our reviews that we have are awesome and I can see that growing.I can't really think of anything else we need to branch out to, but I'm sure there are other places and things to do to bring in traffic.Heck yes, let's do it. Go on a recruiting spree! Go to your college class and find some trusted fellows who know their way around a computer. I could make that video/be the youtube guy. I would then send the videos to a more capable member to edit it and make it more pretty. LHm..Let's get an AD in gameinformer. I'd be willing to chip in to the cost.
Quote from: Death on October 06, 2014, 01:28:05 AMQuote from: Cheat on October 06, 2014, 01:20:24 AMIf we ever get some content creation that takes off (YouTube vids, more recent game reviews, etc.) we could stay strong for a good long while.Also, as long as Bungie.net sucks we should be reasonably fine.Hmm...I don't like the idea that we ride off of Bungie. I think we should stick with them for a bit, absorb the better members and just become an independent gaming site.Well yeah...that'd be great. The problem is actually doing it.I can manage the site and troubleshoot the forum errors like a boss, and I'd like to think I'm a decent community manager, but we're going to need some extra hands if we want this place to keep getting awesome.The YouTube thing for one. I hate making videos. I'm more the photoshop/illustrator type. We should start putting together some kind of video something to draw interest to the site.Our reviews that we have are awesome and I can see that growing.I can't really think of anything else we need to branch out to, but I'm sure there are other places and things to do to bring in traffic.
Quote from: Cheat on October 06, 2014, 01:20:24 AMIf we ever get some content creation that takes off (YouTube vids, more recent game reviews, etc.) we could stay strong for a good long while.Also, as long as Bungie.net sucks we should be reasonably fine.Hmm...I don't like the idea that we ride off of Bungie. I think we should stick with them for a bit, absorb the better members and just become an independent gaming site.
If we ever get some content creation that takes off (YouTube vids, more recent game reviews, etc.) we could stay strong for a good long while.Also, as long as Bungie.net sucks we should be reasonably fine.
Quote from: BaconShelf on October 06, 2014, 01:47:39 AMQuote from: Cheat on October 06, 2014, 01:40:44 AMQuote from: Death on October 06, 2014, 01:36:06 AMQuote from: Cheat on October 06, 2014, 01:32:21 AMQuote from: Death on October 06, 2014, 01:28:05 AMQuote from: Cheat on October 06, 2014, 01:20:24 AMIf we ever get some content creation that takes off (YouTube vids, more recent game reviews, etc.) we could stay strong for a good long while.Also, as long as Bungie.net sucks we should be reasonably fine.Hmm...I don't like the idea that we ride off of Bungie. I think we should stick with them for a bit, absorb the better members and just become an independent gaming site.Well yeah...that'd be great. The problem is actually doing it.I can manage the site and troubleshoot the forum errors like a boss, and I'd like to think I'm a decent community manager, but we're going to need some extra hands if we want this place to keep getting awesome.The YouTube thing for one. I hate making videos. I'm more the photoshop/illustrator type. We should start putting together some kind of video something to draw interest to the site.Our reviews that we have are awesome and I can see that growing.I can't really think of anything else we need to branch out to, but I'm sure there are other places and things to do to bring in traffic.Heck yes, let's do it. Go on a recruiting spree! Go to your college class and find some trusted fellows who know their way around a computer. I could make that video/be the youtube guy. I would then send the videos to a more capable member to edit it and make it more pretty. LHm..Let's get an AD in gameinformer. I'd be willing to chip in to the cost.I think we have a YouTube channel that someone made, but we need someone that can edit video, yeah.I mean...I have a degree in graphic design, so I could do it, but I'd rather pull teeth than deal with video editing software (also not a fan of flash for this reason).T-shirts were also a thing I was turning around in my mind, and that is something that would be awesome if we ever decide to go out into the real world to an event of some kind (or just wear it to Walmart or something; whatever).Why not a Machinima on Halo? I'm very good friends with the owner of Machinima Union and we could either get him to help or even help with the Halo Archive's Machinima stuff once the scripting finishes. Also, should we make a new thread for this?Machinima Union? Ha, good luck working with those guys. I've worked with them over the past couple years in various things. They're incompetent.
Like Death said, I think we should split off from Bnet and the stupidity of DeeG and just become an independent gaming site instead of being a safe haven from the Bungie.net trainwreck.
Quote from: Sentra on October 07, 2014, 02:41:20 PMLike Death said, I think we should split off from Bnet and the stupidity of DeeG and just become an independent gaming site instead of being a safe haven from the Bungie.net trainwreck.If we want to become an independent gaming site with a steadily growing population, there's going to have to be quite a few changes.A notable one would be a Dedicated Press Team to report news.On top of others.
>this is the only way icy can make his degree feel relevant
Quote from: RC5908 on October 07, 2014, 06:39:04 PM>this is the only way icy can make his degree feel relevantReported, muted, Seal Team Six inbound.
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