It’s shameful to see what SG’s state has become over time. It’s even more shameful to see squabbling between former/current members instead of focusing on the problem at hand.
——— Structure ———
Before anything happens, the root issues must be addressed. You don’t build a house starting with the roof. The direction of our higher-ups is 100% an issue imo. Directions are talked about but not acted on due to a lack of support by other staff/members to help facilitate a successful initiative. We have a massive staff list yet how many of them actually take the time of day to become involved or ask “what can I do”? Very few.
I’m split between agreeing with @Spiritwind on the fact our highest ranks/leaders need replacing to reaffirm trust within the communities members or risking that happen and having someone else that wouldn’t do as well a job and finish SG permanently. SG for a long time has been going downhill and the Staff vs Members outlook is a major issue. We need a proper structure to establish reliability and responsibility within staff and tbh the current select few (as much as I like them and hold no ill feelings toward) aren’t fulfilling confidence in our members. Condensing staff as others have mentioned to have a more collective at the top seems like a decent start. It’s a drastic structure change BUT slight changes aren’t what’s going to get SG on ground it can stand on.
Keeping Caution as president would be ok until he decides to hand off the reigns again, permanently but the VP role should be abolished. @Dominic may have people against him due to past actions and I’ll admit, myself included was not very happy to see him let back in after all the fires I had to help put out years ago as most of the in server incidents regarding him was on server(s) I managed.. as well as BoM, myself and our guys in MKT having to counteract the advertising for his community. BUT since he has come back, I’ve seen dedication and an effort put forward by him. I do believe he wants the best for SG and I trust that he won’t give that up as many of us multiple times former staff have lost our drive to take an active role in SG affairs, he has not. Politics and shit has gotta be put to the side.
@DominicI like you but to me at least it seems clear that quite a few members don’t have confidence in you holding VP. Thank you for being transparent and asking if you should step down. Although I don’t believe booting you out of an influential position is the way. Having some sort of “council” (with you included) as mentioned with a group of 6-7 pers at the helm with 1-3 pers of them overseeing a group of 6-10 pers each would be more manageable. Instead of having one person oversee the bds as a VP would, maybe a Primary/Secondary/Tertiary system among the 1-3 pers overseeing different aspects of SG would work better. In the long run.
——— Forums ———
Dead.
Due to lack of players, lack of activity, split focus between Web/Discord & 100% because most active forum users have been banned and or left the community over drama/loss of interest due to community changes. It is now a place for former players to come back to and reminisce, talk to old friends or add into the occasional thread.
The forums should stay as the it will always be a core part of SG. In my opinion it should be left as is, spiced up now and then by staff but in influx of users is needed. People won’t use it if not even the staff do. (I’ll add more about the Forums another time)
There’s not many improvements that can be made without servers to drive in players. All in all.
———Servers———
This is a gaming community without anywhere to game right now! Looking at SG from an outside perspective
It many games have community servers so the ones that do, we should be driving Tf into em. If another community has their foot in the door, kick em out! We are not in the place to be nice and not encroach on their “territory”. Not only having us move into new titles but also establishing connections with people already playing so we know how we should maneuver, to know what the playerbase likes is key (hence MKT shouldn’t having ever been axed. Information is what determines success or failure).
I’m gonna add more and maybe add corrections to things I’ve said here, tomorrow or the next day, ideas may change or views may change. (Saying this before anyone dogpiles on something I’ve said, knowing it’s not definite).