[ Closed ] Extraordinary General Coordinator Election (Page 2 of 2)

If voted in, I promise more money for public schools, more roads to lessen congestion and a significant boost to the economy!

Wait... What's that? This isn't that kind of Election?

Blast it, I had my speech all planned out... Umm... Umm... Quick, say something witty!

My Goal:

Phoenix has been my home for all my role-playing needs for the past year and a bit, and I feel it's time I gave something back, so if I am elected to the GC position, I will devote as much time as I can to improving the experience of role-playing here.

How would I do this?

I feel that Phoenix's strength comes from its diversity, in characters, sims, and people who occupy the site. My aim would be to increase this diversity, by working closely with the ACO to spread Phoenix across the net in our quest for world domination, as well as to work hard to encourage the more unusual and original sims. I feel that some genres are a little underrepresented here, and that may turn some people away, so this diversity of sims may also lend itself to still further new players and with them, new characters and new stories to tell!

SoapyMac

Last edited by SoapyMac (2014-12-15 01:31:44)

"If you live in the UK, dial 999. If you live in the USA, dial 911. If you're from another country... SO SORRY."

Personally, I'd have to say that aside from some technical issues over the past weeks, Phoenix has been running strong fairly consistently this past year, even with the loss of some truly great Roleplayers...

I also think Euan Reid should be commended for the speed and diligence he showed in fixing what problems did arise, whether speed issues, logging in issues, or simply that all too annoying spam situation we sometimes encounter.

However there is certainly room for improvement. I'd say the best first step would be to push Phoenix 2.0 forward, because as soon as that is up and running, then a overall improvement on the Phoenix experience should (hopefully) have been achieved. However, as this may be a ways off yet, barring the unforeseen hand of fate. 

Technical issues aside, Phoenix runs well as a whole, and the main course I can see for improvement would be to increase our interactions with other RP sites, through joint ceremonies, conventions, and even cross-story roleplay. For instance, we have a number of awesome universes that other sites roleplay in (Firefly, Stargate, Star wars etc), so a crossover story arc could be not only fun, but completely doable!

"If you live in the UK, dial 999. If you live in the USA, dial 911. If you're from another country... SO SORRY."

Good question!

I think we should search for forums or communities of people interested in our settings, and "advertise" there, gently and without spamming.

For example, I was directed here because I had found a post in the Longest Journey forum (by wandrew, IIRC). We could do another round of "hey, we are here if you are interested" in the various Firefly / Star Wars / Matrix / etc.etc. communities.

I agree with what Giorgio and Dale have already said...seems that advertising and growing the membership of Phoenix is a recurring theme for us all. And we all know that the membership is what keeps continues to keep communities, clubs, and even sim running and healthy. Many other communities offer "forums" or "boards" specifically for advertising, so we would be able to do so as long as we also were allowing the favor (so to speak) to be returned. To be able to best do this we would need to spend up the competition or what-have-you for the site graphic (and advertisement) and button.

We can reach out, and continue to build relationships with other RP communities. Such as we currently have/are doing with Ongoing Worlds.

Let's not just advertise sims, let's work together as the inclusive community we are and advertise Phoenix Roleplaying.