The Reinitiated Initiate
Posted: 20 Jan 2017 16:00
Hiya everyone, it feels like it's been forever!
After nearly two month absence, it feels great to be back and I've got all kinds of new ideas, concepts, and features that I'd like to try to get the forums moving again. As the title states, it's time to revitalize the competitive section and take things to an entirely new level, and I can't wait to get started!
Before I drop a couple spoilers for what's to come, I'm going to add it this spoiler which consists of a short explanation of my hiatus. It's not something pleasant that I enjoy discussing, so please be respectful and consider the situations of the people involved.
With that off my shoulders, lets move on to Pixelmon things. I've put a lot of thought into how to improve the forums, and I think it's important to start with the purpose of them in the first place. I've learned from my past mistakes that the goal of the competitive section isn't tocreate a competitive community, it's for the existing community.
With this in mind, I'll be focusing more on topics directed towards the competitive community like teambuilding, battling, and the metagame to start building up skills and introduce people to strategies they might not have considered otherwise. I've got pages and pages of things that I'd like to try out, so I'm going to experiment with a new format of posting content on Sundays, Tuesdays, and Fridays. Personally, I believe that sticking to a bit of a schedule will help keep things moving along nicely and provide a strong foundation for competitive discussion.
As much as I'd like to push out the first today, I believe it's best to take the needed time to make sure everything is perfect so we can have a strong start on Sunday, so keep an eye out here pretty soon. Of course, if you have any suggestions to improve the forums I encourage you to send me a message as usual!
Until then, I'll see you around - and it's great to be back!
~Simon
After nearly two month absence, it feels great to be back and I've got all kinds of new ideas, concepts, and features that I'd like to try to get the forums moving again. As the title states, it's time to revitalize the competitive section and take things to an entirely new level, and I can't wait to get started!
Before I drop a couple spoilers for what's to come, I'm going to add it this spoiler which consists of a short explanation of my hiatus. It's not something pleasant that I enjoy discussing, so please be respectful and consider the situations of the people involved.
Spoiler:
With that off my shoulders, lets move on to Pixelmon things. I've put a lot of thought into how to improve the forums, and I think it's important to start with the purpose of them in the first place. I've learned from my past mistakes that the goal of the competitive section isn't tocreate a competitive community, it's for the existing community.
With this in mind, I'll be focusing more on topics directed towards the competitive community like teambuilding, battling, and the metagame to start building up skills and introduce people to strategies they might not have considered otherwise. I've got pages and pages of things that I'd like to try out, so I'm going to experiment with a new format of posting content on Sundays, Tuesdays, and Fridays. Personally, I believe that sticking to a bit of a schedule will help keep things moving along nicely and provide a strong foundation for competitive discussion.
As much as I'd like to push out the first today, I believe it's best to take the needed time to make sure everything is perfect so we can have a strong start on Sunday, so keep an eye out here pretty soon. Of course, if you have any suggestions to improve the forums I encourage you to send me a message as usual!
Until then, I'll see you around - and it's great to be back!
~Simon