Why is it too long?
Waiting for summer is way too long. If the guides really don't have time then some artists and foremen would probably be willing to welcome and tour for a bit like we also did with Welsknight.
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Why is it too long?
Waiting for summer is way too long. If the guides really don't have time then some artists and foremen would probably be willing to welcome and tour for a bit like we also did with Welsknight.
Another six months. This tour has already been delayed one year.Why is it too long?
I asked why is six months too long, not how much longer it is until summer.Another six months. This tour has already been delayed one year.
we do have one already, it has like 10,000 subsWe could also make videos on the MCME YouTube channel instead of asking a YouTuber.
I know.we do have one already, it has like 10,000 subs
yeh not a bad shout, but fin is away isn't he, who would do them ?I know.
But we could upload a couple videos on that channel instead of asking a YouTuber.
But is that the audience we want? Will the new member join again after two weeks? Will they have the building skills or interest in Tolkien's work we want, probably not, that's why I think using MCME's channel would be better, only people with a genuine interest would find it and join. No we wouldn't have a huge increase in new players you seem to want, but it would give us more dedicated ones.We want many new players, so a audience as large as possible. The 'recent' videos on our channel have about 3K views; Keralis's videos of about half an hour already get 100K views, and a special video of MCME could get like 500K views. 500K>3K
This might be a bit off topic but in response to ryt's post maybe another idea for advertising would be to get our server on the news column on the Minecraft launcher. TBH I don't even know how that works and how some creations/servers/maps get on the Minecraft launcher news but is this a plausible idea?
There's no reason to infer that the audience of Keralis is a bunch of 12-YO bouncing kids and the MCME audience isn't. I'm pretty sure the audience of our YT channel is 95% (retired) MCME members and no potential new players.But is that the audience we want? Will the new member join again after two weeks? Will they have the building skills or interest in Tolkien's work we want, probably not, that's why I think using MCME's channel would be better, only people with a genuine interest would find it and join. No we wouldn't have a huge increase in new players you seem to want, but it would give us more dedicated ones.
And why is six months too long to wait if it means the people who are on the server to help can all do that?
He is very reachable on Twitter, and I've already sent him a few messages with albums of MCME, which he liked.Do you have ways to contact him personally @RubenPieterMark ? Since more exposure eventually leads to more dedicated members one way or another (either directly or indirectly).
ok, this is dedication, but why do u have graphs about keralis' youtube viewsThere's no reason to infer that the audience of Keralis is a bunch of 12-YO bouncing kids and the MCME audience isn't. I'm pretty sure the audience of our YT channel is 95% (retired) MCME members and no potential new players.
Keralis has a severe soft spot for games related to building (city building, crafting, exploring, building); he played a lot of minecraft, Cities: Skylines, ARK, Ylands, Simcity, several Anno's, Banished, Cities XL and so on... you get it. This definitely means the majority of his audience is has a severe interest for these kind of games as well, like me myself. So his audience isn't just a bunch of minecraft kids, but a load of potential builders. So I still stand steadily by having Keralis as best option. He is really the architect of YouTube.
Why is six months too much? Eh well besides the obvious length of six months; Keralis view and new subscriber rate is shrinking and his view rate is even getting lower.
I don't think guides have an excuse for letting a shrinking community wait half a year because of being busy irl. Being a bit active for a week is not too much to ask for, to a guide. But if guides are too busy, there are artists and maybe foremen who can take over that responsibility.
His channel usually gets a little peak around January, so if we start the first video at mid-Jan and have the last one mid-Feb, then we'll have our videos right around the peak.
He is very reachable on Twitter, and I've already sent him a few messages with albums of MCME, which he liked.
I didn't mean to infer that, I, as someone with no knowledge of Keralis asked I asked if it was the audience we want because I don't know. However, it is less likely for the MCME YouTube audience to be, in your word "12-YO bouncing kids".There's no reason to infer that the audience of Keralis is a bunch of 12-YO bouncing kids and the MCME audience isn't.
You can't be certain of that, but if it is true, it shows we have a chance of getting them interested again. If this is the case it also presents the opportunity to make more videos to attract new players, 'big' YouTubers aren't the only wayI'm pretty sure the audience of our YT channel is 95% (retired) MCME members and no potential new players.
Then surely a YouTuber who's not in this decline would be better, yes, it may mean going to a smaller one but that may not be a bad thing and would probably yield the same responseWhy is six months too much? Eh well besides the obvious length of six months; Keralis view and new subscriber rate is shrinking and his view rate is even getting lower.
Yes, Guides do have a responsibility to the server, but we do have real lives and education must come first. At the end of the day MCME is a hobby and school comes first, whether you like it or not.I don't think guides have an excuse for letting a shrinking community wait half a year because of being busy irl.
To a Guide it is, for now at least.Being a bit active for a week is not too much to ask for, to a guide.
That's fine.But if guides are too busy, there are artists and maybe foremen who can take over that responsibility.
There's plenty of jobs in Moria and I'm back at my treebuild. Maybe a foreman or another can artist can learn the way of the trees so that'll be a larger project as well.I think we should get mordor going first to be honest, right now I am not able to lead many jobs myself, since I don't have anything to lead jobs on. Also what's left of Dol Amroth seems to be a bit hard for those average new builders which such advertisement might bring in.
And most importantly Mordor will cause more hype than a 'random city in Gondor' and will lead in more players staying.
Ontop of that Christmas is a busy time for this all, I agree with TI that summer would be ideal, when Mordor should for sure be started aswel. I can only see positive points for doing it in the summer.
Maybe a foreman or another can artist can learn the way of the trees.