[08:10] <danhezee> hi
[09:07] <SallyTheButcher> hey hey
[09:07] <SallyTheButcher> Sorry was taking my lunch
[09:07] <danhezee> oh no problem
[09:08] <SallyTheButcher> So...
[09:08] <SallyTheButcher> I'm working on putting together a communication cycle for Ace
[09:08] <SallyTheButcher> & I wanted to get your input
[09:08] <danhezee> ok
[09:09] <SallyTheButcher> At the moment I can see you guys put out a community round up? IS this a weekly thing?
[09:09] <SallyTheButcher> Also is this something that's shared between people?
[09:09] <danhezee> we try too, usually depends on the volume of activity
[09:10] <danhezee> there is no delegated community round responsibility
[09:10] <SallyTheButcher> yeah I know how it is I did the same on a game I worked on it can be tough getting enough content
[09:11] <danhezee> usually it is me or tgm that writes them though
[09:11] <SallyTheButcher> Is it something you guys want to continue?
[09:11] <SallyTheButcher> From what I can see I think it's great :D
[09:11] <danhezee> cool
[09:12] <danhezee> yea we want to continue with them
[09:12] <SallyTheButcher> great
[09:13] <danhezee> there is also, a newsletter which is very similiar to the community round up which is written by LastofS.
[09:13] <SallyTheButcher> OK so this 'cycle' is basically just a way of making sure we provide the wider community enough regular content
[09:14] <SallyTheButcher> ah yes I saw that in the forums, what is the main difference between them?
[09:14] <danhezee> LastofS's is a solo project
[09:15] <SallyTheButcher> kk
[09:15] <danhezee> he created and maintains it himself for the time being
[09:15] <SallyTheButcher> That's fine
[09:16] <SallyTheButcher> I'm firstly trying to decide what length cycle I should lay out & present, previously I have done weekly ones so you know what needs to go out and where (what platform)
[09:17] <SallyTheButcher> ....thinking out loud sorry!
[09:18] <SallyTheButcher> So would you be happy to schedule a coummunity round up for once a week?
[09:19] <SallyTheButcher> Bear in mind we'd aim to schedule it for a regular day
[09:19] <SallyTheButcher> Or would it be better to start with having it every other week, or once a month?
[09:20] <danhezee> weekly may be difficult unless we can get ben to talk more often
[09:20] <SallyTheButcher> Well I will feed you some information & may be able to help you with content
[09:21] <danhezee> I say we aim for weekly but start out with every other week
[09:22] <SallyTheButcher> Going forwards and with a bit of encouragement there will hopefully be some awesome stuff the community get up to too, which would be great to celebrate and shout about
[09:22] <SallyTheButcher> ounds good & a sensible plan
[09:23] <SallyTheButcher> Would you be happy to prepare the round up ready to go live on a set day?
[09:23] <danhezee> I think the biggest celebration in the comming weeks will be 0.76
[09:23] <danhezee> yea we can do that
[09:23] <danhezee> I am guessing either mondays or fridays would be the best days
[09:25] <SallyTheButcher> Sounds good to me I'm pretty felxible, but I'd agree with those days. When I plug more into the cycle I will let you know which looks best.
[09:25] <danhezee> I am leaning towards fridays
[09:25] <SallyTheButcher> Is there any other regular content you think the community would love to see?
[09:25] <danhezee> the weekends are when we hit peaks
[09:26] <danhezee> tournaments and competitions
[09:26] <SallyTheButcher> Fridays makes sense to me as it's the end of a working week :)
[09:27] <danhezee> I would like to see something monthly along those lines
[09:28] <danhezee> we have had great results with contests like the facebook cover photo contest
[09:28] <SallyTheButcher> Ah well that's good news, within the team are there people who tend to run events/tournaments?
[09:28] <SallyTheButcher> I have some fun stuff planned for Facebook ^_^
[09:28] <danhezee> usually it is me or someone else in #aos.staff
[09:30] <danhezee> I usually created a rough draft of the rules and we iterate until we can all agree on the rules and launch the competition
[09:31] <SallyTheButcher> So would you be up for working with me to plan some specific events & maybe something regular?
[09:31] <danhezee> yea
[09:32] <SallyTheButcher> we can rope in others as we see fit. Of course anyone is welcome to run events etc, but these would be kinda 'officially recognised' events/activities
[09:32] <SallyTheButcher> Awesome
[09:35] <SallyTheButcher> So on our lovely 1.0 plan we already have certain key activity planned & I think Zac has spoken to you about some of it?
[09:35] <danhezee> yea
[09:36] <SallyTheButcher> It's all very top secret at the moment but obviously we need to get all the details ready
[09:36] <danhezee> I think you got plenty of time
[09:36] <SallyTheButcher> So one of the things we will want to start is a monthly Map Design competition
[09:37] <SallyTheButcher> (I have been writing a lot of lovely proposals )
[09:37] <SallyTheButcher> Which I have run by Ben and he's happy and confident with what I have proposed
[09:37] <danhezee> one thing we tried was themed mod competitions like a halloween theme
[09:37] <danhezee> it was very well recieved
[09:38] <SallyTheButcher> Great
[09:38] <SallyTheButcher> Not sure how big the map making community is?
[09:39] <danhezee> not that big that is why we went boarder with categories like best map best gun best spade ....
[09:39] <SallyTheButcher> hopefully big enough to sustain a monthly competition, if we struggle we can always include mods
[09:40] <SallyTheButcher> We also want to massively grow the YouTube Platform
[09:40] <danhezee> I would cycle that too, one month maps next month weapons and so forth
[09:41] <SallyTheButcher> OK, thanks for the tip, glad I asked. ^_^
[09:41] <danhezee> 0.76 has to come out before youtube is a viable option
[09:41] <SallyTheButcher> OH?
[09:42] <danhezee> out of the list of prominent players over 90% arent playing 0.75
[09:43] <SallyTheButcher> how comes? ...I'm still learning!
[09:43] <danhezee> hit detection
[09:43] <SallyTheButcher> Ah
[09:43] <SallyTheButcher> Ok, well most of these plans is work surrounding 1.0
[09:44] <danhezee> the server and client dont communicate properly,  you will shoot someone multiple times and nothing happens
[09:44] <SallyTheButcher> I see
[09:45] <SallyTheButcher> So the YouTube growth will happen a bit later on down the line
[09:46] <SallyTheButcher> But around the 1.0 launch we will run a YouTube comp, and I have proposed for it to be themed around the clans, because as I understand it there is some concern about clans surviving the 1.0 update
[09:46] <danhezee> that is new to me
[09:46] <danhezee> what do you mean
[09:48] <SallyTheButcher> Just a few posts on the forums were worried that they might lose players, I'm sure they won't, but still I think the clans would be a good element to promote
[09:48] <SallyTheButcher> If they don't, let me know :P
[09:49] <danhezee> player loose doesnt seem like it would be limited to clans only
[09:50] <danhezee> one thing we need to figure out is what kind of computers people are using.  a portion of the community have very low end computers
[09:51] <SallyTheButcher> Sure, but do you think clans would benefit from a bit of promotion? Showing of f what they are all about, skills, etc
[09:51] <SallyTheButcher> That's indeed a good point
[09:53] <danhezee> I do think clans can be promoted.  We have tried to get them to have tournaments and matches against one another.   However, they have a hard time getting their members to show up
[09:55] <SallyTheButcher> Yeah it's a complete pain in the arse trying to get people to show up to events maybe if we create some sort of clan ladder/leaderboard they's be motivated as no shows would mean loss in rank
[09:55] <danhezee> yeah we can try it
[09:57] <SallyTheButcher> I don't know how keen clans are to grow, they seem to maintain managable numbers, so with more people coming into the game there will either be space for growth or more clans I suppose
[09:58] <danhezee> hopefully more clans
[09:58] <danhezee> more clans = more chances for matches
[09:59] <SallyTheButcher> It would be nice to get to a stage where each clan had enough memebers of high enough skill to front 2 competative teams with subs
[10:00] <danhezee> wow I am not sure if we have one clan that is large enough for two teams
[10:01] <SallyTheButcher> yet ;-) it wouldn't be compulsory, but I'm optimistic!
[10:02] <SallyTheButcher> It's a tough but forfilling role being a clan leader, I have only had that honour once, but being part of something like that really brings people together
[10:03] <SallyTheButcher> Right I have gone wildly off track (I tend to go off on massive tangents)
[10:04] <SallyTheButcher> Can you think of any other regular communication people would like to see? Any news posts, Facebook posts,
[10:07] <danhezee> we normally follow up news post with a mention on facebook
[10:10] <SallyTheButcher> yeah all news activity will be covered across all platforms free content ftw! Facebook may get a bit experimental as I get to know the community, tends to be the best way to find out what kind of stuff people like and what bores them half to death
[10:11] <SallyTheButcher> I totally stalk BrickForce to with there fancy stuff as well as other brands, then adapt the good ideas to be better! Mwhahahh
[10:12] <SallyTheButcher> Sometimes you come up with a totally unique idea, but it's pretty hard to do these days with so many brands on social platforms like Facebook
[10:12] <SallyTheButcher> Have you had a go at BrickForce?
[10:16] <SallyTheButcher> That was a test....you passed! ;-)
[10:17] <SallyTheButcher> I had a go out of curiosity ... I rage quit
[10:17] <SallyTheButcher> Anyway, I will not harass you any longer I definitely have some good points to consider and plenty to think about
[10:18] <SallyTheButcher> If I have any specific questions I will let you know.
[10:18] <SallyTheButcher> thanks for the chat,
[10:45] <danhezee> talk to you later
[10:46] <danhezee> I was in meeting at work,  but yeah I played brickforce saw the players cried when they got shot and closed the game
[10:49] <SallyTheButcher> lol I got headshots from nowhere then when I crlearly shot someone in the head (the massive block) nope no headshot. >..<
[10:49] <SallyTheButcher> Right going to log off and get some documents done, later!
[10:49] <danhezee> bye