COMMUNITY TEAM UPDATE LOG
NOVEMBER 2019
INTRODUCTION
Hello again!
Things have been changing fast in the community team! This past month, not only have we implemented appeals, but we’ve also begun pushing forward with community advocacy in the form of reports, where we collect feedback from the community and pass it on to those who can help, which will be touched on later! Things are continuing to go under restructure, with our focus groups getting an overhaul soon as well. More on that below!
OCTOBER DATA
Overview
This month, we saw a total of 219 apps handled, with 129 new players welcomed onto LOTC.
This is a tiny increase from last month - 13 more applications handled. Like last month, nearly 3/4ths of applications are accepted, leaving only around 1/4th denied, though this number has gone down a bit since last month. However, we are aiming to improve this with additional resources and more effective communication with the applicants.
Accepted/Denied Ratios
Race Specific Data
New Player Guidance
TEAM DATA
Application Team Data
Other Team Data
Quota King/Queen
This month’s application king goes to… MeteorTurkey! Having handled nearly 50 applications, Meteor has done loads and definitely earned quota king!
@MeteorDragon
Followed behind by TwistedFries and Armajesty!
MEMBER ALTERATIONS
+ LotsOfMuffins became the Community Administrator
+ puffables became a Community Manager
+ KaleyKitty became a Community Manager
+ Armajesty became a Community Manager
+ WonkVibes joined the Community Team
+ Nozgoth joined the Community Team
+ fieselena joined the Community Team + LordYuki joined the Community Team
- Aurea stepped down from the Community Team
- SoulReapingWolf stepped down from the Community Team
- TarreBear stepped down from the Community Team
- Tahmas stepped down from the Community Team
- Ivorey stepped down from the Community Team
- CTMamaJade stepped down from Community Manager
- WestCarolina stepped down from the Community Team
- B3LLE stepped down from the Community Team
- 1_Language_1 stepped down from the Community Team
- chaosgamer_ stepped down from the Community Team - _CringE stepped down from the Community Team
- eGirlVibes stepped down from the Community Team
PROJECT UPDATES
WIKI - KaleyKitty
The wiki focus group has been undergoing a massive restructure. However, for the course of November, we primarily went worked on redoing the front page. One of our amazing content creators, @reko, is currently working on creating an updated map with every nation on it to place on the front page, and the entire layout has been redone to be easier to navigate. Our goal for this month is to begin updating lore pages as well as creating a report system, so players may report incorrect/inappropriate pages.
COMMUNITY EVENTS - Armajesty
Following the changes within focus groups, the Community Event’s group has been working especially hard in order to plan, run and overall host exciting events that the community can partake in.
Near the end of October a meeting was held in order to discuss the future of Community Events, and as such we were excited to bring the following event: Chase the Turkey. An event in which players were challenged to hunt down a Community Team Member wearing a turkey costume and pugsy them in order to gain tokens that they were then able to exchange on Thanksgiving! Surprisingly, this was the only event that was held this month. November’s lack of events was all in preparation for December - in which we have a total of four events planned. These events include The Advent Calendar Scavenger Hunt, Creative Cafe, Secret Krugmas and Battle of the Arts. These events are here to spread tons of holiday cheer to our players, and we’re happy to receive any questions or feedback! If you have ideas for any future events that you would like to see or have any questions you need answered you are welcome to reach out to me on discord at armajesty#5043. We hope to you, the community, at our following events!
TUTORIALS- puffables
This month, though the guides project is coming to a close, we have been working on slowly building up and creating the Tutorial Island.
And, as per the form we sent out for you all to suggest - a theme has been chosen:
A tropical, pirate island!
We thank you all for your brilliant suggestions, upon which we discussed and voted to conclude in a final pick. So far, we've been working through making the prompts for the NPC guides; soon, we should be 100% on those and move onto the main creation and decoration of the island itself, before bringing it all together.
Regarding the guides project, due to team consensus, we have decided to end it. The guides that we currently have and are working upon will be completed, however new guides will not be picked up.
This is to enable you guys, the community, to take initiative! These guides should be players helping players, things that you do because you want to; interesting guides, with character and flair. So, all who love making guides, I encourage you - write away!
COMMUNITY ADVOCACY / REPORTS
This past month, the team took on the task of creating reports, where we reach out to the community for feedback either requested by other staff teams / nation leaders or by finding topics in server feedback or in discussions that we notice between players. When a topic is picked, a team member, either alone or in a group, reaches out to a range of players and interviews them, gathering their feedback on the topic. The feedback is then sent on to whoever can make a difference. For example, if a feedback report is created based on conflict rules, it’d be sent to the moderation team.