Post by sh17 on Dec 10, 2009 23:15:44 GMT -6
OK, so I was going to hold off on this thread until a couple days after today but I realized I am going to be tired as Hell tomorrow and Saturday and it was top of mind now. So, to explain exactly what is going on here:
Due to lack of general interest in SNW for whatever reason, be it the holidays are here and people are busy for whatever reason, the decision has been made to just put SNW on a bit of a hiatus. In the interest of full disclosure, this was my idea and was supported by Matt and I can prove both of these facts. The Dec. 12 GNO will not happen as planned, and I'd also like to take this space to once again thank/apologize to those who did RP for this show. Several things led me to suggesting this:
-After Natural Selection, board traffic has dropped off a cliff basically. We posted NS, then we did Onslaught a couple weeks later and also got nothing in the way of RPs and general interest. I was stunned and somewhat confused by this. With that said, it leads into my next point...
-SNW seems to be on the back burner for a lot of people. Around this time of the year, that is very understandable. The Christmas holiday is here, you're working more or spending time with family. That's great, and like my own personal policy family and real life always comes before SNW.
-With Matt being without regular use of a computer, it pretty much has fallen to me to write most of every show now. I've been an efedder for roughly two and a half years, but I first learned match writing around 4 Up this year so I'm still a novice at this. With that said, the workload is quite a bit as I'm sure the other people who have written for this and other feds extensively in the past. Being a full time student, along with other things taking up time, it's really hard for me to sit down and write. Especially with the pay per view, since that was full result and it was brutal.
-I saw trouble when not a lot of people RPed for the last SNO show, or this GNO show. As a staff this had been said before, and I'll reiterate it again: The effort you guys put into your RPs constitutes what sort of effort we as writers put into your matches. With Natural Selection, I felt horrible for getting it out so late because we had a lot of good RPs for it. Last week, I considered not even doing a show and this week well you can see how it worked out. Today was the first day we got RPs, a day before deadline.
So, I've bitched enough for a second. Now I need to address what will happen now:
-All shows are postponed until January 9th, which is when NHB has been moved too. I will post a card for it a couple weeks before the show as per usual. As far as any signed matches we had for it, disregard them until you see an official card. One of the things we hope to achieve while in dry dock is to come up with new matches and programs.
-This hiatus is set up so the staff and roster as a whole can enjoy the Christmas season, and not have to worry as much about SNW. We also hope that when we come back from this break, everyone will be ready to RP again. If not, well guys I don't really know what to say to that.
Now, let me put this out there: If you guys have a reason you've blown off the last two shows(SNO and GNO), I want to know. Not so I can punish or anything, I want to know if the staff did anything wrong or if it's just the time of year that's screwing everyone up. You're more than welcome to post here, as I hope this will spurn an open discussion that will improve SNW. You're also more than welcome to PM me, and I'll gladly have a private conversation with you about anything I've said or any concerns you might have. That doesn't bother me a bit.
With this said, please enjoy your Christmas and be ready for NHB on the 9th so we can bring SNW back in style!
Due to lack of general interest in SNW for whatever reason, be it the holidays are here and people are busy for whatever reason, the decision has been made to just put SNW on a bit of a hiatus. In the interest of full disclosure, this was my idea and was supported by Matt and I can prove both of these facts. The Dec. 12 GNO will not happen as planned, and I'd also like to take this space to once again thank/apologize to those who did RP for this show. Several things led me to suggesting this:
-After Natural Selection, board traffic has dropped off a cliff basically. We posted NS, then we did Onslaught a couple weeks later and also got nothing in the way of RPs and general interest. I was stunned and somewhat confused by this. With that said, it leads into my next point...
-SNW seems to be on the back burner for a lot of people. Around this time of the year, that is very understandable. The Christmas holiday is here, you're working more or spending time with family. That's great, and like my own personal policy family and real life always comes before SNW.
-With Matt being without regular use of a computer, it pretty much has fallen to me to write most of every show now. I've been an efedder for roughly two and a half years, but I first learned match writing around 4 Up this year so I'm still a novice at this. With that said, the workload is quite a bit as I'm sure the other people who have written for this and other feds extensively in the past. Being a full time student, along with other things taking up time, it's really hard for me to sit down and write. Especially with the pay per view, since that was full result and it was brutal.
-I saw trouble when not a lot of people RPed for the last SNO show, or this GNO show. As a staff this had been said before, and I'll reiterate it again: The effort you guys put into your RPs constitutes what sort of effort we as writers put into your matches. With Natural Selection, I felt horrible for getting it out so late because we had a lot of good RPs for it. Last week, I considered not even doing a show and this week well you can see how it worked out. Today was the first day we got RPs, a day before deadline.
So, I've bitched enough for a second. Now I need to address what will happen now:
-All shows are postponed until January 9th, which is when NHB has been moved too. I will post a card for it a couple weeks before the show as per usual. As far as any signed matches we had for it, disregard them until you see an official card. One of the things we hope to achieve while in dry dock is to come up with new matches and programs.
-This hiatus is set up so the staff and roster as a whole can enjoy the Christmas season, and not have to worry as much about SNW. We also hope that when we come back from this break, everyone will be ready to RP again. If not, well guys I don't really know what to say to that.
Now, let me put this out there: If you guys have a reason you've blown off the last two shows(SNO and GNO), I want to know. Not so I can punish or anything, I want to know if the staff did anything wrong or if it's just the time of year that's screwing everyone up. You're more than welcome to post here, as I hope this will spurn an open discussion that will improve SNW. You're also more than welcome to PM me, and I'll gladly have a private conversation with you about anything I've said or any concerns you might have. That doesn't bother me a bit.
With this said, please enjoy your Christmas and be ready for NHB on the 9th so we can bring SNW back in style!
My second reason, as some of you may (or may not) know, I have posting issues. While there are times it may say I'm logged in, I have issues posting/replying to threads. Which is why there was an instance or two in the past where Matt had to post for me. But, hopefully this is a positive sign and I hope to be more productive on the board all-around again, not just the fed. 
