(Sep. 11, 2011 8:13 PM)Kai-V Wrote: Then list what you think "the Committee" needs to change for the second hiatus. This just seems very vague.
For one, there are many members other than myself who feels as though they are not recognized properly for the efforts they put forth in building this community. The term "advanced member" is not "advanced customizations poster". It should extend to anyone who has made advancements in Beyblading, be it through organizing events, sharing new ideas, contributing to topics, playing devil's advocate to get users to think, sharing methods of winning and basic strategy, helping new bladers, etc.
Second, although these new campaigns and events are extremely enticing and progressive, I think the WBO can do so much more. From what I've seen from Hasbro's attempt to outsource organized play, they are on an incredibly low budget, much less than last time. The WBO's tournaments are even more well advertised than their qualifiers. This should ring a bell that the WBO can surpass their feats at every level. You told me that you "cannot take risks" at your level, but the WBO needs to take an entrepreneur mentality to rise above corporate level Beyblade. To become an entrepreneur, you must take risks. It's a part of moving forward. There's no limit to what the WBO is capable of, but I don't think the committee has realized that yet.
Third, we have way too many members for just 5 committee members and 2 moderators. It does bother me that the committee is made up of 3 Canadians and 2 Brits from 3 different communities. I seems as though there is not an equal level of representation per country. It creates an imbalance and I feel as though through this lack of diversity, there is a lack of communication. It's important to be able to hear and have other points of view outside of 2 active communities when making decisions. For example, the SSS. Although it was a success, American parents are more impatient than Canadians and it caused some havoc. There is a slight cultural difference that, if you had an American as a part of the committee, would have been addressed. Also, in the case of Taiwo, I was able to phone him directly and speak to him. You were not for financial reasons (because out of country calls as expensive). In a case like this, having a committee member from the same country, the LA tournament may have been saved sooner if a committee member had been able to contact him by phone. Although this may not seem like a huge point at all, it becomes significant when you include every small event.
Fourth, I think it
is important to discuss things with us as a whole. It's insulting when you don't include us to discuss our own fate and make decisions for us like you're our parents. If you were to publicly discuss things, you could get everyone's opinion and then discuss points made from the public in the committee forum. At least we'll be able to counter some of your points to hopefully show you a different perspective more accurately. For example, you didn't know about the UK until I had that in conversation with ControL_. Had this been more public, I'm sure ControL_ would have learned of this earlier and there could have been a more informed decision.
And lastly, the WBO really needs to be able to keep each and every member here around as long as possible. If Beyblade ultimately dies, then we need to keep our population alive. This means a greater level of respect. It also means putting happiness and satisfaction before accuracy. The goal of the committee should be making the majority happy and active before providing a serious level of play. While organized play is important, most people don't want to play spinning tops professionally. Through happiness, respect and satisfaction, you'll see many more members being active. This goes for respecting incompetent members as well because although I have noticed some users make the most ridiculous posts on the forums (I.E. The Problem), they are quite intelligent and skillful in person. You just don't know.
These are the points that I would personally like to see addressed along with my win against Bluezee. I've held my tongue about much of this for a long time, but I feel jaded not vocalizing any of this. It troubles me that you are all extremely intelligent, yet the introverted discussions are very taxing on the community, more than you may all realize. I don't say this from strictly a personal opinion, but from discussions with many members.