What would you do to make WAR better?

[Nekomata]

Why do think Sarah walked away from this thread? WARs were stopped. Im slightly confused why you would think that I have something personal against WAR. Are facts not recognized here because of good or bad feelings?

Its also a little biased to mention only the fun you had and leave out the long term effects that WAR had on the community. My opinion on war will always be the after effect of the forum being almost empty for over a month in the summmer.
It also should be noted this isnt pe2k. The forum community is smaller and generally more relaxed. Thats why the current style of events does so well.

I know that some people, like Sarah, may not want to discuss things due to how the last war ended on such a negative note. That said, we're not discussing whether it'll happen or not, just what we'd do to improve it. Do remember that discussion on this was quickly shut down after the last war, so no one really got to talk about- and that upset some people. It's -nice- to let our thoughts out even if nothing will come of it. Good or bad feelings, we're not ignoring the facts or what happened. We're just having a -friendly- discussion.

In fact, I think it's GOOD for us to discuss what we would do to make it better- regardless if we plan on ever doing it. Why? We need to understand what made it so negative for some and what people would like to have seen done instead. If we can understand what went wrong, we can better form future events by avoiding the same mistakes. Feedback on events is incredibly important- even for one time events. What did people like? What did people dislike? How can we use this feedback to build on other things?

For example, people said they felt excluded in the sense that the events were in sections they were not a part of. So do we find ways to make the sections more inclusive to new people, or maybe extend it across more section? People were concerned about group sizes. How can we adjust future events to make groups more balanced? These are the kind of things a discussion on WAR can help us with. WAR or no, I think it's a talk worth having.

[Rival Max]

I am not arguing about this here. If you want to continue this message me. Otherwise please stay on topic. We have a right to come up with improvements.

We're not arguing at all...You tagged me and Im responding. If you feel like this is an argument there is a mis understanding here.

I know that some people, like Sarah, may not want to discuss things due to how the last war ended on such a negative note. That said, we're not discussing whether it'll happen or not, just what we'd do to improve it. Do remember that discussion on this was quickly shut down after the last war, so no one really got to talk about- and that upset some people. It's -nice- to let our thoughts out even if nothing will come of it. Good or bad feelings, we're not ignoring the facts or what happened. We're just having a -friendly- discussion.

In fact, I think it's GOOD for us to discuss what we would do to make it better- regardless if we plan on ever doing it. Why? We need to understand what made it so negative for some and what people would like to have seen done instead. If we can understand what went wrong, we can better form future events by avoiding the same mistakes. Feedback on events is incredibly important- even for one time events. What did people like? What did people dislike? How can we use this feedback to build on other things?

For example, people said they felt excluded in the sense that the events were in sections they were not a part of. So do we find ways to make the sections more inclusive to new people, or maybe extend it across more section? People were concerned about group sizes. How can we adjust future events to make groups more balanced? These are the kind of things a discussion on WAR can help us with. WAR or no, I think it's a talk worth having.

It was shut down fast because of how poor that last war ended. If Sarah the most chill person on this forum is avoiding a topic there is a reason. My opinion is just that it should be noted that WARs are a double edged sword.

If there are a lot of people passionate about it then of course it should be discussed:)