What content do people want on the website?

I still feel we are eventually going to need to get our own forum for the site that is separate from boards.ie. Truth be told, its kind of unprofessional the fact the forum for the site redirects to another site ( Yes, I know it's an amateur not for profit site but still. )

Yes, I know forum software costs money and I know that running a forum can be a pain in the a$$ ( I've seen it before on other sites where the moderators get a bit carried way with their power ) but this is something that most seriously be considered in the future.

A workaround for now might to have the forum open in a new window / tab so that the user isn't taken away from the site.

On-line points based league has me definitely interested. I think it would get alot of traffic to the site from people actually involved at least, constantly checking and whatnot. Might be an incentive for more new people to come along and join, because while not everyone is competitive, there are alot who are, who would join just for that sort of thing. Myself included.

Knowing Me, Knowing You / Player Interviews is a nice little thing you could have on the site not for generating alot of traffic, just some standard content that newcomers can come along and check out and familiarize themselves with members of our community.

I'd like to see some basic tutorials/glossary of terms we use, for the newcomers to the community once again, so that they aren't left completely confused when they first come to any casuals or tournaments when we start calling someone Salty or whatever basic term to us we have, but newcomers wouldn't have a clue what we mean by the word unless we explain it to them there.

Basic Tutorials aren't really a big thing since there are plenty of in-game tutorials, but generally just something explaining the basics of terms specific to each game, like Focus Cancelling in SF, Guard Primers and Barrier Bursting in BB. Just basic stuff explained for them, there doesn't need to be a whole lot on this like I said, there are plenty of in-game stuff.

I'd like to see a Glossary of terms though at least, just stuff like that to help out any newcomers with our terms and what have ye.

Got a cool idea

Why not have a tutorial video on each players main character like cross counter done with that Ryu DVD?

We could have a host or different hosts each week to come in and sit down with a player from the community who has the most knowledge about their character and knows all the tips and tricks to become gdlk and get through the basics, intermediates and advanced skills of the character

Vids could take up to an 1h and 30mins be done in the space of 2hours[30mins break in between]

Seems like a real valuable contribution not only to newcomers to the game/'s but, to aspiring players who are looking to switch up or learn from the best

Best part is that everybody can be involved in it, [granted you know your s**t]

I know this was mentioned previously in the thread but, truly its brilliant to showcase what this community knows and what its about

Good interview here by Gootecks

http://www.complexitygaming.com/news/2947/#

If I can summarise what I think his basic points are about producing your own content:

• Do it now rather than later, because FG media always picks up and reposts new content because there's so little news. Later this won't be the case and it'll harder to get exposure if you wait too long
• You don't need to be the best player to produce content, just be funny and engaging. The audience is attracted to personalities, not playstyle

So who has the best personalities in the scene?