Plugging Curse-Gaming.com for Showing Off Your Art
By
8baller,
Posted on: 2007-03-23 18:00 in Multi-Media Fan Creations
I don't get what everyone's arguing about.
All I got from the original post is Lighthouse suggesting that we check out Cruse Gaming and let him know what we think.
I see nothing about a step in the right direction, or in any direction at all. Have I missed some news, or announcement?
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I'll agree that NCSoft and Cryptic need to do something different. Or more. Or better. But, after reading this thread, I don't see why they would bother. Nothing they do will ever be good enough to make up for whatever slights or ills the majority of this community feels has been done them...
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Please don't lop me in with this description, I've only been in game roughly 13 months, and on this board even less... while there was no malicious intent behind the initial post of this thread, I do think LH can look objectively at the complaints and see that not only are they genuine, but more so that what the "kids" want isn't what Curse is currently offering.
Okay, I checked out the site, and it seems to have nothing to offer me.
The City of Heroes section seems to have one article and 7 images, no forums (atm).
I don't see the attraction. Are there plans for more content there?
Touched on this in the "Gettign community involvement" thread up in suggestions.
How this could be handled, if for whatever reason they don't want to host fanart here:
1. Define what NCSoft and/or Cryptic want or need to do.
2. Come here and *ASK* the people who would be using it what they'd look for, and what #1 revealed.
3. Come up with a variety of sites, and ask for suggestions from the community for others. I can understand not having DA in there, unless they can work some deal to have a "City of" site, with "City of" branding and - well, people do have their kids look at this stuff, some way for them not to "stumble" on some of the more mature items there would probably be desired.
4. Have NCSoft/Cryptic pick, say, five, that work with their legal framework and whatnot - they *do* have to be worried about that.
5. Have the art community, who would be *using* the site, vote and give feedback.
6. Unveil their new "Official art partner."
More of a process than just saying "Go here," it gets the people using the site involved, and gets a reasonable compromise if not makes "everyone happy."
It's something you want the community to use - get the community's input.
I am Soul_Train, and I fully support Memphis_Bill's message.
"City of Heroes. April 27, 2004 - August 31, 2012. Obliterated not with a weapon of mass destruction, not by an all-powerful supervillain... but by a cold-hearted and cowardly corporate suck-up."
I agree, it would have been much better to get community input before just throwing a 3rd party site at us and saying "Put your art here". Seems kind of standoffish.
That's not it at -all-. These "tantrum" accusations, are at best, totally misplaced. The art community has been pootling along unaided for a long, long time. There have been requests after requests for updates on the fan art section that have fallen on deaf ears. To finally have the calls answered with a (quite frankly) poor OFF SITE solution is pretty insulting and a great indication of how this dedicated and often passionate part of the community has been ignored for the better part of two years.