Another bookwork, my bad. A lot might've been said already but I took so long writing it that I didn't feel like checking everything I said with what has been said before lol
it just takes one unpopular thread being forwarded to make the bedrock community go into a spiral (speaking from experience, I've seen it before) and I don't think anyone wants that to happen
Forwarded is not implemented though.
As a Java player, I do not interfere with most / all bedrock suggestions, as I know little to none about the network. All forwarded suggestions for bedrock are only forwarded by bedrock mains for most part. Knowing that, there are now 3 layers of protection for a bad suggestion to go through. First, the community's vote: a bad suggestion that gets no attention or only negative attention will not be forwarded. Second layer are we: active players in the community, with a lot of experience in making agreeable suggestions as well as providing feedback on other's suggestions (im talking about BEFORE someone is on the team, as they already shown to be capable of doing so). Third layer will be CubeCraft, who besides having experience with the game also has data to back up or break down that suggestion. Theoretically, there is basically no chance a community suggestion that is terrible will actually reach the network, and I would love to see any examples where that previously happened, also for us to look at where something went wrong, which we can then avoid in the future :D
I think the proper way to have gone about it in the first place was to have this released slower!
absolutely agree, and it's a shame we cannot go back in time to do it differently. We will always try to be as inclusive as possible with new members, as well as with the members that joined later compared to me for example, who joined right at the start. This is something we will keep doing until as long as the team or as long as cubecraft may exist, which we hope will be an eternity.
This worries me, I really believe a team shouldn't be released until it is organized internally first. This just seems rushed. I don't think a program like this can work immediately if it's not organized internally in the first place (which I think is becoming increasingly evident.)
I think 'organising' is not the correct terminology, I'd rather call it 'fine-tuning'. This is based off of issues we come across during the trial we have right now, after the release. The team is basically in beta, as hoshi said, and by resolving the issues we go towards a final form of the team we are proud of. I believe I explained that in a previous post as well, so if you feel like anything is currently not going too well, please let us know. Your feedback is much appreciated, just like this post you made!
So if I did not veto that proposal Luke would have been under the impression chain is what people want.
You are not going to tell me you really think that Team CubeCraft sits on some sort of throne, have a servant come up with a report about how the war is going and not look at the battlefield themselves, like it went in ancient Persia? Eventually that was Xerxes's downfall as well, if we go back to that history. I think this situation is highly unrealistic, but we also had in-depth discussions about the situation. If we have a different solution to a problem posed in a thread, we will eventually go to the forums or discord and suggest our change in the thread, as a discussion should go. We only have an internal discussion about the suggestion, but we have guidelines now that changing a suggestion will not be done by snapping your fingers. So, this is a valid point to a certain extend, but I think this example is an extreme that's not what reality is.
which I mean, its pretty true considering majority of the team is java.
Of the team, it's only me and possibly Anol / CaraMel that do not play bedrock at all (im sorry peeps, I don't know about you
). At least 5 of the 10 members on the team are mains on bedrock, not including Hoshi for that calculation. With you on there, and without Dreamer as he joined later, that would make the dividing 4 java over 8 bedrock. This statement is just false in every sense, during your time on the team and after it. But even if it would've been right, I already stated that I myself am not involved in decisions for the other platform, as I don't have any idea about what is going on there.
The server needs a community which isn't possible if nearly half the members aren't on the same page. "The players" are actually the best admin if you think about it since they "test" and play the game a lot. I hope there will be a solution before it is too late!
Some advice I'd like to give to the current team-members:
- Make the discord public but keep some private channels. The community is very important like I mentioned before, they should be able to vote in polls. By doing this you will see what players truly want.
- Expand the team like others already mentioned.
- Centralize the suggestions, make it clear on Discord that the forums are the only way to create suggestions. This will make it way easier for Cubecraft and members of the community.
Okay, to your points:
1. What is the use of another discord when the team will still discuss stuff in private channels? Polls are already on both forums and discord, in a lot of different ways (reactions, actual polls, discussions etc.). I don't see the benefits besides yet another space for the community to look at to stay up to date with what has been suggested and what hasn't.
2. SoonTM!
3. By implementing the community corner, the whole goal has been for people to be able to suggest their ideas as easy as possible. The forums have not been as userfriendly as might've been wanted, whereas the discord server is exactly that. The forums provide more in-depth and longer messages like this one, sorry once again, while the discord provides easier quick discussions. Both have benefits, which is why we want to use both. With a team of 10 and growing, we should be able to gather as many of the good feedback as possible! So, to conclude, I disagree that this would be easier for the community at all.
Alright, that was it! :D