Hi, first of all, thanks to whoever wants to read this. I know I'm just a recruit and I don't want to mingle in another discussion. What I do want is tell you guys whats on my mind and maybe even help out a little.
The title of the post I replied to before joining was "Interested in a mature community? (Not a clan!)" on the Xbox forums.
In my eyes, a community means a group of friends playing games together. There would be a LIGHT competetive edge as said in the post...
I sent a message to join. Posted a bit, sent some messages but have never been spoken too nor someone explaining anything about what you do and who you are as a community. Yes there was someone sending me answers too my question, but does the recruit have to take the initiative, or the community?
I get you are all having troubles recruiting, but maybe you should actually help the recruits, talk to them, keep them posted on whatever is going on.
For example, the people that want to be recruit lists of blue and redd together is 239 pages long, while the bootcamp request page of redd is 2 pages long? Is this just me, or is the system not working?
Once there is no information or anything coming from the community, recruits walk away from the idea of joining. At least thats what I now think about doing.
Maybe you should not just focus on the recruiting, but also the phase after that. And settle a bit on your thoughts about what kind of community you want to be: bunch of friends playing together or a competitive one. Because the subject on your forum lately seems to be about skill levels, not about other things.
Or maybe you need to recruit differently, be honest on what you want. If you are looking for decent players, just post this, like ask the persons K/D ratio.
I played one game with you guys last sunday. I can say I was maybe the worst player. And wow, there was no more invite anymore for the next game, I waited for 2 hours. It's not like that doens't ring a bell for me...
Sorry for my English btw. Just wanted to share my thoughts. I may have just joined at a bad timing, but hey, we're all people here and can take some critisism. Maybe I'm the one being wrong but then I'd like it if I was explained this. Thanks!
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