Noble, X, Student, Mods, Members to thread!

[Edgeworth]

EDIT: in case it wasn’t clear, I mean to keep NOBLE as an Admin and add a new admin to the admin team.

I think this thread is a good idea. It's good to get people talking about what they'd like to see happen within the community.

I think promoting a current tenured Mod to Admin would be a good idea, as NOBLE does a good job when he's around but he let's face it, he isn't as active as we would probably like out of an Admin. I think it's important for members to feel like they have a guy who's close to the head honcho, but who's frequently online for us to speak to. Whether we have a guy who has some coding knowledge is a different question, I suppose. But, it seems there may be a handful of guys here who could help with that part of the site. All it takes is some volunteering and for administration to agree.

Now, as for the day to day shit. When everyone says "The site is ruined", "This sucks", "What's going on?", what do they really mean? If you look around, there's actually a lot of things to participate in and what I find is a lot of the time the people making these comments are the ones ignoring these venues of participation. What I mean is, there are: Tournaments (albeit right now, too many), the IllMania5 Crew Draft, LBT/LBA, and even forum-run events that generate interest (Brayne Ded events, Prove Your Worth). If you take a second and just watch, there are things to do. As far as the battling aspect of this website, that's got nothing to do with who's Mod, Admin, who's coding and who's not, and what have you. If you want more battles to drop? drop more battles. If you want more voting? vote more. If you want to go after titles? join tournaments. If you want to mess around a bit, join a Brayne Ded themed contest all about ROUNDS bars or Compliment battles. There's things to do and things that community members are putting time into to make appealing. What it takes is more participation from the community. At the end of the day, if you don't like writing bars and battling, why are you even here in the first place?

I guess my point is, if everyone just becomes the change they want to see, the change will happen. How could someone new becoming an Admin somehow help the fact that battles take 2 days over time to close in the open arena? How could it help the fact that people are bored of the same guys being in tourney finals over and over? Hint, it doesn't. YES, there are some things that could DEFINITELY use some fixing up on the site, and there definitely needs to be better communication bottom to top on this site (as evidenced by this thread, which hasn't received an official response), and the site definitely needs good guidance and promotion to gain and retain members, all of which I think an Admin can help with. But, at the end of the day, it's a battle rap site, if you don't want to battle rap, it's not the place for you.

I'd like to hear some other issues people have. I'd like to be able to look at them and try and decide together whether that's a Mod/Admin issue or a general member issue. That way you can work from there to try and find a resolution. So, what is your beef with Letsbeef?

[Edgeworth]

EDIT: in case it wasn’t clear, I mean to keep NOBLE as an Admin and add a new admin to the admin team.

I think this thread is a good idea. It's good to get people talking about what they'd like to see happen within the community.

I think promoting a current tenured Mod to Admin would be a good idea, as NOBLE does a good job when he's around but he let's face it, he isn't as active as we would probably like out of an Admin. I think it's important for members to feel like they have a guy who's close to the head honcho, but who's frequently online for us to speak to. Whether we have a guy who has some coding knowledge is a different question, I suppose. But, it seems there may be a handful of guys here who could help with that part of the site. All it takes is some volunteering and for administration to agree.

Now, as for the day to day shit. When everyone says "The site is ruined", "This sucks", "What's going on?", what do they really mean? If you look around, there's actually a lot of things to participate in and what I find is a lot of the time the people making these comments are the ones ignoring these venues of participation. What I mean is, there are: Tournaments (albeit right now, too many), the IllMania5 Crew Draft, LBT/LBA, and even forum-run events that generate interest (Brayne Ded events, Prove Your Worth). If you take a second and just watch, there are things to do. As far as the battling aspect of this website, that's got nothing to do with who's Mod, Admin, who's coding and who's not, and what have you. If you want more battles to drop? drop more battles. If you want more voting? vote more. If you want to go after titles? join tournaments. If you want to mess around a bit, join a Brayne Ded themed contest all about ROUNDS bars or Compliment battles. There's things to do and things that community members are putting time into to make appealing. What it takes is more participation from the community. At the end of the day, if you don't like writing bars and battling, why are you even here in the first place?

I guess my point is, if everyone just becomes the change they want to see, the change will happen. How could someone new becoming an Admin somehow help the fact that battles take 2 days over time to close in the open arena? How could it help the fact that people are bored of the same guys being in tourney finals over and over? Hint, it doesn't. YES, there are some things that could DEFINITELY use some fixing up on the site, and there definitely needs to be better communication bottom to top on this site (as evidenced by this thread, which hasn't received an official response), and the site definitely needs good guidance and promotion to gain and retain members, all of which I think an Admin can help with. But, at the end of the day, it's a battle rap site, if you don't want to battle rap, it's not the place for you.

I'd like to hear some other issues people have. I'd like to be able to look at them and try and decide together whether that's a Mod/Admin issue or a general member issue. That way you can work from there to try and find a resolution. So, what is your beef with Letsbeef?

[KG The Prince]

^ That.

And next time you're thinking of typing in some shit like 'site activity is low' just pray to god I don't find your mum's nudes and post 'em in the forums. You do that shit... I'll find proof Bnas is your biological father

[KG The Prince]

^ That.

And next time you're thinking of typing in some shit like 'site activity is low' just pray to god I don't find your mum's nudes and post 'em in the forums. You do that shit... I'll find proof Bnas is your biological father

Ooft he replies to every thread other than the one where the staff want answers.

Ooft he replies to every thread other than the one where the staff want answers.

[Barzooka]

Originally Posted by Edgeworth

EDIT: in case it wasn’t clear, I mean to keep NOBLE as an Admin and add a new admin to the admin team.

I think this thread is a good idea. It's good to get people talking about what they'd like to see happen within the community.

I think promoting a current tenured Mod to Admin would be a good idea, as NOBLE does a good job when he's around but he let's face it, he isn't as active as we would probably like out of an Admin. I think it's important for members to feel like they have a guy who's close to the head honcho, but who's frequently online for us to speak to. Whether we have a guy who has some coding knowledge is a different question, I suppose. But, it seems there may be a handful of guys here who could help with that part of the site. All it takes is some volunteering and for administration to agree.

Now, as for the day to day shit. When everyone says "The site is ruined", "This sucks", "What's going on?", what do they really mean? If you look around, there's actually a lot of things to participate in and what I find is a lot of the time the people making these comments are the ones ignoring these venues of participation. What I mean is, there are: Tournaments (albeit right now, too many), the IllMania5 Crew Draft, LBT/LBA, and even forum-run events that generate interest (Brayne Ded events, Prove Your Worth). If you take a second and just watch, there are things to do. As far as the battling aspect of this website, that's got nothing to do with who's Mod, Admin, who's coding and who's not, and what have you. If you want more battles to drop? drop more battles. If you want more voting? vote more. If you want to go after titles? join tournaments. If you want to mess around a bit, join a Brayne Ded themed contest all about ROUNDS bars or Compliment battles. There's things to do and things that community members are putting time into to make appealing. What it takes is more participation from the community. At the end of the day, if you don't like writing bars and battling, why are you even here in the first place?

I guess my point is, if everyone just becomes the change they want to see, the change will happen. How could someone new becoming an Admin somehow help the fact that battles take 2 days over time to close in the open arena? How could it help the fact that people are bored of the same guys being in tourney finals over and over? Hint, it doesn't. YES, there are some things that could DEFINITELY use some fixing up on the site, and there definitely needs to be better communication bottom to top on this site (as evidenced by this thread, which hasn't received an official response), and the site definitely needs good guidance and promotion to gain and retain members, all of which I think an Admin can help with. But, at the end of the day, it's a battle rap site, if you don't want to battle rap, it's not the place for you.

I'd like to hear some other issues people have. I'd like to be able to look at them and try and decide together whether that's a Mod/Admin issue or a general member issue. That way you can work from there to try and find a resolution. So, what is your beef with Letsbeef?

You tell them man.

FUCK account deletion. I'm here to stay.

[Barzooka]

Originally Posted by Edgeworth

EDIT: in case it wasn’t clear, I mean to keep NOBLE as an Admin and add a new admin to the admin team.

I think this thread is a good idea. It's good to get people talking about what they'd like to see happen within the community.

I think promoting a current tenured Mod to Admin would be a good idea, as NOBLE does a good job when he's around but he let's face it, he isn't as active as we would probably like out of an Admin. I think it's important for members to feel like they have a guy who's close to the head honcho, but who's frequently online for us to speak to. Whether we have a guy who has some coding knowledge is a different question, I suppose. But, it seems there may be a handful of guys here who could help with that part of the site. All it takes is some volunteering and for administration to agree.

Now, as for the day to day shit. When everyone says "The site is ruined", "This sucks", "What's going on?", what do they really mean? If you look around, there's actually a lot of things to participate in and what I find is a lot of the time the people making these comments are the ones ignoring these venues of participation. What I mean is, there are: Tournaments (albeit right now, too many), the IllMania5 Crew Draft, LBT/LBA, and even forum-run events that generate interest (Brayne Ded events, Prove Your Worth). If you take a second and just watch, there are things to do. As far as the battling aspect of this website, that's got nothing to do with who's Mod, Admin, who's coding and who's not, and what have you. If you want more battles to drop? drop more battles. If you want more voting? vote more. If you want to go after titles? join tournaments. If you want to mess around a bit, join a Brayne Ded themed contest all about ROUNDS bars or Compliment battles. There's things to do and things that community members are putting time into to make appealing. What it takes is more participation from the community. At the end of the day, if you don't like writing bars and battling, why are you even here in the first place?

I guess my point is, if everyone just becomes the change they want to see, the change will happen. How could someone new becoming an Admin somehow help the fact that battles take 2 days over time to close in the open arena? How could it help the fact that people are bored of the same guys being in tourney finals over and over? Hint, it doesn't. YES, there are some things that could DEFINITELY use some fixing up on the site, and there definitely needs to be better communication bottom to top on this site (as evidenced by this thread, which hasn't received an official response), and the site definitely needs good guidance and promotion to gain and retain members, all of which I think an Admin can help with. But, at the end of the day, it's a battle rap site, if you don't want to battle rap, it's not the place for you.

I'd like to hear some other issues people have. I'd like to be able to look at them and try and decide together whether that's a Mod/Admin issue or a general member issue. That way you can work from there to try and find a resolution. So, what is your beef with Letsbeef?

You tell them man.

FUCK account deletion. I'm here to stay.

[S A L T]

The mindset of "there's stuff to do so do it" and blaming inactivity on users just being inactive isn't it. That's what's kept the site how it is.

Competition drives this website—without big consistent note-worthy competition there isn't as much passion. You consistently need new talent coming through and shaking it up, not the same old heads hitting each other and their multies over and over. There's simply too few active vets now-a-days to sustain that spirit of competition. & It shows.

Ya'll really underestimate aesthetic too because you're all probably older but 14 to 20 year olds today won't give this site more than a few minutes. LB needs a responsive simple and clean layout that's on a more accessible and marketed platform (like going mobile and paid advertising on big battle channels). Even Reddit DOUBLED in size when they recently launched their mobile app. Then get a consistent simple organization of monthly/annual tournaments and maybe even weekly topicals/cyphers/etc.

People have lives. This site needs young talent to cycle through, it can't survive on the same people. New people aren't going to come to a graveyard that looks like a graveyard. LB is living in 2003. This shit could fly with old heads up until now—but today it doesn't cut it for the youth.

[S A L T]

The mindset of "there's stuff to do so do it" and blaming inactivity on users just being inactive isn't it. That's what's kept the site how it is.

Competition drives this website—without big consistent note-worthy competition there isn't as much passion. You consistently need new talent coming through and shaking it up, not the same old heads hitting each other and their multies over and over. There's simply too few active vets now-a-days to sustain that spirit of competition. & It shows.

Ya'll really underestimate aesthetic too because you're all probably older but 14 to 20 year olds today won't give this site more than a few minutes. LB needs a responsive simple and clean layout that's on a more accessible and marketed platform (like going mobile and paid advertising on big battle channels). Even Reddit DOUBLED in size when they recently launched their mobile app. Then get a consistent simple organization of monthly/annual tournaments and maybe even weekly topicals/cyphers/etc.

People have lives. This site needs young talent to cycle through, it can't survive on the same people. New people aren't going to come to a graveyard that looks like a graveyard. LB is living in 2003. This shit could fly with old heads up until now—but today it doesn't cut it for the youth.

[HVK]

@Edgeworth PRETTY MUCH NAILED IT....

WE AS STAFF WILL KEEP THIS SITE RUNNING, YOU AS MEMBERS NEED TO PARTICIPATE, BATTLE, VOTE AN BE ACTIVE....... LIKE @g u t s SAYS IN HIS PODCAST, STOP BITCHIN AN START BEEFIN.

PPL LIKE ETH AN PUNK ACTUALLY THINK THEIR MAKIN A STATEMENT BY DELETIN THEIR ACCOUNTS?, ALL YOUR DOIN IS REMOVIN CONSTANT NEGATIVITY FROM THA SITE, AND NOW ALL YOUR HISTORY IS ALSO GONE? SO WHAT POINT ARE YOU MAKIN EXACTLY?

[HVK]

@Edgeworth PRETTY MUCH NAILED IT....

WE AS STAFF WILL KEEP THIS SITE RUNNING, YOU AS MEMBERS NEED TO PARTICIPATE, BATTLE, VOTE AN BE ACTIVE....... LIKE @g u t s SAYS IN HIS PODCAST, STOP BITCHIN AN START BEEFIN.

PPL LIKE ETH AN PUNK ACTUALLY THINK THEIR MAKIN A STATEMENT BY DELETIN THEIR ACCOUNTS?, ALL YOUR DOIN IS REMOVIN CONSTANT NEGATIVITY FROM THA SITE, AND NOW ALL YOUR HISTORY IS ALSO GONE? SO WHAT POINT ARE YOU MAKIN EXACTLY?

[S A L T]

You're right, people do need to stop bitching and start beefing. Good business gets good results. Those results just been absent for a bit... It just seems odd to me when a commodity tells its consumers to use it when it's not getting used. Usually you adapt the business plan to fit the way things are moving. But I could honestly understand X not giving a shit if he's not really getting anything back from this. There doesn't seem to really be a form of income.

If a site update is in the works though I mean that's all you can ask for. Just a matter of it getting done and marketing it. This place needs #'s. Outside #'s. As in attracting people who've never been on the site before. How many new users, that aren't multies, have there been since 2014? lol I don't lurk too hard but I see like none in the forums at least.

[S A L T]

You're right, people do need to stop bitching and start beefing. Good business gets good results. Those results just been absent for a bit... It just seems odd to me when a commodity tells its consumers to use it when it's not getting used. Usually you adapt the business plan to fit the way things are moving. But I could honestly understand X not giving a shit if he's not really getting anything back from this. There doesn't seem to really be a form of income.

If a site update is in the works though I mean that's all you can ask for. Just a matter of it getting done and marketing it. This place needs #'s. Outside #'s. As in attracting people who've never been on the site before. How many new users, that aren't multies, have there been since 2014? lol I don't lurk too hard but I see like none in the forums at least.

[Godbody]

U guys dont know shit about what the site needs or running a business for that matter if you're blaming the users and telling them to shut the fuck up and beef

It's like Apple stopping at the iPhone 2 and not making any more phones. All their competitors improve on their phones year after year. n Apple's like " na you guys are good with the iPhone 2 for the next nine years"... Apple would be dead in the water with this logic....

But thats whats going on with LB...Different sites popped up, more modern sites, culture changes, technology changes

And you're trying to tell us to shut the fuck up and stay with the iPhone 2, when we've been holding onto it patiently for 9 years and should have an iPhone X equivalent instead

[Godbody]

U guys dont know shit about what the site needs or running a business for that matter if you're blaming the users and telling them to shut the fuck up and beef

It's like Apple stopping at the iPhone 2 and not making any more phones. All their competitors improve on their phones year after year. n Apple's like " na you guys are good with the iPhone 2 for the next nine years"... Apple would be dead in the water with this logic....

But thats whats going on with LB...Different sites popped up, more modern sites, culture changes, technology changes

And you're trying to tell us to shut the fuck up and stay with the iPhone 2, when we've been holding onto it patiently for 9 years and should have an iPhone X equivalent instead

[J u s T C]

False equivalency.

[J u s T C]

False equivalency.

[Barzooka]

Originally Posted by Godbody

U guys dont know shit about what the site needs or running a business for that matter if you're blaming the users and telling them to shut the fuck up and beef

It's like Apple stopping at the iPhone 2 and not making any more phones. All their competitors improve on their phones year after year. n Apple's like " na you guys are good with the iPhone 2 for the next nine years"... Apple would be dead in the water with this logic....

But thats whats going on with LB...Different sites popped up, more modern sites, culture changes, technology changes

And you're trying to tell us to shut the fuck up and stay with the iPhone 2, when we've been holding onto it patiently for 9 years and should have an iPhone X equivalent instead

Then what would you suggest?

[Barzooka]

Originally Posted by Godbody

U guys dont know shit about what the site needs or running a business for that matter if you're blaming the users and telling them to shut the fuck up and beef

It's like Apple stopping at the iPhone 2 and not making any more phones. All their competitors improve on their phones year after year. n Apple's like " na you guys are good with the iPhone 2 for the next nine years"... Apple would be dead in the water with this logic....

But thats whats going on with LB...Different sites popped up, more modern sites, culture changes, technology changes

And you're trying to tell us to shut the fuck up and stay with the iPhone 2, when we've been holding onto it patiently for 9 years and should have an iPhone X equivalent instead

Then what would you suggest?