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Those of you who've been following my act for about the last year have heard all this before, but it's still true.We've got a real opportunity here; this is the first forum I'm aware of BY SMACers For SMACers, without all the outside stuff getting in the way. That's a thing worth nurturing, if you ask me.We can build this place into something fun, entertaining, informative and worthwhile - more than it is already. All it takes is all of us trying. Go to that little extra effort to post, generate content - whether art, modifications, how-tos, scenarios, AARs or whatever - recruit others, and generally get involved. If you're like most people reading this, you check by and read a little once in a while, wishing there was a more active SMAC(X) community to participate in. Much of our reason to be here is to socialize and be entertained by one another. Well, someone has to go first; I'm looking at YOU.AC2 was a static skeleton at the beginning of February, but a handful of people quickly turned it into a real, live, forum. Now it's time to step up our game.One person can make a difference - I've demonstrated this repeatedly. But it's never much of a show for long without someone to talk to. Two people can make a big difference. Everyone trying a little harder makes ALL the diference.We need MPers, modders, hardcore players, scient fans/contributors, fan fiction writers, people with technical problems and people willing to troubleshoot. We need fun, thoughtful people to joke with in Rec Commons and science-oriented people posting articles/commenting in the science forums. (We need more Americans, 'cause it gets real slow on here in my evenings, between the Euros going to bed and the Aussies waking up.) We need whatever interesting, appropriate-to-a-SMAC(X)-forum, thing I haven't thought of/mentioned, because putting our heads together is what it's all about. It's all worthy and important, and we need all of it, and the people into each thing. We need active people, and we need to bring in more of them.We need YOU.Just pitch in however you can; make that extra little effort, because we we're greater as a group than as individuals. Try, please. Make that comment. Post that faction, story, art, ect. Get in on that MP game. Send those acquaintances a link to the forum. Post to entertain me, and I'll do the same. Let make a lot of friends here, and make the most active AC forum in the world 10 times busier.We can do it.
I think there's definitely something to the idea of an AC2 YouTube channel. With strong branding -everything mentions AC2 forums and has a link prominently appended - we're talking some serious traffic potential. Something like this could be huge. Hard to beat YouTube for a place to be visible.But there are question to be answered; who takes care of this? I don't wanna. And more importantly, where are these videos going to come from? Who's gonna make them? Most of what we do here isn't directly video-friendly; the game itself is turn-based, and lacks actual motion. Are you suggesting something in the line of news reports?I'd love to see this happen, and would throw my support behind such an effort, but it's a major, major project for someone - or several someones. It's certainly an opportunity for someone comfortable with video-making and narrating, comfortable with YouTube, and looking for a way to boost this community.Anybody game?
