So I just crashed my car today ( well not completely but I bump someone) and I had to wait for the towing for 1 hour and a half so I had time to thInk about shits. Like, is rationality all about subjectivity. Like what was considered rational 30 years ago isn't necessarily rational today. If so, what guideline are we using to determinate if something is rational or not. Do we have to follow some sort of moral rules to guide ourselves to the absolute rationality. What may seem "normal today" or "accepted" today doesn't mean it will remain the same 30 years from now.
Anyways, hard to express my thoughts in that short post. Plus, I'm nit here to guide you through philosophical shits, I'll rather speak (or write) about another major change the league could bring in s50.
If we follow the mind set that we established the auto 6 tpe for point tasks to reward efforts, it would be logical to follow that road for future changes. I shall say the auto 6 tpe heavily favour graphic makers, as a 4,5 tpe sig or a 10 minutes artwork is equal to a 2 hours masterpiece, which is fine if we follow the prior mindset. However, I don't think this applies on media spot that much as we rarely saw media spots worth less than a complete 6 tpe. Plus, I don't think the time/effort requires to do a good media spot changes that much from one to another. So how can we fix that? I mean, if we want to favour effort for both ways, I think a reform is necessary. Here's my idea : Allow members to write about hockey, more especially the NHL.
Isn't crazy to think that one day the VHL will allow eaglesfan to write about how he thinks that Wayne Simmonds is a 3rd liner? Well, considering the league is about to allow members to have 2 players, I don't think my idea is beyond that crazy. What are the main benefits of that idea? New or older member will maybe have the little extra spark of motivation to write their weekly MS instead of claiming welfare. How so? Think about it, I don't expect a newcomer to know who to fuck is Lord Karnage or Koponen. I remember the time where STZ told me to wait until I reach the VHL level, because the VHL is more relevant than the VHLM. Is it true now? You can witness the activity level of the website, I don't think there's much more activity in the VHL level than the VHLM. When you meet new people, the first contact is really important. Same thing for new members, their experience at the beginning must be enjoyable for them to stay. If they aren't graphic maker, I must say its quite difficult to find motivation to write something about....the Brampton Blades? Not quite sure it's the optimal way to keep members. Oftentimes, when you write about something you know/are passionate about, it's easier to find the extra 30 minutes in your day to write a 500 words article, and if you are a hockey fan, you have 365 days of new content to write about.
Let's be honest, reading eaglesfan's views of the flyers is far more interesting than his random shit post (no offense to you eagles). And I think offering that to new members will ease their implication on the website and one day acquire another knowledge to write a media spot VHL related.
Every idea has their downs I guess. Allowing "paid" media spot could mean less VHL related MS, and could maybe reach a point where NHL media spots are dominating the PT section, but if it's the step back that we need to mov forward afterward, I think we should heavily consider the idea.
Anyway, it's only my honest opinion.