Oddly enough, I feel similar. Have found it very hard to write the last couple months. Could be because Im working so much - but feel there's other factors too.
Also, why write 500 words for 6 TPE when I can claim Welfare for 5? I'm thinking that'll be my plan for one of my boys tonight. The other, magically, is still using a big media spot I wrote which is down to its last life.
VHL needs to spruce up too. Not much going on around the boards. GOMHL+SHL are much more lively and often have me checking them more as of late (which is weird). But..
I come on to check the sim only to find out it hasn't been simulated that day and have to wait until the next morning. Next morning I log in and still nothing. It's happening more and more.
I think more frequent point tasks tasks would benefit the league too.. the VHL offers one weekly, obviously, but has other shit too that you can write for small TPE. Hopefully activity checks help out with this, because I feel like press conferences didn't help the way we wanted them too. Back when i tried them out, it felt like the same 5-6 guys doing them and asking.i went weeks?? Without questions. No wonder people leave the site after joining.
Which comes to retention. How do we make the site easier to navigate, while also making it aesthetically pleasing to a newcomers eye? Maybe change is in order and the vague, basic look isn't working anymore. The forum look is stuck in the early 2000's while our new members are advancing with today's world. Could be a minor thing to help...
Maybe we need to find and add more interactive ways for members to gain TPE. I love the activity check. It's gauges who is actives and who isn't, and is an easy way to earn minimal TPE at the click of a button. Media spots are losing their flame
for me and VHL.com's have always been a task of bull shit when I quickly put together some form of wording and somehow make it last 150 words. What if we got rid of the VHL.com and brought in a themed point task like the SHL has?
Media spot/Graphic - 6
Welfare - 4-6
Special PT - 2-3 (150 words).
Activity check 1-2
Press Conference - 2
10 - 13 week