When I started writing my brawl reports, sometimes @azircon would support me but nowadays, for the most part, I'm not even sure he is reading my reports. Very few people ever bother to leave comments, so while of course the upvotes are nice, there isn't much discussion to be had after the report is written.
I find myself second guessing the article's format, wondering if it is engaging enough. Wondering what happened to being able to catch Azircon's attention and support? I feel like he is a decent barometer for the community at large, so if I can't get my own guildmate's attention to read the brawl report - maybe I am not doing it right.
Maybe I need to change the focus or the delivery style. I want it to be weekly content that my guildmates are excited to read even if they already know how the brawl ultimately finished, but I think even when he is tagged for a Top5 brawl record he may be too busy to read for some of the battle highlights and reflections I provide in the piece.
My brawl reports and season report are a few articles that feel comfortable getting out on a set schedule, while some of my other analysis and insight pieces take more time to plan out and find a new topic. I wonder if my brawl reports are viewed by him as filler articles and only my analysis is worth rewarding. I try to make each brawl report unique, providing background for the opponents and expectations of performance for the current and future brawl cycle. I share Gladius Openings which seem to be popular and I try to have fun as I'm recalling the battles.
Now I'm growing exited about my first foray into doing some writing about travel in Spain as well as my hometown city of Brooklyn & Manhattan NYC. I think it will be a good challenge to grow into some new Hive communities!
I have to say you are correct.
The brawl report is similar format bound to get stale after awhile. You are on the radar for SL curation so vote isn't a problem.
My general idea is when people are new they need the support and help to get noticed. However, after a few months it is upto the author to gather engagement. Taraz here is a master of engagement. There is a lot to learn from him.
You are copywriter yourself Duce. There is nothing I can suggest to you how to mix things up to gather people at your posts.
Generally speaking the chain as a whole is struggling with content and engagement.
I appreciate your feedback and honesty. I definitely noticed when you supported some of my more details analysis pieces, so thank you for paying attention.
I'm quite glad that you were able to introduce Taraz to our guild so that I took notice of his writing. It is quite a treat interacting with his thoughtful writing prompts each day and definitely challenges me to be more disciplined and careful with my time management and effort for writing consistency!
Reports are reports - most people don't care. It is similar to end of season stat posts, why would I read it if there isn't more in there than EOS stats?
I would say that hearing about your travel experiences is far more interesting!! :D
I think there is some interesting info to see from end-of-season reports, especially if/when bots are used. But you are right that this type of content isn't nearly as exciting as Videos of the world's best DJs spinning at 5am on a Sunday morning!
I think maybe spending time in the crowd might be far more fun than watching videos!