Needs to gank more as tiny.

Skyride, why don't you and Comedian pitch in with tf.tv, maybe after a little break to recharge? They seem like decent guys whose talent almost matches their ambition - and you might be the missing piece in the jigsaw.

[...] Some shit like this. For the past few months, everytime I see a post which basically reduces to "nobody does anything apart from these X people in the community" I just ponder the above. Veering off that a bit... I've been around the community for a long time, and i'm proud to support it, but I have no particular skills - the biggest thing I have probably done to help is attend practically every iseries I could, including the free tournaments. The only thing I reckon I could do is write - but tell me, what do I write about? I personally don't give a shit about most teams at the top. I like a bit of drama, of course, but to really be able to write something good you need knowledge on the players or the teams. I'm just a shitter, i'm not going to analyse prem games etc. If I had a niche subject or some knowledge, then perhaps, but i'm at a loss - ideas? What orgs do you suggest even need help from average shitters?

Arx makes a pretty good point. It's a shame really there should be more support for the support. The people who cast (even if you don't favour them),

[...] The problem with that, is it eliminates competition, and competition is a huge driving force. It's nice to have multiple casting orgs fighting for position, as it means the quality has to improve to get an edge over the others. What there needs to be, is more mutual promotion between the two casting scenes. Everything that goes on teamfortress.tv effectively needs to be linked on vanilla, and vice versa. Use each other's fan base to generate more views and subscribers for each other.

You're a legend Adam.

[...]The problem with that, is it eliminates competition, and competition is a huge driving force. It's nice to have multiple casting orgs fighting for position, as it means the quality has to improve to get an edge over the others.

In terms of getting more people to contribute it might be good for the projects who are lacking to be a little more pro-active in the wider community. Encourage people with small competitions. Need more writers? Put up a small comp to get your article posted on TF.TV and Vanilla maybe further incentive. Give them a subject/topic and get the news out there on multi gaming sites, on reddit on the main subforums. People need encouragement to get started and to continue. I'd love for us to be in a position where no Prem game goes uncasted, where discussions and articles are well written and thought provoking. We can only get there with positive reinforcement and a bit of shoving. People like Skyride are few and far between unfortunately.

Oh and about Skyride's suggestions needing management, in all honesty, I think they did. I think he's got a very imaginative and creative mind on him, and he's a perfectionist, but sometimes a simple approach is all that is needed. If Skyride had 100% freedom, I'm sure 90% of his ideas would not need any approval, and they would turn out amazing, but that 10% would be over complicated and have some usability issues or something. My judgement of Skyride, is that he isn't a born leader, and could use direction at times (not all the time), but in terms of actually getting things done, there's no better in this community.