Some thoughts on the future of #openttdcoop

by Mucht

Overview of Current Situation (24.08.2006)

• Users in #openttdcoop: ~30 - ~42
• Active Members at #openttdcoop: ~5-6
• IRC: one main channel, one member-channel, one coopetition channel
• OTTD: Mainserver, Sandbox Server, Coopetition Server
• Web: Blog, Wiki, WebIRC, Coopetition-System (in Development)

Known issues at #openttdcoop

• People confuse #openttdcoop and #coopetition. The people motivated to join #openttdcoop on the mainserver seem to think they are under observation if they played a coopetition game. It seems not to be clear that coopetition is a new game-variant, even a new community if the coopetition-ladder is completed and running.
• There is a bad proportion between possible players and member in the community. It is always a challenge to scout for new members and aspirants without emptying the Sandbox Server and therefore giving all the focus on the Mainserver. Nonetheless we need some more members to balance the leaving amount of leaving or inactive members.
• 80% of community related work is done by Osai, XeryusTC and Mucht. Things like the Blog were ment to encourage other players to take part in #openttdcoop, off from the ottd-games. On the long run, the activiy of the average Sandbox-player or Mainserver-aspirant did not increase yet.