I feel like I should have made a statement that concludes this discussion as I’m the one in charge of the promotion and partnerships programs, but I didn't get around to doing it before this escalated and Smaug had to lock this thread unfortunately.
The idea isn’t bad, as I already mentioned to Fexel, and I think that due to misunderstandings and poor communication its essence and the intention got forgotten. What Fexel was trying to do is get our server out there, and given the fact that he was missing information (information that you, super, as a former staff member and a member of the community that helped with behind the scenes stuff even before getting staff has/had), it isn’t a bad idea and definitely not something he should get criticized for. Most of you might have not taken it as seriously as you should have due to the fact that at it might seem a bit far fetched at first glance, but I think most of you didn’t take into account that getting a YouTouber like Keralis would have seemed as far fetched as getting a collaboration with these build teams 1 year ago. If you think about it Keralis came to the server mostly for one reason. Free, easy to make content that would most probably do pretty well on his channel (well you might also argue that he came because he is a huge LotR fan but imo that was a small factor in his decision). The same principle should work in the case of well known build teams and as long as we pitch and organize something like this the right way I don’t see why it won’t.
Something that I don't see why it got that much hate (especially from you super) is the fact that Fexel did not deliver any kind of strategy as to how this would be achievable. The thing is, I saw this, and I think this is the way it was intended, only as one of his ideas that he once again threw into the room so we could gather ideas on how it would work and see if the community would be open to something like it. It is rough around the edges but we could have helped to develop it instead of dragging it down. (looking at u again super
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Personally I think there is great potential behind this idea and a great possibility that we could undertake such a project in the future. That of course only if it's supported by the community which I couldn’t really tell from this thread so I’ll keep it in mind and reopen the discussion in the future after we addressed bigger and more urgent issues we have at the moment.
Lastly I would like to quote q from way back in May when I was in the exact same place Fexel is in and I went to him with a crazy idea: “We are always looking for new ways to get the word out there.”