SSC is too filled with sysops from minor zones for it to be able to think straight. It's these smaller zones, scattered resources, and lack of initiative and ability to face the fact that this game is dying that hinders the effectiveness of our SSCouncil. We should merge all zones to 4-5 major ones. Hoch's decision is more of a publicity stunt than anything, but should DSB go under we'd lose a major part of our european players and that would probably mean the final blow for this game. There's no point in doing your own thing when we are competing on the same small amount of players, only reason why some do is to gain more power in SSC. Some people really think after all these years that new innovative zones would bring in more players, this is an illusion. While I'm at it I'll list some of the weaknesses of SSCouncil and SSC network, this is all just my opinions as I've never been in SubSpace Council, but I've followed the game politics since '98 when a zone called SpaceDuckBattle was ruined by a SysOp. - Inconsistent policies between different zones - Offering too many options for too few players - Letting in newbie / idiot / ignorant / selfish sysops with zones in SSC network with bang - Banfreeing network banned ppl - Isolation, zones thinking that they are a game themselves - Useless empty zones that get abused by spammers and cheaters - Scattered resources and innovation - Campaigning for only one zone - Holding on to power with no legit reasons - Keeping the most popular zone out of the center of power - Bad relations between some members of SSC I am not only whining, I am also giving constructive feedback. What could help: + More active members in SSC, forget the sysops if they are too tired, hire smods that talk to sysops + Create a consistent cross-zone ban protocol, with only few zone specific exceptions + Decrease the amount of zones, concentrate resources, merge zones and their staff, empty unmonitored zones should not be allowed + Stop banfreeing e-buddies + Share innovations and source codes even more, work together + Be more open to differing opinions + Stop campaigning for only one zone, create campaigns together for the whole game + Replace people that only want to hang on to their powers but do not contribute + More cross-zone integration, forget about past disagreements, make the major zones more involved in SSC I know some members of SSCouncil are really trying to better things, but you need everyone involved, more integration, new members and more activity.
