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[Important!] The Club will be Disabled for December

Dec 14, 2016 @ 3:24pm - Amorphism
Hello members,

This month Dragnor and I won’t be able to add funds to the group’s Piggy Bank like we did in the last 5 months. In the long run putting $10-$15 each for a $25-30 or more prizes just isn’t sustainable. The fact of the matter is, the original plan was giving a small donation of $5 each and the rest from the members but sadly that almost never happened. So we had to put twice and even three times the amount to make the Grand Prize more exciting for everyone. It's not sustainable and when you read the rest you’ll know why we don’t want to keep doing it either.

Without funds in the Piggy Bank there’s no Grand Prize event and gaining CP for various activities is meaningless. So after much discussion we decided this month the club feature will be inactive. The regular rules of making 1 Monthly GA and paying back for winning QGAs are still in effect. You just won’t get points for them.

The Club project had 1 specific goal - driving the quality of every metric upwards. Be those giveaways, event participation, helping the group and making better reviews. In the start it was successful and there was a clear improvement. In the last couple of months the trend has stopped and there’s a sharp decline in all aspects. Just crunching the numbers doesn’t give me an answer of -why- this is happening (but I have a few guesses).

In the bottom line there are few options for the future of our group, ordered from best to worst -
  • We continue to run the club in the beginning of 2017 and see if the metrics of participation, giveaways, reviews and donations for the Grand Prize pick up. The staff (Amorphism + Dragnor) can’t keep donating $10-15 X 2 and we won’t run these events with $10 or less since it’s not exciting and doesn’t seem to motivate most members.
  • We drop the club concept, go back to the first days of the group where we only focused on a set of generic rules - make 1 GA per month with a small review and payback for winning a QGA. No points and no prizes. There still might be movie nights from time to time.
  • We close the group. This is the least wanted option of course, which I’m sure no one wants but it’s on the table if all else fails.

The road ahead is currently unclear but I want to stay positive and see our group prevails.

We’ll greatly appreciate your feedback on this matter, so please let us know what you think in the comments.

Thanks for being a member of Movie Addicts,
Amorphism & Dragnor
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2Weak2Live Feb 14, 2017 @ 4:52am 
Are you planning to bring it back at some point? I'm currently sitting on 4 games that would be QGAs, need to decide what to do with them.
Hot Bullet 8 Dec 23, 2016 @ 11:54pm 
Ok I will have to agree with the others, you 2 put a ton of time, effort and even money into this group! And the last thing I want is that you guys feel let down, I think this group should be just for pure fun, a mandatory monthly gib to keep things afloat (I would advocate for removing the 10p requirement too) with a mandatory review (minimum of 3 lines) and that's it!

Organizing a movie night is enough trouble for you guys already, I think those should still keep going though, from time to time as you guys say (6-12 per year), I don't mind if the QGAs rules still stand too! But yeah, the point system seems like too much of a toll for you guys.

Lots of love to Morph and Drag! Thanks a lot for everything you did for us this year :towngem:
Threepw00d Dec 20, 2016 @ 9:58pm 
I hope the group continues, as I enjoy the chance to share movie recommendations and reviews, while sharing some game giveaways for fun. I agree that removing the point system is a good step to see how things go in the new year. Thanks for all the support always!
PatchmaN Dec 15, 2016 @ 4:37am 
Same here. Back to basic, even it was fun, but it take a lot time, which nobody have these days.
stef Dec 14, 2016 @ 10:49pm 
I honestly think you should do away with the point system. A lot of people such as me love the group and being in it, but cannot dedicate the right time to it. I think the activities such as movie nights should just be for fun and a sense of community, instead of gain. Thank you for how much you guys have donated to keep this group going. It's my favorite group I'm in, just wish I had more time to dedicate to it.
Elimorious Dec 14, 2016 @ 6:45pm 
Howdy, Much appreciate the effort you two have put in this group. A change is a good idea. Maybe killing the point system but making the monthly a non-bundled worth a set amount. I really don't know what to say. I hope over Christmas some usable ideas come-up so we can keep the group moving forward.
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