An Attempt to Explain the Anti-Renamon Sentiment

[Gnostic Metatron Prime]

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another thing guys is this should be in the random chat section or the rants section. i think i should lock this and move it there but i wont because another mod thought it should be stickied here.

this section is for pictures more than idle chat. its acceptable to have it in here once in a while but if a topic gets to big then its not art... its chat. i cap the limit at ten posts (more) then i move it elsewhere. take it as fair warning that it will be moved for all of you who are involved in this topic.
i'll leave a shadow here but it will be locked.

I am quite aware that this seems more like a discussion topic. However, I had put it here because this is the section that the anti-Renamon sentiment has affected the most.

Look, if you want to attract fresh new artists, you give them incentives.
Like SK did on his site with those Poll Girls.

You have to give to get, and you have to be giving a lot more than you get if you want new artists.

Snappy layouts (Blue and blue? Uh uh sister! Try Blue and Orange! Or Green and Purple! Booyaka!), fantastic images (C'mon - that Digiartist's Domain banner on the right hand corner is soooooooooo newbie cliche. Chrome? Actung baby!), great posticons (Bring back those Digimon sprites), and, or course, a system of EXP, virtual cash, and a virtual store to spend your virtual cash in.
To illustrate my point, the Clock Crew site has all that ( http://www.clockcrew.cc/bbs/index.php?s= )
Or, to a far lesser extent, Aya's board

This is entirely the wrong way to bring in new artists. Inevitably, every time something needs to be changed, there's always someone who suggests, "Well, why don't we make it look better?". The thing is, that won't solve our problem. It'll just make it look better.

And as for incentives, that's another step in the wrong direction. A EXP system will just push the oldbies up even further and intimidate the noobs. Now, on Scribble's board, the EXP system works mainly because it's sort of a closed forum. The people there are more tightly knit than people here. In short, there are less noobs there. What we're trying to achieve here is more noobs. Much more.