Doing my monthly read-through of TFTV, and this is bittersweet to read. I really do miss the "older" days of TFTV, and it was a lot of fun while I was a part of it. It really shows how just a stream of articles really did make the scene feel more alive, especially when we got the ocassional article for OZF, AF, or an SA/BR league (anyone remember Chapelaria?). Granted, I think there was a lot more to "write about" in the older days, but part of coverage is always trying to find the throughline in the scene.
Unrelated, but remember TFTV casts and when they had the blurbs on the match thread? Good times.
If you're interested in writing, whether a little or a lot, I will say that the barrier to entry for writing is a lot lower than you think, especially if you're already knowledgeable about the scene. Of course, I technically have several years of "experience" writing in esports, but I think the ropes of the trade are easy to grasp as long as you keep an open, creative mind with writing. I don't know who's "in charge" of the newsroom at this point, or if there's even people willing to mentor or edit, but I think you should reach out if you're interested even a little bit.
Anyways, while we're talking about the TFTV newsroom, here's the bear pic.
https://owcdn.net/img/661746737abb6.png
Doing my monthly read-through of TFTV, and this is bittersweet to read. I really do miss the "older" days of TFTV, and it was a lot of fun while I was a part of it. It really shows how just a stream of articles really did make the scene feel more alive, especially when we got the ocassional article for OZF, AF, or an SA/BR league (anyone remember Chapelaria?). Granted, I think there was a lot more to "write about" in the older days, but part of coverage is always trying to find the throughline in the scene.
Unrelated, but remember TFTV casts and when they had the [url=https://www.teamfortress.tv/48572/esea-s28-w8-ascent-vs-new-god-flow#top]blurbs[/url] on the match thread? Good times.
If you're interested in writing, whether a little or a lot, I will say that the barrier to entry for writing is a lot lower than you think, especially if you're already knowledgeable about the scene. Of course, I technically have several years of "experience" writing in esports, but I think the ropes of the trade are easy to grasp as long as you keep an open, creative mind with writing. I don't know who's "in charge" of the newsroom at this point, or if there's even people willing to mentor or edit, but I think you should reach out if you're interested even a little bit.
Anyways, while we're talking about the TFTV newsroom, here's the bear pic.
[img]https://owcdn.net/img/661746737abb6.png[/img]
it feels like decades since ive last seen The Bear Pic thank you so much i am now rejuvenated
it feels like decades since ive last seen The Bear Pic thank you so much i am now rejuvenated
never got around to making a bear pic archive so just gonna dump em here while im at it
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loafeI'm curious if the halt of articles is due to a lack of writers, a lack of leadership, or both
A mixture. The writing (and production) side of tftv was left in a weird state where the people leading those teams moved on, and ultimately no one stepped up to fill those roles. Eventually individual contributors lost interest, and when the team is left with 2/3 active writers for the entire website across all regions, it doesn't exactly motivate you.
We made efforts multiple times to pick up new writers, nothing really ever came of it. From memory I think 3/4 people joined as junior writers to help the EU side of things a couple years back. After pings/reminders across multiple seasons that there was work to be done, I believe 2 articles were written.
If there's no new blood, expect very little news content for the future. Like JMax said, we're happy to bring new people onboard and help them with the work; if you're interested you can reach out to either of us through the tftv discord.
[quote=loafe]I'm curious if the halt of articles is due to a lack of writers, a lack of leadership, or both[/quote]
A mixture. The writing (and production) side of tftv was left in a weird state where the people leading those teams moved on, and ultimately no one stepped up to fill those roles. Eventually individual contributors lost interest, and when the team is left with 2/3 active writers for the entire website across all regions, it doesn't exactly motivate you.
We made efforts multiple times to pick up new writers, nothing really ever came of it. From memory I think 3/4 people joined as junior writers to help the EU side of things a couple years back. After pings/reminders across multiple seasons that there was work to be done, I believe 2 articles were written.
If there's no new blood, expect very little news content for the future. Like JMax said, we're happy to bring new people onboard and help them with the work; if you're interested you can reach out to either of us through the tftv discord.