Suggestion for studios

[hasteroth]

...say at least 4...

That is a BIAS! You just don't want the BEST STUDIOS to compete!

(like mine )

I is a 1 man studio that hasn't released any videos. I made it simply in case a decide to permanently change my name.

[guy07]

I think it's a good idea.
And i'm not just saying that cuz we're in the same studio ...

[Moonie]

Sounds like a neat ideal as long as the solo editor studios can play too

[hasteroth]

Sounds like a neat ideal as long as the solo editor studios can play too

Only if they want to

[mirkosp]

Uhm... considering how not everyone is able to pull of their own studio website that *is* a cool thing. Having it like a guild as nate said would be cool, but that'd be sort of complex under certain aspects, as the whole studio system would need to be reworked. However, if someone doesn't have the main role for the studio, anyone could join, much like it works now... which wouldn't allow for a very precise way to index studios and studio-members.

[guy07]

How about we do it like this: erase all the studios, have one peron re-sign up and enter their studios name then they invite the existing members into the studio. That way only one "head" person can invite people, and the others have to accept. Likewise, that one person would be able to kick members from the studio.
Is that possible? Cuz it sounds like it would work ok. Nothing like a good old dictatorship

[Corran]

erase all the studios

There are a few problems with doing that.

Biggest being that most of the notable studios from back in the day no longer have members that use the site.
Studio information is not just attached to the member profiles. For 57,690 videos, it is a part of the video profile as well.
Since some users have released videos under multiple studio names that association would have to be redone somehow other than simply setting all of a user's videos to whatever new studio a user chooses.


This is a feature I've thought of before and I generally like overall concept, but besides being a lot of work to code/implement, there doesn't seem to be an easy way to implement it without heavy moderation and possibly drama. (i.e. deciding who manages each studio)

From my perspective, the least amount of admin work would be by assigning ownership based on the number of videos entered into the database under that studio name. However, it is not always the case that the person with the most videos is the one leading the studio.

Anyone who has played online games like world of warcraft will know that there can be a lot of drama within the guilds. Up to now, studio drama has primarily been limited to off-site communication. Last thing I want to do is be asked to mediate/fix studio problems or seeing studio drama being discussed in the forum. i.e. "I was kicked out of my studio for no good reason", "So and so is on a power trip", "Some user I don't know runs a studio with my studio name", etc.

[guy07]

Hm ... what about a sister site? I know it would be a lot of work ... but from what you said that seems like the only real option .... or everybody could just go make a studio site on some free webhost site ...something along those lines.

[mirkosp]

or everybody could just go make a studio site on some free webhost site ...

That's what a lot of the people already do actually. Without having it on org - or on a sister site, but the issues are still the same - there wouldn't really be the benefits. :p