CelticStryder

I think this thread is a perfect example of everything that has gone wrong with the game and the community in recent years. You have someone pointing out an obvious issue/inconsistency within the game that has been brought up numerous times and never once addressed. There is an overwhelming consensus within the thread the no one truly understands what the current criteria is that should be met to get an avatar approved. You have at least two long standing graphics artists who in my opinion (feel free to disagree) have made substantial contributions to the game and community with their work that are saying they cant be bothered to continue those contributions due to the lack of consistency above. Noting has ever been said that gives any indication that any of this will ever be addressed or a proper set of standards will be revamped and adhered to moving forward. Not saying this specific concern in relation to avatars is anywhere close to the biggest issue in the game but I think the points made above can be applied to 99% of all concerns that the community has brought forward regarding any issues they see within the game.

I am with @The1rstSaint. Lost all interest in doing avatars because there is no rhyme o reason as to why one gets accepted and one doesn't. Appears to be just personal preference of the person judging them. Explain to me the following examples: Rejected for being too realistic and not avatary enough: Approved despite meeting any of the criteria listed for approval including using any elements of the in-game avatars: This one was approved and is a blatant copy of Danny Danger:

I have done this a number of times and also offered up product designs and logos for free to help newer managers. I consider those more of a gift and a way I can help build the community and return the favor for all of the old guard that did the same for me when I was starting out and trying to keep up with those that had millions of dollars and years of experience as an advantage over me.

As someone who has experimented with the whole franchising scenario I can say that yes it can happen organically but it is a nightmare to try and manage and involves an insane amount of trust with the person you enter business with. As is today you end up having to chase franchisees to determine what payment is owed and actually getting them to pay. It be a great feature added to the business side of the game if you could setup an agreement that company XYZ owns 20% of the business in exchange for $X and then the game transfer 20% of any sales/income automatically similar to being on staff. In terms of trust you are also leaving yourself very open to your brand falling into the wrong hands. For example I enter an agreement with manager XYZ to open a franchise clothing shop using my business name and my product designs in exchange for X% of all sales. That franchisee then goes and sells that franchise shop next week and the new person chooses not to honor your handshake agreement and continues on selling your product using your name with no recourse available. I just found without a feature set in-game to manage payment automatically and no in-game re-course available like a partnership or a block on franchisees selling a franchise without the approval or all partners made it not worth the effort.

Great stuff and exciting to see the game being developed again. Cant wait for application process to begin and see who will fill these roles.

SMESH could be interested as well depending on the details (creation date vs tourney start date if going with 18yo for example).

Happy to see some planned upgrades and a revamp. I think speeding up the time it takes to develop a fighter from 18yo prospect to Elite across the board should be at the top of the priority list and would go along way in helping to keep players engaged and retaining new players for longer than a month or so. Would also help in leveling out the playing field between a new manager and managers that have been around for years and have a full orster of fully developed fighters.

Poachgate:

Not much activity here but might be due to the lack of active managers in the game. If you look at the org Zombie has consistently running two cards per week since last July when The Island season ended and he brought Highland back to the mainland. I know in message with him he has even back talking about testing a move to the bigger arenas with the next series of events he is booking.

Nominating CK and Jet

Going to say that this thread would be a joke without including SYN and Combate

Your right mate.... For some reason I thought one of dem QFC contests was in MILF. Declan's CTE makes him forget des little details sometimes ya?

Another option if you are interested in learning the org business might be to ask around and see if any of the established orgs needs some help with recruiting or booking fights and might be willing to give you a job helping them out while you learn the ropes from them. Running an org has one of the biggest learning curves in the game and I am forever grateful to have been able to get advice from some of the veteran org owners like Alfred and CK, etc to identify where I was potentially making some mistakes and where there was some room for improvement.

See mate.... dat's all Declan ever asked for! Just tell da fookin truth dat Declan is da shit dat da fans come to see on The Island! Truce it is.... and don't worry about Harry Potter ya? Declan got a few tricks of his own! Dominquez wants no part of da clinch and is gonna go runnin for fifteen minutes ya? Pick your shots and put dat fookin slow Sasquatch away for da fans.

I am 100% with Alfie here...... 380k guys are on the verge of being Open ID ready if they have been developed properly but in my opinion there is a massive need for a place the guys falling into the 385-390 range to fight. With CFC buying up all the 380-390 orgs and now moving on, the guys that between 385-390 are left with really two options.... go to Open ID before they are ready and potentially get their ass handed to them..... or take a break from fighting and cook until their skillset is ready to be competitive for Open ID. Neither is great for a game that already feels like it is clinging to its last life and being held above water by a group of maybe 20 regular active managers. There is a huge amount of hype available on the open market in that space if someone was willing to run a 380 or 385 org. If you are newer I am sure some of us with org experience would be willing to answer any questions and offering a 1 day inactivity with no signing bonus contract structure encourages people to give you a chance to prove the org is going to last without any risk of getting their fighter trapped there....... you dont like the org then your fight can simply leave at anytime.