Just notes the no comment.
And yes, there is a lot of work in running events, WRR isn't the only one who does them, however, there is no point running events early morning or at times when no one is around. In the evening USA ( around 7pm onwards) is about mid morning to lunch time aussie time you just need to remember we are a day ahead, so your Saturday evening is our Sunday lunchtime. It is not that difficult to work out the timezones.
Other than the xmas party all the EVE-vents which requested coverage were held 1pm our time, hence around 8pm your time. It was not the lack of coverage that was annoying it was the lack of any response at all, ie no replies to icq, no replies to the submissions made on your website, zip, nada, nothing. Even the event I was assured would be covered did not get covered after me setting aside time to discuss it with your rep.
Are you a radio station or an event group? It seems to me you are trying to do both rather than concentrate on one or the other until it works efficiently and correctly.
I am all for support of WRR and appreciate the fact you do what you do, I also understand how you do it for free, as we ALL do, those of us who do anything for the community be it events, fansites and websites, player help etc, however, when you start impinging on properties on our shard, to run your own events, then I do wonder what exactly the agenda is for WRR.
If you are intending to run events, fine, players will attend or not as they are free to attend any player run event. However, I don't think WRR can claim being there to support the shard communities and event groups existing on shards when even when using your own 'submit an event' system there is no response, nor follow up, nor coverage, or feedback as to why promised event coverage does not occur.
Certainly from where I sit it appears that 'deal or no deal' which you run, every week, seems to be heavily impinging on what a 'radio' station should be for, playing music, covering shard activities and discussion about UO etc etc. There is heaps in this area that could be done to broaden the listening audience from interviews to discussion on various changes to uo as they happen, discussion and help on KR, to tips and tricks for players learning as well as various musical categories. If your intent is to go heavily into events, then I would think that this can only be detrimental to your main focus WR........Radio.
When you forget the 'main aim' and split resources, time and energy, then everything becomes just 'OK' instead of well done and focussed. Not only that, it makes existing event groups give up bothering to submit stuff to you as the lack of response or coverage tends to put us off from continued submission. I know I am hesitant about bothering again, as it takes me time to continually follow up and try to get feedback or even an answer.
I have always been a supporter of WRR, I have encouraged your 'non'-used building in our event village, decorated it at xmas for you, promoted you on my website
Spellweave.com for EVE-vents , fixed you up with the building you operate out of outside Umbra etc etc. Yet in response have so far received little in the way of support in return.
I guess my feedback is you seem to have lost the main 'aim' and it would be nice to see you get back on track and provide the service that you 'claim' before starting on other things. And this is provided as 'constructive' criticism, again, I appreciate what anyone does for UO and the community on any shard, I would just like to see things done 'well' rather than 'so so' or 'sometimes, maybe' or in my experience 'never'.
