User blog:Bagwis/2022 Q1 Report

''This blog is a part of a report series. Should you be interested, you may check out the previous related published report here. Have fun reading the archives!''

Here's a quick disclaimer: the discussion below is not exhaustive and comprehensive -- and may be updated from time to time whenever it is convenient and necessary.

Welcome to the first quarterly report of the year 2022. Again, if you’re reading this on top of the previous blog, thank you! Reading this blog proves that you (1) love to read random ramblings with some sort of analysis, (2) are interested in the progress of the server insofar, (3) just interested in bonuses. Whichever the reason, I hope you’re sitting on a comfortable chair while sipping on a hot chocolate as we discuss a few points to highlight in the server as per statistics. I’ll keep it as short as possible as the recommendations from last quarter still apply for this quarter.

On the Discord moderators, there has been relative inactivity among a few staff members. This could essentially be due to improvements in the real-life environment due to vacation season or high vaccination and shorter lockdown period – in effect, lower time devoted for online activities. It is evident to the moderator’s team and in the server’s regulars in general that there is a mass trend of dwindling activity. While there are lesser concerns and lesser demographic to moderate, this affected the escalation of problems.

We expect things to either go better moving forward under a slower growth rate than last two years ago or dive into a significant drop since most of the actives still visiting the server are due to their burning interest in the story plot. While the story is not yet ending, it is evident that most active members have felt some fatigue, which is why they stop interacting on the server at some point. Either way, the only cure I can think of is ensuring that the remaining ones in the moderation team still are interested in the series and the community to encourage new people to keep the trend positive. We do not know how long the community will last. We can only promise that in the remaining years that we have, we can still make the best out of it.

On the camp generals, we adjusted the calendar to ensure that they end up at the same time as the promotion season. As a result, the batch whose term has ended (11th batch) recently has a more extended period than usual which takes up almost four months. Interestingly, only two generals worked together to push through on inter and intracamp events. EmperorAry and Sonami did well to ensure that they engaged the camp members. On behalf of the moderation team, I have nothing but praises for inspiring a lot to run as their successors.

For full disclosure, here’s the reconciliation of camp activity including the relative change from last year report as of January 2022.

There is an increase in the number of members in general, but the number of active communicators and readers is quite counterintuitive. Looking at the surface, only the exclusive camps such as Harem Camp and Kei Camp improved in all three aspects but what people should know is that there are many factors concerning the significant drop in other camps. Based on the recent plots, I think the perception of server members on the heroines plays a role in this trend. Another possibility I could think of is that members of the camps with a higher drop rate probably moved on from the story and in the server in general.

[List of people who claimed the hidden treasure in order: Regulus, Freak1234, bens, PercyJackson, Boo]

On the translation and archiving team, we are yet to receive an update from our local translators for the upcoming release of the latest volume. During this period, Graze, and his team from Confused Translations are still in the process of translating the LN Year 2, Volume 4.

Please note that while we support these fan translations, we primarily urge people to support Seven Seas' Translations for official EN translations as the copyright holder.

The event staff brought the server anniversary event to its finale. The team hosted Blitz Season 3 (by EmperorAry, Regulus Corneas, and two new blitz hosts, namely, shadow and PurpleAFK), Pokemon Tourney (by Jacob), Jackbox games (by Pyguel and Tuna), Tetris Tournament (by Shissou), which were participated by the event regulars. Although some events have been axed since last year, they are minimal as they have less engagement with the event activities. Such includes the “Best of 2021”, “Cooking with the Host,” and “Waifu Gauntlet.” Nevertheless, this squad has proved successful in maintaining the server activity once again.

On the wiki moderators and editors, the wiki auditor has noticed less and lesser activity on both moderators and editor’s side, so that’s one thing we should be worried about. As expected, the site is keeping up with a high visitation rate worldwide. Again, we recommend helping increase the workforce on the database side. One of the benefits it provides to you as an editor is that you'll be able to refine your writing style for storytelling and have insight into programming. We welcome volunteers in this sector.

There were no changes in the management on the subreddit moderators, similar to other reports. They reached 61,900 users as of writing this report. There is no foreseeable mod application in the following months based on Candle, the head moderator. On the server members, here’s the simple metric provided by the Discord.

We can observe from the table that the numbers are generally going down. But don’t fret; again, similar to other seasons, we are expecting an influx of activity during the release of the new LN volume. The peak of engagement is likely to be around the last week of February.

This report may not show significant statistics, but here's the link to the server's basic statistics are open to the public.

That is all for the first quarterly report of the year 2022. Please look forward to our progress in the following season.