I try my best for this game every day, and I came to the conclusion, that right now the best is to ask you for help.
In the last three years, I have volunteered for many roles here, especially being one of three admins, but also some more roles in addition. There were ups and downs, but overall I am very happy with the progress we made together. The number of players have increased significantly and hopefully can increase further.
Now, I am searching for volunteers in this game. I realized that I do not spend enough time in my admin-role (development & bugfixing), mostly because of a currently too busy private life, but also a little bit because I have these additional roles in the game:
A) Calendar Manager
B) One Day Race Designer
C) FPC Member
D) Marketing Manager
(detailed descriptions below)
I considered dissolving the Gipfelstuermer team to have more time for development, but this seems very risky to me. If I lose the interest in the game, I might lose interest in the admin-role, too... So my preferred solution would be to get some help for these additional roles. That would free up some of my time and help me focus more on development & bugfixing.
Below is a more detailed description for each of the four roles (skills & qualifications not to be taken too seriously).
If you are interested to volunteer for one of them, please write here or via PM
Gip
A) Calendar Manager
The Role
- Create & publish the Preview & Final Calendar for the 15th/25th of each month
- Discuss races, editions and times with users and find solutions together
- Organize the profiles & races in the in-game editor
- Communicate with race designers in the public forum, via PM and via in-game chat
- Back-up for last minute race designs (or last minute calendar changes)
Skills & Qualifications
- Know the UCI calendar by heart
- Diplomatic communication with users
- Clear and timely decision-making, with or without compromises
Reward
- A fantastic race calendar each month (thanks to you)
- Better in-game race editor (thanks to me having more time for admin-work)
Start Date: Whenever you want. You can select the month you like to start with (earliest August because July is already ongoing).
B) One Day Race Designer
The Role
- Design at least 3 one day races per month
- Keep up and improve the high C4F Standard for race design
- Emergency / last minute action to complete the calendar each month
Skills & Qualifications
- Know every cobblestone, hill and Grashalm in the whole of Europe by first and last name
- Master of ridewithgps and Google Street View (can be learned)
- Have a PhD in mathematics (e.g. to calculate elevation gain in a reverse circuit)
- High frustration tolerance when using the in-game profile editor
Reward
- Exciting, realistic one day races (thanks to you)
- Better in-game profile editor (thanks to me having more time for admin-work)
Start Date: Whenever you want. You can start any time now with the races scheduled for July.
C) FPC Member
The Role
- Open, discuss, vote and execute Fairplay Cases
- Discover fairplay breaches and investigate suspicious users
- Conduct fairplay hearings with accused players
Skills & Qualifications
- Photographic memory of each race km, the race chat and the race log
- Always keep calm and stay fair (even when insulted repeatedly)
- A degree in law and cybersecurity
Reward
- Fair and friendly community (thanks to you)
- Better in-game FPC tools (thanks to me having more time for admin-work)
Start Date: Whenever you want. No urgent FPC cases ongoing right now.
D) Marketing Manager
The Role
- Be an advocate for new players
- Create and distribute marketing e-mails
- Develop new, fresh ideas for marketing campaigns
- Collaborate with the admins for clever timing of marketing content
Skills & Qualifications
- Ability to think like a Newbie
- Be diligent for the 'boring' marketing (e.g. Manual, Forum Q&A, Mentoring, E-Mails)
- Be creative for the 'exciting' marketing (e.g. Social Media, SEO, Guerilla Marketing)
Reward
- Larger community with more new players and more interesting races (thanks to you)
- Better tools for newbies, like tutorials etc. (thanks to me having more time for admin-work)
Start Date: You can still participate in the Tour de France campaign or start afterwards.
