NOTE:After much deliberation, I have decided to withdraw from the running for the Community Manager position. This is largely due to the my time restraints come October which would prevent me from doing this role to the exceptional standard that I expect from myself, and thus it would not be fair to the community for me to take the role. I am more than willing to assist the selected community manager in terms of events and tournaments should they require it, but as it stands, I would not be able to perform the role itself. I wish all candidates luck.
My application will remain here so you can marvel in my exceptional writing tekkers.
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Before I start, I would like to quickly thank Chalex for his many years of service given towards this community through it's changing forms and names. Ever since we started out with British Rogue Squadron as a group of school friends, he has done everything that could have been wanted in a leader, even if there were many disagreements along the way. Whilst we move forward with new leadership, I hope that his many efforts over the past however many years will be commended by veteran and newbie alike.
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Onto the subject at hand, I am writing this application to apply for the position of Community Manager. I would like to quickly run over some of my experiences and skills which I believe suit me for this position, and what I would like to accomplish with the role
Experience: As many of you will be aware, I currently hold the role of ATK's Events Manager, a role vastly similar to the Community Manager. During that time, I oversaw the activity increase in the summer of 2010, much in part due to the resurrection of the weekly Gaming Night event, as well as organising a Zero Hour tournament. Whilst this ultimately fell short in terms of participation, the lessons learned from that unsuccessful attempt have fed into the successful rebirth of the Summer 2011 period, headlined by the creation of the Starcraft II tournament, which has 9 members participating, as well as the upcoming CoH and Frozen Synapse tournaments.
Founding Member: Whilst you can quarrel that I did in fact leave with the breakaway clan led by sNk during the change from BRS to C2G, I have been a part of this entity for nearly 10 years, if we count the time when we were a small group of school friends affiliated with PHWComics. Whilst past events don't hold much ground now, and have a reputation of being one of the more divisive figures in ATK's history, I would like to believe that I have developed strong relationships with all members of ATK, to both veterans and new members alike, as well as one of the more welcoming figures for newbies to come to. I have also endeavoured to mend all burned bridges from the past with members such as Hutch and, more recently, Nikoli.
Dedication: As was evident as far back in June 2010, with my original open letter to the community, I have been a major proponent of keeping the group of players that call ATK together, whether it be through a restructuring or reinvigoration of ATK (shown with the creation of ATK's competitive branch, then known as Aeternus, now known as Helix Gaming) or via a different medium or entity. I would like to believe that this shows a dedication to the members of ATK and that I would use all effort available to me to ensure continued success for the community.
Organisational Ability: As mentioned previously, I have arranged gaming events and tournaments for ATK for the last 18 months, as well as running the DWPS poll series as well as other events outside of ATK. These combined show that I have an exceptional amount of organisational capability, which is a necessity for this role.
Target: My main aim is to expand ATK through restructuring on three platforms: casual gaming (supported by servers), open tournaments for members and non-members to join, as well as also providing opportunities for competitive play and practice with Helix.
If you have any further questions, feel free to PM me.
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