Super Public Relations! The Possibility of a Smash PR group.

[TimeSmash]

Hey everyone, recently in some of the threads here there has been some discussion brought about on the formation of a public relations group of the competitive community so we could more easily advertise these boards as well as have better communications with big gaming tournaments, and perhaps even using this group to obtain sponsors. This is the sort of group that could really help our community grow, and help us decided which tournaments are official, as well as setting up some communications with the people/companies I mentioned above.

Honestly, I'm not sure as to how we would set this up, or as to what SPECIFICALLY our main goals of this group would be. I am asking people of the community, from newcomers to veterans, as to how we would set this up, or if you would even WANT this set up. Please don't troll!

Here are some ideas of what the community wants to accomplish. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS AND THE GOALS SECTION OF THIS THREAD WILL CHANGE OVER TIME. Under "Ideas" I may also put some interesting points people brought up in this thread as well.

Ideas:



1. by Capps: Try to make this a group of people respected by others. Bad attitudes and people who constantly post trashily here shouldn't represent us.
2. by Capps: Having a bunch more options for things like fliers (someone with photoshop helping out to make them) could make even small smashfests even bigger
3. by Capps: Having a better accessible group of tips for TOs that are better organized to help them learn how to start events in their area or get mentors to help them would be awesome
4. by TimeSmash: Possibly create a homepage for the PR group, use social media to advertise Smash and the PR group itself.
5. by TimeSmash: Decide if we want to elect people in this group, or if it will serve as a volunteer basis.
6. by BurningBoom: A big goal of our public relations community should be to make people more aware of the competitive Smash scene, and make sure that Smash is viewed as a tournament-level fighting game like SF, Tekken, SC, etc.
7. by BurningBoom:A great idea would be to have at least one member of the PR team on the Smash 4 backroom
8. by BurningBoom: Setting up streams should be a priority, especially for smaller local events that won't otherwise get coverage.


Ideas are always great, but the next section will be the actual goals we want the PR Group to accomplish. It's up to all of us in these boards to decide what these goals are and how realistic it is to accomplish them. Timeframes of goals would also be great (by that I mean how long would it take to accomplish the goals).


Goals:

TBD

Hopefully this thread kicks off; let's see what we can accomplish!

 

[LiteralGrill]

I'm going to try and start off with a few things.

1. Try to make this a group of people respected by others. Bad attitudes and people who constantly post trashily here shouldn't represent us.
2. Having a bunch more options for things like fliers (someone with photoshop helping out to make them) could make even small smashfests even bigger
3. Having a better accessible group of tips for TOs that are better organized to help them learn how to start events in their area or get mentors to help them would be awesome

I bet I got more, this is just the top of my head kinda stuff.

 

[Burning Boom]

I think that a big goal of our public relations community should be to make people more aware of the competitive Smash scene, and make sure that Smash is viewed as a tournament-level fighting game like SF, Tekken, SC, etc.

Also, I think that a great idea would be to have at least one member of the PR team on the Smash 4 backroom, as this would help both committees (imo). The PR team would get to bring info to the public, and thus would be taken more seriously. Also, odds are the PR team members jobs would be to deal with the public, so they could help people understand and accept Backroom decisions.

Setting up streams should be a priority, especially for smaller local events that won't otherwise get coverage. "Helping out the little guys" should help strengthen the community, and make people feel more accepted.

Personally, I'd prefer if members volunteered rather than being elected, with certain amounts of representatives per region, and of course who could get on would have to be limited in some way, either through a test (I dislike this, but I figured I should put the option down anyway), being able to state their case before a committee, and having their acceptance voted on, or a simple resume system, which would be similar to the second, except it would probably just be one person making the decision.

 

[TimeSmash]

Healthy bump.

So we have some ideas, which are great. I wish more people looked at this, it could really be something great.

Another idea I had for this group is that for those who are the commentators on tourneys. Depending on how big the PR group becomes (which right now is sadly a slim chance since no one is responding haha) it could be plausible to have volunteers for each RA to be commentators for the matches. Obviously we need people who know what they are talking about.

Another use of this PR group could be to help build a bridge between this site and the wiki. The group could help with improvements of both, as well as communication between these groups. It would be great if there could be parties or something like that where PR groups come together, either in person or online to discuss our goals and come up with ways to promote competitve Smash, etc.

Please don't let this idea die!

 

[nat pagle]

1. Don't let Mango get near the PR team.

2. Get somebody with an education in comm. or something like that. So we have someone who knows what they're doing.

3. Spam everyone about Smash.

 

[TopTierPichu]

this group should also help newcommers get the know how to become more competitive i think

also how is there a back room for Smash 4 if it is not out yet?

 

[LiteralGrill]

this group should also help newcommers get the know how to become more competitive i think

also how is there a back room for Smash 4 if it is not out yet?

I think there is a social group called a backroom right now, but it isn't actually a backroom.

 

[SmasherP83]

I think there is a social group called a backroom right now, but it isn't actually a backroom.

I think I saw the backroom group once and totally forgot where it was...lol

this group should also help newcommers get the know how to become more competitive i think
That's not a bad idea to me actually.
also how is there a back room for Smash 4 if it is not out yet?

^ ummmmmmm....idk how that happened....

 

[TimeSmash]

Sorry everyone, going to update this later!!

 

[LiteralGrill]

Good! Hopefully we can get this board lively again!