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Consolidating strategy video game communities (lemmy.zip)
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Post mostly spawned because whenever I see games that fit various video game genre communities, I try to post it there, and when I hit a strategy game I end up crossposting to lots of different places.

There are two general strategy communities, and some for more specific subgenres. I think it'd be nice to fold the subgenres into a bigger community for now just due to the smaller size of Lemmy so all the strategy fans can talk and see each others' posts instead of sectioned-off isolated folks screaming into the void, but I'm also not a big strategy game buff and I'd rather the people who play them more have a bigger say, hence this post. Besides, if subgenre fans tend to stick to that subgenre and don't bother too much with other things in the overall strategy genre, there is probably a good reason to keep them separate.

We have the big [email protected], allowing what seems to be anything in the strategy genre, with the last two pages of posts being mostly from @[email protected] and a couple from me. Mod is still active on Lemmy at [email protected]. However, lemmy.world is the big giant and moving off there might be nice.

Next is [email protected]. Seems to be a similar moderation philosophy. The last time the mod @[email protected] posted was 2 months ago. A lot less recent activity, though I think @[email protected] might be interested as well given how often I have seen them around the Fediverse. There are several other posters but from months ago. However, sopuli.xyz is smaller than lemmy.world and moving everyone there might be nice.

Now we get into more specific communities. [email protected], for Real-Time Strategy, a subgenre of strategy games. Mod, @[email protected] was active in the past month, and primary poster is @[email protected], active in past few days which is great! Seems to be just them though and it would be nice for them to get visibility from other groups and other posters. Smaller instance, which is nice.

Finally, [email protected], yet again presenting the problem of being on lemmy.world. Mod @[email protected] not seen for 2 years. Variety of posters, not much activity here though.

[email protected] again presents the problem of being on lemmy.world. Primary poster @[email protected] again, seems to be just them. Mod @[email protected] has not been seen for 2 years.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Pinging @[email protected], @[email protected], @[email protected], @[email protected], @[email protected], @[email protected], and @[email protected].

[–] Blaze 4 points 1 week ago

Nice initiative, thank you for this

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Besides, if subgenre fans tend to stick to that subgenre and don’t bother too much with other things in the overall strategy genre, there is probably a good reason to keep them separate

RTS fans certainly do tend to stick to RTS. In fact, RTS itself has a number of distinct subgenres and many people stick to just one. Star Craft players don't often enjoy city builders like Northgard; Age of Empires players don't often switch to Company of Heroes.

I actually think it's wrong to talk about "strategy games" as a genre. Maybe more of a supergenre, with genres like RTS, TBS, 4X, and MOBA sitting under that supergenre, and potentially having their own subgenres.

For my own experience, I've recently started posting to [email protected] since lemm.ee is going away, and I'm migrating [email protected] to there. My interest is mostly only in games from the Age of Empires franchise, with the occasional glance at other parts of RTS.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Hey, thanks for the information! I've been meaning to try specifically some grand strategy and possibly RTS games but never had the time, so I appreciate you telling me what I didn't end up learning myself.

[–] Blaze 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

RTS could probably stay on its own, but what do you recommend for 4X? Is there an active community somewhere?

Or should we have all subgenres in [email protected] , except the RTS on [email protected] ?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

To be honest I don't know. The only non-RTS strategy game I've put any serious time into is Civ, so I don't want to speak for what would serve them well.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I honestly don't mind too much and I am happy to keep contributing in my area of interests (strategy hybrids, city-builder strategy, 4X, turn-based strategy hybrid games).

That being said I think we have two key components that are arguably distinct.

  1. Moving off LW - In principle, now would be a good time to do this as the communities are relatively low activity and depend on a few posters. However, I also think these moves are detrimental to focusing on growth.

  2. Consolidation - Moving to a single community (e.g. [email protected] ?). In principle, this would be a very good initiative to consolidate activity. But as Zagorath mentioned it has its own set of drawbacks. But MAUs are low enough that it might be worth considering.