First of all let me just say, despite the title, I’m really grateful to Beyond Awesome and the other blog admins for reviving the DS blog, and I’m glad some good articles have been brought into the spotlight which deserve more attention and could be useful for newer players. I think the community in general was really happy about the revival of the DominionStrategy blog. A few big problems did exist with the old blog- it was not updated frequently, the articles eventually got outdated, and eventually, there just wasn’t much to say that wasn’t already on the forums or the wiki.
As a long-time lurker on the forums, I unfortunately have to say that I’m a bit disappointed after the first few weeks of reading the blog. The first articles were just copied from the forums, so I had already read them before. Sure, the articles were very high quality, and they went over points that experienced players could also benefit from. And I’m well aware that not everyone who now reads the blog has read them before- the whole blog isn’t just for me.
But there’s also the issue that new posts are getting more rare and aren’t on schedule. I know that it’s hard to produce new content, especially on a game like Dominion which people have thought about intensely for the last several years. I also understand that you adults lead busy lives and at times have a lot of things to juggle at once, and that a blog about a board game might not be at the very top of your priorities.
Nevertheless, I think that if the articles are going to be copied from the forums, they should be posted more frequently, since that doesn’t require too much effort from the team. If the team would rather take their time and produce something better, then that would certainly be fine, but firstly, they should say so and secondly, the final result shouldn’t be an article that already exists.
I really hope I’m not making anyone upset here. As I said before, I’m thankful for all the effort that you guys have already put in, and I hope I’m not being too much of a jerk for stepping up to complain.