A Question....

[Steel God]

I too sometimes wonder where JimvK is, I mailed him a few months ago but haven't yet had a reply. Okay it might have got lost in cyberspace, I dunno so i'll give him the benefit of the doubt..

The day to day issues are handled by Randy and I until such time as he can return to the Blitz on a regular basis, so do not judge Jim harshly if he doesn't respond to your emails. It's really not making his event horizon at the moment. Sorry, that's life.

For the record I said hello and asked him what his ultimate aims and ambitions were for Blitz, and whether he was Big Boss or in partnership with others, and whether he ran it purely as a hobby or to make money from, and whether he was happy with current membership numbers or whether he wanted to see it double or triple etc..

His ultimate aims are what they have always been, and which I have endeavored to expound upon as opportunity presents itself. To provide a commercial free Club where gamers can meet and play. We provide the ladder and the forum, and some rules for governance, and you stay and play if that suits you. Period.

He is one of two owners of the Blitz. They run this site for their own purposes. They never liked some of the other Clubs they belonged to, so they left them and formed their own Club where like minded people could come and play. In that respect what they do is a labor of love and is neither a hobby or a business. He cares not a lick if the membership base is 4 or 4000, only that people who want to be here, be here. The site makes zero income ( a dot org is non-profit, we are not legally allowed to make money, all donations must go back into the running of the website) so having a member base triple does nothing for us. This approach keeps us from compromising on the founders vision to kow tow to paying members. Some other sites will do anything to get you to click on their URL, but not us.

I also told him I'd got a few ideas to make Blitz even bigger and more successful than it already is, but as I said, no reply..
Nothing is guaranteed to alienate people more than not getting a reply, so maybe Jim should remove his mail address from the site, I mean if he's going to be absent for long periods it makes no sense having it on display does it?

Absentee or not, Jim is justifiably proud of his Club, and wants his name on their for his own purposes. He has that right. He also has made allowances for the management of the Club in his absence, which is where Randy and I come into the picture. Any questions or statements you might have about the Blitz and making it bigger, better, smaller, leaner, whatever, should be addressed to us until such time as Jim returns to a more normalized status and tells me, "Okay Number 1, I have the Conn".

Paul