I'm in Arcane and while I don't plan on moving flights any time soon (pink galaxy aesthetic has a vice grip on me lmao), I do sorta wish our Dom stuff were better organized and active. I've only briefly participated in Dom but i kinda want to get into it more. But our flight pushes very rarely from what I've seen
Here's what I've gathered...
- In general, the folks that lead the team are very nice and happy to answer questions. They're really sweet people and I appreciate that about them!
- getting started for the first time was disorienting for me and in my experience, the guidelines and how-to-participate sections of some threads can be a bit vague. Reading through them in their entirety usually still requires follow up questions to understand them and participate correctly.
- As far as I know, artists who make banners, badges, etc for Dom related threads in Arcane do not get compensated (this does not include our art-for-fodder efforts. I just mean like the thread decor assets and Dom Badges and stuff). It's all considered a donation. I've heard other flights compensate their artists, but please correct me if I'm wrong? I myself am an artist and I've never participated in doing art for Arcane dom bc I don't work for free
- otherwise from what I've seen we rarely push so I tend to wonder if most arcanites just aren't motivated to join in and/or interested in Dom in general (not a bad thing! Just a thing)
- I also know that the ratio of inactive to active users probably does have some effect on our ability to place when pushing, due to being such a big fligjt, but I'm not a scientist so idk how much influence that really has. (I'm not one to shout "but the algorithm!!" every time we come last in Dom either lol, but figured it was worth mentioning)
- lastly (and the main reason I haven't participated more), it seems to me that the usual Dom participants in our flight are rather clique-y. I wanted to get involved to make friends and was met with a general sense of disinterest from the veterans and folks who do it slightly more often but then theyd all be super excited to talk to each other. I've also seen this happen to other Dom newbies while lurking. It was a bit like the friend groups had already formed and there wasn't much need for me to be there sooooooo I peaced out
Re: Dom Experience Across Flights
Here's what I've gathered...
- In general, the folks that lead the team are very nice and happy to answer questions. They're really sweet people and I appreciate that about them!
- getting started for the first time was disorienting for me and in my experience, the guidelines and how-to-participate sections of some threads can be a bit vague. Reading through them in their entirety usually still requires follow up questions to understand them and participate correctly.
- As far as I know, artists who make banners, badges, etc for Dom related threads in Arcane do not get compensated (this does not include our art-for-fodder efforts. I just mean like the thread decor assets and Dom Badges and stuff). It's all considered a donation. I've heard other flights compensate their artists, but please correct me if I'm wrong? I myself am an artist and I've never participated in doing art for Arcane dom bc I don't work for free
- otherwise from what I've seen we rarely push so I tend to wonder if most arcanites just aren't motivated to join in and/or interested in Dom in general (not a bad thing! Just a thing)
- I also know that the ratio of inactive to active users probably does have some effect on our ability to place when pushing, due to being such a big fligjt, but I'm not a scientist so idk how much influence that really has. (I'm not one to shout "but the algorithm!!" every time we come last in Dom either lol, but figured it was worth mentioning)
- lastly (and the main reason I haven't participated more), it seems to me that the usual Dom participants in our flight are rather clique-y. I wanted to get involved to make friends and was met with a general sense of disinterest from the veterans and folks who do it slightly more often but then theyd all be super excited to talk to each other. I've also seen this happen to other Dom newbies while lurking. It was a bit like the friend groups had already formed and there wasn't much need for me to be there sooooooo I peaced out
And that's the sparkly space tea