Hello. My name is Nexus Zero and I am a procrastoholic. Even by writing the following post about the future of the website I am procrastinating, sitting here at my desk with other people’s websites to finish and instead bunking off to write for my own.
So what’s going on? Well, not a lot, by virtue of my laziness. But, as is tradition here at Zelda Elements, we’re currently in one of those “upswing downswing” cycles where the motivation to do anything productive eeks in and out over the course of months (this is actually demonstratable: look at the numbers on this page). I have the feeling that we’re about to hit an upswing.
As you may have read, we’re the fourth site to have been announced as part of the Zelda Dungeon Alliance. This will come as a shock to long-time readers; we generally don’t sign up to this sort of thing partially because they serve no useful purpose and partially because they don’t appeal directly to my ego or my delusions of a Zelda fan site empire headed by, of course, me. Well, this alliance is different.
Members of the ZDA have been hand-picked by Mases, who has specifically chosen a diverse set of sites who each bring something different to the group. For instance, sites announced so far include fan-game HQ Zelda Classic, companion PureZC, and fan work legends North Castle. “But Nexus,” you cry, “Zelda Elements is the most generic of all these fan sites! It is the pinnacle of a standard, game-based, news-driven fan site!” Well yes, you’re right, we are quite generic, but you have my thanks in referring to us as the “pinnacle.” I mean, that’s very generous of you but really, you’re being too kind.
Haw haw.
So joking aside, how do we fit in? Well, we’re going to go to extra lengths to make sure that we are the site for Zelda news. Espy, linkthewarrior and myself will carry on doing our thang like a chicken wang (oh lord), becoming the GoNintendo of Zelda sites. There will be a renewed effort to bring you the best Editorials and Features that will deviate from our usual “Zelda-only” template, discussing anything we think a Zelda fan will find interesting, hopefully encouraging a Nintendo-loyal readership to sail to shores unknown. Evil Sponge will continue to provide high-quality game help for the latest Zelda games.
In the longer term, I have plans in place for a site revamp that takes its cue from a herbally-induced vision I had a month ago for a radical new site design, something never seen before, at least not in any kind of fansite community. All I need first are my props…
However, this all raises some interesting questions about the future of the site, and this is where you come in (presuming you’ve made it this far). In the interests of cutting the wheat from the chaff, something I’ve always been a huge proponent of, should we remove our Fan Works and leave that to North Castle? And what are your thoughts on our direction? This site wouldn’t exist without readers, so it’s important you make yourselves heard! Equally, any of this sounds interesting or exciting to you, and you’re a good writer who wants ‘in’, please contact us.
