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Reply To: Stepping Down as Historical Editor

January 27, 2019 at 2:58 pm #1338333

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Thanks very much, @horus500 . I certainly didn’t want to make anyone sad, I’m just getting the feeling that the Sitrep will be a better fit for me going forward. Certainly more of a “bigger fish in a smaller pond” situation, but that suits me fine. I just want to be clear that I’m still with the community, and of course I earnestly, sincerely hope that OTT/BoW and Sitrep keep working together long, long into the future.

Indeed, @warworksdk – I have to agree with what you say. Now I honestly feel the site / team is trying to put historical material up on the site, with Blood Red Skies, Cruel Seas, new Arab-Israeli Wars unboxings, TwoFatLardies videos, World War Zero, the new Battlefront Late War stuff, etc.

It’s just being handled very casually. It’s never center stage, and it’s never really right. Which I suppose is fine for casual wargamers, but the history fans are noticing (they’re the main audience for this material, after all).

Again, all this is fine from an audience or business perspective. But when you’re the Historical Editor and you can’t really improve the quality or accuracy of historical content that’s being produced, it just gets depressing.

Anyway, not to get all “doom and gloom” about it, but by stepping down I removed the source of any potential friction going forward.