The 'Shroom:Issue 214/Directorial Address
Directorial Address
Written by: Waluigi Time (talk) and Sparks (talk)
Hello there, 'Shroom readers! Waluigi Time here, your incoming director (and democratically elected this time! How about that?). Sparks and I are thrilled to be here in the directing chairs, and we would like to thank you for your support in the election!
First of all, I would like to thank Shoey and Meta Knight for leading The 'Shroom through 2024. Last year especially saw significant efforts to improve recognition of our writers' efforts through things like improvements to Poochy's Picks, our new Credits feature, and more! Hopefully it helps all of you who create content for The 'Shroom know how much we appreciate you just a little bit more, because we do! We also saw a transition in how we approach creating graphics for the paper by establishing a team of volunteers, which played a big part in the very impressive special issues to celebrate 20 years of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and Anton's 100th issue as Critic Corner Director. You two can be proud of the work you did, and I hope we can continue to bring that forward through 2025.
If you haven't already seen our campaign post from the Director Election last month, you can find our schedule for the year and current plans here. In a nutshell, we want to make fun, engaging content for our readers and writers alike to enjoy (it would be kind of weird if we didn't) while making sure we don't concentrate too much effort at once to avoid crunch for our staff. Please don't hesitate to let us know if you have any ideas or suggestions!
We'll mostly be bringing the existing staff team forward, with one change - we're looking for a new Design Manager! We'll be opening applications for that once we get fully settled with the February issue, so keep an eye out if you think you might be interested. The Design Manager's main job is managing the visual direction of special issues and contacting our volunteer artists to get the assets we need for our various projects. Basically, they make things look cool.
Thanks again for your support, and here's to a wonderful year for the paper and the community!
— Waluigi Time (talk)
Hi everyone! Welcome to the brand new year that is 2025!
I haven’t planned to become 'Shroom Staff this year, but due to my very enthusiastic peppy attitude and leadership qualities from becoming Wiki Staff recently, Waluigi Time (talk) saw potential in me and made me his Sub-Director! I‘ll admit that this is all brand new to me, but good ol' WT will help me learn the ropes and get me comfortable. I like to think of him as a mentor, like I'm Connie and he's Cozette. It'll be a lot of fun I'm sure!
Being the first Staff contribution I made, I wanted this to be something short but sweet. Shoey (talk) and Meta Knight (talk) did a fantastic job directing for 2024, and now MK only has to worry about being the Statistics Manager! That'll give you more time to relax buddy.
Here's to a great 2025 for The 'Shroom and its contributors!
One last thing - awesome work to RHG1951 (talk) for drawing my staff portrait! He even got Twilight’s details down!
Oh no I forgot to talk about free silver! Sorry Shoey, maybe next time...
| The 'Shroom: Issue 214 | |
|---|---|
| Staff sections | Staff Notes • The 'Shroom Spotlight • Poochy's Picks • Directorial Address • Credits |
| Features | Fake News • Fun Stuff • Palette Swap • Pipe Plaza • Critic Corner • Strategy Wing |
