Summary: <p>What does it mean to manage a community of players? How do you do it well? Is it just about social media, or is community engagement part of game creation? In this episode, community manager and <em>MageQuit</em> player Christine "Birb" Marten gives your nice hosts a primer on using data, dealing with trolls, and getting input from gamers. Also, Mark sends out an invite, Stephen doesn't like horror games, and Ellen gets the giggles. </p> Community Development <a href="/topics/game-design" hreflang="en">Game Design</a> <a href="/topics/marketing" hreflang="en">Marketing</a> <a href="/topics/production" hreflang="en">Production</a> <a href="https://games.industrygathering.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Games Industry Gathering</a> <a href="https://www.arcgis.com/index.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ArcGIS</a> <a href="https://www.gamingaccessweekly.com/2018/01/pax-south-mage-quit/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PaxSouth: MageQuit (Review)</a> - <a href="/author/christine-marten" hreflang="en">Christine Marten</a>, <a href="/publication/gaming-access-weekly" hreflang="en">Gaming Access Weekly</a> <a href="https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/grandia-hd-collection-switch/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Grandia HD Collection</a> <p>Christine mentioned these tools:</p> <a href="https://sproutsocial.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sprout</a> <a href="https://www.agorapulse.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Agora Pulse</a> <a href="https://buffer.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Buffer</a> <a href="https://hootsuite.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hootsuite</a> <a href="https://mailchimp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mailchimp</a> <p>...and these community managers:</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/thevtran/">Victoria Tran</a> with <a href="https://twitter.com/KitfoxGames">KitFox Games</a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/harrisfoster">Harris Foster</a> with <a href="https://twitter.com/FinjiCo">Finji</a></p> <a href="/node/295" hreflang="en">Christine Marten</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/33" hreflang="en">Guest</a> <p>Christine "Birb" Marten is a community & social media manager. She's done community management for BowlCut Studios, GungHo Online Entertainment America, and Lucid Sight. Prior to that, she was a writer for Gaming Access Weekly. Christine has a Masters in Writing, and she streams horror games and <em><a href="http://magequit.com/">MageQuit</a></em> matches on Twitch. We think she's pretty cool. </p> <p>Take a look at her stuff!</p> External link <a href="https://twitter.com/thesmollestbirb">Follow Christine on Twitter!</a> <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/thesmollestbirb">Watch Christine play horror games (and MageQuit) on Twitch!</a> <a href="https://thesmollestbirb.wixsite.com/portfolio">Check out her website!</a>
