I'm sure SWE would be willing to back me up on this, but the inability of new players to get involved is greatly overstated. I joined in January of 2014 and I was quickly included by "old guard" figures Duke and Tmth. I won an election in the most populous region with the support of a huge segment of the old guard. Today, I still enjoy those relationships. Only a year and a half in. SWE has a similar story to tell.
Tmth was always looking to find new players and boost them up and support them. Cris didn't get active until 2014 but once he did, he advanced in the Midwest and then became Senator rather quickly. DC al Fine had only been here a couple of months when he was selected to succeed Spiral in the Senate. Spiral himself was also a newbie, recruited by Zuwo, another one who was big to promote newer members. Maxwell was here less than a year before he became Federalist Party Chairman.
Zuwo joined in May 2011, just five months latter, he was a critical RPP Regional Chair leading our GOTV efforts there. Cincinnatus was almost instantly made a Regional Chair and became the famous second half of the Duke/Cincy ticket in just about five to six months if memory serves me.
I remember when Tmth first told me about you, describing you as an intelligent policy guy wtih a bright future. Had you wanted to, really wanted to, we could have gotten you President. I don't know how it works on the left, but I can tell you on the right we have looked to promote promising new players and get them to a point where they can go for the big stuff.
Big Parties and old players who help and support new players are not the problem. Old players who trash, mock and ridicual new players, well that is a different matter.
Not to toot my own horn but I consider myself a newcomer who has done rather well.
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