>>73164929Phase is actually pretty big, if you look at things with a wider lens.
Phase has 27 active talents. To compare: NijiEN has 31, HoloEN has 25 (including the Stars), and VShojo has 11. While it's not to the extent of Holo or Niji, Phase's reach is not small by any measure, to an extent where they have established a firm "middle tier" corpo identity.
For the record, I also consider VShojo in this category, but not because of the number of talents, but rather the reach those talents have in the EN vtubing sphere, among some other reasons that are difficult for me to articulate properly.It's not just talent numbers, though.
>What does/doesn't qualify a corpo to get their own category?Part of it is just that's the order I made my template in initially, but there is a bit of logic to it. The categories are separated and organized primarily by Scope of Impact, similar to how news is organized in an actual newspaper:
>Large Impact "Front Page" stuff: Hololive, Nijisanji>Middling Impact "Front Section" news: VShojo, Phase Connect>Small Impact "Second section" stuff: Small Corpos, Indies>Local News & Corrections get their own sections, just like IRL newspapers.Think of it like a "trickle-down" effect, where a group higher in the list is more likely to have news of impact on the lower tiers. Things that happen in Phase/VShojo aren't likely to affect Hololive or Nijisanji (but are likely to affect small corpos and , while things in Hololive or Nijisanji are very likely to impact basically everyone else.
>What about idol, or Brave Group's 30 corpos, or other JP/ID corpos?The news that comes from those groups is significantly less likely to affect anybody but each other, indies in those regions, and anons that specifically care about those corpos. It's still important to inform people of those goings-on, which is why Indies and Small Corpos tend to have the biggest blocks, but they are less impactful on the global stage.
Regarding JP corpos, again, I do not know Japanese. A lot of JP Corpo news making it into round-ups is reliant on me being able to do background research into the involved parties to make sure I can summarize the story properly. Much of that news is in Japanese, and I do not trust DeepL to get me more than the general gist. JP news has been one of the things I've been corrected on the most, and I'm glad for it, because I value accuraccy and clarity. An anon offered to provide some context on JP news round-ups, which I would be grateful for, but I think ultimately I'm going to end up doing most of the background research myself on those matters.
It should also be noted that I have considered a separate JP section, as well, since the line between Indies and Small Corpos is more blurred there. If that's something people want I may give it a trial run.>I still don't think Phase should have its own categoryThat's fine to think that. I may change the template in the future. My assesment of Phase may turn out to be completely off the mark, and they may be integrated into the Small Corpo category eventually. For now, I think it's silly to ignore their current scope just because they're not in the same weight class as Holo/Niji at the moment.
tl;dr: Phase and VShojo get their own categories because I said so, but I could be wrong and might change my mind later.
