Roleplay Sub-Forums

[laa]

I mean a "See if you're interested" thread. It seems to be what one of the options want us to have a whole sub-forum for.

[BlueLight]

okay so for recruitment thread thing i think all we need are 2 threads maybe 3. "In character", "Out of character", and "character sheets/lore".
I personally think having a thread for Character sheets and/or lore is a bit over board but who knows.
I consider recruitment threads to be OOC threads because really recruitment threads just need the one post and OOC stands for "Out of character" which means anything that you character does not say or do.

Agree on both if they are automatically linked! I like being able to jump between OOC and IC alot because when i do have time, it tends to be alot of time.

another idea im probably going to put in the suggestion forums is to put the posts you posted in in the last few days at the top of the thread list sort of like a sticky. Ill check if it was submited already though

a cool idea. I personally don't support the automation because it's not needed. If a RP doesn't it have it's because the GM is either to lazy or hasn't thought about it.

[RavenLord]

I didnt know we had 16 members in this part of forum.

[laa]

WTF? 17 voters?
I only see like 7-8 people online. O wait... They're stalking our RP's while wanking...
Not surprised, really.
If I could, I'd call veto against an recruitment sub-thread. It will be a terrible bureaucratic idea that would slow down the process of RP recruitment AND fill even more on the servers.

[Taria]

I think ren knows what he's doing server-space-wise. Also, the way the recruitment thread is right now is how Ren describes it, clusterfuck. Having an area for entirely seperate recruitment ideas will help people follow the developements of the RPs they are more intersted in, and ignore the spam from the ones they aren't.

[RavenLord]

@Laa A general RP forum thread where people can discuss new RP ideas and see if others are cool with it is a must but ATM we dont need any sub forum. A one thread is enough and rexruitment thread, despite its name fills those spots.

[laa]

False.
I've seen what subforums do. People don't pay as much attention to them, as they do to the main threads. If anything, an OOC sub-forum should be together with the recruitment sub-forum, merging the two sub-forum ideas into one; OOC and recruitment. Then it might work. Otherwise, lonely GM's may post a thread, never to be noticed, or maybe the thread first gets noticed a while after.
Also, I actually like the clusterfuck. Makes sure that active development happens in seconds. I've rarely gotten a response to an idea as fast as I did here, thanks to that.
Either that or I've visited too many over-populated forums.

@Raven: That's the other thing. A sub-forums for OOC's might be usable by now, but one for recruitment would be a total waste of everyones time, or so I believe.

[RavenLord]

I agree with Laa. He has solid points. Though i wanted sub forum for an archieve, i dont think we need a recruitment forum. It would be a waste. Using rcruitment thread is better.

[Renara]

While I agree in principle that Recruitment is just another OOC thread, my main thought in having a sub-forum is that with it being separate, it's easier to see new role-plays cropping up. The OOC forum would likely be more active with discussion of on-going role-plays, so it's not as easy to track new games that are trying to get started, at-a-glance as it were. It also allows for different forum rules, for example, posting to recruitment could be ignored for post-count purposes, if it would discourage less useful posts, not that I'm too concerned about that.

I just wanted to add that I may not go completely based on the outcome of the poll; I should have clarified at the start that my intention is to move recruitment out of the main forum either way, unless people are really happy with the way things are now, so voting for the OOC sub-forum only would include moving recruitment there in some form, anyone that's voted for both should be able to change their vote if that affects their decision. Recruitment within OOC can still be manageable, just requires people to make sure their topics are properly identified as recruitment threads, unless enough people think that a single topic is actually a good thing.

Lastly, there are no technical concerns about sub-forums; there is no meaningful impact of adding an extra section, the only concerns are whether it makes the forums more or less organised, and whether it makes things easier or more difficult for our moderators

[RavenLord]

@Renara You shouldnt bother yourself too much as we dont need something complex ATM. I mean RP sub forum is dying and there is the fact there have never been need for moderation for this sub-forum.

[Taria]

I had an idea what the difference for the Recruitment section and the OOC section should be. Once a game is actually underway, the respective recruiment thread can just be locked or deleted. I mean, it's kinda pointless after the game's already underway, and it's something simple that yours truly can deal with as her Mod duties.

[RavenLord]

@Taria And that is usefull? You realize its just needlessly complex and unnecessary. A general rec thread, stickied is enough for people. They post their ideas, look at comments the proceed to open the rp if people are insterested instead of making recruitment threads which will last 3 or 5 pages tops in a sub forum. So the system is currently is fine.

[laa]

Maybe, making a sticky in the OOC thread called "General recruitment and creation" or something like that would be sufficient. In other words, just move the recruitment thread from the IC main RP forum into the OOC sub-forum. Then, people can opt out and create an independent recruitment thread if they feel like it. That way, both new RPs and old OOC threads would get the attention needed/desired. This is also why I'm against an independent sub-forum for just recruitment; They'd get much less attention than you might think they would. It would stall progress more than anything.

[Suraru]

Alright, my choice of recruitment being OOC has been finally recognized, I thought you guys ignored it for a second there.....

Anyways I'm glad that Renara isn't just going off of votes, that's good adminship...that's a word right?

[laa]

*administration

[Suraru]

but adminship sounds cooler D:......not really but meh, you get my point regardless of a brain fart.

[laa]

Hehe, indeed.

[RavenLord]

anyway guys, what do you plan for summer holiday?

[BlueLight]

I had an idea what the difference for the Recruitment section and the OOC section should be. Once a game is actually underway, the respective recruiment thread can just be locked or deleted. I mean, it's kinda pointless after the game's already underway, and it's something simple that yours truly can deal with as her Mod duties.

Could we change it to lore thread?... Not many people do it and even when they do it's normally inactive so i believe it wouldn't bother people with are looking for a new RP to much.

[Suraru]

Blue, it would be simpler for just an IC post for RPs, and a OOC post for everything else.

If you were going to make a Lore thread, you might as well make a finished RP thread too. Just an extra line of code we really don't need.