Revolution!

[Carnage27]

If we do it, it'd be the former.

Okay, that's what I figured.

 

[Blacklight]

I'm with trusty in terms of Game Applications: why can't it too have it's own section separate of Games, Discussion and Archives?


And I'm all for relocation. Hell like twy said, each thread's a simple click away with the User CP at my disposal. so it's not like I'll notice.

 

[Batman]

Based off of the poll, I think it's safe to say that an overwhelming majority sees that something needs to be done. So mark my words, something shall be done. Expect some developments soon, I'll try to keep everyone informed and involved.

 

[trustyside-kick]

This just came to mind: doing this wouldn't MB no longer be the Mod to watch over the games?

 

[Batman]

No, I'd still be the moderator for the games.

 

[wiegeabo]

This just came to mind: doing this wouldn't MB no longer be the Mod to watch over the games?

Shut up! You'll give away our true plan!!!

I doubt that would happen.

 

[Blacklight]

I would assume he'd co-Mod with whomever watches over the forum we move the games to correct?

 

[trustyside-kick]

Not if he wants to garner any respect to the people already in that section and potential new players. You have to take house, MB, 'else you are a pansy.

 

[Spike_x1]

MB, you are a pansy.

That's all I took from this post.

 

[Batman]

That's all you take from every post.

 

[Spike_x1]

I am a pansy.

I'm sorry, what?

 

[Erin]

Okay, so it seems like a big concern is the plight of helpless newbies trying to find the RPG forums and, whaddayaknow, I just so happen to be a newbie to SHH, so perhaps my humble observations may be helpful. If not, you know, string me up and call me Sally, or whatever else it is you do to unwanted opinions around here.

As someone who was looking for an RPG to join, finding SHH wasn't a problem, so move or don't move, I don't think that's the big issue here.

As far as applying for new games, I will offer this - I have moddeed boards that did not require applications for new games and a roster of interested players, and the first thing I thought when I noticed that new games had to apply was "HALLELUJAH!" And this is why:
1) Game applications ensure that the person looking to GM a board actually has solid ideas and are not just looking to make their characters the hero of a weak plot
2) Games that have had to fill out applications and have a roster of interested players are more likely to survive beyond two posts, because more effort has been put into creating the whole shebang and there is presumably more of an investment in the game's survival.
3) As a newbie, knowing that the GM has put in the effort to go through an approval process, I can be *slightly* more confident that I'm not joining a dying thread and wasting my time. There's nothing more frustrating that joining a thread that gives up the ghost a week or two after you get there.

I don't happen to find game applications/ character applications off-putting at all. I think there are changes to the organization of the RPG section, but there will be drawbacks with any changes you make, so searching for an absolutely perfect solution is kind of fruitless.

 

[wiegeabo]

How did you find us? Google? Do we need to ****e out Byrd to Google?

 

[Byrd Man]

****, I'll post ads on Craigslist if it'll help...but then again, I might attract the wrong kind of role player.

 

[Erin]

****, I'll post ads on Craigslist if it'll help...but then again, I might attract the wrong kind of role player.

Not sure you could sustain that sort of role player - there are not nearly enough fishnet stockings and vinyl onesies in these forums to keep them all happy. Personally, I have no problem keeping it that way.

But yes, I did find you on Google, and I had to slog through site after defunct site of RPGs that were too hastily started and didn't have the interest or commitment to keep going before I found this one.

I think anyone who is actually looking for an RPG would be able to find it. Any half-literate ape-child can find the RPG section (unless he doesn't have hands or something and can't manipulate the mouse, but then I am left wondering what a half-literate ape-child with no hands is doing with a computer in the first place. How does he type?)

I'm all for organization: Games, Pending Approvals, and Discussion sections seem to do it for me.

For people who are looking to work on the application process, granted I'm not terribly familiar with the current process, but how does this suggestion strike you:

The prospective GM writes up a clear, concise proposal for a game, giving a brief description of the world and what their goals are, and posts it in the Pending Approvals section as a poll. If people like the idea and would be willing to commit to playing the game, they vote for it. If enough people are interested and willing to play enough to vote for it, the game passes. The application is deleted and the game moves over to the Games section. This would keep things from getting too crowded on the applications side, and it means that the success or failure of a game is still in the hands of the would-be players. It also means there still has to be forethought and vision on the part of a GM, since he or she still has to write up a proposal.
If a game passes and goes inactive for, oh I don't know, let's say two months, with nobody posting for no apparent reason, then I think the mod should be able to remove the game (probably not without consulting with the GM, though).

Just a thought.

 

[Carnage27]

Not sure you could sustain that sort of role player - there are not nearly enough fishnet stockings and vinyl onesies in these forums to keep them all happy.

You've never seen us on a Friday night then.

 

[Erin]

You've never seen us on a Friday night then.

 

[twylight]

Oh... Fridays.

 

[wiegeabo]

Psh.

He's never been around on Sunday morning.

We're talking pancakes and syrup.


...and no plates

 

[Batman]

And no pancakes.

 

[wiegeabo]

Pancakes is just what I call it.

 

[Erin]

Then, where do you pour the... oh!



Well, it IS the most important meal of the day.

 

[trustyside-kick]

We make it so the whole thing is anonymous, kinda like gloryholing, but...in the end I always know when I'm paired with byrd.

 

[wiegeabo]

Then, where do you pour the... oh!



Well, it IS the most important meal of the day.

That's the spirit!

Add one more for the weekend everybody!

 

[Erin]

Guess I'm glad I saved my stillettos after I graduated college and turned into a real adult.