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Okay bugger, that's because the board was wiped clean when we upgraded to UBB 6.0.
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Easy LiC Didn't mean to point out your board (actually I did, now you get the full impact of being pointed out)! I know why EU is necessary at NN. Just didn't feel it was warranted to pick on the Animation board. Remember the threads here? "Why no Simpsons, Gargoyles, etc?" It has a purpose too.
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I'm not crusading for anything. My point is why split a board in half, when there is no benefit to come from it? SWC already serves as a place for RPG. The only limitation is one thread per RPG. This is not a special rule for RPG's, it is merely a restatement of the "one thread per topic" policy NN holds on every other forum here.
The whole reason why this subject is even brought up is because these guys opened up 5 new threads for the same RPG one night, and they are upset Silky closed them all, and reopened one or two of them. If this same instance had happened in an RPG forum, the moderator would have done the same thing.
quote:Originally posted by DANA-kin Skywalker: What's so hard about keeping the RPG to one thread? I don't understand why you need more. One RPG, one thread. Normal topics fall under the same rules, why should RPG be an different?
Oh, and if you're looking for a forum to start a RPG, I think right here in feedback would be a good place.
Well Dana, you missed out on the A&E. There were only a few members who posted (probably only about 1/6 of posters if not less) and we had an ample amount of threads. It could work, easily.
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That is not the only reason Dana, its the same general idea that the wrestling forum had when we wanted that. If we were to get our own board we would be able to do it every day. People feel like its hard to do it every day in the SWC because its not a RPG board. The other reason is because some people dont know that we do RPG in the SWC. If we had our own board we would be able to gain more of a following for RPGing, you know?
Also I thought that the RPGing that night was warrented to have the 2 threads closed that did gain any posts but the others did. After Silky closed the threads I didnt think it was cool or warrented, and after her statments I came to the conclusion that she didn't think that the she even like the idea of RPGing anymore. So that is why we want our own board to do it on...
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Let's be clear on why I closed all of them. I stated that you the RPGers were to choose which ones were to be reopened to play on. No one, not one person said anything. So I picked, and opened those.
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quote:Originally posted by DANA-kin Skywalker: ...as the people who want the RPG forum are SWC regulars.
This really stood out to me, as I consider myself a regular at SWC, yet the abundance of RPG threads there has contributed to my waning interest in that board. If the RPGers want their own board and the administration goes for it, then more power to them.
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I have not problem that you closed them Silky and I think in some ways you had a good right to do so. I knew why and I was just stating my thoughts on the subject.
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quote: Actually, I would point out SW EU as a dead board before Animation. Total posts in comparison to all the Boards in the Other Discussion Forums as well as all the forums of the Popular Series (less Harry Potter).
And if anyone closes it, I will shoot them, regardless of what's highlighted under their user name. If not for EU I wouldn't have even known that nightly existed.
I think Dana's made a valid point, but I think we should be allowed more than one thread for each rpg, just expand the limit a little would be cool, if we can't get a RPG board.
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quote:Originally posted by Darth Knight: QUOTE]Actually, I would point out SW EU as a dead board before Animation. Total posts in comparison to all the Boards in the Other Discussion Forums as well as all the forums of the Popular Series (less Harry Potter).[/QB]
Ok, obeside the point that we got wiped out after switching... The EU is really a seasoned forum. When a book comes out, there is a ton of traffic. But the month-2 month period in between books, how much traffic do you expect?
And the thing about "How hard is it to keep an RPG to one Thread"...Have you seen theone at SWC now? How much can you do in the Senate chamber? And since we can't open our another thread, we're stuck...
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maybe if one of us kicks them in the shin.
We've got people in different places at the moment, and I'd like it if we could go to more still, but it gets confusing by putting this in just one thread.
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I'm paying attention. I'm just not sure it's as cut and dried as many of you are making it out to be. But I'm listening and thinking about it. A RPG board isn't exactly like a normal board. The "if you build it, they will come" mentality doesn't satisfy me on this one. Despite whatever nostalgic feelings some people may have for Alliance and Empire, the fact is that they spent most of their post-blackout existence with little to no activity. This had nothing to do with them being hidden. They were completely dead for month after month before they were taken off the main page and I never understood why they weren't deleted right away.
Maybe I'm completely wrong, but my suspicion is that any dedicated RPG board will be very difficult to sustain. I'm sure it would be great at first. But what happens when people start to get bored and don't play as much? I can almost guarantee that that will happen. What's more is that once you start, it's sometimes difficult to get new people interested in joining in along the way.
So I guess my biggest concern is that RPGs are very flighty things. People may be really interested in them at one point in time, but that typically doesn't hold very long. They're very dependent on a cohesive group sticking together and once that group starts breaking up, as it inevitably does, the RPG dies out.
That's why even though it's not a perfect situation, I think basing them in the community boards may be the preferable way to go, where RPGs can come and go as they please depending on people's interest. They're essentially a community-based activity anyways. Obviously, nobody's going to like it if you start tons of threads with your games, but I don't see why that would be necessary. Why would any given scenario need any more than a few threads? How does starting 5 or 10 new threads for one game increase your creativity and imagination?
I don't know. I haven't entirely made up my mind on this. But I haven't yet seen a very convincing argument for it. Honestly, the place I normally think of for the more elaborate role-playing is Fan Fiction. Not a true community board, but I think it could fit in very nicely there.
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MA, I have sent you a PM outlining some ideas I have for a Rpg Board. I would rather PM you than post them all for everyone to see, got to have some surprises you know?
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I created a board specifically for RPG purposes but I was told and rather agree that it would probably not work...oh well I was bored and needed somethgin to do that night anyhow........ man this color scheme thing looks freaky for NN....
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quote:Originally posted by Darth Mall: I created a board specifically for RPG purposes but I was told and rather agree that it would probably not work...oh well I was bored and needed somethgin to do that night anyhow........ man this color scheme thing looks freaky for NN....
I guess it is true that it might not hold up for an extended period of time. Well, it was worth the try.
Actually, I kinda like the color scheme. Anything is better than the same old colors. I like things changed every once in a while.
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[idea] An RPG forum with mulitple Mods, Mod contained threads (some for feedback and those created from specific RPGs), and Mods that would be fair, but not let things get out of control (i.e. flooding). [/idea] What would it hurt if it didn't work???
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I see where you are coming from Mandard, but i also think that with some planning it could work out easily. There needs to be something better than the Empire and Alliance. That was basically "Im going to kill you and take over your board" over and over again. Now, if we take and set some rules and guidlines to follow, to make it more like an actually game/ and a continuing story, you most likely wont lose that interest.
The Padawan stuff could still go on at SWC, but it could be explored more into depth on the RPG board, instead of having just 5 dumb tasks, you could see a development and the bond of Master and Padawan.
I like the one Jedi one Sith rule for the moderators, it just makes sense.
Instead of just opening a board and say, here you go have fun. Maybe have a setting to start or story to start, and go from there.
I don't know, just some ideas so maybe people wont lose interest.
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An RPG board can have multiple RPG in it. I for one would not like a board that was just one big SW RPG, that just doesn't do it for me. Being able to start an RPG with a group of people, now that would be a great idea.
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I think a RPG board would be great. I joined nightly because the RPG at chicks was so much fun. I left because it became such a hastle to try and keep everything in one thread. I may have not been here for awhile, but its great to be back. I think having a board dedicated to RPG would be a great addition to nightly. I know I would make it a point to come here daily, just to see the advances in the story development.
Just my opinion
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as one of the leaders of this movement i cannot stress this any further. a board for rpging must be created. the jedi, ami-jinn, is probably not the first or the last to stop posting on nightly or swc bc of the limited ability to posting to only one thread
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But, there are so many other RPG boards you can go to, why have one here???
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If I wanted to go to a RPG board somewhere else I would have done it a long time ago. Nightly is kind of a Family. If we were to go to another board just to do it it would take away from the family type deal and we would have to develop new ties at that other board. So if we had it here then we would make ties for new people and show them how the nightly crowd does it. I can't tell you how many times I have just chatted about nothing with people here at nightly.
If I went to another board to RPG it just wouldn't be the same.
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www.jedi.net has a RPG board and it has that same family feel...
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Loctus of Borg your icon reminds of that Mambo #5 song.... WWWHHHHHAAAAA!!!
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Didn't mean to point out your board (actually I did, now you get the full impact of being pointed out)! I know why EU is necessary at NN. Just didn't feel it was warranted to pick on the Animation board. Remember the threads here? "Why no Simpsons, Gargoyles, etc?" It has a purpose too. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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Entirely agree!
