What can we do?

Snap Panzerotten · Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 2:33 pm

I like this. It's informative. Especially the "jerk" thing. I sort of have a thing for Karma so that bullet is my favorite.
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Tacobadger Burritos · Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 4:41 am

"Ooh, ooh, I know.
We can have a Battle-Royale."

Timotini Mazinga · Joined: 29 Dec 2008 Posts: 2515 Location: Rock land

Constance Anderson · Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 2:33 pm

The only thing we can do is to call Gionatan.

Tankbuilder Smith · Joined: 29 Jul 2010 Posts: 507

I agree alot with what was posted here.

I'm actually an active RPer. I can give some input on RP ideas.

I find that some of the toughest conflict creating situations is when you're in a situation where violence is NOT the answer, but you still have to do something to solve or get out of the situation.

I've also improved ALOT with RPing from when I first joined the site. I know some of the tips that can make one a better rper. Four of the most important things to keep in mind are: (Assuming that everybody has good grammar in the RP.)
1. The RP is not all about your characters, it's about the plot as a whole. The more you contribute to the plot, the better the RP gets.
2. Losing is as important as winning in RPs. If your character(s) win, that advances your character(s) personal story(ies). The exact opposite is true for "Evil" characters, but you still need to lose around as much as you win.
3. Trying to solve every single problem makes RPs no fun. The reason for that is that you aren't leaving any room for anybody else to solve problems, and thus the RP gets boring for them. On the other hand, creating conflict makes RPs a bit more fun.
4. Try not to go to extremes. People don't like that very much. Plus, usually when that happens, it's considered god modding, and that is HIGHLY frowned upon in RPs. God modding does vary from RP to RP, usually based on how powerful the other characters in the RP are.
The first definition here for godmodding is actually pretty accurate.

Trick Brancacane · Joined: 15 Nov 2008 Posts: 1667

http://www.warbears.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14606&highlight=roleplay

I remember Virgo making this thread about Roleplaying looong time ago.

Tankbuilder Smith · Joined: 29 Jul 2010 Posts: 507

Well, I did bring up a few good points myself.

That weren't brought up there.

Edit: I'm probably going to repost that in the one thread. Also:

You can't advance your characters personal plotlines easily if you don't set them up for conflict. It is much easier to develop a character in an RP if he/she has somebody like a rival or bully that doesn't like them or if they have anger issues or some other way of creating conflict involving that character.

For example, Jong, a moogle RP character I have, always gets annoyed at the least when his pompom is touched. That has been used several times in the RP he is in to create conflict revolving around him already, and he's a realitively new character. That, and I enjoyed RPing his annoyance at that.

Crazyone Totoro · Joined: 10 Nov 2007 Posts: 850 Location: Warbears, UK :3

Yeah, for RPing, it is you living out a character's life, their reactions to situations, etc.

Trial thread for RP? YES.
How bout in forum games? It's easy enough to try... though we'd need a Mod for this to happen (GIANT HINT)

Jonpatrick Smith · Joined: 18 Aug 2007 Posts: 1064 Location: Paradise

So has Sam or anyone else contacted a mod about an RP?
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Ben Lebowski · Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 4:01 pm

If someone wants to send me some info about who would host, how it would work, etc., feel free
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Jonpatrick Smith · Joined: 18 Aug 2007 Posts: 1064 Location: Paradise

Well in the 9 days or so since I posted this it seems we've got a little done. It's not much but it's a start, the first step forward to the way to a brighter future.

I hope that many of you like Knyh can draw inspiration from these ideas and help create something great. In the meantime, I've had another idea to help pull the community together. I recommend we all contribute to this most important and highly informative thread. You have the power!
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Jurgen Smith · Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 5:15 pm

I just want to highlight one of the points Jippy made in that opening post.

We all expect this site to come back to life, and want it to, yet the majority of members refuse to show any respect to a new member here, and this starts to discourage people from staying. If we want life here, we need new members to come - and then stay.

That's all I have for now, I might be back with more.

Roxie Bauer · Joined: 04 May 2008 Posts: 1922 Location: Yes.

Knyh Risotto · Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 7:50 pm

One thing I was thinking of would be to lower standards slightly.

Rather than only going for the best, go for something more realistic, rather than perfect comic makers, how about a few that are good, but sometimes fail? Maybe even giving around 10 people 'comic maker' status to boost activity. Perhaps make CMU an application service of sorts, as you prove yourself, you gain ranks, and then become 'official' past a point?

Once activity kick-starts, perhaps then we can raise standards, by adding another tier to things, so some of the 'still-good-but-not-the-best' people get part of the action, but the best are still in a form of exclusivity.
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Roxie Bauer · Joined: 04 May 2008 Posts: 1922 Location: Yes.