I just wanted to clarify a few things. First, for those who may not have been around or who may be unaware of the threads posted in suggestion of a clean-up or overhaul of the RPC, there have been a couple good threads posted with a lot of great ideas:
1. Verence's Thread (10/10/2011)
2. Deirdre's Thread (2/13/2012)
Moreover, a suggestion was brought up by Merri while back that a weekly tavern night for all role-players be instituted. This was met with a whole lot of 'meh' unfortunately, but this is where I had first suggested reinstating some form of LS leaders section as mentioned above by Oskar. Kylin went on to create a thread with a poll for this but it seemed like a pretty significant number of RPers were opposed to the idea at the time. I still maintain that this would be a valuable tool for the overall RP community such that LS leaders can come together on neutral ground and organize events together, but the lack of such a forum has not prevented some cross-LS activity. But maybe it's time to re-examine that - I don't know.
Most of the threads linked above seem to have wound up getting somewhat derailed for various reasons. And I know a handful of us have lost some faith in the ability of people to work together towards common goals.
I also wanted to stick up for Crystalline a bit here. Somewhere in the midst of things a number of "new" linkshells cropped up all at once. I don't really view this as a negative. I had noted several months ago (I think it was September of 2011) that there were a lot of great linkshells out there, and felt like trying to make a new linkshell would be a lesson in futility at that point. However I found that a lot of the people whose friendship I had come to value in this game were spread out across a number of other linkpearls to which they felt great loyalty, and keeping in communication proved to be a bit of a challenge at times. So the concept was born. In truth, a handful of people have had this pearl going right back to launch of the game but it was never really utilized until a few months ago in any degree. Really all it is is a place for people who enjoy high-immersion RP to go when their main linkshell is quiet or OOC. Part of its intent has also been to bring not only the individuals who carry the pearls together, but also their linkshells. It's yet too soon to say whether it's a success or not, but... it's an effort. And right now I feel like we could all stand to give a little more effort to help bring the RP community together.
I don't really have any other suggestions to make. I would love to see the RPC become the bustling hub it was before the game's launch where it was nigh impossible to keep up with all the threads that were posted. But it seems like there has been a lot of disagreement, or a lot of hurt feelings, or a lot of he-said she-said, or longwinded threads about policy and such, or whatever else that puts people off from wanting to come here and share their thoughts. This really needs to end, but threads like this, and posts like this aren't getting that done. I'm honestly not sure what would. I'm not sure what I could propose that hasn't already been put forth in the threads linked above.
I hope this post at least helps answer some questions though for newer members and explains why there is a certain underlying ambivalance with regard to whether these sorts of proposed changes. It seems like there's something of a consensus with regard to there being a need for change. And that's a good start. Figuring out how to bring about this change appears to be the next step, and it's in this where the real challenge appears to reside.
1. Verence's Thread (10/10/2011)
2. Deirdre's Thread (2/13/2012)
Moreover, a suggestion was brought up by Merri while back that a weekly tavern night for all role-players be instituted. This was met with a whole lot of 'meh' unfortunately, but this is where I had first suggested reinstating some form of LS leaders section as mentioned above by Oskar. Kylin went on to create a thread with a poll for this but it seemed like a pretty significant number of RPers were opposed to the idea at the time. I still maintain that this would be a valuable tool for the overall RP community such that LS leaders can come together on neutral ground and organize events together, but the lack of such a forum has not prevented some cross-LS activity. But maybe it's time to re-examine that - I don't know.
Most of the threads linked above seem to have wound up getting somewhat derailed for various reasons. And I know a handful of us have lost some faith in the ability of people to work together towards common goals.
I also wanted to stick up for Crystalline a bit here. Somewhere in the midst of things a number of "new" linkshells cropped up all at once. I don't really view this as a negative. I had noted several months ago (I think it was September of 2011) that there were a lot of great linkshells out there, and felt like trying to make a new linkshell would be a lesson in futility at that point. However I found that a lot of the people whose friendship I had come to value in this game were spread out across a number of other linkpearls to which they felt great loyalty, and keeping in communication proved to be a bit of a challenge at times. So the concept was born. In truth, a handful of people have had this pearl going right back to launch of the game but it was never really utilized until a few months ago in any degree. Really all it is is a place for people who enjoy high-immersion RP to go when their main linkshell is quiet or OOC. Part of its intent has also been to bring not only the individuals who carry the pearls together, but also their linkshells. It's yet too soon to say whether it's a success or not, but... it's an effort. And right now I feel like we could all stand to give a little more effort to help bring the RP community together.
I don't really have any other suggestions to make. I would love to see the RPC become the bustling hub it was before the game's launch where it was nigh impossible to keep up with all the threads that were posted. But it seems like there has been a lot of disagreement, or a lot of hurt feelings, or a lot of he-said she-said, or longwinded threads about policy and such, or whatever else that puts people off from wanting to come here and share their thoughts. This really needs to end, but threads like this, and posts like this aren't getting that done. I'm honestly not sure what would. I'm not sure what I could propose that hasn't already been put forth in the threads linked above.
I hope this post at least helps answer some questions though for newer members and explains why there is a certain underlying ambivalance with regard to whether these sorts of proposed changes. It seems like there's something of a consensus with regard to there being a need for change. And that's a good start. Figuring out how to bring about this change appears to be the next step, and it's in this where the real challenge appears to reside.
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