Ellie

Wait, did I miss it again? What happened? ;___;

Epic! If this doesn't get you ramped for 2.0, I don't know what will.

If you're looking for the general RP community you should ask around for a Backstage pearl. That's the OOC pearl that people tend to go to.

No one would learn anything because it'd be too adorable.

Ah, then you'll be right at home with the backstage pearl (or is it intermission now? I keep forgetting). That's pretty much the pearl most of the RPers on the server use for general OOC chat and the like. Also, there are times when roleplaying in /say will attract griefers and people who will try to harrass you or disrupt your RP experience, so sometimes people like to roleplay in /party chat.

Quick question: You're against using Linkshells as methods of IC communication for all instances? There's an OOC linkshell that most of the community uses for OOC talk, but almost all the RP groups I've ever been in have used linkpearls in character.

Welcome Ryanti! Glad to have you aboard! I've done quite a bit of IM para-RPing as well (saying it like that kind of makes it sound like I'm RPing with a parachute.) It's not always easy to do in FFXIV, but I do it when the situation fits.

Wow! Very good sketchies. You capture the in game models very well indeed! <3

*Stares* Sooo pretty....

I think a lot of people use the "View unread posts" on the board index for that. Is that sort of what you're looking for? It's not quite the same, actually, as whenever you've read a post it disappears from the list. Some people prefer to be able to see the stuff they've visited too.

Good to know. I'm going to need to carefully evaluate the role I'm going to play in ARR before I really decide on anything, though. I don't want to spread myself too thin.

Only Hyur and Miqo'te are available so far. Still... *big shiney anime eyes* @___@

Aww I'm too late ;___;

Lovecraft Mage. Why? Cuz it's Halloween! Though Gravity and Color mages were very tempting.

Gerik has such a beautiful set of breasts. Oh and the other stuff looks great too.

Tempted, but I need to save money so I don't have to scrape by for ARR. I'd love to be able to show you guys my old Keisuna character, though. <3

Would you mind expanding a little on what exactly is expected of moderators? The duties and everything? I assume it's mostly just making sure that rules aren't broken and things like that.

Other communities benefit from competition because their members generally don't interact with people from other community websites. In the FFXIV RP community, we all interact in varying degrees in the same game, no matter what community website we go to. Websites like the RPC serve as a hub to facilitate and foster opportunities for that interaction, and it isn't helped at all by having competitors, especially if the members of both forums aren't actively encouraged to advertise their free companies and linkshells on the other website. This not only puts an extra burden on people posting content, who now have to post on two forums in order to advertise linkshells and events or else be satisfied with not inviting everyone to the party, but it also puts a burden on people who are trying to keep up with what's going on, who already have the game to play and their linkshell communities to read and post in, but now have an additional two websites to check if they want to keep up with absolutely everything that's going on. And the people who only post and frequent one website or another are not always going to be just the people who want to split the community. Not everyone has the time or patience for going to more than one website for the same purpose and mostly the same content, so they'll end up choosing whichever one seems prettier, or more active, or the one that has the most members. It's only going to make things harder for everyone. The only way I could ever really see this as beneficial in any way is if there are people on the new community website who would never frequent or post on the current RPC even if it was the only option (which is likely a given, seeing how stubborn some people are) At least then you'd have a way to reach everyone. The thing is, I want to see this community come together again so that we don't need two websites. That's why this new website upsets me, because it means we're getting further away from unity, not closer.. EDIT: Okay, yeah...Verence is right in that the venom in my first post was uncalled for. And although I do regret the words now, I'll leave them unedited to perhaps serve as a reminder for the future. The fact that I can't see any other conclusion as to why Lior is doing this doesn't give me license to assume the only option I see is correct. For this much, I'm sorry Lior. I do, however, stand by my position that this is a bad idea that will only harm the community by making it more difficult for everyone to stay connected. We don't get to talk a lot, Verence, and I would really like to RP with you more because I remember my first time roleplaying in FFXIV with you, and you were great person and a great roleplayer! But I don't get to do that anymore because we've grown apart. You're in a community website that I can't join in on without more or less throwing away all the other linkshells that I've dedicated myself to, and I don't feel like I know you well enough to just ask you out of the blue. Our being on different community websites has literally kept me from having great RP with you, and I hate it.

First of allâ and I don't mean anything by this, because it's a common mistake, but... It's supposed to be "piece", not "peace". As in "I said my piece." Secondly, I don't buy this bit about you making an RP community for those who dislike the way Kylin runs things. I've looked all over both of these websites, and there are no substantive differences. The rules are practically carbon copies of each other apart from your website having an explicit rule against plagiarism, and both websites have almost the exact same features apart from the RPC having a wiki and bazaar section. On face value, there's no substantive reason that any given new or returning roleplayer would prefer one website over the other. In fact, the only substantial difference between the RPC and your website is that you get to be in charge, and not the person you have a personal vendetta against. I'm sorry, but that's really childishâand I mean that literally. This is exactly the kind of self-serving take-my-ball-and-go-home behavior I would expect to see if I were observing a group of actual children. Instead of trying to reunite the RP communityâ which would benefit everyoneâ you chose to try to build your own clubhouse, as if you just wanted to feel more important than Kylin. Kylin's only runs and moderates a website. He's not a king, and he's not a god. He doesn't hold any more influence over the RP community than anyone else. I don't consider myself to be on his "side". I want to be a neutral party to all this, but you are making it very VERY difficult for me to do that, and I'm sure many others feel the same.

I really only know of one other RPer who was EU, but she's all busy with Uni and all that, at the very least until ARR. Though, I'm sure with the number of people old and new who are coming back, there'll be plenty of EU players, likely enough to form an RP shell.