[6-22-2015] Board Merger!

[Melkire]

So for a while now we've had separate and distinct boards for Balmung events/directories and Gilgamesh events/directories. This was a holdover from 2013, and while it served its purpose, this structure had a few problems:

1. No space for players from less-populated servers to post their events and directory listings.
   
2. Segregation of community by dint of forum separation.
   
3. Redundancy, particularly in light of the recent rise of Gilgamesh-RP.com
   

After consulting both staff and patrons, we've opted to merge these boards together. Balmung Events and Gilgamesh Events have been merged into Roleplay Events. Balmung Directory and Gilgamesh Directory have been merged into Player Directory.

 

Furthermore, server tag prefixes have been enabled for threads. What this means is that, when creating a new thread or editing the original post of a thread, you can select the server for your event/listing from a "Prefix" dropdown. This allows for denotation of servers in a visible and easy-to-manage manner.

 

At the moment, available prefixes are as follows:

• Balmung
  
• Gilgamesh
  
• Siren
  
• Moogle
  
• Famfrit
  
• Hyperion
  
• Jenova
  

Should you require additional server tags - perhaps you roleplay on Lamia, for example - please send a Private Message to either myself or FreelanceWizard, and we'll see to it that your server gets added to the dropdown list.

 

We hope this will allow for continued use of these boards by Balmung and Gilgamesh while simultaneously creating a space for other servers and their communities. As always, should you have any concerns, questions, or suggestions, please send staff a Private Message. Thank you!

[Melkire]

Slight addendum as I accidentally neglected to mention our future plans:

 

We will be looking into implementing server filters for the Events and Directory Boards, a la Linkshell Hall. This should assist both in denoting the major unofficial RP servers and in preventing smaller servers' threads from drifting towards the bottom of the boards as a result of higher activity on Balmung and Gilgamesh.

 

Please note that this is something we're looking into. It may necessitate a change down the line in how server tags operate, or it may not. We'll be working with our technical staff on this (our wizard, dohohoho~) and should have an update soon.

 

:moogle:

[Melkire]

Update: the server filters are still being looked into. Adding them is not a simple thing, and there's a lot of potential therein to inadvertently screw up our current layout. Slow going, but we'll get there. Stay tuned.