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@Freeman(my quote button won't work)

 

True, which is why I suggested the tag system returning, and slightly editted with watered down AC.

 

What I mean by that is, a mix between Basic and Advanced. Allowing a middle ground, one that's still okay, but still easy and pressure free.

 

Then we bump it up a little. You get time to adjust, and then there's no pressure after you've adjusted, because it has become instinctual.

 

See what I'm saying? I post a paragraph and a half, and a little more, and there's no pressure, and I haven't had pressure for 1 1/2 months.

 

It LITERALLY takes about a week to really adjust, maybe less. Of course, people are different, so we add a little more time.

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PEOPLE.

You all fail to understand the point of the Tag System. It was put in place so people could still make Basic Roleplays, but they were not meant to overpopulate the Advanced Roleplays; in fact, it was meant to be the opposite, so there were more Advanced Roleplays and people could try and improve their roleplaying skill by joining them. However, a lot of members decided to take advantage of it by making a load of Basic Roleplays, so really, anyone who is against the Advanced Clause being reinstated and has made a Basic RP - it's your fault. =D

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@Freeman(my quote button won't work)

 

True' date=' which is why I suggested the tag system returning, and slightly editted with watered down AC.

 

What I mean by that is, a mix between Basic and Advanced. Allowing a middle ground, one that's still okay, but still easy and pressure free.

 

Then we bump it up a little. You get time to adjust, and then there's no pressure after you've adjusted, because it has become instinctual.

 

See what I'm saying? I post a paragraph and a half, and a little more, and there's no pressure, and I haven't had pressure for 1 1/2 months.

 

It LITERALLY takes about a week to really adjust, maybe less. Of course, people are different, so we add a little more time.

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One of the Better things I have Heard.....

 

I can write a typical Advanced Clause post without pressure, but I look at myself in other people's Shoes....

 

If one cannot do that, then they are idiots....

 

Must i Reinstate my own Epic Analogy? Because i can see a war coming in the straight future....

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New suggestion: Why not have Mod approved Basics, but keep the otherwise mandatory Advanced Clause? The Creator of a basic RP could pm a Mod, Showing his plot and other ideas for the RP. Then, if the mod approves, that mod could keep an eye on the basic they approved, to make sure it's not to terrible. After all, not all basics are spam. This way, mods can closely moniter the quallity of basics and their sheer amount without completely banning them.

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Thing is, they don't just want people to make decent BASIC posts, or even basic ADVANCED posts, they want people to improve. If no one is pushed to improve, then they are going to either stay status quo, or people will sink.

 

Sure, by push I don't mean force new clauses on them every week, but I mean bit by bit. Little nudges at a time. I'm sticking with the idea I had.

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Awesomes idea seems like the only one that will work. To be honest, the whole advanced clause thing isn't that hard, its just annoying because it consumes alot of time. And I get a little pissed when I'm trying to post a response to something and someone interacts with my character and then I post and end up having to edit my post. But I can live with that. Anyways, yeah Awesomes idea seems like it'd work best.

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Hi guys. Many of you don't know me, and some of you do. I'm relatively new here, I've gotten from a level one two a level four within in the month of november. Now All i have to say is that the reason for this are mostly rps. I am in a few Rp's. Four actually. They Are Dimension Clash, Cursed Heart Birthmark, 2nd Marking, Yugioh Elemental Academy, and Bleach Advent of Hell. Each an everyone of the are enjoyable if not delightful to be in. Two of these are Basic Rp's and another just became advanced in the last week or so and the other has just been there. Now, I cannot account for the actions of others, but I can only report what I have observed. I have seen people henjoy themselves in their respective threads and they have also been slow. I know that Advent of hell hadn't been up and running awesomely as it had been until the beginning of this week. The others threads not even advanced, have gotten 60 pages in the short span of maybe what feels like two weeks. What I'm saying is, don't knock the thread; it is like someone's little online cyber baby. Instead increase the quality of those who post on the thread. This is by having basic and advanced rp's and having people who all suck at rp'ing disperse among the veterans tolearn the tricks of the trade. If a thread has a great plotline but sucky Roleplayer's then the thread will suck. The same does not necessarily apply if you have good rp-ers and a sucky plotline. If we wish to make Roleplying better, make the roleplayers better. Before going in and reporting or flaming people or even locking a thread maybe you shpuld read the last 3 pages or so. If you feel like'Damn this is good' then why punish it. If it needs help join and try to increase the quality of the posts. If it is an epic failure, lock the thing and discuss with them their problems and possible solutions. Also remember, The thread's creator(s) may listen to some suggestions and may not listen to others. The point is to make it better, so that any and everyone will have a good time while they do what they do. Finally, above all remeber, that this IS still just a website, if you want make up your thread in real life with a bunch of friends and a journal. It could be public or private and it could be onlinee if you want, but IT IS YOURS. Do with it as you please.

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If a thread has a great plotline but sucky Roleplayer's then the thread will suck.

 

OBJECTION!

 

There's a clear contradiction to your statement.

 

First of all, if it has a great plot, why wouldn't a good RPers join? I myself, join RPs I consider 'infested' with n00bs just because of the great plot. I know several others who don't care about the RPers RPing there, and really joined because of the great/well thought out plot.

 

So, it wouldn't make sense for an RP with a great plot, to not be touched by more talented Role Players.

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I dont mean to offend or confuse anyone, because I do both a lot, but You proved my point to some degree. If there is a good plotline, mixing that in with good rpers makes the thread good. But if no one joined because they were anti noob and only noobs joined it would suck though. What i'm saying it is important to mix the threads up so they dont end up dead or locked.

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I dont mean to offend or confuse anyone' date=' because I do both a lot, but You proved my point to some degree. If there is a good plotline, mixing that in with good rpers makes the thread good. But if no one joined because they were anti noob and only noobs joined it would suck though. What i'm saying it is important to mix the threads up so they dont end up dead or locked.

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So are you proposing to make advanced RPers join more nooby RPs?

 

I agree with that. And I know that alot of the people didn't join my rps because they are anti noob.

 

Or could it be your plot. :/

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Thats true, but the thing is that alot of people don't even look. Thats the annoying part. I wouldn't mind them looking and then just saying 'Eh, thats not that good', but when thy do't bother to look, it gets annoying. And he may have been saying that newer people should join higher rps.

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I mean i'm not saying that it will be the greatest of things. But it will at least get the dying rps somewhere. I mean if they dont want to make the rps more successful then let them do that. I judt dont want good rps to die or in recent situations get locked. Also like Kio said if they don't look then they cant really judge. So they should be required to look or something.

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Thats true' date=' but the thing is that alot of people don't even look. Thats the annoying part. I wouldn't mind them looking and then just saying 'Eh, thats not that good', but when thy do't bother to look, it gets annoying.

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Ironically, being a Tales fan I checked out your RP. (I had a symphonia RP here ageeeeeeeeees ago.)

 

I mean i'm not saying that it will be the greatest of things. But it will at least get the dying rps somewhere. I mean if they dont want to make the rps more successful then let them do that. I judt dont want good rps to die or in recent situations get locked.

 

Forcing someone to join an RP defies the whole purpose about RPing.

 

RPing is supposed to be about having fun, forcing someone to join an RP they don't like pushes that.

 

Forcing someone to type an additional two lines isn't close.

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you are right onthe pushing them to join rp's they dont like part because there are a fair number of Rp's i see hourly that are nice but I won't join because im lazy. So what I pose after a few rethinks is that we do what youtube, facebook, myspace etc does and find out things they might like based on what they already have. LIke Rp's that are similar to each other. It would change they way how rp's are made but it would be better for people in the long run by putting them where they want to be.

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The only part that annoys me about Advance Clause is that it makes it all-too-easy for a single noobie RPer that people don't have the heart to kick out to get an entire RP locked. And then there's the absolutely bizarre punishment policy that I didn't even know existed (though it hasn't applied to me, I haven't had an RP locked) that prevents you from remaking your RP for an arbitrary length of time, on pain of having that RP locked on sight if it is EVER remade again. I'm not sure if that was unique to breaking the tag-system rule or it applies to all locked RPs, but eh.

 

In any case, while this isn't how I would have handled it (I'm a firm believer in teaching-by-example, so I made a habit of joining interesting Basic Rps on the hope that people would increase the quality of their writing so their posts didn't look pathetic next to mine), I'm not too bugged by the entire thing. Then again, I have the vaguest sense of foreboding. Not sure why, but eh...

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you are right onthe pushing them to join rp's they dont like part because there are a fair number of Rp's i see hourly that are nice but I won't join because im lazy. So what I pose after a few rethinks is that we do what youtube' date=' facebook, myspace etc does and find out things they might like based on what they already have. LIke Rp's that are similar to each other. It would change they way how rp's are made but it would be better for people in the long run by putting them where they want to be.

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I didn't understand what you were saying due to your grammar.

 

Could you redefine that? Please?

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Umm.. Okay.

 

There should be something on the YCM website that says "Recommended For You" where rp's and other threades are grouped together based on a roleplayer's interest. Is that Clearer now?

 

That's too hard to pull off. That would mean we would have to pull of a forum with SEVERAL sub forums.

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