Consolidated Discussion of RPG Mechanics

[Rem-13]

To bring in what I posted in the other thread,

What effects our acquisition of members needs to be addressed, and I think that is separate from the mechanics, which effect retention.

First things that needs to be looked at: Who are we getting here? How are they finding the site? What do they want out of the site? Who do we want here, and what do we want out of them?

If we are getting anyone its probably from typing DBZ RPG into google. That means a) less and less people are going to be doing that and we have no control over that and b) we are getting people that want to play as a character from DBZ. Most probably aren't doing it for the love of writing, only for the want of acting out a story as a DBZ character with writing as the means. What they get when they come on here now is us saying "make up your own character and write some interactive stories with us! Also, DBZ" This is an instant turn off for a significant percentage.

So something needs to give. We need to either cater the audience we are going to bring in or find away to bring in the audience we want. I have no idea of how to do this, I'm just trying to reaim the thrust of what we are talking about here.

A new system is like an economic stimulus package, a shot in the arm to keep us going but we'll still die the slow death without addressing the core issues.