09-19-2008, 07:56 PM
Alright, so, first and foremost: Belle is amazing. Let's just leave it at that.
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Next up on the list was newcomer activity. Well, as someone who has been on several RPGs, including one that I am on now that has a new member apply every single day, I can tell you that the first thing you're going to have to lose is the general attitude that I've noticed around here.
Sure, the majority of you guys are probably leagues better storytellers than the millions of roleplayers that glob Harry Potter/Twilight/etc roleplaying games, and such like that, but here's the key to that mass of people: there are millions of them. And I'm pretty sure there's at least a small fraction of them that like DBZ. So here's the deal. You all are going to have to take a step down from Google and other things and appeal to the people who make sites like Infamy and Entropy work so well and get a good stable of active members.
Basically what I'm saying here is advertise and affiliate with some less skilled sites.
As for getting the oldies to come back, I like Belle's idea, but that's not all those of us who have been lax in our roleplaying are looking for. At least, not in my view. What needs to happen here is something new. I understand what you're saying -- that if something works, don't fix it. But here's the thing. It isn't working. Members are getting bored, dying, "retiring." And there's only one way to get them to come out of retirement.
Look at people like Lance Armstrong and Brett Favre. They're coming out of retirement because they love what they do. We love writing, but you have to offer us a new experience. Brett Favre's going to a new team. A completely different dynamic than before. We need a different dynamic. The universe has stayed remarkably the same for several years. Every summer, there's DA. We get it. I love DA, but there's got to be something new. Every couple of months, there's a storyline sage. But nothing ever happens. Nothing ever changes... Therefore, I believe we need a change in the world. It's always been that happy-go-lucky place with Raditzu and friends playing kings and queens of the universe. Give us something different, something gritty. Personally, I think post-apocolyptic would be fun, haha. But that's just me.
And now that I've said that, I'm going to get back to my Spiritken training... finally.
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Next up on the list was newcomer activity. Well, as someone who has been on several RPGs, including one that I am on now that has a new member apply every single day, I can tell you that the first thing you're going to have to lose is the general attitude that I've noticed around here.
Sure, the majority of you guys are probably leagues better storytellers than the millions of roleplayers that glob Harry Potter/Twilight/etc roleplaying games, and such like that, but here's the key to that mass of people: there are millions of them. And I'm pretty sure there's at least a small fraction of them that like DBZ. So here's the deal. You all are going to have to take a step down from Google and other things and appeal to the people who make sites like Infamy and Entropy work so well and get a good stable of active members.
Basically what I'm saying here is advertise and affiliate with some less skilled sites.
As for getting the oldies to come back, I like Belle's idea, but that's not all those of us who have been lax in our roleplaying are looking for. At least, not in my view. What needs to happen here is something new. I understand what you're saying -- that if something works, don't fix it. But here's the thing. It isn't working. Members are getting bored, dying, "retiring." And there's only one way to get them to come out of retirement.
Look at people like Lance Armstrong and Brett Favre. They're coming out of retirement because they love what they do. We love writing, but you have to offer us a new experience. Brett Favre's going to a new team. A completely different dynamic than before. We need a different dynamic. The universe has stayed remarkably the same for several years. Every summer, there's DA. We get it. I love DA, but there's got to be something new. Every couple of months, there's a storyline sage. But nothing ever happens. Nothing ever changes... Therefore, I believe we need a change in the world. It's always been that happy-go-lucky place with Raditzu and friends playing kings and queens of the universe. Give us something different, something gritty. Personally, I think post-apocolyptic would be fun, haha. But that's just me.
And now that I've said that, I'm going to get back to my Spiritken training... finally.
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When you're dancing her dance, you don't stand a chance
Her grip of romance makes you fall!
So you think, might as well dance a tango to Hell
At least I'll have tango'd at all!