I think that if your intimidated by the word 'advanced' then you should stick to beginner and casual. Its as simple as that.


What else are we suppose to call that forum?
'The forum for roleplays with longer and more detailed posts'?

If your intimidated by the word 'advanced' then stick to your comfort zone. Thats just how it is.

And Candi, I am all for your suggestion. A serious discussion forum could contain threads of different levels of seriousness. The word 'serious' here, would tell the members not to spam in the threads in that forum. If you want uncoordinated conversation, go to the off-topic forum. When you want a serious discussion(about whatever topic, anime, roleplaying, politics, etc) then go here. Here, people will add to the conversation in a constructive way. They will not jump in, drop their two cents, and jump out. They will read, understand, ponder, and reply accordingly.

I have had several discussions on different boards where (I won't call them 'newbs' but they were quite incompetent.) people would just jump in and throw off the swing of conversation.

But with a forum directed at 'serious' discussions(about whatever topic) the swing of conversation can remain steady and comfortably moving.


Miko, Don't take what I'm saying as being snobbish(my custom title is a joke!), ok? I'm not trying to offend anyone, or put anyone down. All people are equal to me. But there are different levels of competence. And your not going to tell me that every single person who comes to this board should feel completely comfortable. Sometimes you have to get used to things.

You said yourself that you don't like 'sugar-coating' things, so asking to change the name of the 'advanced' forum will do nothing but contradict your own words.

A person needs to feel obligated to put more effort into their posts in that forum, ok?

And in the serious discussion, one should feel that same obligation to perform. If you(not you, Miko. In general.) feel that you cannot give a decently-sized contribution to the topic/roleplay/etc then don't post.




A new forum dedicated to serious conversations could be grand contribution to the board.


This forum can serve to caress the important conversations that we all enjoy to participate in. Not to mention it would help to sort the blabber from the coherent.


Nothing I have said here was directed to offend.


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