Are we not at the point where this change is a bit too late? I feel like this is a realization we should've had from the start. Not now that we're realizing there might be a problem.

The issue isn't whether or not people realize the problem, the issue is the amount. I think almost everyone who frequents the bitch thread knows about the issues, recognizes the issues and combats them, but the simple fact is that the majority of the site doesn't regular the bitch thread- much less the discussion threads like this.

Is this a challenge.

I mean, if we did this, this thread has a lot of potential help for it.

I'm not much of a coder, but I could be a mod and help keep things straight.

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The issue isn't whether or not people realize the problem, the issue is the amount. I think almost everyone who frequents the bitch thread knows about the issues, recognizes the issues and combats them, but the simple fact is that the majority of the site doesn't regular the bitch thread- much less the discussion threads like this.

Let's make a GM/Member care package and PM the important bits to everyone!

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Let's make a GM/Member care package and PM the important bits to everyone!

is it bad that the guild is crumbling that fast, that this seems like a decent idea?

I mean, if we did this, this thread has a lot of potential help for it.

I'm not much of a coder, but I could be a mod and help keep things straight.

I wasn't entirely being serious, but I could definitely get behind the idea. I know very basic HTML coding and have experience with creating mediocre forums in the past. If we were able to get the community's support, the idea has more than enough potential.

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I mean, if we did this, this thread has a lot of potential help for it.

I'm not much of a coder, but I could be a mod and help keep things straight.

i'd hire you.

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The issue isn't whether or not people realize the problem, the issue is the amount. I think almost everyone who frequents the bitch thread knows about the issues, recognizes the issues and combats them, but the simple fact is that the majority of the site doesn't regular the bitch thread- much less the discussion threads like this.

I've never seen anything about community engagement or moderator activity in the bitch thread if that is what you're talking about. Those are pressing issues to me. That other members sometimes drop an RP, eh. Buyer beware. If you let them into your RP without checking past activity in other threads you're a moron?

Ye, we're months, if not a year or more behind on solving this problem from a decent starting point.

It was probably an issue ever since guildfall, since the member numbers have dwindled since then.

is it bad that the guild is crumbling that fast, that this seems like a decent idea?

yes

I wasn't entirely being serious, but I could definitely get behind the idea. I know very basic HTML coding and have experience with creating mediocre forums in the past. If we were able to get the community's support, the idea has more than enough potential.

Well, we all need an alternative if RPGuild keeps going how it is. I sure as hell ain't going anywhere near Iwaku again, and what's that really leave? RPNation, MCF, and Bluemoon?

Shit, Shit, and Smut?

Yeahno, I'll just go back to my weekly IRL D&D campaign sessions.

i'd hire you.

Unbias is necessary, and I'm a dick to everyone so it's a pretty good position for me.

Obviously I'm no god either, just an autistic retard trying to help a roleplaying forum. TruLoser.

It was probably an issue ever since guildfall, since the member numbers have dwindled since then.

True. Everything was really happy-go-lucky because Guild was back, but in hindsight things were bad 3 years ago too. Just not as severe as they are now.

@Buddha That's the drawback of the freedom which the mods' absence gives us, it seems. We're able to shitpost and infight and not get banned for it, but the cost of this is that we've landed ourselves in a "jack of all trades, master of none" sort of situation. By trying to appeal to everyone, to welcome everyone, the site naturally loses a degree of standards over its community strength, and of course, its writing quality.

I think people, myself included, are afraid to take concrete steps toward solving this problem because the moment we do, Mahz and the mods will come back just long enough to put us in our place and remind us of who's boss. Then they'll fuck off again, having impeded our progress toward self-government but then refused to replace our system with their own. Some of us may be banned in the process, too, another large risk in taking any strong actions toward fixing this site.

I for one am willing to start a blacklist somewhere, even off-site if need be. I've discussed it intensively in the past, with the biggest projected roadblock being that it's probably not Fonz-cool for Guildsmen to segregate themselves and demonize each other for their stylistic differences in RP.

Once again, the site's willingness to accept everyone, and to never really enforce a standard of quality over people's RP habits (joining a thread and then never posting, Free leaking into Casual, Nation drawing players away from the tiny Advanced forum...), is what drives us into the ground in the first place. To rectify this we would need to establish whether Mahz is willing to draw new mods, active ones, from the player pool; and if he isn't, then go about deciding how we will govern ourselves henceforth.

@Grimhildr
>has been here for 6 days
>already planning a coup

kek

@Grimhildr
>has been here for 6 days
>already planning a coup

kek

Dedication.

@pugbutter

God, reading this I realize that we're taking this shit really seriously and it's stupid and hilarious.

But then I see this:



And realize it's all something that needs to be done...

@Grimhildr
>has been here for 6 days
>already planning a coup

kek

i've actually been on the guild for nearing 2 years, this is just a new account.

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Unbias is necessary, and I'm a dick to everyone so it's a pretty good position for me.

Obviously I'm no god either, just an autistic retard trying to help a roleplaying forum. TruLoser.

so... basically the exact same as the current mods?

(am jk, please no ban hammer)

True. Everything was really happy-go-lucky because Guild was back, but in hindsight things were bad 3 years ago too. Just not as severe as they are now.

Yes, 100%.

@pugbutter I mean I'm against dividing the boards all together. The only reason I can see not to merge free, casual and advanced into 1 area is that free would move so fast that it drowns both casual and advanced. I'd be OK with just a 'advanced' tag at the header of a title, or a casual tag, etc. It might make people more willing to strive towards bettering their skills too.

I'm also in favor of a blacklist, knowing I'll make it on there. In fact, I might just start one in my own discord server. Just posting names and such of people that are notoriously bad for RP's.

I am also willing to support the idea of making the website. I could also be a mod since I do not know shit about coding. But, I am learning how to make cool banners.

I know that the discussion is not serious at all but still... it's better than doing nothing and praying that the staff members do something.

I'm also in favor of a blacklist, knowing I'll make it on there. In fact, I might just start one in my own discord server. Just posting names and such of people that are notoriously bad for RP's.

I'd join a discord just for such a list.
^{_{and then end up on it myself, somehow}}

so... basically the exact same as the current mods?

(am jk, please no ban hammer)

stop talking about honk like that.

honky.

@Buddha@Ammokkx

We seem to be gaining favor for the list to actually be a thing.