ArenaSnow

C R A W L

@ArenaSnow to confirm are you sitting out this one or going on the bridge mission (where the void tiles are?)

@Mae

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World-Building Section

@ArenaSnowYou listed three sections that could be in one section: the "World-Building Section;" and you talk about clutter. The World-Building section would reduce the need for all of those sections. It would also put those threads into a section designed for them rather than having writers put their world-building threads where they "think" would fit.

@Holy Soldier

There has not been an issue regarding confusion before, and I don't see the true issue now.

The most change I'd be in favor of is to perhaps add the text "world-building" to one or the other section, which sounds like it would be fair. However, I don't think it would justify the creation of a unique section - just an addition to the text of an existing section to help curious individuals decide where to point their lore dumps.

World-Building Section

I sit firmly in the no camp on the basis of necessity, precedence and existing structure.

Worldbuilding can already be done with the existing structure perfectly fine.
> The Char tab can become the lore center for a roleplay. Use Post 0 as the index, if your lore spans multiple posts. So long as things are properly linked together, the Char tab is an infinite means of storing lore. It's simply up to you to make it work, and I don't think it's difficult to make a sustainable structure for it.
> The Character Sheets forum already contains worldbuilding. The site staff are liberal in what they allow to go into each section. There could be a little text latched onto the section to make it more expansive, but like the current roleplay sections, it is not strictly enforced. Just as the casual forum contains roleplays that fail to meet all of the minimum requirements, or contains many threads that would easily fit Advanced requirements, people can stretch the Character Sheets forum a little without causing issues and clutter.
--> The Character Sheets forum as it is was not designed for ease of navigation. There is no index, only a flat list for people who are curious to browse. Worldbuilding and character building are very similar themes, thus, it is not offputting to scroll past both of them. At any rate, people who use the Character Sheets forum use it by linking to their specific thread within that forum on their signature or whatever.
> Threads on RPG aren't even designed for worldbuilding, which brings up the point - why even have the worldbuilding on site if you can use a Wiki, something specifically designed for worldbuilding? Adding a new forum will not add a new system for thread creation, ie, a thread designed to operate as a mini wiki. It would probably have the same sort of threads as the other forums down here, which means you might as well just use the above suggestions if a line of posts with decent formatting and hiders is just fine.
> The Test forum has been used for storage before, and as long as people aren't excessive about putting it to use, it can be used for storage again.
> The Gallery is also a fairly fitting forum for this purpose. In fact, it may even be superior to the Character Sheets forum -

Come share your own art and literary work! (Includes shops & requests)

Worldbuilding sounds like a valid form of literary work to share. I made the case for the Character Sheets forum, but really, if you want specific text to cater to it, the Gallery does it best.

The Guild's structure is partially appealing to me because it does not suffer from clutter, unlike other roleplay forums or even our own discord. Is it perfect? No. Does it work just fine, and has it worked just fine for quite a while? Yes. Add a "World-Building" forum, and why not turn around to add an "Anime" forum and all sorts of other forums for topics relative to people's interests? You can stretch the Anime forum to be regarding Anime lore and its use in roleplaying contexts. I would consider it an absurd addition. Yet, I believe adding a forum for this niche purpose would give precedence to add more forums on looser standards, which opens the door to valid requests for every type of forum that you can justify with a couple paragraphs and maybe even a half dozen people saying "yes".

Adding such a forum, in my book, is entirely unnecessary and simply not something I would consider a priority. I'd look at the Expanding Horizons forum and adding new blood to the Contests forum long before something like this concept.

Apologies for the word vomit.

C R A W L

>return to Abyss

Let's B!tch. I feel it's a healthy release for our roleplay annoyances 2.0

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wheres the grr emoji im tired of you trolling me letsb itch about the trolls on this thread

@DeadDrop

dude stop trying to damage my right to bitch about bitching about trolls trolling

Let's B!tch. I feel it's a healthy release for our roleplay annoyances 2.0

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i hate rpg.com trolls...

@DeadDrop

I know, construction company trolls can be a real pain in the lass.

I've Appeared

Welcome :)

Let's B!tch. I feel it's a healthy release for our roleplay annoyances 2.0

Writing style is something to fix over time. Spellcheck is literally a matter of looking at the red squiggly lines that pop up when using a remotely competent browser.

Let's B!tch. I feel it's a healthy release for our roleplay annoyances 2.0

I think it's a matter of writing style and what kind of effort you put into making your words more... lively. In an RP post, I tend to just throw down what I'm imagining at a time, without any proofreading to consider the strength of descriptions and strong cohesion. Otherwise, I would proofread the post a minimum of six times (necessary for me to even begin to like my writing), and it would take far too long for me to get things done. So I may well be someone with the same problem.

I think it's acceptable and fairly frequent for casual. I simply use the words others write to form an image in my head of the events, so I usually just make someone's writing style work even if it is lacking in good details, structure, word choice (like mine? :p). Can't speak for the advanced forum.

Let's B!tch. I feel it's a healthy release for our roleplay annoyances 2.0

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Am I pregananant?

@Grim

yep

Now we can bitch about it, and return to topic.