BrobyDDark

whats with all the nazi haircuts nowadays?

And then there are those of us who just like short, neat looking hair...

And then there are some that can't work long hair.

And then there are some who would be bothered by or inconvenienced by long hair.

I myself can't stand having long hair as a person who lives in an uncomfortably humid sub-tropical climate.

But ah well, everyone needs some thing or another to pointlessly gripe about eh?

@Multimind

You've got a point...but maybe you're just Hitler in disguise, using your ancient Nazi magic to hypnotize me into agreeing with you!

New user experience -- suggestions thread

I have never heard it phrased as, "You Are Your Avatar" but that is an interesting concept in general. I am sure it has been carried out here before on the Guild, or at least I imagine it had to have been or even still is, but that might work for the otherwise "shy" and unfamiliar roleplayer. Especially if you see something beneath a user's name along the lines of "Veteran" or the previously mentioned "Mentor" role, @BrobyDDark.

@The Harbinger of Ferocity

Having specified "veterans" whose jobs are to run these games would be good and might make new users more comfortable roleplaying with them, but mentors are...kind of redundant. I've always viewed roleplaying communities as a large group of "mentors" for new roleplayers, though they may not know it. I believe writing skill gets better through experience and viewing other forms of writing, maybe in different forms of media beyond books. It definitely helped me, seeing how other people on this very forum write out how their characters work, inside and out, when I was a newbie and didn't really understand how to write descriptively when describing my characters. But, that's anecdotal evidence, so do with that what you will. Should it turn out true for most, then the mentor role is ultimately useless, having no need to help new people navigate an already straightforward site, and having no reason to mentor new roleplayers when all they need is a push.

I agree that having kind, helpful users with a specialized title around to help newcomers be more comfortable on the site would be a good idea, so long as they're not there solely to teach. Answer questions, yes. Mentor, no.

New user experience -- suggestions thread

I think the mentor system would require the guild to have more features/more complex features. Everything is pretty straightforward already with the different sections, what with all the roleplaying sections having solid explanations on what kind of roleplays go on there. I like the idea of the points system @SilverRain had, but bribing people to help almost feels shallow.

I think online communities are hard to get into- unless you already have friends in that community, it's very difficult to start meeting new people, especially when the only ways to do so is post an introduction thread and hope somebody responds, or join a new or old rp and pray to god you keep interest/it doesn't die after you join/people take enough of an interest in you to actually start a conversation with you.

So what if the mods ran a large game of "You Are Your Avatar" or something similar, for the entire community? Make veteran roleplayers or well-known members of the community sub-GMs if they want the job, and have them encourage new members to join the game and meet some new people. With the entire community invited to come, there's bound to be loads of people for newbies to meet, and since You Are Your Avatar doesn't require a whole lot of thought put into it, I'd say it's a good introduction for newbies into roleplaying.

Ruin A Famous Movie Line With One Word

"I ate cow liver with fava beans and a nice chianti."
-Hennibal Lacter

I saw Atlantis: Lost Empire for the first time the other day

I met the linguist they consulted for the movie, and he had a funny story. Apparently at one point the main character makes a comment about being able to translate the atlantean language almost instantly as it was the common ancestor language or w.e. So the linguist read the script and told them "in language doesn't really work like that so you might want to change it."

And they liked it how it was. Lol

Oh also that linguist basically invented Klingon for the star trek films.

@Doivid

Milo had trouble understanding the language for the most part, however the Atlanteans could speak perfect English AND French because of that "root language" crap. Pretty much the only part of the movie I didn't like.

Comedy On A Thread (Revive of the Revive)

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@Erklings25

Comedy On A Thread (Revive of the Revive)

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@BrobyDDark

@Blackmist16

When you quote someone...you don't need to mention them afterwards.

Comedy On A Thread (Revive of the Revive)

Not this shit again.

I saw Atlantis: Lost Empire for the first time the other day

That is a good movie to watch. Also, watch Brother Bear since it's also a great film.

@The Spectre

Seen that all the way through several times already. Good movie.

DICKBUTT MORE NSFW THAN DOLPHINTITS?

Being a dick and butt more inappropriate than having dolphin faces for tits?

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