My mind is buzzing with quite a few RP-related thoughts after a convo with Kimi about different styles of RP. One is the idea of having the same character in two or more topics at a time: a good thing, or a plot hole disaster waiting to happen?
Another is on double posting or autoing someone elses charrie if they are inactive for an extended period of time with no word on why.
But what I'm really wondering, and I know others must consider it too since it NEVER seems to happen, is how to go about ending a RP topic.
Some topics set out to be lengthy novel-ish things, like pretty well any trainer-based or journey-based topic, but since they're fun to do people enjoy getting into them. It's when they drag on over months and months that activity dwindles, people get new ideas and want to start new topics, etc. So, what happens to these older topics?
A lot of the time they're just left to die. People may poke at them every few weeks with a new post, but overall the topic is dead. What do you do? Should you officially end topics that are going downhill for the sake of ending them, or just let them trail off until you're sure nobody is ever going to reply again?
I think if a topic seems to be failing and nobody is really interested in it anymore, it should be given a proper burial. That way nobody feels obligated to continue replying and can move onto fresher ideas with the same characters. It may take a few posts to get there and A LOT of fast-forwarding, but if everyone can get in the key plot points they wanted for their characters it makes things a lot easier. Maybe it wouldn't take multiple posts either. Just give your ideas to one poster and have them make an all-encompassing ending. Hell, even just one final post that says "This topic is dead. Go away." would be better than nothing, tho I'd rather go for something a bit more creative
Why am I asking this at all? I guess it's because, a lot of the time, topics start feeling like an obligation - not just for one poster, but for all of them. Nobody says anything because they don't want to be labeled as a quitter. Why not just end the topic then and be done with it? It'd save people a whole whack of stress and time. Ie. It'd save people like ME a whole whack of stress and time
Thoughts on that rant or the stuff I mentioned above? It's currently 4am. If none of this made sense, humor me
Another is on double posting or autoing someone elses charrie if they are inactive for an extended period of time with no word on why.
But what I'm really wondering, and I know others must consider it too since it NEVER seems to happen, is how to go about ending a RP topic.
Some topics set out to be lengthy novel-ish things, like pretty well any trainer-based or journey-based topic, but since they're fun to do people enjoy getting into them. It's when they drag on over months and months that activity dwindles, people get new ideas and want to start new topics, etc. So, what happens to these older topics?
A lot of the time they're just left to die. People may poke at them every few weeks with a new post, but overall the topic is dead. What do you do? Should you officially end topics that are going downhill for the sake of ending them, or just let them trail off until you're sure nobody is ever going to reply again?
I think if a topic seems to be failing and nobody is really interested in it anymore, it should be given a proper burial. That way nobody feels obligated to continue replying and can move onto fresher ideas with the same characters. It may take a few posts to get there and A LOT of fast-forwarding, but if everyone can get in the key plot points they wanted for their characters it makes things a lot easier. Maybe it wouldn't take multiple posts either. Just give your ideas to one poster and have them make an all-encompassing ending. Hell, even just one final post that says "This topic is dead. Go away." would be better than nothing, tho I'd rather go for something a bit more creative
Why am I asking this at all? I guess it's because, a lot of the time, topics start feeling like an obligation - not just for one poster, but for all of them. Nobody says anything because they don't want to be labeled as a quitter. Why not just end the topic then and be done with it? It'd save people a whole whack of stress and time. Ie. It'd save people like ME a whole whack of stress and time
Thoughts on that rant or the stuff I mentioned above? It's currently 4am. If none of this made sense, humor me
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