Arylett Charnoa 4,919 August 5, 2012 Share August 5, 2012 Recently, post count incrementation was removed for Roleplay Planning & OOC Discussion as detailed here. As per the suggestion of other members, as well as general observation of roleplay attitudes, it has been decided that disabling post count in Roleplays as well would be the best course of action. This is due to how quickly posts are made within the Roleplays section, allowing members who simply frequent Roleplays to earn higher badges faster and rather unfairly as compared to those who do not. We do not feel it is fair to others who contribute in a more balanced manner across the site, nor do we feel that the current quality of roleplay posts is deserving of post count incrementation. From now on, posts will no longer increase in ALL of Roleplay World again. However, we still implore and expect as much quality content in Roleplay World as the rest of the site. Even if your posts do not count, the same rules still apply and a standard must be held. Any spammish or rule-breaking behavior will still be treated as usual. 18 Aether Velvet is the name of the OC in my avatar. Drawn by me. Deviantart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~The Snowy Wolf~ 1,579 August 5, 2012 Share August 5, 2012 Great! Thanks! You removed the post count in the one section, other than cloudsdale, that I frequent. I do occasionally go to other subforums, yes, but not that often. Now how am I gonna rank up? 3 Thanks goes to ~Lugia~ for the sigMy OC: Vinyl BladeVinyl Blade's filly, Violet Minx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samurshy 708 August 5, 2012 Share August 5, 2012 (edited) Great! Thanks! You removed the post count in the one section, other than cloudsdale, that I frequent. I do occasionally go to other subforums, yes, but not that often. Now how am I gonna rank up? I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU. So what? Just because people who roleplay level up fast that means that has to be completely ousted? That seems a little discriminatory to me. I post on other places like general and sugarcube corner, but 80 percent of my posts come from rp's. I am going to be phoenix forever. Edited August 5, 2012 by Bronynonymous 4 [CLICK THE SIG FOR OC] (Signature created by Azura) Shinobu is best girl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starshine 16,333 August 5, 2012 Share August 5, 2012 (edited) But now, without the post count and the 200 characters limit still in effect, will there be a steady decline in Roleplaying activities? Now how am I gonna rank up? I am going to be phoenix forever. Simple, be like everyone else and start bickering nonsense in Everfree Forest! Edited August 5, 2012 by Dreamwalker 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoop 8,384 August 5, 2012 Share August 5, 2012 Phoenix is everyone's favorite badge. You should be thanking Arylett for allowing you to keep it forever. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finesthour 7,287 August 5, 2012 Share August 5, 2012 Oh nooo, now how is everyone supposed to get the brony badge and brag about it, just like so many people who do it now Their one line roleplays won't make them "famous" anymore! NOOOOOO D: /sarcasm This is well welcomed in my book. I've seen many active roleplayers here who believe their new found brony badge gives them the right to believe they are better than everyone else. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samurshy 708 August 5, 2012 Share August 5, 2012 I have noticed, that in the month that I have been a member of this forum, it has quickly turned into a tyranny. I understand that we are just "guests at a party" But I ask you this. Is it truly a party of there are no guests who attend it? Think about that for a bit. 2 [CLICK THE SIG FOR OC] (Signature created by Azura) Shinobu is best girl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinkazoid 3,493 August 5, 2012 Share August 5, 2012 (edited) I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU. So what? Just because people who roleplay level up fast that means that has to be completely ousted? That seems a little discriminatory to me. I post on other places like general and sugarcube corner, but 80 percent of my posts come from rp's. I am going to be phoenix forever. Well it's a bit discriminatory to those who don't RP as well, RP'ing posts didn't count before because Rp world was merged with Cloudsdale Colosseum, and it seemed more fair that way, and some members find it unfair that others are getting high ranks for only RP'ing >.> Edited August 5, 2012 by Pinkazoid 3 :3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finesthour 7,287 August 5, 2012 Share August 5, 2012 I have noticed, that in the month that I have been a member of this forum, it has quickly turned into a tyranny. I understand that we are just "guests at a party" But I ask you this. Is it truly a party of there are no guests who attend it? Think about that for a bit. Without order, there would be no forum. If you had complete freedom, how exactly would anyone survive in the wasteland it creates? Excuse the forums for not giving you your perfect, rule free world. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~The Snowy Wolf~ 1,579 August 5, 2012 Share August 5, 2012 Phoenix is everyone's favorite badge. You should be thanking Arylett for allowing you to keep it forever. It really is my favorite badge, I gotta say, but now with the posts not counting, I think we should at least reduce the character minimum 3 Thanks goes to ~Lugia~ for the sigMy OC: Vinyl BladeVinyl Blade's filly, Violet Minx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arylett Charnoa 4,919 August 5, 2012 Author Share August 5, 2012 (edited) But now, without the post count and the 200 characters limit still in effect, will there be a steady decline in Roleplaying activities? I highly doubt the section will lose that much activity. People post in there like wild, and really fast. But if it loses a little, it probably will be better in the long run. The quality in there as of late has been lower as compared to the rest of the site, and we need to encourage members to slow down, stop their rapid-fire chatroom-style posting, and post as is expected on the forums. Overall, I believe the change is for the better. We have several members who have only been here for a month and has a higher badge than a majority of other members and earned their badges through spamming one-liners. It isn't fair. It really is my favorite badge, I gotta say, but now with the posts not counting, I think we should at least reduce the character minimum In my above post: just because post count was removed, does not mean that I will be expecting any less of roleplayers. The character limit will stay as it is as roleplays are expected to have longer posts anyway. It will not be reduced, and it will not be removed. We are tightening up, and trying to bring the section's quality up. Edited August 5, 2012 by Arylett Dawnsborough 3 Aether Velvet is the name of the OC in my avatar. Drawn by me. Deviantart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finesthour 7,287 August 5, 2012 Share August 5, 2012 It really is my favorite badge, I gotta say, but now with the posts not counting, I think we should at least reduce the character minimum Why exactly should the quality of post be destroyed just because none of the posts count anymore?That makes no sense. Roleplaying should have the highest quality posts on the forums, not a one line shitfest. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavelColt 22,880 August 5, 2012 Share August 5, 2012 (edited) Phoenix is everyone's favorite badge. You should be thanking Arylett for allowing you to keep it forever. Man speaks the truth. All hail the bucking Phoenix rank. lol, saw this coming. Let's just stick with it this time, if possible, that's all I can hope for. I'm not an RP whorse so I don't care whether it counts or not personally, but it's gotta be better to just stick with one way of doing things, after all. We now had our testing session, it apparently failed to meet Omnipony's standards, and now we are back to the way it was :3 Edited August 5, 2012 by ~Chaotic Discord~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starshine 16,333 August 5, 2012 Share August 5, 2012 it has quickly turned into a tyranny In case you forgot, months ago you will not get any post count from Roleplaying! It's a rather recent updates about the post count gain, and in that short time we got at least three users with over two thousands post alone from RP world. Magical, isn't it? It's not a tyranny, but shutting down a public facility that terribly misused 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~The Snowy Wolf~ 1,579 August 5, 2012 Share August 5, 2012 Why exactly should the quality of post be destroyed just because none of the posts count anymore? That makes no sense. Roleplaying should have the highest quality posts on the forums, not a one line shitfest. Again, I'm not asking to completely remove the character minimum, I do see a need for it, yes. I just think we should reduce it to 150 characters Thanks goes to ~Lugia~ for the sigMy OC: Vinyl BladeVinyl Blade's filly, Violet Minx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finesthour 7,287 August 5, 2012 Share August 5, 2012 Again, I'm not asking to completely remove the character minimum, I do see a need for it, yes. I just think we should reduce it to 150 characters What's the point of removing 50 characters from the limit?That's like, half a sentence worth gone. What would be the point of posting half an idea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samurshy 708 August 5, 2012 Share August 5, 2012 Well it's a bit discriminatory to those who don't RP as well, RP'ing posts didn't count before because Rp world was merged with Cloudsdale Colosseum, and it seemed more fair that way, and some members find it unfair that others are getting high ranks for only RP'ing >.> So let me get this straight, just because a person comes here to only rp they should be looked down upon? How does that make sense? Some of the most creative, thoughtful people create RP's, I am second in command in one that is becoming one of the biggest most amazing RP's i have ever attended. I helped build the entire lore of the RP ground up. It has probably the best plot out of any roleplay I have played and I plan on making a fanfic out of it. So, I ask you, why should rpers be looked down upon? It has become my favorite past time activity and I really do not want to leave a forum because they discriminate upon RPers 1 [CLICK THE SIG FOR OC] (Signature created by Azura) Shinobu is best girl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlossomBloom 48 August 5, 2012 Share August 5, 2012 (edited) Why do we even have these badges in the first place? Just a question.. Edited August 5, 2012 by BlossomBloom Avatar made by the one and only Krystal! Signature made by the amazing Cloud Chaser! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finesthour 7,287 August 5, 2012 Share August 5, 2012 So let me get this straight, just because a person comes here to only rp they should be looked down upon? How does that make sense? Some of the most creative, thoughtful people create RP's, I am second in command in one that is becoming one of the biggest most amazing RP's i have ever attended. I helped build the entire lore of the RP ground up. It has probably the best plot out of any roleplay I have played and I plan on making a fanfic out of it. So, I ask you, why should rpers be looked down upon? It has become my favorite past time activity and I really do not want to leave a forum because they discriminate upon RPers Ok, calm yourself before you blow a gasket. No one is looking down upon you. Roleplays never counted towards posts at first, and there was no section for it. I still roleplayed then. Why in the living fuck does it give you a right to say just because you don't get it counted towards your post that you are discriminated against. There are people who only post in forum games, but you don't see them complaining. They enjoy what they post, and don't give a crap that posts don't count. I roleplayed when nothing counted, and I enjoyed it. I actually have over 15,000 posts in the archive, and none of it counts. You roleplay for the FUN of it, not because your posts go up. Posts don't matter anyway. I have the most posts, and I don't give a flying fuck. So calm yourself. It doesn't MATTER. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~The Snowy Wolf~ 1,579 August 5, 2012 Share August 5, 2012 What's the point of removing 50 characters from the limit? That's like, half a sentence worth gone. What would be the point of posting half an idea? Most RPs have dialogue, at least most of the RPs I'm in. Reducing it by 50 would help tremendously with the quality of those bits. It doesn't seem like much, but it makes a difference Thanks goes to ~Lugia~ for the sigMy OC: Vinyl BladeVinyl Blade's filly, Violet Minx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finesthour 7,287 August 5, 2012 Share August 5, 2012 Most RPs have dialogue, at least most of the RPs I'm in. Reducing it by 50 would help tremendously with the quality of those bits. It doesn't seem like much, but it makes a difference Do you really only say two things in real life? You also think things. Just saying something short in a roleplay is pointless. You need to give attention to detail, so someone can add something back. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~The Snowy Wolf~ 1,579 August 5, 2012 Share August 5, 2012 Do you really only say two things in real life? You also think things. Just saying something short in a roleplay is pointless. You need to give attention to detail, so someone can add something back. I guess you're right. Thanks goes to ~Lugia~ for the sigMy OC: Vinyl BladeVinyl Blade's filly, Violet Minx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinkazoid 3,493 August 5, 2012 Share August 5, 2012 So let me get this straight, just because a person comes here to only rp they should be looked down upon? How does that make sense? Some of the most creative, thoughtful people create RP's, I am second in command in one that is becoming one of the biggest most amazing RP's i have ever attended. I helped build the entire lore of the RP ground up. It has probably the best plot out of any roleplay I have played and I plan on making a fanfic out of it. So, I ask you, why should rpers be looked down upon? It has become my favorite past time activity and I really do not want to leave a forum because they discriminate upon RPers Well, I'm an Rp'er myself, I haven't been active this whole week, however I've come across members who easily gain their badges through low quality posts. Not all Rp'ers are like this, but the ones who are, can be frankly annoying, they've reached badges that take others months to achieve, and they gain them in weeks. 2 :3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samurshy 708 August 5, 2012 Share August 5, 2012 Ok, calm yourself before you blow a gasket. No one is looking down upon you. Roleplays never counted towards posts at first, and there was no section for it. I still roleplayed then. Why in the living fuck does it give you a right to say just because you don't get it counted towards your post that you are discriminated against. There are people who only post in forum games, but you don't see them complaining. They enjoy what they post, and don't give a crap that posts don't count. I roleplayed when nothing counted, and I enjoyed it. I actually have over 15,000 posts in the archive, and none of it counts. You roleplay for the FUN of it, not because your posts go up. Posts don't matter anyway. I have the most posts, and I don't give a flying fuck. So calm yourself. It doesn't MATTER. Ok, so first off, Roleplaying takes skill. It is practically text based improv, if I am posting something creative and I am doing it often I expect to get it counted towards post count. Second, Games (well most of them) take little to no skill whatsoever, some are just one word posts, so of course they should not be counted. Are you people really going to use the "well a couple months ago you wouldn't have been making any posts" ? I had not attended any forum at all a couple months ago, I learned of this through a mistake on google and decided to join. I did not even know the joys of roleplaying until now. Bottom line is that it really is discrimination no matter how you look at it. 1 [CLICK THE SIG FOR OC] (Signature created by Azura) Shinobu is best girl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finesthour 7,287 August 5, 2012 Share August 5, 2012 I guess you're right. I'm glad we came to an agreement, it's good to see someone on the forum finally stray away from anger ^-^ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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