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User	GoKart Mozart | 2007-10-26 |
Subject	er
Message	nvm

User	GoKart Mozart | 2007-10-26 |
Subject	sooo...
Message	how does this RP work? how do you do actual RPing???? >.< i got to the rp part but couldnt figure out how to get to anything *tears*

User	Raineyes | 2007-09-10 |
Subject	WTF
Message	Ok, I’m really irritated. What is up with all the stupid high school, dating, and sex RP. The high school ones aren’t so bad except nomally they’re really sex or dating rp. This is just raunchy. There is an RP intitled HORNY. This is absolute bullshit! Isn’t there a rule against cybering?

User	RealityTears | 2007-08-04 |
Subject	untitled
Message	I could say so much in here, but I’ve already said too much for too long about this subject; so, I’ll keep this relatively short. Most of you that have posted in here are complaining about either spam or adult content, so I suppose I’ll speak my mind about those two. When it comes to the pointless little chat RP’s, something ES has WAY too many of, I wholeheartedly agree with getting rid of them. They flood the board, and they serve no real purpose other than to piss off people like me and entertain a few kids for a day or two. If you want to chat with someone, get a messenger program or go PM. The role-play section is for ROLE-PLAYING, not chat rooms. I’d thought that people could read well enough to figure that out, but I’m obviously wrong. When it comes to childproofing RPs, I strongly disagree. If you can’t handle occasional sexual situations in an RP, then leave it. Not everyone that posts on ES is a child, and those of us that are old enough to handle such things would like to keep our freedom to have R-rated content. If this site starts censoring posts, banning, or deleting RP’s just for something like that, I guarantee you I won’t be the only one leaving. Now, if you’re talking about lewd RP’s like "Secret Lover" or "Cyber World" that are nothing but sex with zero plot, I support deleting those; that’s another thing you can take to a messenger. I just don’t think everyone should be forced to keep their RP’s "PG-13" simply because there are kids on this site. If anything, find a way to age-lock RP’s that are too mature for young eyes; don’t ruin it for everyone. To clarify, I’m all for moderators. I’ve even volunteered to be one. I think it needs to be carefully thought out though. Otherwise, it will only create more problems. I personally think that you should be of a certain age and maturity to have a role like moderator; no younger than 16, if even that. I don’t really think that how long you’ve been on the site should matter much, but it would be good to have people who’ve been around long enough to see the good and bad. The RP section used to be great, with only a few flaws here and there. If you haven’t seen ES during that time, it’d be hard to restore it to what it was when you don’t know what that is. However, as I said, new people are perfectly capable of improving this section of the site. I think I should stop now. I’m sure I’ve gotten my point across. [jade]

User	Onitaro | 2007-07-30 |
Subject	I agree
Message	I agree about the banning system. Perhaps not the IP address, just any name that partakes in the cybering. Because there are people out there who can change their IP addresses and then some change automatically (like mine). Then again, the IP idea would be good too in case people kept creating new accounts. Also, a group of moderators would be a good idea. I like the fact that there would be someone to straighten out the arguments, the spam, etc. Even someone who hired the mods and tested them, but not quite an admin. To be completly honest, I love how a forum works, but not alot of people like the way it looks or something similiar to the way it runs. But having admins, moderators, power users, etc. that are among us everyday and dont misuse their position would be a great idea to use for the roleplaying section to the Elite Skills site as well. Oh and another quick suggestion, perhaps a way where we can delete a roleplay that didnt go so well or is just wasting space? Ask a mod or have the owner of the roleplay delete it? To come to an agreement, as a group, we can work things out. |||RP Modifications||| -Keep at least a few Chatboxes out there. -Keep short RP’s to an extent.* -Don’t keep our RPing content to kiddie, we want PG-13. -Hire a council to help with the Moderator.* -Keep all the old, classical RP’s out there that were actually finished. -Mod able to shut down topics. -Ban cybering and spam users temporarily -Deleting spam/failed roleplays

User	MowsysWrath | 2007-07-29 |
Subject	ALSO
Message	LET’S GET A BANNING SYSTEM GOING! If we have bans, we can keep spam and crappy posts to a minimum. Standards for banning being on a time basis, IP banning for 1 hour to permanent depending on offense. Sex RP’s should automatically earn a 2 day ban, and continuous spam should be slapped with a week to permaban. We need that, that’d be goooood....

User	MowsysWrath | 2007-07-29 |
Subject	My own little opinio
Message	Yes. =P GIVE ME AN RP SECTION ONCE MORE! I don’t want my attempts at roleplaying thrown over because some people would rather "chat" or have cybersex.

User	Finnigan | 2007-07-28 |
Subject	BUMP.
Message	Okay, I’m trying to revive this topic again and I’m disappointed with the RPing section. There’s too many things going wrong and I want to know what you would want if we got a moderator and some set rules. Here’s what I would like: -No chat -No sex RP’s -Mod able to shut down topics

User	silentblade | 2007-05-12 |
Subject	..Actually
Message	Ignore everything I just said. If you need me for anything, PM me. I reckon this whole thing could be fixed by one well made RP. It worked in ’The Golden Age’ so it should work now.

User	silentblade | 2007-05-12 |
Subject	Nonononononono
Message	Not a council. Just mods, like on a forum. If we implement a supercomplex system rather than just recruiting a couple of well known RPers and getting them to moderate the RPs (forum style) then it’ll fall into chaos. People are gonna listen to the ’higher RPers’ (namely the two of you), so you shouldn’t encounter too many problems. Right now, we’re trying to be too elaborate with a utopian idea that will take an unessecary (sic) amount of time to set up and not work as well.

User	Finnigan | 2007-03-28 |
Subject	New idea here:
Message	I think that we should make a list of things that we need to suggest to the moderator. If we present him with a nice list of ideas that would work with both sides, then I’m pretty sure we won’t have to see him much. Yea, sometimes, I don’t want to post in some big role plays. To tell you the truth, sometimes they scare me. What I like most of long, big RP’s is that they are quite enjoyable to read and they have no difficultly of pointing out what’s going on. In those quick RP’s, I see a lot of out of character posting and that just distracts me from the story. Half of the time they will be talking OCC. No matter how you put it, hierarchy or not, people will still fight with each other. It’s in a human nature to fight for something whether it is for own personal goods or beliefs (and oh God, don’t start me with beliefs). I’ll start the list, please copy the previous list and always add on or modify. |||RP Modifications||| -Keep at least a few Chatboxes out there. -Keep short RP’s to an extent.* -Don’t keep our RPing content to kiddie, we want PG-13. -Moderator needs to ease up. -Hire a council to help with the Moderator.* -Keep all the old, classical RP’s out there that were actually finished. * = Pending

User	Starless Knight | 2007-03-28 |
Subject	Come to think . . .
Message	There was talk of a hierarchy at one time . . . do you know why such an idea didn’t happen? It seems if we had divisions or something, where like-minded rpers could go without having to war with others things would be easier. I am one who likes quality and I appreciate literary elements in a way that makes it frustrating when I see those ’speed rpgs’ where they rapidly post so bad I can hardly keep up. On the other hand, I know they like the sake of the plot, and one-sentence posting pleases them - we don’t need to enforce one extreme or the other, and compromise in this situation is most likely just going to make both parties unhappy.

User	Starless Knight | 2007-03-28 |
Subject	agreed
Message	I wonder, though - one mod does not seem right. We should have a council, or at least another mod to go to. The one Jimmy picked seems to be quite harsh. I’m all up for cleaning the site up a little, but personally there are things I would let go in the name of literature that might not be completely acceptable but are at the very least not causing any big scandal. Everyone needs to learn compromise - I admit, even me. I was fiercely in support this mod, but in light of certain decisions I realize my mistakes.

User	Finnigan | 2007-03-28 |
Subject	Sha...yah!
Message	I think that both sides need to cool off a little bit. The moderator didn’t even give us a warning and just created a little more spam then we had. On the other side, people couldn’t swallow it down that we have a moderator. It was indeed a big blow. We can’t just be starting wars just because there’s something new here, we got to give it a chance. And there’s a reason why Jimmy gave the moderator his powers, he knows what exactly is going on. An moderator was needed, or at least we needed something. Besides the poetry section, role playing needs order. At least with poetry, you don’t have to see crap when you first enter as it is with role playing. There needed to be balance in our society and we’ve gone without it far too long. If we lose people, oh well. They have chose to leave the site on their own will. Kudos to them if they want to leave, it’s not our choice to keep/let them go.

User	Starless Knight | 2007-03-28 |
Subject	untitled
Message	Here Here! *lifts mug of ale in salute* I think we need something to make this go down a little easier. The mod was a good idea, but perhaps this was just too big a blow - it might start a war. Maybe this ’Mod’ should have been eased in with a little more finesse. On the other hand, though, perhaps this 3was exactly as it needed to be done. Now everything will get settled in one foul swoop and everybody will know exactly whats going on. We might lose people, but I think all the important people will stay.