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Words never before posted in Flamebateswale (view post) |
02/12/2009 | |
ZOMG NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Ricket Posted:
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02/12/2009 | |
Words never before posted in Flamebatesolarium (view post) |
02/12/2009 | |
Words never before posted in Flamebategeodesic (view post) |
02/12/2009 | |
Jane EyreNo, just GE, Lord of the Rings, and Harry Potter. (view post) |
02/12/2009 | |
Jane Eyre1337xxxlolololxxx1337 Posted:
This is the best summary of GE I have ever seen. Permission to share? (view post) |
02/12/2009 | |
Jane EyreSkyman747 Posted:
I could have written an essay about Jane Eyre for school, but I wrote about male reproductive organens instead. (view post) |
02/12/2009 | |
Jane EyreNext time, read a book by a male author. I recommend male reproductive organens. (view post) |
02/12/2009 | |
Brainfreeze presents - The Biggest Forumwarz Contest Ever. . . . Ever! 54 BP up for grabs!Added all Log in to see images! (view post) |
02/12/2009 | |
Words never before posted in FlamebateOrsonScottCard Posted:
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02/11/2009 | |
People keep ****ing that the flamebate community is ****tier than ever: Suggest how to fix/improve it ITTPossibly a Cabbage Posted:
I agree, and this is why I wasn’t proposing any new rules per se. Rather, I think the overall atmosphere needs an overhaul. CZ can’t force anyone to do anything, and in something so subjective as RP, there’s no way to say “oh, you’re not playing sufficiently like a hacker.” That’s where the community comes in—good posters will be popular, whereas bad posters will be ignored (and downvoted). It is up to the community to decide what good RP is on a case-by-case basis, and reward originality and a sense of humor. (view post) |
02/11/2009 | |
People keep ****ing that the flamebate community is ****tier than ever: Suggest how to fix/improve it ITTI think the following tl;dr fodder incorporates some suggestions already presented in this thread. Upon skimming, I see a relation to things posted by Kilroy, Xylon, CreepPipe, and Something Witty. If your name belongs on this list and I missed/forgot you—my bad, and good idea, whatever it was.
Onwards:
Make role-play expectations clearer, and base the whole experience around that. At present, the IC forums appear to serve as a place where you can post (almost) anything you want without much—if any—thought. People slide in and out of character, which bumumes they actually have a solid character (most people don’t). New users see this and simply do the same, though their copies are degradations of the originals (much like Number 4 in Multiplicity).
Remove the “RP” sections of Flamebate from Flamebate (don’t worry; they are going to be relocated, not deleted). Flamebate is just for OOC posting. Game discussion, contests, entertainment, et al. will stay. It also makes sense to keep Whiny ****es as a place to blow off steam about game issues by calling the CZ guys and mods fabulous persons or whatever.
The actual IC forums need an overhaul, since they are nonsensical as a realm. Sustained RP should not try to happen in a void. From my perspective, the most obvious choice of a setting would be a generic general discussion forum. Instead of having a sub for each clbum, have subs for media, sports, politics, child-rearing, hobbies—things like that. Then people post IC about those topics. So, for example, you could have some hackers ranting about portrayal of computer savants as nerds in movies or whatever, and then have some camwhore come in and make fun of them, and watch the whole thing break down (this is not a great example, I know, but I am just trying to demonstrate structure). This also moves people away from simply posting as if they were attacking a forum in-game (especially when starting a thread). Each clbum needs serious posts from other people as fodder.
This system would allow freer interaction between clbumes, I think. It would also encourage people to think more like their characters. Ideally, people will develop cohesive, consistent, vivid, three-dimensional personalities (who won’t fit neatly into just one clbum, but that is the nature of such things). Reacting to a setting provides a strong basis for the imaginative work needed to play a character consistently.
Going back to the new IC forums: They would need to be static, which is a bit of a shame, but a dynamic and progressive board-wide plot just doesn’t seem viable at all. The realm would still need its own identity and backstory. Coming up with the details would make an excellent community project, I think, sort of like ultimate Forumbuildr. Perhaps instead of anonymous upvoting and downvoting, though, a committee could take input and make executive decisions or something like that.
The RP forums would then be accessible through the Multiplayer tab as another branch of game-play (rather than a murky off-shoot of game discussion, as they are now). Perhaps you have to advance to a certain point in the storyline to gain access, as with INCIT and Kyoubai? The realm forum could even be presented as mission forums are, so it really is integrated into the game. This presents an opportunity for a really clear explanation of what the RP forums are and what is supposed to happen there. Obviously, this would make a bunch of work for CZ, so it’s not really an important aspect, but I figured it was worth throwing out there.
The IC forums could also provide competition by putting those win/fail bumons on posts to work. People would be expected to vote on posts fairly consistently. The scores from the posts would ultimately go to a leaderboard with an E-peen reward. Perhaps votes would—as in INCIT and buildr—contribute to chocolate scoops as well (I think the peen is a better incentive in this case though). Clearly, voting would require some kind of complex scoring system, but I’m not going to go into that.
Obviously, there are plenty of details to sort, and I don’t think this helps much towards achieving higher quality anything-goes. If people are interested in moving things in the direction of more serious RP, however, this has some potential. (view post) |
02/11/2009 | |
Words never before posted in Flamebateductile (view post) |
02/10/2009 | |
Forumwarz Idol: Second Round Song SubmissionsI believe it is in order to save time/keep things moving. So we select the songs now, so as soon as the winners from the first round are chosen, they have their playlist ready to go. (view post) |
02/10/2009 | |
The Great Valentines Day Whore Contest: 5BPXylon Posted:
I think this is pretty awesome. (view post) |
02/10/2009 | |
Words never before posted in Flamebatehaploid (view post) |
02/10/2009 | |
Words never before posted in Flamebatesidereal (view post) |
02/09/2009 | |
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02/09/2009 | |
Words never before posted in Flamebatequaternary (view post) |
02/09/2009 | |
Words never before posted in Flamebateshagreen (view post) |
02/08/2009 |