Aevar
Dark Wanderer
Hello, I see there's been quite a few posts here about this already, most from people confused/flustered as to why they can't post anywhere yet. I did read everything there was in the rules about it, and I must say that I kind of disagree with your way to do things. Of course, take this piece of feedback for what it's worth, feedback from a newcomer on this website. I'm not here to make ennemies, some people really dislike criticism.
What are those rules telling me as a new roleplayer aspiring to join this community? Well, it's basically telling me to : Spam. I understand that the whole point is to get an idea of the potential new member and let them ease in your forum/community, but will you really get a good idea of someone who's spammed a couple of threads to get up to 15 messages and approved in a couple hours? I'm not a big poster, I'm no big talk either. I'm not a big fan of forum-based spam games. I'm not gifted in term of art, I'll appreciate someone's work without having to poke a quick "Nice drawing" in his thread, a simple thumbs up should suffice. ("Nice drawing" doesn't tell anything about me as a person anyway)
My point is, everything's that's interesting to me lies outside of the small area where we, as newcomers, are allowed to write anything (I'm a roleplayer goddammit ahah). The battle arena sounds super interesting, there's a tabletop roleplay I'm looking forward to join, and I've read plenty outside of the confined area my posts are kept to. I believe I already got an idea of what kind of community this forum host and honestly I'm in, but I refuse to go and post a "-1" on a male vs female game (nothing wrong with that game by the way). And so I end up making characters for those other more interesting threads I don't have access to, hoping I'll get to use them eventually.
I understand your need of filtering, but how about giving us a way that's slightly more interesting? We're here to roleplay, give us a way to make short, open threads. Open some part of the website that actually implies roleplaying, and not just talking about it. Yes I'm whining a bit, because it's a pain to me, and I dislike spam, but honestly I believe the way they did it on most of the french forums where I come from was, although longer, way more interesting. Over there we basically create a character, usually in a set universe, and answer a short form about ourselves for basic OOC information. That gives a way better understanding of a person's roleplay style and abilities, even graphic design and coding skills. You'd be surprised at the time we can sink custom fitting the character presentation form with html and css code to make it look that bit more personal and nice.
Isn't that message infinitely more telling about me than 5 randoms posts scattered somewhere in the newbie zone? I believe it is. Until then, I'll keep looking for those rare threads where I actually feel like saying something. Thanks for reading
What are those rules telling me as a new roleplayer aspiring to join this community? Well, it's basically telling me to : Spam. I understand that the whole point is to get an idea of the potential new member and let them ease in your forum/community, but will you really get a good idea of someone who's spammed a couple of threads to get up to 15 messages and approved in a couple hours? I'm not a big poster, I'm no big talk either. I'm not a big fan of forum-based spam games. I'm not gifted in term of art, I'll appreciate someone's work without having to poke a quick "Nice drawing" in his thread, a simple thumbs up should suffice. ("Nice drawing" doesn't tell anything about me as a person anyway)
My point is, everything's that's interesting to me lies outside of the small area where we, as newcomers, are allowed to write anything (I'm a roleplayer goddammit ahah). The battle arena sounds super interesting, there's a tabletop roleplay I'm looking forward to join, and I've read plenty outside of the confined area my posts are kept to. I believe I already got an idea of what kind of community this forum host and honestly I'm in, but I refuse to go and post a "-1" on a male vs female game (nothing wrong with that game by the way). And so I end up making characters for those other more interesting threads I don't have access to, hoping I'll get to use them eventually.
I understand your need of filtering, but how about giving us a way that's slightly more interesting? We're here to roleplay, give us a way to make short, open threads. Open some part of the website that actually implies roleplaying, and not just talking about it. Yes I'm whining a bit, because it's a pain to me, and I dislike spam, but honestly I believe the way they did it on most of the french forums where I come from was, although longer, way more interesting. Over there we basically create a character, usually in a set universe, and answer a short form about ourselves for basic OOC information. That gives a way better understanding of a person's roleplay style and abilities, even graphic design and coding skills. You'd be surprised at the time we can sink custom fitting the character presentation form with html and css code to make it look that bit more personal and nice.
Isn't that message infinitely more telling about me than 5 randoms posts scattered somewhere in the newbie zone? I believe it is. Until then, I'll keep looking for those rare threads where I actually feel like saying something. Thanks for reading