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Post by Shark a' Pult on Aug 20, 2012 23:12:42 GMT -5
Guys, check this out; It's like some alternate reality OPHQ where it never shut down and the entire site is about RPing. I know it's only natural that there would be other RPing sites out there, heck even specifically OP RPing sites. But this seems to be the biggest, with over 1,500 members, and it is crazy! I suddenly feel very small. Me and Kuro were talking about it, it's definitely interesting just to look at and consider in relation to ourselves and our own RP. |
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Post by Hitotsumami on Aug 20, 2012 23:18:09 GMT -5
I try not to get involved in overly large rps. Just taking a glance at the site, it seems way too complicated than how I like it. I'm sure there are plenty of people who like things like that.
My kind of RP is the ones we've always had. I mean, even at OPHQ where we had hundreds of characters, we didn't need to get any more complicated than how we are now.
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Post by Sprite on Aug 20, 2012 23:24:29 GMT -5
Oh hey I know those guys, love them.
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Post by Shark a' Pult on Aug 20, 2012 23:35:12 GMT -5
I try not to get involved in overly large rps. Just taking a glance at the site, it seems way too complicated than how I like it. I'm sure there are plenty of people who like things like that. My kind of RP is the ones we've always had. I mean, even at OPHQ where we had hundreds of characters, we didn't need to get any more complicated than how we are now. I agree that the other place does look ridiculously complicated. However I told Kuro the same thing, that I admire their ability to sustain multiple running active crews with members. At least from a story perspective, that must be really cool, to have so many different people able to interact and such. If anything the inter-character relations should be really complex. There's definitely something to be said, from a narrative perspective, about how in depth they with all they've done. We kind of got to that point back on OPHQ before the first crash, but this is on a whole other level. Oh hey I know those guys, love them. Yeah we know Sprite, we blow ass and the other place has better everything. You told us. |
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Post by Mise™ on Aug 21, 2012 1:19:33 GMT -5
What's so special about that? I can find dozens of One Piece RPs with google search in 10 seconds or RPs for pretty much anything. That's the first RP to pop up on google, btw.
At first I thought this was going to be an alternative continuation of OPHQ RP where some other people decided to run it, which would have been cool.
Oh and that forum is just too large, I don't like big RPs as the community will just get seperated in to smaller groups and it's hard to keep up with everything that's happening. And besides I really don't feel like RPing without you guys anymore.
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Post by Shark a' Pult on Aug 21, 2012 1:30:59 GMT -5
What's so special about that? I can find dozens of One Piece RPs with google search in 10 seconds or RPs for pretty much anything. That's the first RP to pop up on google, btw. At first I thought this was going to be an alternative continuation of OPHQ RP where some other people decided to run it, which would have been cool. In my first post I did say that there are of course loads of other RP sites, loads of other One Piece RP sites even. I googled it and found them as well. However this one that I have linked, unlike the others, has a member count of over 1,500. That's pretty special. I wasn't suggested that we move there or change ourselves, as I said before, I was just posting it because it's interesting to look at it in relation to us. Our site, a small group of close members, and their site, a huge collection of members on a vast site entirely about RPing. It's at least worth the consideration to think how our site and theirs diverged and what was done differently to end up where the two are today. |
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Post by Hitotsumami on Aug 21, 2012 9:32:03 GMT -5
Yeah, it is definitely interesting to see the difference between the RPs and how each developed.
Though in my opinion, if this forum ever starts to get a thousand+ members, I think the best option is to close the character acceptance thread. Either that, or at least stop allowing people to join the main thread and let them create their own threads.
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Post by CJ on Aug 21, 2012 10:27:01 GMT -5
I agree with Hito. If our forum ever became this big, I would consider shutting off the RPG to only certain members. (That is, make it invisible to all members with the exception of the current RPers).
I'm becoming interested in hosting a manga and entertainment discussion website to a large group of members but I can't deal with a large RPG. I couldn't imagine how difficult it would be to maintain it all. Discussions are different from stories and campaigns. If an RP fails, it costs its contributors a lot of wasted time and effort. I wouldn't want to take that risk.
I've always encouraged members to join other forums that interest them. If this website is something you guys want to take part in, tell us about your experiences. We could certainly learn from them.
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Post by Shark a' Pult on Aug 21, 2012 10:44:40 GMT -5
Though in my opinion, if this forum ever starts to get a thousand+ members, I think the best option is to close the character acceptance thread. Either that, or at least stop allowing people to join the main thread and let them create their own threads. Well yes I think that's the intended idea, allowing other crews to form and such. And I agree that it would be a lot of work, but you can't deny that it would definitely change the RP in an interesting way. Add new mechanics with the presence of different crews and storylines and such. It looks like the way they do it over there is people just run their own threads for their separate crews, and a mod just sort of remains on the periphery to check every once in awhile and make sure things follow the rules more or less. And then occasionally different crews cross paths and such. |
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Post by Hitotsumami on Aug 21, 2012 12:11:47 GMT -5
If we do allow multiple crews, I think we should at least have a centralized thread that has summaries of each crew that everyone should be required to read.
This is just so there isn't an overlap in important things. For example, we don't want one thread creating new Shichibukai when another previous thread already has them all listed.
But yeah~
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Post by Shark a' Pult on Aug 21, 2012 12:44:30 GMT -5
If we do allow multiple crews, I think we should at least have a centralized thread that has summaries of each crew that everyone should be required to read. This is just so there isn't an overlap in important things. For example, we don't want one thread creating new Shichibukai when another previous thread already has them all listed. But yeah~ Well that's what the database was more or less created for. I mean we didn't make it with multiple crews in mind, but it could be appropriated for use as such. |
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Post by CJ on Aug 21, 2012 18:57:39 GMT -5
If we do allow multiple crews, I think we should at least have a centralized thread that has summaries of each crew that everyone should be required to read. This is just so there isn't an overlap in important things. For example, we don't want one thread creating new Shichibukai when another previous thread already has them all listed. But yeah~ Again, I would only allow multiple crews if we were to obtain more members, but that's kind of what this topic is about so that's just me saying the obvious. We already have an unspoken rule about the overlap issue but I could write one for future purposes. The database is indeed a beautiful thing for issues like that. Thank you, Shark. |
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Post by Hitotsumami on Aug 21, 2012 21:34:22 GMT -5
Yeah, I love the database. Probably the best database for Rp we've had on ANY forum.
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Post by Sprite on Aug 22, 2012 13:18:51 GMT -5
The only reason why OPRP hasn't descended into total madness if because they have a large dedicated group of moderators seperated into various categories based on their interest and talents.
They've got Character Mods that work solely in the character approval thread [they have a system where a new character first requires a 'flag' from one cmod, and then a stamp of approval from the second cmod] they actually reaad through each new profile and post any problems the profile mgiht have and can be resolved or discussed with the actual player in the character profile thread until it is ready for flagging and approval.
Storyline Mods who essentially act as narrators for any crew that asks them to moderate an 'SL' or "thread" for them, they generally control the NPCs, describe the setting, or recruit other mods/trusted players to control the NPC group.
From there they also have Global Mods who have all the powers of the previous and have minor administrative powers, they come in an settle disputes or issues/give the final say on matters that require a final opinion/decision.
And then there is the Admin. Self-explanatory.
If we ever wanted to increase the size of the RP section we'd probably need to start making a dedicated team of mods and divide up responsibilities so we dont all go crazy or burn out. That and probably just expand the RP section, maybe divide it into a "Red Line, Grand Line, and New World" sub forums to better seperate threads based on location.
BUT YEAH
we got a good thing going on here already
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Post by Shark a' Pult on Aug 22, 2012 14:58:16 GMT -5
>Implying I can't mod an entire RP and its offshoot sections on my own
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