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I've noticed a lot of people love Rpgs, it would be nice if the forum had one for everyone to chill out on and let their writing flow.
I think it would be a really good idea and very fun. It also helps people communicate and build up their own characters too.
It's just a small suggestion, i didn't know where else to put it but here.
Thanks for readin! :D
Not sure what it is you are asking for.
It seems you are asking for a sub-forum for forum games of some sort. If so, then no, we will never have such a forum.
If you are asking for somewhere to post personal creations (in the form of written stories) then we already have the Fan Creations sub-forum.
I meant a rpg as a sort of you create your own character and then rp with other people. I didn't ean anything to do with games surley you should know what a rpg board is? I geuss some people know what i'm trying to put across though.
I thought it would just be fun for everyone it could be based of a anime too but if you still don't understand what i'm getting at i will drop it but you should discuss it with another mod/admin they may know what im trying to suggest. :)
You mean something like...
Lottie catapults cabbages at xris.cabages are blocked by xris's Iron willLottie uses mana potion to replenish her mana and throws oversized signature at xrisxris defends using Iron will.
xris uses Forum rules on Lottie.etc
Role playing is still a forum game as much as "Say a word that follows the last" is, so it still forbidin as per (forum rules) 2.2 Do not begin topics that lack purpose (http://forums.animesuki.com/faq.php?faq=rules#faq_rules_2_2). Some forum games are allowed but you have to ask a administrator (xris, NightWish, NoSanninWa, GHDpro) for permission first. Examples of such threads include: "Rate that signature" thread, "Rate that avatar" thread, however these are due to extraordinary circumstances (ie. people would spam around the forum with posts about each others signature/avatar).
Yes i understand your point but for example this can't be classed as spam right? Sorry this one isn't anime based :P :
Bloodied hands gripped onto the toppled over filing cabinet. Shuffling sounds started to emerge from the small reception room followed by the scraping of the small filing cabinet being dragged across the slippy, wet, floor.
Beady green eyes could be seen and a pale face of Julia. She had tried to escape a mob of blood thirsty zombies quite a while back after running up the stairs leacing people she knew behind only in her desperation to find her only protection Gawain. Julia had ran back from the stairs and locked herself in the reception room luckily escaping the zombies but passing out from exhaustion in the small reception room.
Julia had heard the murmering and shouting of people but couldn't bring her voice to speak in her dazed state so she couldn't cry for help or move very far. She felt quite a bit better but only physically her mental mind was of something else. Julia felt petrified and the thought of her friends now gone and she was alone again within the abandoned hospital came over her like a wave of ice cold water to the face.
Julia put both her hands on her face wiping a small stream of blood from her brow and then felt around for the impact wound. She fel a fleshy bit of skin sticking out and realised her temple had been wounded and was the cause for the iron taste in her dry mouth because the blood had sculpted it's way down her cold face onto her crisp, cracked, lips.
Julia walked quietly across the room and set her eyes onto the dirty glass looking out the room onto the lobby. She couldn't see anybody, it was just deserted and gloomy. Her thoughts began to atomise around her. She was thinking mostly of if she was actually alone and everyone was dead. She felt she was having a nervous breakdown but heard a clank in the distance. Fear curled it's way up her spine and she shuddered as heavy brething began to pounce out from her tired lungs. She felt her body becoming heated up with fear. Julia hoped there wasn't one of those 'things' out there. She held the small gun she had. Her flashlight had ran out.
She could hear gunshots in he distance, "Somones here?" She whispered under her voice talking to herself. he pushed some of her loose black hair back and made her way to the door with great stealth. She opened it and looked at the stairs leading to thefirst floor. She made a runnr up the stairs, her boots banging against the floor.
« Last Edit: Nov 5, 2008, 2:22pm by Lottie »
I know a lot of anime forums with their own little 'anime rping' section, it does become very interesting and it isn't spam it's users creating their own rpg world with their own characters, own stories ect if you understand me. I understand you are in power though it was only a suggestion for some fun :).
Daniel E.
2008-11-30, 17:53
You know, more than a rpg that looks sorta like a story-making game.
If your idea get shut down here, you could always try the writers group and see what they think of it there.
I've just seen them on other forums and they are really good everyone loves them. It doesn't have to be strict but more of a place people can write and get together and like...i don't know, the setting could be the average 'anime based' high school.
Your right though not everyone likes writing but i'd have thought people into anime would have loved story writing too ^^
Your right though not everyone likes writing but i'd have thought people into anime would have loved story writing too ^^
That's why we have the Fan Creations forum.
Please read my first reply. If you are asking for a new sub-forum, the answer is no. If you are asking for somewhere to post personal creations (in the form of written stories) then we already have the Fan Creations sub-forum.
Ok it's up to you in the end :).
I think you need to look around more forums though and how people love them, however, on this forum i geuss enjoying yourself much isn't the case.
Thanks for reading :D
No, some of us are here for other reasons. We're here mostly to discuss anime and its related culture. How that is somehow less enjoyable for you would be your problem. :)
Bad Vexx, being all grouchy and mean to the new folk. :p
But Vexx is quite right Lottie, most people here prefer a very high signal to noise ratio, threads where the current page may become totally irrelevent in a short time interval is not what we consider good signal from a thread. Other forums are do not really represent the community here, threads and policies you may find on other forums might work completly backwards on animesuki. We encourage necroposting and discurage multi-threading discussion for example (if a thread already exists we always try to use that).
yeah, yeah, my bad but "on this forum i guess enjoying yourself much isn't the case" isn't exactly a good way to endear yourself when entering a new area with its own etiquette with potential new friends.
Liddo-kun
2008-12-01, 18:01
Ok it's up to you in the end :).
I think you need to look around more forums though and how people love them, however, on this forum i geuss enjoying yourself much isn't the case.
Sorry, if this may sound rude but I have to reply on what you said about not enjoying the time spent here on Animesuki.
I'm enjoying my time here on AS because I'm here to follow anime series, to mingle and share ideas with fans of series that I like is an enjoyable experience for me. Another reason for me being here is to follow the Anime Saimoe Tournament (http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?t=67870) held once every year.
I agree that RP'ing can be fun, but please remember that not everyone is interested to do it.
Sorry i geuss everyone took offence to that so far i havn't enjoyed myself that much for already being warned because i didnt realise the sigs had a actual limit and i thought it was a bit harsh conidering i was new and couldn't find the rules until i looked around a bit i didn't even know there was sig rules especially the size limit. I had that right but was only over on the bytes limit.... i kinda felt like i didn't want to come back to the forum for such harsh punishment by warning me and not just guiding me :(
Anyway i just know that it's a enjoyable thing to do on forums, i stil don't think people understand what i mean but i have been on a lot of forums in my past and owned my own too.
Like i said i don't want everyone to hate me for just suggesting something fun i'm not a bad person! +_+ I know everyone has opinions too.
Remember that this is a rather large forum, and the warning process is definitely something that gets rather mechanical after a while for those in charge. They definitely do not mean to be rude, but as a user you have a responsibility to follow the rules. On the bright side, it helps keep the forum easy and pleasant to browse. We have a lot of members of many different persuasions here as well as a fairly established environment, so creating an RPG, a whole new element to the forums, is not a realistic thing to ask the moderators on the basis of one request. Actually, something I really enjoy about this forum is that it's really less of a single community than a sort of town. You can hang out wherever the atmosphere suits you. Some threads feel like a fun high-school hangout, while some house very mature and intelligent discussions. There's something for everyone. [/animesuki advert]
Daniel E.
2008-12-01, 20:12
i kinda felt like i didn't want to come back to the forum for such harsh punishment by warning me and not just guiding me :(
Sorry if I sound harsh but, it is your responsability to read the forum rules before doing anything in any forum. The mods cannot afford to guide everyone by the hand; specially when the rules are (IMHO) in a most visible place.
Anyway i just know that it's a enjoyable thing to do on forums, i stil don't think people understand what i mean but i have been on a lot of forums in my past and owned my own too.
I am a bit surprised you are still drilling this point.
Once again, what is fun to you may not be so for others. Your comment about people "not understanding" strikes me as a bit of an unfair remark on your part. Not agreeing doesn't always translate to Not understanding.
It pays to know the place! .........or so they say. ;)
I geuss people are already taking a bad liking to me in this forum as i keep putting things across offensivley, i apologise. I just thought some stuff was rather harsh on me because i did look at the rulesand it's a sig i use a lot. It's ok though i do understand why it was done. It was just a little harsh on me when i'm new and i could have been guided better.
As for the rpg, we myswell drop it. I'm sorry for suggesting something that seems to have turned people against me :( I didn't mean any harm i swear i was just trying to giv the good points about it thats all this is what the forum is for right :). Sorry if i offended people by putting that i meant more of the forum lacks some fun in a way but that is my opinion everyone has there own :).
I love the people in the forum though ^_^ I wish i could have felt a little more welcome, i kind of feel like i don't feel wanted here anymore in one way for speaking my mind.
Daniel E.
2008-12-01, 20:52
I love the people in the forum though ^_^ I wish i could have felt a little more welcome, i kind of feel like i don't feel wanted here anymore in one way for speaking my mind.
No, that's not true.
You had a great start back at Fan Creations and you made a great first impression in the artist group. We all have our bad days (hell if I know :p) but it all comes back to us as a way to better understand this curious place called The Animesuki Forums. :)
You are indeed very welcome to the forum, and I look forward to have you as a regular in Fan Creations. :smile:
And in case it was misunderstood, you can still have a rpg thread ( in fan creations), the idea rejected here was merely a section dedicated to it. ;)
Aya_Lyka
2008-12-02, 02:48
this is really a good idea. (im a Roleplaying addict) but i wonder why anime Suki is so strict.
If you'll read the thread you might get some clues why....
I love roleplay as well, in roleplay environments. It just so happens many people here like a space where the discussion is clear of that so that the "signal/noise" ratio is good.
For a moment I thought you meant one of those antiquated forum RPG games where you click buttons and put "coins" as another field on your user page.
Not to say that's a bad idea... >_>;;
-KarumA-
2008-12-05, 09:43
I think it'll be somehting that can easily spiral out of control
I was part of a forum once that had an rpg section but instead of a few you had at leased 20 running rpg topics (active ones, not even mentioning the many pages of aging ones) and I am certain we don't want anything like that here. Let alone some had adult themes, blood, gore etc. and this is an all age forum (that was as well but they didn't delete them for some reason)
And as a Mod it is quite annoying to keep an eye on such topics too
AmayaReika
2008-12-16, 23:21
I'm guessing that this forum doesn't have roleplay... Does it? Because, I don't know where to look... >______>;;;;
Sorry if I'm being stupid. o~o... I just... REALLY LIKE to roleplay. >__>;;
Aoie_Emesai
2008-12-16, 23:31
No role playing, please.
TinyRedLeaf
2008-12-17, 01:02
*sigh*
Please read the forum rules (http://forums.animesuki.com/faq.php?faq=rules).
2.2 Do not begin topics that lack purpose
We require that all threads serve a purpose; pointless threads will not be tolerated. The forum most frequently abused by useless threads is "General Chat". The purpose of the General Chat forum is to discuss topics not related to AnimeSuki's main purpose of anime and BitTorrent. This does not mean that you can post absolutely anything there; even in the General Chat forum threads must serve some purpose. Below you will find some guidelines to help you avoid threads that we almost always consider "pointless":
No "forum games" or "Who are you" threads
Threads like "the word game", "the person above you" or "which character in Naruto are you most like" are pointless. They are normally high volume threads with very little content of value; i.e. mostly noise or one word replies that we do not need.
These requests have been discussed (http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?t=74778) over and over again in the Feedback sub-forum.
The answer is "No". AnimeSuki cannot be all things to everyone. You can, if you wish, start your own RPG thread in the Fan Creations sub-forum, but not in the General forum.
Deja vu?
There was a thread recently that wanted the exact same thing. You can find a whole thread of responses to your post in that one. Isn't that convenient? :)
Mystique
2008-12-17, 07:32
Sorry if I sound harsh but, it is your responsability to read the forum rules before doing anything in any forum. The mods cannot afford to guide everyone by the hand; specially when the rules are (IMHO) in a most visible place.
I love when people go 'i don't mean to sound rude' but then they sound rude or harsh anyways.
(The irony) :rolleyes:
Despite all the forum rules, I've still had to PM some mods, toss a few scenarios and ask 'what's the deal on this specific situation' because the rules aren't enough. They cover the basics and general common sense, but like life, various situations sometimes need to be individually looked at.
As someone said, this website is like a town; each section has a slight diff feel, there are numerous admins and mods who react in slightly different ways and most cases (perhaps because it is a lot to moderate) situations that cause some offence get slapped with an instant warning, deletion or ban.
I've not been here a year yet, but still I can't get the vibe of this place somedays; some threads i see swearing, some i see mild innuendo, i'm aware its pg-13 but some threads are way off the mark with that.
No it's not a simple case of 'it's our responsibility', responsibility doesn't equate to understanding how everything works, especially on such a grand scale of a website such as this - it takes some time to get used to here and sometimes we make mistakes along the way, but it can still lead to an instant slap of a warning for a few months.
(I think Lottie's already experienced that it seems)
It can be off putting especially if people aren't out to cause trouble.
It's like walking in a minefield at times. For some people it can be intimidating along the way, for others, they can easily walk through it all and settle down quicker. Everyone is different.
As for the RPG stuff, I used to belong to a forum that did have a separate forum for it, so it's a little bit of nostalgia for me, but yeah as far as I can see, Asuki isn't that kind of website.
(It's fairly formal and strict here in a sense.)
However there are alternatives.
I'm guessing if a social group was made, the role-playing would be limited to the threads posted in the group, but it wouldn't be interfering with others, right?
That could be one option.
I'm aware that role-playing tends to take more than one thread (each for different areas of the 'world') but at least try with the social group, see how it fares and then go from there.
For any fiction related things, we do have the creative writing thread in the general chat forum, as xris said, there is the fan creation section and there is the 'dead poets society' social group that's around too.
It's not a case of everyone turning against you Lottie, don't feel afraid to speak out in here if you have an idea in the future. In this case, it's not quite the fitting activity for a forum like here, despite it being fun and not so spammy as a simple word game and can be an interesting exchange of ideas, so your wish can't be granted directly.
But hopefully the alternative options should be sufficient. :)
And true, whereas the mods and admins can't guide everyone by the hand, the least that the settled, longer resident members can do is be patient and courteous to new members as they try to figure their way around here.
Saying that, I spent 10mins with the search function and can't find an old thread in regards to extending PM limits to beyond 100. If someone knows off the top of their head, please toss link on my profile wall so I can make an enquiry. :)
Daniel E.
2008-12-17, 12:58
I love when people go 'i don't mean to sound rude' but then they sound rude or harsh anyways.
(The irony) :rolleyes:
Funny you say this, mostly because I don't feel I was harsh or rude at all. My "I don't mean" comment was there to avoid a misunderstanding and for my comment to be not taken as a personal attack of sorts.
EDIT:
I never though about hurting anyone's feelings with that comment. I always try not to. Still, I felt that it was something neccesary to bring up.
And true, whereas the mods and admins can't guide everyone by the hand, the least that the settled, longer resident members can do is be patient and courteous to new members as they try to figure their way around here.
I didn't jumped on her with my first post. I offered her an alternative that she appereantly didn't agree with and continued with the "people don't want to have fun here mentality" instead.
When the whole "people now hate me" thing started, I told her that none of that was true, and she could still be a part of the animesuki community and particulary, she could still be a part of the Fan Creations one. ( and I still mean it)
And what Lottie wanted to do already existed in Fan Creations, btw. ;)
Saying that, I spent 10mins with the search function and can't find an old thread in regards to extending PM limits to beyond 100. If someone knows off the top of their head, please toss link on my profile wall so I can make an enquiry.
Is your inquiry about making the limits bigger?
Mystique
2008-12-17, 19:10
When the whole "people now hate me" thing started, I told her that none of that was true, and she could still be a part of the animesuki community and particulary, she could still be a part of the Fan Creations one. ( and I still mean it)
And what Lottie wanted to do already existed in Fan Creations, btw. ;)
If she found what she was looking for there and is happily having fun then good. :)
I know you offered explainations, just the first sentence was so damn cliche, lol.
Couldn't help but nitpick a little :)
Is your inquiry about making the limits bigger?
Yeah it was.
Nightwish gave me a link to the 'senority' thread where Ledgem made a light reference to it, but other than that, there seems to be no other threads to it.
6 months of being here, i've spent near 1hr (various occasions together) having to delete and weed out all messages from both the inbox and sent folder, and i'm running out of things to weed out, lol.
It's gotten as far as 75 now, that's as much as i can delete.
At first, i didn't notice that sending a pm doubles up in space, it automatically sends a copy to the 'sent folder' so i was wondering if there was a way to not make it default. Somedays i reply and send without remembering and wonder why my limit has hit 90% already...
I have seen the xml option and some of email alerts, i keep as a copy of my PMs, but i rely a lot on nested quotes to save space, so it's just convienant to have everyone's details, references and formatted messages on this website, since I've no need to refer to previous messages outside of Asuki.
The recent addition of the profile boards have helped a lot, i tend to have essay length discussions on there (well, as of recently i've seen something on the characters being limited now...)
But the 25% remaining won't last, so yeah, i wanted to know if there was a chance of gaining an increase. I hear the 'we give you an increase now and a year later, you ask for another..'
That is a possibility (one depends on the extension) however, I think since I'm already being careful about managing all my space, it should be okay to last me a while. :)
In the case, you're wondering what the space is for (or has been used for), a good deal stems from the various debates from general chat, where i may get into a 1-1 with someone so we take it out of the main forum. Others include scripts and drafts from the 'creative writing thread' (my second group is filed under 'author'), others derive from the relationship threads and the others is just checking up on people and keeping track of events that have occured over the last few months.
The last point is just my attempt to indicate that my use isn't too trivial. (ie, simple chatting with a few lines back and forth)
Actually I fully understand the problems with not having enough PM space. Mine constantly needs clearing out. :heh:
I can't say I've seen any specific requests (thread-wise) for more space, at least recently (in the last few months), but it could be because there is either no interest or demand for more space or the question/answer was handled privately.
I'd say it would be worth creating a new thread to make the request official. It will get more attention than if it were sitting here in an unrelated thread. ;)
SeijiSensei
2008-12-17, 22:29
When the profile message boards appeared in the recent vBulletin upgrade, I wondered what that would mean for PMs. Clearly they both serve similar purposes, though they obviously differ in that fact that one is private and one is public. Nevertheless I didn't see any limits applied to messages posted on the profile boards, while the PM limit remains at 100. I'd guess that the PM limit was designed to control database storage growth, but essentially unlimited profile messages makes that rationale less compelling.
Miods - might we split this discussion off into a separate thread? I think it's worth discussing the role of PMs and profile messages a bit more. Perhaps we should merge it into the "1000 characters" thread. It's certainly OT here.
@Mystique - I didn't think Daniel was rude at all. If anything, he extended a hand of friendship to Lottie. I also thought she took the replies to her suggestion much too personally. One of the things that makes the AS community so appealing to someone as old and persnickety as me is that it is so well moderated and so well focused on its subject. I'd agree that what's considered acceptable behavior varies across the forums, but that's in part a reflection of who hangs out in which areas. If the people who frequent a forum or thread don't complain to moderators about the level of discourse in that area, then it suggests people in that area don't find it offensive. I find some signature graphics to be over the edge of what I'd consider "PG-13," but that's not up to me to decide. If you find someone's postings offensive, you can always add those people to your ignore list.
Mystique
2008-12-18, 02:39
Actually I fully understand the problems with not having enough PM space. Mine constantly needs clearing out. :heh:
I can't say I've seen any specific requests (thread-wise) for more space, at least recently (in the last few months), but it could be because there is either no interest or demand for more space or the question/answer was handled privately.
I'd say it would be worth creating a new thread to make the request official. It will get more attention than if it were sitting here in an unrelated thread. ;)
Sending a note to a mod to ask for a split then. :)
@ seiji - it tied in with TinyRedLeaf's 'read the forum rules, it's our responsibility to read the rules' after reading a few posts and i began catching on the tone here, i saw daniel.e's opening and figured 'well that's kinda strong'
And as i said it's a cliché, usually people end up being rude while beginning with a sentence like that, so that's the tone i took from it as well, though as he's explained his intention with his last post, it's a misinterpretation on my behalf, it seems.
My point in regards to my previous post was that, was the rules aren't always to clear cut, nor asking questions that may seem 'silly' or a misinterpretation of a new idea naturally equate to 'we didn't read the rules.' While you've been here (long enough to be considered a veteran i guess) and have a better understanding of Asuki and it's environment, I'm on the flipside and am one of those 'newbies', still trying to figure things out and figured to mention a few points as to why sometimes, some of us may take things too personally.
In my case, not much offends me post wise. As you said, it's well moderated and I’ve sensed this 'strict' vibe to here as of late.
More rather, i find i have to moderate myself lately, i don't feel like i can mess or joke much in a teasing tone without the risk of my post being deleted, especially as a member who's been here less than a year.
Anyways, my enquiry is to do with the PM's so get to seeing if i can stem a new thread for it.
When the profile message boards appeared in the recent vBulletin upgrade, I wondered what that would mean for PMs. Clearly they both serve similar purposes, though they obviously differ in that fact that one is private and one is public. Nevertheless I didn't see any limits applied to messages posted on the profile boards, while the PM limit remains at 100. I'd guess that the PM limit was designed to control database storage growth, but essentially unlimited profile messages makes that rationale less compelling.
PMs are limited to prevent a sort of hidden flood and also to prevent people from using it too much as opposed to the other features. Animesuki is a forum before anything else, allowing people to just treat it as a social network may have a very negative effect.
@Mystique - I didn't think Daniel was rude at all. If anything, he extended a hand of friendship to Lottie. I also thought she took the replies to her suggestion much too personally.
Daniel used "", "I", "you", "me", also screamed out a few words (ie. used bold), emphasized his point (which is unnecessary; since it does not help understand them better) and also ended screaming out a exclamation which in many ways can be perceived as: (unfair) "I have been here longer then you so shut up.". Added to this were the occasional unnecessary words (eg. "specifically", "remark", "translate") and heavy use of metaphors or similar sentences.
Daniels' post is a personal attack. Being right or having good intentions never changes that. If you want to be friendly do not directly refer to the other person or yourself and never use "he", "I", "me" etc (ie. be neutral) Also avoid using unnecessary [I]poetic words or constructs. Minifying your posts of even -unnecessary- common words is also good since you are expressing trust in the other person understanding what you wish to say. If something needs to be emphasized italics are enough and they (along with citations) should be used sparingly.
I can't see the problem, just do this in the members group area... at least that won't be a "fans of..." group :D
The original question has been answered several times now so it's time to close the thread since it also seems to have beed pointlessly derailed.
I love when people go 'i don't mean to sound rude' but then they sound rude or harsh anyways.
Good way to be rude yourself I would say. More so when it seems you are trying to place what seems to be a reasonable comment in a bad light.
Saying that, I spent 10mins with the search function and can't find an old thread in regards to extending PM limits to beyond 100. If someone knows off the top of their head, please toss link on my profile wall so I can make an enquiry. :)
Then I suggest you don't hide you question in some random thread but if need be create a new one to ask.
My question is why don't you save your PMs, that way you can clear them out but keep a record of them. At the foot of yor PM page you should see this...
Download all Private Messages as:
XML | CSV | Text
It is unlikely we will change this limit and the only way I'm aware of getting a higher limit is to become a Admin.
Brave_Vesperia
2009-01-02, 23:41
just curious as to if there are any roleplaying forums on this site. I havent been able to find any as of yet but it be nice if any of you could lend me a hand :)
Here, read the forum RULES (http://forums.animesuki.com/faq.php?faq=rules).... thats a good start before you do anything :)
The only place its tolerated at all is perhaps in fan creations subforum.... but really, this place tries to be a discussion forum, not a playground really.
minhtam1638
2009-01-03, 01:03
Talk about a swing and a miss there, because AnimeSuki is a famous forum for keeping order in the court. There are no forum "board games" on here because we like to keep out the spamming posts. We are a diligent society that brings forth thorough arguments to support the claims we make, and anybody looking to get rep via post count and quantity over quality isn't welcome here. This includes RP threads of any sort.
Rikimtasu
2009-01-03, 01:37
Quality post>Spam here.
And animesuki is famous,as minhtam2448 said.
I didn't play this kind of stuff,anyway.
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