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Post by Bannanachair on Nov 29, 2017 23:09:54 GMT -4
I'm thinking that I might overhaul parts of this forum in the next few months with an eye towards possible expansion of our population, but I want community input because I'm not as shitty as ROBLOX. My thoughts were the following: - I will delete subforums that are rather inactive. This includes all of the subsubforums and subsubsubforums, etc. of the Community Talk subforum and the various subforums for different roleplaying genres that are unpopular. Old threads will not be deleted; rather, I will either move them directly to a surviving board where they would fit (most likely Other RPs) or, in the case of the Community Talk subsubforums, they will be locked and moved to one single archive subforum, with an edit to the title describing the subsubforum of Community Talk that they were originally in to provide better context. I'm not ROBLOX, after all.
- If you intend to have a series of roleplays I will create a specific subsubforum for you for free instead of the fee that I was charging earlier. See Kingdoms or AGE if you want a good example of what I'll do. The fee was somewhat stupid; post count should determine the number of posts that you've made here and nothing else. I'll do the same thing if you want to write a series of short stories to post here.
- If possible, I will alter everyone's postcount so that it is representative of just the number of posts that they have made rather than adding the ROBLOX posts and subtracting posts that were purchases and all of that other bullshit.
- I will alter the way that themes work, and what the default theme is for new joiners. I want the new default theme to have something to do with bannanas and chairs and bannanachairs, and likewise I want all themes to be at least somewhat Bannanachair related. I also want to prevent people from altering other people's themes, especially if I decide to expand this forum to get new members.
- I'll actively encourage recruitment to this website. I mean, there's no rules explicitly banning new people from joining or anything of the sort, but at the same time there's no reason for new people to come in at all. I may decide to encourage people to recruit their friends to this site, and do some recruiting myself.
- I'll try to find some system to incentivize people to roleplay instead of just post on the OOC forums. If anyone can think of a good system to do this I will consider it, because I can't think of anything.
- A handful of more OOC subforums and more clear instructions on what each OOC forum is for. I've noticed that Community Talk, Life Talk and Random Talk are sometimes used interchangeably, but I have specific ideas about how each of them are meant to be used. Yes, there is some overlap, but in the future I want it to be much more precise. I also might add subforums about academics/school, sports and miscellaneous hobbies, plus anything else you guys can think of.
- I'll change the rank system. At the moment it's just set to "5K club", "1 Million Club", etc., because I couldn't think of anything. If anyone has any suggestions for this, please suggest them.
- I'll get more plugins, like the chess plugin that I added two years ago and finally got woking a month ago. If anyone has any other games that they would like to recommend that can be added in a similar manner, please suggest them. I'll also try to find a currency plugin, because posts are a terrible currency. (A quick side-note about Chess, are you guys able to challenge other people to chess games, or is it just me? Also, the chess subforum can be used to discus chess, not just play it).
- I'll see about bringing back the writing contests. Because they were better when Pawzkat did them than when I did them, I'll see about bringing back Pawzkat . If there's overwhelming support for Pawzkat 's return in the comments of this thread, maybe that will convince Pawzkat to return.
- On the topic of Pawzkat , maybe I will start using the not sex stuff subforum for stuff that is in no way related to sex.
I was originally going to attach a poll, but then I decided that discussion would be better than a yes/no vote. If you're in favour of any of these changes, say why you are in favour of them. If you're against them, say why. If you have any suggestions for more changes to be made to this site, please suggest them below and they will be added to the discussion. I have made this an announcement until the end of my birthday; hopefully we will have reached a consensus by then.
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Post by snowy happy on Nov 29, 2017 23:20:19 GMT -4
You're just like Roblox at this point, Tim.
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Post by Tikobe on Nov 29, 2017 23:34:25 GMT -4
Personally, I'm against the deletion of the sub-forums. They're nice and organized, even if some are unused. Even then, if your goal is expansion, the unused ones might just see some use.
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Post by Benzo on Nov 30, 2017 1:01:44 GMT -4
Touch my RobCo monochrome theme and I might just have to murder you, mate.
EDIT: I just noticed & remembered that I actually replaced 'RobCo Industries' with 'Bannanachair Industries' in the banner, so.... There you go, Bannanachair related, eh?
Otherwise, none of this really seems like it'd affect me directly, so as far as my concerns there go; Do as you please.
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Post by Bannanachair on Nov 30, 2017 9:02:50 GMT -4
You're just like Roblox at this point, Tim. Well, there are two key differences between ROBLOX and myself. The first difference is that I'm asking the community. The second difference is that 90% of these changes are either new things or just reorganizing things, and only 10% involves removing anything at all. Personally, I'm against the deletion of the sub-forums. They're nice and organized, even if some are unused. Even then, if your goal is expansion, the unused ones might just see some use. So I take it that you're advocating keeping all of the subforums for different genres. Are you advocating keeping things like Bird City and Tails' Sammich Shop as well? |
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Post by Tikobe on Nov 30, 2017 10:07:11 GMT -4
You're just like Roblox at this point, Tim. Well, there are two key differences between ROBLOX and myself. The first difference is that I'm asking the community. The second difference is that 90% of these changes are either new things or just reorganizing things, and only 10% involves removing anything at all. Personally, I'm against the deletion of the sub-forums. They're nice and organized, even if some are unused. Even then, if your goal is expansion, the unused ones might just see some use. So I take it that you're advocating keeping all of the subforums for different genres. Are you advocating keeping things like Bird City and Tails' Sammich Shop as well? Alright, those ones are good to go. Feel free to get rid of them. The roleplay ones should stay. |
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Post by Bannanachair on Nov 30, 2017 10:35:16 GMT -4
Well, there are two key differences between ROBLOX and myself. The first difference is that I'm asking the community. The second difference is that 90% of these changes are either new things or just reorganizing things, and only 10% involves removing anything at all. So I take it that you're advocating keeping all of the subforums for different genres. Are you advocating keeping things like Bird City and Tails' Sammich Shop as well? Alright, those ones are good to go. Feel free to get rid of them. The roleplay ones should stay. That makes sense. What are your thoughts on the other suggestions that I made? |
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Post by Duck14 on Nov 30, 2017 11:26:43 GMT -4
Yay, I get my posts back (maybe).
I feel good with these ideas. Though on the writing contests I feel it would be fun if we could somehow make them more community driven rather than led by a single individual. Of course, someone has to choose the topic but why not have the deciding vote go to a poll rather than that same person? Pawz was great though and I still don’t understand why she left.
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Post by snowy happy on Nov 30, 2017 11:48:27 GMT -4
No, please don't remove anything, Tim. You're messing with perfection and I hate that. There is literally no reason to remove anything.
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Post by Duck14 on Nov 30, 2017 20:53:50 GMT -4
No, please don't remove anything, Tim. You're messing with perfection and I hate that. There is literally no reason to remove anything. Next he will be taking away our custom avatars and making us pay to play chess. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2017 21:31:47 GMT -4
You're just like Roblox at this point, Tim. Well, there are two key differences between ROBLOX and myself. The first difference is that I'm asking the community. |
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Post by snowy happy on Nov 30, 2017 21:34:00 GMT -4
Well, there are two key differences between ROBLOX and myself. The first difference is that I'm asking the community. Seriously? Our input is basically worthless to Tim. All he's doing is letting us know that he's making these changes; we don't have any say in what happens. |
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Post by Tikobe on Nov 30, 2017 21:37:38 GMT -4
Alright, those ones are good to go. Feel free to get rid of them. The roleplay ones should stay. That makes sense. What are your thoughts on the other suggestions that I made? I mean, yeah. They all seem alright. Although I don't know how you intend to provide incentive for roleplaying. |
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Post by Bannanachair on Nov 30, 2017 21:45:34 GMT -4
No, please don't remove anything, Tim. You're messing with perfection and I hate that. There is literally no reason to remove anything. This site, as it is, is perfection? I imagine that that's the reason that you fought so hard against people coming here in the first place? |
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Post by snowy happy on Nov 30, 2017 21:48:41 GMT -4
No, please don't remove anything, Tim. You're messing with perfection and I hate that. There is literally no reason to remove anything. This site, as it is, is perfection? I imagine that that's the reason that you fought so hard against people coming here in the first place? The RPF was no worse and I wanted people to stay. Now I'm making do with the place I have to stay at. I've said this again and again and nobody has listened. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2017 22:00:47 GMT -4
I'm thinking that I might overhaul parts of this forum in the next few months with an eye towards possible expansion of our population, but I want community input because I'm not as shitty as ROBLOX. My thoughts were the following: My thoughts on your thoughts are in the following spoiler, so that people don't have to scroll past this every time they look at the page. As long as the threads are kept intact and available, I don't have a problem with deleting some of the emptier subforums. I do kind of wonder what it'll look like afterward, though. That's a great idea, except that I don't know how it could be possible. The post counts have been all scrambled around. How will you fix that? Guess? Can I be theme queen? (it almost rhymes.) I have the most experience in making and editing them and people seem to like the ones I make. Also... is there a way to prevent people from messing with others' themes? I don't know of any way, but it seems like it should be a thing. And do all the themes REALLY have to be bannana/chair/bannanachair-related? There are some themes that aren't based off of bannanas or chairs at all, but they're still pretty and used by more than just me. How bannana/chair-related do they have to be? As little as a forum banner or default avatar? As much as an entire theme based on bannanachairs alone? Are you going to delete anything that doesn't fit the bannanachair theme, or just the ones that no one uses? Currency? Ranks? I can think of things that could incentivize people to roleplay, but they could all easily be taken advantage of, biased, unfair, and other stuff that doesn't sound like it'd end very well. Definitely make a separate topic on this for discussion. Roleplaying ranks (one or multiple), artist ranks, same post system of ranks but with sillier names, idk I agree. Huh, good question. I'll have to try that. I like Duck14 's idea of making the contests more community-driven rather than being decided by one or two people. |
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Post by Death on Dec 1, 2017 16:19:57 GMT -4
woah happy's beliefs sure are flexible guys
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Post by Baise-moi on Dec 1, 2017 22:28:19 GMT -4
As long as my TotG fantasy sub board and its stories stay I don't give a fuck.
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Post by Benzo on Dec 2, 2017 23:06:03 GMT -4
You should look at updating the bbcode, if possible. If I could actually name spoilers, AGE's shop could get so much nicer; Both by categorizing items into spoiler pockets as well as including images of each firearm.
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Post by snowy happy on Dec 2, 2017 23:31:58 GMT -4
Alright, I guess everything I've said doesn't matter. Great, now this place will get ruined too.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2017 23:56:57 GMT -4
Alright, I guess everything I've said doesn't matter. Great, now this place will get ruined too. You didn't even like this place to begin with though?? And this is nothing like what roblox did. He actually wants to hear people's say on it and take that into account. |
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Post by snowy happy on Dec 3, 2017 0:29:48 GMT -4
Alright, I guess everything I've said doesn't matter. Great, now this place will get ruined too. You didn't even like this place to begin with though?? And this is nothing like what roblox did. He actually wants to hear people's say on it and take that into account. But I'm the only person who's against the deletions. And why would Tim ever listen to me? |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2017 0:51:17 GMT -4
You didn't even like this place to begin with though?? And this is nothing like what roblox did. He actually wants to hear people's say on it and take that into account. But I'm the only person who's against the deletions. And why would Tim ever listen to me? Yes, you're the only one who's completely against it, with little complaints like "it's perfect how it is" that have already been seriously questioned. ("Didn't you complain about this place? How is it suddenly perfect now that suggestions for improvements have arisen?") If you want to be listened to, you might wanna say an actual reason that doesn't get disproven before or directly after you even say it. Or find smaller things to defend that mean most to you (example: "Oh no, not Life Talk! I love Life Talk, Timmy, don't delete that!", at which point he probably goes "Oh, I wasn't going to delete that; just make it have a clearer description" and stuff). Either way, you need to give more substance when you're defending your argument like this. If you don't give reasons to support yourself, people probably won't listen very much. |
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Post by snowy happy on Dec 3, 2017 1:09:27 GMT -4
But I'm the only person who's against the deletions. And why would Tim ever listen to me? Yes, you're the only one who's completely against it, with little complaints like "it's perfect how it is" that have already been seriously questioned. ("Didn't you complain about this place? How is it suddenly perfect now that suggestions for improvements have arisen?") If you want to be listened to, you might wanna say an actual reason that doesn't get disproven before or directly after you even say it. Or find smaller things to defend that mean most to you (example: "Oh no, not Life Talk! I love Life Talk, Timmy, don't delete that!", at which point he probably goes "Oh, I wasn't going to delete that; just make it have a clearer description" and stuff). Either way, you need to give more substance when you're defending your argument like this. If you don't give reasons to support yourself, people probably won't listen very much. Purring, nobody cares what I think in the first place. This is proven because I've said time and time again why I've said that this place is perfection and I've explained things of the like multiple times over, but nobody listened. So why should I put effort into my arguments if it's just going to result in being ignored anyways? |
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Post by Duck14 on Dec 3, 2017 4:33:27 GMT -4
Yes, you're the only one who's completely against it, with little complaints like "it's perfect how it is" that have already been seriously questioned. ("Didn't you complain about this place? How is it suddenly perfect now that suggestions for improvements have arisen?") If you want to be listened to, you might wanna say an actual reason that doesn't get disproven before or directly after you even say it. Or find smaller things to defend that mean most to you (example: "Oh no, not Life Talk! I love Life Talk, Timmy, don't delete that!", at which point he probably goes "Oh, I wasn't going to delete that; just make it have a clearer description" and stuff). Either way, you need to give more substance when you're defending your argument like this. If you don't give reasons to support yourself, people probably won't listen very much. Purring, nobody cares what I think in the first place. This is proven because I've said time and time again why I've said that this place is perfection and I've explained things of the like multiple times over, but nobody listened. So why should I put effort into my arguments if it's just going to result in being ignored anyways? You’ve also said time and time again why this place is imperfect. We do listen to you and you should really try acknowledging that, Tim’s even given you a direct response addressing your comment. Besides, Tim wants to hear our thoughts and these matters and will hardly go ahead on something that we all heavily disagree with. Besides these changes aren’t to the detriment of the forum as those on Roblox were. There will still be OOC threads and there will still be RP threads (when they’re made). It’s just being altered a little to make it more attractive. Removing things like paying with posts for sub-forums (if we want them) is a great idea, it’s one thing I never liked. We’re not ignoring you though and I honestly have no idea why you keep assuming we do. |
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