Andante
Roleplaying Moderator
First of all, after a six month absence, I'd like to say its wonderful to be back and working with the roleplaying section again. I've truly missed the community here on the forums, reading the fantastic stories the players create, and writing with the great players here on the boards - and I'm grateful to be resuming my role as moderator of the roleplaying section. It's my hope we can all work together to have a fun, interesting, and creative environment for all players involved.
It's my intention to begin a sort of project of my own to clean up, organize and simplify the roleplaying section. It seems to me that things have been building and building upon themselves [which, don't get me wrong is wonderful!], and have ultimately become a bit disorienting and unorganized. I've seen more than a few very excellent character profiles go unnoticed in outdated threads, there are multiple sets of conflicting "General Rules" floating about, and a ton of unnecessary stickied threads are cluttering up the front page of the board. As you might imagine, this can create confusion, especially for new players looking to get started.
I hope to simplify the general rules section to make everything fair and balanced for all players, while leaving ample option for story creators to put their own rules into place concerning their stories. I plan to review, edit, and readjust my all-purpose "newbie guide" for those new to roleplaying and put it in an easily accessible place for quick reading, and in general hope to streamline the entire section so all active stories, their out of character threads, and all information is in one place and easy to find. However, most of all I want everyone to be able to contribute to their roleplay experience here.
Any thoughts, ideas, or suggestions you have: let them be heard! The roleplaying section is essentially created by all the players, and they should have the guiding role in the direction things go. Please don't hesitate to share your ideas.
It may take a few days for these new changes to take effect, but I hope to get started on them as soon as tonight. No important or active threads will be deleted, and any information that is accidentally misplaced, I will gladly relocate and salvage for you with no problem whatsoever. I'm hoping the transition is smooth and successful for us all.
If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about the cleanup process please post them here. Or, you may send me a PM at any time.