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 Feb 3, 2022 18:30:18 GMT @dreams said: there are so many layers behind this that never get addressed. idr when exactly but i DEAD ASS remember like a year or two ago someone posted an interest check for something niche. there was a good amount of turnout at first but when the site went up it was dead on arrival. the person posted on PP like ‘i put in all this work and no one showed up. where is everyone that said they wanted to join?’ and it broke my goddamn fucking heart. honestly, most kae shit i ever saw. that being said, i think rp needs to evolve but either people are unaware or don't’ want to take on that change. when u want to rp something niche u need to be realistic and look at the longevity of it. are u planning on it lasting for a while? then lay out the groundwork and shoot out a site. there’s a lot more that goes into this but it’s highly personal, nuanced, and subjective. I learned by doing this very same thing that you cannot make a site to please everyone, and that making a site that seemingly everyone wants is not always what you want. contrarily, sometimes making something that you want can actually garner a lot more interest than you originally anticipated too! the bottom line is make what you have muse for and catapult off that. Ideally, you should shoot for your forum/site/rp to be long-term, because if not, what is the point? It blows my mind when people put so much effort into a site, even bought a skin for it and everything to only shut it down after like two months because they get bored of it. Like, bro, that's something you actually invested so much time and real money into, only to just throw it away. Like things happen. Activity plummets. Drama ensues. I get it. Those things can be really disheartening and are all valid reasons for closure/going offline. But, I'm just saying... be considerate of how much effort and time someone and their community are actually putting into this hobby. We're all here to soar, you know? generally, i agree with you! however, there’s a lot of nuances that depend on the type of person you are. contrary to what most people will say, i do think there is a right and wrong way to RP. the tricky part is that there is more than one way for both! it just fluctuates per person. i think you need to look at what / why you’re creating a site. what do you consider successful? if you’re okay with the fact no one will join and you just want to put this stuff up for your self-satisfaction! go 100%. however, if the primary reason you’re doing it is for people to RP on it then you need to be realistic and analyze your situation. how many people will realistically join? how long will they last? how many do you want and what are you willing to do to keep them? some admins are very particular about how they want their site to run. this is the plot, this is how i imagined it, and i’m not budging on these particular aspects. that’s fine, but know that it will also shoo some people away. it’s a difficult balancing act of what you’re willing to compromise on for ease of access and fun for your ‘members’. i do think you can make short-term sites but that also scales off your + people’s activity. when i was younger there would be sites made that we knew were only going to last during the summer. we would post a dozen times a day, high pace, fast pace, danger DE laced shit, that was super fun! no issue with it shutting down once school started cause we did enough that it satisfied what we wanted from it. that being said, if it’s small or short-term, then think about your time as well. why add all these extra systems, all these approval checks or extra staff work when you’re only going to have X amount of people or be up for X amount of time??? but, likewise, i’m a long-term holder. what i value all revolves around the site being long-term because what i like to plot and write is about character’s relationships and their continuity in the world, much like MCU! naturally, there’s nothing wrong with also saying ‘i wanna do X’ or filling interested checks with whatever fits your whims. i just think it’s important, if you’re going to use that as a gauge, to analyze and be realistic about what will actually happen. |
