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Post by Phantasm on Nov 7, 2018 7:38:59 GMT
promoted to full mod
still no code access
i'll get there, dattebayo
i'm on the warpath
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Post by noodles on Nov 7, 2018 14:41:28 GMT
i give SPIROLE shit spawns because i don't like him. |
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Post by von on Nov 8, 2018 7:19:57 GMT
That feel when you're super invested in running the site, creating events and engaging your members and then... there's so little time left to focus on you. It's like "oh shit, I forgot I'm also a member of my own site" and then everything that used to be fun and exciting churns into one big chore, killing whatever muse you have left over.
I want my members to have fun, but it's hard staffing at the same time when sometimes the system sucks your life away.
or maybe i just need friends oops I dont know if it's just me but seeing as staffs always got the most knowledge about their own world, they implement that into their characters. So sometimes events and site plot development are related to the characters. And this instance alone put out the "Bad Admin" trope in our community LMAO. Like your character made a decision that would mold the world and somehow people will just point out to you that you're exercising your admin rights to this and that. Like as a staff, it's kinda your obligation to keep your characters away from the site development. Or if you used another player's plot for the world, others will point out favoritism. Which kinda rules out sites that would heavily rely on character-driven world. Frankly it's impossible to do it without people saying that your site is clique-y or has favoritism. |
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Post by SPIROLE on Nov 8, 2018 20:06:29 GMT
i give SPIROLE shit spawns because i don't like him. |
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Post by Y A M S ! ! ! on Nov 10, 2018 4:22:48 GMT
it really steams my carrots when a new member is asking questions about things clearly stated in the rules.
"can i make a vampire/cat/alien/android???" i dunno if you read the character rules the first thing it says is only humans....
even worse is when they go ahead and make a full app and it's a vampire cat alien android with all this stuff clearly not allowed
i admit to maybe railing into those apps a little harder than i probably should
a small mistake is fine and can be smoothed over easy, but like.... why do you wanna rp on my small town slice of life site and then make something that doesn't fit at all? or not even read the rules? please....
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Post by noodles on Nov 10, 2018 12:28:36 GMT
i give SPIROLE shit spawns because i don't like him. shiv also gives you shit spawns because he doesn't like you. |
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Post by ninelie on Nov 11, 2018 1:56:29 GMT
This is why I’m gonna stop asking for histories and personalities and etc. on profiles because of this incident... Me: Hi! Think you can expand a bit on [this part] just so we can get a clearer idea of your character? Member: <proceeds to write how their character gets brutally gang raped> Me: OKAY THIS IS NOT PG-13 Beware of what you wish for, I guess. |
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Post by ღ Nimue on Nov 11, 2018 2:06:45 GMT
This is why I’m gonna stop asking for histories and personalities and etc. on profiles because of this incident... Me: Hi! Think you can expand a bit on [this part] just so we can get a clearer idea of your character? Member: <proceeds to write how their character gets brutally gang raped> Me: OKAY THIS IS NOT PG-13 Beware of what you wish for, I guess. Wow, thats absolutely awful. I will never be able to fathom why some role players fixate themselves on the content of writing out the gritty details and morbid descriptions of a sexual assault their character experienced.... it actually really irks me and is something I can't stand when it comes to staffing. Someone can slap as many "trigger warnings" as they want onto their app but as a staff member who is going over pending apps, you don't really have a choice but to read it no matter how upsetting, traumatizing, or gut-turning a certain theme is to you. I could go into a full on rant with this but it'd turn into more so a role player confession than a staff confession. |
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Post by pharaoh leap on Nov 11, 2018 2:42:48 GMT
This is why I’m gonna stop asking for histories and personalities and etc. on profiles because of this incident... Me: Hi! Think you can expand a bit on [this part] just so we can get a clearer idea of your character? Member: <proceeds to write how their character gets brutally gang raped> Me: OKAY THIS IS NOT PG-13 Beware of what you wish for, I guess. Wow, thats absolutely awful. I will never be able to fathom why some role players fixate themselves on the content of writing out the gritty details and morbid descriptions of a sexual assault their character experienced.... it actually really irks me and is something I can't stand when it comes to staffing. Someone can slap as many "trigger warnings" as they want onto their app but as a staff member who is going over pending apps, you don't really have a choice but to read it no matter how upsetting, traumatizing, or gut-turning a certain theme is to you. I could go into a full on rant with this but it'd turn into more so a role player confession than a staff confession. To an extent, I've heard that some people use writing out really traumatic scenarios as a sort of coping method, sort of as a means to process it, but even then, like... there's definitely a time and place for everything, and Proboards RP forums is definitely not the place for it. I don't even mind if you have traumatic things happen to your character, just... have some tact? You can say it happened without going into disturbingly fixated detail.
On the flip side, although this is probably because I don't get "triggered" by content like that so much as pretty unnerved, I think I'd still take that over someone who's downright combative over making any edits to their application at all... assuming they don't just paraphrase information already stated when you ask for them to elaborate more on something pretty bare bones. I'm really lax with most apps, since I don't like to pressure people into writing more than they're comfortable with, but I worked hard on this site, and I'd hope you at least put in a little bit of effort into your own character.
Or just. People being combative about app edits in general. You think I like telling you that you can't do such and such on my site? You think I don't want you to be able to write whatever you want? You think I enjoy being a roadblock for your RP experience???? Bro, you better bet your buns I tried to think of every way to incorporate your crazy ideas into a setting that just doesn't allow for it before asking you to make changes and felt guilty the whole time I wrote out that message, but the MOMENT you try to pick a fight with me over it, my sympathy is GONE. If you want things your way so badly, go write a fanfic, sdkjflhdslfkjdhskfjsdh, I'm trying my best over here. *sobs grossly*
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Post by ulla on Nov 11, 2018 2:57:07 GMT
Or just. People being combative about app edits in general. You think I like telling you that you can't do such and such on my site? You think I don't want you to be able to write whatever you want? You think I enjoy being a roadblock for your RP experience? Bro, you better bet your buns I tried to think of every way to incorporate your crazy ideas into a setting that just doesn't allow for it before asking you to make changes and felt guilty the whole time I wrote out that message, but the MOMENT you try to pick a fight with me over it, my sympathy is GONE. If you want things your way so badly, go write a fanfic, sdkjflhdslfkjdhskfjsdh, I'm trying my best over here. *sobs grossly*
i'm getting this tattooed on my ass
in all seriousness, i feel this greatly. similarly, it also really irks me when i feel that some members come into the site and seem to have a bone to pick with me simply because i'm staff or they act like i'm somehow some big nasty tyrant. i swear, i just want to have as much fun writing my characters and plots as you do, but when i feel villainized for staying true to my site's setting and plot... idk, sure there are bad admins out there, but staff are really just rpers too. i think some people can forget that. |
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Post by SPIROLE on Nov 11, 2018 22:28:00 GMT
shiv also gives you shit spawns because he doesn't like you. but shiv is the nicest guy ever xD! |
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Post by pixie pie on Nov 11, 2018 23:07:25 GMT
i'm getting this tattooed on my ass
in all seriousness, i feel this greatly. similarly, it also really irks me when i feel that some members come into the site and seem to have a bone to pick with me simply because i'm staff or they act like i'm somehow some big nasty tyrant. i swear, i just want to have as much fun writing my characters and plots as you do, but when i feel villainized for staying true to my site's setting and plot... idk, sure there are bad admins out there, but staff are really just rpers too. i think some people can forget that. This so hard. Please stop treating me like I am a CEO of a major corporation and I need to be professional when it comes to being an admin because I got my MFA in roleplaying with a minor in psychology and I make over 100k a year including benefits being the admin of this roleplaying site  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2018 23:57:09 GMT
i'm getting this tattooed on my ass
in all seriousness, i feel this greatly. similarly, it also really irks me when i feel that some members come into the site and seem to have a bone to pick with me simply because i'm staff or they act like i'm somehow some big nasty tyrant. i swear, i just want to have as much fun writing my characters and plots as you do, but when i feel villainized for staying true to my site's setting and plot... idk, sure there are bad admins out there, but staff are really just rpers too. i think some people can forget that. This so hard. Please stop treating me like I am a CEO of a major corporation and I need to be professional when it comes to being an admin because I got my MFA in roleplaying with a minor in psychology and I make over 100k a year including benefits being the admin of this roleplaying site  Haters gonna hate
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Post by Phantasm on Nov 12, 2018 0:21:06 GMT
naming a site is always one of the hardest things for me
systems and actual writing? pssh I throw effort at that and eventually it'll be fine
the name though is harder
make it one "cool" word? kinda edgy, probably taken, and almost no relevance to the series
series name and just "rp" or a word? cliche, edgy, but does what it says on the tin and that's important
one word/phrase important to the series? good for catching fans, but some people won't understand it and it excludes the vast majority of people that haven't read/watched
i just don't know man
on one hand, it's simple and effective to do Series Name: Blahblah
on the other it's more beautiful to just do Blahblah
imo
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2018 4:35:42 GMT
guest posts that aff was removed due to inactivity, --but I personally posted nine times this week.... okay. |
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