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Post by 「イオタ」 on Aug 28, 2018 17:25:13 GMT
Whenever you make a site, what is your main motivation for doing so?
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baby shark, doo doo doo doo doo doo...
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Post by forte on Aug 28, 2018 17:55:45 GMT
After playing the site shuffle a number of times and being on various staff teams, I just wanted there to be a place I could rp my ships out with my friends that wouldn't close down... That, and also have somewhere I could meet new people and make new friends to rp with. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2018 17:58:00 GMT
Self-hatred for the most part. :peace_sign_emoji:
But really, my biggest motivation for creating a site would be my desire to create something of its own kind. When I make sites, I like to steer from the typical: a high school rp is all fine and good and don't get me wrong, I love the stereotypical. But man, seeing the same thing can get boring after a while. Sure, private schools sound nice and fancy, but what about the public schools? Not everyone can afford private school tuition, nor are they smart enough for full-ride scholarships. Give us something typical, like give me kids punching each other in the face for the last slice of pizza at lunch, the quirky bus ride home, things that are realistic with public school antics.
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Post by 「イオタ」 on Aug 28, 2018 18:02:09 GMT
After playing the site shuffle a number of times and being on various staff teams, I just wanted there to be a place I could rp my ships out with my friends that wouldn't close down... That, and also have somewhere I could meet new people and make new friends to rp with.
Wow, Forte, that is exactly my reason, too. |: Well-said
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phantom of the black parade
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silver and gold won't save my rotting soul
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Post by Kuroya on Aug 28, 2018 18:28:15 GMT
there's..... actually a few reasons i end up making my own site.
often, if i'm making a site, it's because there just isn't something in the genre i want to play in. for example, back when i had reach for the sky (my old pokemon sky pirates site), there wasn't anything else remotely like it (and, as far as i'm aware, there hasn't been since). it's why i tended to get roped into a lot of interest checks a few years back too.
sometimes it's because i can't join existing sites in the genre. usually it's for something like basic activity requirements but on some occasions, there are other rules or barriers that would prevent me from joining a site, so i just kind of shrug and make my own. sometimes it may just boil down to "what i want to do is blocked, so i'm going to do it on my own place" i'm not saying part of why i made ideal world because of strict activity rules and because it's nearly impossible to find some of my canon roster free on most sites... but i'm not not saying that.
sometimes it's so that i have the comfort of control. i can know that the site isn't going to shut down tomorrow because the staff decide to close it or just ghost out. i can know that the rules or overall site premise aren't going to randomly change on me where i'm not expecting it. i can know that, at the end of the day, it's going to be a safe, steady, comforting place for me where i belong and that's that.
....... also i'm the sort who almost always ends up helping out the staff anyway and then i end up hard-carrying a lot of the staff work anyway if i get promoted, so i might as well just bite the bullet and start where i have the power anyway rather than pretend that this doesn't often end up being reality for me. |
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Post by tiefling on Aug 28, 2018 21:11:33 GMT
People say they want a certain site in a thread and if it's something I'm interested in as well I make that as best I can and see how it goes. "Wouldn't it be cool if..." Ok let's do that then!
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Post by Clear on Aug 28, 2018 23:32:12 GMT
When there's a setting, or plot, or system, that I have an idea for, that does not already exist in the broader community.
Also to have a place that won't give up the ghost until I do, I suppose.
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you're a world away, somewhere in the crowd. in a foreign place, are you happy now?
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Post by 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚒 on Aug 28, 2018 23:43:06 GMT
i just like having a place where i can really feel comfortable and write. i've been part of a few sites, and they haven't worked out for whatever reason. no hard feelings on any of it. but in general, i just... want a safe space that i know is safe. one that i can put my all into, and know it'll work out -- even if it just remains as something between me and a few friends in the end.
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Post by desmondmiles on Aug 29, 2018 1:05:32 GMT
 and thats just that baby! EDIT;; cause i want to have THAT experience again. the first experience i had with my first ever rp site. but also i wanna be a part of something, and also because i want to play the story and rp that I want and in a way that will hopefully attract like minded people. cause i want others to feel like they're a part of something too, to experience something, to feel like they're accomplishing things. why do i wanna make an rp site? cause i can, i want to, i will, and i wont be stopped. |
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papa edgelord
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I feel so alone Gonna wind up a big ole pile a them bones
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Post by bex on Aug 29, 2018 3:34:47 GMT
personally, i like making rp sites because i have an idea that i get super jazzed about. i make sites all the time, in fact, it's just that i never open more than a third of them because i have the attention span of a goldfish lmao
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Post by light on Aug 29, 2018 7:39:29 GMT
because i really just enjoy shounen and shoujo sites altogether. i like having slice of life activity, but i also want something shounen as well that reminds me of the old days of rp'ing. so, if i have the energy/want, i make it if no one else has--but i just assume with every crushing hour of the day someone will. if not, i go and find something to occupy my time until someone else makes "that" site. and, if no one has made it, i get a skin and just hope for the besties. i need a home okay, and no one's providing my homeless ass a home. /cries |
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Feline Overlord
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THROUGH MY PARTED LIPS BREATH WORDS OF A STORY. EACH CAREFULLY STITCHED, A SEAMSTRESS OF STORIES.
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Post by Chibi Magician on Jun 8, 2019 17:34:44 GMT
As a wannabe author, I actually make site plots based on ideas I had for potential books. Usually, these ideas start as something small and then just begin growing until I finally decide to make the site. I adore writing the plot and information, it fills me with a lot of joy. Heck, usually when I do a site with friends, they stare as I quickly get the writing elements done because I enjoy it. I love devising information, creating antagonists and planning future events. There is also that sense of a site I make already having that homey vibe since I always make them with my friends.
I think one of my oddest reasons for this preference is making a site forces me to be social. It's actually a great way to help with my shyness and has boosted my confidence at times. Not to mention, the way I design my sites is because of character ideas; which is why TDOM has actually become a home for all my characters, old and new.
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Post by Tick on Jun 8, 2019 17:49:44 GMT
Sometimes it's "nobody else's gonna do it so I might as well try" (usually with weird crossovers or my obscure fandom interests *cough*AetherEternius*cough*) (I know there might be somene else who will do it but it just feels like no-one's gonna do it)
Sometimes it's "I wish this site existed but I'm not sure if I want to wait until someone else makes/opens one"
Sometimes (usually?) it's just an impulse thing, often combined with one of the above reasons
I almost never finish/open my sites, probably because I often don't have a staff team to work with because I'm kind of too shy/stubborn to ask others for help (which is kinda stupid, I know) and end up abandoning the project after a while
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Post by ninelie on Jun 8, 2019 17:57:40 GMT
I like to run things my own way.
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Post by spanky on Jun 8, 2019 18:05:02 GMT
so literally what happened is one night i was too buzzed on bubble tea and i couldn't sleep. like i really tried guys, and i only drink like half sugar bubble tea because i'm old and i have rotting teeth, so this was unprecedented. then i thought about how LONELY i am, and then i thought 'you know who isn't lonely? anime characters.' so long story short, i stayed up for like two days straight and just made a website so i could pretend i'm a fucking anime character.
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