Agreed! 

This might be an unpopular opinion, but as a member, I really enjoy when a site has very intense plots between multiple characters and multiple members. Plots spanning months, if not years, with ripple effects from previous relationships between characters. And I don't find that common on sites where I see every player with 10+ characters, most with 5 posts on them. (not saying its impossible, or that people with multiple characters can't have enriching plots. I just don't see it realistic to have the far reaching plots across multiple players and multiple characters, like i mentioned, when its commonplace for people to have massive casts under them.)

Of course, I'm not here to dictate anyone's hobby. But for ME personally, I find it a bit frustrating to feel inspired when I try to plot with someone only to have to shift through their characters to figure out which one is actively posting 






This is a bit in the past, but I guess I was just curious about this take. Because, to me, it feels a bit much to join a site and expect the staff members to be okay with you bending the world they've spent time and effort building.  For some sites, it can be easy to mass accept apps, but for like Super hero or power related sites, I feel like a lot more would go into ensuring balance between characters that doesn't fit the two questions you mentioned. 

Like, of course, in a perfect world everyone would make characters based off of narrative alone, but I feel like reality is there is a good chunk of the community who likes to mid max, whether it be by making their character a random noble or have blood bending abilities, or rushing canon slots or fc hoarding etc etc.  That's fine. Have fun however you like. But, as a staff member, it creates a need to be more cautious during acceptance, especially if we're talking about a narrative driven site. 

I don't know. Of course, this is a shared hobby, so we should able to do whatever creatively fits our interests, but at the same time, this is  a hobby for the staff members running their sites, no? So if people are making 10+ characters, or app-and-dashing, I find it totally be reasonable to place limitations. Even if staff members have unlimited time, its not like app approval is the most riveting experience. And you can only have the "slow down" conversation so many times with so many members. Neither of which makes said staff person wrong. 

I just feel like the simpler solution is: join sites that support your writing styles/creativity. Whether that be unlimited character creation, or limited. FC exclusivity or no-fcs at all.

I love a good event

Just kicking my feet and thinking of some old sites i used to love.

Huge shoutout to Misfits and Starstruck and spectrum and No Heroes and Predormitum y'all lq my roman empire. 

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Re: the skin conversation / random thought about skins

I think the issue with the lack of resources stem from the fact that the animanga community started with w/e works type of skins in like 2012. And then around 2015 or so people started to slowly code bigger and better skins, and that community continued to grow, creating a LOT of resources around 2015-2019 or so for people learning to code.

But most of those people are gone now, and those resources are outdated, which leaves small options for new ppl to learn off of. Not to mention that there is now this high bar that was left behind from the people who learned how to skin from that time period, because they now make BEAUTIFUL PIECES OF ART for skins, and that can be hard to match.

Just adds a bit more complexity of "just make more options" unfortunately.


I do think theres been a rising trend of more simplicity in skins, so i hope that leaks into more accessibility for people who need it.

You'll have to kill me before I willingly make a plotter again.

Apps get the story across just fine. Just leave a lil section for wanted plots, then wham bam done.

 

this is the way lol

I feel too uncomfortable doing more than a simple brightness adjustment. I dont want to make the art unrecognizable, because idk, it feels a bit disrespectful for me. Though i understand why people do.

Echoing off what someone else said, i think this could be a really cool idea for a site. But, maybe to help give more weight to player decision, after a certain point (maybe after arc 3) there are a set of predetermined possible paths the staff has decided, and based off the decisions of these players (maybe a point system, maybe a raid, a vote etc), one of those paths are taken as the story progress.


so like 

chapter / arc one = the first victim via the illness that's been going around, setting off a chain reaction



chapter / arc two = first zombie is spotted , detained and eliminated



chapter / arc three = the zombies are piling up and the town is thrown into chaos

possible arc four 1 = the survivor groups gather to create a small encampment/society 

possible arc four 2 = the area is tossed into chaos, anarchy running hog wild. People travel in nomadic packs moreso than settling down. 
 

As someone who hates using chat gpt/ai, its been a process learning how to appropriately utilize it to overcome writer's block.

I hate how useful it is.

I totally understand a lot of animanga face claims are young by default, but when someone uses a super young looking faceclaim (im talking like 12-15) for a character that is 18+, i feel SUUUUPER uncomfortable. Especially because, in most cases, they're always women. 

I get so tilted when i see someone take the faceclaim im eyeing. Not actually mad, because how would they know, but more like....when i've been thinking of taking a shower but im too lazy to get up but then my little sister goes to take a shower and im like "NOOOOOO I WAS GOING TO!!! ...eventually"

The fight against ai art is real. It's always a shame to find a piece that just clicks and then you find out its ai generated....

I thought it would be cute to do a thread similar to 'post a random thought', but centered more around RP!

I'll start: I'm sooo curious how big the animanga community is as a whole. Like both consistently and overall. 

Like maybe, right now, there are ~1000 users? But probably way over when considering even inactive members.