I maintain it's kinda wild how much importance people place on graphics for a word-based hobby.

For what it's worth, I kinda tune out if a site has too many bells and whistles layout/coding/graphics-wise, because it can be overwhelming. For Pixel Perfect, for example, I don't even pay attention to what's all in the profile or the sidebar, but I think it has a decent balance of fanciness for those who are into that, while maintaining enough of the "basic" forum concept to be accessible to those of us less inclined to busy interfaces.


Posting a graphic with links to your site stuff has been around for two decades, but I also wish advertisements would tell me a little more about the site. I'm more interested in the specifics of your site than art you took from someplace that has little to do with the actual site.

I sure hope. ;O; I am skipping Acheron for him, but still gotta wait a few more hours before his banner's up for me. Not even asking for the LC, just a copy of Aventurine is enough... I have high hopes he'll let me play Yanqing more.


EDIT: He came! Didn't get the Luka eidolons I was hoping for, but I finally won a 50/50.

Bruh, I'm still trying to win a 50/50. Hopefully Aventurine is when my luck finally changes... Congrats on the dapper dude! I wasn't gonna pull for him at first (despite my 100% 50/50 loss streak, I have all limited sustains), but then his backstory came and I am down for it.

I swear we had this discussion not long ago.


"Content notice" actually sounds sweeter than "Content warning", 10/10 would recommend. Avoids all the negative connotations of the word "warning", is fairly similar to what films and books have been doing for ages, and avoids the troubles of "trigger warning"! Best of all worlds.

Could be either too little or too much sleep too. Sometimes headaches are caused by...headaches, so if you have something that can lessen the pain, that may help prevent a future one.

If it's coupled with bouts of memory loss, disorientation, or speech impediments, see a doctor immediately.

That'd actually be really cool to have. No longer would I blindly wander into CSA histories!

Would probably call it "content warning", though, because these things don't have to be related to just people with...history. Some of us just really don't like certain topics because they bring us down or something, so being able to opt out before you sit down and hash out a plot and figure out it's going to be unpleasant saves grief on all sides of the aisle.

Sounds like you made the right decision.

Having gone over thread starters for the past few days, I've noticed there are three distinct ways that people will start a thread starter:


CHARACTER
The thread starts with an introduction of the character. They're either thinking about something, remembering something, or wearing their prettiest clothes out.
Example:

ACTION
I think this is the one I've seen least, the first paragraph will involve something going on that the character is involved in or will become involved in.
Example:
SETTING
Some mention of the weather conditions, or history of the location, or otherwise something located to where we are.
Example:

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So!

Out of sheer curiosity, what's your favourite way to start a starter? Note that I'm specifically referring to the first paragraph or sentence, not necessarily the entirety of the post! Also, it's totally fine to have answers that fall outside the three categories I mention above: when answering the question myself, I find it's usually "a mix of Character and Action" for me. In fact, the Action example already shows some "character" stuff, like "Her dad taught her"...

But I don't usually focus entirely on character, like describing what they're wearing or stuff like that, so probably moreso towards the Action aspect of it. Usually I'll fill in the setting once I've established what's going on, but I often wonder if I should focus a bit more on setting instead, to give people more hooks to tie their characters into the thread. Aha ha.


(This is a judgement-free zone.)

I'm always excited to post, so I do it as soon as possible. There's nothing quite like advancing a thread by seven posts on a good day.

Since I'm quickly distracted, I'd probably lose interest if I didn't reply to threads whenever I can; once something's moved out of active memory, I'm chasing the next high. Thankfully in roleplay, that only happens when people need 2+ weeks to post replies, which hasn't been all that often.

My nephew was all, "What's that game you play with the dice and the miniatures?"

"Something similar to Dungeons and Dragons."

"Can I play?"

"Sure."



That was six months ago, and now he keeps asking when our next session is.

I cleaned all the windows today.

There's a storm coming, but I still cleaned the windows.

I cleaned the windows and can do it all over again after the storm.

But I cleaned the windows, because I had decided I was going to clean the windows.

And a schedule once set cannot be changed for something so silly.

Aha ha ha...

Why am I like this