Me: I should work on site stuff.

My Brain:

I am not sure if anyone else finds this helpful, but I swear, sometimes brainstorming with a physical notebook and writing down history, misc, power, etc ideas for characters sometimes is very calming a good way for my brain to start working for that character.

I need to establish days to work on stuff, but sickness, anxiousness and my body's betrayal of saying sike to sleep makes focusing on writing hard.

Just adding to the powers discussion- I do have to agree it is primarily the people. Sadly, the only solution is people learning to accept their characters are going to lose fights, get caught off guard, etc. I have seen it happen plenty of times, and unfortunately, people like that do occur. They want their character to be the best without realizing how that can affect other role-players and make combat-based or even similar forms of role-play incredibly boring. It is also ignoring the concept of loss being an excellent development moment for some characters; or even struggling through a fight/competition. Either way, I know I would struggle with it since to me it cheapens the interaction and overall creates boredom in an interaction unless a solution can be found; I would never even need to win.

I know I personally prefer keeping relatively equalized full power ranges. It is partially cause I do not fully trust people who join, but also because to me it is more engaging overall. Struggle is fun, I like struggle. Lol

To be honest, I write them on the site window 90% of the time. From my ProBoards days when my posts got gobbled sometimes both due to ProBoards and my poor internet, I have an automatic compulsion to do 'CRTL + A' followed by 'CRTL + C'. So I have never really been too worried about it since my brain does it on impulse.

When I am writing on my phone, I actually have a google doc where I copy the person's response so I can write my response with an easy reference. I usually set it up on my computer and adjust it for planned writing. When a post won't go through or the power goes out, I just open a notepad tab since notepad will hold things without having to save now if you keep its tab open; even if you close notepad entirely! Only time I stray from using the window entirely is on Discord replies. Then I type them straight into notepad since I find it a bit easier to reference what I wrote and what the previous post is.

Man, having one of my Pinterest boards disappear is very unhelpful. I tend to save art to try and source there, muse board stuff and clothes for my characters. However, one of my boards disappeared and it is also still there since when I go to remake it, it says I have a board by that name... Welp, hopefully this gets resolved quick!

Mmmm, I wanna work on board descriptions, but I am concerned that due to this jerk of a cough, I will lose motivation mid-coughing fit cause my throat tickled or something… If my throat wasn’t so dry I would totally work on things.

Coincidentally, I was actually talking about the site I was working on with my girlfriend last night and said similar. I think admin and staff as a whole have to remember they have a lot of 'power' in community creation, activity and people generally feeling welcome. To add even, being the site's creator, you could easily be seen as a constant. Chances are, you are not going anywhere which can be reassuring for the member in question. So I have considered it a bit of a 'duty' cause I want people to feel welcome, have plots and have fun. That's why people role-play after all! Being friendly can really set a theme very quickly and that is good to see.

I don't know if anyone else does this, but sometimes if I see someone not getting plot attention, I will go talk with them and plot. I know people appreciate the reach out since I have seen it a lot before. Especially since you are entering a new space where you may not know that many people; small or big. So there is a lot of importance in the attitude and activity of an admin. It also works to making community building difficult since sometimes you do get busy and making posts can be difficult. Overall though, I do find it an interesting commentary as someone who has admined a lot and seen it a lot.

I made progress on site stuff and it makes me really happy. I think if I get enough stuff up, I may take some time to do character work so I have some people done. c:

I've been working on a surprise for my girlfriend on our MineCraft realm. I worked for an hour fixing the roof, decorating our bedroom, etc. that I almost forgot lunch! Whoops. ^^'

That moment when you are contemplating if something is okay character-wise cause after research it may not work. Now I am searching up the specific definition of tangible while wondering if this is kosher.

One RP habit I hate having is the whole “I will do x today.” Then not doing it. Even when it is justified, like me not feeling well or being unable to on account of muse. I just sit there and pout at myself a little. ^^’