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Post by Alice on Apr 28, 2010 20:19:58 GMT -5
I kinda don't want our site to be extremely big, you know? I like being a small little happy site.
And... I don't really consider myself the head admin anymore... And also, sorry if I do not post anymore. I just got... Depressed over things? ^.^
But I'm happy now because in school, we're being forced to read another book. But it's actually interesting! -shocker! xD-
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Post by jazzy619 on Apr 28, 2010 20:59:03 GMT -5
I hope things are OK, Alice. What's the book? And I agree that we don't need to make this a big site, but the few members the site has should have fun coming on when they can. Not that they don't, because they do.
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Post by Alice on Apr 29, 2010 9:23:11 GMT -5
The book is The Witch of Blackbird Pond. And I've only read one chapter. ^.^
And things are okay. Don't worry. ^.^
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Post by Alexa Ateara on Apr 30, 2010 10:44:11 GMT -5
no ones mad at anyone for not posting its just that its un active. it wouldnt be an issue if the members posted a lot like we used to, but now theres almost no need to come on. i dont want it to be extremely huge either, but it needs people.
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Post by Alice on Apr 30, 2010 18:29:51 GMT -5
Yeah, I know. I try to get to the computer, but it got hard the last couple of days. My grandpa passed away Wedensday night, before I typed that first post. Now, everyone in my house is depressed. So I'm sorry if I don't get on guys. Things are rough. But it's okay. ^.^
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Post by aphroditewhitlock on May 2, 2010 16:16:36 GMT -5
I could tell all my friends on Xat, Chatzy,Myspace, Mileyworld, and at school -Squee- Plus, Hannah owes me for not comming to my birthday party Friday, so I can advertise with a bunch of people. Plus, theres this dude at school who likes me, and has done everything for me the last couple of days, so I could get him to join. Whatcha think?
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Post by rukia on May 2, 2010 16:58:42 GMT -5
I like big sites. Especially TA. I LOVE TA. Forks RPG wasn't that good for me, not much to post in that was very interesting for me.
Anyway... There are a couple concerns that have been itching at me. They're more of ideas, but we need new members. And I don't mean new accounts for the same people on here. I have five and I haven't played any of them in a week or so! It's insane, but I just can't seem to suck it up and delete them. It annoys me that I was able to make five accounts but never play them. That's why I deleted my Forks RPG account, because I'd rather kill off my character than have an admin delete it out of my not doing my part. Members in general are important to all sites. They are the center of RP boards. Without new ones BOTFF will die immediantly because we don't have the new ideas that other people can offer.
YOUR PART! First, I have to say something about activeness and everything. Sorry to hound you people about it. I agree with Shoe and Alexa. Doing your part is crucial. Activeness is what major sites base their affiliates on. Active sites associate with active sites. It's sorta like they get bad reputation if they affiliate with dead ones or ones that are just on the verge of dying.. They have to get something out of it. No one's going to see their button if the site is a dud.
BEING PROFESSIONAL. That right there, those two words are what I think about when I think of an issue that BOTFF has. I know that my skin before was very unprofessional, but I never noticed it because I never looked at other well and thriving proboards. I'm still working on my skin now because I care. I'm not having an easy time with it. And I'm serious, please tell me your honest opinion when I get done with it. I like criticism, so hit me with your best shot. Now, other proboards make posts that are thousands of words long and some of us barely make THREE SENTENCES. We've been getting at you CONSTANTLY to make longer posts for weeks now! There were messages and threads and everything else. We keep repeating and repeating but only some of us make a change in what you do. If you want, go to TA and look at their posts. Look at them and them look at the posts here.
ORGANIZATION We still have threads from the past plots and even the CHRISTMAS PARTY. We need a thread to move it to cause it just makes it seem cluttered. Our closed threads are just a waste of space. And I agree that instead of putting "The Cafeteria" as the thread title that we should put the purpose of the thread and NOT the location. Also we should put who's in the thread or who's going to be the reader and such. We should have journals and emails and IMs and cell phones and everything!
THE PLOT
I know for a fact that some people are not content with the plot. That's okay though, it's your opinion. I'm fine with it, but I don't feel as if it's the best one that we could've thought of. There are two obvious options to me. 1, Drop the plot. 2. Change it to accomedate everyone's, or atleast the majority's, preference. Democracy is important in this step if we choose to do anything about it. Voting or taking a poll would be the best type of way to express each and everyone's opinion anonymously.
Alice, I'm sorry about your grandfather. And you are head admin. You call the shots, the rest of us are just here to help. We owe the making of this site to you. All the ideas and the little sections of my posts are not all mine. I give most of the credit to Shoe and Alexa, they really made up most of the ideas and rules and such. I'm just trying to cram it into one little section and make sure everyone gets the whole thing straight.. But seriously, these points have all been told over and over! Get them right. Us staff members have tried almost every method to convey the material about posting, clarity, and correct grammar. Feel free to disagree with any or every point made. Feedback is cool. I'd feel soo much better if you told us before we did something that you were against. [/blockquote][/b]
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Post by Leila (Shoe) on May 2, 2010 19:42:32 GMT -5
Thank you, Lacey. Guys, none of you get this.
What she's saying is only things that we've said before.
I, SHOE-LA, PERSONALLY DO NOT CARE FOR EXCUSES UNLESS IT'S DEATH, SCHOOL-WORK, YOU'VE BEEN GROUNDED, ETC. BASICALLY: IT MAY ONLY BE A LIFE OR DEATH SITUATION, SOMETHING THAT WILL IMPACT YOUR FUTURE GREATLY, SOMETHING THAT PUTS YOU IN GREAT DEPRESSION, ETC. I, SHOE-LA, WANT TO MAKE THIS SITE BIG. I, SHOE-LA, WANT PEOPLE TO GET ACTIVE. I, SHOE-LA, NEED HELP. I, SHOE-LA, WILL NOT STAND ALONE. I, SHOE-LA, NEED YOUR HELP. I, SHOE-LA, WANT YOU {YES, YOU. RIGHT THERE, STARING AT THE COMPUTER SCREEN, THINKING ABOUT HOW ODD SHOE-LA IS.} TO HELP ME. THIS IS MY DREAM. THIS IS OUR DREAM. THIS IS OUR SITE. THIS IS OUR SITE. THIS IS WHAT WE'VE COMMITTED TO. WHY THE HELL DO YOU THINK IT'S COOL TO GIVE UP ON US WHEN WE'RE IN NEED? I, SHOE-LA, WILL NOT GIVE UP. I, SHOE-LA, PROMISE TO DO EVERYTHING I CAN. I, SHOE-LA, PROMISE TO INCLUDE AT LEAST 100 WORDS PER POST. IT'S CALLED A PARAGRAPH. I, SHOE-LA, PLAN TO IMPROVE THE SITE. I, SHOE-LA, AM COMPLETELY ONE-HUNDRED PERCENT SURE THAT WE CAN DO THIS. WE ARE A FAMILY, ONE THAT DOES NOT STAND ALONE, ONE THAT DOES NOT WIMP OUT. WE ARE FIGHTERS, WE ARE WARRIORS JUST WAITING TO BECOME KNOWN.
WE, BOARD OF THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT, PROMISE TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN.[/B]
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Post by Alice on May 3, 2010 21:26:28 GMT -5
Actually, you guys do everything while I silently hide in a corner because I'm to scared to voice my own opinion.
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Post by Alexa Ateara on May 4, 2010 10:40:11 GMT -5
i lex, think shoe-la needs to make that a bit smaller. my eyes felt like the were gonna burn out of their sockets.
and alice, you gotta get outta the corner! if it werent for you making this site: we. wouldnt. have. it. =)
and agree with everything up there. but maybe 50 words....at least.
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Post by Bootdashchan on May 4, 2010 10:55:12 GMT -5
HAHAHA! Burn out of their sockets! I told Alice that my eyes committed suicide :D
-Cough cough- Anyways...Alice is scared because she doesn't like people getting mad at her. And Shoe tends to get mad. I don't blame her, because she has anger issues and stuff, but Alice is too nice to make people mad unless she's really mad already, too.
And...We don't HAVE to come on BOTFF if we don't want to. We shouldn't need to have an absence board, stupid fancy codes that kill people's eyeballs, Caution crud (whatever Caution is...), special skins, or any of that junk. Who CARES. We don't need fifty billion random members that no one even knows. It's funnest when it's just a little site with a few friends. And don't get all mad at me screaming, "It's Alice's decision, blahblahblah, shut up Boot, you're making things worse, don't speak for Alice, SJKFGBSINDFYHW9RFHYUERYBWEGFUTNWVEURYGI!!!"
AAAAND my name is Bootdashchan cause the stupid thing erases my - xDDDD
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Post by Boot on May 4, 2010 13:15:36 GMT -5
Oh, and when did someone post in a different language?
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Post by Alexa Ateara on May 4, 2010 14:07:09 GMT -5
no ones mad at you alice <3
you dont HAVE to go on BOTFF if you dont want to, but your an admin and for anyone else, you cant call urself a dedicated member of a rp site if you dont go on and rp. thats just facts.
and all the other stuff like absence board, codes and skins, thats just for professionalism. i think were just striving for bigger and better which can lead to more fun....
ill add more another time
you dont have to like it thats just how we feel
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Post by Boot on May 4, 2010 14:28:11 GMT -5
I never called myself a dedicated member of BOTFF.
Alice is thinking of deleting her account and giving the entire site to you guys, because no one cares to ask her opinion about anything anymore.
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Post by jazzy619 on May 4, 2010 16:30:35 GMT -5
Sorry this is late and you guys have moved on a little bit, but I like Rukia Thorne's (Sorry, I STILL get confused with who's who on this site sometimes.) ideas about being professional. I have many accounts on many forum sites like this one, and I take them more seriously when it looks like everything has to be done right. I really like the idea of having what is to happen in the thread as the name. To me, that looks very professional (there's that word again..) and I think it would be a great way to get people posting...IF nobody gets ignored. Ya know, there could be that problem if only certain people are invited into a mini-plot. I have a suggestion...something else I like about other websites is that when I apply, the applications are really formal. I think here, it's like anyone could make a character whenever they want. I'm sorry if this sounds bad, because people SHOULD be able to make characters, and I agree with the character limit we have here. When people come on and can see that all 5o or something characters we have are really like 6 people, that may turn them away (sorry, I'm aware that I have more characters than other people here). The thing is, when I'm filling out applications in other places, This site must be really serious about roleplaying comes to mind immediately when I have to spend time on my app. Filling out things like "experience", "how you found us", and a roleplay sample is a good idea. Also, I apologize for being a bit hypocritical. I have, myself, posted short and meaningless posts. I am really watching that now. I am advertising BOTFF on every single website I am a member of, with a brief description of what this is. I hope that helps. As a normal member of this family, those are my ideas and thoughts. ~Jasper (Btw, someone said earlier that they didn't know my name. It's Abby.)
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