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Hellllooooo Dark Voices!
Molly here, player of James, and.... your new co-mod! Genna asked me for some help, and of course I was more than happy to take on the job! I think this community is great and I think there's a ton of potential, but we've been talking and we're thinking of making some changes that will hopefully make the community even better-- more engaging, more active, and more FUN!
Firstly, Genna and I have decided to make backstorying mandatory. Backstorying, for those of you who don't know, is figuring out what your character and another have been up to in their past years of Hogwarts concerning each other. It really isn't all that hard to do and would take about five minutes (if you didn't want to put some effort in... :P)
And, to make things even easier, a step-by-step guide! :P
STEP-BY-STEP TO AMAZING BACKSTORYING:
1. First, introduce your character in the OOC comm. If you're a new player, introduce yourself as well! We want to be a close game, right? That means knowing each other!
2. Direct other players to a post you've made in your character's journal containing either their Application or, if you prefer, a table in which you'd classify their relationship in the school. Just make sure your character's profile is visible so everyone else can read about them and check them out!
3. The most important-- BACKSTORY! It doesn't need to be long! Something like this would be perfect: "I think Remus would really like Sirius. Best friends, even! They might get in arguments sometimes, but I can really see them being great friends. What do you think?"
REMBMER-- backstorying is not only done when you think your character will like someone. Enemies, friends, your-character-is-obsessed-with-mine, my-character-thinks-yours-is-crazy, anything!
4. Reply to any backstory comments someone leaves in your characters journal! Its imperative!
ALSO, you know, READ OTHER APPLICATIONS!! This is really, really, REALLY important and can avoid any possible drama about the way characters are being played. It takes just a few minutes, so please make the effort! :)
NEXT ITEM ON THE ADGENDA!
Activity. It's what makes a game work. We understand people have busy lives and RP is far from the center of everything, but we all neeed to step it up. In my old game, every player put up a "threadlist" listing threads they wanted to do in the upcoming week, or threads that they had planned on already. That might be a good idea if you guys wanted to try that! Otherwise, just try to put up more open threads or jump into some, write journal entries for your character, even think of something fun for the whole comm to do in OOC! In-character net surveys, maybe? Manips and drabbles? A picture of the outfit your character is wearing to Sirius' party? Anything!
ALSO, we should all really try to expand who we play with. We all have our niches and our friends, but remember, this isn't a PSL community! We should all try to play together, outside of our own zone, and try to reach other characters that we havent gotten a change to thread with before.
FRIEND UPDATE. Its easy. One button. Press it MORE than once, if you wish! :P
And now that's it... for now, at least, until we come up with more stuff to talk to you guys about :P If you have any questions, concerns, support, or just comments, feel free to comment here or IM either of us! Me on Gtalk at hedlundomatic, Genna... well, you all talk to her already :P
I love this game, and i hope you guys will love me as a mod, too! :P
<3 Molly
Molly here, player of James, and.... your new co-mod! Genna asked me for some help, and of course I was more than happy to take on the job! I think this community is great and I think there's a ton of potential, but we've been talking and we're thinking of making some changes that will hopefully make the community even better-- more engaging, more active, and more FUN!
Firstly, Genna and I have decided to make backstorying mandatory. Backstorying, for those of you who don't know, is figuring out what your character and another have been up to in their past years of Hogwarts concerning each other. It really isn't all that hard to do and would take about five minutes (if you didn't want to put some effort in... :P)
And, to make things even easier, a step-by-step guide! :P
STEP-BY-STEP TO AMAZING BACKSTORYING:
1. First, introduce your character in the OOC comm. If you're a new player, introduce yourself as well! We want to be a close game, right? That means knowing each other!
2. Direct other players to a post you've made in your character's journal containing either their Application or, if you prefer, a table in which you'd classify their relationship in the school. Just make sure your character's profile is visible so everyone else can read about them and check them out!
3. The most important-- BACKSTORY! It doesn't need to be long! Something like this would be perfect: "I think Remus would really like Sirius. Best friends, even! They might get in arguments sometimes, but I can really see them being great friends. What do you think?"
REMBMER-- backstorying is not only done when you think your character will like someone. Enemies, friends, your-character-is-obsessed-with-mine, my-character-thinks-yours-is-crazy, anything!
4. Reply to any backstory comments someone leaves in your characters journal! Its imperative!
ALSO, you know, READ OTHER APPLICATIONS!! This is really, really, REALLY important and can avoid any possible drama about the way characters are being played. It takes just a few minutes, so please make the effort! :)
NEXT ITEM ON THE ADGENDA!
Activity. It's what makes a game work. We understand people have busy lives and RP is far from the center of everything, but we all neeed to step it up. In my old game, every player put up a "threadlist" listing threads they wanted to do in the upcoming week, or threads that they had planned on already. That might be a good idea if you guys wanted to try that! Otherwise, just try to put up more open threads or jump into some, write journal entries for your character, even think of something fun for the whole comm to do in OOC! In-character net surveys, maybe? Manips and drabbles? A picture of the outfit your character is wearing to Sirius' party? Anything!
ALSO, we should all really try to expand who we play with. We all have our niches and our friends, but remember, this isn't a PSL community! We should all try to play together, outside of our own zone, and try to reach other characters that we havent gotten a change to thread with before.
FRIEND UPDATE. Its easy. One button. Press it MORE than once, if you wish! :P
And now that's it... for now, at least, until we come up with more stuff to talk to you guys about :P If you have any questions, concerns, support, or just comments, feel free to comment here or IM either of us! Me on Gtalk at hedlundomatic, Genna... well, you all talk to her already :P
I love this game, and i hope you guys will love me as a mod, too! :P
<3 Molly
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