| Welcome to Elysion University, a magical university set in the world of Harry Potter. We hope you enjoy your visit. You're currently viewing our forum as a guest. This means you are limited to certain areas of the board and there are some features you can't use. If you join our community, you'll be able to access member-only sections, and use many member-only features such as customizing your profile, sending personal messages, and voting in polls. Registration is simple, fast, and completely free. Join our community! If you're already a member please log in to your account to access all of our features: |
- Pages:
- 1
- 2
| Got a suggestion?; Is there anything that you want to add? | |
|---|---|
| Tweet Topic Started: Sep 14 2005, 06:32 AM (846 Views) | |
| Lilika Miyawa | Sep 14 2005, 06:32 AM Post #1 |
![]()
Media Communications
![]()
|
This thread is for members to post ideas of anything that they feel this site needs. Don't be shy to share your ideas, as we want our members to play an active role in ths site! |
![]() |
|
| Jaden Cristamar | Sep 6 2007, 12:34 AM Post #2 |
![]()
10th Year Styx; Charms
![]()
|
Okay...for the ball business... Maybe instead of an opening ball we should have an opening coffee house, where people introduce themselves and their characters, and maybe write a poem, story, or song about their characters. Then, in October we should have a ball around Halloween, maybe a costume party and we all get dressed up. It would be so cool!! Now, Ellie presented a concern and I don't wanna be a know-it-all but I will give my feedback on what I have experienced... I was in a ball where there would be a main Dance Floor Thread followed by people's individual threads on whatever large plots developed from the ball, so that then people could go off in different places in the ballroom, or out to the gardens, or just label their threads by name and topic.... Just a thought...but I don't own this school. So yeah!! and maybe then we can encourage member to use tools like mingling and creative writing to awaken their muses!!
|
![]() |
|
| Lilika Miyawa | Sep 6 2007, 07:17 AM Post #3 |
![]()
Media Communications
![]()
|
Your suggestion has been incorportated into Festival Week, a week long extravaganza to celebrate the beginning of the new school year. Thanks!
The issue of the threads will also be addressed within this idea. |
![]() |
|
| Deleted User | Nov 20 2007, 09:30 PM Post #4 |
|
Deleted User
|
Just a quick suggestion without meaning to be confrontal or whatever that word is but, as someone who used to be a part of this site before and had an input then, I think that the very picky, grinding application form may put people off joining. Just a say to help you get traffic. I know I've given this site to a few friend's who have looked at the comments you've said to other applications and felt as though they'd just never get in because they'd constantly have to redo everything. Oh and btw, could I bring an old character of mine back from the archives? |
|
|
| Nikolas James Te'navia | Nov 20 2007, 10:34 PM Post #5 |
![]()
|
Our site is not a beginner's level site and thus the applications are going to be more difficult and, while they are more advanced, they offer up a look at the characters and our needed. Recently the applications were shortened from their orginal length to make them easier on people including not having to write samples etc, etc. If your friends or newcomers to the site simply follow the sample application provided in the sorting link then they should have little problems getting into the site and often times the people who do get more of the comments are those that haven't read through everything. As for having a character brought back just pm me the information and I'll move it back into rp-existance. |
![]() |
|
| Lilika Miyawa | Nov 21 2007, 05:24 AM Post #6 |
![]()
Media Communications
![]()
|
In relation to the character being brought back: you will have to reregister the character as they were deleted and we don't have the power to retrieve deleted members. Though you don't have to, it would be preferable that you repost the application under the new account just so people can find it easier. |
![]() |
|
| Tikal Sebastian | Feb 23 2008, 05:45 PM Post #7 |
![]()
11th Year Hecate; DADA & Potions
![]()
|
Hey Elusinians!I was wondering if we could have a topic for character's pets and their names, including animal, breed/family, gender, and a picture! For example: Tikal Sebastian, 2: 1)Mint, a Mindanao Eagle-Owl, spotted brown. [Picture] 2)Dark, Kitten, Short-haired domestic, black. [Picture] |
![]() |
|
| Deleted User | Feb 26 2008, 05:18 PM Post #8 |
|
Deleted User
|
Hiya, I have an idea? Maybe we should have a topic someplace where we can request for people to roleplay or have plots, because as a new member it can be hard to get people to want to join in on your new topics? And maybe as a show of interest whenever people want to roleplay with someone, but have nowhere to post they can look in the request area and the two can start something? Haha, don't know if that made any sense whatsoever, but yeah? |
|
|
| Jenny-Rose Tarius | Feb 26 2008, 05:26 PM Post #9 |
![]()
10th Year Hecate; DADA and Music
![]()
|
In response to Kyra's question, we actually do have two links for exactly what you're talking about already in action. One of them is this which is a thread where you can post about your new thread and link people to it so that they can read it and reply if interested. The other is this which is a thread where you can ask alert people to the possibility of making connections with your character, like friends, enemies, etc. Tikal -- in character applications we actually have a spot for pets etc, but I think that would be a pretty good idea particularly if people went a little more indepth, say their personalities, where they got them, stuff like that. I'll start one soon! |
![]() |
|
| Lilika Miyawa | Feb 27 2008, 08:53 AM Post #10 |
![]()
Media Communications
![]()
|
In extension about Kyra's question: If you have a plot in mind, even a general one (eg finding an enemy or long time friend of Kyra's) feel free to just start a new topic in the RP Discussions forum; the forum is there, afterall, for people to organise their roleplays with other people. There is also of course this thread here where people post links to threads they've started if someone is looking for a thread to enter. |
![]() |
|
| Tikal Sebastian | Aug 1 2010, 11:35 AM Post #11 |
![]()
11th Year Hecate; DADA & Potions
![]()
|
Idea: Is there a bit of overkill with the empty forums? Maybe instead of a bunch of empty forums we can compress them...like Residence Dorms in one, common areas in another, and maybe compress everything outside of Elysion, so when someone comes and visits, they won't see so many empty forums. Idea 2: Can we be a bit more lax with the word requirements? The one thing friends tell me when they look at this site is that they are off-put by that. Not because they're not eager to write, but because every so often you need that one-paragraph post to move things along in a thread. This is especially true in a high-action moment between characters. This is not to say we should have one-sentence posts, but that every so often a post will have 100 and not 200 words. This would be at the discretion of the mods, but I think this would be something that wouldn't compromise the quality of our roleplay while still being more accessible to people who are simply more terse. Idea 3: Sorting, "Character Pages" and Plot planning should be in the same forum, in my opinion, because it helps to look at entrance profiles when making character pages and plot plans. And again, it would reduce forum space. Sorting would have it's own subforum to keep things organized... Idea 4: Spam, conversely, should just have its own single forum. OOC Spam, IC Spam, and any games...anything falling under the category of free chat should just go in there... Just some friendly suggestions. Love ya!
|
![]() |
|
| Lilika Miyawa | Aug 1 2010, 11:56 PM Post #12 |
![]()
Media Communications
![]()
|
Thanks for the input Jennbaby!! It is muchly appreciated. I think the forums can definitely be cut down, and I do plan on doing it. Not entirely sure how much, but the main forums, that is, what you can see on the homepage, will be shortened somewhat. I haven't fully organised how yet, and this includes how the OOC forums. I like the idea of condensing info pages like character sheet and plot pages, but rp discussion in my opinion should go somewhere else. And I don't think spam needs its own forum; I'll move IC Spam to the general chat forum, since it's more like a game than anything, and forum games can go in general chat as well; that's why it's there. I'm okay with moving down the word requirements as well, though I'm not 100% on it. I would like other people's opinions on this. I think we shouldn't be as strict with the word count as we have been in the past, but I'm not sure we should simply lower it to 100. While shorter posts are sometimes better, especially in action scenes, I worry about laziness. Even if we're not strict about enforcing the word count, 200 or 250 words gives something more to strive for. Quality over quantity any day, but striving for some goal, at least for me, makes me think about the post more and ultimately makes me a better writer. But again, that's just my opinion, and I'd love to hear what other people have to say. |
![]() |
|
| Blaize Zorian | Aug 2 2010, 12:39 AM Post #13 |
![]()
Freebird
![]()
|
Me giving my two cents on the word count: Under personal preference I believe the whole 500 word starter should be kept, you need something that long or you just can drive anything from it, it's not fair ont he other rper if they haven't got enough to work with. I know as myself when I go to other rp sites I have having one line starters. Though, however you are not saying this, but I must agree with Aid, 100 words is much too short even for an action sequence. 200-250 would be minimum I think, 'cause even if you're not writing anything really going on except for the action you can still write about characters feelings, whats going through their mind ect ect. There is still a world of oppurtunity going on in a person's mind rather than what's being percieved. This would also mean moderation would have to be in order, like you can only really use a lower word count if it' an action-y sort of scene? 'Cause I would honestly say any other sort of genre of writing can really go way above it. Maybe if there are going to be a few short posts in the topic it would be curteous to ask people to mark it so in description or have it planned out that there may be short parts to it? 'Cause otherwise it could just be put down to a writer becoming lazy. But that's my two cents on the matter. |
![]() |
|
| Penn O'Connor | Aug 13 2010, 02:31 PM Post #14 |
![]()
Politics and Music
![]()
|
Putting in my own two cents about some of the suggestions: The forums can probably be cut down even more than they are now. Maybe moving grounds into the Castle category and making it something more genral like 'EU Campus'? Then Outside Elysion could be non-campus - some close, some far. ETA: maybe collapse the castle and get rid of one level? On the word count thing: I'm in two minds about it. On the one hand, 100 words is really short - and it doesn't take a lot of effort to write more than that, a lot more. Wouldn't take five minutes to write 100 words in a post. That, what I wrote up to this point? 101 words - it's very easy, and really short. Having a post that long, you have to ask yourself - what are you really adding to the story? On the other hand - I'm going to write over 100 words. I know I am - the min is 250 words and I write much more than that, too. So really, the minimum doesn't bother me, because it's never my minimum - I'm never going to write that little, even in action posts. On the other other hand - I don't want to reply to 100 word posts. Because my posts get shorter and suffer because of it. I don't like that.I don't think this helped at all, but at least there's more to think about now. Hopefully other people will reply and we can get a real discussion going. Edited by Penn O'Connor, Aug 13 2010, 03:18 PM.
|
![]() |
|
| Kameron Avera | Aug 13 2010, 06:04 PM Post #15 |
![]()
11th Year Styx; Performing Arts
![]()
|
I do agree with Jo and Heir, I think 100 words is much too short and requires literally no effort to write. All of us write so much more than that! Lately in my posts and as I've read others' it's about an average of 700-1000 words a post... Not that I'm saying the minimum should be 1000 but perhaps 500 would be a good range? It's true though-- short posts are generally easier to do and can get going faster but you can't add much to the story, at least from my point of view because you'd simply be writing about actions but nothing on how your character reacts to it and what they think of it really. I remember we used to do posts like that and they're good practice but personally not something I'd enjoy doing on a forum. One paragraph posts are totally fine if you do it through chatting or PM's as I always do with some of you and I don't want to make this forum seem 'hardcore' and I know a lot of my friends were put off by how much we write but I enjoy this amount of writing. I think it really helps me to be more creative as a writer and also helps me to write better too. I remember those 100-word posts. It was fun sometimes but definitely too short to really create a plot. Some people might be put off by how much we write ("it's like essays!" they'd complain) but personally I don't feel like it's an essay. I don't even feel like it's a burden. I enjoy doing it, and I do find that it really helps me as a writer to do better. We can all do better! Maybe they can start slow through PM's or IC chat or even through Yahoo messenger or something and once they get the hang of it, two paragraphs would be a good starter? Your posts will increase in time as you get used to it because you'll find you have a lot of things to say and a lot of things you want to express. ^ My own two cents. Which was meant to be short and sweet but turned out to be a bit long/rant-ish.
|
![]() |
|
| 1 user reading this topic (1 Guest and 0 Anonymous) | |
| Go to Next Page | |
| « Previous Topic · Newcomers Guide and Rules · Next Topic » |
- Pages:
- 1
- 2













Hey Elusinians!



Because my posts get shorter and suffer because of it. I don't like that.
12:58 AM Jul 11
