Activity Check Discussion Post + Contact List Update

[burningvigor.livejournal.com]

Hello, everyone!

While the game has been trucking along pretty nicely (I hope the military arc has been enjoyable for most of you!), recently there's been a lot of talk about people's waning activity. I do think that Damned is a place where you can afford to be slow at times, where you don't have to post to every shift -- this isn't meant to discourage people who aren't lightning taggers like some of us. It's already been mentioned a number of times, but there's little I can do as a mod to make people post faster, and yet there are a few changes that can be made to possibly work through this problem. I definitely want to encourage people to put their all into the game when possible and to play out some awesome plots, so here goes.

This issue was brought up over on the suggestions post, so this is mainly just meant to be a continuation of that. It was mentioned there that this is something that should be talked about by the game as a whole, and so this post is basically an open forum for people to give their thoughts and talk things out. Whether you're one of the people who's frustrated or someone who is on the slow side and looking to explain your side of things, feel free to reply and comment around!

The two solutions which have been brought up are as follows:

a) changing the requirements for the activity check
b) adding a "Posting Speed" section to the plot post form

The second option there would mainly be a way for people to know from the start what to expect from potential thread partners. It's not much of a change, but it would allow an open line of communication to be present from the start.

Changing the Activity Check requirements is something that is going to require some more thought, and so I'd like to start by polling you all on if you think it's something that needs to be revised.

[Poll #1781912]

So go ahead and fill that out, reply here with your thoughts, and we'll see what we can do about this! I'm sorry there's not more I can do, but hopefully this is a step in the right direction.

Additionally, some changes have been made to the Contact List in order to make communication easier for everyone. There's been a spot added for people to list their plurk names if they wish. It's in no way required, but if you are open to people contacting you/conversing with you through plurk then please feel free to list it. More importantly, a Preferred Method of Contact section has been added so that other players can know how you would like to be contacted. I'd like to ask for everyone to respond to the contact list with their response to that section if possible! Thanks a lot for reading all this, and have a nice night, everyone.

Comments

[ofthemotions]

Thread jumping, sorry. But on the fact of people that are upset?

Some of them are my friends, so obviously I'm not writing them off. But I really think people are taking this far too personally. Instead of thinking they're being pointed at (...something I have said here, once again), it should be taken as it is: a method for discourse and communication. No one is saying, so and so doesn't do this. We're all saying we want a better gaming experience, and to know what's up with our threadmates.

[stellarregions]

It's very simple to say 'don't take it personally' but not so easy to not take it personally when you feel like someone's pointing a finger at you.

Anyway, I don't think anything very productive is being accomplished, so I'm just going to say I respect your opinions, but find myself in disagreement with virtually all of them, and leave it at that.

[ofthemotions]

Despite the fact that no one has been singled out, hinted towards, or referred to at all. All right.

And I can accept that. Truthfully this thread is a prime example of why we should be talking to each other, to work out these opposing viewpoints, but I understand if you'd prefer to keep it how it is.

[justice]

I find it personally fairly condescending and edging toward the negative tone you implied was already happening to say that "[nothing] very productive is being accomplished". That isn't helping the discussion at hand. I'm not attacking or singling anyone out, and no one else is here. The implication that we are even when we say we aren't is not very polite, either. I can't speak for anyone else, but I'm sorry if anything I've said has come cross as an attack of someone else's play. That was never my intention.

[stellarregions]

Well, when I say that, I just mean that I feel like we're going around in circle. We can keep hashing it out, but I doubt we're going to come to an agreement. It's okay. We don't have to agree, especially on things that are very much a matter of opinion, you know?

I don't really think anyone is trying to attack or single anyone out. I mean, I'm not offended by anything here, personally, but I'm also one of the fast taggers, so I wouldn't have a reason to be, honestly. I just know that people are getting upset.

I mean, I can sit here and debate this with you until forever, if that's really what you want, but if what you want out of all of this is for us to agree, I don't think it's going to happen, so I think it's best to just agree to disagree?