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CrocoNuts, alas, the majority of this content already appears in the In-Game RolePlay Guide & Help sticky thread. As such, your references to in-game role-playing are not required in this thread, as this information already exists in the thread mentioned above.

Please take some time to edit your thread, to reflect that it is about role-playing in the forums.
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18-Jul-2018 07:32:12 - Last edited on 18-Jul-2018 07:33:19 by Ms Toxicity

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Ms Toxicity said :
CrocoNuts, alas, the majority of this content already appears in the In-Game RolePlay Guide & Help sticky thread. As such, your references to in-game role-playing are not required in this thread, as this information already exists in the thread mentioned above.

Please take some time to edit your thread, to reflect that it is about role-playing in the forums.


This thread isn't about "role-playing in the forums", though.

The other stickied thread is larger, arguably long-winded and more in depth about the intricacies of role-playing on w42. This thread is smaller by several pages, and gets a similar idea across, whilst being brief and easy to absorb.
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19-Jul-2018 14:39:18

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However, it's entirely comprised of content that I already have on my thread. With most of it being on the first page. A Help&Guide Lite isn't needed if it's just reposting my first-page information with less information. Personally, I think a stickied guide about how to either roleplay on the Forums, or how to use the roleplay forums, is a great idea. Lozz is very good at making his forum posts look aesthetically pleasing, teaching newcomers (and old-comers!) how to emulate that is awesome. The Sicarius |
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19-Jul-2018 20:52:00

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RiDaku said :
However, it's entirely comprised of content that I already have on my thread. With most of it being on the first page. A Help&Guide Lite isn't needed if it's just reposting my first-page information with less information. Personally, I think a stickied guide about how to either roleplay on the Forums, or how to use the roleplay forums, is a great idea. Lozz is very good at making his forum posts look aesthetically pleasing, teaching newcomers (and old-comers!) how to emulate that is awesome.

Nobody roleplays on the forums. The other guide is arguably outdated and this doesn't really do anything the previous sticky it replaced didn't do. I fail to see why its an issue now and the other one wasn't. It isn't replacing yours. Its a quick intro guide on how to get started versus a comprehensive guide on how to completely roleplay. I see 0 reason why this one needs to change regardless of the existence of your thread. It doesn't impede on the comprehensive guide to roleplay and even links to it. Either way most new roleplayers rarely look at the stickies here and learn in game anyways.

19-Jul-2018 21:53:59

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RiDaku said :
However, it's entirely comprised of content that I already have on my thread. With most of it being on the first page. A Help&Guide Lite isn't needed if it's just reposting my first-page information with less information. Personally, I think a stickied guide about how to either roleplay on the Forums, or how to use the roleplay forums, is a great idea. Lozz is very good at making his forum posts look aesthetically pleasing, teaching newcomers (and old-comers!) how to emulate that is awesome.


But it's not, is it? Just a cursory glance over both first pages shows that yours goes into very different detail-- and as Gale points out, longer detail--about how to roleplay. Lozz's emulates the role of its predecessor and produces a thread to introduce people to the basics of roleplay without needless wit. A thread like this existed before via Conor and to complain now a new one exists seems redundant, if not petty.

Similarly, making a complaint about it--and trying to suggest it should instead be a guide to forum RP, which this forum isn't even for --is quite remarkable. Plus, given there's content on this very thread suggesting how people should use the forums to seek RP makes that suggestion null and void too. The intro thread has--surprisingly--always meant to function as an introduction and Lozz has featured links to your guide for greater detail, which from your hollow praise you don't necessarily seem to appreciate either.

Perhaps, rather than trying to bring another thread down, focusing your efforts onto your own thread is a better source of your time; so that we can have two complimentary sticky threads, as opposed to just the one you own.
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19-Jul-2018 22:04:41

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Ms Toxicity said :
CrocoNuts, alas,
the majority
of this content
already appears
in the In-Game RolePlay Guide & Help sticky thread. As such,
your references to in-game role-playing are not required in this thread
, as this information already exists in the thread mentioned above.

Please take some time to edit your thread, to reflect that it is about role-playing in the forums.


While you may not be able to see it, clearly Ms Toxicity does. This thread is redundant, as it goes over the same information, just in a different prose.

The In-Game RolePlay Guide & Help thread offers itself as both a handy guide to refer back to at any point during your time here on 42, as well as an introduction to what roleplay is and how to get started. It pretty much covers everything that this thread could offer and then more, as admitted by CrocoNuts in the last post. Even more importantly, I give you this:

CrocoNuts said :
Hopefully, this thread has provided you with a solid base on how to get yourself involved in this roleplay community. If you still have some questions about you can get involved with the community, don't hesitate to ask you questions on this thread.


It looks to me as if this thread isn't an introduction, but instead an attempt at a replacement , acting as its own guide and inviting the same questions and support that my own guide does. Until Khaine's post, the reference to my thread at the very bottom didn't exist. I'm running out of characters, so I'm about to make a double-post.
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19-Jul-2018 22:30:24

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CrocoNuts said :
The thread that Connor once made that Faey mentioned before just looks more complete, compact and more inviting for people to browse.
(Format troubles and being outdated aside)
Sure it doesn't learn you 'the ropes' of RP but at least it explains a bit more about the server dynamic which I personally think matters a lot these days.
(Faey already explained this well imo, so I'll just side with Faey's wall of text instead of writting up my own.)


I feel we really need something that combines the two threads into something that can offer more help to new roleplayers.


A quote from CrocoNuts on the 28th of June, 2017. I highlighted the point I'd like the most attention. My thread, after I rewrote it and divided it in to a Simple section and an Extended section, is precisely what had been talked about. An effective and easy-to-read thread that serves as both an introduction and a guide, which offers as much help to new roleplayers as they need. As such, and as Ms Toxicity has stated, this thread should be rewritten and repurposed as something more focused to using the forums and building/bbcoding threads. I'd also be more than happy to pass the job of providing useful borders over, to help on that front.

EDIT: That quote also links to the previous thread that CrocoNuts' is replacing, and it prioritizes an explanation on how to use the forums as well as giving links to each kingdom's thread. A far sight different than what this thread does currently.
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19-Jul-2018 22:30:28 - Last edited on 19-Jul-2018 22:56:55 by RiDaku

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