The Personal and Board Dilemma I need to discuss;
First of all, I’m not sure if anyone has noticed, I haven’t entirely talked with people much and it’s not like I’ve sat in the spotlight and screamed out ‘I have issues’ (Surprisingly enough I’m not even referring to the ever popular Greek Soap Opera of my Greek relatives). But as I’m a main personality on this board, it’s probably wiser for me to do this, as I have become sensitive regardless of what I tell myself and everything seems to effect me as if I’m getting attacked on all sides. An aggressive statement, but it helps explain what it FEELS like, despite this not being the case. I have no issues with anyone and no one has done anything that deserves a touchy response from my part. But it seems a lot of what I write is coming out negatively so take that in mind when I’m trying to ask things and instead it sounds as if I’m assaulting people, I seriously don’t mean to if this should happen, and it has only been the past few days, so probably I’m hoping no one has noticed, yet here’s a heads up in case you have
Also, I might swing into some random bursts of ‘woe’, so err, feel free to shoot me if this happens. Additionally, reframe from talking with me about matters up for debate for the time being. I know we all have our views, but even a perfectly logical and entirely polite debate with Jenn regarding notifying parents of this underage children joining the top secret elite group of X-men seemed like I was getting cornered and told that we had to notify parents of their child’s activities, which in my opinion is not only out of character for the X-men, but utterly illogical considering the nature of the group (which is even meant to be a secret in the school, but.. well you know kids and gossip! Like dry wood and hellfire!) It was about then that I realized I ought to give people a heads up…*Had pictures of Jenn starting a revolt if she didn’t comply and agree with notifying parents*
All in all I think this is a bad time for me to get into a touchy subject, but meh…if anyone wants to starts up anything they can come to me directly…via my Forgotten Love exInbox or posting in the New Evo Community Center down at the bottom of the board! (As I’m posting this in the Community Center, I’d have to assume you can find it easily enough >>…) Understand I love all of you and every you do here, the mere fact you ARE here, means everything to me, so don’t take anything I say negatively, more as a way of sorting out our problem areas.
So, remember, you ask me what I did for the day and I’ll probably assume you’re trying to point out something negative. Unfortunately for me and those heavily involved with me (you guys… … and mum on the rare occasions I leave my room XD) I can’t actually SOLVE my problem, and oddly enough, don’t even know if there is in fact a problem, which I suppose if the worst part of it, the uncertainty. And since this sounds like an opening intro to a corny ‘I have a fatal illness’ oeuvre, lemme assure you (as far as I know) I don’t! But the dilemma at hand can only be unravelled with time, which could be as long as a month, so bare with me, that’s all I can ask.
Moving on with the board dilemma.
If you look at the side bar in the Couple Dorms, I have already prepared an announcement regarding new bio mods. If people can continue their offer of service, great, but if they can't there is no point in having all these names and no one look over the bios of new apps. Heck, I'm the (sorta co-)OWNER of the board and I'm getting anxious waiting for two stamps on my Jade bio. Which I will add, I never got, but as I only need one, Matt supplied it for me.
Once Loza returns from her internet predicament, I'll discuss things with her and Jenn more thoroughly. Judo I believe will be dropped willingly from the Admins, and I will request everyone support my decision in promoting Matt to replace the unoccupied space. If you have disapprovals, state them, but I am so touchy at the moment you better have some serious and logical response to my request. Loza and Jenn’s approval is the main factor here, but I hope that ALL of you can appreciate the time and effort Matt puts into running this board and ESPECIALLY in the areas that are neglected by others. And I’m aware I said ‘running’, like it or not, believe it or not, that’s exactly what he does. His lack of attention towards the apps section which has been now ignored is proof that his assistance is not something the board can do without. Everyone has time issues, work, uni, life, it can’t be avoided, this doesn’t make you a bad person, this makes you a restricted one that may need to decide if you can do the things you once said you could do for the board.
I understand you all sorted out your problems and your issues, but nothing has change. Jenn posted once in a bio a comment and didn’t return to add her opinion on the statement Matt made. This may seem odd, but as an applicant, I am now torn between using my character or not, because I feel Jade’s only been accepted by one, while another still has problems with it as far as I am aware, and if I can feel something like that, how do other newbies feel when conflicts of opinion occur without resolution on the matter?
Karen posted a bio – incomplete, but with reason – in the apps section and requested the opinions of others regarding her powers. Do you know how hard it is for myself and Matt to stare at a painfully detailed bio, and then realize the powers are an area that need to be resolved, often forcing a total rewrite of the history if the powers are heavily based in it? But instead, Karen doesn’t go ahead and do something she isn’t sure about, she stops, she asks, and she waits. And wait is exactly what she did.
No one has even responded at the bio Lady has sitting there, I’m waiting for someone to go look at it, in fact Lady is aware that I’m am waiting. Lady LET me wait and not comment. Lovely gal really, she wants to play a character and is putting it on hold permanently because I’m sure she knows my wait is in vein once the first week passed… and then another, I don’t even remember how long it’s been sitting there but it has been a gosh darn long while. And then I had been told off for bringing Matt in to help me on the day I was disconnected for a long while. I guess I’m touchy here, but being told everyone is fully able to handle things and then seeing that nothing is being handled is really stressful for me. It always has been, from the first month Judo went AWOL to now, if it wasn’t for Loza, I wouldn’t have kept NE. Judo Never really helped, god bless him, but gee, something’s always getting in the way and there comes a point you one should just say; Angie, I think it’s pretty obvious, but I’m not able to keep up with things.
This isn’t just for Judo, this goes for all - Jenn, Loza, myself, Nat, Matt, Will, Lady, Dan. The Mods alone we have two who are never around, two who are swamped with uni, no, sorry Matt.. three, Matt just seems to be a miracle worker and find time for all these things he’s offered to do for us. Loza is usually pretty good, save for her year twelve work and comp probs, she tries to read bios and keep up with posts. Jenn is a wonderful poster and it kills me to have to point out the simple fact that she rarely stamps any bios. Now I know Jenn is a fantastic person and if her heart is in it she has commented wonderfully on some bios in the past. So the question comes to me; Who do we have and what are their purposes? More importantly, are they DOING the things they have offered to do?
Please don’t make me look like a villain, take an honest look at what you have done and think about what I’m trying to say before you feel like I’m trying to stomp down on anyone. Maybe additional attention to bios is needed, but if Jenn isn’t going to put her heart into it, I wouldn’t want her to do it at all. Not just because she will hate doing it, but she wouldn’t take the time and effort to really focus on the bio and that can lead to apps being accepted that aren’t at all any good. (This was an example, Jenn’s never accepted someone below quality) Don’t want to point fingers, but stamping a bio isn’t just ‘Stamp’ and that’s it. Maybe now and then you have nothing to say, fine, but not -every- time. This usually tells me that that stamper doesn’t entirely read the bio and was just stamping it for one reason or another, mostly efficiency sake – a few times a bio stamp has been done on a character who was played by someone they knew and they stamped it hurriedly for that reason. Which usually I wouldn’t mind if it was an older NE player, unless I can see obvious faults. I know the bio I’m thinking of, and the stamper and the player involved, it wasn’t a big deal however at the time and I have long since deleted those comments and moved them to the bios section. Additionally, as I said before, didn’t want to point fingers… if you’ve done this, then I’m sure ya know who you are. That’s enough for me.
Luckily for me, that hasn’t happened in the last few months, mainly because the only bios to be accepted have been from Matt, Loza and myself… but hey, there’s three stampers, so I shouldn’t complain right? Well what happens if, say… Angie gets time restrictions with days interval unless she breaks rules and sneaks on (>_>…<_<) or if Loza’s computer goes homicidal and slaughters any and all pages trying to open? Well, we get what we have now, with a bonus of Matt neglecting the app section in offer of letting others stamp first before he enters his list of nags. Which he is doing with my approval. You all said you could do it, it was a test to see if we really could… theo nly bios to be accepted have been accepted with a stamp from Matt, usually it was my bio being accepted, so I was lucky and only needed one stamp. But when I asked for two, I didn’t get them, and that tells me we need to reorganize ourselves more effectively! This isn’t a negative statement, it’s the simple truth, we need help, and the help we have isn’t organized in an effective manner, I can’t possibly be the only one to see this. I’m not attacking anyone, I’m just stating that we have weak spots that need strengthening.
Short. If you can’t mod, please, tell me, perhaps you need to think about stepping down, or more preferably, mod in a way that you CAN. If stamping bios isn’t your thing, if you can’t do it quickly and effectively, then don’t. Ask to help out in another way. Even if it’s just to keep an eye on posts, monitor new players and old players alike in order to stop the dreaded short post sprees. What about creativity? Can you help organize stories? Set out NPC happenings, like TV reports that people can read on, a mock paper for the Daily Bugle, updating the side bars, plotting side stories that people can take part in. Creating something as insane as a human character working at the shops, go over kill and take up the main role of NPCing someone, or a group of people, at a place. Run a café the students can hang out at. Hell, I think I want to do just that, beware people, here comes another character XD. Think of something, creative, plain, look at the board and think, what is it that you’re bugged about, perhaps that no one is doing, that you can help improve.
There’s more to Moding then stamping bios, maybe it’s up to you to think of what you can do best, and offer that talent for the board. There’s no point having a list of names as mods and yet none of them moding the apps forum for all people to see, new applicants just won’t wait for ever, and they are so few and far between, we ought to at least make their arrival into the game quick and easy. I’ll try and return to app modding myself, I did ask for leave during this time, but perhaps it’s not the best time to neglect the section, even if I’m a few days, which everyone has to admit is a horrible amount of time to make new people wait.
So, everyone. Tell me what you can do, what you can’t do, and let’s see if we can’t stop disgruntled people from leaving posts regarding issues with NE’s work force. We may be slack, but we don’t need public reference to that!
The thingy to post ought to look something like this if you want to offer your services! (This goes for new mods or the old mods alike, new mods of course have to be considered by the admins, but still put down your suggestions on what ya can do, as that would be like your ‘Résumé’ for us to work over. Of course, others are asked to give a more detailed Can and can’t list, for me to list all my things would be as pointless as Matt listing everything he does. Universal helper is good enough for me.
Name: Angela
Best form of contact:
Ex-Inbox – Forgotten Love account ONLY.
General Discussion (Or other forums on the board)
Other forms of Contact:
MSN - (warangel17@hotmail.com)
Can Do List:
-Admin Work in General.
Bio stamping, board monitory, NPCing if ever required, story creation, etc.
In general, though slacking at the moment, I have my hand in everything – which considering my rank is to be expected.
Can’t Do List:
-Due to time restrictions, I can’t update things on a day to day basis, this is a nightmare for me, and I apologise for others who may be affected by this lack of accessibility.
-Bio Stamping. To say I can’t do it isn’t entirely correct, sure I can… but can THEY wait two or four days for my stamp? I’d have to say; Nope…
-MSN discussions. Recently when I have been caught I’m usually leaving, and due to my own anxiety I’m sure, everything seems utterly stressed and therefore I remain longer and in the end spend more money that will only haunt me down the track when I can’t afford to pay for the bills once the money you pals sent down is sucked dry… Best thing you can do is PM my exInBox. Ask me ALL your questions and concerns and whatnot in that message, and allow me to collect it and reply offline, that way you don’t get rushed responses with me more concerned about the time it takes for each question to be written out instead of the questions themselves…no offence to anyone who’s MSN’ed me questions lately, I want to talk and explain things, but want and able are two entirely different ball games.
I’m sure this is solely due to my situation at the moment, but lately I’ve seriously felt like giving up on admining this place. I love NE and I love you guys, but I feel like I’m doing such a horrible job that it would be easier for everyone if we grabbed up our favourite characters and moved off to a more active board – if there are still any out there, I’m sure there is. But once this thought starts drifting around my head, I know it’s time for change. There’s so many things I want to do, that just aren’t happening, and I know if I could just get them to happen things would be more fun. Unfortunately a great deal of the enjoyment of Rping is having a LARGE group of people to RP with. Not only are our numbers small, they seem to be dwindling and additionally we slack when new people arrive to join our board.
I think we all need to stop, take a step back, and ask ourselves – what are we missing?
If someone can answer this for me, I think some of the frustration I feel wouldn’t be so daunting.
. . : : Maybe I'm tired of trying so hard for every single thing I do : : . .
Re: The Personal and Board Dilemma I need to discuss;
I know I've been absentee girl when it comes to modding lately and what can I say except thank God for Matt. I think Matt is the motivator who steps up and manages to nag us all into doing what we need to no matter what our time restrictions.
I do want to continue modding and I can stamp the occational bio but I don't think that I can be relied on solely as a bio mod because there are times when I am so swamped I can't keep up with my posts let alone do this. And there are breaks and times when I can get caught up and accomplish things but I can't just say 'hey I won't be here for a month except to catch up on the occational post' everytime an exam period rolls around.
In short my time constraints vary. On Friday I only have one class so when I get home at maybe 1:30 I'll have as much time as I can get before my brother nags for his turn, which is alot. Then there are days like Mondays where I have class from 1-9 at night plus travel distance both ways. As soon as exams are over in April or May I'll be wonderful for a few months and then it will be hecticness again. In a bio mod capacity I'm unreliable and that's why, yes I realise the unnamed finger is pointed at me at least partially, I don't say much when I do stamp. I do read the entire bio but I don't have the time to nitpick in the effective way that Matt doess hence my non verbal stamping. If we're in a bio drought and I'm free I'll help out and stamp away but I can't do it consistantly.
I do still want to help out if you'll have me though. I have a million ideas a second hence the characters and RPGs that come to me in the blink of an eye. The idea of helping with storylines or of setting up NPC types of things really does appeal to me and if you need help in that area I'm your girl. Actually the rarity of a human character brings up an interesting idea. Usually mutants interacting with humans is a part of X-men I think (bare with me as I go off on a tangant here) although I haven't read all the comics or anything. It would be interesting to bring that interaction back somehow considering how it seems to always be mutants interacting with mutants. If you need any help in a creative capacity that is a little less deadliney then I would love to help and when I can I could continue to stamp bios but I think more people are needed for that who can be constantly relied on. Truth's bio was an experiment which worked or failed depending on how you see it. Since the organization she belongs to won't be up until Loza is back and has time to finish her Maverick bio and I can work on my Hera bio there's a large time allowance there so I don't mind letting her sit for awhile.
So if you think you still can use me in anyway I really do want to pitch in because I've tried other RPGs and the only ones I consistantly stick with and don't have close or grow bored with are those that you seem to run Angie and I keep trying with mine. I really don't want to lose New Evo because half of the experience of playing here is playing alongside friends rather than on some large board where you're part of a nameless faceless mass of players.
Name: Chelsea
Best form of contact:
e-mail - cdinsmore@sympatico.ca (I don't respond to my hotmail account right away, I do to my sympatico e-mail).
general discussion on the board - the only time I am completely not on the boards and will not even briefly check is when I am so busy I haven't been on the computer at all and in those cases I wouldn't have time for any sort of emergency anyway.
Other forms of Contact:
msn - the timezone thing makes it difficult and because of uni I'm not always on at the same times everyday, plus when I'm concentrating on something I sometimes don't sign in on purpose. If I am on and you can catch me though it's a great way and I do try and be on.
ezinbox but I tend to not notice that I have messages for days so this is probably the worst way to try and get hold of me.
Can Do List:
Creative storyline work or other things involving creativity, NPCing if required, some bio stamping, if any graphics are needed (which I doubt since everyone here is quite capable) I can take a stab at it and I think a sidestory would be a great idea, I'd love to help out if needed since there are so many characters than it would be good to have something secondary for those not involved at the time to be a part of. Give me something and I'll give it my best shot and after this essay is done and there's no longer problems in the room my computer is in I'll look around myself carefully and see if I can find something if that's alright with you.
I'm also online as much as I possibly can be even if I'm trying to multitask so I'm good for catching so long as I haven't actually posted a particular absence and therefore pretty good for discussions and all that. I tend to pop into topics and always at least skim them so I have opinions to offer not that that always helps someone...
Can’t Do List:
Daily bio stamping-I just don't have the time and therefore the reliability for this.
Anything else that is non flexible and requires a ridgid daily committment that I won't be able to meet.
Hopefully that covers it and if not just let me know. Hope you can still use me even though I know I've been a lousy bio mod lately.
But for the record I'm on board with Matt (obviously) if my opinion matters in this instance and I certainly agree that more bio help is needed because some of us have committments that just don't allow for this sort of thing no matter how hard we try and even with their being some great bio stampers they can't do it all.
*runs off to finish philosophy essay so she can get out of moldy basement*
Re: The Personal and Board Dilemma I need to discuss;
I reckon one of the main problems we're having is although those familiar with the sidebar and the general "system" notice changes, additions etc., those who mostly come here to post (which I don't blame anyone for, it's an RPG after all and no infotainment channel ^^") tend to overlook such things.
Everyone who wants to be a bio mod/admin, be aware that there is a section in the sidebar keeping you informed about the current status - where comments are needed and how many and some info for players who applied. Anyone with admin powers is asked to keep this info thingy up-to-date... I'm a bit over the place at the moment (probably the hols giving me some off vacation from reality) and might forget to do that or just not have the time. Because, yes, that does happen! *lol* I do indeed have work to do - although I'll freely admit that it's probably not as much as some of the others have but now that I'm having this Cambridge course in preparation for my OPE, I won't be able to spend as much time here - I'm afraid...
Lately, my posting frequency has strongly suffered due to several factors one not insignificant one of which is my own website, but also admin work for two and a half boards *eyes MG and pats it* Soooo anyone who feels up to being an Apprentice Nagger of Dooom... WELCOME!!! *hands over a welcome pressie*
I SO suggest Ann for that coz she's doing a wonderful job at TE and has that grasp of reality and timelines that I'm sometimes having troubles with... aaaaalthough she may be a bit *too* realistic sometimes but we could train her to abandon logic every now and then
Right, now as for giving up NE... *stares at Angie* ... *waddles over to her* ... *squats down to be on the same level* ... no. Sheesh, in case you haven't noticed: Despite your tons of restrictions, you're still doing a LOT around here and - quite frankly - I can't imagine playing with my characters elsewhere. NE is the second board I've ever joined and the only one where I have continuously played ever since. The posts I'm the most proud of are all here, I know almost everyone and although I do know that we're having problems integrating newbies every now and then, I'm sure we can try harder to do that!
Speaking of that, I'd like to emphasise Angie's point that it is crucial to be at least critical when commenting on bios. Everyone who feels they can't tell someone that they might have to revamp a character because s/he is too powerful/has heavily over-used powers/... OR even recommend a player to gather some more experience elsewhere if you feel s/he may not yet be up to playing at NE which - after all - *is* supposed to be an advanced board (and oneliners would have severe probs here, as harsh as that sounds) should reconsider applying as a bio mod. That doesn't mean you have to be a cruel, elitist person - in fact, you mustn't be that - but if there is something wrong, you have to state it clearly, be able to give suggestions and advise... and know that over-used powers list (or at least have a look at it before cheerfully stamping away)! It can be really, *really* hard to have to tell someone they have to basically rewrite a character but there are rules and they need to be obeyed. Otherwise, what would they be good for?
This ability to openly criticise would also be good to be used towards your fellow staff members! Very recently, we had some tension at the board and some things came up that had - if at all - only lightly alluded to before. So if you feel e.g. I am doing a poor job, am over-critical and scare away people, there's no point in *not* telling me. None of us is an RPG god, we all make mistakes and - after all - bio comments only reflect the mod's personal opinion (Angie, maybe that should be emphasised in the application sheet/rules so we don't have to always state that?).
So much from my side... I don't wanna intimidate anyone but those are things you really need to be aware of! *nods*
.... >> ... << .. ah, right! *pulls up info thingy* noooow here we go...
Name: Matt
Best form of contact:
Ez-Inbox – 0xTempestx0 or ForlornDream
any appropriate forum of the board
E-Mail - crimsonsmirk@aol.com
Other forms of Contact:
MSN - (crimsonsmirk@hotmail.com)
Can Do List:
- Generally everything
Bio stamping, board monitory, NPCing if ever required, story creation/running, design/graphic work, nagging people etc.
... that's basically what I've been doing so far... especially the nagging bit as some may know
Can’t Do List:
Be everywhere.
"Will you proof worthy of this team’s glorious history?"
Re: The Personal and Board Dilemma I need to discuss;
Angie, I have to say, if we grabbed our favourite characters and moved to an extremely active X-Men related board we’d get big ego’s from having long posts since most of the other boards I’ve come across in the past have maximum posts of 100 words! I know that there are more skilled RPGs out there, just haven’t seen them though that was a few months back when I was bored and had nowhere to post... quite opposite from now.
Now moving on to other matters, I know that I haven’t been the best Admin lately but I have my evil computer and net to thank for that! *Pats it to suck up to it in hopes that it might like her and work better from now on* But I really want to get back into doing a good job. Though, I want to catch up on my posts first before that.
Then the big problem comes for me later on this month... Hell starting up once more. My last year (YAY!) but also my hardest, as my French teacher for this year said when I had him fill in for my English teacher once last year ‘All the pressure is put on in VCE while all the other years previous are easy’ (or something along the lines of that) and I know that for a fact when Nat told me something she was learning in year 8 and I was learning the same thing at the same time and I’m three years older than her! So, we must have things easy, well it IS the Aussie way! But seriously, since I took last year easy I know I’m going to have to pick up the slack and work this year and do the most dreaded of things, (besides someone forcing me to go the rugby or marrying an umpire) I’m going to have to study... *Can almost hear her Mum laughing in the background* Well, my work throughout the year was good, just my exams last year... It’s the teachers fault for telling us they didn’t mean anything for our marks, so I only have them to blame AND they did write crappy exams too. Now that’s enough talking of hell while I’m on holidays.
So, I’m going to have to balance hellwork and study and a life which mainly involves Footy and Role Playing, oh and I guess going out with my friends from time to time too! I seriously thought about even quitting Role Playing to give me time, but how could I? It’s my escape from the real world, and I get to spend it with talented authors! So I’m not going anywhere! Even if Angie tries to send us elsewhere! It’ll be like my old Pokemon RPG from years ago where I closed it and everyone kept coming and RP still! *Remembers banning everyone so they couldn’t* But I am thinking over my characters, I really have to get rid of some so I have enough time to balance everything out, especially since I have ideas for some and then there’s SD where I’m making characters too *waves fist at Chelsea*.
For now though, I’m thinking over my characters deciding the ones I want to keep and the ones that I want in the trash and perhaps there will even be the ‘on hold’ pile where I drop them until I get time to Role Play them again. That means I even have to ignore all the potentials that are bugging me along with the urge for human charries now! Look what you’ve done now!
I’ll probably end up coming up with a routine a month or so into hell restarting but I’m not sure how things are going to work out time-wise even with that (since I’ll have to add time for getting distracted during hell stuff, damn me being so easily distracted!). But I still want to Admin, but if I run out of time massively I will step down.
All that was gonna have to be told sooner or later, so lucky for you I made you suffer reading that now.
Now, you said mods could do this, but can Admins? Well, it can’t hurt, after all YOU did it Angie... Anyway, maybe I can always use this when I begin to go job hunting, which will most likely be when I start getting grey hair!
Best form of contact:
e-mail/MSN: lil_miss_footy_freak@hotmail.com
General Discussion, Role Play Talk and other OOC areas
Other forms of Contact:
ezInbox – try and stick with this account (Wolverette) and I’ll try and remember to check it every now and then!
Can Do List:
Reading and stamping bios
Story creation
NPCing if needed
Keep sidebar up to date
Keeping the character list in the rules forum up to date and such
Can’t Do List:
Monitoring posts – I really don’t feel like I have the time at the moment, and once hell starts up I know I won’t be able to check posts for length and such other than the threads I’m in. Though, if someone comes up to me and asks to read through their thread and comment on anything I can do that, but, like I said, only if someone asks.
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Look at 'can do' list... See, I said I wanted to be a good Admin!
Re: The Personal and Board Dilemma I need to discuss;
I don't have any enthusiasm to accept people .. mainly because I'm liking the bios that are being accepted less and less. I personally don't think Magic or robots or anything like that has a place in this world and I'd be going against my own idea's in accepting them, especaily since there are lots of other bio mods and admins. And bio's are getting stupidly long. Rebecca's latest one is 10 pages long in word and over 5000 words and I'm just not prepared to put aside time to read though something that long. (I like her character and what she's told me of the bio is good - but it's just too long)
I may not accept bio's but I do spend hours in msn talking *relations* between people who have grievences, are unhappy in general or sorting various problems that people have. And my line of work is upsetting, down heartening and worrying when people want to leave because they're unhappy or they're ill and instead of being a ray of light in their lives and making them feel better new evo is causing them pain.
Anyway I'd rather not do bio accepting since i'm not really accepting any of them anyway. But I will point out this that if you do get a bunch of new people in they'll probably have just the same set of commitments. *Anyway I'm going to bed now - waddles off sadly* I liked the days before all this horribleness started and it's was just as easy as me and Angie posting
Re: The Personal and Board Dilemma I need to discuss;Lady:
Can Do List:
Creative storyline work or other things involving creativity:
This is highly appreciative, and anything you come up with would be great to help expand the experiences characters can go through. Perhaps we’ll create a new thread solely for the production, modification, monitoring and all other things involved on storylines and their creation/handling. This way we have a place for you, myself, and any others requiring thoughts, opinions or just wanting to get their story idea down for others to see and hopefully sign up for.
NPCing if required:
Although not many people ask for it, I think it is could be a great way to explore more of the world. Especially if a character is caught by the police, we’d need people to control the police otherwise someone could be stuck Rping with themselves unless they are able to find another character to play with… and even then it isn’t as fun as having a different individual controlling the NPCs. So if you’re up to taking part in that sort of creative interaction I say good for you!
Some bio stamping:
That’s find with your restrictions, I knew you had time restrictions when I asked for your help, so I had no discontent to the slacking, I have after all been dealing with your Loza-ish speed postings for a while before, so I assumed you’d check bios when you’re up to date with other areas.
If any graphics are needed (which I doubt since everyone here is quite capable):
aww…*Flicks hair*
I'll look around myself carefully and see if I can find something if that's alright with you:
Of course, take initiative! There are plenty of potential possibilities regarding the police force or the likes, or criminal bodies that are like bounty hunters or whatnot, so if someone is creative enough and more importantly has the time, then they’re welcomed to do what they can to add to the flavour of the board, the stories and the characters involved!
I tend to pop into topics and always at least skim them so I have opinions to offer not that that always helps someone...:
Well…opinions of any kind offer a glimpse of views on all sides from different parties, that in itself is a good thing. Even if it is just randomness being randomly added to XD
Can’t Do List:
Daily bio stamping-I just don't have the time and therefore the reliability for this:
That’s perfectly fine. Either do I, the fact you’re around is at least a promising chance that bios won’t eternally be ignored – again.
Anything else that is non flexible and requires a ridgid daily committment that I won't be able to meet:
Same as above! You’ve always hovered in the background, and while that may not sound like a compliment it is, it’s what I knew you’d be like considering at the time I asked for help you were already juggling other tasks including your own two boards. So the fact you’re still here is highly appreciated…. And somewhat amazing Matt:
Can Do List: Generally everything:
Well, I believe I’ve already mentioned how important you are to NE, so to risk any futher head swellings from your part, I’ll remain quiet on my appreciations
Can’t Do List: Be everywhere:
…Considering you ARE everywhere at times, it’s somewhat amazing to hear you say this! However, with new work loads pressuring you soon and thus lack of time on your part, I imagine I’ll be waiting a long while for a Lexes post - *sighs ignoring fact she swang waaaaay off topic there XD* Loza:
Angie, I have to say, if we grabbed our favourite characters and moved to an extremely active X-Men related board we’d get big ego’s from having long posts since most of the other boards I’ve come across in the past have maximum posts of 100 words!: … well, you mean bigger egos then we already have yeah? XD Well I was focused on the sole thought of us interacting with each other and shooting any one liners who tried to join our threads But we’re all too bossy to tolerate imbecilic admins telling us what to do..>>…<<…
Even if Angie tries to send us elsewhere! It’ll be like my old Pokemon RPG from years ago where I closed it and everyone kept coming and RP still! *Remembers banning everyone so they couldn’t*:
I remember that…*ranted indignantly to the people causing Loza heart(less)-ache* Honestly Loz, too good for your own evilness!
Can Do List: Reading and stamping bios:
You have always been one of the best in this area! Go you! If it wasn’t for you and Matt, I don’t know where I’d be now! (Probably off in some prestige university and top of my class with majors in all areas XD)
Story creation:
Another thing you’ve helped out with – slowly, but hey, it IS you!
As I mentioned with Lady, I think we ought to start a forum for stories, that way people interested can involve themselves, players sort their own side stories or give input on the things we come up with!
NPCing if needed:
Arlen’s STILL going to kill Mika! *Eyes her temporary charrie threateningly*
Keep sidebar up to date:
…Suuuuuure ya will…*Knows how lazy Loza is, can not be fooled!*
Keeping the character list in the rules forum up to date and such:
Oddly enough I believe ya here XD…probably because you’ve done that so far (here and there and far between ) But this offer is great! As I honestly forget about it…>>…<<…*Only remembered when Matt shifted about the forums and this broke all the links hooked up to the rules section* So good to boss people around *ordered him to march there and fix it*
Can’t Do List: Monitoring posts:
I myself am like this, generally I used to try and read over things, but I don’t always run back and forth to the thread any more like I used to do when in Aussie. I actually READ every thing ever posted on the board thoroughly, not I don’t have the time to do more then a basic skim of things. If I find the thread interesting I’d read it, but if it’s nothing that catches my fancy I tend to check once to see the current length of posts and leave it at that. So I understand this isn’t something everyone has time to do! But thanks for still offering to read over offered work! Jenn:
...Hmm..
I understand you’re more of a ‘reality’ sort of person from the type of characters you bring in and how you play them (You know… mutations and whatnot aside XD). But remember this is the marvel universe and all things marvel are therefore accepted. Considering Marvel is basically involved in everything from disgruntled racist humans to cybernetic aliens from another time and reality and all things between and beyond, it means NE is therefore accepting characters of all kinds, provided it is a good, detailed and usable character. Magic and Robots have made a massive impact on the marvel-verse. Without them, then marvel would be totally different and totally unmarvelized.
As for the long bios. While we aren’t asking for such lengths, if a player posts them, then I’d willingly read through them, unless it is obvious there is a lot of dull areas added just for length sake baring no importance or relevance, then I’d kill’em! Of course, due to their length, I’d expect the player would understand if it took a day or three… or five to get their bio organized and studied.
And I know I mentioned I’d try and not comment on this, things have been tense lately and my stumble into delayed depression on top of a strongly felt homesickness hasn’t helped my handling of things, but I’m afraid the comments you made really effected me, therefore I must at least say SOMETHING otherwise I’ll just hold a grudge and you’ll be handling my *relations* and desires to quit the board, though none of which would be directed at you, quite the contrary in fact.
I don’t want to be negative here, but honestly, if you’re spending hours convincing people to stay, then just don’t.
If they don’t want to be here, or find problems in every little aspect of the board as you seem to make it sound on numerous occasions, then I really don’t want the stress of dealing with them. I may love having them around, I may love the way they write, but I don’t need their attitudes ruining the sole thing that’s keeping me sane in this damn country I’m stuck within. In addition to my mother having found a new possible boyfriend on top of all my worries I don’t need to fret over ‘what are they complaining about now’. But on top of ALL of my own personal and selfish reasons, there’s the more personal and core of the matter type of reason – I don’t appreciated the way these ‘problems’ that are so apparently problematic yet not so important to contact me and instead result in serious dilemmas over seriously TINY displeasures.
If people really had issues, they’d take the time to send me a message. They just don’t do that and so it leaves me to feel whoever is constantly dragging you down into talks of the kind you express is simply doing it because they have a slight nag and feel the need to exaggerate it and make it a bigger deal then it is or needs to be. And quite frankly what little of these ‘complaints’ that actually DO reach me seem utterly ridiculous in my personal opinion and yet cause a great deal of stress – on all parties, whether involved with the predicament or not.
The only complaint I’ve received that is of logical reason to be even mildly stressed about is Ann’s, in fact I’d be really all over the place and at the point of just not caring about logic if I was in her place at this point. Not only is she getting swamped with posts from different timelines, it’s gotten to the point where one post will contradict or effect another post she’s either finished or half way through. I have spent time to try and think of ways to help her, and one of those ways were to restrict the leniency of time people are allowed to leap forward, originally it was only supposed to be either the morning, afternoon or night of the same day. But because of an organized further step ahead, people gradually started getting further and further ahead and now often without even consulting the admins or each other aside from the person/s they are involved with in the thread (this is including admins, myself and everyone, this isn’t a negative statement, but a simple fact ).
The next step I would offer to help Ann is by starting a single thread for the day, having a simple title such as ‘Medical Bay – Sunday morning’ or simply just ‘Sunday.’ Though it would probably be easier for it to be divided into morning, after noon and night and anyone wanting to post in the med lab post in there. That way Ann doesn’t have a hundred threads to see to, and with two helpers it means even if Beast is with one character, Talia or Paige could be with one or two others. It is unlikely that the medical bay is so highly active and yet people never seem to run into each other when visiting Beast, so it could add that realism to the threads to have people come and go and cross paths.
See, may not look like I’m paying attention to people’s complaints, but I do actually try and help the ones that are actually significant – as in ones that can be fixed or worked on/discussed.
Most of these complaints (that have reached me, I am so out of the loop due to people apparently full of complaints and yet no one messaging me) seem to be disgruntled personal opinions. ‘I don’t like fairies on this team’ (sorry for using Karen as an example here) is most certainly a complaint that shouldn’t have caused the problems that it had. But it seems there’s a few of these type of complaints, and what is really upsetting me is the fact that YOU are the one that is being effected by the relentless load of needless baggage being tossed around.
You sound unhappy, depressed, you in general have lost the bubbly excitement you used to have, and I think Matt misunderstood some of the anger I had involving these situations. I’m not just upset about things that I have mentioned here and there, I’m upset at what these silly comments and threats are doing to you and the board relationships in general. And then to have a remark along the lines that it is ME or Matt who is responsible for this (as we are running a lot of aspects NE and some comments seemed discreetly or bluntly directed towards us or things we do) is really stressing for me - I'm beginning to despise the words ‘they have complaints’ in ways you've never imagined.
You and I used to post without stress because you and I talked over things, we have problems, we talked, we ironed out the wrinkles, we didn’t like something, we just said ‘Meh, I don’t like this post/thngy-ma-bob’ or we edited, or we just did something that didn’t involve getting stressed and kicking the bucket. We spent the time thinking up stories and we worked with each other regarding ideas, problems, suggestions, we did something that was the sole basis for our enjoyment: we communicated heavily (and still do, though to a lesser degree due to time restrictions!). I have the same relations with Loza, Matt, Chels, and even Frank has tried to get in contact with me (sent message to the wrong account that I barely ever use, so took a looooong time for me to notice, by which I was told Loza had already talked over things with him!) Ann likes to get her words across and I’m sure there has to be one or two others I’m forgetting, but that’s basically it. Oh oh, Rebecca started becoming more active in the planning sector of things as well!
You’re a strong force at the board Jenn, you post well when your heart is in it and you do try to always be there for others over MSN. But don’t let that be the tool that drags you down. Seriously luv, if people have nothing better to do then whine about things not being perfect, then don’t fight so hard to make them happy. It’s not worth your own happiness. If they have problems, then they ought to come to me, if they don’t feel it’s important enough to come to me, then you shouldn’t be having to deal with issues on the frequency you make it appear you are. There are forums on the board, there are contacts in the side bar, and every post I make with Forgotten love gives a quick and easy link to my exInbox. If they have problems, I’m the one they ought to harass, and if they don’t bother to make those simple steps, I honestly feel they’re just not complaints worth mentioning, and they only do it because you’re there and easy for them to access. That ease shouldn’t be used to drag you down, it isn’t fair, and you deserve a lot better then that kind of continuous treatment. You have your own problems, you don’t need to hear every single itch that bothers other people.
I know Matt told me not to start anything here, but recent strings of posts from you hinting to your stress regarding complaints has just seriously worn me down, this is your free time as well, people ought to respect that, and from the sounds of things, they don’t. As they trash every moment with hogwash and nitpicking.
Remember Jenn, you were enjoying yourself long before most of the players at this board were even around, you may enjoy their company here, but if all they are doing for you is bickering and heartache, perhaps diplomacy isn’t the course of action you should take. If they threaten to leave, let’em go. They are welcomed to return when they want. Your posts are one of the handful that I look forward to all the times regardless of their length, even if I produce some of the crappiest of ones in reply (crappy, yet detailed I hope >>…) I’m not going to lose you without a fight, and if that means I make a few people unhappier then they already are, meh, they have to deal with it as a consequence of their relentless gibberish.
Okies, that said and done, I’ll wait for my invitation to the firing squad, I know I was warned against drudging anything up again, but the last two days I felt like packing my bags and quitting my job as admin (what can I say, Loza swayed me into staying with threats of 100 word posts XD). I want to talk with people, especially Jenn, and because I can’t it’s making things all the more worse for me and my reactions regarding the spiraling downturn being caused by… mysterious complainers.
I haven’t slept for three nights, nor have I dozed off during the days, that’s how bad it’s gotten for me at this point with all the weight of all the things starting to be felt – I’m Aussie, I took a while to realize I’m stuck in a foreign country! *wails and flops about in agony*
Any and all help you all offer is greatly appreciated. Thank you dearly, and if anyone gives you any problems and grief at any point in the future, I’ll eat’em… *Goes into her forth day of sleeplessness* x_X
. . : : Maybe I'm tired of trying so hard for every single thing I do : : . .
Re: The Personal and Board Dilemma I need to discuss;
Hi Havent really been involved here since Im not on the admin side of things but did want to clear a couple of things up. Thanks Angie for taking Hank into consideration. He's been hectic in med lab ( and in the outer grounds ) but hes a good guy and he'll manage. Soooo..... dont feel you have to restrict peoples posting for me. I may have to edit a few posts along the way but thats Ok by me if other people realise it might have to be done.While I may have been asking a lot of questions (thanks for your patience in answering them) in order to keep things coherent, this is not something that has been bothering me lately so dont let it bother you either, and it is not the reason that my posting has slowed.Indeed I think I got crabbier when it was suggested we keep to one day posting as I was having fun doing things elsewhere
While I do agree wholeheartedly that we shouldnt get too far ahead of ourselves I still don't think it would be a good idea to limit people too strictly time wise as this could block people from posting and that could lead to frustration. I mentioned I had an idea to perhaps help with this aspect of things but Im up to my eyes in Pantomime at the moment so bear with me for the next couple of weeks, though I will try to let people have a look at it before that.
If you thought it was useful Id be more than happy to keep it up to date through my Fengal account for example. It would require a bit of effort on the part of everyone to really work but not that much I dont think.Anyway you'll see when I get round to it
Re: The Personal and Board Dilemma I need to discuss;
I seem to like to have the last word, something I had never really realised before but I tend to hop into most OOC threads and replay whether it's read or not so I just wanted to jump in very quickly.
I really like the new forum idea, we could all bounce ideas off eachother and help expand other people's ideas if they wanted some assistance in something specific, sort of brainstorm think tankish in a way.
*tries to ignore the keyword of police force not having anyone and the potentials that brings to mind* Especially with the criminal storyline some NPC and regular police officer characters would be appreciated I would assume. Another thing we don't really have. Yup I'm completely up for NPCing if anyone needs it plus I've got characters to send to anyone needing to post so long as I don't have all my charries going at once.
Hey! I've actually been doing pretty well with my postings lately... I was completely up to date last night. Now I'm owing a Tess/Lexi post but I can (theoretically) do that tonight before I go to bed.
I have a nice boring three hour break between classes now every wednesday so that should give me some nice plot/charrie thinking, especially what with me hanging out in the library during that time usually.
And a major Awww thank you Angie, I'm a leo so I thrive on compliments and I'm definetly making an effort to be here because like Loza I can't even imagine playing anywhere else. Your RPGs are really the only ones I have stuck with for so long, strangely enough including mine...
I hope you manage to actually get some sleep and relax a little soon! My friend at Uni can't seem to sleep either and terrible things keep happening to her so please make you're okay Angie!
Re: The Personal and Board Dilemma I need to discuss;
The chat over MSN was a great help Ann. Thank you.
As for all others, be warned the next week I will be away, hopefully till monday (can't believe I said 'hopefully') Anyway, hope all goes well with you lot. Be safe, and take care Jenn.
Side note, I managed to pass out! (Dreams were riddled with nightmares, odd ones, but meh..) That, and my tail bone+hard bed have finally caused a cut on my butt. Aren't I lucky? XD *Waddles off with aches and sores*
Thanks for all the help. And thanks for trying so hard to keep things together Jenn.
The Sensations of Humanity:
Emotions are almost unbearable. How do people go about their every day lives with such burdens weighing them down? How do they fight, how do they love? Every action causes an emotional reaction, and while I always knew this, I never realized how strong these reactions would be. Was I really that far gone in the Initiative to be so blind to my own lack of sensations?
Dr Hank McCoy & Teachers:
The school doctor doesn’t really strike me as someone I can buddy up with, then again I feel that way with the entire staff. I know I never really got to know the Professor, but Xavier had this look in his eyes when he spoke with me, it’s like he knew exactly who I was and still let me into his home, into his dream, his private paradise from the outer world. In many cases he usually can see right through people, but I know if he did see through my lies and deception, it wasn’t with his powers, it was only with his intellect and heart.
What is the Doctors views on me however? I think everything is starting to unravel, past secrets slowly coming into light. How will the doctor, no, how will the entire school react to knowing that my only reason to coming here was to spy on the people they cared for and protected?
Re: The Personal and Board Dilemma I need to discuss;
Hey guys, I don't really kow about most of what is being discussed in this thread (complaints etc) so i am gona do what i do best and stay neutral with it all. I am here to post and i love being here, have a place to escape when real world gets to much! Anyhoo, heres my little form:
Name: Will
Best form of contact:
e-mail/MSN: mmreturns@hotmail.com (If im not online, email, gets checked almost dayly)
Other forms of Contact:
General Discussion, Role Play Talk and other OOC areas
Can Do List:
Story creation - I really enjoy doing this side of things and always have some sort of idea somewhere so would love to give input if i can!
NPCing if needed - depending on the number of threads that are being participated in that take priority
Monitor threads that i am in - Although i don't really have time to monitor all threads and posts I can try and keep a track of any problems in the threads I am participating in.
Can’t Do List:
Bio Read/Stamp - I have realised that at this point I have little time to post because of uni work, so i dont really have the time to check bios on top of this. Maybe in the fututre I will be able to get back to that and start stamping again but its just not possible at the moment.
I think that is everything, will add more if i remeber anything else
Re: The Personal and Board Dilemma I need to discuss;
Name: Nat
Best form of contact:
email- Feral_Eyes963@hotmail.com
Other forms of Contact:
MSN - natcat@cox.net
AIM- TheWolvesMistres
Can Do List:
-Posting my character when time is avaliable to me. (I agree I need to work harder on this, feel free to slap me if and when I slack.)
-MSN or AIM conversations. If I'm on, feel free to drop a line, but I cannot promise my constant presence on either messenger. At my dad's house I have no messenger of any sort, and I spend half my time there. If you need to tell me something and I'm not online your best bet is to email me, and I should get back to you as soon as I can. My new email, shown above, isn't as spazy as the old one, so sending me emails should be a more reliable form of getting a hold of me.
-Story Creation, I love this part of the roleplay, thinking up plot lines and what-not. I'm more than willing to try to take part in these, I just need to know their going on.
Can’t Do List:
-Bio-stamping. No time and no energy except on the rare occasion when time appears randomly too me. This of course is not reliable enough to give me any real duities such as this. (I haven't done NEARLY enough Bio-stamping, and I've slacked like hell. I take no offence what so ever in the fact that I am most certainly one of those who needs to be dropped from the list.)
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Right, honestly I'm with Will in that I've no idea about the complaints and whatnot that are being adressed in this thread. I just know about this form, and that I've filled it out best I can. I appologise for taking so long to get to this thread.
Re: The Personal and Board Dilemma I need to discuss;
Hey all! And there's no complaints, none at all, I just got worried over Jenn's less then bubbly self. But I have been informed on what's going on, and now I understand to a better degree the happening's that are effecting her and those involved. None of it is anything personal to anyone, just stressful times causing stressfulness. But it's all ok.
Good to see you around Nat, missed ya, the spree of ooc posts is amazing, if only they where in character ones ...
Haven't read anything yet, just noted Nat's formality and thought I ought to add that there wasn't anything serious happening at the moment other then personal issues which are being sorted over as best as possible on all fronts - My bruised butt is getting better and my depression is lifting! *Is sure it'll return when net bill comes* U_U speaking of bills... byyyyeeeee!! *scurries offline*
The Sensations of Humanity:
Emotions are almost unbearable. How do people go about their every day lives with such burdens weighing them down? How do they fight, how do they love? Every action causes an emotional reaction, and while I always knew this, I never realized how strong these reactions would be. Was I really that far gone in the Initiative to be so blind to my own lack of sensations?
Dr Hank McCoy & Teachers:
The school doctor doesn’t really strike me as someone I can buddy up with, then again I feel that way with the entire staff. I know I never really got to know the Professor, but Xavier had this look in his eyes when he spoke with me, it’s like he knew exactly who I was and still let me into his home, into his dream, his private paradise from the outer world. In many cases he usually can see right through people, but I know if he did see through my lies and deception, it wasn’t with his powers, it was only with his intellect and heart.
What is the Doctors views on me however? I think everything is starting to unravel, past secrets slowly coming into light. How will the doctor, no, how will the entire school react to knowing that my only reason to coming here was to spy on the people they cared for and protected?
Re: The Personal and Board Dilemma I need to discuss;
*beats sister off the phone line* sorry i've not been around for a bit... i have connection problems as of late that dont seem to want to stop rabbiting to their friends...
anyways, apologies for my absence as of late, and anything else i've bound to have done wrong (seems to have a knack for doing things i dont know about) ok though i did read through this thread, that was a couple of days ago, and my memory is a little less than good at the moment... things on my mind. i would have read it over again, but i have a lot of things to do before i get cut off so am just gonna post... sorry if it's wrong
can do:
in theory i can still do anything thats necessary and within my power (not much then )
cant do
post on a daily basis ... with work during the day and someone else hogging the only phoneline most nights causing the parents to ban all phoneline usage every now and again the only time i really get now is on my day off or if everyone else goes out... so really i'm confined to friday about lunchtime
this situation should change soon though as i'm gonna try and get my own ISP which I pay for then no one can complain about bills anymore
… well, you mean bigger egos then we already have yeah? XD Well I was focused on the sole thought of us interacting with each other and shooting any one liners who tried to join our threads 
(seems to have a knack for doing things i dont know about) ok though i did read through this thread, that was a couple of days ago, and my memory is a little less than good at the moment... things on my mind. i would have read it over again, but i have a lot of things to do before i get cut off so am just gonna post... sorry if it's wrong
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