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fandomhigh_ooc2005-09-23 03:35 pm
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I'm really, really worn out now.
In the interests of not attempting to wade through the morass that my last post has become, allow me to share some general thoughts.
Anyway. Issues, problems and concerns:
1. Too many rules.
This is entirely a matter of perspective. If you don’t like this style of play, I’m really sorry, but it’s how this game is set up and how it is going to be run. As has been pointed out, there are lots of other games out there and while we will be genuinely sorry to see you go… these are the rules that have been chosen by the admin of this game and they’re meant to enforce a High School environment. There’s always the town to play in if you don’t want to follow the School Rules, but until things have settled down a little and we’ve found a good balance, things aren’t likely to change. Have patience. You might grow to enjoy it.
2. Cliquish behavior and being accused of it.
Hey, if there are people you get on with and play with well, have at. All we ask is that you try to also interact with people in your classes you don’t normally talk to and try not to completely flood the rest of us in a million threads all about the same people. There’s been a LOT of variety and mixing up that I’ve seen since we addressed the complaints the first time, and I haven’t heard any complaints since, so this is currently a non-issue as far as I know.
3. Not enough ‘mixers’.
We’re working on that, but as so many of the teachers we were hoping to draw on for mod duties of this nature have disappeared, I’m not certain what we’re going to do yet. We have Homecoming, Student Elections, Parents Weekend and a proposed Halloween Party at the Haunted Mansion. Stay tuned for further details.
4. People aren’t complaining to the admins, but are doing so in their personal journals. Therefore there must be a problem.
There is a problem. It is that they are not actually complaining to people who might actually do something about the problem or even solve it. This is called being self-defeating.
5. Difficulties with multiple logins.
This one, if you have internet explorer, is easily solved. I have more lj and gj accounts for RP than I will readily admit to in a public place, so I do a few things to keep things more or less in order.
A. Drag my start menu bar to the side of the screen instead of the bottom. This means I can have more windows open without having them all fold together. I’ve had up to ten different logins for Livejournal open at the same time.
B. Do not lock your login to one id. Log in once, in a separate and newly opened IE window (not using ctl-n) for each login. Then you have an easy way to check all your accounts and threads without having to constantly log in and out. It also helps prevent responding from the wrong id.
Once again, if you have problems or issues, please leave voicemail messages for the admin or send them e-mails. Comments being left in the long threads are being lost or overlooked and are not a reliable form of information. The admin contact information is listed and we are here to try to make sure that you have a good time. Please, please be nice to your admins. We are trying very, very hard still just to get the base rules in place and to make sure we have all the various bases and situations covered. This game is just over two weeks old. It contains an enormous number of players and characters and the rules are being devised and worked on to give the most number of people the greatest amount of fun.
Once the groundwork is finished, there will hopefully be less of the chaos of the unhappy variety and more of the crack! variety. Please have patience until then.
Edit: P.S. I am going to find headache meds now and won't be back till quite late.
In the interests of not attempting to wade through the morass that my last post has become, allow me to share some general thoughts.
Anyway. Issues, problems and concerns:
1. Too many rules.
This is entirely a matter of perspective. If you don’t like this style of play, I’m really sorry, but it’s how this game is set up and how it is going to be run. As has been pointed out, there are lots of other games out there and while we will be genuinely sorry to see you go… these are the rules that have been chosen by the admin of this game and they’re meant to enforce a High School environment. There’s always the town to play in if you don’t want to follow the School Rules, but until things have settled down a little and we’ve found a good balance, things aren’t likely to change. Have patience. You might grow to enjoy it.
2. Cliquish behavior and being accused of it.
Hey, if there are people you get on with and play with well, have at. All we ask is that you try to also interact with people in your classes you don’t normally talk to and try not to completely flood the rest of us in a million threads all about the same people. There’s been a LOT of variety and mixing up that I’ve seen since we addressed the complaints the first time, and I haven’t heard any complaints since, so this is currently a non-issue as far as I know.
3. Not enough ‘mixers’.
We’re working on that, but as so many of the teachers we were hoping to draw on for mod duties of this nature have disappeared, I’m not certain what we’re going to do yet. We have Homecoming, Student Elections, Parents Weekend and a proposed Halloween Party at the Haunted Mansion. Stay tuned for further details.
4. People aren’t complaining to the admins, but are doing so in their personal journals. Therefore there must be a problem.
There is a problem. It is that they are not actually complaining to people who might actually do something about the problem or even solve it. This is called being self-defeating.
5. Difficulties with multiple logins.
This one, if you have internet explorer, is easily solved. I have more lj and gj accounts for RP than I will readily admit to in a public place, so I do a few things to keep things more or less in order.
A. Drag my start menu bar to the side of the screen instead of the bottom. This means I can have more windows open without having them all fold together. I’ve had up to ten different logins for Livejournal open at the same time.
B. Do not lock your login to one id. Log in once, in a separate and newly opened IE window (not using ctl-n) for each login. Then you have an easy way to check all your accounts and threads without having to constantly log in and out. It also helps prevent responding from the wrong id.
Once again, if you have problems or issues, please leave voicemail messages for the admin or send them e-mails. Comments being left in the long threads are being lost or overlooked and are not a reliable form of information. The admin contact information is listed and we are here to try to make sure that you have a good time. Please, please be nice to your admins. We are trying very, very hard still just to get the base rules in place and to make sure we have all the various bases and situations covered. This game is just over two weeks old. It contains an enormous number of players and characters and the rules are being devised and worked on to give the most number of people the greatest amount of fun.
Once the groundwork is finished, there will hopefully be less of the chaos of the unhappy variety and more of the crack! variety. Please have patience until then.
Edit: P.S. I am going to find headache meds now and won't be back till quite late.
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