TinkerTech Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Okay. I'll still draft up some sort of proposal for them so we can still get the ball rolling if/when we get approval. Quote Defy Expectations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
25K Now! Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Another plan is to try something new; do something other than continue with stories that everyone knows. Do something radical. Quote http://vimeo.com/198967785 BZPRPG Profiles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MT Zehvor Posted July 15, 2013 Author Share Posted July 15, 2013 Another plan is to try something new; do something other than continue with stories that everyone knows. Do something radical."Be the change you want to see in this world." -Mahatma Ghandi Okay. I'll still draft up some sort of proposal for them so we can still get the ball rolling if/when we get approval.The PM's taking a rather long time to get a response to...perhaps we should go ahead and contact the other forums now while we wait for a response. I was anticipating it wouldn't take too much time to get a yes or no...but that's unfortunately not the case here. -MT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
25K Now! Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 Don't worry. I'm already working on something new. Quote http://vimeo.com/198967785 BZPRPG Profiles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TinkerTech Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 I'm on vacation right now, so my internet access is a little... Intermittent. But I'll draft up something soon so that we can take this to the other critics clubs. (I'll be paying attention, but I may not be able to reply. Just keep me updated on permission from HH.) Quote Defy Expectations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetaStriker Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 Today I announce my return from a hiatus. Despite my not-posting, I've still watched from afar at this and many other topics in the forum. I'd be happy to participate in this new idea. Let me know when it gets the approval (or I suppose I'll just check back) And an apocalypse story about the end of the forum? ~MN~ Quote The long awaited third season of TA:OT is finally here!! [sharedmedia=gallery:images:1377] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MT Zehvor Posted July 25, 2013 Author Share Posted July 25, 2013 Well...I finally have a response to report, and it's an overwhelming... "maybe." ...so, uh, yeah...I guess we'll keep the idea rolling and if it gets shut down later on the line, then darn. Also welcome back Meta! -MT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TinkerTech Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 "'maybe"?Hmm... it might help if we get a response from the others in the library. Still working on that draft (It's hard to do stuff on vacation; will be back monday!) Other than that, we'll just have to wait. And maybe refine the idea a little. Quote Defy Expectations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishers64 Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 I wrote up one for the latest contest, but I'm also still pulling at that other incoming comedy. And don't worry, Hubert, I live and breathe radical. At least where stories and comedies are concerned. Quote Hero Factory RPG | Bionicle Mafia XXIX: Storyline & Theories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
25K Now! Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Hmm, I need to write something for that too. Well then Fishy, I'm expecting big things. Like THIS WIDE/ big things. Quote http://vimeo.com/198967785 BZPRPG Profiles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToaKapura1234 Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Well unless this whole idea works out, I'm pretty much done writing, no one reads my stuff anyways. That'd be incredibly stupid and would not work at all. The idea will absolutely fail.Is it sad that I laughed harder at the bluntness of this post than at many a comedy in this forum? Quote Want to solve an exciting murder mystery? Try Murder Mansion II, a new game in Games and Trivia! 8 Spots remaining! http://www.bzpower.com/board/topic/19274-murder-mansion/?do=findComment&comment=964351 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
25K Now! Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Yes, yes it is. Because I never intended that to be amusing. Quote http://vimeo.com/198967785 BZPRPG Profiles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MT Zehvor Posted August 1, 2013 Author Share Posted August 1, 2013 Well unless this whole idea works out, I'm pretty much done writing, no one reads my stuff anyways. That'd be incredibly stupid and would not work at all. The idea will absolutely fail.Is it sad that I laughed harder at the bluntness of this post than at many a comedy in this forum?I tried to get a general review list going a while ago, where 5 or so people would throw a comedy into a list, and each of the 5 or so people involved would review each other's comedies...but it never worked out. *sob* Anyways, I'll review your comedy. I've been way too lazy with my promise to keep doing general reviews of comedies as they go by. -MT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MT Zehvor Posted August 14, 2013 Author Share Posted August 14, 2013 ...so..any news on how the other library forums accepted the proposal? -MT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TinkerTech Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 ...Still working on it. I've been traveling a lot recently and getting ready to work at a Renaissance fair, so I haven't had much time to sit and send it. It should get done soon, though. Hopefully by the end of the week. Quote Defy Expectations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
25K Now! Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 This is pinned. Does it truly count as a necro if I post in a pinned thread for discussion of Comedies? I guess not. Anyway! Ladies and gentlemen, it is obvious that the Comedies forum is ... pretty much dead. How do we fix this? Let's get our brain juices flowing. 2 Quote http://vimeo.com/198967785 BZPRPG Profiles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phovos Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Turns out I'm a month late for the brain juice party. Oh well. I'll see if I can write something. Quote Click here to read The Bohrok-Kal's Ramblings! Yes, I know there were 7 months between the last two episodes but oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
25K Now! Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 We might need some sort of new contest or something to increase activity here. Quote http://vimeo.com/198967785 BZPRPG Profiles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phovos Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 I don't think a contest would cut it. Maybe a writing marathon or something? Something where people work together rather than against each other. Quote Click here to read The Bohrok-Kal's Ramblings! Yes, I know there were 7 months between the last two episodes but oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
25K Now! Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Huhm. It might be a bit hard to coordinate, but it doesn't hurt to try. Quote http://vimeo.com/198967785 BZPRPG Profiles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phovos Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 We just need to get some people into this section. Quote Click here to read The Bohrok-Kal's Ramblings! Yes, I know there were 7 months between the last two episodes but oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetaStriker Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 We just need to get some people into this section. Good job. You've got one. What's been going on lately, guys? Quote The long awaited third season of TA:OT is finally here!! [sharedmedia=gallery:images:1377] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltex Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 You are backWunderbarNow get into G&T and start playing some games that will force you to remain active because you will like them so muchAs for this forumIt's pretty deadI recommend merging it Quote JOIN AETHERGARDE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetaStriker Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 You are backWunderbarNow get into G&T and start playing some games that will force you to remain active because you will like them so muchAs for this forumIt's pretty deadI recommend merging it Merge it with what? I'm pretty sure none of the other library forums would take us (we're the odd ones of the group to say the least). And G&T? Perhaps I shall. Quote The long awaited third season of TA:OT is finally here!! [sharedmedia=gallery:images:1377] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltex Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Comedies should definitely be merged with the others. I see no reason for humor to have its own forum when, say, romance does not. Quote JOIN AETHERGARDE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetaStriker Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Okay, you definitely have a point there. But which forum would take comedies? Or would it depend on the type of comedy posted (in which case, would take a fair bit of work to transfer)? That, or we just make a romance forum. Where is everyone else's opinion of this? Quote The long awaited third season of TA:OT is finally here!! [sharedmedia=gallery:images:1377] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phovos Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 The only place Comedies could be merged with is Epics, but Epics generally have a serious tone about them and Short Stories is that, short stories. There's also the format issue. Comedies don't have separate review threads the way Epics does and Short Stories only allow one chapter per topic. Unless we do an entire library merger, I mean, the entire library section is quiet as it is. Quote Click here to read The Bohrok-Kal's Ramblings! Yes, I know there were 7 months between the last two episodes but oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltex Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Epics and short stories are only so serious because the non-serious stuff is restricted to comedies. While it might be tough to put multi-chapter comedies into epics, I'm sure an exception could be made just for the topics that are being moved over. Formatting differences are negligible. Quote JOIN AETHERGARDE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phovos Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Well, as long as the Epics section doesn't mind being flooded (in the loosest sense of the word) with not-so-well-written comedies, sans review section, I'm alright with that sort of merger. But Short Stories is a no-go unless the whole forum was merged. A name change might be needed though. "Long Stories"? Also, your name change confused me. Quote Click here to read The Bohrok-Kal's Ramblings! Yes, I know there were 7 months between the last two episodes but oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hahli Husky Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 If you guys are interested in a Library merger, totally open a tracker ticket about it. Everything's so quiet and different now that I can't see a merger being an issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow pridak money gang Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Not a Comedies loyalist or even much of a Comedies writer, but I do think you bring up a good point with a merger - and not just for Comedies. I slogged into this topic a minute ago and then checked the progress of both of the other Library forums. Epics is doing as well as Epics ever has (perhaps less of an activity bump, but still people there and contributing to an extent) but Short Stories is just as dead and decrepit a forum as this one is, probably more so. What if, before submitting a tracker ticket, we decided to clear up all the issues at once and figured out what we can do about perhaps streamlining the entire Libraries category? Are there really enough short stories being produced by enough people that it would drown out the writers that always stick to Epics? With the Library in the state that it is now, would one Libraries/fanfiction forum perhaps be better served? I mean, I'm all for it if we can get an activity boost, but would there be one? What do you guys think? -Tyler Quote SAY IT ONE MORE TIME TELL ME WHAT IS ON YOUR MIND Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetaStriker Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Merge everything into Epics and call in "Stories". Or merge comedies and epics. Merging two dead forums won't make the combined one alive, so... I'll set up a tracker issue if you guys want. What would you want it to say, something like Due to inactivity in the Comedies forum, the Comedy Discussion and Planning Group would like the forum to merge with the currently active ___________ forum...? Now that I think about it, it would be far more helpful if we consult the other forums about this. Quote The long awaited third season of TA:OT is finally here!! [sharedmedia=gallery:images:1377] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hahli Husky Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 (edited) That's why a tracker ticket would be good to make, so that people who don't see this topic can discuss it. You can even simply suggest that the Library subforums be merged together due to low activity in all three, and see what people say or if there are other ideas brought in. Asking the sort of questions young sinatra brought up in the tracker is also a good idea. Just to get people talking and so administration can see it and contribute, as well. Edited April 5, 2014 by Hahli Husky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltex Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 (edited) I'll get a tracker ticket up and running, then. E: Tracker Edited April 7, 2014 by Agnès Oblige 1 Quote JOIN AETHERGARDE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phovos Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 I think merging all three would be best. Here's what I said on the tracker: "I think an all-round merger would be better. Short Stories is dead and Comedies is dead. So we can still sort out what topic is what, we can use tags such as *comedy, *epic, *poem, *short *review and so on and so forth. "That way, the whole section gets an activity boost. "If you're worried about the areas being incompatible, we could archive the sections and create a new Stories section, with stories that are still active being moved/copied into this new section and continuing from there." 1 Quote Click here to read The Bohrok-Kal's Ramblings! Yes, I know there were 7 months between the last two episodes but oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetaStriker Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 An archive would be good as long as we don't lost everything like the old forums (although that's not likely) Quote The long awaited third season of TA:OT is finally here!! [sharedmedia=gallery:images:1377] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetaStriker Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Wait, so what is happening to this forum anyway? It's been a month since the last post in this topic so...what's going on then? Quote The long awaited third season of TA:OT is finally here!! [sharedmedia=gallery:images:1377] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltex Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 I don't really know; the tracker has garnered some input that seems to mostly lean towards merging the forums, but that's all I know for sure. Quote JOIN AETHERGARDE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
25K Now! Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 The proposal seems to have been accepted, but it'll take a while for anything to really happen. Quote http://vimeo.com/198967785 BZPRPG Profiles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltex Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 Just posting a reminder here for those that might be new in the several months since it was posted, that there is a tracker ticket discussing the possibility of merging the Library forums. 1 Quote JOIN AETHERGARDE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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