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Post by Vicorva on Jul 8, 2008 10:49:43 GMT
This is particularly aimed at Mods, but as ever on Illusionaria, all of our members are equally welcome to give their input.
I'm slightly worried about the influx of new members, particularly as I don't really know where they are all coming from. I know this seems like a ridiculous thing to complain about, but hear me out.
Illusionaria has always been quite a peaceful forum with little or no problems with 'noobish' posts and bad behaviour. I've always felt we have quite a good community here, if small, and I'd always hoped that if it got any bigger, it would do so in small steps and each person would contribute as positively as all the first members, if at all.
But currently, I'm not sure. It seems to me that either people are just turning up, or that a whole other forum is migrating here for reasons I can't fathom, and while so far this hasn't given me cause for worry, I wonder where this will lead to.
So yeah, I thought I would just bring this up, and ask that people are careful where they post links to here and for what reason people intend to join up.
I apologise sincerly for this quite ridiculous concern.
~Illusionary.
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Post by Uglius Maximus on Jul 8, 2008 12:00:00 GMT
I know alot of new members who have come were on HK's forums for quite a while until some sort of script problem started occuring. /shrug
You should be able to recognise alot from the ESF forums, and you can expect quite a few from other sources as there are some brilliant Rpers, Rps and Writers on these boards and anyone who wishes to be a part of this sort of community will be drawn to it.
I doubt that anyone would come and try to sort up some trouble, and if so, you can easily ban them. =/ I know on my forum we had some serious issues with two members of another forum and it took a while to get rid of them and in the end, ignoring them seemed the best option.
Like I said, I doubt there's any real need to worry about anything just yet, especially as the current members are almost all Rpers from HK's forums' or the BGSF forums.
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Post by pat673 on Jul 8, 2008 12:06:30 GMT
Or TES Fiction...
Anyway, I get where you're coming from Illusionary but I don't think we need to worry about it just yet. As Uglius said, you can just ban anyone that tries to stir up trouble and Illusionaria only seems to draw very good Rpers and writers, at least for the moment. We have enough Mods for all of the section, so don't worry, Illusionary ;D
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Post by FC4 on Jul 8, 2008 12:50:10 GMT
Currently all the new members come from HK's line. I doubt he would bring in a bunch of dweebs and imbeciles. So I wouldn't worry much, lass. It'll work out in the end.
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Post by Vicorva on Jul 8, 2008 14:03:51 GMT
Thanks for the comfort, guys.
But i guess what I'm getting at is that I don't know a lot of new members. While I don't know some of the old members either, it wasn't a problem because they introduced themselves, explained who had invited them- that sort of thing. And everyone are now helpful, functioning members.
A lot of the new members haven't done that. I don't know why they came, or how, or anything. And while I seriously doubt that any of these new members will be anything but helpful, I still wonder at where this will lead eventually, particularly because I have no wish to ban anyone fo anything longer than a week.
I suppose this paranoia had to come at some point. But I'm glad knowing that there are awesome mods willing to help me out, and such a good community here.
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Post by webster52402 on Jul 8, 2008 16:26:26 GMT
Yeah, everything seems to be moving smoothly with the newer members, whom, I assume, followed HK on over here. I really have no idea on that matter, I'm in the same boat as you, Illusionary, but those that start to stir up trouble or something will be dealt with immediately. After all, that's why you formed this little team of Mods, with our unique assortment of ban weapons, right?
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HK-47
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Post by HK-47 on Jul 8, 2008 17:10:30 GMT
Okay, I'll list up all the people I conned into coming onto these forums to RP with us all, and I'll crack down on a few of them who haven't said anything. =) (In alphabetical order) Deinonychus: He's from the Elder Scrolls forums originally. That's where I met him like a year ago. He's been on my site as well, and we talk all the time on Skype and AIM. He's a good roleplayer if you can get him to not RP as a man-dinosaur (like Argonian or Tiss'skar) Fish21000: My best friend in RL. We've known each other since we were practically born. I know he doesn't have the best typing, but he's a good pencil and paper tabletop roleplayer, and I am confident he can learn to type better =D HK-47: Is meeeeee! Lammy: Another friend from TES originally, who joined my site as well. She's a really good roleplayer LockAndLoad: Again, somebody I know off of TES. He just rejoined the community there, and asked me where a good roleplay was, so I sent him here! Metanoia: My brother, who is just learning forum roleplay. He doesn't log on much, since he's really busy now in RL from a job (like me) Rainer Fenixhart: Again, a bud I know from the TES forums. I chat with him on AIM a lot. He's a good roleplayer, when he can get over his infatuation with dragonpeople haha Stephanie: A good friend I met on TES over a year ago. She was on my boards as well, and is a really good roleplayer Uglius Maximus: I grabbed him off of Star Wars Galaxies, though I knew him from TES for a long time before that And that's everybody I had a hand in pulling over here (directly or indirectly, like getting Steph to bug Lammy aboug joining =P), so I hope that eases your mind a bit Illusionary!
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Post by redsrock on Jul 8, 2008 18:22:07 GMT
I was invited here by Tom Bombaldi. Don't worry, I will never be a problem.
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Post by Simmo33 on Jul 8, 2008 19:49:10 GMT
Well you only have yourself to blame for me being here!
And tbh I don't know anyone that would want to join............*wallows in self pity*
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Post by redsrock on Jul 8, 2008 19:58:16 GMT
What are you talking about?
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Post by Lammy on Jul 8, 2008 20:01:55 GMT
Yeah, sorry. Guess I'm guilty of being one of those new folks.
It'll take me awhile to get started, but I promise to try and make a worthwhile contribution, as long as you'll have me!
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Post by Uglius Maximus on Jul 8, 2008 23:35:11 GMT
Yeah, sorry. Guess I'm guilty of being one of those new folks. It'll take me awhile to get started, but I promise to try and make a worthwhile contribution, as long as you'll have me! gtfo back to canada tbh. /flee.
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Post by Vicorva on Jul 9, 2008 22:16:20 GMT
*ahem* Constructive comments, Uglius. But I assume you and Lammy are friends, and that she won't be offended, so I'll let you off with just a throat-clearing. Thanks very much for that everyone. Topic Locked.
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