Dragon444 wrote:As to the persistent world, thing: on my forum I created a tavern much like Exx's. It didn't really work. So I tried expanding it. I created a subforum called "TheMarketplace". There was a thread for the open streets and another for each shop, including my tavern. If one of us was made mod or admin, we could do something similar and incorporate Exx's fabled establishment.

Which boils down to the issue of no active moderators right now.

One thing I did that we may be able to incorporate into The Marketplace's streets would be a kind of gate leading off into "the vast multiverse" (aka, various RPs), thus tying it into all or most of our RPs. Plus it would give credence to the same characters we've worked so hard on being used time and time again.

I like this idea Dragon444, I would totally lead a smithery thread.

Also, I find it interesting that I am two years behind you guys in both age and years on this site

As to the persistent world, thing: on my forum I created a tavern much like Exx's. It didn't really work. So I tried expanding it. I created a subforum called "TheMarketplace". There was a thread for the open streets and another for each shop, including my tavern. If one of us was made mod or admin, we could do something similar and incorporate Exx's fabled establishment.

And Falconer, I was about the same age as you were when I joined. Which means you must be roughly my age. I see this community the same way you do. Friends who I could trust with my life.

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Drakel wrote:

Falconer wrote:You merely adopted the post count, Drakel. I was born in it, molded by it. I didn't see inactivity until I was already a man.

I didn't choose my post count, my post count chose me

Do not try and beat the post count — that's impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth. There is no post count. Then you will see that it is not the post count that grows, it is only yourself.

I suppose you're right on the part that I myself have grown more than my post count has. I would find it pleasant if things stay as such for the time being.

Drakel wrote:

Falconer wrote:You merely adopted the post count, Drakel. I was born in it, molded by it. I didn't see inactivity until I was already a man.

I didn't choose my post count, my post count chose me

Do not try and beat the post count — that's impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth. There is no post count. Then you will see that it is not the post count that grows, it is only yourself.

asdf wrote:The reason i dont post on those old topics is because it makes me feel like a total n00btard. I guess i am the newest active member, maybe i need to start acting like it.

Which is why I say we should just remake said threads, thus making the newer members who weren't here during that time (myself included) able to say their own opinions on the subject and share their own theories and ideas.

While the streets stay the same, the members of the gangs change.

Falconer wrote:You merely adopted the post count, Drakel. I was born in it, molded by it. I didn't see inactivity until I was already a man.

I didn't choose my post count, my post count chose me

You merely adopted the post count, Drakel. I was born in it, molded by it. I didn't see inactivity until I was already a man.

The reason i dont post on those old topics is because it makes me feel like a total n00btard. I guess i am the newest active member, maybe i need to start acting like it.

DragonRider wrote:What is there left to talk about Dragons? There's very scant information to go on in myths. Does Dragon Discussions cover literature as well?

I think it does cover literature as long as it isn't a review about said literature, in which it'd then belong in the Review's section of our forum.

Even so, I also believe that when it comes to Dragon Discussion we'd need to restart some very old threads and get a more fresh point of view on things. asdf and BTS have both yet to say much about the topics and I con honestly say that a few of us might have newer information or ideas on how things could work and maybe our opinions/thoughts on certain topics in the past may have changed as well. So I see a lot of potential in the Dragon Discussion Forum if we're willing to take some steps back.

DragonRider wrote:Wut. I'm now in 4th place for post count, above wut2say and below Drakel.

Well I wan't Early in the game when it comes to Dragnix's history but I'll admit that as soon as I joined I was rather loud

Falconer, better watch your back man, I'm coming for second.

So now I class as an Elder of the Forum, Falconer? Hmmm, I *have* been here for most of the forums history... it was the first forum I joined, and one of the ones I stuck around on (I think the second forum was NewMars). One of the things I remember from years ago was when I was online at the same time as wut2say, and we added several pages to the ET RP whilst PMing each other - answer PM, go back to the thread to reply, reply to the new PM, check the thread for a response...

It's definately made me a better writer, this RPing.

What is there left to talk about Dragons? There's very scant information to go on in myths. Does Dragon Discussions cover literature as well?

Wut. I'm now in 4th place for post count, above wut2say and below Drakel.

Funnily enough, Dragonobsesie went to the same univeristy as my brother, same year and course.

BeneathTheStarlight36 wrote:well i mean, i've only been on here for 2 and a half years. topics from 5 years ago might still be new to me.

not to mention people's opinions might have changed since then.

i personally just can't think of anything to contribute, it's not so much that it's already been discussed, i'm just not having any ideas at all.

Exactly... We've all grown considerably since the time I was first here in one way or another and I believe that as we grew so did our knowledge and maybe even our own mindsets.

Don't worry too much about not being able to contribute for the older threads, after all it's really hard to do such to begin with. This is partly why I say we should start remaking some of these threads and go forward from there. Who knows, maybe as time progresses when we do this we might even think of NEWER questions to answer that we never thought of before.

well i mean, i've only been on here for 2 and a half years. topics from 5 years ago might still be new to me.

not to mention people's opinions might have changed since then.

i personally just can't think of anything to contribute, it's not so much that it's already been discussed, i'm just not having any ideas at all.

Yeah, I can never think of anything good. And my anonymizer kept malfunctioning so i am actually completely unprotected right now which scares me (I read the Google privacy policy and am now paranoid.)

I think that is everyone's problem, an idea of what to post is hard to come by on such an old board

does anyone even still come here? i do, i just can't think of what to post.

Awhile ago I tried recruiting a friend, but it didn't automatically email him. It wouldn't help much anyway, he hasn't got internet at his house.

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Yep.... I think it'd be awesome to bring some RPs back up again. xD

ASDF: Sounds like a great adventure. xD

I hope you had fun lol.

What's the worst that can happen, they join for a few days and leave?

welcome back, asdf! that is absolutely crazy. sounds like an adventure, for sure.

i was thinking months ago already about recruiting people, i just don't know if anybody i know would be interested in this site.

If you thought I left, guess again. I have quested the vast New River, faced horrible foes such as the canoe mouse and tent spider, hardships including sunburn, broken down vans, and unexpected swims. I have paddled 62 miles in 5 days, now I can almost see my abs. Plus, the phone I ordered came in while I was gone and when we picked it up we caught httyd 2 in 3d (friggin awesome). But im back!!!

I was looking at a few of the old RPs that were running here: Eternal Twilight, Labyrinth of al'Hatai, Sukara: Words of Power, The Starshine Dilemma...

I want to see these come back. ET could have had a sequel, Starshine Dilemma seemed to end just when it was getting good... It seems like back in the day we had a great RP'ing atmosphere going and some really good games running. Now the selection is reduced: two word games and Ex's Dying Tavern, with any other games not seeing activity in over a year.

All of this feeds off of the key issue: lack of permanent members. Years ago, when 14-yr-old me first starting getting on the internet to "do stuff", I had no clue where to start. So, I just typed "dragons" into Google and went from there. This forum was the third place I stumbled on, and the first I stuck around at. All you old members (jish, Blue Tiger, 444, DragonRider, wut2say, vamp, Makla, etc. I'm looking at you) created this awesome little corner of the internet. I learned a lot here, got my first RPing experiences, had fascinating conversations on everything from dragons to turkeys and everything in between. It was a close-knit community, and I'd like to think we were all friends.

I want to see this today. I want the forum to become what it used to be. Will the old members come back? I don't think so. They've gone their separate ways, and moved on. If, say, jish were to reply to this thread, or wut2say suddenly pop back into the RP board I would eat my hat. So here is my solution:

Recruit.

This goes to every current member of this board who wants the same as me. Recruit your friends. Know anyone who you think would enjoy themselves having arguments about dragons in literature? Any friends who would like to pretend in posts that they are a mute engineer colonist on another planet, or a magical sorcerer (I cannot spell that word without help for the life of me) in a fantastical world? Family members that like discussing recent news with people guaranteed to have a, uh, UNIQUE opinion of it? RECRUIT THEM. Show them the site. Welcome others who join. When did we stop offering metaphysical cookies to newcomers? The line from the movie may be "if you build it, they will come", but here we have the exact opposite: "if they come, they will build it".

We can talk all day long about new mods, or site restructuring, but at the end of the day a community is only as strong as the people in it. So let's fix that.

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Probably around 2500 ohms.

I'm more interested in what its resistances are, it is pure tainted magic

We could just duke it out with the big spider thing... I mean, we've all seen LOTR, I think we can RP how a giant spider attacks.