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This thread will be aimed towards you forum roleplayers out there that spend time on our boards with your characters or roleplay groups, so if you do spend time on this it would probably be best to read.
We have currently removed the "Free For All" Roleplay section in the roleplay board.
Now before anyone goes haywire because of any of their threads being removed without notice let me say that they are not permanently removed just yet, so do keep on reading.
The so called "Free For All Roleplay" section has been removed from our boards. The reason of this is really because this section did not quite turn out as it were hoped to and it has happened more than once that users has shown confusion or concern regarding this section. Recently a thread was made making yet a good point regarding the boards existance(Thread can be found by clicking this (http://www.feral-heart.com/index.php?option=com_jfusion&Itemid=2&jfile=index.php&topic=37972.0)), so it has been decided to remove this board all completely and put let users focus more on two boards we have here, which is the groups board, and the offtopic roleplay section.
Back when the "Free For all" roleplay section was made, it seemed like a rather nice idea to expand the forum roleplay section and give more options, but as shown now after time, and taking account of the other roleplay boards that does exist, is that this board quite doesn't provide the organization and simplicity that it was hoped for and could easily be replaced with what we have along side it. The most efficient way does appear to removing it at this time, so it will be moved away. Many people that has used this free for all roleplay section do appear to have used the threads, or made the threads in ways that easily could've fit in within the other boards, example of this is really threads advertising themselves as a roleplay group rather than just a roleplay thread for anyone to join. "(Now Accepting members)", or even cases where threads might even could've gone into the offtopic roleplay section here on the boards. The thing is that the users are the ones that makes the section with it's content, and the idea of having a list of roleplays in which anyone can join with different stories, and keeping it FeralHeart related(either with characters or locations) doesn't quite work out from what was seen, and it is a very hard matter in this case to know exactly which roleplays that could be deemed FH related, and those who're not in a section like that one.
So what is wanted from now on is that users try to place threads in a suiting section. The new "Groups Roleplaying Board" section, in here it will be a thread related to your ingame group in FeralHeart, a roleplay thread for that particular group. Bear in mind that if you wish to advertise for the group you can do so in the "Group advertisement" section of the roleplay board, that's what it's for. We have seen many threads in the groups board that is an information post regarding an ingame group, and that's been a bit iffy, do remember that these boards are where your forum roleplaying for your FH related groups(groups that exist in the game) should take place. If you are just after roleplaying on the boards, we'd really suggest the offtopic roleplay section, or if you join/create an actual group roleplay advertised on the forum.
As you can understand by reading this the structure of the roleplay section has not been holding up, and material has been placed a bit here and there. Maybe some names of the board or information in them will be modified as times goes on, but for now we must remove the free for all section and force proper usage of the advertisement board and group board onto users. There's still a lot of group advertising threads in the group roleplay section that needs to be moved however, and it will be looked into along with updating and modifying stickies of these board to make it more easy to get around.
Now for those that had threads within the free for all section:
You are free to message the staff and let us know if your thread fit the criteria to be moved either to the groups board(The thread must be FH related in some way), or if it's suiting for the "Offtopic roleplay board" we could move it there. WhiteLightHeart (http://www.feral-heart.com/index.php?option=com_jfusion&Itemid=2&jfile=index.php&action=profile&u=30564) will be keeping some extra eyes on this case so just fire away a message to them if that's the case. Also if you do have a thread in the groups roleplaying board that is NOT a roleplaying thread, feel free to pm about a move of your thread to the correct board.
We will keep the old threads around if you still need them until the 20th of September, so if you still wish to use/keep any of your threads, be sure to message a pm to a staff member before that date.
We hope for this change to make things better and more organized around the roleplay section, in this very case, more boards wasn't better but things might change with time. I thank you for understanding and being patient as things are being moved and changed around.
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Thanks for the update Red, I appreciate it.
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Thanks for the update, Red.
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Yeah, thank you for the updates. Much appreciated.
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Thanks for the update, Red.
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Yep, I totally understand the reason behind this. Hopefully everyone else will too. Thanks, Red.
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Thanks for the update, Red.
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Yeah that section was getting rather cluttered, as well as being confuzzling. Cheers, Reddles :P :)
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Understood, Red. Thanks for the update~ Didn't like that cluttered, messy, weird board anyway xD
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Thanks Red, for the news.
Yeah that section was getting rather cluttered, as well as being confuzzling. Cheers, Reddles :P :)
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True. If I am correct one RP was made everyday. It does get confusing. And what about those rps that died? And usually the people who were newer to rp would necro 2 year old threads and it gets all wierd...and stuff... so yea. I am sad, yet a bit happy it was taken down.
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Now before anyone goes haywire because of any of their threads being removed without notice let me say that they are not permanently removed just yet, so do keep on reading.
Saw what you did there.
Anyways, I didn't know what the Free-For-All boards was for because it was too cluttered, so I don't really care if you leave this permanent or not.
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Just noticed it! Free-For-All was a bit messy. Thanks for the update!
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Thankies for the memo, Red~
While free-for-all was originally a nice idea, I think it is best since its original purpose didn't seem to work out in practice.
But as it's stated, if anyone would like us to get their roleplay back (if it was in Free-For-All-Roleplay), feel free to shoot me a message with the title of your thread so I can retrieve it for you, and put it into a new board of your choice.
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Now I know why I couldn't find the roleplays I do. I'm glad I thought about looking here. Also, I see why you would get rid of it. When I first started learning about the Feral Heart website, that you could roleplay and such, I quickly went to check it out. I was surprised at how many roleplays where there, and I was taken aback. After a few times of going on there, I sorta got used to the mess, but still had some confusion. Thanks for the info.
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Thanks for the update, I don't normally RP on this site but I found out how un-neat it was when I was exploring. At least they aren't all 'lost' and the ones that are actually taken care of can be retrieved.
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Tis' completely understandable on why you and the rest of Staff decided to remove the Free for all Roleplay board. Thanks for the update and giving us members a heads up.
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I never went and checked out the "Free-for all" roleplay section, intrestingly I don't know how it was unorginized.... Was it abused?
Anyway, thanks for the update Red!
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Thank you for the update, Red
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Thanks for the update, Red~
I was interested in a roleplay I saw in there and applied... I sure wish Dunastar gets it back up by PMing you! It looked interesting to me~ :o
(I'm too confuzzled of a mind and lazy to do anything like that myself...)
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Thanks for the update, Red.
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Thanks Red! Its a good idea, I didn't see why we had this section.
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Thanks for the update! I'm sure we'll all understand. I didn't really get the point of the Free For All Roleplay section anyways. Just lucky that my thread wasn't in that board! =3
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Thankd Red for letting us know
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Thank you for the update, Reddle ^.^
The General Roleplay section is a lot easier/simpler now. ;3
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Thanks for the update, Red.
I have to say, I was pretty puzzled when I noticed the Free For All section was missing. Then I stumbled upon this thread, and now it all makes sense. I'm glad everything is all neat and sorted out now. :)
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Thanks for letting us know, Red. I think it'll do good.
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Like a good number of people, I was also confused by the Free-for-All board. It seemed a bit out of place and condensed in disorganization. (Even though, I do not role-play on the forums, I still liked to spectate.) I think removing it was a good idea, provided with the option for people that did have a role-play that remained within the related ties to Feral Heart in some way to have it retrieved and moved into a new section. And with any idea, like the Free-for-All, it's all simple trial and error. Either it works well or it does not.
Again, thank you for the update Red.
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Thank you for the update.
Though.. I must admit I didn't even notice it was gone.
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Thanks for the update.
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all is fair there, totally understandable that thread was a mess.
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Just a reminder, floofies, you have until the 20th of this month (three days) to PM a staff member if you would like us to move one of your old roleplay threads into an existing board for you.
Hope to hear from you soon, if we haven't already!
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Just a reminder, floofies, you have until the 20th of this month (three days) to PM a staff member if you would like us to move one of your old roleplay threads into an existing board for you.
Hope to hear from you soon, if we haven't already!
OK, thanks for the remindez. :)