Suggestion Top Poster list should be about RP

[Valery Noble]

I know I'll prolly sound defensive to some, but idgaf.

The top posters thing is a neat little addition to the site, and I like to see the people there who are actively Roleplaying. Not people who spam posting games or other OOC forums where they can ramp up the number, either intentionally or not. I know Factory judges didn't appear there in the past either, but they do now as well and I think that's not interesting either. My personal vote would go to the number representing private/public threads and maybe some stuff like the marketplace.

That was all, have fun RP'ing \o/

 

[Kahlil Noble]

Me like big number.

Me only like big number when it's actual posts, though. Me agree.

 

[Zaiya Ceti]

I concur on this one. Let it be RP-focused for the top poster in Open RP and Private RP forums rather than the rest.

 

[Shan Pavond]

Yeah. I feel like the out of character stuff shouldn't be counting towards the top posts when it's really easy to just inflate your post count

 

[Gatz Derrevar]

Me like big number.

Me only like big number when it's actual posts, though. Me agree.

Me plagiarize. Me also like big number, but only when actual posts. Me agree.

 

[Kahlil Noble]

Me plagiarize. Me also like big number, but only when actual posts. Me agree.

Me know that against rules.

Me have to have you banned now. Also me boosting big number haha

 

[Mellifluous Magenta]

I support removing posting games and the like, but I think that factory and codex judge posts should remain in the post count numbers. The judges are volunteers who are doing a service to the site. I believe they deserve recognition for that, however small that may be.

 

[Valery Noble]

Me know that against rules.

Me have to have you banned now. Also me boosting big number haha

Me gonna beat you up if you no careful.

Or keep spamming this thread to prove my point

 

[Amani Serys]

I feel like this was a thing we tried to have addressed in the past but for whatever reason it wouldn’t work. If they can make that happen I’d agree, otherwise everything’s already been said and done.

 

[Brandyn Sal-Soren]

Factory and Codex judging seems like it could be a bit of a thankless job at times. Seems no harm in letting those that do a lot of the work there get a pat on the back. It all contributes to the community and the RPing.

Who says that one RP post is equal to another? Some spend a day writing a novel for one post, and the other writes two lines and calls it a day. Both count as a post. So I do not think RP posts are a good metric for it either.

If we care that much about something like that, we probably care too much.

 

[Nej Tane]

I’ve been on chaos so long I just assume that if you have over so many posts most of them are OOC. Of course, Chaos was around right around the middle ground of chatrooms and discord and the like. So a lot of the Tom foolery on discord used to be on the site itself.

But yes, I think for the tippy top poster or most posts per month, maybe change the metric to just weighing it in the roleplay section.

 

[Kahlil Noble]

we probably care too much.

Me do care too much.

But this is also just a hobby and I like the lil' bit there that says 'we're really active and we really like writing.' I too don't mind having the codex and the factory in it, but posting game padding™ or PGP™ for short is just silly. Let me reign from my throne in peace.

 

[Nej Tane]

Me do care too much.

But this is also just a hobby and I like the lil' bit there that says 'we're really active and we really like writing.' I too don't mind having the codex and the factory in it, but posting game padding™ or PGP™ for short is just silly. Let me reign from my throne in peace.

thank goodness speed doms aren’t around anymore

 

[Kahlil Noble]

thank goodness speed doms aren’t around anymore

I'd still reign in peace who do you think did those back in the day.

 

[Brandyn Sal-Soren]

Posting Games should not be included. That seems reasonable. The whole purpose of that section is to go nuts and spam and have unbridled fun…within the bridle of the rules.

However, I think my point on not all RP posts being created equal has merit. This alone makes it near impossible to make this ‘Top Poster of the Month’ actually represent who wrote the most on the site.

 

[Valery Noble]

Factory and Codex judging seems like it could be a bit of a thankless job at times. Seems no harm in letting those that do a lot of the work there get a pat on the back. It all contributes to the community and the RPing.

Who says that one RP post is equal to another? Some spend a day writing a novel for one post, and the other writes two lines and calls it a day. Both count as a post. So I do not think RP posts are a good metric for it either.

If we care that much about something like that, we probably care too much.

To me, it's more about showing the people who participate in what's ultimately the real purpose of the site — Roleplaying. It's neat to see new folks popping up or knowing who is actively writing. It doesn't matter if the post is short or long. Any RP post can drive a story forward, and that is worth a lot more than showing the world you can count by spamming to a counting posting game.

I do think posting games have a place on the site because socializing is part of this too. But it's not the occasional posting game that's funny/silly that you see popping up. It's the relentless spam to "games" where it's obviously not about the interaction with others. The games are more popular at the start of the month for a reason.

That said, the points about Factory/Codex are fair. But posting games are just lame to see when they're clearly used to just boost numbers. Make it about RP on this RP site for me.

 

[Nej Tane]

I also have no idea how they’d code that.

Tefka probably thought about this three years ago and then forgot about it.

 

[Caltin Vanagor]

Thanks and respect to the Factory and Codex Masters but agreed, of someone REALLY couldn't live without that little badge they could spam the "you know what" out of the board. Shrugs just a game

 

[Brandyn Sal-Soren]

Some people only have the Posting Games as their way of interacting with the community. They do not, for various reasons, have time or energy to RP. That is cool. Not to be disparaged. If there is a way to not count it there should be, but then you have questions about other parts of the board.

Welcome, New Members < doesn’t count because not RP, but people that regularly post there are doing good work for the community.
Looking for Group < arranging RP
Staff Announcements < interacting with board admins, not RP, remove from count?
Roleplay Discussion < seems like it should stay because you are discussing Roleplaying.
Factions < should stay because it is RP related?
Ask Questions and Submit Feeback < not RP, so must go?

And…onwards…

 

[Caltin Vanagor]

Just a game