Post by Felicia Soler on Jan 4, 2016 14:29:48 GMT -5
Eclipse needs a Renaissance.
There, I said it. This post is probably going to piss some people off, but it's something I've been sitting on for a while, and with it being the new year, it seemed like a good time to post it.
Remember a few years ago when Grace & MR & me & Zyre were all staff and we had the yearly Eclipse Awards? I miss that. Remember when Grace or someone would make a new skin every few months to spruce the site up and make it look new? I miss that.
We've always had a strong core group of members, but everyone seems to be not posting because life, they're not involved in any threads, they don't want to post with certain characters in the threads (either their own or others) . . . I'm not naming names here because all of these things apply to each of us.
We need new people. We need to make the place new again. I mean, it's not dying, but it's kind of a desert right now. We need to rewrite the rules (somewhat) and perhaps make them a little more relaxed, especially the 75 post rule. It seems to be hard enough for even active members to get up to 30 posts right now because it's been so dead. There are also a few other rules that probably need some tweaking.
Another thing we need, which I know is probably going to cause a shitstorm but w/e, is new/additional staff. We need new ideas and someone who's around enough to push plots forward and stir shit up.
I really want to bring this site back to its former glory because it's really stagnant right now, but this isn't something I can do alone, nor do I want to do it alone, because this isn't just my site; it's OUR site. I know a lot of us (myself included) are incredibly resistant to change and don't think Eclipse needs to change, that everything's fine--but it's not, and things DO need to change.
So here's what I think we need to do:
1) Those of you with photoshop skills, design a few new skins;
2) Go through the rules and post which ones you think need to be changed/deleted/made more lenient;
3) If you want to nominate someone to be staff (including yourself), nominate them here;
4) Advertise the site in your other RPs. I find that if people on another board hear about an RP from someone they play with, they're more likely to check it out, and that word of mouth works better than any amount of posting advertisements/banner ads.
Thoughts? Suggestions?
There, I said it. This post is probably going to piss some people off, but it's something I've been sitting on for a while, and with it being the new year, it seemed like a good time to post it.
Remember a few years ago when Grace & MR & me & Zyre were all staff and we had the yearly Eclipse Awards? I miss that. Remember when Grace or someone would make a new skin every few months to spruce the site up and make it look new? I miss that.
We've always had a strong core group of members, but everyone seems to be not posting because life, they're not involved in any threads, they don't want to post with certain characters in the threads (either their own or others) . . . I'm not naming names here because all of these things apply to each of us.
We need new people. We need to make the place new again. I mean, it's not dying, but it's kind of a desert right now. We need to rewrite the rules (somewhat) and perhaps make them a little more relaxed, especially the 75 post rule. It seems to be hard enough for even active members to get up to 30 posts right now because it's been so dead. There are also a few other rules that probably need some tweaking.
Another thing we need, which I know is probably going to cause a shitstorm but w/e, is new/additional staff. We need new ideas and someone who's around enough to push plots forward and stir shit up.
I really want to bring this site back to its former glory because it's really stagnant right now, but this isn't something I can do alone, nor do I want to do it alone, because this isn't just my site; it's OUR site. I know a lot of us (myself included) are incredibly resistant to change and don't think Eclipse needs to change, that everything's fine--but it's not, and things DO need to change.
So here's what I think we need to do:
1) Those of you with photoshop skills, design a few new skins;
2) Go through the rules and post which ones you think need to be changed/deleted/made more lenient;
3) If you want to nominate someone to be staff (including yourself), nominate them here;
4) Advertise the site in your other RPs. I find that if people on another board hear about an RP from someone they play with, they're more likely to check it out, and that word of mouth works better than any amount of posting advertisements/banner ads.
Thoughts? Suggestions?
I do have a lot of fun ideas in my opinion, but when something gets going I get a bit overwhelmed.
