Ive been gone for a good three-four years and this is just so much different. It looks like it's gone totally downhill and the RPing doesn't look as fun as it used to. Does anyone from my era agree?
I joined a year ago, but I can already see the differences.
The Role Playing on this site has become terrible. I may start a new site for the old or more experienced members when I get time. I'm not quite sure yet. I probably won't be able to keep up with it.
yeah I remember when the role playing was amazing and everyone was always on now it looks like the people have no idea what they're talking about.
Kk... I joined this forum a year ago, and things have changed. Of course, you don't notice it so much when your going through it all, day after day, but when I think over it, there are some major changes, that has occured with new members, old members that've left, and that the books are over.
It's quite boring to be on oftenly, since I live in Norway. When I'm on, no one else is...
The vibe on here isn't as good as it was either. I don't know wjat of is about it but it's a lot different
I know... I think that I'm part of that turning in 'vibe'. Well, not directly. Or if you could say also, directly :P Since newbs allways come, and it takes some time for them to get to know the site, it often becomes tense, with a bit yelling and such, since some people isn't that... Yeah...
Most of the new ones try to do their best, so that the older ones can accept them!
It's all very confusing, indeed :-\
I'm still in a way a "newbie" even though I've been here for about a year. (Including my old account.)
I can't really say that I've seen that many changes. However, that is probably because I haven't been here long enough.
But the forum (No offense to anyone here) has gotten rather boring. There seems like there is nothing to RP about.
I don't know if it's just me, or what.
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Ill try to do the RPing like before some of them had no point to them but they were good things to do to pass the time.
See, the new members need to understand something...
When you type with bad grammar and spelling, your posts will probably be looked down on and skipped by. I understand some people aren't that good with it, but atleast Mozilla Firefox has a spell check.
Another thing is that this is a Harry Potter Forum. When you look at these posts, people are turning it into a Twilight Forum. Vampires are overthrowing the wizards now. It's about the romance rather than learning how to defend yourself.
People need to understand that this is Harry Potter. And that RPing is like writing a story. It needs detail and some life to be good.
Exactly and I understand if you like Twilight but this is Harry Potter.If you want to have Twilight RPing go find a d**n Twilight Forum.
Ha. I used to like Twilight but now I can't stand the d**n series. I didn't even finish the fourth book because it was so ridiculous.
But yeah, you're right.
Hey Josh, long time no see dude. Looks like I am not the only one to come back. When I first came back I got the same reaction. I tried a few times to get the RP better such as Improving Thy Personal and my own new character of Rhyme in the Bio Section. Doesn't seemed to have made 'that' much of an impact though.
I think it is time to try less subtle meathods.
-goes to get the cattleprod and a whip-
Yay! I love it when oldies come back! ((No offense you guys probably aren't even old...)) It seems to bring such a lift into certain sections of the HPF world! Whenever one oldie starts a topic, several other oldies join, along with a newbie who gets yelled at the whole time! ;D
I agree, something has definitely happened to HPF, but I think it will always be changing. No matter how much you try to keep HPF 'as it was' younger, newer people keep coming, changing it, no matter how much you try to stop them.
Hey Harry its been a while. haha ive looked at all my old posts and wow what an embarassment ive defeintly improved with everything. Yeah i was looking on the topic you started that talked about how HPFF changed and how all of the oldies left so it made me want to rejoin. ;D
Well I'm glad that you rejoined, and I hope I get the chance to RP with you!
Yep, just don't try and fall into the current dissary of 1 line posts or 3 lines if you are lucky. Josh, remember when Lavender would post giant long posts that would make you go O.O from the length. She could take 3 paragraphs to describe the lake itself, how the light played off the sparkling water, the flocks of birds flying overhead.
THAT is what I miss from old HPFF
I will admit, sometimes back then we would have short little maybe 1 paragraph candy RPs where we posted very little or we did when it got slow but we could always post longer if we wanted to.
Haha yeah i remeber Lavender posting those GIANT posts and everytime i would see one i would rub my eyes and say "Dear God" and begin to read it haha yeah i need to get back in the groove of typing big long paragraphs and I've seen some of Ginny's recent ones and some of yours and that's what i need to start doing.
Something I hope will happen now, is that you two, and Ginny, can start posting, and have an positive effect on all of us! :D Just like you've mentioned several times, Harry.
Josh, please don't leave in a week because of the annoyance of the newbies and one liners ;D
*Yawns*
I need to start typing more.
I don't get on here like I used to. Mainly because of the way my step-mother is with things, but oh well.
JOSH!!!!!!!!!! :o 8) :o ;D :D :-* ::) 8)
Sorry about that. I just had to get that all out. How have you been? Where have you been. Missed you so much!!!!!!
Back on topic: Agreed. I even have to admit that my posts are not like they use to be. It's really hard to toss it out there and have little response to that. That's why Ginny and Xaver have their own personal posts cause they know how fun it can be if everyone is invested.
I really miss the days when I first got here. I remember thinking that my writing was actually improved thanks to this place. Now it's getting worse. My writing I mean, because of this place. We need a no newbies RP zone.
It's really hard for me to get on everyday and post because I'm so bored with it. Before I would spend hours on in one day. You can't leave Josh. I'll just die a little inside. :'(
Hahahaha don't worry Lavy i don't intend of leaving. But yeah I hope the RPing improves and some of the newbies improve on their writing. I've been in a hurry the last few times ive been one so all of my writing is a little choppy and short so I'll be improving on that.
Too bad the site can't register the size of the post to count it toward your post count. Have the giant posts that we can do as like 5-10 depending on 'how' long it is and have the little one liners as .25 or even .1 if it is really short.
It is kind of depressing to see this new people blast through the posting levels so quickly with such short little posts.
Like right now Fudge and I have an RP going that isn't even on its second page yet but each post is big.
The post doesn't always have to be big. It has to be descriptive, on topic, good grammar and spelling, and not to mention informative as to what each character is doing.
I still have moments where I'll post only a few lines, because sometimes that's all you can do! As long as you make an attempt, I have no problem. Just don't do it every time. You need it to read like a story, and really, the only time multiple short posts are acceptable is when the RP is moving fast. Each character needs to react just like a person would in that situation. You don't move once and then freeze. You think, feel, speak, hear, move, and see. Mention everything you can!
As for the Twilight aspect...every one of you obsessive fans on this site have completed turned me off the whole series. I don't even want to attempt to read it because I'm so SICK of it! I'm really close to posting a topic in the character bio's that says in nice big bold letters "NO VAMPIRES."
But I won't.
Mine and Xaver's posts are almost always open. All anyone has to do is PM us and ask to join and we'll work our way into a direction for them to do so. As long as the person tries to post well, there's no problem. I speak for Xav a little bit here, but I know she wouldn't mind. Haha. Just TRY!
I still sign on everyday. I don't post everyday though, and I hardly ever reply to PMs unless they are REALLY important. (Josh, I was gonna reply to yours, but I forgot.) Mostly because I use my cell phone to check this website and typing things out takes forever...even with my keyboard. Plus I'm ULTRA lazy.
Anyway, what the newbies need are people to look up to. So those of you who do know how things work need to stick around. How else can they improve?
I haven't been into RP's for awhile. I try to like them again but I guess it is the "newbies" that are turning me off. Or maybe they aren't my core interest anymore. I don't know.
It might have to do that I actually am interested in other things now such as building my Youtube and trying to write a novel. Then there is school. Then there are online video games to keep me busy. After that, there is the time I spend with my dad (he has no worthwhile Internet.)
And I don't know what quite draws me to this site anymore. I like coming and checking in, make a couple posts, maintain a presence, whatever.
No matter. I joined this site almost four years ago. I'm still here, even if am not particularly active. I'd probably still be here even if every member up and left, and I'd just keep on checking in...
LOL
I wrote a book for a project in school. 265 single-spaced pages of pure bs'ing. And it took me nine months. Even with a huge part of the background written for me (it was based off mine and Neo's adventures) I still had to write so..... much...... like descriptions for one. Grrrrr!!!!
Yeah don't give up goblet. It's a pain in the *insert long string of bad words here* but all of the long nights and cramped up hands were totally worth it once I finished.