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Spiritburn OFFLINE Forum Posts: 1,837	Posted: Fri, 29/04/2016 18:26 (8 Years ago)
	I'll be updating the post and spread sheet later today. Also: UMP [Read more]

Spiritburn OFFLINE Forum Posts: 1,837	Posted: Wed, 27/04/2016 21:48 (8 Years ago)
	I have pms from the first day that I joined, I still use PMs, and it's just a mess. I support being able to delete pms, completely. And if both users remove it, the messages could be deleted from the server, freeing up a little bit of room each time both users remove everything. [Read more]

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Posted: Wed, 27/04/2016 15:08 (8 Years ago)

I know this was suggested a year or two ago, when a user had an art shop to make avatars that were all overly flashing rainbow patterns in a fast pace...

I don't know what happened to it, and am not digging through for it at the moment, but I know it exists somewhere already.

My opinion on this is that if there's an issue, just contact the person using the avatar and explain that it is a health hazard to some people. I used to have a friend that was okay with most animations online, but there were a few that would trigger her seizures. So the flickering white from the interactions page wouldn't trigger it because it's only once every so often, but a spinning animation going fast with a range of flickering colors behind it would be a real threat to her life.

And, in my experience, most people will change their avatars if they know that it's a risk to other people.
But adding it into the rules (Maybe "Be mindful about animation speeds") would make it to where if someone disregards the issue, then the mods would be able to step in.

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Posted: Wed, 27/04/2016 14:32 (8 Years ago)

It is rather clear that you live in the USA. Some parts of the world don't celebrate Thanksgiving and some celebrate it at different times.

And the fourth of July is not a major holiday to most of the world. It's just another day.

Seeing as how Riako lives in Germany, we've had one German holiday based event, but the others are based around the holidays.

Plus, posting the ideas in a thread isn't the best way to go about getting your ideas used. And just a name doesn't exactly help either. It's best to have an actual plan for the events and go to contact a spriter about it.

Exeggcute, Drifloon, and Vulpix are event ideas that I'd rather not see another of. Mainly because we already have them in an event form :p

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Spiritburn OFFLINE Forum Posts: 1,837	Posted: Mon, 25/04/2016 23:05 (8 Years ago)
	Hey Star! I need an Avatar! Username: Navuso Pokemon (MAX. 3 in one picture): Link Animated or Not?: Animated PM, Palpad or Forum?: Palpad Text (Optional): Payment: 15K Password: 2lazy4u2chu Other?: He can be normal or luxray for the avatar <3 [Read more]

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Posted: Mon, 25/04/2016 13:43 (8 Years ago)

What you are suggesting is exactly what the art shops are for.

Let people get custom plushies for their pages. Zona has 2 plushies (that I made, hence why her name came to mind first for me) on her page. They are both of her sona in different positions and different designs. But they are plushies custom made for her, and if someone else wanted to use them, all they had to do was go ask her for permission. (And if she said no, respect that)

As far as I know, every single pokemon, form, and event are on the list to be done at some point or another. So doing those as plushies is kind of pointless unless you're an official plushie maker (artist). So the only reason to do this is if you had a pokesona or OC that you'd want to see as a plushie, and not just an edit of a plushie either.

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Spiritburn OFFLINE Forum Posts: 1,837	Posted: Sun, 24/04/2016 21:40 (8 Years ago)
	Quote from Lilwan's last actionLast Action Viewing qwerty (1 Year ago) Something tells me that this thread should not have been revived after a year of inactivity. Oh, right, it's his last action being over a year ago... [Read more]

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Posted: Sun, 24/04/2016 19:30 (8 Years ago)

QuoteSeeing as some people on this site don't have English as their mother language, it would be hard for them to write up a whole paragraph, if they are still in the process of learning English, hence maybe they should either go with the newbie section, or the moderate section, if they are still learning and need to get hang of the English language.

I GREATLY disagree with this statement. I have RPed with non-native English typers who were learning the language. Even with grammatical errors, misused words, and a language barrier, they attempted to write full paragraphs and we held LONG RPs together. Sometimes we would have to ask the other person for clarification, but other than that it did not affect the length of the replies. It affected the quality, but that couldn't be helped and didn't ruin the experience for either of us.

So "English is not my native language. I am still learning." is not an excuse for one-liners in a more literate RP.

And for the "Charactername: -text- *action*" type of RPs, they aren't considered literate. They are classified as "Messenger styled" or "Illiterate" depending on where you are RPing like that. I do this kind of RPing in Out of Character posts, where my character wants to say or respond to something, but it isn't in the actual RP. (I do this quite frequently with one of my RP buddies and we wind up having a short messenger styled RP while we have a proper paragraph RP going on as well.)

And doing the different subforums? That won't work very well, if the fan-made forums are anything to go by. (There will be a looooot of threads made in the generic RP forum, people will post outside of their literary level, and the frustration at it will be worse)

Not everyone is this bad. Not everyone does one-liners. Not everyone expects everyone else to be perfect. It's just a majority of the RPs are based on illiterate styles or the difference in skill are vastly different.

Again, I'll use me for an example:
I tend to write a minimum of one paragraph and usually get two to five paragraphs. However, I have gotten up to SIXTEEN paragraphs in one reply before.

I don't mind RPing with someone where one paragraph is their usual length where they sometimes get up to three paragraphs or sometimes only have two or three sentences. At least they are making an effort.

I have three RPs going with three different people and all three have different literacy levels. One of them does one paragraph per reply, one does three, and my most compatible partner does two to six per reply. When that person does a three lined reply it's because we are in a situation where the characters are talking and waiting on baited breath for a reply. Otherwise it's a long reply.

But with three RPs going well, two of them below my usual post length, but all of them fun, there is no reason to claim a certain skill level is the best to pair with. The shortest reply partner doesn't use english as their main language, but it is still FUN to RP with them.

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Spiritburn OFFLINE Forum Posts: 1,837	Posted: Fri, 22/04/2016 06:46 (8 Years ago)
	Name: Navuso Type of poxel: Bouncie <3 Payment: 200K pd + Extra because not easy Ref: Zianobu other other other: Will send payment after Sunday =D Other: [Read more]

Spiritburn OFFLINE Forum Posts: 1,837	Posted: Wed, 20/04/2016 04:51 (8 Years ago)
	I am offering all of the below on the Shaymin: 200K PD 3 Star Pieces 300 Random Gems 1 Red Meteorite 8 Rare Candies [Read more]

Spiritburn OFFLINE Forum Posts: 1,837	Posted: Mon, 18/04/2016 03:19 (8 Years ago)
	Sorry for the delay, everyone. I have sent the PD to everyone <3 I adore every image done so far. [Read more]

Spiritburn OFFLINE Forum Posts: 1,837	Posted: Tue, 12/04/2016 23:35 (8 Years ago)
	Username: Navuso Amount of tickets you're buying: 8 (with 5 free gems added, lol) Are you sure you've read all the rules : Yes Congrats on getting to your goal. I hope you get the lovely shiny <3 [Read more]

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Posted: Tue, 12/04/2016 03:04 (8 Years ago)

I do not support. The upgrades we have already shortens the times as well as gives the option to scan three at one time. This, in itself, GREATLY reduces the time to scan an egg. Even if you have to share a computer, if you scan three eggs, then the next time you get on you should be able to see what those three eggs are, since I doubt you have less than 10 minutes a day to be online AND only have one time slot in the day.

Sure, you might not be able to scan all of your eggs if your time is very limited, but that doesn't mean that there should be another alteration to the system to make it quicker or easier to find out what the daycare eggs are.

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Posted: Mon, 11/04/2016 02:37 (8 Years ago)

The phrase "More Literate" indicates more reading and writing involved than the less literate RPs.

"Literate: able to read and write."

The term literate when referring to RPs is not far different from the dictionary version.
If you don't write full sentences, use chat speak, and the end result is incoherent, then the term illiterate is very fitting. (Unable to write/type properly)

Semi-literate is able to write, but there are flaws to be expected, and it's not like reading a book every reply.

And literate is able to read and write a lot.

At least in the frame of context for a RP.
One-liners aren't marked as illiterate in my books. Just not appealing at all. However, chat style RPs are illiterate. Most of them don't use proper grammar, sentence structure, or even sentences at all.

Cat: *Crashes* Whoops.
Dog: CAT! *Chases excitedly*

Those are considered illiterate because there aren't any clear sentences or coherence to them. (Again, not wrong, just not my cup of tea, and would be considered illiterate)

I will be looking at the website that was linked, but I'm not going to hold high hopes for it. (Unfortunately I don't know what sites I was on before, since I was on like 50 of them to find a good RP, and they either kicked me out for my typing style, or they died off.)

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Posted: Mon, 11/04/2016 02:26 (8 Years ago)

Name: Nivee
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Appearance:

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Gijinka Art by me
Feral Art by ShinyYanma

Kingdom: Vindictive / Outcast
History: Nivee is an Eevee that is shroud in darkness and shadows. He thrives on violence and pain. He was born this way, and has always been an outcast from his family because of it. He left Bunbuu when he was very young, like five years old, and moved to Vindictive in order to survive more to his element.

Now he got drafted into the war and is expected to kill anyone he comes across. Can he do it? Or can someone open his heart that has been sealed since birth?
Crush: N/A - Open, but difficult due to being a shadow pokemon
BF/GF: N/A
Other: I need to get caught up, but I can say that it would be easier if all the accepted forms where in one place, so that it is easy enough to reference back to. Also, I see a couple of characters used that actually are owned characters and not free-to-use images. Please keep in mind that when you look for images, you should make sure you have permission to use them as references for your characters, else you're just stealing the work they made. >.<;;

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Posted: Mon, 11/04/2016 00:17 (8 Years ago)

Has anyone claimed that the one-liners are wrong? I don't think so.
Have we stated that they shouldn't rp like that? I don't think so.

The key thing is that, due to the flood of one-liner only RPs, and the not-thought-out RPs, those of us who are more literate find it hard to find a fair RP. It's hard to find a good partner.

Just because there is no excuse for a one-liner, well, almost none, doesn't mean that it's wrong. Just VERY disheartening.

As my post said, more experienced RPers and more literate RPers have kind of given up on the RP forums because the "good" rps are drowned out by the one-line spam nonsense. And, yes, some of these RPs break the rules (Mainly the POST IN THE RIGHT FORUM rule, since RPs themselves should not be in the sign-ups forum, as it makes it that much harder to find an actual RP setup...)

And the "Just find another site to RP on" approach is absolute BS. I'm sorry, but it is something I have tried, time and time again. But most RP sites that I find either want you to type the exact same way as everyone else, or isn't active. And my typing style isn't going to be strictly within a "4-5 sentences per paragraphs and two paragraphs per post. No shorter, no longer, and any character that isn't flawed more than non- shouldn't apply. And too flawed or with actual baggage is too dramatic and shouldn't apply." kind of site.

Toyhou.se implies it's supposed to be good for finding RPs, but most of the people on there are looking for more "adult" rps or are so strict in what they are searching for that anyone else is just SOL.

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Posted: Sun, 10/04/2016 17:38 (8 Years ago)

Honestly, when the site was much younger, it was possible to find some good RPs. However, as more and more users join, there are younger members who don't know how to RP, and those that think it's a good idea to just post one-liners.

So the more experienced RPers, like myself, get sick of even attempting to hold a RP more literate than one-liners and even give up on finding a RP on here all together.

I have had a few decent RPers show up, but they are far and few in between and it's really not worth my effort to go and find them.

Edit: There is never a reason for a 1-line post. You can ALWAYS expand on your post.

Instead of "______ walked around." the post could be "_________ walked around to see what s/he could find. Upon finding nothing, s/he returned back to __________ to see what they were up to."

Notice that the post is now two "lines" or sentences instead of one. You can give what the character is feeling, or looking at, or if there is speech, you can have them interact while speaking. (I have never met someone who just stands still while they talk. There's hand movements, swaying the body a little from foot to foot, walking around, sitting and slouching, possible tapping a surface, etc. There's also facial expressions such as a scowl when irritated or a smug smirk when trying to brag, things like that.)

If you expand on your post, you will find that it's not hard to write a paragraph, or at least two sentences. And if the other person writes more than one sentence, then that gives you more information to work with. I mean, RPs are building a WORLD, not just fixated on the character that you control.

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Posted: Sun, 10/04/2016 12:30 (8 Years ago)

The easiest thing to do, I believe, is to tweak the coding where if < and > are in the name, it is marked as using "invalid characters" thus a <3 in the name wouldn't be flagged, but a <Name> would be.

This would be one to four lines to add to the site code. (Since there is only one "change nickname" option for the pokemon, that I know of)

I fully support this, even though I haven't had issues with it, yet.

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Posted: Sun, 10/04/2016 00:42 (8 Years ago)

That's a shame, since I really did like the design (and was only 3 minutes late due to not realizing the cut off was so strict, since "Weekly new adoptables starting on Sundays" implies some time during Sunday, not strictly at midnight. :/

Well, anyways, I hope you and your friend sells this week's adopts, since they are cute. But I'm not bidding, since none of them would be used much by me, and I don't like to adopt things that I don't foresee myself using.

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Spiritburn OFFLINE Forum Posts: 1,837	Posted: Sun, 10/04/2016 00:03 (8 Years ago)
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