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So Zetta SLOW!
Topic Started: 1 Dec 2012, 23:17 (668 Views)
Azu
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DO THE MATH!
Intent to Revamp


To those members of Inspire that I gave a heart attack to earlier this week, this introduction is for you. It seems I let our spell of inactivity get to me- I seem to have forgotten that there are still members on this site that are still invested in it succeeding. For that, I sincerely apologize. I won't linger on the negativity of this any longer except to say thank you to kitsunaii especially for her perseverance in making me see that.

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That being said, I think Inspire needs work. Saint, for one, has been quite vocal in the past about his complaint that it takes us several weeks to take down a single wall. You might notice we no longer have any walls. Recently, we've yet to complete a Week past Day 4. This isn't the fault of our members. Unfortunately, the partner system restricts the ability of members to advance the plot alone and sometimes even with another active member on site.

My new focus is to find an alternative for our forum. I want it to be possible to progress the plot so we aren't so often frozen in a single point in time.

I recognize that people have schedules that can easily prevent them from being able to post and I am sympathetic to that. I just don't want members who aren't busy to have absolutely nothing to do in the meantime. After all, Zerrogjochvonik can only destroy Shibuya so many times before Masuta's has enough and goes Joshua on us.

I would truly appreciate any member input on this. It can be what you have problems with on Inspire, ideas you have for keeping the story active, or just criticism for any of the finer aspects of the site.

Nothing is off limits right now.

If you're lost in the main story and you think that should be fixed, if you can't find a partner (well we're working on that, but you can still say it...), or if you have a specific issue with something more sensitive, such as the way I admin the site, don't be afraid to step up. This is the time that your comments will be the most valuable. If you don't feel comfortable commenting here for everyone to see, please send me a PM.

As of now, I am considering the idea of temporary pacts, for instance, making a pact at the beginning of each Day, to allow us to be more flexible when Players go missing or when they are erased. If this were the case, it would be more reasonable for us to become a little more strict about Player erasure for disappearing and not replying within a set time limit. Since we have alternatives (such as the shop) for Player's to return with their old character, it shouldn't cause undue stress for Players that have to leave for long periods of time, either.

Again, tell me what you think.

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My intent is to revitalize the site on approximately January 1st. As of now that means that I will enact the following changes on the new year:
  • Removing all of the old announcements.
  • Clearing out all member accounts that have never posted.
  • Erasing any Player, Reaper, or Noise that has not posted after October 1st, 2012.
  • Archiving any application that is a W.I.P. that has not been updated after today, December 1st, 2012.
  • *Editing the introduction forum to automatically hide topics after they have been inactive for 30 days.
  • *Clearing out the departure thread of any threads that are no longer relevant.
  • Cycling some new quotes into the site for those of us who have seen the same ones for months.
  • *Having an entirely up-to-date Events page and Plot page.
  • Updating the rules to reflect any changes being made to the actual format of Inspire.
  • *Wiped all advertisements and inactive affiliates from our forums to start fresh.
  • Sending a single mass e-mail to every member of Inspire that may have forgotten the site since their first visit that says all of this in fewer words. Decided to wait until the visual update is prepared to launch.
  • Removing Google's mistaken notifications for negative activity throughout Inspire. Should be fixed! If you see a Google notification anywhere on iNspire warning for malware, please send me the URL, either as a comment to this or as a PM and I will remove it!
  • If the pin competition has not finished or nearly finished by then, there will be a fast forward so that the plot may progress. Don't worry, it won't be abrupt or full of pixie dust. However, the story will continue.
Anything marked by an * may be updated in the month leading up to January 1st. The rest will take place exactly on January 1st, 2012.

If you have an account of yours you would like removed, speak with me and I will work out any exceptions. The same goes for accounts that have no posts that should not be removed.

Very tentatively, I also hope to make a few more general changes by then, including:
     » Completing/clarifying the F.A.Q.
     » Including a mobile skin for the site for slow connections and for people to use in situations that obviously surfing a game site might not be ideal. (I.e. work or school)
     » Adding Inspire to various RP directories and general RP collections.
     » Taking out all the Navigation Menu stuff that make no sense. (i.e. Making everything legible and clear, as well as more organized.)
     » Reformatting the header menu so that it includes more things that are useful in a more appealing format.
     » Updating the application for Players to make forbidden pins explicitly clear and to explain stats.
Edited by Azu, 3 Jan 2013, 18:32.
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