There is something that honestly has bothered me for a little while, and I had hoped that there could be a way for it to at least be mended a little. Sometimes when I look at the introduction post of a new character, depending on who that character is, there is a serious difference in the number of tags they got.
I know it is to be expected that if there's a new character from a more well-known series coming in, yes, more players may want to interact with that character. But for someone who brings in an obscure character, I can't help but find that a problem. It's a little discouraging, really. Especially if a person brings in an obscure character at the same time someone else brought in a more well-known one. It's not so bad when it's a player who have already established themselves in the game before, but when it's a new player, I find it can be kind of discouraging.
I do know that a lot of the older players got tired of the 'welcome to a magic castle' routine, which I can see if you've been in the game for a really long time like a number of players have been. I am also aware that sometimes the muses won't cooperate because, well, maybe that character is on the anti-social side of things.
But I just can't help but want to see some sort of remedy? As I recall back in the LJ days, there were at least two things that were meant to help. One character had put together a list of 'typical welcome things' in an entry and other characters were like "Yeah, read this over and we'll go from there" and wasn't there a 'welcoming committee' at one point? I'm thinking there was also the option of a character receiving a pamphlet at the beginning, but my memory could be faulty there.
I was just wondering if maybe one of those could be restored? The latter most could be used for a mun if they'd rather have a character know the basics and not make a 'whoa where am I' post for their introduction. I could just be rambling over something that might not be as big a problem as I think it is, but I thought it could be at least worth mentioning. I personally would like to see if we could get one of those three options for new characters again.
New characters/muns
I know it is to be expected that if there's a new character from a more well-known series coming in, yes, more players may want to interact with that character. But for someone who brings in an obscure character, I can't help but find that a problem. It's a little discouraging, really. Especially if a person brings in an obscure character at the same time someone else brought in a more well-known one. It's not so bad when it's a player who have already established themselves in the game before, but when it's a new player, I find it can be kind of discouraging.
I do know that a lot of the older players got tired of the 'welcome to a magic castle' routine, which I can see if you've been in the game for a really long time like a number of players have been. I am also aware that sometimes the muses won't cooperate because, well, maybe that character is on the anti-social side of things.
But I just can't help but want to see some sort of remedy? As I recall back in the LJ days, there were at least two things that were meant to help. One character had put together a list of 'typical welcome things' in an entry and other characters were like "Yeah, read this over and we'll go from there" and wasn't there a 'welcoming committee' at one point? I'm thinking there was also the option of a character receiving a pamphlet at the beginning, but my memory could be faulty there.
I was just wondering if maybe one of those could be restored? The latter most could be used for a mun if they'd rather have a character know the basics and not make a 'whoa where am I' post for their introduction. I could just be rambling over something that might not be as big a problem as I think it is, but I thought it could be at least worth mentioning. I personally would like to see if we could get one of those three options for new characters again.