Constructive criticism

[Vc0m]

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This is a global criticism: If you only do FvF matches, you are severely limiting yourself as far as creativity. Also, if you are going to retire a character, DELETE THEIR PAGE!

Nnnnnno. Some people might be put off by Men v women matches, so they can easily allow themselves to limit themselves to just fvf. 0 expense to their creativity

And you might still like the character even if you are not using them. What if someone wants to read a match with a retired character? They literally cannot find out who in the world that character is.

[winner3]

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This is a global criticism: If you only do FvF matches, you are severely limiting yourself as far as creativity. Also, if you are going to retire a character, DELETE THEIR PAGE!

I'm going to take a stab and assume the best intentions were had here. I believe SimplePride means for us to interpret "limiting" in terms of roleplay/scenario possibilities. As the more features/assets//elements you add, the bigger the list of things that are physically possible becomes. I believe in this case, Pride believes that opening yourself up to intergender rp and matches is analogous to opening yourself up to more possibilities.

However, I don't think opening yourself up to this makes you any more creative. And I don't think creativity is limited in F/F rp. The only limitations on creativity are yourself and your imagination. You can advocate for more intergender rp without painting it as being more creative or more of anything else than f/f rp is.

Also, please don't derail the thread. It's a constructive criticism thread. Please stick to offering critiquing on rp on this site, and to offering advice or change your like to see that you think might help. Thank you.

[SimplePride]

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This is a global criticism: If you only do FvF matches, you are severely limiting yourself as far as creativity. Also, if you are going to retire a character, DELETE THEIR PAGE!

I'm going to take a stab and assume the best intentions were had here. I believe SimplePride means for us to interpret as "limiting" in terms of roleplay/scenario possibilties. As the more features/assets//elements you add, the bigger the list of things that are physically possible becomes. I believe in this case, Pride believes that opening yourself up to intergender rp and matches is analogous to opening yourself up to more possibilities.

However, I don't think opening yourself up to this makes you any more creative. And I don't think creativity is limited in F/F rp. The only limitations on creativity are yourself and your imagination. You can advocate for more intergender rp without painting it as being more creative or more of anything else than f/f rp is.

Also, please don't derail the thread. It's a constructive criticism thread. Please stick to offering critiquing on rp on this site, and to offering advice or change your like to see that you think might help. Thank you.

What a surprise, the boss man nails it.

Though it is nearly impossible to convey tone through text alone, what I meant was that those who are open to MvF and FvF have a lot more options than those who only do, say FvF. One of the things I love about LAW is that the only real limit...is you. If you want a man who literally calls himself "The Holy One of LAW" you can do that. If you want a a character named for a folk song, you can do that. Obviously there's an age limit, but that's an understandable and minor thing (heh, puns)

When you open yourself up for anything, anything can happen.

[Shura]

Alright, I'd say read a few threads from users you usually like to interact with before assuming that a type of match (MvF, hentai, whatever) isn't for you. It may or may not change your mind but it'll be an educated decision.

[Noob]

I mean some people just don't enjoy certain things. Heck there are plenty of things you really don't need to try to know they're not for you. so not to derail the thread (although I started it so I'd like to believe I have at least one free pass d:) with something crass and overgeneralizing, but like ya don't need to say to a dude that says he doesn't like fucking dudes, "don't assume you're not into that having not tried it. Ya might change your mind." Sometimes ya just know you're not into something. And that's fine. And I say this as someone that enjoys being on either end of a lewd MvF or MvM match. But yeah, some people don't enjoy playing certain genders or scenarios (even in the not lewd stuff). I don't think it's terribly limiting. I think it's more a thorn in other people's side who really want to do that but have a hard time finding a partner.

Anyways back to constructive criticism. But I have a question. Do people lose a lot of enjoyment from a thread when there's a long time between posts? Would people rather the thread take a short hiatus until regular posting can resume or would they rather random posts a long time apart?

This isn't meant to call anyone out. I'm bringing it up cause I've been doing the inconsistent posting thing lately and I'm wondering which thing would work better/people like better for rping when I have limited bandwidth but a lot of ongoing threads.

[CaptainL]

Anyways back to constructive criticism. But I have a question. Do people lose a lot of enjoyment from a thread when there's a long time between posts? Would people rather the thread take a short hiatus until regular posting can resume or would they rather random posts a long time apart?

This isn't meant to call anyone out. I'm bringing it up cause I've been doing the inconsistent posting thing lately and I'm wondering which thing would work better/people like better for rping when I have limited bandwidth but a lot of ongoing threads.

I personally don't mind waiting in between posts. As long as we get a good story out of it in the end, it doesn't matter to me how long we took to get there. I've gone a full year in between replies before and still managed to finish the thread satisfactorally.

[JollyRoger]

I always pick up when a thread has not moved for a long time. In my perception people have reasons why they abandon threads. Soo maybe if that reason is no longer there, I see no problem with resuming. The only thing that is a little bit problematic with that is that I sometimes don´t know anymore what the thread was all about.

[SimplePride]

Alright, the last thread I posted on Discussion was incredibly stupid. But, I did mean one thing: I want to hear every criticism you have of SimplePride. Just don't be mean for meanness' sake, ok?

[CaptainL]

My main criticism is that you seem to lose interest in your own characters and want to replace them pretty quickly. It isn't really fair to the people you RP with if your roster can get entirely dumped without warning, and it causes them to get less invested in doing anything with you or your characters. I understand if you feel like they don't really work or don't have any interest in using them, but a smarter thing to do there would be to take things one step at a time - make sure you really want to use your characters and to be able to do stuff with them before you make them official, and do more with them before you decide to add another character to your roster so you're sure they're right for you. Quality over quantity, basically.

Also, there's no reason you need to feel like your account needs to rely on gimmicks, like having a designated number of characters or having a slogan tied to your account. That doesn't matter to RPers here as much as working well with others and having ideas that can benefit both you and your partners. I can tell you right now, from the threads I've done with you, you do have talent for writing and some good ideas, but there's no reason to throw everything away and start from scratch when you don't feel like whatever "brand" you've established for yourself isn't working. I can tell you now, things like that don't matter to the majority of LAW users.

[SimplePride]

I have a warning placed on me, so I gotta be careful here:

All that I wanted to replace, has been replaced, so that is over and done with. As far as a brand, the best way to have a brand...is to NOT have a brand...Let yourself sell yourself, without gimmicks or whatever. The only real "gimmick" I have is calling my roster "The Jungle" and the only reason it's named that is because I like the song "Welcome to the Jungle" That's it. That's less than nothing.

That is the last I'll say on the matter, here's the new slogan: Shut Up And RP