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Post by flyingfox17 on Nov 8, 2005 15:23:01 GMT -5
The thread exists just in case anyone does revisit this board. Simply put, people have stopped, for whatever reason. And to my knowledge, we still have yet to pull off a group meeting. Unless there's another common point of contact between us that I haven't been told of, this is about it.
To get to the point; there has to be something we can do to/for this message board to help people keep an interest in it, or at least have them remember it. My problem is I have no clue how - most of what was here existed before I joined. Whatever the reason, without people having a reason to come back to the board, they won't. Which makes it harder to plan any gatherings.
And I would still like to try to meet everyone here.
So, any suggestions?
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Post by Dragonfox on Nov 8, 2005 15:45:12 GMT -5
I think an RP section would be fun.
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Post by Dragonfox on Nov 22, 2005 20:20:41 GMT -5
Ok..... WHERE IS EVERYONE? ?? Bah.
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Post by flyingfox17 on Nov 25, 2005 15:42:30 GMT -5
Right behind you.... Mwa ha ha ha.....
Seriously: I wish I knew.
Finally remembered what my suggestion was going to be: A calendar.
Don't look at me like that. Just hear me out. What we need is an interactive calendar, or at least one that an Administrator could modify. We could set dates of availability, work schedules, events, times, places, and dates we could meet. Pretty much everything we've been trying to do now, only with a visible dateline. We could see what overlaps, what we can fit in, what we can attend, all in one look. Granted, I don't have a clue how we'd actually get such a thing on this site in the first place, but even so, it would work. In theory.
More importantly, it would accomplish everything that we set out to do with this board. A quick, easy way to see who we can meet and when, for what.
Sound like fun? Leave opinions, and find some people that could make such a thing, if you will.
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Post by flyingfox17 on Nov 26, 2005 10:17:23 GMT -5
It dawns on me now that we already have a calendar (top bar under login window); there's just nothing on it. Save for the odd birthday or two...
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Post by Dragonfox on Nov 26, 2005 12:01:50 GMT -5
Well, we'll just have to work on filling it up, then, right?
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Post by Sontock on Nov 27, 2005 12:41:33 GMT -5
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!! *spins in a circle, gets dizzy, falls down*
I know this is -really- short notice, but Chibi and I are heading up tot he mall in about two hours, if anyone has the time and in driving distance, maybe you could meet us up there. I'd post my cell number here, but you never know what kind of "visiters" we get ;p I'll be online until we leave, send an e-mail to Sontock@aol.com, give me your LJ name (if you have one) and I'll get back with you ^_^ ( We need to think of security questions/answers for when we want to get in touch and stuff ;p )
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Post by Dragonfox on Nov 27, 2005 15:00:25 GMT -5
Ugh, too bad I'm already back in PA......
My next break is in December. I'll be back in DE on the 17th.
After that, one more semester and then back to DE to stay! ^_^
And yay for people coming back!
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Post by Sontock on Nov 27, 2005 18:19:07 GMT -5
LoL. Well, maybe we can meet up then! I'll have from the 22nd to the 27th off of work. I just have to be careful where I go, so people from work don't see me. because i'm supposed to be in Texas >_>
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Post by Dragonfox on Nov 28, 2005 9:58:04 GMT -5
Playin' hookey? ^_^
As it gets closer I'll probably post a few where-to-meet ideas.
For now I've just got to get ready for finals that are just around the corner.....
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Post by Dragonfox on Dec 6, 2005 22:27:33 GMT -5
Where is everyone??
I say we start up a roleplay section. We can outline our Fursona in D&D-like "character sheets" and set up a little world for them and everything.
Heck, if it'll help I'll even offer to draw up character profile images for those of us who aren't artistically inclined.
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Post by flyingfox17 on Dec 7, 2005 20:36:45 GMT -5
Behind you... *lunges*
I'm really not much of a role-player - I have a hard enough time acting as myself - but if it's for the sake of the forum, I don't see how it could hurt. We'd just need rules, regulations, regulators, and some sense of what the point would be. Or we could always make that last bit up as we go along...
Really, the reason why people should be here is to meet up, for either the first or next time. So what the real draw of this place should be is the number of people it has.
Which, as you can cleary see, is the problem right now.
Perhaps contacting some of the original members that wandered away might not be a bad idea.... provided there's an occasion, event, or gathering to serve as a reason to. After all, if all we ever do is talk about meeting up, such a revival won't last long...
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Post by Dragonfox on Dec 8, 2005 2:53:03 GMT -5
As far as rules and regs go, I can type some up later.
Although the main point of the forum is to meet, I don't see why we can't expand it into a community-type thing, since we obviously don't see each other every day. Having other things like an RP section will encourage furs to hang out here more, and it will make the forum more successful as a whole.
I'll type up some rules/regs/ideas for the RP section tomorrow after classes, and I'll make up an example Character Profile using my fursona as an example. Or maybe I'll make up a new fursona for the RP section........
Oh, and as far as meeting up, I'll be back in DE for winter break next Saturday. I've just got to survive Finals Week.....
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Post by flyingfox17 on Dec 18, 2005 21:51:34 GMT -5
Eh. Whatever works. At this point, I'll settle just for keeping this place alive. We need more than two people to post on this place!!
And I don't think we can use the calendar without an admin or mod to place things on it. Which makes that useless for the moment...
For that matter, an RP message board section might not be addable either.
At this rate, I'm hoping people might return after the bloody holidays are over. Since this is the time of year when a lot things happen at once, to bog people down.
As I said, at this point, whatever works....
Security questions wouldn't be a bad idea. Either that, or carrying large signs around. Or a logo of some sort. As long as we have some easy way to identify each other. Possibly one with foxes in it...
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Post by Dragonfox on Dec 19, 2005 16:35:58 GMT -5
I think that shirts with logos would be a good idea. I can draw up a logo for shirts, and it's not too hard to simply print off some transfers and iron them on.
Out of personal preference I'd say black shirts, but that's just me.....
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