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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Eryk" data-source="post: 3397168" data-attributes="member: 37779">So, what are you going to do about it?  I'll agree to the point that things -have- been a little slower than they used to be.  Personally...and I might be waaaay off base here, wouldn't be the first time...I think it might have something to do with the restrictions that hit the site once the changeover from Wizards occured.  Don't get me wrong, I agree with a lot of them.  However, if you're really sticking to the guidelines and the laws of logic...you're pretty restricted with what you can play in the Crossroads which is wear you'll find the most people and the most chance for interaction.  When I first joined up with this site (not too long ago, newbie that I am) I got an equal amount of frustration and joy out of the bizarre assortment of characters that were continuously streaming through this mundane little tavern in the Oerdian equivalent of the middle of nowhere.  You could meet anyone in there, and yes it was ridiculous at times, but it also really helped with the excitement factor.  Now, however, you're entirely restricted to the humanoids, and while that can force you to unknown heights of creativity (hooray!), it's also a bit stifling.  Makes it less easy to make convenient character hooks and makes me shed a quiet tear for a wisecracking raven from Ysgaard and a stuttering centaur scholar.  And yes, I realize that all of these character types can be played in the Greate Bazaar and some of them can be played in the Rotunda.  But when you look at it...there really aren't a WHOLE lot of us here.  And it's hard to spread a lot of different characters out between a choice of quite a few IC rooms and still find meaningful converesation.  Or maybe I'm just being lazy.   <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> However, all that aside, mostly I find myself agreeing with Saera  here.  (Some sense that one, yes yes.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> )  She made some excellent points.  ACTION is the point here.  Sitting around and brooding in the tavern will, I'm sorry, probably make the experience rather boring. There's some really clever people on this site with really fun ideas.  Hard to get a conversation going?  When all else fails, think of this: people are always interested in talking about themselves.  Does anyone remember Draeloc?  I loved watching that character be played, and he never seemed to have trouble getting into interesting conversations...because he asked.  He asked people about themselves and made them think (whether it was true or not, that sly old dragon-slayer) that he was interested in what they were saying.  This site is what you make of it.  If  you expect others to come up and entertain you...you're likely going to be disappointed.  Make yourself a dynamic part of storylines...both your own and those of others...instead of complaining that a site full of n00bs is cramping your style.  You never know what might happen.</blockquote>

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