Chat Thread 1: The Great Migration

Prisma*Illya wrote:

That works.

I knew you'd like that idea

I would like to do a contest in the gfx section though. :0 Payne was hesitant cause he didn't think we'd get enough artists..

How many people would be willing to sign up for that?

Prisma*Illya wrote:

I would like to do a contest in the gfx section though. :0 Payne was hesitant cause he didn't think we'd get enough artists..

How many people would be willing to sign up for that?

I'd like to, but O levels >>

Ghosty would join. Maybe Ryu.

I didn't say right away. I'm just saying in general.

When do your O-levels finish anyway?

Prisma*Illya wrote:

I didn't say right away. I'm just saying in general.

When do your O-levels finish anyway?

16th Nov

I love how, other than you and me, everyone has barely posted. (top 20 posters of the day button)

Well, I have double yours. And you have double or more everyone else lol.

Prisma*Illya wrote:

Well, I have double yours. And you have double or more everyone else lol.

double mine would be around 34 Illya O:(you have like 25)

yup yup :P

gonna sleep now, almost 3am

...it says I have 43 and you have 25.

Prisma*Illya wrote:

...it says I have 43 and you have 25.

to me it says i have 17(18 now) abd you have 25(26 now) : o

Seems it's a timezone thing.

...are you looking at "today's top 20 posters" on the main page of the forum?

Prisma*Illya wrote:

All right, Shadow, what are your "outside the box" suggestions then?

The million dollar question... only if we knew the answer to that... ... Wait that's it!! We give a million dollar to anyone who can... okay I lost my chain of thoughts there  

Spiriter wrote:

Ghosty left >>

Left to watch KickAss2 << liked the theme song

Spiriter wrote:

everyone goes to random sites and randomly and shamelessly leaves a link to here? :O

Inception ~>>~<<~ http://www.stumbleupon.com/

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... Got nothing else to add
Going to sleep now...  or maybe watch another movie (Curse of Chucky  )

Illya's up to 38 now O:

Didn't watch Chucky ... ended up falling asleep >__>
Oh well ... having bats floating around the site (depending on how they are implemented) can drain computer resources and may make the browser/computer sluggish but nonetheless its always a nice fancy touch

To give the site an attractive unique trait, the key is to make it something that is interesting, but requires little effort. That's how websites make their big bucks, you only have to click a few buttons on youtube to be mesmerized.

Where the challenge comes in is thinking of something that's free. Because it's free, it means someone has to think of something that no-one else has likely thought of. Because we can't outpay the competitor, we must out-think the competitor. Which brings us right back to the question "What is our out of the box idea?"

One possible area we could target are unexpressed ideas. We all have little bits and ideas we'd like to share, but they may seem to small, abstract, or insignificant for us to find a proper home for them. Maybe a vent thread for this sort of thing would be interesting. Stuff like jokes you can't find the right time to tell, or mini-short stories/fanfictions that crossed your mind but you just don't quite have the time to make them something larger. Such a thing would let a user get an idea out of his mind and "onto paper" persay, and it wouldn't really take much time at all. The downside is it's nothing really to join the site over, it may stir up some activity though.

Also a gallery would give the site some extra visual appeal. I know there are art showcases already, but perhaps something along the hotbar at the top (Home, Search, Members, ect.). Just a single click and then some nice art to look at, a mix of things by all of the sites artists.

If a few more images could be fit onto the home page, that could also make the site more aesthetically pleasing, though I'm not sure if that would help make it any more unique.

I want to have web story page

And I love posting poems

Nexius wrote:

I want to have web story page

And I love posting poems

Precisely, I also have poems id like to share, but often times i find myself thinking "Where am I going to put this?" and give up in the middle of writing.

I think it would, however, be important to keep a thought vent page (jokes, mini-short stories, concepts, poems, ect.) and a proper web story page somewhat separate. A web story page is somewhat intimidating to the lazy user who doesn't have the time to read, or write something large. But i definitely think a dedicated web story page is also a good idea.

There's also definitely some room for some overlap too, if someone really gets going with a full blown web novel they could post little teasers and what not on the thought vent page to attract some attention of fellow users. Or maybe the thought vent page could be a starting point, a place to post a concept or short story that could be expanded into something larger on the web-story page.

/nexius want to have a poem competition? You can pick he theme and which type of poem it should be.

The joy of dying

I want in on this

Definitely interesting topic

We had similar threads on the forum before we moved, but they weren't getting much activity. If enough people want it, I'm more than happy to open up new sections.

Awesome

Well I was about to post some though : o

It moved away before I could do that though

For future reference, if you guys ever want new sections, post them in the suggestions thread, along with at least three members who share this interest. Then I can determine that there will be sufficient activity to warrant such a section.

I see, I think that's a valid point : o

So who wants to have web story page and Poetry Section?