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@Bliss - That could be a ton of fun! I like the cultural festival idea better than New Years only. It gives us more options.

I still am obsessing over Val's Celebration idea though. x.x Though I do like all these cultural ideas. I really like that we're leaning towards themes that encompass something everyone would like, rather than trying to come up with a theme that just MOST people would be okay with.

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I do the same thing! Honestly if potential problems are never pointed out we would likely never be prepared for said issues. smile And being more prepared for any hurdle is better than not being prepared.

Honey, if everyone agreed with me all the time I'd only become full of myself. And honestly, I don't even consider us arguing. We disagree on something, but we're not arguing (at least.. I don't think).. If you use a blanket statement of something being unfair, hun, I want to know just why you think its unfair. I won't know where you're coming from otherwise. And likely I assume that you may not entirely know where I am coming from.. but please don't think that my disagreement is an intent for conflict but merely for clarity.

I never realize you thought the threads were crowded. Truth be told, the thread activity was way below our estimates. Well below half. Same with the staff-- we were working with a skeleton crew. And the vast majority of attendees created their own personal ball threads. Most of those personal threads having absolutely nothing to do with our general ball theme.

My goal/objective is more along the lines to boost the activity level in our main threads while actually making it easier for people to base their individual thread topics around the main theme. i.e. if we were to fly into a cherry blossom festival.. someone could have a host club, dojo, sushi bar down a side street from it. Which in theory, these side threads might be of more interest to you because they would allow for more intimate RP.

But I want to prevent the threads from being as slow as they were before at all cost. As for the issue of it not being fun if someone only came on one day. Is that meaning its not fun for a host or for the person attending? Because due to real life schedules I doubt that even our staff would be able to attend on each day of the week. And for people who could only come on one day it would be likely a tad easier for them to get involved in the event. And we would want them to be able to enjoy the entire ball. I'd hardly imagine us to purposefully want to make boring destinations/events. razz The general purpose of any around the world cultural event is to shake people of their comfort level and encourage them to experience cultures that they may have likely not.

The vast majority of people I had asked on if they came to the ball either said they did not attend, found out about it too late, did not attend the main threads, only came for a few minutes and then left because they didn't truly understand what we were doing or found out about the ball too late. Truthfully, I'd say that if someone came for at least a day it would be better odds than the statistics I just gave you.



..random thought.. Scotland.

I have to agree with Envy! That sounds nice.

I should probably mention I really don't like the different country idea at all. n ^n It just seems like a project I'd have to do in social studies in attempt to make learning fun.

Love, like I said before, it takes 1-2 weeks to set up a thread. 3-6 months to all agree on what goes in said threads. :> But in all seriousness, I'd rather have us spend more time brain storming and tweaking ideas rather then rushing into a vote. I'd likely be beating a dead horse when I stress that regardless to what theme we chose its going to require us to have funds to work with-- so its likely the theme shouldn't be the only thing we should be giving the bulk of our attention to. I'd also go as far to say that some of the great ideas that don't make the cut for our overall ball theme could be utilized in mini-events throughout the year leading up to the ball.

@ Lectern: Could you elaborate on what you think would be too crazy, please? ^^ Because I honestly think it would generate us more structure. But I'd like to hear more of your input.

And as for complicating the hosts/co-hosts, I think we already stated that we might not be using the same method of hosts/co-hosts as we did before. And where as you are right that it would be like a trip-- it has more potential to be like a Ball than some of the other suggestions and a lot more so than our last ball that really catered to no dancing at all. A cruise ship generally has many formal dances on it. And with having celebrations around the world we could cater to many themed dances encompassing various cultures.

I'd also like to stress that where as I really do love the around the world idea, there are other ideas that have been thrown out that I also like. And I am still open to hearing more ideas so feel free to keep the ball rolling, no pun intended...

You don't have to apologize for not supporting something. I just find it more useful for someone to elaborate on what flaws something could potentially have. If we don't know the potential flaws we don't know where to adjust things, right? And its also very possible that a flaw you might point out could be something that could be relatively fixable or already taken into consideration without having been put in print. ^^

I hope that I am not coming off in a "We have to do this way or else.." tone, I just would rather know the reasons behind why you guys think an idea won't work or won't work well and thus potentially come up with a format that would likely accommodate most styles of people. ^^


From what I am gathering (correct me if I am wrong).. most who are against the one main thread a day idea are ones who like to find a thread topic that interests them and thus stick to that one thread where they feel most comfortable?

Ah, that would actually explain a lot. ^^ And its actually for those like you whom I figured leaving the ports open would be most ideal. But for those who might join in the ball festivities on say, the 3rd day, they would also be able to easily "jump right in." For some if a thread has had X amount of pages before they have posted, they are less apt to get involved because they feel lost. Especially in an RP thread. It becomes entirely too challenging to catch up. I guess I look at the thread a day concept as a chance for a new beginning, while at the same time a continuation. Like an episode in a series. Where even if you missed the first episode of a show you could still jump into watching the second episode.


Someone mentioned Peter Pan, and for some reason it caused me to think of another favorite movie.. Labyrinth. Neither topic am I entirely certain how to weave a plot around though, but both seemingly intriguing to gnaw on. razz