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The Gourmet Pocky Shoppe Captain
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 Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 6:02 am
  Post questions and suggestions you have for the shoppe here.
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Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 9:10 pm
I notice that Solo's don't seem to count for anything in this shop. Is there a particular reason for this?
I mean a solo can take just as much energy as doing a PD. They usually involve character development or something important to the characters life.
I am not saying every 300 word post should count but setting a word limit could work to help work off perhaps activity +'s or count for pd's.
Just an idea. <3
Edited by Myst: Old suggestion about older system.
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Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 9:38 pm
I like the idea of solos counting for something ... Or even guardian/child RP that doesn't involve another person - which is teeeechnically a type of solo I guess. XD
Also, what about guardian-only RP's counting for 'x' number of days off inactivity? They don't involve the pocky boy really except by association, but it's still a type of 'activity'.
Maybe hold an event specifically FOR getting rid of inactivity. Each RP post in said event counts for 'x' number of days. Perhaps it could even be semi-metaplot like, and prizes of 'extra' days taken off could be given for completing tasks IC'ly, or making a particularly good post etc. And for those who don't have inactivity, they could be encouraged to participate via other small prizes. For example, a certain amount of RP from those people could take off one required PD or journal. Or doodle up some cute IC items they could earn for their kids.... If something like that was done, though, I think it would need to be monitored and moderated. Not just 'here is a party thread, everyone come RP!' Which is fine and I like that kind of thread too, but it's not ... as involving for the characters or owners as something like a metaplot would be.
*wrinkles nose* The way I see it ... I guess ... ANY sort of activity within the shop should count. Which includes RPs of any type. Not only posting in the thread. And I mean even for after something gets figured out to earn back the current inactivity. Perhaps RP could count for less if you feel thread interaction is more important ... i.e. good amount of chatter in thread = 10 activity, one RP = 2-5 activity, or something. So that way, people (like me lol) who don't have a lot of time to sit and chatter, or don't always remember to post in the thread, but COULD tag an RP or post a log of something done on AIM could still earn the required activity. Just perhaps at a slower rate.
I'm really glad this thread is here now for suggestions and ideas, cause I really would like Ceinlys to grow someday >: I just feel so far behiiiiinnnnndddd *sob*
Edited by Myst: Old suggestion about older system.
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Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 12:30 am
I just got Cain and feel far behind with the inactivity thing XD
All in all if you can get inactivity points I believe there should be a way to earn them off. And really solo's should count towards rp. I like your idea Manda and you bring up some good points.
Any activity should count biggrin
Edited by Myst: Old suggestion about older system.
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Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 4:30 am
Because when I made the current requirement system, I was simplifying things (since nobody was doing the original system) and didn't think to add anything about solo's? XD;;There have been events specifically for getting rid of inactivity days. XD But most people who need them, don't participate when they happen. >A>;;
As for metaplot type things... Sadly not my field of expertise, and I haven't really been having much luck finding someone to help with that area. < <;;;
I wouldn't take off required PD's though, since it's only 5 playdates, with 20 posts minimum each. (it only starts seeming like a lot when the other person hardly ever posts. > >)
I did call them activity days instead of activity for a reason. XD (likely impossible but) I didn't want somebody to go POOF, completed RP requirements the day pocky boy grows, PLZ GROW TO BISHIE NAO! >A> 30 isn't that big a number to match. Sure, only posting once a week every week would take 8 months to meet it, but if you are only posting once a week you probably aren't going to have the RP part finished by then anyway.
That being said, while I don't plan to change how activity is counted (ala you post in the main thread, you get activity for that day), but this has given me a few ideas for people to reduce inactivity.lawl It's been 3 months already. XD
There wasn't a way (aside from the events that have been held) to get rid of inactivity days to start with, because when I first implemented the system, I had no idea people would be absent for years on end (which obviously means they aren't active). And while I understand people do have lives off of Gaia, that's also why I've been willing to suspend inactivity acquirement for people who informed me about being away (though most people simply disappear from the thread rather than Gaia).
I'm not that great at planning ahead with things I'm not all that skilled at, so certain things never occurred to me. And I count activity the way I do so that I don't go postal and shut down the shop cause I can't keep up. XD Trust me, the original system for growth would have driven me absolutely nuts to record if people had actually used it (which they weren't, heck before I simplified the system, NOBODY was RPing at ALL >_>).
And also, just to note, aside from the obviously preventing growth from happening, I've been quite lazylax about re-homing pocky boys due to severe inactivity. Alot of people with years of inactivity would have had their pocky boys re-homed already if not. Even the ones who haven't posted in the thread for 4 months straight, I've been lax with. I don't really wanna re-home pocky boys if I can help it, so I'd much rather try to get people back into the thread. (the only pocky boys that have been re-homed, were done so on the request of the owner rather than by my own volition)
It's late (4:30am) so I might come off a little weird and rambly. >A> Feel free to ask more questions, suggest more, complain more etc. ^^Edited by Myst: Old suggestion about older system.
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Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 11:52 pm
Well all right ... what about getting rid of the punishment for NOT posting, all together? Forget the 'inactivity' days, and only count days of activity.
I mean, still if someone doesn't post it's going to take longer for their kid to grow. It just won't keep on and on and on building up until they're impossible to get rid of except by special means.
And if you wanted to make it harder/need more dedication or something, raise the number of activity days? I dunno. The whole system bugs me honestly D:
Activity is STILL activity to me, on any given day, no matter -where- it occurs. Why is it activity if someone posts in the thread on a day, but not if they post in the guild on that same day? This has always confused me D:
Even if someone did do all their requirements in like a day or a week in the guild and said lol grow naow, you could simply say that it also requires 'x' many months in IRL time passage. And really, how likely is that to happen..? Idk idk
@ metaplots/events for inactivity: I guess I just ... have felt like there hasn't been much eerm. Incentive is the wrong word but something LIKE THAT. And/or it hasn't been clear how much posting in the event -counts- for taking off inactivity. If the person I'm talking to in the open, general 'party' sort of RP stops replying, I feel lost and ... also sort of fade away and don't want to post more XD; And if I don't know like... exactly how much -good- my posts are doing, it's also less likely to make me want to put forth more effort.
MORE SPECIFIC SUGGESTIONS lol
- Tell how many days each post in the event takes off of inactivity - perhaps even a chart-like thing that shows if you have 'x' wordcount to your post, you get more than one day or something
- Moderate a bit more closely and have mini-events happen -within- the larger event with possible prizes of small IC items or more days off. i.e. bobbing for apples dice game that requires an RP post with each 'bob'. And each apple you get is one day taken off. So essentially you're getting day(s) off for the RP post and one extra for that post if you get an apple. Or a small RP contest where the pocky boy has to sing a song, tell a story, etc. Owners could be asked to set up an OOC thread keeping track of their days they earn which could be checked over later by a mod...
- Uhm... iFail at thinking of more lololol. But once school is over and summer starts I'd be willing to try and help come up with some things/an event of some kind if you want me to? D:
Edited by Myst: Old suggestion about older system.
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