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May 06, 2006, 03:52:30 PM Last Edit: May 06, 2006, 04:11:57 PM by Xathan, Last Of The Fallen
Hey, Xathan here. I've noticed that the CBG has kind of...stagnated. We easily will go for 4-5 + hours without anything happening, without anything moving. Sometimes days pass when no one posts. I think we need to fix that, badly.

So, some suggestions:

Publicity: We already are beginning to have this, thanks to registering with that one thing where we were supposed to vote for the CBG, only the buttons when away and no-one voted and now it's only a memory. We should bring that back. Also, we should advertise on the WOTC boards and Giant ITP boards alot more. Spread the word and all that.

Hosting: The hosting thing is a huge plus. We need to expand it, and also make it so that people visiting the boards casually can see that A) we have it and B) what people have made using it.

3eProfiler: this should be made seeable and usable by non-members. It is another thing that will draw people here, and should be expanded upon.

Content: We should start producing more content, stuff that can be seen and used by everyone anytime anywhere, to encourge people to casually visit the CBG to pick up on content.

Any more thoughts? Questions? comments? Snide remarks?

EDIT: Another two thoughts. We should do more PhP and avertise how awesome our PhP system is, and also make some silly games like what they have on Giant ITP, for people to play with when bored.
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Numinous

#1
May 06, 2006, 04:21:12 PM
The rolling story is a silly game...  we should expand on it, maybe make some freeform roleplaying PbP's.

The Sable Cabal was made to increase activity, but it hasn't worked so well...  part of this is that we are approaching the end of the school year, and Real Life is becoming quite distracting.

The Random encounters should be run again, maybe Xathan and I can help w/ that, but people do need to play.

Just a thought, for the Random encounters.  Perhaps pre-made characters of different levels can be set up in the 3E profiler.  Like the party that is being made for the dungeon thingy at WoTC right now.  3 premade stealth characters, 3 tanks, etc.  Just a thought...
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Xathan

#2
May 06, 2006, 04:25:04 PM
I like the premade character ideas. That would be great for the Random Encounters. Also, if you make a new character for a random encounter, you should have the option of making your character public, so that people can use it for later Random Encounters.
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System Reference Document Copyright 2000-2003, Wizards of the Coast, Inc.; Authors Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, Skip Williams, Rich Baker, Andy Collins, David Noonan, Rich Redman, Bruce R. Cordell, based on original material by E. Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson.

Modern System Reference Doument Copyright 2002, Wizards of the Coast, Inc.; Authors Bill Slavicsek, Jeff Grubb, Rich Redman, Charles Ryan, based on material by Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, Richard Baker, Peter Adkison, Bruce R. Cordell, John Tynes, Andy Collins, and JD Walker.

Unearthed Arcana Copyright 2004, Wizards of the Coast, Inc.; Andy Collins, Jesse Decker, David Noonan, Rich Redman.

Mutants and Masterminds Second Edition Copyright 2005, Green Ronin Publishing; Steve Kenson
Fate (Fantastic Adventures in Tabletop Entertainment) Copyright 2003 by Evil Hat Productions, LLC. Authors Robert Donoghue and Fred Hicks.
Spirit of the Century Copyright 2006 by Evil Hat Productions, LLC. Authors Robert Donoghue, Fred Hicks, and Leonard Balsera
Xathan's forum posts at http://www.thecbg.org Copyright 2006-2011, J.A. Raizman.
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Ishmayl-Retired

#3
May 06, 2006, 05:13:36 PM
I'll put the voting thingy back.  I don't really think it's stagnated that much, to tell you the truth.  The posting comes and goes, most of it in the evenings, and almost never on the weekends.  The problem is that not enough new people are coming by and brining new ideas.  New ideas and new discussions are what makes a forum work.  I don't think we should just blatantly advertise on GitP, or Wotc, because we really don't need to cause any sorts of controversies or problems.  Maybe just PMing people would be a better idea.  I've actually tried to get in touch with Rich Burlew to see if we could advertise over there, but he never got back to me.  There's a Homebrew Forums at Myth-Weavers that has some good games being made, that would be a good place to "harvest." ;)  The problem with making the 3eProfiler available to non-members is that I don't want it to become a bandwidth-sucker.  Right now, we don't have any problems, and I'm not having to pay ridiculous amounts, or ask for donations, because we're keeping within the limits of the server here.  Anyhoo, those are just a few thoughts, feel free to keep posting.
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Ishmayl-Retired

#4
May 06, 2006, 05:58:52 PM
I think we need to be realistic in looking at the fact that we're still a very new community.  We're just a few months old; that's kinda like being a baby community.  We may not be growing as fast as people are hoping, but I think we're growing fast enough to sustain ourselves.  We just need to get some new faces in here every now and then and I think eventually this community will get to a point that everyone's satisfied.
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Túrin

#5
May 09, 2006, 01:47:40 PM
I think everyone is satisfied. I know I am.
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"Then shall the last battle be gathered on the fields of Valinor. In that day Tulkas shall strive with Melko, and on his right shall stand Fionwe and on his left Turin Turambar, son of Hurin, Conqueror of Fate; and it shall be the black sword of Turin that deals unto Melko his death and final end; and so shall the Children of Hurin and all men be avenged." - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Shaping of Middle-Earth

Ishmayl-Retired

#6
May 09, 2006, 07:31:50 PM
Yeah, I'm mostly satisfied too, but I would always like to see the CBG keep growing.
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For finite types, like human beings, getting the mind around the concept of infinity is tough going.  Apparently, the same is true for cows.

Raelifin

#7
May 09, 2006, 07:52:41 PM
Indeed, I've been fairly satistfied and uninterested at the moment. But I figure that backing off for a while is better than jumping out like ElDo did.

I have some ideas for silly game that could be tossed around. I'll post a couple when I get home.

Velox

#8
May 09, 2006, 09:40:26 PM
I only work from 2-7 mon-fri, and I somehow end up being a busy guy. Go figure. Must be all that sleeping... need to cut that out...

But I think we could use more active members. Like me, I'm inactive at the moment. But when I come back, I plan to comment and critique every single campaign settting that interests me even a little. Get ideas rolling again, get people building their campaign worlds, it's what I'm here for. That, and to hear how awesome Darkstone is. In the famous words of the first necron
"I'll be back"

Túrin

#9
May 10, 2006, 06:21:29 AM
Ooh! Silly games! I have one if you need one.
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"Then shall the last battle be gathered on the fields of Valinor. In that day Tulkas shall strive with Melko, and on his right shall stand Fionwe and on his left Turin Turambar, son of Hurin, Conqueror of Fate; and it shall be the black sword of Turin that deals unto Melko his death and final end; and so shall the Children of Hurin and all men be avenged." - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Shaping of Middle-Earth

Ishmayl-Retired

#10
May 10, 2006, 06:41:36 AM
Yeah, let's get a couple games going in the Dragon's Den... and the Rolling Story can be really good too if people will participate.
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Xeviat

#11
June 06, 2006, 06:51:31 PM
Is "the Post" open to visitors yet? I'm putting the Mana System up tonight.
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Ishmayl-Retired

#12
June 06, 2006, 08:06:55 PM
It is now.
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brainface

#13
June 07, 2006, 12:23:26 PM
No, it is NOW.

(you didn't make the categories visible, ish, so there was nothing there :))
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Ishmayl-Retired

#14
June 07, 2006, 04:43:07 PM
I don't follow.... ;)
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