Y'know..

[Carthrat]

..for an RP board, remarkably few people actually RP. ^^

[Jon]

Well, do something about it.

[Carthrat]

I can hardly *force* people, y'know.

[Bjorn]

I can hardly *force* people, y'know.

Sure y'can.

Here now, lissen up, gents'n'ladies!  It has done come to my attention that there are no less than two hunnerd and seven'y free people on this here board, of which only no more'n about twenny are gaming!  Now I am not the best person in the world at maffs and stuff, but this is not soun'ing like a good ratio.  An' th' thing about ratios is, see, when they get bad, then uvver fings also get bad.

Take this here kitty, for example.   Ain't it a pretty li'l fing?  Now, unless I'm mistaken -- an' I don't think I am, because me mam knew just about eferyfing about kitties, loved 'em t' death, if y'know what I'm saying -- this here kitty is in fact a Gaming Tomcat, a breed of kitty wot is famous for dyin' in accidental and painful ways when there is not enough of gamin' in its immediate vincinity.  An' it is a beautiful kitty, as I was sayin', an' it would be a downright tragedy if somefing were to happen to it just because some people could not be bothered to be in a game, know wot I'm sayin'?

An' this here puppy!  It is a well-known medical fact, found in dictionaries an' the like, that puppies will get downright suicidal wivout a bit o' the harmless ol' arr pee gee goin' round.  Lemme tell you, it's a sad fing to see when puppies start takin' swan dives offa tall buildings.  And since puppies aren't swans, in any technical manner of speakin', well, the fings wot happen aren't the sorta fing that you'll want to be writing home to mam about.

Now, all dis is a lot to be finking about, and I can appreciate you needing some time to be givin' dese matters some serious consideration.  So I'll be givin' you some time to fink about wot I have been sayin'.  An' when I come back, I hope that you all will have reconsidered your position onna relative merits vis a vis gamin' an' health an' well-bein' o' cute, cuddly l'il Fluffy and Fido.

[Dracos]

..for an RP board, remarkably few people actually RP. ^^

270 some odd members.

60 or so who are on a minimum of once a day.

Of which...maybe 8 of them game.

-_-

Dracos
wonders why he bothers some days.

[Ebiris]

Because us eight people are just too damn cool?

[Olvelsper]

Huzzah!

[Edward]

The title page says 'Anime and Gaming'.  Not that I wouldn't mind gaming here, but I'm more focused on the anime related stuff.

[Dracos]

Yeah, and that's fine.  I don't mind that really.  It's part of what the site is about.

Just sort of bemoan the lack of folks who are here for gaming.

Dracos

[Jon]

I'm here for gaming. Except I suck at gaming. And coming up with characters. And I don't understand d20. And I keep forgetting to check the boards so I can't keep up with Dracos' posting. Etc.

It's Carthrat's fault. Really.

[Jeram]

Hey, I'd love to game - but I can't do IRC or anything that requires posting in the middle of the day or the morning...

On the other hand, the last RP I was killed in the first day for massive incompetence! Good times, good times.

-Jeram

[Carthrat]

<Jon> "I'm a loser!"
<Carthrat> "It's my fault he's a loser!"
<Jon> "Yes it is!"
<Carthrat> "I ain't disagreeing!"

[Anastasia]

Hey, I'd love to game - but I can't do IRC or anything that requires posting in the middle of the day or the morning...

On the other hand, the last RP I was killed in the first day for massive incompetence! Good times, good times.

-Jeram

Yeah, bad break there.

Um, I know games are starting up right now, so keep an eye on the Testing Grounds.

[Dracos]

I'm going to be odd here.

A lot of us play in playing groups.  Many of which aren't here.

I'd like to see this place grow.  Expand and such.  Have more players around for gaming than the small squad we have now.  I've been working to spread word of mouth but really, most the folks I know attend here by now.  What the boards could really use is the honest help of those currently here.

We could USE folks telling others to come over here, hang out for a bit.  Maybe join in a game.  Those of you who have gaming groups (And I know many of you do), pass it around.  Ask the folks to drop by.  Help the boards grow.

There's a limit really to what I can do by myself and I'd like to see the boards grow beyond that.

Dracos

[Carthrat]

To be critical.

Join *what* game, Drac? Most of the playerbase we have currently active don't really feel up to GMing (not that there's anything *wrong* with that at all), and we personally seem to prefer sticking to amongst ourselves.

What are people supposed to say? "Hey, come by! Have a look at these games- oh, the people running them are elitist pigs, and you probably can't play for another six months until someone actually decides to run a game."