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Taijitu World Building => Planning Room => Topic started by: Gulliver on January 05, 2016, 02:21:53 PM

Title: Reorganizing RP Boards
Post by: Gulliver on January 05, 2016, 02:21:53 PM
I think the RP boards may be overdue for reorganization. As things stand, they are organized as follows:

> Modern Era Fiction
> Pre-Modern Era Fiction
> Miscellaneous Writing
> > Science Fiction/Future Tech
> > Embassy Exchange
> > > Diplomatic Correspondence
> Guides
> Planning Room
> > NSRP Threadspotting

My initial thoughts looking at this are:
Title: Re: Reorganizing RP Boards
Post by: St Oz on January 05, 2016, 03:45:24 PM
Maybe...

>Taijitu Fiction
(click to show/hide)
>Alternative Fiction
(click to show/hide)
>Planning Room, Guides, and Cartography

I'll see about organizing the planning room too, consolidating some of the map threads, removing old stickies, etc.

I don't want to get rid of alternative fiction because while it hasn't been used yet, new people have always seemed to express wanting some other RP thing to do. I also was planning on making something in the future.
Title: Re: Reorganizing RP Boards
Post by: Delfos on January 05, 2016, 03:59:24 PM
you don't need that many childboards with very few topics, no need to have a "science fiction/future tech" board just add it to the "misc writing" board, although a better name is needed, if we called one Worldbuilding, maybe we can call the other, Fictionrama, or Bara Hall (in memory of fallen RP writers), maybe like Twilight Zone...Fiction Zone?
Title: Re: Reorganizing RP Boards
Post by: Gulliver on January 05, 2016, 04:25:49 PM
Keeping a distinction between Taijitu RP and alternative fiction.
Title: Re: Reorganizing RP Boards
Post by: St Oz on January 05, 2016, 05:37:45 PM
you don't need that many childboards with very few topics, no need to have a "science fiction/future tech" board just add it to the "misc writing" board, although a better name is needed, if we called one Worldbuilding, maybe we can call the other, Fictionrama, or Bara Hall (in memory of fallen RP writers), maybe like Twilight Zone...Fiction Zone?

I like the... TAIlight zone

ehhhh? EHHHHH?
Title: Re: Reorganizing RP Boards
Post by: Eluvatar on January 05, 2016, 06:16:04 PM
I don't mind Alternative Fiction existing.

Making one Taijitu Fiction area that contains Modern, Pre-Modern, and perhaps some other areas would make a great deal of sense.
Title: Re: Reorganizing RP Boards
Post by: Khem on January 06, 2016, 01:32:08 AM
How I'd go about it.
>Worldbuilding
>> UN or whatevs
>> Modern Era Fiction
>> Pre-Modern Era Fiction
>> Science Fiction/Future Tech
>> Miscellaneous Writing
> Planning Room
>> Guides
>> Factbooks
>> Embassy Exchange
>>> Diplomatic Correspondence
Title: Re: Reorganizing RP Boards
Post by: Red Mones on January 06, 2016, 07:43:57 PM
How I'd go about it.
>Worldbuilding
>> UN or whatevs
>> Modern Era Fiction
>> Pre-Modern Era Fiction
>> Science Fiction/Future Tech
>> Miscellaneous Writing
> Planning Room
>> Guides
>> Factbooks
>> Embassy Exchange
>>> Diplomatic Correspondence
Very simple. I like it.

How about we have a section just for Micro-RPs?
Title: Re: Reorganizing RP Boards
Post by: bigbaldben on January 07, 2016, 03:04:53 AM
http://forum.taijitu.org/general-discussion/forum-makeover/msg161232/#msg161232
Title: Re: Reorganizing RP Boards
Post by: Prydania on January 09, 2016, 02:47:07 AM
Maybe...

>Taijitu Fiction
(click to show/hide)
>Alternative Fiction
(click to show/hide)
>Planning Room, Guides, and Cartography

I'll see about organizing the planning room too, consolidating some of the map threads, removing old stickies, etc.

I don't want to get rid of alternative fiction because while it hasn't been used yet, new people have always seemed to express wanting some other RP thing to do. I also was planning on making something in the future.
I like this. My one suggestion would be to place the Planning Room subforum under the Taijitu Fiction header.
Title: Re: Reorganizing RP Boards
Post by: Khem on January 09, 2016, 03:40:46 AM
How I'd go about it.
>Worldbuilding
>> UN or whatevs
>> Modern Era Fiction
>> Pre-Modern Era Fiction
>> Science Fiction/Future Tech
>> Miscellaneous Writing
> Planning Room
>> Guides
>> Factbooks
>> Embassy Exchange
>>> Diplomatic Correspondence
Very simple. I like it.

How about we have a section just for Micro-RPs?
I like the idea that a Micro-RP could pop up in any section.
Title: Re: Reorganizing RP Boards
Post by: Prydania on January 09, 2016, 03:43:18 AM
^agreed
Title: Re: Reorganizing RP Boards
Post by: Gulliver on January 10, 2016, 05:25:35 PM
I don't think sci-fi and miscellaneous/alternative have to be separate sections.
Title: Re: Reorganizing RP Boards
Post by: Khem on January 10, 2016, 06:10:58 PM
I don't think sci-fi and miscellaneous/alternative have to be separate sections.
Perhaps writing set in the future and pre-modern era could be combined?
Title: Re: Reorganizing RP Boards
Post by: AwesomeSaucer on January 10, 2016, 08:11:03 PM
Maybe...

>Taijitu Fiction
(click to show/hide)
>Alternative Fiction
(click to show/hide)
>Planning Room, Guides, and Cartography
This one's probably my favorite.  ¡Me gusta!
Title: Re: Reorganizing RP Boards
Post by: Gulliver on January 12, 2016, 02:39:04 PM
I don't think sci-fi and miscellaneous/alternative have to be separate sections.
Perhaps writing set in the future and pre-modern era could be combined?
The idea I still like the most is having things set in the regular Taijitu setting and things set in alternate related or unrelated settings being separate sections as Oz suggested, with modern and pre-modern falling under the former, whether in separate sub-boards or not. Since we date our threads by convention, I'm not sure two separate boards is strictly necessary to distinguish the two.