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Loved this guide. Found it pretty easy to use and to follow, and am experimenting with it as we go forward. I did struggle for a while with not getting my member list to function when I neglected to change the custom profile field number for the grid-item number - I neglected to take note of it, which I think comes from it being in black in the code and not red like the other custom variables! I would have found it really beneficial to know how to style the buttons (It's as easy as .button {}, but if you don't know, you don't know!). I also would find it really helpful if this guide could include a search bar for the member list!

I think there's a fine line between what's a good amount of gifs and what's too many. For me, 3 is about the sweet spot (but not even all at the same time, more like one on the mini profile and then a couple on the main profile), but beyond that, I think it starts to get to an over reliance on the face claim. I also think this is partly because 3 gifs + 1 main image is a good amount to show different facets of a character without it clearly being "oh, I love this face and that's the only thing I care about". I have seen sites that have tens of gifs on a profile, and at that point, I think it's clearly just about the face claims. It won't fully stop me from joining a site if I'm interested enough in the plot, but it is a bit of a red flag. On a more technological note, my laptop cannot run with too many gifs either, so I prefer a lower amount for that reason too. I do think some sites don't take into account that not everyone has incredibly powerful computers that can run that much.

real life, slice of slice, is very popular i see one probably once a day. as said above Harry Potter is always popping and then the supernatural sites are around too with small towns DC/Marvel is around too mostly just a mix and maybe a few individual of the genre pop up

@Mistress Of The Obvious - Sadly it is. But im used to it by now. Each site i make i try to improve on the things I didn't do on the previous one. I don't know if i will ever go back to Sailor Moon, the fandom rp wise is very saturated in a box and no one wants to leave the box. This was my third one and it still didn't pop and overall im kind of tired. But, the next one is going to be another fandom sort of? Im borrowing the world, but i don't know how much i will add into it. Sorry for the rambling, but to answer your question, the fandom im basing it on is Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha.

@jtferdinandIt really depends on your sphere. The rp world is broken off into different little sections that in one area certain genres do will and other places those same genres don't. For a lot of the spheres I see, typically your real life slice of life tend to dominate. Though they also seem to die and be replaced rather easily. The other genre would be supernatural modern fantasy like vampires and what have you. Harry Potter still seems to dominate the fandom sphere. There are still quite a bit of Marvel and DC sites. Since there's the new Netflix show, I anticipate there will be some new Fallout sites. Over here Sci-Fi that isn't Star Wars tends not to gain much traction. It can be an uphill battle. I know some hubs where Star Trek sites tend to go to. While Sci-Fi doesn't tend to do well here, that doesn't mean it won't go well for you. The rp world is very fragmented. Hope that helps you.

@mewgrimThat seems like a good way to go about it. A new alternative world makes things nice and simple. @RedPandaBearIt's a bummer that you had such a hard time with your site. It's always something you could potential revisit later and retool. Is your next site going to be a fandom or do you know yet?

I roleplay on my work laptop because I am a terrible employee, so too many gifs = extremely suspicious. For this reason I will avoid sites with an abundance of gifs (or images, period).

hello there! i am rach, and i have been roleplaying since 2001. i started out on the old harry potter dialogue center message boards that were attached to the warner bro's official site back in the day. they are long gone now, but that is where i once played a poltergeist that i used to crash people's threads with, among others. nowadays i run my own games over on jcink, my current being a cosmic horror high fantasy inspired by the lore of bloodborne and other such video games. i enjoy making conlangs (constructed languages like you see in the works of tolkien) and original universes (scifi is my favorite but i find it so hard to find writers interested in large scale space-based games!!). outside of roleplay, i am a devoted cher lover and i like doing outdoorsy stuff like skiing and fishing. i have been living and working in japan since 2013, but i'm from the united states. nice to meet you all!

Personally, I'm heavily against AI art on my site because of how it functions. In order for that art to be generated, the AI models are fed existing art from artists all over the internet without the consent, which equates to theft of their artwork. Being aware of that, AI art makes me uncomfortable, especially since my site uses illustrated/animanga face claims and we encourage crediting artists. Not only that, but I find AI to be a bit of a slippery slope? I've seen people use AI to generate RP posts, which means that the writing of the person they're replying to is fed to the "generator", and that makes me incredibly uncomfortable as well, as a writer. I know of whole RP sites that have been AI generated. At that point, I question if that matches what this hobby is to me, which is a collaborative writing effort with other people. If others are more okay with things like those on their own sites, that's alright, everyone is welcome to do whatever they want, but when it comes to my site, I'd rather see the writing and artwork of people who put their passion, time, and effort into such 💖

I know AI 'artwork' is a big discussion and what not as well as the whole AI face swapping topic being thrown in. I'm just wondering how common this is if anything. I've been on sites and ran a few that allow for AI art. Mainly since I ran or join groups that allow for non human species or some kind of power or something. Example being something like I joined a Witcher based group that didn't allow AI art although some members were trying to push for it as they used things like Midjourney to create images that they face swapped their character's face claim onto so they and immersive graphics and not someone in a medieval fantasy setting but all their pictures are them in modern clothing and times. Or the flip side. I was in a Mass Effect one where they did allow AI art and we had realistic looking avatars for Korgan, Asari, or their human characters using their powers etc etc.

required now. Have one prepared? definitely. Sometimes people don't take kindly to being banned and will make up stories, twist facts, leave out context, and you can find yourself on the bad end of a smear campaign. So just having it prepared can be smart.

That's brilliant, I am hoping I can get some other great writers to make the games enjoyable.

Full board upgrade from 2.2 to 2.3 - doesn't seem like much but oh my. I am not excited about that. I do enjoy thinking about bringing players into the fold. Interestingly I have probably about the same limit depending on how active they are. It is nice writing these dynamic stories tho.

Hello again! I'm not sure if there are any restrictions on AI generated images here. If there are, I'll remove the images I added to the gallery. Otherwise, feel free to use them as you will.