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Imperial_Hammer Title: Manager: • SWRPF • NSWRPF • RPR Registered: Sep '04	Date Posted: 2/28 6:29pm Subject: Hammer's Guide to the RPF's Leadership Transition - Date Edited: 2/28 7:37pm (11 edits total) Edited By: Imperial_Hammer
	Hammer's Guide to Surviving Life post-NaboosPrincess or: Don't fear the red! Hello Happy RPFer! If you're reading this thread, you might have some worries in your head! How will these threads be run now? Will Hammer toss out all the rules? What lies ahead for these faire forums? This thread is to answer these questions. So your long-time moderator has stepped down.... RULE #1: Don't Panic! NP and I talk alot, so I'll be constantly asking her for advice, opinions, and the like. She's already given me a bunch already, and I hope to moderate in a similar fashion to her own. First the Bad Cop: AKA - The Rules Don't be looking for too much change here, content wise. Of course, the TOS and Rules are big things that I'm charged on policing, and so it shall be. As to RPF-specific rules, I really think the place runs fine as is, so I'm not touching it. No excessive gore, no excessive sexuality, no slash, the whole spiel. What may be changing is enforcement. I'm kinda a stickler for the rules, so be careful. This does not mean bans flying around for everyone, but if I see a word on the list of language and you use it, I will edit it. And if I see someone baiting another user, I will edit that. Don't take it personally. It’s just how the job is. Bans will come after repeated offenses. Banning will be viewed by me as a last resort, and won’t be used lightly. I’m also thinking I will probably use warning PMs when you get close to a ban. Bans, when used, will follow the same rules for the forums at large, doubling for every offense. The best way to avoid trouble: refresh yourself on the rules! Yes it’s boring and you might have read them before, but read em again. I'll even make it easy for you alls by giving you the links right here. The Rules and TOS * I will stress the parts on hateful, harassing, and abusive discussions. These are probably the most common areas for edits (and subsequently bans) in the RPF The JC's Official Bad Word List * There are some words here that you might not think are all that bad. Pay special attention to #s 2, 7, 9, 10, 11, 16, 20, 21, and 22 I don't want to edit/ban anyone. Its annoying and a hassle and stressful and just makes my job that much more difficult. So be good, follow the rules, and we'll both be better off. Be a good user, and you'll wind up like this guy: Happy and smiley. And now... The Fun Stuff: AKA - The Future! (in glorious technicolor) Doc Hammer has got the prescription for your Role Playing blues... Prt 1: A New Mod Yes, I plan on filling the magical spot once held by the illustrious LSA. For all those who don't know, this forum is approved for two moderators. We had two for a while, NP and LSA, then LSA resigned and NP has been doing it by herself. But I have no intentions to steer this ship all by my lonesome, so I will be getting me a partner soon. My plan is for growth in the RPF, so in order to allow this to happen in a smooth fashion, an extra hand will be lovely. And by a soon promotion, I do mean soon. Like probably in a few weeks. Just enough for me to be called the senior mod of these forums. For this of course, the old rule goes that the more you push for modship, the less chance you’ll generally have of getting it. Modship finds you, not vice versa. Prt 2: Outreach When dealing with the rest of the boards, I see my role as a sort of ambassador for this community. I will take your voices to the MS, and will always work for the best interests of the RPF. My plans for the future in this respect has to do with reaching out to the rest of the boards and taking advantage of being apart of this larger community within the JC. Some points that I may try to kajigger up include: 1.) Establishing a presence in Comms: By this, I mean getting our stuff in the “Around the Boards” feature of the MS. The post is designed to highlight stuff going on around the boards, and I think it would be good for us to cash in on this free publicity. 2.) Establishing a presence in the Welcome New Users Forum: This could be anything from getting our own thread there like Fanforce, to getting someone there whose interested in spreading the word about the RPF, to merely updating their forum-wide maps and resources. My rationale in looking for this is: as the WNU Forum is the port-of-call for all new users, and the RPF is constantly looking for new players, why not get a presence over there and, in turn, a piece of the new-user pie. 3.) Reach out to Fanfic: So, as most of you know, we’re not the only batch of writers here on these boards. In the land of Fan-fiction, there too lies a lot of people interested in writing and creativity. I think it is a shame that there is not more interplay between the RPFs and the FF forums. This effort will be mostly on my end, and will include making friends with the FF mod team and seeing if maybe we can do contests or stuff together. I’m already in the process of working on a vignette (single RPG post) contest with them. Stay tuned for news from this. 4.) Keep our ties strong to the EUC: A lot of us travel back and forth between the RPFs and the EUC. A few of our games have a lot of EUCers in them. I think it’s a good thing to stay friendly with the EUC, offering our services to them when necessary. Prt. 3: The Gameplan for the RPFs Goal 1: Stay Alive: Harder than it seems, but it’s a biggie. We’ve got a good thing here, and I don’t think any of us want to lose our RPFs. That means keeping players, getting new blood, keeping games running, making existing players better, and keeping things enjoyable and fun. It’s a team effort to save a mutually enjoyable past-time, and we need to band together in these lean times post-prequel-trilogy. If we can do this and this alone, we’re set. However, there are other things we can and I intend to look into and try to make happen. Goal 2: Help the NSWRPF and RPR Although our new boards are doing alright, they could be doing better. The Star Wars RPF still outperforms the two of them combined daily, sometimes by twice as many to three times as many posts. Now of course the SWRPF is on SW boards, so its always going to have an advantage. But I don’t see a reason why the other boards can’t do better. The JC has non-SW sections that are popular, so logically, our NSWRPF should be popular too. I don’t really know how to do this outside of more traffic, but I’m open to ideas and suggestions. Perhaps I'll see what I can do with the Sci-Fi/Fantasy boards. Goal 3: More Projects As I was as a player, so too shall I be as a Mod. I still whole-heartedly believe that Guilds, Holiday Events, Resource Tools, and the like are nothing but good for these forums. So as Mod, I will support efforts to green light these things, pending that they have my approval of course. I also plan on working for forum tournaments, not only in technicals (design) but also in actual RPing. Goal 4: A Flagship for the NSWRPF Tied to Goal 2, I think it would be good for the NSWRPF to have a flagship game. I think it would be good for activity in the forum, and for the community at large. Although I won’t be able to GM it, I will be more than happy to support and aid people who want to do this. Goal 5: GM Appreciation I don’t really know how to do this, but I really would like to find a way to show the GMs of this forum how much we care for their efforts. Either through an appreciation thread or event or something, I think it would be good to give back to the people who really give to this forum. Part 4: User-Mod Relations Please talk to me. I enjoy hearing from all the users of the forum, and I think it’s the best way for me to keep in touch with you alls. This comes with the strict proviso that I might not follow your advice. The RPFs have never been a democracy, and the mods have always carried the veto. This doesn’t mean you don’t matter though; after all I might listen to your advice if you speak up. You never really know. As a rule, I’ll try to make my decisions as democratic as prudently possible. So yes, please send me PMs, talk with me when I’m on AIM, etc. And feel free to propose ideas. Worst that can happen is a polite “no thank you.” Again, please don’t take it personally. Part 5: So now what? This thread is a sounding board only. I’m not going to be debating people here, just listening. Rest assured my lack of response doesn’t mean I’m not reading, thinking, or having my own opinions on the issues. Like I said above, I like feedback. Tell me what you think about the forums. Let me know if you have other ideas for stuff we can do as a community. Feel free to state your mind here, as long as it stays civil and constructive. Otherwise, the appropriate measures will ensue. None of this is set in stone, and it’ll probably be a while until anything other than the mod promotion happens. If you have any questions or are just posting-shy, PM me please. I'd love to hear from you. And if you’ve got nothing to say, head out into these grand forums and have a ball. And remember... -I_H -----signature----- Guildmaster of the GDG Now looking for a new RPF Adoptee NaboosPrincess The Jedi Way is something found within, not in the dead walls of any Order
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Saintheart Title: Manager and Wandering Swordsman of the RPF Registered: Dec '00	Date Posted: 2/28 6:49pm Subject: RE: Hammer's Guide to the RPF's Leadership Transition
	It does occur to me that some sort of "exit poll" might be useful for us. That is to say, if someone notices a user hasn't been around the RPF specifically for a while, maybe it's worth sending a PM just to ask them nonthreateningly whether their departure is permanent and if so, why they left. That might finetune tracking down problems in the area -- and, if it's a question like "They didn't have X game on the RPF," and X game has since surfaced, it's a chance for an invitation back... -----signature----- Michelle: my Italian queen, my angel, my reason, my wife. Jessica: my little princess, my daughter, born 10 August 2007 Director -- Star Wars: Knighthood
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MASTERPRENN Title: JCC Man. Awesome Registered: Dec '05	Date Posted: 2/28 8:18pm Subject: RE: Hammer's Guide to the RPF's Leadership Transition
	I like the intention there, but I'm not sure it's so great in execution. I mean, I just can't envision it working as a set in stone policy or somesuch. That said, I think it'd be cool if, as a friend or acquaintance of a user who hasn't posted in a while, you sent them a PM, or noticed a certain user was gone and asked one of the mods to send that PM, that'd be great. I think that's our best chance at executing that idea somewhat effectively. But really, I like the sound of it. I just think it'd be a bit tough to "make official", though that's probably not what you were advocating in the first place. -----signature----- "When you see me, what do you see? I see a big bushy beard and hair." - Stephen Colbert discussing his inabilit to "see" race, with Cornel West
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Saintheart Title: Manager and Wandering Swordsman of the RPF Registered: Dec '00	Date Posted: 2/28 9:57pm Subject: RE: Hammer's Guide to the RPF's Leadership Transition - Date Edited: 2/28 10:01pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Saintheart
	Nah. It'd be an impossible task for the Modhammer to run around tracking down people who haven't logged onto the RPF in X amount of time anyway. But as an informal, do-it-on-the-odd-occasion-when-somebody-leaves, it might work a bit better... EDIT: Also, while wandering lonely as a cloud over the moors of the TFN boards, I came across the games community where they seem to run the d20 or d6 versions of the Star Wars RPGs. Maybe we can look at establishing some ties over there; after all, they're roleplaying brethren of a sort, and they (a) don't play NSWRPGs over there and (b) do play SWRPGs over there. In which respect I point the finger at Yuul_Shamar, who I've seen posting over there recently... -----signature----- Michelle: my Italian queen, my angel, my reason, my wife. Jessica: my little princess, my daughter, born 10 August 2007 Director -- Star Wars: Knighthood
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DarthXan318 Registered: Sep '02	Date Posted: 2/28 11:20pm Subject: RE: Hammer's Guide to the RPF's Leadership Transition - Date Edited: 2/28 11:41pm (1 edits total) Edited By: DarthXan318
	Saintheart posted: That is to say, if someone notices a user hasn't been around the RPF specifically for a while, maybe it's worth sending a PM just to ask them nonthreateningly whether their departure is permanent and if so, why they left. This is something I actually recall (vaguely) NP doing, albeit via AIM. When I disappeared from the RPF a couple of years ago, after I hadn't posted for a couple of months she tracked me down via and IMed me asking where I'd been. At that point I didn't actually mean to leave as such, which is what I told her, but the point stands. It's a good thing, and on top of getting feedback it makes users feel appreciated even if they're leaving. EDIT: Also, I would love to see a Flagship RPG here again, in either the RPF or NSWRPF. Most fun I've ever had here was when practically everyone was playing IBOP in some fashion and we had massive AIM chats just talking about it. -----signature----- It's "godmoding," not "godmodding." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godmoding
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SephyCloneNo15 Registered: Apr '05	Date Posted: 2/28 11:55pm Subject: RE: Hammer's Guide to the RPF's Leadership Transition
	AIM is a good service for that. I think I've been harassed by both Light and the Modhammer himself at times when I've vanished from their games. Now if I could just get AIM conversations between Sith_Lords and I so we both know when the other's arbitrary hiatuses from System Lords end.... -----signature----- Member: GDG, GMG. Sub-GM: CDG Zam Wessel Lives! Recipient of Thrawn McEwok's Squib Creations Limited-Edition Replica Glove of Darth Vader™ "Samuel L. Jackson isn't only a fine actor, but a gamer. He's one of us." ~ Kotaku
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Yuul_Shamar Registered: Nov '04	Date Posted: 2/29 1:18am Subject: RE: Hammer's Guide to the RPF's Leadership Transition - Date Edited: 2/29 1:21am (1 edits total) Edited By: Yuul_Shamar
	Saintheart posted: Nah. It'd be an impossible task for the Modhammer to run around tracking down people who haven't logged onto the RPF in X amount of time anyway. But as an informal, do-it-on-the-odd-occasion-when-somebody-leaves, it might work a bit better... EDIT: Also, while wandering lonely as a cloud over the moors of the TFN boards, I came across the games community where they seem to run the d20 or d6 versions of the Star Wars RPGs. Maybe we can look at establishing some ties over there; after all, they're roleplaying brethren of a sort, and they (a) don't play NSWRPGs over there and (b) do play SWRPGs over there. In which respect I point the finger at Yuul_Shamar, who I've seen posting over there recently... So you noticed, I joined the boards when I saw the Games: RPGs and Minis section when I was looking for advice on a RL game of mine. And since have developed several friends over there. It is sad to say though that the Games: RPGs and Minis doesnt have as many Regulars as it once did, and many of the good Oldbies have left, save for a few like my good friend Koohii. It was only in the summer of last year I joined the RPF Edit1: Also I have been off and on working on an RP for the RPF, just haven't decided whether or not to make it an RPG or RP -----signature----- "Your power over others only relates to those who fear you. Look into my eyes, fool, and see no fear."-Darth Shadra, in response to the dread lord Delano Most Eager Newbie - Spring RPF awards 2008 Most Eager GSE Player! Sith Lord! Watch out! John 3:16
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CmdrMitthrawnuruodo Registered: Jul '00	Date Posted: 2/29 11:14am Subject: RE: Hammer's Guide to the RPF's Leadership Transition - Date Edited: 2/29 11:18am (2 edits total) Edited By: CmdrMitthrawnuruodo
	Imperial_Hammer posted: Goal 5: GM Appreciation I don’t really know how to do this, but I really would like to find a way to show the GMs of this forum how much we care for their efforts. Either through an appreciation thread or event or something, I think it would be good to give back to the people who really give to this forum. Bi-Monthly GM Appreciation! Step 1: Announce that the forum mod will be holding nominations for known Game Masters who have started and kept going a game in the RPF or in the NSWRPF. Step 2: Users nominate Game Masters that fit the nomination criteria, one for RPF and one for NSWRPF but cannot nominate for both catagories. Users must provide a link to said game to prove Game Mastership. Game Masters cannot nominate themselves but can nominate other Game Masters. We don't want spam threads being created by random noobies who want the "reward" just so they can claim Game Mastership. Step 3: Users vote on the nominees for the RPF or NSWRPF. Step 4: Forum mod promotes the winner to Technicolor VIP status for a week or more. Step 5: Two months later, forum mod announces he will be holding for the next nominations. Step 6: Previous Winners of the GM Appreciation Award will be listed in a Hall of Fame thread along with any links to past or present games (this can help promote present games). How's that Hammer? -----signature----- "Dyin' be the day worth livin' for!" --Captain Hector Barbossa PotC: Amuletum Angiti http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3635826/1/ http://s12.gladiatus.com/game/c.php?uid=48046
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Yuul_Shamar Registered: Nov '04	Date Posted: 2/29 11:21am Subject: RE: Hammer's Guide to the RPF's Leadership Transition
	Don't we have quarterly RP Awards that do that for everyone across a bunch of different categories? Speaking of which I think we are overdue for the winter one. -----signature----- "Your power over others only relates to those who fear you. Look into my eyes, fool, and see no fear."-Darth Shadra, in response to the dread lord Delano Most Eager Newbie - Spring RPF awards 2008 Most Eager GSE Player! Sith Lord! Watch out! John 3:16
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Imperial_Hammer Title: Manager: • SWRPF • NSWRPF • RPR Registered: Sep '04	Date Posted: 2/29 11:32am Subject: RE: Hammer's Guide to the RPF's Leadership Transition - Date Edited: 2/29 11:50am (7 edits total) Edited By: Imperial_Hammer
	Interesting idea Mitth. I'll give that some thought as a possibility, though colors might be a stretch. The MS generally tends to be pretty conservative when it comes to giving opportunities to colorize users. NP fought pretty hard just to get the opportunity to give out colors for the RPF awards. I'll see what I can do though. Perhaps there is another way or recognizing achievement outside of the almighty colors? I'm thinking maybe something like a sticky thread or the winning GM's name in a scrolling banner or something. And so we are Yuul. Consider the Winter Awards on my to-do list for next week. -I_H -----signature----- Guildmaster of the GDG Now looking for a new RPF Adoptee NaboosPrincess The Jedi Way is something found within, not in the dead walls of any Order
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SephyCloneNo15 Registered: Apr '05	Date Posted: 2/29 7:39pm Subject: RE: Hammer's Guide to the RPF's Leadership Transition
	NSWRPF flagship game could be an interesting GDG task. Wouldn't make much sense to put the fate of the biggest NSWRPG in the hands of just one person.... -----signature----- Member: GDG, GMG. Sub-GM: CDG Zam Wessel Lives! Recipient of Thrawn McEwok's Squib Creations Limited-Edition Replica Glove of Darth Vader™ "Samuel L. Jackson isn't only a fine actor, but a gamer. He's one of us." ~ Kotaku
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MASTERPRENN Title: JCC Man. Awesome Registered: Dec '05	Date Posted: 2/29 8:25pm Subject: RE: Hammer's Guide to the RPF's Leadership Transition
	I like that idea, very much. -----signature----- "When you see me, what do you see? I see a big bushy beard and hair." - Stephen Colbert discussing his inabilit to "see" race, with Cornel West
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Penguinator-176 Registered: May '05	Date Posted: 2/29 8:59pm Subject: RE: Hammer's Guide to the RPF's Leadership Transition
	SephyCloneNo15 posted: NSWRPF flagship game could be an interesting GDG task. Wouldn't make much sense to put the fate of the biggest NSWRPG in the hands of just one person.... Conflict of interest! -----signature----- "Sweet, soft and low, I will poison you all - canary in a gilded cage." "Everything burns." . . GDG
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Reynar_Tedros Registered: Jul '06	Date Posted: 2/29 9:02pm Subject: RE: Hammer's Guide to the RPF's Leadership Transition
	Everyone interested, IM me (see profile). I have some ideas. -----signature----- I shook Chuck Norris' hand.
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Kalio_Dynkos Registered: May '04	Date Posted: 2/29 9:07pm Subject: RE: Hammer's Guide to the RPF's Leadership Transition
	Imperial_Hammer posted: First the Bad Cop: AKA - The Rules What may be changing is enforcement. I'm kinda a stickler for the rules, so be careful. This does not mean bans flying around for everyone, but if I see a word on the list of language and you use it, I will edit it. And if I see someone baiting another user, I will edit that. Don't take it personally. It’s just how the job is. Bans will come after repeated offenses. Banning will be viewed by me as a last resort, and won’t be used lightly. I’m also thinking I will probably use warning PMs when you get close to a ban. Bans, when used, will follow the same rules for the forums at large, doubling for every offense. Personally, I'm liking this part especially. Not because I'm a rule-monger, but that I'm of the opinion that rules serve such a great purpose. I came to this board for the first time when I was a young teen. It's not to say that I didn't enjoy reading things that were then allowed, but that as a kid, I wouldn't have been allowed here if things didn't change. We have quite a few "young people" on these boards and it's nice to see family friendly-ish things out there. I thoroughly enjoyed the reign of NP. Particularly, because as a writer, I stand in applause at anyone that achieves their written purpose without four-letter words. It bespeaks of creativity when somebody can tell me how much they care about something without resorting to a given phrase. On the points of other things in the TOS that are banned or controlled, again, it makes it necessary for players to be creative and stretch their skills to tell the same story. If nothing else, that's something that I've enjoyed about the RPF. It's full of creative, witty, and intelligent people. We're all a little weird in our ways, but that's what makes it so entertaining. That sounds pretty prudish, I suppose. What I'm trying to say, is the TOS, as a whole, has served to make the RPF greater. It's made the forum open to a wide range of players and people and if we're going to get better, we need that. On the point of a greater RPF presence in the boards at large, I wonder if there is something we regular player can help out with here. I mean, I'm sure that there are not many players that are RPF-hermits. We all pretty much visit one board or another. A lot of what we do can draw interest here and ultimately build things up. For example, how many RPGs are there out there are very similiar to real things in other boards? The Galactic Senate game in the SWRPF, for example. The EUC has a "senate" and the Star Wars Community with the Galactic Senate game. Honestly, those in the Galactic Senate game have great storylines they often follow and a lot of heart. They're dedicated JCers that are borderline RPers. We've movie buffs in the Sci-Fi forums that could of be great use in our resource forums. We've fanfic writers that write for the very same characters that they could respawn over here in the RPF. Novel reviewers that I'm sure we could drag over here. We could just go on and on mentioning the possibilities. Either a personal initiative taken on by the players by way of invites to JCers we come in contact with - which I suspect is something we already do or have been recipients of - or by an actual thread. A thread in the resource forum to track games/projects that tie-in with other threads throughout the JC. This gives us the opportunity to seek them out, preferably via PM, so as not to spam their threads. Getting a few well-meaning invites never hurts anybody. Too, that covers cross-promotion for the JC as a whole. As to the GM appreciation I applaud it as a goal and will hopefully have some suggestions up later. We've a lot of dedicated people out there. I only hope half of the above makes sense. -----signature----- Co-creator of RPF Holonet In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move. -Douglas Adams
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Darth_Elu Registered: Jan '03	Date Posted: 2/29 10:42pm Subject: RE: Hammer's Guide to the RPF's Leadership Transition - Date Edited: 2/29 10:42pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Darth_Elu
	Looks all good, Imp! Really all I have to say. Except, of course, that you know I got #4 of Part 3 all covered. Working on it right now. -----signature----- Brittnee My love, my life E-married to the love of my life! "Ichigo! Come out and fight me, you *******!" Master to Yukari_Nahashi I am Death: RIP George Carlin
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