Ways to Make PA Better?

would be 2023, I think, since Albus is in 7th. But yeah, your right, I'll need to change that.

So far what we've done is changed the Hogwarts layout a bit, and decreased the classes to the main 4 (got this idea from you Selwyn) + CoMC as an extra 5th class. We'll also be decreasing the ministry down to size and decreasing the number of shops. This is all done to make the site look more active and not too big for the relatively mediocre current member count.

Feedback on these changes is welcome, as is any additional suggestions.

(just for the record this has nothing to do with my post with Shelby)

How about like an ammusement park, or something spontaneous. A water park, a carnival. Something for everybody to have fun and such. I think everyone would agree that going to shops all day could be wildly boring. Then maybe would could have park owners and such.

That's what the old "Wizarding World Roleplay" was for.
I think it's called "Elsewhere" now, and it's really a place for just that. People are meant to go there and RP wherever they want in that forum, because we can't possible have a forum for everything.
But people don't post there :/

Speak for yourself. I have 2 VERY active threads there.

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It would be better if the members were able to start discussion topics in this forum. I have always felt that there wasn't enough communication on PA and it makes me feel stifled.

I want to have a space where I can discuss plots, not just request threads. I want the other members of PA to feel secure enough with each other that they'll talk to each other about what their characters are doing or planning without worrying that someone else is going to use that information to powerplay or metagame.

I feel like (and I could be wrong) that one of the reasons plots so often get started with no warning even to the people who are involved is because there is a lack of trust here. There have been multiple times now where I have been informed, not asked, that my character would be involved in such-and-such a thing. I've also gotten in trouble for not doing what the admins expected, even though they did not tell me what they expected. As we get closer to the main plot becoming more open, I have started worrying that this will happen all over again.

I would prefer to be playing in a consent based game. That is, you don't decide things about my character without my consent. I encourage the admins and mods to check out the limits form on Remnants of Earth.

I would like the admins to tell us if they are the Dungeon Masters of Potter's Army.

I would like the people on Potter's Army to talk about how they approach role playing. Sarah Carney has an incredibly enlightening blog post up about what people focus on when they role play. I feel it would be easier for everyone if we all knew what each other's goals were when we're writing threads (and this is why it would be easier if we had a forum for discussing plots).

I want to discuss the Wizarding World. I want to talk about how Potter's Army deviates from canon. I want to figure out the whys and wherefores. I want to discuss how things have changed and developed since Harry Potter was in school.

I want lots more communication.

As far as I knew, members could post in the PA discussion area of their own accord. What I will suggest is taking the 'discussion' section in the OOC part and use that as a base to discuss plots. It seems like the best place to go and it would also make that part of the board less of a foreign land. I adore discussing plots and characters but I can't really do that without a mode of communication, you're right. Not everyone has msn and not everyone wishes to use the cbox. For example, I'm having a pm-to-pm discussion with Jamie about our plots. Somewhere to go and do that would be good! I do like that idea! I think the Discussion board is as good a place as any so yeah, why not start there?

I got an idea, how about removing the inactive users in the enlistments. If something does happen, theyre gonna be pretty freaked out to just come into so much hassle

How do you mean? Like take them out of groups?

For one thing there is no Dungeon Masters in Harry Potter. There may be a dungeon in Hogwarts where potion class is and the Slytherin Common Room would be found. There are Headmaster or Headmisstress or Professors.

Dungeon masters was not a literal term liz, merely a reference to the dungeon and dragons game, I believe, where the dungeon master (Or GM) controls everything that happens. Forgive me if I'm wrong Selwyn.