Characters

Right,

I know as of late there has been complaints about having too many characters and how this site is probably clogged up with extra characters and I think I have a semi-solution. I don't believe in character just being deleted for the hell of it because they don't deserve it. Whether they are real or not they are still people with personalities and feelings (Oh god, here we go) and I always feel really guilty after deleting one which is why I don't often do it.

So, I thought we could have a 'Character Adoption' bit in the claims section. So people can put their characters up to be taken if they don't want them deleted forever and others can also finish canon and non-canon families off by specifying what is needed there.

The claims section is probably the most viewed place on the forum next to Hogwarts so why not put it there because you are in a sense claiming a character just like you are with canons. Except the only difference is that the characters have already been developed or a basic personality outline has been made.

Thoughts, anyone?

I think this really, is excellent. First of all, some of these pre-established characters already have strong ties w/ other established players and it would encourage perhaps more positive relationships OOC, which then, hopefully might result in less onsite tensions.

Second, for new players, if they could come and find someone already established, or shy players, it would give them, perhaps some strong players to "mentor" under and hang with, for lack of more effective terminology, and perhaps make some folks feel more welcome a bit quicker.

And third, sometimes the deletion of an established character leaves a hole in the "mini-plots" or those unscripted things that we all do, and makes it difficult. And believe it or not, once in awhile, we all can get attached to some of these people and we don't want to see them go!

Rather than just shipping them to the graveyard, why can't we place, basically, a classified ad on the site looking for a new player to take that character on? At least for some given time period.

Makes immense sense to me.

Good idea, Eli!!

Khaat

Well, first of all we never actually delete characters, unless they have fewer than... 50 or 100, i can't remember atm. However we don't really do anything to try and get them filled, they just float around.

So really, that's a brilliant, idea, and we'll definitely follow that up. Well, i will anyway, because... argh, why didn't i think of that.

So, great job, and i'll put something in with the admins now
Jess

I meant, the players deleting their characters Not the admins. But random NPC's floating around is never much fun so harass the admins for me, Jess! lol

Brilliant idea Elijah. I think we should really have this and a character request thing as well. I'll go make the topics now.

Already done the adoption, what do you mean character request? People shouldn't be able to ask for someone's character. Sure, if they're offering, but if not, they shouldn't ask.
But i may have misunderstood

Say you have a bunch of characters (canon or original) and the families are more or less completed but you're missing the vital ones like a parent, in the character request you can put forward a basic outline of their personality from the NPC play that was in your posts (Like with Eli's mum I've made her out to be nigh on evil) and then someone can take up that character and develop it further.

Ah, that's perfect! I placed something like this in the media section, but nobody's responded. If it had it's own section it would be a lot more active.