An Opportunity for OWF's Rebirth -

Lord Vhazen · #**151** 01-31-2017, 12:12 PM

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I'd be down for merging Fan Corner and Non-Oddworld Art And Literature into some kind of "Creators' Corner" or even just keeping it as Fan Corner. Those forums barely get enough activity nowadays and I feel like the seperation between the two only discourages people from posting and makes it more difficult for multiple threads to maintain any kind of consistent activity.

Alternatively we could move non-oddworld art and literature into the off-topic section.

kjjcarpenter · #**152** 01-31-2017, 12:17 PM

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I'd be down for merging Fan Corner and Non-Oddworld Art And Literature into some kind of "Creators' Corner" or even just keeping it as Fan Corner. Those forums barely get enough activity nowadays and I feel like the seperation between the two only discourages people from posting and makes it more difficult for multiple threads to maintain any kind of consistent activity.

I agree. We don't exactly have a huge proportion of artists creating both Oddworld and Non-Oddworld art to warrant the two forums. Not anymore. Consolidation makes the most sense, especially with the state of the forums. Oddworld Art has almost become a joke unto itself, and outside of FennecFyre and JayDee, there's not a whole lot going on there, so I think a re-branding could help.

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Alternatively we could move non-oddworld art and literature into the off-topic section.

I feel like this merely shifts the problem. We should encourage both Oddworld and Non-Oddworld Art/Literature equally, and forging a unitary Creator's Corner would be the best bet, in my opinion.

Also, concerning Odd Piece of the Week, I'm thinking this thread should be released every Wednesday. Hump day seems as good as any other. If anyone has other ideas, please voice them!

Manco, would you like to do next week's Piece?

**JayDee** · #**153** 01-31-2017, 12:41 PM

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Alternatively we could move non-oddworld art and literature into the off-topic section.

That just adds further seperation between the people who want to make stuff, merging the two definitely seems like the better idea.

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Also, concerning Odd Piece of the Week, I'm thinking this thread should be released every Wednesday. Hump day seems as good as any other. If anyone has other ideas, please voice them!

Manco, would you like to do next week's Piece?

I'd be down to do one for The Schism next week if I can include some batshit theory. Or even just some massive lore theory piece.

kjjcarpenter · #**154** 01-31-2017, 12:44 PM

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I'd be down to do one for The Schism next week if I can include some batshit theory. Or even just some massive lore theory piece.

Go for it, brother!

Manco · #**155** 01-31-2017, 03:24 PM

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I'd be down for merging Fan Corner and Non-Oddworld Art And Literature into some kind of "Creators' Corner" or even just keeping it as Fan Corner. Those forums barely get enough activity nowadays and I feel like the seperation between the two only discourages people from posting and makes it more difficult for multiple threads to maintain any kind of consistent activity.

I think some kind of separation needs to exist so that people can find stuff easily - if there were a tagging system like in newer forum softwares, I'd be fine with that, but with what we've got I think using subforums will have to do. It's important to separate so people can find the stuff they're looking for - probably most people will be more interested initially in seeing fan works, so mixing them with original content would make it harder for people to find. I'm open to convincing though.

Speaking of which, any news on reorganizing from Nate? Xavier?

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Also, concerning Odd Piece of the Week, I'm thinking this thread should be released every Wednesday. Hump day seems as good as any other. If anyone has other ideas, please voice them!

Manco, would you like to do next week's Piece?

I have an idea lined up, but the last thread was only posted a couple of days ago, so I can hang on til next week.

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I'd be down to do one for The Schism next week if I can include some batshit theory. Or even just some massive lore theory piece.

Of course, if you want to go ahead first I'd be fine with waiting.

Lord Vhazen · #**156** 01-31-2017, 08:37 PM

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I think some kind of separation needs to exist so that people can find stuff easily - if there were a tagging system like in newer forum softwares, I'd be fine with that, but with what we've got I think using subforums will have to do. It's important to separate so people can find the stuff they're looking for - probably most people will be more interested initially in seeing fan works, so mixing them with original content would make it harder for people to find. I'm open to convincing though.

Speaking of which, any news on reorganizing from Nate? Xavier?

I have an idea lined up, but the last thread was only posted a couple of days ago, so I can hang on til next week.

Of course, if you want to go ahead first I'd be fine with waiting.

I'll merge with you if you know what I mean. Murrr hurr hueeuA1!! MAUEURHHRR!!

because I don't....

***Nate*** · #**157** 01-31-2017, 10:13 PM

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Speaking of which, any news on reorganizing from Nate? Xavier?

I can't speak for Xav, but personally I'm waiting for people to stop arguing about the forum organisation before implementing anything. I'm up for the idea, though.

***Xavier*** · #**158** 02-01-2017, 12:11 AM

Yeah guys, sort it out, make a poll or something

Manco · #**159** 02-01-2017, 08:46 AM

I’ll happily post a poll in a couple of hours – it seems like everyone was happy with my overall suggestion, and we’re just looking to decide how Fan Corner should be restructured, is that correct?

kjjcarpenter · #**160** 02-01-2017, 08:53 AM

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I’ll happily post a poll in a couple of hours – it seems like everyone was happy with my overall suggestion, and we’re just looking to decide how Fan Corner should be restructured, is that correct?

Yes.

Concerning Fan Corner, either keep Non-Oddworld Art and Literature in the same Zulag, or merge it with Oddworld Art and Literature. Consolidate and simplify, don't partition them across the forums.

Lord Vhazen · #**161** 02-01-2017, 08:54 AM

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Yes.

Concerning Fan Corner, either keep Non-Oddworld Art and Literature in the same Zulag, or merge it with Oddworld Art and Literature. Consolidate and simplify, don't partition them across the forums.

Make the forums great aga1n :n

kjjcarpenter · #**162** 02-02-2017, 07:57 PM

Considering we're bringing back some focus to the Fan Corner, perhaps we could benefit from another moderator? Unfortunately, Splat doesn't appear to be nearly as frequent as he used to be—I think he posted once last year when Fennec attempted to relight the forges of the RPG forum.

***Nate*** · #**163** 02-02-2017, 10:16 PM

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Considering we're bringing back some focus to the Fan Corner, perhaps we could benefit from another moderator? Unfortunately, Splat doesn't appear to be nearly as frequent as he used to be—I think he posted once last year when Fennec attempted to relight the forges of the RPG forum.

Any nominations?

Xorlidyr · #**164** 02-03-2017, 08:02 AM

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Any nominations?

Guineapiglet. The only person who does not troll around. She is also very mature.

Lord Vhazen · #**165** 02-03-2017, 08:41 AM

I vote Manco. He seems like a very dedicated kind of person who puts thought into what he says vs my lazy ass. I haven't seen Guineapiglet much yet though or at least I don't remember her, so she could be a good one too.

Vlam · #**166** 02-03-2017, 09:40 AM

I vote Rory.

Varrok · #**167** 02-03-2017, 09:51 AM

FennecFyre is a good and respected moderator on Discord. Plus she cares about fanarts. I think that makes her a perfect choice.

RoryF · #**168** 02-03-2017, 02:05 PM

as much as i appreciate it vlam i cba to mod

fennec would make a sick mod imo

Vlam · #**169** 02-03-2017, 02:17 PM

There's not much to moderate...

Lord Vhazen · #**170** 02-03-2017, 02:18 PM

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There's not much to moderate...

OH YE OF LITTLE FAITH

Xorlidyr · #**171** 02-03-2017, 04:35 PM

FennecFyre lacks certain power to be a moderator. She is too soft-spirited.

Lord Vhazen · #**172** 02-03-2017, 06:26 PM

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FennecFyre lacks certain power to be a moderator. She is too soft-spirited.

Varrok · #**173** 02-03-2017, 11:45 PM

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FennecFyre lacks certain power to be a moderator. She is too soft-spirited.

She banned the biggest number of users out there, actually. They were all multis. She's exactly the right kind of person for the job.

Vlam · #**174** 02-04-2017, 06:13 AM

By the way, the ARG deserves its own subforum (as a quarantine measure).

**JayDee** · #**175** 02-04-2017, 06:53 AM

I'd be down to help moderate Fan Corner, although I definitely support the idea of FennecFyre being a moderator aswell, and I don't think I can nominate myself.

Havoc · #**176** 02-04-2017, 08:09 AM

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By the way, the ARG deserves its own subforum (as a quarantine measure).

This like a thousand times.

Manco · #**177** 02-04-2017, 08:11 AM

It’s not really as if there’s a lot of other active threads in Oddworld Discussion though…

kjjcarpenter · #**178** 02-04-2017, 08:48 AM

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It’s not really as if there’s a lot of other active threads in Oddworld Discussion though…

I'd argue that the ARG is hindering other Oddworld discussions.

Manco · #**179** 02-04-2017, 09:54 AM

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I'd argue that the ARG is hindering other Oddworld discussions.

Other discussions can co-exist within the same subforum without reducing activity, though. One busy thread doesn’t take away traffic to the other threads.

I’d argue that creating a subforum to accommodate a one-off ARG campaign would be excessive partitioning – this is a temporary event, and the ARG discussion fits into Oddworld Discussion well without needing to be separated.

Vlam · #**180** 02-04-2017, 10:27 AM

And yet "Oddworld Let's Plays and Speedruns" has its own subforums (with only 215 posts)...