12-12-2004, 03:30 AM
This topic plus the one about somebody saying hello made me wonder again if there does need to be another forum for this stuff. I don't think it really fits though. The process of considering it did bring up another thought. Maybe there could be another pinned thread. This thread would be explicitly for the purposes of people telling their character types, levels, professions etc. Basically it would be one post per person, with that post containing all the information that they wish to share about their character. Then, as they level up their character and advance in the game, the player could come back and edit their message to reflect the changes they have gone through.
This wouldn't really be for trading or gifting as this thread is asking about. It wouldn't be for saying hello either. It could kind of help with both purposes though. It helps with the gifting because it will now be more clear as to what characters that lurkers are playing may be in need of something you can provide. It could help with the saying hello bit by giving people a place where they can make their first post saying "Hey, this is me in game. I'm a such and such usually found running around on such and such server in such and such area". Their post would still have to be in theme with the pinned thread, meaning it would have to be about their characters. It could work as a kind of hello too though.
Anyway, I don't know if this is a good idea or not. There could be issues like how one limits posters to only posting once to the thread, how one makes sure that people use it only for what its meant for, will it become too large and hard to go through if alot of people use it, will it require too much admin maintenance to keep it orderly, and etc etc. On the other hand, it may work without a hitch. I don't really know. Just had the idea while considering things and figured I would throw it out there to see what people think.
It does seem to me that people want something along this line though. I mean with people adding their characters to info under their names, it just seems like they are looking for a way to get that info out there in a manageable manner. Maybe a pinned thread with the info would be a good way to do it. Maybe another way would be better. I don't know. Think of it as a brainstorming exercise. I'm throwing one idea out there and now others can say ideas that they have. Maybe somebody will come up with one that fills the need. : )
This wouldn't really be for trading or gifting as this thread is asking about. It wouldn't be for saying hello either. It could kind of help with both purposes though. It helps with the gifting because it will now be more clear as to what characters that lurkers are playing may be in need of something you can provide. It could help with the saying hello bit by giving people a place where they can make their first post saying "Hey, this is me in game. I'm a such and such usually found running around on such and such server in such and such area". Their post would still have to be in theme with the pinned thread, meaning it would have to be about their characters. It could work as a kind of hello too though.
Anyway, I don't know if this is a good idea or not. There could be issues like how one limits posters to only posting once to the thread, how one makes sure that people use it only for what its meant for, will it become too large and hard to go through if alot of people use it, will it require too much admin maintenance to keep it orderly, and etc etc. On the other hand, it may work without a hitch. I don't really know. Just had the idea while considering things and figured I would throw it out there to see what people think.
It does seem to me that people want something along this line though. I mean with people adding their characters to info under their names, it just seems like they are looking for a way to get that info out there in a manageable manner. Maybe a pinned thread with the info would be a good way to do it. Maybe another way would be better. I don't know. Think of it as a brainstorming exercise. I'm throwing one idea out there and now others can say ideas that they have. Maybe somebody will come up with one that fills the need. : )