Wow its been awhile

[Splasher]

Damn it feels weird posting here again lol Not sure what happened to make me stop posting but I feel like it all just slowly faded away for me. I know one day posting was happening normally or well as normal as this site has been and then poof! Everyone suddenly started to post less and eventually disappear besides a few so it seems.

Anyway thats besides the point, it was probably bound or happen sooner or later with people working and just general life getting in the way. Although I have stopped posting in threads and such I was always around to some degree, usually hopping on to check up on if this place was getting active again. Though lately I have been getting the urge to jump back in, Roleplaying wasn't just fun it gave me inspiration to draw and as one thing faded away my love for drawing was leaving with it. Like I said I would like to get back into it but at this point Im totally lost on what is going on, what had happened with the "end of the world" plot and such. It hard to try to jump into things when you know nothing of what came of the... what were the less active prides that now are either gone or just frozen in time?

So if anyone would just explain... and I mean EXPLAIN everything thats going on be it with active prides and what is going on with the ones that are lost in the void of absent players or just in general of what is going on? Maybe it will help me decide on who I can bring back or what I could do to get back into the swing of things again.


<3

[LAD]

SPLASH!!! It's okay, we all kind of went off the deep end, lot of us lost muse and stuff. But give me until like tomorrow? I'll explain it all <3


*deep breath*

SOOO basically after everything exploded in everyone's faces and a whole bunch of running issued, it went from completely chaotic to semi-calm with few tremors to the beginning of the ice age pretty much cause the cataclysmic rupture of the volcano mixed with some scientific stuff I can no longer remember but had to deal a lot with the ash and climate changes. So it's been snowing for the past "few days" which irl has been of course, several months. The prides have intermingled by now, having bumped into each other from random walking - Meur, Malificus, Jaaku and Calivers were all walking together and ran into Sicarius and Chav (together) and LM and Guild. Upon some discussion, they've agreed to be amicable and continued traveling.

Off in the distance, several other clusters are around (known, but not really mentioned I guess? Like ADN which I haven't really persued in rping as of yet) and I know Gesp and D'ani have run into each other and are currently amicable as well. Amai, Kuro and Kane have left Yasbi and the others (but nothings really been done with them except for the known knowledge that they're prob looking for a warm place to rest same as everyone) and it's just been kinda done and said that having one big thread is exhausting so instead, we've been slowly breaking it up into multiple threads for smaller roleplay. Either way I think a good portion of us have lost muse so it's like... really really slow rping

[vox]

YEAHHH IT'S KINDA DIED AND I MEAN
I want to get back to it but atm I can't because it's juuuust... (: life.

BUUUUUUUUUT GOSH IT IS SO FUN AND hello....

[Splasher]

SO the lack of muse seems to be one major issue lol Besides life. Its kinda been on my mind but have you thought of maybe doing a whole new generation for the forum? Like start from scratch again with prides and brand spanking new characters(Or just keep cub characters)? I feel like it could help get some muse back. Maybe cutting down on the number of prides/clans and characters will make people feel less overwhelmed and just make it easier for everyone to post replies, Again thats just a thought that has been running in my head.


And Hi! xD

[vox]

YEAHH I feel like less prides and characters would make things easier for everyone, but it's not always so easy to just let go of characters that you've put so much time into. Something will be sorted out, though. Just takes a bit of time since everyone's so.. busy.

[LAD]

I actually agree with that. Starting completely over with new chars and all. I love the ones I have. Adore them really and no one can call me out on that xD but dude, I've been dying for something new and fresh and I'll be one of the first to admit it

[Splasher]

Exactly, I mean I get it with the old characters and I love all mine just the so i wouldnt get rid of them completely. Just toss them in storage like little prized trophies. xD Example of something, I mean really as a pride Meur as grown to about as far as it could. All the wars it had, battles won. Plots put into it. It gets burned out and quickly, starting fresh gives you a chance to do post of the same wars/battles but with a whole new generation that has to learn about these mistakes on their own.

My thought on this is that most if not all the adults would die off from sickness cuz of the "end of the world" thing. Course that could have taken awhile in the long run giving them time to have offspring that would be so to say immune to the sickness the new era has brought. That would give cub characters that were less played before room to grow, and give a reason for you to make new characters. Hell you still dont have to do that. You could just make a whole new character Not related to anyone.

Again this isnt me saying "scrap your old characters for better ones" Its just something that has been on my mind and something I might do myself to help get my muse back.

[LAD]

I think making a whole set of new chars helps in the long run really lol Donovan's have like... How many characters in it's line alone? xD But yea, I mean, there's plenty of things we can do - and letting some of these fade into history to be remembered and told of as legends and fables would be nice really. It's a matter of just figuring it all out more than anything else I suppose. More than anything, I've really been thinking about a clean slate myself tbh

[Splasher]

yeah, putting it together would be the hard part along with deciding on which clans/prides would have been the ones to stick around or who should be faded out as what could be this new generation of character's Folk lore and legends. PLus its gotta be something everyone wouldn't mind doing too and I get that some may not want to leave their old beloved characters but lets face it.... If you really arnt rping them as much, or just dont have the muse then why not try giving the oldies a break and refresh things?

The whole end of the world plot was great and all but barely anyone really wanted to kill off their characters during what should have realistically ended most creatures. Besides that the lack of food, rapid change in weather and most of the bigger prides being squished together there are bound to be fights among them all. The stress of it all would have caused most to get overwhelmed and or sick from unknown disease. So many factors could play a part in why these old characters have died or moved on away from what used to be their home.

Still this is something everyone kinda has to be on board with I guess and any other ideas or thoughts on the matter is welcomed. xD

[TheWG]

I still love some of my old characters, I don't really want to start over and leave them behind completely ;w; I have so much muse for at least a handful of my old characters still, it's just hard to do anything right now because of the big bang and activity loss that came with it (mostly the fact that everyone's chars are currently in the same place and can't really move forward until things get normal again or we get past that first thread).

I mean I'm perfectly fine with starting over in some aspects. I'm still open to figuring something out. Truth be told, where my feelings and muse are right now, I could easily cut my characters down to 4 or 5 at most. But those 4-5 are my babies and I still want to play out their lives and use them as characters, y'know?

[ashbaer]

I had something written awhile ago and thought against posting it, I've re-read through everyone's posts and with WGs recent post I felt I should re-write what I had to throw in my opinion.

The thought of boxing away characters, or deciding to kill off characters is a big step for all of us. I love my characters as much as anyone, and because of that my idea is that what we need is a second board. As of right now all of our characters are natives to Novis, it's their home, and I can think of a few who would not abandoned their home so easily and that is fine. What if a large migration happened, the search for more land that hopefully wasn't touched by the earth cracking open and exploding.

A new board will be a new canvas, to create a world/continent to start again. I'm not saying that this board should be forgotten but it can still remain, for those who still want their characters to stay active, again this is there home and I know a few characters by their personalities just wouldn't up and leave their home.

I'm the worse at writing out my opinions or thoughts, trying to make them make sense for everyone else. I know making a new board could be some work, but the pros to doing this would be that no one has to change a thing here, we don't have to move threads or boards around, we don't have to delete things. A new board would allow us to take our most active characters to a new site, create new characters, new prides, new lines etc.

Just my thoughts on the matter, hopefully it make sense.

[vox]

I really should'a said something a bit ago, kept meaning to.

SO. Caine- if anyone doesn't know, Caine jumps worlds. He can and often explores different worlds and places, sometimes being missing at night or during the day, he's gone off. Often he's roleplayed in real time at his Earth's home.

HOWEVER, I decided recently that Caine will find and build upon a new world all his own, called Kyloth. He isn't making the world- he's.. finding it, really. And he's going to- with his temporary powers (a lot more will be explained in greater depth and detail... later) bring certain knowledge upon random individuals.

He will be opening a portal here, in Novis, and explaining to all that all are welcomed to this new world. There are seven continents in the process of being named (and if anyone is interested in helping out- and I mean REALLY helping out- just ask). All will be brought to the first continent and- basically: Novis rp but only if our characters were human/anthro/shape shifters in a medieval-bordering-modern landscape.

Caine WILL name his family royalty, but in the future there's nothing to stop... rebellions, guilds, mafia shit.. idk whatever people want- sort of a fresh slate while not entirely. It's a door opened for new possibilities and an attempt at rebooting activity.

Novis will remain, people can still roleplay here, as there will be a area in the world of Kyloth, and in Novis, that is permanently opened for passage. To go to Novis or to go to Kyloth.

It's a major WIP but I think it'll be a lot of fun and open up a buttload of possibilities for everyone to get involved and feel a part of something bigger.

Of course, no one will be forced to go to Kyloth- but Caine will be (ICly in the approachign future) offering EVERYONE- including enemies, as he's.. old and- sigh whatever I'll explain it later I have a headache - but he'll open this gateway for all to join.

Actually if you'd like to join now, bearing in mind it is a HUGE WORK IN PROGRESS. THE MAP IS NOT COMPLETE. THE FORUM IS NOT COMPLETE.

BUT like I said if you want to help out there is a thread that I am asking for help in naming places and such on the main continent.

I mean- just.. the possibilities. Your char could- own a home, have a job, run a tavern, uncover secret conspiracies, maybe they're one to discover a new continent. It'll be tame at first, seeing as everyone will be on one continent- but they'll evolve, make ships, travel.

There will also be, as of right now, at least one native race of creatures on another continent that I'm working on. An entire species that can be played- very tribe-like and shit. VICIOUS PIGPEOPLE.

Anywaaaaaaay. I'd love if people jumped in and participated in the building of this. Yes, it is technically 'Caines' world, but it's for everyone to get involved in.

kyloth.boards.net/