Chit-Chat: The World Conference (World of PokéCommunity Chit Chat)

[gimmepie]

Sooo question gang, what do you guys plan to do in your region? When people join your region, do you have any activities or other fun stuff planed for them~?

I'm planning on doing something similar to he egg system you have going in the Welcome lounge and on running tournaments and region-specific events for writers/artists - perhaps all interlocked in a way. Either way I really need to finish my dex before I can do too much haha.

 

[Mana1]

Thanks to a enormous about of brain power from people such as Achromatic, Zeffy and even off-PC people the splash is finally ready for business. Expect that league table to be updated after our first contest ;D.

 

[Nick]

Idea.

Wars between regions.

 

[pkmin3033]

I have some plans for events when I get things up; shiny/special giveaways, Gym Leader tryouts (only five until I can expand; I want slots for landmarks etc), member-driven plots involving Legendaries, etc...I also want to expand on it significantly and try to turn it into a full-fledged RP off-site now, aha.

But first I actually need to FINISH SOMETHING. I'm writing excessive descriptions for five colonies and half a dozen pieces of lore at once and I'm not in a position to post any of it! I write stuff as it comes to me, otherwise I get stuck on one thing and don't get anything done...the end result is that I'm trying to write the whole thing out at once and the delay in posts is going to be the death of me D:

...it'll be worth it when I finish, though. Hopefully.

 

[Gulpin]

I really love the idea behind this forum, and wish that I had the time myself to commit to creating my own region, but I do have some general feedback. I think that it is not particularly clear what people who wish to simply participate in a region are supposed to do, beyond submitting a short form detailing their trainer and the Pokemon they use.

Now, I think that people who join a region are supposed to contribute to the region (depending on how much the creator wishes to allow people to contribute) and help out with the global events, but I feel like this alone isn't really enough to keep people somewhat active within a region - especially in the extended time between global events that will surely occur at some point.

So I'd like to make a suggestion to have something in place to entice region-creators to have a region with actual things for people to do, both now and after the region has been established (as in, most of the details have been fleshed out). Perhaps there can be points available each month/week for the most active region, and regions can be active simply by having a significant amount of meaningful posts, or having an ongoing tournament, or having events encouraging art/writing/roleplaying relating to the particular region.

I understand that this forum is very much in its infancy, so perhaps what I'm suggesting will come with time as the regions become more 'complete' in their details and start to be based solely on people participating in them. However, I do think that it could be made more clear somewhere what exactly people are supposed to do if they don't want to commit the time to making a region - whether this be somewhere in the Guidelines or something that is included within the post for each region. If I understand correctly, each region is pretty much able to do whatever it wants - it can host battle server tournaments, encourage general activity (perhaps through a region-related discussion), relate in someway to an ongoing role-play or a work-in-progress hack, hold frequent competitions to allow members to post region-related art or writing, or a combination of any of these things. So I think that each creator of a regions should spend some time focusing on exactly how they want their members to be involved, because as it is now it seems like something that will not hold for very long, as most of the ideas for involvement that I've seen focus primarily on fleshing out the details of the region or participating in global events. Furthermore, both of these things seem to be things that the region creator would probably want to mostly do themselves.

I may be thinking a little long-term here, but as it stands I don't really see what will keep this forum going once regions have been fleshed out. It seems like it will be a lot of waiting between global events, which rely on a moderator to handle, and moderators usually have other (real-life) responsibilities that could prevent global events from being super frequent especially as the forum gets to be older.

Also, another thing that I'm not completely sure I'm understanding is how the global events will affect the fluidity of each region. Say, for example, a region wins something and is able to expand their PokeDex or gets more significant locations. How exactly will this change anything? I think that the answer to this question largely depends on the region's purpose (i.e. relating to a role-play, a developing game, being a place for general discussion/activity, or being a place for art/writing), which is a problem mentioned earlier in this post.

So yeah, hopefully this post made some sense and I'd like to see what other people think about the (potential) issues I've brought up.

 

[Dragon]

So I'd like to make a suggestion to have something in place to entice region-creators to have a region with actual things for people to do, both now and after the region has been established (as in, most of the details have been fleshed out). Perhaps there can be points available each month/week for the most active region, and regions can be active simply by having a significant amount of meaningful posts, or having an ongoing tournament, or having events encouraging art/writing/roleplaying relating to the particular region.

Yeah, I thought about that, and, yes, we're going to experiment with some ideas to keep people interested in being active in their region! People with their region have implemented this sort of system in their regions already, so there's that too.

I may be thinking a little long-term here, but as it stands I don't really see what will keep this forum going once regions have been fleshed out. It seems like it will be a lot of waiting between global events, which rely on a moderator to handle, and moderators usually have other (real-life) responsibilities that could prevent global events from being super frequent especially as the forum gets to be older.

I'm.. not sure what you're getting at here. This current contest is only a week long by itself, and, is a week really too long to be waiting? It gives people an opportunity to fully commit and work with their fellow members to think of ideas / figure out what to do in each given situation.

But if you feel that global events should be shorter, I'm open to all suggestions in that regard. Also, you shouldn't really assume that us, moderators will keep people waiting because of real-life responsibilities. We're always going to keep people posted.

Also, another thing that I'm not completely sure I'm understanding is how the global events will affect the fluidity of each region. Say, for example, a region wins something and is able to expand their PokeDex or gets more significant locations. How exactly will this change anything? I think that the answer to this question largely depends on the region's purpose (i.e. relating to a role-play, a developing game, being a place for general discussion/activity, or being a place for art/writing), which is a problem mentioned earlier in this post.

Hm, you'll have to help me out here; how is this a problem? o:

I think that really, expansion leads to more creative processes, and create more opportunities for them to flesh out what they can do in their region. Like, what if when they expand, they decide to open up an art center? They can do stuff like, have in-region art contests, graphic or drawing wise, for example.

But I do understand your concerna bout activity - but I think that from the system we have and will work on, regions will always continue to be developed, and there will always be new things to keep everything fresh. Thanks for the feedback/suggestions!

 

[Dragon]

Hm, well guys, is there anything we could globally do daily, like, keep track of the most active regions... something like that? o:

 

[esperance]

I guess it would be cool to see the most active regions. It would certainly help newer users pick a region. That might be a bit tough to do, though, unless you feel like monitoring each thread for activity.

 

[Gulpin]

I'm.. not sure what you're getting at here. This current contest is only a week long by itself, and, is a week really too long to be waiting? It gives people an opportunity to fully commit and work with their fellow members to think of ideas / figure out what to do in each given situation.

But if you feel that global events should be shorter, I'm open to all suggestions in that regard. Also, you shouldn't really assume that us, moderators will keep people waiting because of real-life responsibilities. We're always going to keep people posted.

Oh, I'm not saying that the duration of the contests are too long, I'm saying that it's possible that as the forum progresses there will be more time in between contests. Which is why I was suggesting that regions make sure to spend some time focusing on how they want their specific region to be active so that people aren't completely relying on global events for their regions to be active.

Hm, you'll have to help me out here; how is this a problem? o:

I think that really, expansion leads to more creative processes, and create more opportunities for them to flesh out what they can do in their region. Like, what if when they expand, they decide to open up an art center? They can do stuff like, have in-region art contests, graphic or drawing wise, for example.

I'm not necessarily saying its a problem, I'm just saying that this is another thing that region-makers should keep in mind. As it is now, most people seem to be focusing on fleshing out the details of their region, but I hope people are sure to keep in mind the direction they want their region to go in both activity-wise and growth-wise.

I just really like the idea behind this forum, and I've loved following each region as they've been posted but I don't want to see activity dwindle after the novelty of the forum wears off. So hopefully people will implement some great ideas for how their region will remain active as time goes on - and I wanted mostly to point this out so that those making regions will be sure to keep this aspect of the forum in mind.

 

[esperance]

I have a suggestion. Something like a Featured Region/Region of the Month award. Options can be selected by the moderators, and then the winner can be voted on by users.

 

[Lycanthropy]

Doesn't that kinda exist already?

Spoiler: Right here

 

[Lycanthropy]

I like the idea of a featured region, but voting might lead in a constant win of the region with the most supporters. I think it's better to let the mods decide which of the regions made the best development over the last week/month.

 

[Dragon]

Doesn't that kinda exist already?

Spoiler: Right here

Nono, 'activity', meaning stemming off from more than just people joining.

 

[Etherion]

Theseus is now up! Once I put in the regional Pokedex, it will be accepting citizens {XD} yay!

 

[Dedenne1]

Nono, 'activity', meaning stemming off from more than just people joining.

Thatd be kinda cool i guess we could try it :)

 

[Etherion]

How about a sub forum for region wide events?

 

[Lycanthropy]

Nevermind what I said, I think it's a good idea.

Another thing that might work is to have a list of the active regions with a short description of each of them. This can help people that want to join a region but don't know which. Reading through all the intros is a lot of work and I expect it to either withhold people from joining any or not just joining the most active one without looking what's available.

 

[Lycanthropy]

The Raoga region has opened trainer applications!
As ongoing event, trainers start with one Pokémon, but when certain amounts of posts are reached the team can be expanded and the Pokémon will evolve. Regional competitions will earn extra Pokémon too. Read more about it <here>.

 

[Strange]

Quick question, will we receive notification if our thread is not approved? Also I realize that I just may not have waited long enough. If that's the case then I'm sorry to bother you :3c

 

[esperance]

Quick question, will we receive notification if our thread is not approved? Also I realize that I just may not have waited long enough. If that's the case then I'm sorry to bother you :3c

Just give 'em a day or two. If it's not up then, then you can ask why.